The Year of Our Lord 1952

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Mar 60.5 Appointed Rosalvo Costa Rêgo † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

43.0 Appointed Hélder Pessoa Câmara † Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

43.0 Appointed Hélder Pessoa Câmara † Titular Bishop of Saldae Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

4 Mar 49.6 Appointed Maurice Baudoux † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

49.6 Appointed Maurice Baudoux † Titular Archbishop of Preslavus Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

57.4 Appointed Daniel Joseph Feeney † Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Bishop

47.5 Appointed Luís Victor Sartori † Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

5 Mar Born Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

42.7 Appointed Antonio Floro Frondosa † Bishop of Capiz, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Capiz, Philippines

51.7 Appointed Manuel Porcia Yap † Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines

6 Mar 39.8 Ordained Bishop Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Avensa Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania

17.4 Entered Franc Rodé, C.M. Member of Congregation of the Mission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

7 Mar 43.1 Appointed Guillermo Escobar Vélez † Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

43.1 Appointed Guillermo Escobar Vélez † Titular Bishop of Attuda Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia

62.2 Confirmed Jules Georges Kandela † Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

Born Dominique François Joseph Mamberti Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

Born Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J. Bishop of Azul, Argentina

8 Mar 25.5 Ordained Priest Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Prelate Emeritus of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines

27.0 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Décoste † Priest Bishop of Hinche, Haïti

74.0 Died Cyril Rudolph Jarre, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China

23.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Mercieca † Priest of Gozo, Malta Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

25.1 Ordained Priest Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera † Priest of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Born Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M. Bishop of Vijayawada, India

23.6 Ordained Priest Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

9 Mar Born Pietro Maria Fragnelli Bishop of Trapani, Italy

53.5 Ordained Bishop Niclas Kujur, S.J. † Bishop of Ranchi, India Archbishop of Ranchi, India

56.7 Ordained Bishop Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. † Bishop of Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy

11 Mar 44.3 Appointed Sergio Méndez Arceo † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Bishop Emeritus

13 Mar 40.4 Appointed Bryan Gallagher † Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia Bishop Emeritus

43.8 Appointed Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

43.8 Appointed Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Amaura Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos

70.1 Ceased Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. † Prefect of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos Prefect Emeritus

85.1 Died Jenaro Méndez y del Río † Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

79.5 Died Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

15 Mar Born Edward Nicholas (Hugh) Gilbert, O.S.B. Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

16 Mar 71.9 Died Wilhelm Burger † Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Born Emmanuel Kerketta Bishop of Jashpur, India

Born Victor de la Cruz Ocampo † Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines

23.5 Ordained Priest Francesco Saverio Salerno † Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

18 Mar 39.3 Appointed Luis do Amaral Mousinho † Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

46.0 Appointed Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech † Bishop of Carcassonne, France Bishop Emeritus

19 Mar 47.7 Installed Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

46.8 Ordained Bishop Ambrogio De Battista, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Vijayawada, India Bishop Emeritus

71.0 Died Viktor Bieler † Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

49.5 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Binni † Bishop of Nola, Italy

45.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mark McShea † Titular Bishop of Mina Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Born Crispin Ojeda Márquez Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México

34.7 Appointed Francisco Orozco Lomelín † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

34.7 Appointed Francisco Orozco Lomelín † Titular Bishop of Vita Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

20 Mar Born Mario Antonio Cargnello Archbishop of Salta, Argentina

62.3 Appointed Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Raymond Larose, C.S.C. † Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

80.2 Died Albino Morera † Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

21 Mar 54.3 Appointed George Daniel Joseph Breen, C.S.C. † Prefect of Haflong, India Prefect Emeritus

23 Mar Born Peter Louis Cakü † Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

24 Mar 44.1 Appointed Paolo Bertoli † Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

44.1 Appointed Paolo Bertoli † Apostolic Delegate to Turkey Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

25 Mar 41.6 Ordained Bishop Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Stectorium Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia

