The Year of Our Lord 2006

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 46.6 Appointed Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

46.6 Appointed Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. Titular Bishop of Horta Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

54.7 Appointed Charles Daniel Balvo Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

43.4 Ordained Bishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid Titular Bishop of San Leone Bishop of Colombia, Military

52.5 Appointed Francisco Montecillo Padilla Titular Archbishop of Nebbio Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

52.5 Appointed Francisco Montecillo Padilla Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

52.5 Appointed Francisco Montecillo Padilla Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala

2 Apr 59.1 Installed Vincenzo Apicella Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Ordained Bishop Vincent Kympat † Bishop of Jowai, India

50.2 Ordained Bishop Victor Lyngdoh Bishop of Nongstoin, India Archbishop of Shillong, India

3 Apr 57.9 Appointed Dèr Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso

75.5 Retired Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

4 Apr 59.0 Appointed Richard Gerard Lennon † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

73.3 Resigned Anthony Michael Pilla † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

94.6 Died Sebastian Valloppilly † Bishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India

5 Apr 50.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Alois Lakra † Bishop of Gumla, India

63.9 Appointed Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

82.4 Died Pasquale Macchi † Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

76.2 Retired Arnaldo Ribeiro † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

6 Apr 49.0 Appointed Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop

49.0 Appointed Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib Titular Bishop of Noba Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

60.6 Died Longinus Da Cunha † Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia

47.6 Appointed John Baptist Lee Keh-mien Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan

67.8 Appointed Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus

7 Apr 62.4 Appointed Andrej Glavan Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia Bishop Emeritus

69.5 Appointed Franc Kramberger Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Anton Stres, C.M. Bishop of Celje, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

50.7 Appointed Marjan Turnšek Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

8 Apr 50.1 Appointed Ramón Castro Castro Bishop of Campeche, México Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

51.5 Appointed Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

45.0 Appointed Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan

45.0 Appointed Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. Titular Bishop of Celerina Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan

76.3 Retired Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy † Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France Bishop Emeritus

10 Apr 81.9 Died Charles Joseph Henderson † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

12 Apr 51.3 Appointed Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana

13 Apr 64.8 Appointed Luigi Conti † Archbishop of Fermo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Leopoldo Girelli Titular Archbishop of Capreae Apostolic Nuncio to India

53.0 Appointed Leopoldo Girelli Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia Apostolic Nuncio to India

15 Apr 85.0 Died José Méndez Asensio † Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

18 Apr 74.2 Died Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil

19 Apr 50.8 Ordained Bishop John Barwa, S.V.D. Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela, India Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India

76.3 Retired José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Appointed José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. † Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

81.8 Died Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay

20 Apr 88.2 Died Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) † Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

32.8 Ordained Priest Aloysius Fondong Abangalo Priest of Buéa, Cameroon Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon

44.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Xu Honggen Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China

22 Apr 55.3 Succeeded Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria

51.1 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Appointed Gianfranco De Luca Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed António Augusto dos Santos Marto Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

68.4 Resigned Anthony Ekezia Ilonu † Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

64.3 Resigned Hervé Itoua Bishop of Ouesso, Congo Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Appointed Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania Archbishop of Dodoma, Tanzania

61.8 Appointed Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. Apostolic Administrator of Ouesso, Congo Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed José María Ortega Trinidad Prelate of Juli, Peru Prelate Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Sebastiano Sanguinetti Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.1 Appointed Ignazio Sanna Archbishop of Oristano, Italy President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology

75.8 Retired Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Pier Giuliano Tiddia Archbishop of Oristano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

61.4 Ordained Bishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Uzalis Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

23 Apr 60.8 Ordained Bishop Denis Brennan Bishop of Ferns, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Bishop Franz Scharl Titular Bishop of Ierafi Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

41.7 Ordained Bishop Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru Prelate Emeritus

54.7 Ordained Bishop Vincentius Sensi Potokota † Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia

58.6 Ordained Bishop Clement Tirkey Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India

24 Apr 56.9 Appointed Óscar González Villa † Bishop of Girardota, Colombia Priest of Manizales, Colombia

25 Apr 52.2 Ordained Bishop José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines

56.1 Appointed Frank Joseph Dewane Coadjutor Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA Bishop

49.6 Ordained Bishop Peter Joseph Hundt Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

55.4 Appointed Casimiro López Llorente Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain

26 Apr 69.2 Appointed Benedito Beni dos Santos Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil

54.6 Appointed João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil

49.6 Appointed François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Apr 88.3 Died Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

29 Apr 53.1 Appointed Francis Assisi Chullikatt Titular Archbishop of Ostra Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina

53.1 Appointed Francis Assisi Chullikatt Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina

53.1 Appointed Francis Assisi Chullikatt Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina

51.0 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni Titular Bishop of Ottana Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

