The Year of Our Lord 1988

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

4 Apr 28.4 Ordained Deacon Martin Hayes Deacon of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

5 Apr 69.8 Died Anthony Joseph Emery † Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

49.0 Installed Héctor González Martínez Coadjutor Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, México

6 Apr 46.8 Ordained Bishop Alfredo Banluta Baquial † Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines

71.8 Appointed Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo † Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

28.9 Ordained Priest Peter Rumal Kharadi Priest of Udaipur, India Bishop of Jhabua, India

57.5 Appointed Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. † Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

70.0 Retired Nivaldo Monte † Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

76.2 Retired Oscar de Oliveira † Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

87.9 Died Jean Van der Heijden (Heyden), S.V.D. † Prefect Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

7 Apr 60.7 Appointed François Gayot, S.M.M. † Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

8 Apr 45.9 Appointed Ricardo Blázquez Pérez Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain

45.9 Appointed Ricardo Blázquez Pérez Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain

27.3 Ordained Priest Paul Abel Mamba Diatta Priest of Ziguinchor, Senegal Bishop of Tambacounda, Senegal

58.3 Appointed Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

9 Apr 71.9 Resigned Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay

56.8 Appointed Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J. Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay

23.0 Ordained Deacon José Manuel Garita Herrera Deacon of San José de Costa Rica Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica

49.4 Ordained Bishop John Kirby Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

35.4 Ordained Priest Thomas Ignatius Macwan Priest of Ahmedabad, India Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India

27.9 Ordained Priest Santo Marcianò Priest of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy Archbishop of Italy, Military

60.9 Ordained Bishop Pietro Giacomo Nonis † Bishop of Vicenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.6 Retired Giovanni Proni † Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.0 Succeeded Jean Alix Verrier † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Vincenzo Zarri Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

10 Apr 63.3 Installed Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. † Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile Archbishop Emeritus

27.3 Ordained Priest Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda Priest of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

55.9 Ordained Bishop Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Bishop Emeritus

57.8 Died Anthony Hitchen † Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

26.0 Solemn Vows Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México

11 Apr 43.5 Appointed Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

62.3 Ordained Bishop John Robert Gorman Titular Bishop of Catula Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

64.0 Ordained Bishop Thaddeus Joseph Jakubowski † Titular Bishop of Plestia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

12 Apr 63.3 Resigned Georges Biard, M. Afr. † Bishop of Mopti, Mali Bishop Emeritus

47.6 Ordained Bishop Paul Stephen Loverde Titular Bishop of Octabia Bishop Emeritus of Arlington, Virginia, USA

14 Apr 25.4 Ordained Deacon Michael Wallace Banach Deacon of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

26.1 Ordained Deacon David Joseph Bonnar Deacon of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

34.2 Solemn Vows Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia

24.7 Ordained Deacon Joseph Mark Siegel Deacon of Joliet in Illinois, USA Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA

15 Apr 54.7 Appointed Marcel Germain Perrier † Auxiliary Bishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

54.7 Appointed Marcel Germain Perrier † Titular Bishop of Diana Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

16 Apr 45.4 Ordained Bishop Gerard Bernacki † Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

64.2 Appointed René Fernández Apaza † Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus

44.7 Appointed Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia

44.7 Appointed Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia

49.3 Appointed Nino Marzoli, C. R. † Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

49.3 Appointed Nino Marzoli, C. R. † Titular Bishop of Nara Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

17 Apr 53.1 Ordained Bishop Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Bishop Emeritus

19 Apr 84.4 Retired Léon-Etienne Duval † Archbishop of Alger, Algeria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

86.5 Retired Gabriel-Marie Garrone † President of the Pontifical Council for Culture Cardinal, President Emeritus

57.6 Appointed Paul Joseph Jean Poupard President of the Pontifical Council for Culture Cardinal, President Emeritus

58.7 Succeeded Henri Antoine Marie Teissier † Archbishop of Alger, Algeria Archbishop Emeritus

20 Apr 78.0 Died Evelio Domínguez Recinos † Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

68.4 Died Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. † Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

57.7 Appointed Pierre Jacques Joatton, Ist. del Prado † Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France Bishop Emeritus

