The Year of Our Lord 1985

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 26.3 Professed Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

1 Mar 55.6 Appointed Fernando Iório Rodrigues † Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

2 Mar 61.6 Died Carlos Esteban Cremata † Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina

21.5 Professed Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

3 Mar 70.0 Died Bruno Roberto D’Amore, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy

29.9 Ordained Priest James Kazuo Koda Priest of Tōkyō, Japan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

5 Mar 67.2 Resigned Roberto Carniello † Bishop of Volterra, Italy Bishop Emeritus

7 Mar 78.1 Died André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse † Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France

49.3 Appointed Pio Vittorio Vigo † Bishop of Nicosia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy

8 Mar 57.7 Appointed Alberto Lee López, O.F.M. † Prefect of Guapi, Colombia

51.1 Succeeded Raphaël Lubaki Nganga † Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

76.3 Retired Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda † Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

9 Mar 52.3 Resigned Francis Arinze Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

55.0 Appointed Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Moundou, Chad

53.9 Resigned Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Moundou, Chad Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed Stephen Nweke Ezeanya † Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired John Shojiro Ito † Bishop of Niigata, Japan Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Paul Kim Ok-kyun † Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Paul Kim Ok-kyun † Titular Bishop of Girba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

54.1 Appointed Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde † Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

78.1 Retired Marko Mihayo † Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus

66.5 Died Amado Paulino y Hernandez † Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

56.9 Appointed Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. † Bishop of Niigata, Japan Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Appointed Fabriciano Sigampa † Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina

48.4 Appointed Matthias Ssekamaanya Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda Bishop Emeritus of Lugazi, Uganda

48.4 Appointed Matthias Ssekamaanya Titular Bishop of Iziriana Bishop Emeritus of Lugazi, Uganda

12 Mar 24.2 Ordained Deacon Christian Noel Emmanuel Deacon of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

94.8 Died George Leo Leech † Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

13 Mar 70.6 Appointed Elias Shaheen (Chahine) † Archbishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada Archbishop Emeritus

14 Mar 54.9 Appointed Desmond A. Williams † Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.9 Appointed Desmond A. Williams † Titular Bishop of Summa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

16 Mar 59.8 Appointed Dominik Kalata, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Semta

71.3 Succeeded John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Archbishop of United States of America, Military Archbishop Emeritus

17 Mar 70.6 Died Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. † Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

19 Mar 50.4 Ordained Bishop Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

20 Mar 49.0 Appointed Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla Apostolic Administrator of Riobamba, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

54.1 Appointed Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente † Titular Bishop of Nona Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

37.2 Appointed Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

37.2 Appointed Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández Titular Bishop of Voli Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

54.1 Appointed Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Bishop of Getafe, Spain

54.1 Appointed Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin † Titular Bishop of Tigillava Bishop of Getafe, Spain

75.1 Retired Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba † Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 24.4 Professed Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

23 Mar 46.9 Ordained Bishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro Titular Archbishop of Beneventum Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

24 Mar 76.2 Died Norbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem. † Official to Morocco

28.0 Ordained Deacon Hervé Jean Robert Giraud Deacon of Viviers, France Bishop

48.6 Ordained Bishop Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. † Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25 Mar 71.8 Appointed Sebastiano Baggio † Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

77.1 Retired Paolo Bertoli † Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus

68.9 Died Antonio Corso † Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay

52.0 Ordained Bishop Henryk Józef Muszyński Titular Bishop of Villa Regis Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

77.3 Died Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina

48.8 Appointed Metod Pirih † Coadjutor Bishop of Koper, Slovenia Bishop Emeritus

84.9 Died Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy

71.3 Installed John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Archbishop of United States of America, Military Archbishop Emeritus

41.7 Ordained Bishop Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. † Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia

32.7 Ordained Priest Rafael Masahiro Umemura Priest of Yokohama, Japan Bishop

27 Mar 65.1 Died Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

29 Mar 46.8 Appointed Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC. Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Appointed Henry Sebastian D’Souza † Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India Archbishop Emeritus

48.9 Appointed Joseph Atsumi Misue † Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi † Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan Bishop Emeritus

60.3 Appointed Diarmaid (Dermot) O’Súilleabháin (O’Sullivan) † Bishop of Kerry, Ireland

24.0 Ordained Priest Jorge Solórzano Pérez Priest of Managua, Nicaragua Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua

55.6 Appointed James Stephen Sullivan † Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar 25.0 Ordained Priest Luigi Bianco Priest of Casale Monferrato, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda

Apr 49.1 Installed Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla Apostolic Administrator of Riobamba, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

1 Apr 52.9 Appointed Edward Michael Egan † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

52.9 Appointed Edward Michael Egan † Titular Bishop of Allegheny Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

2 Apr 51.7 Appointed José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Hélder Pessoa Câmara † Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

58.0 Appointed José Lamartine Soares † Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

3 Apr 44.8 Ordained Priest Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China

32.7 Ordained Deacon Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James Deacon of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

40.4 Appointed Adam Odzimek † Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland

40.4 Appointed Adam Odzimek † Titular Bishop of Tadamata Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland

4 Apr 24.4 Ordained Priest Andrea Bellandi Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

46.9 Appointed Angel Gelmi Bertocchi † Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed Angel Gelmi Bertocchi † Titular Bishop of Forum Clodii Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

25.9 Ordained Deacon Rosario Gisana Deacon of Noto, Italy Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy

Died [Roch Liu Dian-chi (Li Dianxi)] † Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China

24.8 Ordained Priest Giovanni Paccosi Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

59.7 Appointed Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military

59.7 Appointed Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military

6 Apr 73.8 Died Edgar Godin † Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick

7 Apr 33.7 Ordained Deacon Adalberto Martínez Flores Deacon of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay

8 Apr 28.4 Ordained Priest Alfonso Carrasco Rouco Priest of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain Bishop of Lugo, Spain

9 Apr 47.0 Ordained Bishop Luis Robles Díaz † Titular Archbishop of Stephaniacum Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

10 Apr 46.1 Appointed Isaías Duarte Cancino † Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia Archbishop of Cali, Colombia

46.1 Appointed Isaías Duarte Cancino † Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia Archbishop of Cali, Colombia

60.5 Appointed Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones † Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México

26.6 Ordained Priest Eugene Joseph Priest of Varanasi, India Bishop

13 Apr 41.3 Ordained Bishop Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia

64.4 Appointed Robert-Joseph Coffy † Archbishop of Marseille, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.5 Resigned Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † Archbishop of Marseille, France Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

64.7 Appointed Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy † Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Bishop Emeritus

43.1 Ordained Bishop Roman Adam Marcinkowski Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland

14 Apr 29.8 Ordained Priest John Barwa, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India

25.1 Ordained Priest Jonas Ivanauskas Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

24.8 Professed João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

15 Apr 42.4 Appointed Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. Prelate of Tibú, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia

16 Apr 75.3 Retired Nicholas Thomas Elko † Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.1 Retired George Edward Lynch † Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.8 Ordained Bishop Donald Walter Trautman † Titular Bishop of Sassura Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

17 Apr 66.9 Appointed Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi † Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Family Vice President Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi † Titular Bishop of Vico Equense Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family

73.8 Died Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo † Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

88.0 Died Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China

18 Apr 58.4 Ordained Bishop Emil Riti † Bishop

20 Apr 48.7 Installed Luis Morales Reyes † Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

21 Apr 55.0 Ordained Bishop Desmond A. Williams † Titular Bishop of Summa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

24.6 Ordained Deacon Milan Zgrablić Deacon of Poreč i Pula, Croatia Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

22 Apr 44.3 Appointed Jesus Aputen Cabrera Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

84.6 Died Basile Khoury, B.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

60.0 Appointed Pedro de Guzman Magugat, M.S.C. † Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines

66.5 Died Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa † Archbishop of Palo, Philippines

23 Apr 64.1 Appointed Antony Padiyara † Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

24 Apr 56.9 Appointed Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. † Titular Archbishop of Silli Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

56.9 Appointed Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. † Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

25.5 Ordained Priest Francesco Antonio Soddu Priest of Sassari, Italy Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy

61.1 Appointed Jozef Tomko † Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

25 Apr 79.5 Died Ioan Maria Dragomir † Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania

57.6 Appointed Roger Louis Kaffer † Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Appointed Roger Louis Kaffer † Titular Bishop of Dusa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

59.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Kim Ok-kyun † Titular Bishop of Girba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

53.3 Appointed Fernando Legal, S.D.B. † Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26 Apr 51.8 Appointed Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara † Titular Bishop of Thysdrus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