52.0 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Baaken † Titular Bishop of Gordus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

25.8 Ordained Priest Basil Salvadore D’Souza † Priest of Mangalore, India Bishop

57.9 Ordained Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Lagania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.1 Ordained Bishop Lambert Anthony Hoch † Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

50.1 Ordained Bishop André Jacques Marie Jacquemin † Titular Bishop of Cartennae Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

28 Mar 57.3 Appointed John Joseph Boardman † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed John Joseph Boardman † Titular Bishop of Gunela Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

43.3 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Dadone † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Bishop of Fossano, Italy

Appointed Adam Grossi, P.M.E. † Prefect of Malda, India

56.9 Appointed James Ireland, M.H.M. † Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas Prefect Emeritus

29 Mar 23.0 Ordained Priest Nikol Joseph Cauchi † Priest of Gozo, Malta Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Succeeded Agostino D’Arco † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

29.9 Ordained Priest Hans Leo Drewes † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

26.7 Ordained Priest Protacio Guevarra Gungon † Priest of Manila, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines

29.1 Ordained Priest Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

22.9 Ordained Priest José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

28.0 Ordained Priest Bienvenido Mercado Lopez † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

30.0 Ordained Priest André Nguyễn Văn Nam † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam

25.7 Ordained Priest Giulio Nicolini † Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri Bishop of Cremona, Italy

73.7 Appointed Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Bishop

26.3 Ordained Priest Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat Priest Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France

23.9 Ordained Priest Paul-Werner Scheele † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

26.2 Ordained Priest Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

84.2 Died François Steinmetz, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey, Benin

30 Mar Born Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr. Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

69.5 Ordained Bishop Mate Garković † Titular Bishop of Adrasus Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

31 Mar Born Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci Bishop of Darwin, Australia

Apr 46.7 Ceased Flaviano Barrechea Ariola † Administrator of Bacolod, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines

1 Apr 71.8 Appointed Salvatore Del Bene † Apostolic Administrator of Alife, Italy Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

Born Jeffrey Neil Steenson Ordinary Emeritus of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA

57.2 Appointed José Villalón Mercado † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed José Villalón Mercado † Titular Bishop of Hermiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

3 Apr 52.8 Succeeded Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. † Archbishop of Catania, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Born Peter Martin Musikuwa Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi

82.5 Died Carmelo Patané † Archbishop of Catania, Italy

6 Apr 73.2 Died Oscar Morin, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

8 Apr 80.4 Died Franz Kamprath † Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

10 Apr Born Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru

Born Johannes Gorantla † Bishop of Kurnool, India

Born Robert Michael Miranda Bishop of Gulbarga, India

Born Keith Newton Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of Walsingham, England, Great Britain

12 Apr 56.2 Appointed Henri Maurice Albert Audrain † Apostolic Administrator of Versailles, France Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

84.0 Died Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

25.0 Ordained Priest Roger-Alfred Despatie † Priest of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

25.2 Ordained Priest Paolo Giglio † Priest of Malta Apostolic Nuncio

65.6 Died Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh

26.1 Ordained Priest Luigi de Magistris † Priest of Cagliari, Italy Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

23.0 Ordained Priest Pier Giacomo De Nicolò † Priest of Rimini, Italy Apostolic Nuncio

81.3 Appointed Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † Titular Bishop of Sigus Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

81.3 Retired Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † Bishop of Versailles, France Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Donato Squicciarini † Priest Apostolic Nuncio

13 Apr 25.2 Ordained Priest Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. † Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

23.5 Ordained Priest Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández † Priest of Santiago de Cuba Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

Born Singaroyan Sebastianappan Bishop Emeritus of Salem, India

14 Apr 70.4 Died Giacomo Luigi (James Louis) Cheng † Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand

Born Hansjörg Hofer Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria

Born Dirceu Vegini † Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil

16 Apr 79.6 Appointed Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Aezani Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