21 Apr 24.4 Ordained Deacon Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del Prado Deacon of Chihuahua, México Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México

66.6 Resigned Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. † Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Manuel Madureira Dias Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

22 Apr 44.3 Appointed Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

44.3 Appointed Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. Titular Bishop of Zama Minor Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

23 Apr 26.0 Ordained Deacon Guido Gallese Deacon of Genova-Bobbio, Italy Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

75.4 Appointed Jean Hengen † Archbishop of Luxembourg Archbishop Emeritus

24 Apr 44.9 Ordained Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach † Titular Bishop of Sigus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

70.0 Ordained Bishop [Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen], O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

69.7 Ordained Bishop [Paul Han Xi-rang], O.F.M. † Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China

27.4 Ordained Priest Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. Priest of Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier Bishop of Daltonganj, India

64.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ma Xue-sheng † Coadjutor Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China Bishop

29.2 Solemn Vows Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic

77.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (Sun Zhi Pin) † Bishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China

51.1 Ordained Bishop Josef Voß (Voss) † Titular Bishop of Thisiduo Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

75.6 Died Ireneus Wien Dud † Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan

76.7 Ordained Bishop [James Zhao Zi-ping (Chao Ziping)] † Auxiliary Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China Bishop

25 Apr 52.0 Installed Raymond Saint-Gelais Coadjutor Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

36.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Thykkattil Priest of Agra, India Bishop of Gwalior, India

26 Apr 42.4 Ordained Bishop Telesphore Richard Mkude Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania

27 Apr 50.2 Ordained Bishop John Gabriel † Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar

65.2 Ordained Bishop Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Agathopolis Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)

77.6 Retired Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. † Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

77.6 Retired Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. † Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

61.4 Appointed Juozas Preikšas † Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania

61.4 Appointed Juozas Preikšas † Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania

28 Apr 54.2 Appointed Felipe Aguirre Franco Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

59.2 Appointed Manuel Mireles Vaquera † Coadjutor Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México Prelate Emeritus

47.4 Ordained Bishop Andrea Mugione † Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

59.1 Appointed Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. † Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

47.9 Appointed Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay † Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México Bishop Emeritus

29 Apr 28.7 Solemn Vows Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. Member of Clerks Regular of Somasca Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

30 Apr 54.2 Appointed Paul Chittilapilly † Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India

60.2 Appointed Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel † Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop Emeritus

26.5 Ordained Priest Charles Morerod, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

55.0 Ordained Bishop Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Coadjutor Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

