The Year of Our Lord 2021

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 80.9 Died Rayappu Joseph † Bishop Emeritus of Mannar, Sri Lanka

90.1 Died Divo Zadi † Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy

3 Apr 68.2 Died Cyprian Kizito Lwanga † Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

92.0 Died Pier Giacomo De Nicolò † Apostolic Nuncio

47.6 Appointed Paul Sundu Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea

90.4 Died Christian Wiyghan Tumi † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

5 Apr 80.6 Died Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan

6 Apr 65.3 Died Alfred Leonhard Maluma † Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania

48.5 Appointed Simon Chibuga Masondole Bishop of Bunda, Tanzania

86.3 Died Jan Purwinski † Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

7 Apr 56.2 Appointed Pedro Alberto Bustamante López Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

78.9 Appointed Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. Apostolic Administrator of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

66.1 Appointed Daniel John Felton Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

75.1 Retired John Joseph O’Hara Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Resigned Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru Prelate Emeritus

64.7 Appointed Paul Ssemogerere Apostolic Administrator of Kampala, Uganda Archbishop

60.9 Ordained Bishop Ivan Štironja Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia

8 Apr 51.0 Appointed Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega Bishop of Siuna, Nicaragua

60.4 Appointed John Chrisostom Ndimbo Apostolic Administrator of Njombe, Tanzania Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania

82.7 Died César Ramón Ortega Herrera † Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela

9 Apr 53.6 Ordained Bishop Antoine Farès Bou Najem Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

94.9 Died Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo, Venezuela

60.1 Ordained Bishop Titus Seo Sang-Beom Bishop of Korea, Military

76.0 Ceased Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Korea, Military Bishop Emeritus

10 Apr 54.8 Ordained Bishop Tibor Berta Bishop of Hungary, Military

53.6 Installed Antoine Farès Bou Najem Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

96.7 Died Edward Idris Cassidy † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

88.4 Died Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela † Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela

83.8 Died Félix del Blanco Prieto † Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

58.5 Appointed Giampio Luigi Devasini Bishop of Chiavari, Italy

52.6 Ordained Bishop Francisco José Prieto Fernández Titular Bishop of Vergi Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

75.6 Retired Alberto Tanasini † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy Bishop Emeritus

11 Apr 75.7 Ceased Joseph Coutts Apostolic Administrator of Karachi, Pakistan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.9 Installed Lucien (Luc) Jacques Marie Joseph Crepy, C.I.M. Bishop of Versailles, France

59.6 Ordained Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. Titular Bishop of Suliana Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

63.4 Appointed Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Multan, Pakistan Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan

54.3 Installed Benny Mario Travas Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan

12 Apr 50.5 Appointed Armando Matteo Official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

95.4 Died Jaime Mota de Farias † Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil

13 Apr 81.3 Died Patricio Hacbang Alo † Bishop Emeritus of Mati, Philippines

71.8 Resigned Michael Joseph Hoeppner Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

78.1 Appointed Richard Edmund Pates Apostolic Administrator of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA

14 Apr 82.5 Died Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina

48.7 Appointed Claudiu-Lucian Pop Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

17 Apr 75.5 Retired Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Callao, Peru

65.5 Ordained Bishop Jerome Feudjio Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA

73.3 Ceased Wilton Daniel Gregory Apostolic Administrator of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

91.5 Died Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho

64.7 Appointed Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

57.0 Installed Duncan Theodore Tsoke Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa

18 Apr 65.8 Installed Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay

54.0 Installed Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

54.3 Ordained Bishop Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

84.5 Died Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

20 Apr 59.0 Ordained Bishop Gary Wayne Janak Titular Bishop of Dionysiana Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

21 Apr 78.1 Died Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

74.8 Died Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines

79.5 Died Wojciech Ziemba † Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland

22 Apr 55.5 Appointed Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz † Apostolic Administrator of El Banco, Colombia Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia

55.5 Installed Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz † Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia

24 Apr 48.6 Ordained Bishop Peter Beňo Titular Bishop of Amudarsa Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

51.7 Appointed Edwin Mwansa Mulandu Bishop of Mpika, Zambia

48.7 Installed Claudiu-Lucian Pop Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

25 Apr 76.3 Died André de Witte † Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil

60.0 Appointed José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia

53.9 Ordained Bishop Mark Gerard Miles Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

77.2 Ceased Guerrino Perin, M.C.C.I. Apostolic Administrator of Mbaïki, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

62.2 Installed Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic

79.6 Installed Beniamino Stella Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

27 Apr 89.3 Died Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

88.8 Died Jan Stefan Gałecki † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

60.2 Ceased Rrok Gjonlleshaj Apostolic Administrator of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

76.3 Appointed Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. Apostolic Administrator of Caroní, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

76.3 Retired Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

59.3 Appointed Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B. Bishop of Gracias, Honduras

75.3 Retired Wiesław Alojzy Mering Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela

60.9 Installed Ivan Štironja Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia

57.7 Appointed Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

28 Apr 57.8 Resigned Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Riobamba, Ecuador Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

75.0 Retired Julio Parrilla Díaz Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

55.4 Appointed José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre Apostolic Administrator of Riobamba, Ecuador Bishop