79.6 Retired Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 41.9 Appointed Carlo Ferrari † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy

18 Apr 46.1 Appointed Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Photice Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil

46.1 Appointed Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. † Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

Born António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

58.9 Appointed José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. † Prelate of Rio Branco, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil

58.9 Appointed José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Helos Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil

19 Apr 65.9 Appointed Michele Fontevecchia † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy

65.9 Resigned Michele Fontevecchia † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Giacomo Lercaro † Archbishop of Bologna, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

46.7 Succeeded Biagio Musto † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy

Born Christopher Henry Toohey Bishop Emeritus of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

20 Apr 40.1 Ordained Bishop Ernest Maria Çoba † Titular Bishop of Midaëum Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania

72.1 Ordained Bishop Pjetër Dema † Titular Bishop of Apollonias Vicar Capitular of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

45.7 Appointed Carlos Luis Geromini † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

Born Robert Francis Hennessey Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

43.2 Ordained Bishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara † Titular Bishop of Saldae Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

37.3 Ordained Bishop Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Thapsus Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia

21 Apr 67.0 Died Antonio Picconi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

23 Apr 46.1 Appointed Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco † Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Archbishop

46.1 Appointed Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco † Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

43.6 Appointed Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco † Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

35.2 Appointed Joseph Gargitter † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

70.0 Appointed Johann Baptist Geisler † Titular Archbishop of Odessus Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

70.0 Resigned Johann Baptist Geisler † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

84.4 Appointed Nicolás Eugenio Navarro † Titular Archbishop of Carpathus Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

81.3 Appointed Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

25 Apr Born Stanisław Budzik Archbishop of Lublin, Poland

26 Apr 24.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Louis Bernardin † Priest of Charleston, South Carolina, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

69.0 Resigned Louis (Luigi) Centoz † Apostolic Nuncio to Panama Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

69.0 Resigned Louis (Luigi) Centoz † Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

72.3 Appointed Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop-Elect

72.3 Appointed Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Cea Bishop-Elect of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil

49.1 Appointed Fortunato Zoppas † Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27 Apr 39.2 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Bukatko † Titular Bishop of Severiana Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

50.1 Ordained Bishop Pedro Cantero Cuadrado † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

43.3 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez † Titular Bishop of Attuda Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia

27.3 Ordained Priest Jean Gratton † Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

57.3 Ordained Bishop Luigi Pirelli † Bishop of Andria, Italy Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy

41.1 Ordained Bishop Aleksandar Tokic † Titular Archbishop of Bizya Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

28 Apr 72.5 Died Clemente Fernández, O.P. † Prefect Emeritus of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan

47.5 Appointed Maximilien de Fürstenberg † Apostolic Internuncio to Japan Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

29 Apr Born Edgardo Sarabia Juanich Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Taytay, Philippines

30 Apr 40.7 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Klein † Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