25.3 Incardinated Antoni Dziemianko Priest of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

27 Apr 79.9 Died René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

45.3 Appointed Roberto Lückert León † Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela

97.3 Died Pierre Kamel Medawar, S.M.S.P. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

28 Apr 59.9 Ordained Bishop Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro † Titular Bishop of Dumium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

41.6 Ordained Bishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. Titular Bishop of Lysinia Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

89.7 Died Juan Tarcisio Senner, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

29 Apr 49.6 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Titular Archbishop of Tamada Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

49.6 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

42.1 Appointed Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos † Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines Bishop of Butuan, Philippines

42.1 Appointed Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos † Titular Bishop of Zaba Bishop of Butuan, Philippines

70.1 Died Joseph Sipendi † Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania

30 Apr 58.7 Appointed Agostino Cacciavillan † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nepal Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	26.3	Professed	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
1 Mar	55.6	Appointed	Fernando Iório Rodrigues †	Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	61.6	Died	Carlos Esteban Cremata †	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina
21.5	Professed	Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
3 Mar	70.0	Died	Bruno Roberto D’Amore, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy
29.9	Ordained Priest	James Kazuo Koda	Priest of Tōkyō, Japan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar	67.2	Resigned	Roberto Carniello †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	78.1	Died	André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse †	Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
49.3	Appointed	Pio Vittorio Vigo †	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
8 Mar	57.7	Appointed	Alberto Lee López, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guapi, Colombia
51.1	Succeeded	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
76.3	Retired	Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	52.3	Resigned	Francis Arinze	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
55.0	Appointed	Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
53.9	Resigned	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Stephen Nweke Ezeanya †	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	John Shojiro Ito †	Bishop of Niigata, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Paul Kim Ok-kyun †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Paul Kim Ok-kyun †	Titular Bishop of Girba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
54.1	Appointed	Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
78.1	Retired	Marko Mihayo †	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
66.5	Died	Amado Paulino y Hernandez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
56.9	Appointed	Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Niigata, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Appointed	Fabriciano Sigampa †	Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
48.4	Appointed	Matthias Ssekamaanya	Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Lugazi, Uganda
48.4	Appointed	Matthias Ssekamaanya	Titular Bishop of Iziriana	Bishop Emeritus of Lugazi, Uganda
12 Mar	24.2	Ordained Deacon	Christian Noel Emmanuel	Deacon of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
94.8	Died	George Leo Leech †	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Mar	70.6	Appointed	Elias Shaheen (Chahine) †	Archbishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Mar	54.9	Appointed	Desmond A. Williams †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.9	Appointed	Desmond A. Williams †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
16 Mar	59.8	Appointed	Dominik Kalata, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Semta
71.3	Succeeded	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Mar	70.6	Died	Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
19 Mar	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm.	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	49.0	Appointed	Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla	Apostolic Administrator of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
54.1	Appointed	Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente †	Titular Bishop of Nona	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
37.2	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
37.2	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández	Titular Bishop of Voli	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
54.1	Appointed	Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
54.1	Appointed	Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin †	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
75.1	Retired	Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba †	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	24.4	Professed	Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
23 Mar	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
24 Mar	76.2	Died	Norbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem. †	Official to Morocco
28.0	Ordained Deacon	Hervé Jean Robert Giraud	Deacon of Viviers, France	Bishop
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Mar	71.8	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
77.1	Retired	Paolo Bertoli †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus
68.9	Died	Antonio Corso †	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Józef Muszyński	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
77.3	Died	Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
48.8	Appointed	Metod Pirih †	Coadjutor Bishop of Koper, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
84.9	Died	Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
71.3	Installed	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
41.7	Ordained Bishop	Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
32.7	Ordained Priest	Rafael Masahiro Umemura	Priest of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop
27 Mar	65.1	Died	Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Mar	46.8	Appointed	Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.	Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Appointed	Henry Sebastian D’Souza †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
48.9	Appointed	Joseph Atsumi Misue †	Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi †	Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
60.3	Appointed	Diarmaid (Dermot) O’Súilleabháin (O’Sullivan) †	Bishop of Kerry, Ireland
24.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge Solórzano Pérez	Priest of Managua, Nicaragua	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
55.6	Appointed	James Stephen Sullivan †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	25.0	Ordained Priest	Luigi Bianco	Priest of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda
