The Year of Our Lord 2023

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 76.6 Retired Julián Barrio Barrio Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

91.5 Died Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner † Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

58.0 Appointed Georges Bizimana Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza, Burundi Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi

85.8 Died Hugh Christopher Budd † Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

62.5 Appointed Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h Archbishop of Lille, France

58.3 Appointed Teodoro León Muñoz Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

58.3 Appointed Teodoro León Muñoz Titular Bishop of Mentesa Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

75.5 Retired Jean Ntagwarara Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Francisco José Prieto Fernández Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

49.2 Appointed Antonio Prieto Lucena Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain

62.6 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu Bishop of Kibungo, Rwanda

48.2 Appointed Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

48.2 Appointed Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez Titular Bishop of Egabro Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

2 Apr 83.8 Died José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

58.7 Appointed Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A. Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

3 Apr 49.8 Appointed Philippe Médard Guiougou Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles

56.2 Appointed Jean-Pierre Vuillemin Bishop of Le Mans, France

4 Apr 67.0 Installed Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy

68.9 Resigned Michael Owen Jackels Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

80.1 Appointed Richard Edmund Pates Apostolic Administrator of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA

53.1 Installed Joseph Shen Bin Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

5 Apr 93.1 Died Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki † Bishop Emeritus of Hoima, Uganda

59.1 Appointed Vincenzo Calvosa Bishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy

65.1 Appointed Paul Connell Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

6 Apr 63.1 Appointed Pierre-Yves Michel Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

86.8 Died Nei Paulo Moretto † Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

75.5 Retired Jean-Louis Henri Maurice Papin Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France Bishop Emeritus

9 Apr 76.4 Retired Bernhard Hasslberger (Haßlberger) Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

95.6 Died James Clifford Timlin † Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

11 Apr 56.2 Ordained Bishop Michael John Izen Titular Bishop of Neoportus Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

64.2 Appointed Thierry Marie Scherrer Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

12 Apr 58.8 Appointed Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero (Valerio) Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela

87.5 Died Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot † Titular Bishop of Parthenia

61.9 Appointed José Hamilton de Castro Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil

96.1 Died Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria

51.0 Appointed Ivanildo Oliveira Almeida Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil

67.5 Installed Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

67.5 Installed Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

75.6 Retired José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

13 Apr 67.4 Appointed Miguel Maury Buendía Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

53.7 Ordained Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein Bishop of Wukari, Nigeria

62.8 Appointed Protase Rugambwa Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania Cardinal, Archbishop

14 Apr 74.8 Retired Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz Bishop of Neiva, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo, Peru Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

88.6 Died Peter Lin Jiashan † Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China

60.2 Ordained Bishop Mario Medina Balam Titular Bishop of Pupiana Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México

52.9 Appointed Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

15 Apr 50.3 Ordained Bishop Paolo Andreolli, S.X. Titular Bishop of Altava Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

78.1 Retired Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

74.0 Resigned Josip Bozanić Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

60.9 Appointed Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala

52.4 Installed Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil

53.8 Ordained Bishop Denilson Geraldo, S.A.C. Titular Bishop of Lamsorti Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

59.9 Installed Teodoro Gómez Rivera Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras

54.5 Succeeded Dražen Kutleša Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

51.2 Ordained Bishop Rolandas Makrickas Titular Archbishop of Tolentino Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

64.2 Installed Giovane Pereira de Melo Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil

89.6 Died Francisco Viti † Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola

52.9 Ordained Bishop Piotr Wawrzynek Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica, Poland

47.7 Ordained Bishop Federico Guillermo Wechsung Titular Bishop of Pederodiana Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina

16 Apr 53.1 Ordained Bishop Wilbert Marwein Bishop of Nongstoin, India

89.3 Died Antônio Celso Queiroz † Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

82.0 Died Gregorios Elias Tabé † Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

18 Apr 41.5 Appointed Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

19 Apr 57.3 Ordained Bishop Anthony Narh Asare Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana

63.4 Ordained Bishop José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno Bishop of Ecuador, Military

60.0 Appointed Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento Bishop of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

51.8 Appointed Geovane Luís da Silva Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

75.2 Ceased Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B. Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

58.4 Ordained Bishop John Kobina Louis Titular Bishop of Fesseë Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana

75.2 Retired Donato Negro Archbishop of Otranto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Francesco Neri, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Otranto, Italy

