The Year of Our Lord 1972

Overview

See Also: Previous Year (1971) | Next Year (1973)

Bishop Events (1,036): January to February | March to April | May to June | July to August | September to October | November to December
Necrology (107)
Diocese Events (147)

Event	Avg Age	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Unk
Births		95	15	6	8	10	6	6	9	7	7	9	4	7	1
Ordained Priest	26.9	187	5	1	16	14	24	26	15	18	17	7	12	32	0
Ordained Bishop	49.0	126	6	28	12	7	11	8	6	14	15	10	5	4	0
Deaths	74.7	107	8	9	11	6	7	14	12	8	8	6	3	13	2

Ordained Priest:
- Most Common Date: (7 each)
  - 21 May
  - 8 December
- Most Common Ordainer: (3)
  - Archbishop Timothy Finbar Manning †, Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
Ordained Bishop:
- Most Common Date: (21)
  - 13 February
- Most Common Principal Consecrator: (19)
  - Pope Paul VI (St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
- Most Common Principal Co-Consecrator: (19 each)
  - Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink †, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
  - William John Cardinal Conway †, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

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