The Year of Our Lord 1945

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 47.1 Resigned Joseph Kao † Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China Prefect Emeritus of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China

1 Mar Born Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

72.3 Died Luigj Bumci † Bishop Emeritus of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

Born Marcelo Raúl Martorell † Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

74.2 Died Michael Sheehan † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

Born Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

2 Mar Born Joseph Đình Đúc Đao Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam

Born Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay

Born Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin † Apostolic Nuncio

3 Mar 56.4 Succeeded Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

60.2 Died Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

42.5 Appointed Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Hieropolis Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

42.5 Appointed Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. † Official to Egypt and Arabia Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

53.6 Appointed John Roderick MacDonald † Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Bishop

53.6 Appointed John Roderick MacDonald † Titular Bishop of Ancusa Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

73.4 Died Paul Peter Rhode † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

4 Mar 44.3 Ordained Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Michael John Sheridan † Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Born Manuel Ureña Pastor Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

47.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) † Titular Bishop of Calydon Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China

6 Mar 86.1 Died Alberto José Gonçalves † Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

7 Mar 19.4 Simple Vows Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † Member of Order of Friars Preachers Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

10 Mar 51.1 Appointed Edward Joseph Hunkeler † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

42.7 Appointed John Anthony King Mussio † Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

43.9 Appointed Francis Joseph Schenk † Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

40.5 Appointed Vincent Stanislaus Waters † Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

11 Mar 52.9 Ordained Bishop Lucio Crescenzi † Titular Bishop of Pharsalus Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy

72.4 Died Nicola Milone † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

40.5 Ordained Bishop Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Arad Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

13 Mar 74.0 Died David Keane † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

82.3 Died Giuseppe Lojacono † Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy

14 Mar Born Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

15 Mar 68.9 Died Josef Lörks, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

Born Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. † Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

16 Mar Born Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China

14.9 Entered Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. † Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada

17 Mar 25.9 Ordained Priest Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India

Born Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés † Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba

24.6 Ordained Priest Pierre Bertrand Chagué † Priest Bishop of Gap, France

Born Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I. Bishop Emeritus of Kotido, Uganda

24.9 Ordained Priest Victor Guazzelli † Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin † Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

25.1 Ordained Priest John Edgar McCafferty † Priest of Rochester, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

24.9 Ordained Priest Karel Otčenášek † Priest of Hradec Králové, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

Born Dennis Joseph Sullivan Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

26.4 Ordained Priest Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa † Priest of Palo, Philippines Archbishop of Palo, Philippines

22.8 Ordained Priest Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}

26.4 Ordained Priest Simon Zhang Jiumu † Priest Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China

24.7 Ordained Priest Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia

18 Mar 26.5 Ordained Priest Cornelius Elanjikal † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

40.2 Installed Hernán Frías Hurtado † Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile Bishop Emeritus

22.7 Ordained Deacon Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic † Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

18.1 Simple Vows Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

Born Salvatore Pappalardo Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

22.5 Ordained Priest Petar Perkolić † Priest of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Priest Vasco Séirécov † Priest Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

19 Mar 83.7 Died Valentín Comellas y Santamaría † Bishop of Solsona, Spain

74.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Patrick Donahue † Titular Bishop of Emmaüs Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

25.3 Ordained Priest Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

20 Mar 66.6 Died Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand † Bishop of Oran, Algeria

21 Mar 67.2 Died Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos Vicar Apostolic

48.8 Died Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Laos

23 Mar Born Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military

24 Mar Born Luigi Marrucci † Bishop Emeritus of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy

25 Mar 26.8 Ordained Priest Traian Crisan † Priest of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

25.4 Ordained Priest Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. † Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)

24.5 Ordained Priest Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak † Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

26 Mar 51.7 Ordained Bishop Bl. Simeon Lukach † Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

49.1 Ordained Bishop Bl. Ivan Sleziuk † Coadjutor Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop

45.9 Ordained Bishop Stepan Vaprovych (Vaprovyč) † Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

27 Mar Born Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R. Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

28 Mar 68.7 Died János Mikes † Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary

63.7 Died Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga † Bishop of León en Nicaragua

29 Mar Born Sebastiano Sanguinetti Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

60.9 Died Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

30 Mar 67.3 Died Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B. † Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil

74.3 Died Francesco Pascucci † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

30.2 Ordained Priest Vincente Puchol Montis † Priest Bishop of Santander, Spain

31 Mar 26.6 Ordained Priest Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño † Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