30 Apr 54.6 Appointed James Robert Golka Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

64.7 Appointed William Edward Koenig Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

77.2 Retired William Francis Malooly Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Gabriel Randrianantenaina Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar

76.1 Retired Michael John Sheridan † Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus

85.4 Died Pio Vittorio Vigo † Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	80.9	Died	Rayappu Joseph †	Bishop Emeritus of Mannar, Sri Lanka
90.1	Died	Divo Zadi †	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy
3 Apr	68.2	Died	Cyprian Kizito Lwanga †	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
92.0	Died	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †	Apostolic Nuncio
47.6	Appointed	Paul Sundu	Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
90.4	Died	Christian Wiyghan Tumi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
5 Apr	80.6	Died	Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
6 Apr	65.3	Died	Alfred Leonhard Maluma †	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania
48.5	Appointed	Simon Chibuga Masondole	Bishop of Bunda, Tanzania
86.3	Died	Jan Purwinski †	Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
7 Apr	56.2	Appointed	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
78.9	Appointed	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
66.1	Appointed	Daniel John Felton	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
75.1	Retired	John Joseph O’Hara	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Resigned	Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
64.7	Appointed	Paul Ssemogerere	Apostolic Administrator of Kampala, Uganda	Archbishop
60.9	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Štironja	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
8 Apr	51.0	Appointed	Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega	Bishop of Siuna, Nicaragua
60.4	Appointed	John Chrisostom Ndimbo	Apostolic Administrator of Njombe, Tanzania	Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania
82.7	Died	César Ramón Ortega Herrera †	Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
9 Apr	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Farès Bou Najem	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
94.9	Died	Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo, Venezuela
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Titus Seo Sang-Beom	Bishop of Korea, Military
76.0	Ceased	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Korea, Military	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Tibor Berta	Bishop of Hungary, Military
53.6	Installed	Antoine Farès Bou Najem	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
96.7	Died	Edward Idris Cassidy †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
88.4	Died	Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela †	Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
83.8	Died	Félix del Blanco Prieto †	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
58.5	Appointed	Giampio Luigi Devasini	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco José Prieto Fernández	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
75.6	Retired	Alberto Tanasini †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	75.7	Ceased	Joseph Coutts	Apostolic Administrator of Karachi, Pakistan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.9	Installed	Lucien (Luc) Jacques Marie Joseph Crepy, C.I.M.	Bishop of Versailles, France
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Suliana	Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
63.4	Appointed	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Multan, Pakistan	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
54.3	Installed	Benny Mario Travas	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
12 Apr	50.5	Appointed	Armando Matteo	Official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
95.4	Died	Jaime Mota de Farias †	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
13 Apr	81.3	Died	Patricio Hacbang Alo †	Bishop Emeritus of Mati, Philippines
71.8	Resigned	Michael Joseph Hoeppner	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
78.1	Appointed	Richard Edmund Pates	Apostolic Administrator of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
14 Apr	82.5	Died	Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
48.7	Appointed	Claudiu-Lucian Pop	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
17 Apr	75.5	Retired	Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Callao, Peru
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Jerome Feudjio	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
73.3	Ceased	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
91.5	Died	Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
64.7	Appointed	Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
57.0	Installed	Duncan Theodore Tsoke	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
18 Apr	65.8	Installed	Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández	Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay
54.0	Installed	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
84.5	Died	Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
20 Apr	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Gary Wayne Janak	Titular Bishop of Dionysiana	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
21 Apr	78.1	Died	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
74.8	Died	Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
79.5	Died	Wojciech Ziemba †	Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
22 Apr	55.5	Appointed	Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz †	Apostolic Administrator of El Banco, Colombia	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
55.5	Installed	Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz †	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
24 Apr	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Beňo	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
51.7	Appointed	Edwin Mwansa Mulandu	Bishop of Mpika, Zambia
48.7	Installed	Claudiu-Lucian Pop	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
25 Apr	76.3	Died	André de Witte †	Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
60.0	Appointed	José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Mark Gerard Miles	Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
77.2	Ceased	Guerrino Perin, M.C.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Mbaïki, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Installed	Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic
79.6	Installed	Beniamino Stella	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
27 Apr	89.3	Died	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
88.8	Died	Jan Stefan Gałecki †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
60.2	Ceased	Rrok Gjonlleshaj	Apostolic Administrator of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
76.3	Appointed	Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Caroní, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
59.3	Appointed	Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B.	Bishop of Gracias, Honduras
75.3	Retired	Wiesław Alojzy Mering	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
60.9	Installed	Ivan Štironja	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
57.7	Appointed	Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
28 Apr	57.8	Resigned	Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Riobamba, Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
75.0	Retired	Julio Parrilla Díaz	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
55.4	Appointed	José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre	Apostolic Administrator of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop
30 Apr	54.6	Appointed	James Robert Golka	Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
64.7	Appointed	William Edward Koenig	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
77.2	Retired	William Francis Malooly	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Gabriel Randrianantenaina	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
76.1	Retired	Michael John Sheridan †	Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
85.4	Died	Pio Vittorio Vigo †	Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy

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