Apr	49.1	Installed	Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla	Apostolic Administrator of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr	52.9	Appointed	Edward Michael Egan †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
52.9	Appointed	Edward Michael Egan †	Titular Bishop of Allegheny	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
2 Apr	51.7	Appointed	José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Hélder Pessoa Câmara †	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
58.0	Appointed	José Lamartine Soares †	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
3 Apr	44.8	Ordained Priest	Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
32.7	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James	Deacon of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
40.4	Appointed	Adam Odzimek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
40.4	Appointed	Adam Odzimek †	Titular Bishop of Tadamata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
4 Apr	24.4	Ordained Priest	Andrea Bellandi	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
46.9	Appointed	Angel Gelmi Bertocchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	Angel Gelmi Bertocchi †	Titular Bishop of Forum Clodii	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
25.9	Ordained Deacon	Rosario Gisana	Deacon of Noto, Italy	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
	Died	[Roch Liu Dian-chi (Li Dianxi)] †	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
24.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Paccosi	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
59.7	Appointed	Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
59.7	Appointed	Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
6 Apr	73.8	Died	Edgar Godin †	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
7 Apr	33.7	Ordained Deacon	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Deacon of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
8 Apr	28.4	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Carrasco Rouco	Priest of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
9 Apr	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Robles Díaz †	Titular Archbishop of Stephaniacum	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
10 Apr	46.1	Appointed	Isaías Duarte Cancino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia
46.1	Appointed	Isaías Duarte Cancino †	Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia
60.5	Appointed	Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
26.6	Ordained Priest	Eugene Joseph	Priest of Varanasi, India	Bishop
13 Apr	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
64.4	Appointed	Robert-Joseph Coffy †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.5	Resigned	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
64.7	Appointed	Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Bishop Emeritus
43.1	Ordained Bishop	Roman Adam Marcinkowski	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
14 Apr	29.8	Ordained Priest	John Barwa, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
25.1	Ordained Priest	Jonas Ivanauskas	Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
24.8	Professed	João Inácio Müller, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Apr	42.4	Appointed	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.	Prelate of Tibú, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia
16 Apr	75.3	Retired	Nicholas Thomas Elko †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.1	Retired	George Edward Lynch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Donald Walter Trautman †	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
17 Apr	66.9	Appointed	Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Vice President Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi †	Titular Bishop of Vico Equense	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
73.8	Died	Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo †	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
88.0	Died	Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
18 Apr	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Emil Riti †	Bishop
20 Apr	48.7	Installed	Luis Morales Reyes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
21 Apr	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Desmond A. Williams †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
24.6	Ordained Deacon	Milan Zgrablić	Deacon of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
22 Apr	44.3	Appointed	Jesus Aputen Cabrera	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
84.6	Died	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
60.0	Appointed	Pedro de Guzman Magugat, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
66.5	Died	Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa †	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
23 Apr	64.1	Appointed	Antony Padiyara †	Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
24 Apr	56.9	Appointed	Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Silli	Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
56.9	Appointed	Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops	Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
25.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Antonio Soddu	Priest of Sassari, Italy	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
61.1	Appointed	Jozef Tomko †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
25 Apr	79.5	Died	Ioan Maria Dragomir †	Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
57.6	Appointed	Roger Louis Kaffer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Appointed	Roger Louis Kaffer †	Titular Bishop of Dusa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
59.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Kim Ok-kyun †	Titular Bishop of Girba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
53.3	Appointed	Fernando Legal, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Apr	51.8	Appointed	Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara †	Titular Bishop of Thysdrus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
25.3	Incardinated	Antoni Dziemianko	Priest of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
27 Apr	79.9	Died	René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
45.3	Appointed	Roberto Lückert León †	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
97.3	Died	Pierre Kamel Medawar, S.M.S.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
28 Apr	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro †	Titular Bishop of Dumium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
89.7	Died	Juan Tarcisio Senner, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
29 Apr	49.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Titular Archbishop of Tamada	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
49.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
42.1	Appointed	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
42.1	Appointed	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos †	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
70.1	Died	Joseph Sipendi †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
30 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Agostino Cacciavillan †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nepal	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

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