26.5 Ordained Priest Miguel González Ibarra † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

24.6 Ordained Priest Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France

27.7 Ordained Priest Luis Rojas Mena † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

Apr 35.7 Ordained Bishop Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

1 Apr Born José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia

2 Apr 53.0 Died Bl. Vilmos Apor † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

6 Apr Born Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap. Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

72.6 Appointed Angelo Rotta † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

7 Apr 42.8 Appointed Joseph Gerald Berry † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

50.3 Appointed James Louis Connolly † Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.3 Appointed James Louis Connolly † Titular Bishop of Mylasa Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

42.6 Appointed Daniel Figueroa Villón † Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

42.6 Appointed Daniel Figueroa Villón † Titular Bishop of Parnassus Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

52.9 Appointed Thomas John Flynn † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

52.9 Appointed Thomas John Flynn † Titular Archbishop of Silyum Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

48.7 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

8 Apr Born Joseph Djida, O.M.I. † Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

65.3 Died Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana

Born Diarmuid Martin Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

39.1 Ordained Bishop Enrico Nicodemo † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

54.8 Installed Joseph Pace † Bishop of Gozo, Malta

25.0 Ordained Priest Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski † Priest of Częstochowa, Poland Bishop of Płock, Poland

28.1 Ordained Priest Dieudonné Yougbaré † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Koupéla, Burkina Faso

10 Apr 74.3 Died James Paul McCloskey † Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines

76.2 Appointed Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

76.2 Retired Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

11 Apr Born Guerrino Riccardo Brusati † Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Cyprian Monis Bishop Emeritus of Asansol, India

13 Apr Born Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

14 Apr 56.8 Appointed Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

56.8 Appointed Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † Titular Bishop of Lappa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

67.3 Appointed Andrew James Louis Brennan † Titular Bishop of Telmissus Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

67.3 Resigned Andrew James Louis Brennan † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Succeeded Peter Leo Ireton † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

25.7 Ordained Priest Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea

Born Armando José María Rossi, O.P. Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Argentina

15 Apr 52.1 Ordained Bishop José Souto Vizoso † Titular Bishop of Elusa Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain

54.6 Died Cyprian Witte, SS.CC. † Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]

18 Apr 58.0 Appointed Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Turkey Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

19 Apr Born George Alencherry Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

52.3 Died Vitus Bouma, SS.CC. † Prefect of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia

20 Apr Born Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

Born Vincenzo Paglia President of the Pontifical Academy for Life

21 Apr 55.7 Appointed Louis Francis Kelleher † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

55.7 Appointed Louis Francis Kelleher † Titular Bishop of Thenae Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born Julián López Martín Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

22 Apr 24.8 Ordained Priest Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. † Priest Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China