47.7 Ordained Bishop Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. Bishop of Chillán, Chile Bishop Emeritus of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile

43.0 Ordained Bishop Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Auzia Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine

56.4 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Rocconi Bishop of Jesi, Italy

40.1 Ordained Priest Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of David, Panama

30 Apr 93.6 Died Charles Garrett Maloney † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

41.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ma Yinglin Bishop of Kunming [Kunming], China Archbishop

74.9 Installed Lucian Mureşan Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

51.6 Installed Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	46.6	Appointed	Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
46.6	Appointed	Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.	Titular Bishop of Horta	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
54.7	Appointed	Charles Daniel Balvo	Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid	Titular Bishop of San Leone	Bishop of Colombia, Military
52.5	Appointed	Francisco Montecillo Padilla	Titular Archbishop of Nebbio	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala
52.5	Appointed	Francisco Montecillo Padilla	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala
52.5	Appointed	Francisco Montecillo Padilla	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala
2 Apr	59.1	Installed	Vincenzo Apicella	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Kympat †	Bishop of Jowai, India
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Victor Lyngdoh	Bishop of Nongstoin, India	Archbishop of Shillong, India
3 Apr	57.9	Appointed	Dèr Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré	Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
75.5	Retired	Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé	Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
4 Apr	59.0	Appointed	Richard Gerard Lennon †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
73.3	Resigned	Anthony Michael Pilla †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
94.6	Died	Sebastian Valloppilly †	Bishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
5 Apr	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Alois Lakra †	Bishop of Gumla, India
63.9	Appointed	Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
82.4	Died	Pasquale Macchi †	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
76.2	Retired	Arnaldo Ribeiro †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Apr	49.0	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop
49.0	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Titular Bishop of Noba	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
60.6	Died	Longinus Da Cunha †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
47.6	Appointed	John Baptist Lee Keh-mien	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan
67.8	Appointed	Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J.	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr	62.4	Appointed	Andrej Glavan	Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
69.5	Appointed	Franc Kramberger	Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Anton Stres, C.M.	Bishop of Celje, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
50.7	Appointed	Marjan Turnšek	Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
8 Apr	50.1	Appointed	Ramón Castro Castro	Bishop of Campeche, México	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
51.5	Appointed	Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
45.0	Appointed	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan	Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
45.0	Appointed	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
76.3	Retired	Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	81.9	Died	Charles Joseph Henderson †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
12 Apr	51.3	Appointed	Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum	Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana
13 Apr	64.8	Appointed	Luigi Conti †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Leopoldo Girelli	Titular Archbishop of Capreae	Apostolic Nuncio to India
53.0	Appointed	Leopoldo Girelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia	Apostolic Nuncio to India
15 Apr	85.0	Died	José Méndez Asensio †	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
18 Apr	74.2	Died	Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
19 Apr	50.8	Ordained Bishop	John Barwa, S.V.D.	Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela, India	Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
76.3	Retired	José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Appointed	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
81.8	Died	Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
20 Apr	88.2	Died	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
32.8	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Fondong Abangalo	Priest of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Xu Honggen	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China
22 Apr	55.3	Succeeded	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B.	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Appointed	Gianfranco De Luca	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	António Augusto dos Santos Marto	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
68.4	Resigned	Anthony Ekezia Ilonu †	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
64.3	Resigned	Hervé Itoua	Bishop of Ouesso, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Appointed	Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania	Archbishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
61.8	Appointed	Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp.	Apostolic Administrator of Ouesso, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	José María Ortega Trinidad	Prelate of Juli, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.1	Appointed	Ignazio Sanna	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology
75.8	Retired	Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
23 Apr	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Denis Brennan	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Scharl	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
41.7	Ordained Bishop	Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Vincentius Sensi Potokota †	Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Clement Tirkey	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
24 Apr	56.9	Appointed	Óscar González Villa †	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia	Priest of Manizales, Colombia
25 Apr	52.2	Ordained Bishop	José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines
56.1	Appointed	Frank Joseph Dewane	Coadjutor Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA	Bishop
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Joseph Hundt	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
55.4	Appointed	Casimiro López Llorente	Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain
26 Apr	69.2	Appointed	Benedito Beni dos Santos	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
54.6	Appointed	João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
49.6	Appointed	François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Apr	88.3	Died	Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
29 Apr	53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Titular Archbishop of Ostra	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina
53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina
53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Ghizzoni	Titular Bishop of Ottana	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D.	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Rocconi	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
40.1	Ordained Priest	Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of David, Panama
30 Apr	93.6	Died	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ma Yinglin	Bishop of Kunming [Kunming], China	Archbishop
74.9	Installed	Lucian Mureşan	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
51.6	Installed	Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

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