75.6 Retired José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

20 Apr 64.9 Resigned Luigi Michele de Palma Secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences Secretary Emeritus

45.7 Appointed Pierantonio Piatti Secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

52.4 Appointed Antonio Sun Wenjun Bishop of Weifang, China

21 Apr 54.9 Ordained Bishop Samuel Nkuah-Boateng Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana

57.4 Appointed Diego Giovanni Ravelli Titular Archbishop of Recanati Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff

22 Apr 50.7 Ordained Bishop Saulius Bužauskas Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

96.7 Died James Chan Soon Cheong † Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

73.5 Installed Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

58.3 Appointed Joseph Kallarackal Bishop of Jaipur, India

78.7 Retired Oswald Joseph Lewis Bishop of Jaipur, India Bishop Emeritus

63.0 Installed Louis Nguyên Anh Tuan Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam

52.9 Ordained Bishop Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

64.9 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Villalonga Hellín Bishop of Menorca, Spain

23 Apr 64.3 Installed Jean-Marc Noël Aveline Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille, France

65.8 Installed William Goh Seng Chye Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare Cardinal, Archbishop of Singapore

69.2 Installed Robert Walter McElroy Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali Cardinal, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

50.8 Ordained Bishop Tonito José Francisco Xavier Muananoua Titular Bishop of Oescus Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique

59.7 Installed Enrico Trevisi Bishop of Trieste, Italy

24 Apr 96.5 Died Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon † Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

25 Apr 75.6 Retired Ronald William Gainer Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

70.3 Died Alapati Lui Mata’eliga † Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

55.6 Appointed Samuele Sangalli Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization Adjunct Secretary

63.0 Appointed Timothy Christian Senior Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

71.9 Ceased Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I. Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization Secretary Emeritus

66.6 Appointed Julius Sullan Tonel Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines

26 Apr 48.9 Appointed Leandro Maria Alves Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste

76.3 Died Isidore Fernandes † Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India

29 Apr 75.4 Retired Peter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Succeeded Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