24 Apr Born Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

25 Apr Born Piotr Kryk Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

27 Apr Born Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada

30 Apr Born Salvadore Lobo Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	47.1	Resigned	Joseph Kao †	Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China	Prefect Emeritus of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China
1 Mar		Born	Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger		Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
72.3	Died	Luigj Bumci †	Bishop Emeritus of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
	Born	Marcelo Raúl Martorell †		Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
74.2	Died	Michael Sheehan †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	Born	Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.		Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
2 Mar		Born	Joseph Đình Đúc Đao		Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
	Born	Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín		Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
	Born	Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin †		Apostolic Nuncio
3 Mar	56.4	Succeeded	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
60.2	Died	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo
42.5	Appointed	Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Hieropolis	Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
42.5	Appointed	Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. †	Official to Egypt and Arabia	Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
53.6	Appointed	John Roderick MacDonald †	Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop
53.6	Appointed	John Roderick MacDonald †	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
73.4	Died	Paul Peter Rhode †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
4 Mar	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Michael John Sheridan †		Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
	Born	Manuel Ureña Pastor		Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China
6 Mar	86.1	Died	Alberto José Gonçalves †	Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
7 Mar	19.4	Simple Vows	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
10 Mar	51.1	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hunkeler †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
42.7	Appointed	John Anthony King Mussio †	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
43.9	Appointed	Francis Joseph Schenk †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
40.5	Appointed	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
11 Mar	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Crescenzi †	Titular Bishop of Pharsalus	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
72.4	Died	Nicola Milone †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
40.5	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
13 Mar	74.0	Died	David Keane †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
82.3	Died	Giuseppe Lojacono †	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy
14 Mar		Born	Leo Cornelio, S.V.D.		Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
15 Mar	68.9	Died	Josef Lörks, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
	Born	Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. †		Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
16 Mar		Born	Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
14.9	Entered	Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
17 Mar	25.9	Ordained Priest	Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India
	Born	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés †		Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
24.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre Bertrand Chagué †	Priest	Bishop of Gap, France
	Born	Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Kotido, Uganda
24.9	Ordained Priest	Victor Guazzelli †	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
25.1	Ordained Priest	John Edgar McCafferty †	Priest of Rochester, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
24.9	Ordained Priest	Karel Otčenášek †	Priest of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Dennis Joseph Sullivan		Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
26.4	Ordained Priest	Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa †	Priest of Palo, Philippines	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
22.8	Ordained Priest	Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}
26.4	Ordained Priest	Simon Zhang Jiumu †	Priest	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
24.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
18 Mar	26.5	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Elanjikal †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
40.2	Installed	Hernán Frías Hurtado †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
22.7	Ordained Deacon	Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic †	Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
18.1	Simple Vows	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	Born	Salvatore Pappalardo		Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
22.5	Ordained Priest	Petar Perkolić †	Priest of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Priest	Vasco Séirécov †	Priest	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
19 Mar	83.7	Died	Valentín Comellas y Santamaría †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
74.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
25.3	Ordained Priest	Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Mar	66.6	Died	Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
21 Mar	67.2	Died	Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos	Vicar Apostolic
48.8	Died	Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Laos
23 Mar		Born	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military
24 Mar		Born	Luigi Marrucci †		Bishop Emeritus of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
25 Mar	26.8	Ordained Priest	Traian Crisan †	Priest of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
25.4	Ordained Priest	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
24.5	Ordained Priest	Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
26 Mar	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Simeon Lukach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †	Coadjutor Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Stepan Vaprovych (Vaprovyč) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27 Mar		Born	Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R.		Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
28 Mar	68.7	Died	János Mikes †	Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
63.7	Died	Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
29 Mar		Born	Sebastiano Sanguinetti		Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
60.9	Died	Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
30 Mar	67.3	Died	Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil
74.3	Died	Francesco Pascucci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
30.2	Ordained Priest	Vincente Puchol Montis †	Priest	Bishop of Santander, Spain
31 Mar	26.6	Ordained Priest	Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño †	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
26.5	Ordained Priest	Miguel González Ibarra †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
24.6	Ordained Priest	Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
27.7	Ordained Priest	Luis Rojas Mena †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
Apr	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1 Apr		Born	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
2 Apr	53.0	Died	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
6 Apr		Born	Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap.		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
72.6	Appointed	Angelo Rotta †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
7 Apr	42.8	Appointed	Joseph Gerald Berry †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
50.3	Appointed	James Louis Connolly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.3	Appointed	James Louis Connolly †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
42.6	Appointed	Daniel Figueroa Villón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
42.6	Appointed	Daniel Figueroa Villón †	Titular Bishop of Parnassus	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
52.9	Appointed	Thomas John Flynn †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
52.9	Appointed	Thomas John Flynn †	Titular Archbishop of Silyum	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
48.7	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
8 Apr		Born	Joseph Djida, O.M.I. †		Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
65.3	Died	Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana
	Born	Diarmuid Martin		Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Nicodemo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
54.8	Installed	Joseph Pace †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
25.0	Ordained Priest	Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski †	Priest of Częstochowa, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
28.1	Ordained Priest	Dieudonné Yougbaré †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
10 Apr	74.3	Died	James Paul McCloskey †	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
76.2	Appointed	Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
76.2	Retired	Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Apr		Born	Guerrino Riccardo Brusati †		Bishop Emeritus of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Cyprian Monis		Bishop Emeritus of Asansol, India
13 Apr		Born	Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
14 Apr	56.8	Appointed	Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
56.8	Appointed	Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †	Titular Bishop of Lappa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
67.3	Appointed	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
67.3	Resigned	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Succeeded	Peter Leo Ireton †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
25.7	Ordained Priest	Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
	Born	Armando José María Rossi, O.P.		Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Argentina
15 Apr	52.1	Ordained Bishop	José Souto Vizoso †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
54.6	Died	Cyprian Witte, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
18 Apr	58.0	Appointed	Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
19 Apr		Born	George Alencherry		Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
52.3	Died	Vitus Bouma, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia
20 Apr		Born	Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
	Born	Vincenzo Paglia		President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
21 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Louis Francis Kelleher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
55.7	Appointed	Louis Francis Kelleher †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	Born	Julián López Martín		Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
22 Apr	24.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. †	Priest	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
24 Apr		Born	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
25 Apr		Born	Piotr Kryk		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
27 Apr		Born	Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
30 Apr		Born	Salvadore Lobo		Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India

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