59.5 Appointed Michele Scandiffio † Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
4 Apr	28.4	Ordained Deacon	Martin Hayes	Deacon of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
5 Apr	69.8	Died	Anthony Joseph Emery †	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
49.0	Installed	Héctor González Martínez	Coadjutor Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, México
6 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Banluta Baquial †	Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines
71.8	Appointed	Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo †	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
28.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Rumal Kharadi	Priest of Udaipur, India	Bishop of Jhabua, India
57.5	Appointed	Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
70.0	Retired	Nivaldo Monte †	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
76.2	Retired	Oscar de Oliveira †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
87.9	Died	Jean Van der Heijden (Heyden), S.V.D. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Apr	60.7	Appointed	François Gayot, S.M.M. †	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Apr	45.9	Appointed	Ricardo Blázquez Pérez	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
45.9	Appointed	Ricardo Blázquez Pérez	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
27.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Abel Mamba Diatta	Priest of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Bishop of Tambacounda, Senegal
58.3	Appointed	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
9 Apr	71.9	Resigned	Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
56.8	Appointed	Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
23.0	Ordained Deacon	José Manuel Garita Herrera	Deacon of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
49.4	Ordained Bishop	John Kirby	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
35.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas Ignatius Macwan	Priest of Ahmedabad, India	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India
27.9	Ordained Priest	Santo Marcianò	Priest of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy	Archbishop of Italy, Military
60.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Giacomo Nonis †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.6	Retired	Giovanni Proni †	Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Succeeded	Jean Alix Verrier †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Zarri	Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	63.3	Installed	Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
27.3	Ordained Priest	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Priest of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus
57.8	Died	Anthony Hitchen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
26.0	Solemn Vows	Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
11 Apr	43.5	Appointed	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
62.3	Ordained Bishop	John Robert Gorman	Titular Bishop of Catula	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
64.0	Ordained Bishop	Thaddeus Joseph Jakubowski †	Titular Bishop of Plestia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 Apr	63.3	Resigned	Georges Biard, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mopti, Mali	Bishop Emeritus
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Stephen Loverde	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Bishop Emeritus of Arlington, Virginia, USA
14 Apr	25.4	Ordained Deacon	Michael Wallace Banach	Deacon of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
26.1	Ordained Deacon	David Joseph Bonnar	Deacon of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
34.2	Solemn Vows	Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia
24.7	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Mark Siegel	Deacon of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
15 Apr	54.7	Appointed	Marcel Germain Perrier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France	Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
54.7	Appointed	Marcel Germain Perrier †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
16 Apr	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerard Bernacki †	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
64.2	Appointed	René Fernández Apaza †	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
44.7	Appointed	Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
44.7	Appointed	Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
49.3	Appointed	Nino Marzoli, C. R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
49.3	Appointed	Nino Marzoli, C. R. †	Titular Bishop of Nara	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
17 Apr	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr	84.4	Retired	Léon-Etienne Duval †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
86.5	Retired	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	President of the Pontifical Council for Culture	Cardinal, President Emeritus
57.6	Appointed	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	President of the Pontifical Council for Culture	Cardinal, President Emeritus
58.7	Succeeded	Henri Antoine Marie Teissier †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Apr	78.0	Died	Evelio Domínguez Recinos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
68.4	Died	Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.7	Appointed	Pierre Jacques Joatton, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France	Bishop Emeritus
21 Apr	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del Prado	Deacon of Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México
66.6	Resigned	Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Manuel Madureira Dias	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	44.3	Appointed	Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
44.3	Appointed	Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
23 Apr	26.0	Ordained Deacon	Guido Gallese	Deacon of Genova-Bobbio, Italy	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
75.4	Appointed	Jean Hengen †	Archbishop of Luxembourg	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Apr	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Franziskus Eisenbach †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
70.0	Ordained Bishop	[Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen], O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.7	Ordained Bishop	[Paul Han Xi-rang], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
27.4	Ordained Priest	Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X.	Priest of Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier	Bishop of Daltonganj, India
64.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ma Xue-sheng †	Coadjutor Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China	Bishop
29.2	Solemn Vows	Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic
77.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (Sun Zhi Pin) †	Bishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Josef Voß (Voss) †	Titular Bishop of Thisiduo	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
75.6	Died	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
76.7	Ordained Bishop	[James Zhao Zi-ping (Chao Ziping)] †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China	Bishop
25 Apr	52.0	Installed	Raymond Saint-Gelais	Coadjutor Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
36.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Thykkattil	Priest of Agra, India	Bishop of Gwalior, India
26 Apr	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Telesphore Richard Mkude	Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
27 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	John Gabriel †	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
65.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
77.6	Retired	Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
77.6	Retired	Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
61.4	Appointed	Juozas Preikšas †	Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania
61.4	Appointed	Juozas Preikšas †	Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania
28 Apr	54.2	Appointed	Felipe Aguirre Franco	Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
59.2	Appointed	Manuel Mireles Vaquera †	Coadjutor Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México	Prelate Emeritus
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Mugione †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
59.1	Appointed	Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
47.9	Appointed	Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	28.7	Solemn Vows	Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.	Member of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
30 Apr	54.2	Appointed	Paul Chittilapilly †	Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India
60.2	Appointed	Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus
26.5	Ordained Priest	Charles Morerod, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Coadjutor Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
59.5	Appointed	Michele Scandiffio †	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus

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