54.5 Installed Dražen Kutleša Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

66.1 Appointed Lawrence Mukasa Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda

30 Apr 48.7 Ordained Bishop Loïc Philippe Lagadec Titular Bishop of Carpentras Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	76.6	Retired	Julián Barrio Barrio	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
91.5	Died	Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
58.0	Appointed	Georges Bizimana	Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza, Burundi	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi
85.8	Died	Hugh Christopher Budd †	Bishop Emeritus of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
62.5	Appointed	Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h	Archbishop of Lille, France
58.3	Appointed	Teodoro León Muñoz	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
58.3	Appointed	Teodoro León Muñoz	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
75.5	Retired	Jean Ntagwarara	Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Francisco José Prieto Fernández	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
49.2	Appointed	Antonio Prieto Lucena	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
62.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu	Bishop of Kibungo, Rwanda
48.2	Appointed	Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
48.2	Appointed	Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez	Titular Bishop of Egabro	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
2 Apr	83.8	Died	José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
58.7	Appointed	Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A.	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
3 Apr	49.8	Appointed	Philippe Médard Guiougou	Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
56.2	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Bishop of Le Mans, France
4 Apr	67.0	Installed	Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy
68.9	Resigned	Michael Owen Jackels	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
80.1	Appointed	Richard Edmund Pates	Apostolic Administrator of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
53.1	Installed	Joseph Shen Bin	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
5 Apr	93.1	Died	Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki †	Bishop Emeritus of Hoima, Uganda
59.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Calvosa	Bishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy
65.1	Appointed	Paul Connell	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
6 Apr	63.1	Appointed	Pierre-Yves Michel	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
86.8	Died	Nei Paulo Moretto †	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
75.5	Retired	Jean-Louis Henri Maurice Papin	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop Emeritus
9 Apr	76.4	Retired	Bernhard Hasslberger (Haßlberger)	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
95.6	Died	James Clifford Timlin †	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
11 Apr	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael John Izen	Titular Bishop of Neoportus	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
64.2	Appointed	Thierry Marie Scherrer	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
12 Apr	58.8	Appointed	Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero (Valerio)	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
87.5	Died	Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot †	Titular Bishop of Parthenia
61.9	Appointed	José Hamilton de Castro	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
96.1	Died	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
51.0	Appointed	Ivanildo Oliveira Almeida	Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil
67.5	Installed	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
67.5	Installed	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
75.6	Retired	José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
13 Apr	67.4	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Mark Maigida Nzukwein	Bishop of Wukari, Nigeria
62.8	Appointed	Protase Rugambwa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania	Cardinal, Archbishop
14 Apr	74.8	Retired	Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón	Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
88.6	Died	Peter Lin Jiashan †	Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Mario Medina Balam	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México
52.9	Appointed	Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
15 Apr	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Andreolli, S.X.	Titular Bishop of Altava	Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
78.1	Retired	Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli	Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
74.0	Resigned	Josip Bozanić	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum	Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala
52.4	Installed	Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Denilson Geraldo, S.A.C.	Titular Bishop of Lamsorti	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
59.9	Installed	Teodoro Gómez Rivera	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
54.5	Succeeded	Dražen Kutleša	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Rolandas Makrickas	Titular Archbishop of Tolentino	Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
64.2	Installed	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil
89.6	Died	Francisco Viti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Wawrzynek	Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru	Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica, Poland
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Federico Guillermo Wechsung	Titular Bishop of Pederodiana	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
16 Apr	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Wilbert Marwein	Bishop of Nongstoin, India
89.3	Died	Antônio Celso Queiroz †	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
82.0	Died	Gregorios Elias Tabé †	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
18 Apr	41.5	Appointed	Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
19 Apr	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Narh Asare	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana
63.4	Ordained Bishop	José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno	Bishop of Ecuador, Military
60.0	Appointed	Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento	Bishop of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
51.8	Appointed	Geovane Luís da Silva	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.2	Ceased	Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B.	Superior General of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
58.4	Ordained Bishop	John Kobina Louis	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana
75.2	Retired	Donato Negro	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Francesco Neri, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
75.6	Retired	José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
20 Apr	64.9	Resigned	Luigi Michele de Palma	Secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	Secretary Emeritus
45.7	Appointed	Pierantonio Piatti	Secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
52.4	Appointed	Antonio Sun Wenjun	Bishop of Weifang, China
21 Apr	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Nkuah-Boateng	Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana
57.4	Appointed	Diego Giovanni Ravelli	Titular Archbishop of Recanati	Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff
22 Apr	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Saulius Bužauskas	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
96.7	Died	James Chan Soon Cheong †	Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
73.5	Installed	Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C.	Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
58.3	Appointed	Joseph Kallarackal	Bishop of Jaipur, India
78.7	Retired	Oswald Joseph Lewis	Bishop of Jaipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
63.0	Installed	Louis Nguyên Anh Tuan	Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
64.9	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Villalonga Hellín	Bishop of Menorca, Spain
23 Apr	64.3	Installed	Jean-Marc Noël Aveline	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille, France
65.8	Installed	William Goh Seng Chye	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare	Cardinal, Archbishop of Singapore
69.2	Installed	Robert Walter McElroy	Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali	Cardinal, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Tonito José Francisco Xavier Muananoua	Titular Bishop of Oescus	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
59.7	Installed	Enrico Trevisi	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
24 Apr	96.5	Died	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon †	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
25 Apr	75.6	Retired	Ronald William Gainer	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
70.3	Died	Alapati Lui Mata’eliga †	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
55.6	Appointed	Samuele Sangalli	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization	Adjunct Secretary
63.0	Appointed	Timothy Christian Senior	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
71.9	Ceased	Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I.	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization	Secretary Emeritus
66.6	Appointed	Julius Sullan Tonel	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines
26 Apr	48.9	Appointed	Leandro Maria Alves	Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste
76.3	Died	Isidore Fernandes †	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
29 Apr	75.4	Retired	Peter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Succeeded	Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale	Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
54.5	Installed	Dražen Kutleša	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
66.1	Appointed	Lawrence Mukasa	Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda
30 Apr	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Loïc Philippe Lagadec	Titular Bishop of Carpentras	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

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