44.5 Ordained Bishop Sergio Méndez Arceo † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Bishop Emeritus

Born Luigi Testore Bishop of Acqui, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Mar	60.5	Appointed	Rosalvo Costa Rêgo †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
43.0	Appointed	Hélder Pessoa Câmara †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
43.0	Appointed	Hélder Pessoa Câmara †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
4 Mar	49.6	Appointed	Maurice Baudoux †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
49.6	Appointed	Maurice Baudoux †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
57.4	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Feeney †	Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop
47.5	Appointed	Luís Victor Sartori †	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
5 Mar		Born	Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez		Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
42.7	Appointed	Antonio Floro Frondosa †	Bishop of Capiz, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Capiz, Philippines
51.7	Appointed	Manuel Porcia Yap †	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
6 Mar	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Avensa	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
17.4	Entered	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
7 Mar	43.1	Appointed	Guillermo Escobar Vélez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
43.1	Appointed	Guillermo Escobar Vélez †	Titular Bishop of Attuda	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
62.2	Confirmed	Jules Georges Kandela †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti		Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J.		Bishop of Azul, Argentina
8 Mar	25.5	Ordained Priest	Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
27.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Décoste †	Priest	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
74.0	Died	Cyril Rudolph Jarre, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
23.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mercieca †	Priest of Gozo, Malta	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
25.1	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †	Priest of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	Born	Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M.		Bishop of Vijayawada, India
23.6	Ordained Priest	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
9 Mar		Born	Pietro Maria Fragnelli		Bishop of Trapani, Italy
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Niclas Kujur, S.J. †	Bishop of Ranchi, India	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
11 Mar	44.3	Appointed	Sergio Méndez Arceo †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	40.4	Appointed	Bryan Gallagher †	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
43.8	Appointed	Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
43.8	Appointed	Étienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Amaura	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
70.1	Ceased	Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Vientiane e Luang-Prabang, Laos	Prefect Emeritus
85.1	Died	Jenaro Méndez y del Río †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
79.5	Died	Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Mar		Born	Edward Nicholas (Hugh) Gilbert, O.S.B.		Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Mar	71.9	Died	Wilhelm Burger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	Born	Emmanuel Kerketta		Bishop of Jashpur, India
	Born	Victor de la Cruz Ocampo †		Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
23.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Saverio Salerno †	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
18 Mar	39.3	Appointed	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
46.0	Appointed	Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	47.7	Installed	Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio De Battista, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Vijayawada, India	Bishop Emeritus
71.0	Died	Viktor Bieler †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Binni †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mark McShea †	Titular Bishop of Mina	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	Born	Crispin Ojeda Márquez		Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
34.7	Appointed	Francisco Orozco Lomelín †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
34.7	Appointed	Francisco Orozco Lomelín †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
20 Mar		Born	Mario Antonio Cargnello		Archbishop of Salta, Argentina
62.3	Appointed	Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India	Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Raymond Larose, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
80.2	Died	Albino Morera †	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
21 Mar	54.3	Appointed	George Daniel Joseph Breen, C.S.C. †	Prefect of Haflong, India	Prefect Emeritus
23 Mar		Born	Peter Louis Cakü †		Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
24 Mar	44.1	Appointed	Paolo Bertoli †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
44.1	Appointed	Paolo Bertoli †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
25 Mar	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Stectorium	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Baaken †	Titular Bishop of Gordus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
25.8	Ordained Priest	Basil Salvadore D’Souza †	Priest of Mangalore, India	Bishop
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Lambert Anthony Hoch †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
50.1	Ordained Bishop	André Jacques Marie Jacquemin †	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
28 Mar	57.3	Appointed	John Joseph Boardman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	John Joseph Boardman †	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
43.3	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Dadone †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	Appointed	Adam Grossi, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Malda, India
56.9	Appointed	James Ireland, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas	Prefect Emeritus
29 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Nikol Joseph Cauchi †	Priest of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Succeeded	Agostino D’Arco †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
29.9	Ordained Priest	Hans Leo Drewes †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
26.7	Ordained Priest	Protacio Guevarra Gungon †	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
29.1	Ordained Priest	Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
22.9	Ordained Priest	José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
28.0	Ordained Priest	Bienvenido Mercado Lopez †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
30.0	Ordained Priest	André Nguyễn Văn Nam †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam
25.7	Ordained Priest	Giulio Nicolini †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
73.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Bishop
26.3	Ordained Priest	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
23.9	Ordained Priest	Paul-Werner Scheele †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
26.2	Ordained Priest	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
84.2	Died	François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey, Benin
30 Mar		Born	Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
69.5	Ordained Bishop	Mate Garković †	Titular Bishop of Adrasus	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
31 Mar		Born	Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci		Bishop of Darwin, Australia
Apr	46.7	Ceased	Flaviano Barrechea Ariola †	Administrator of Bacolod, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
1 Apr	71.8	Appointed	Salvatore Del Bene †	Apostolic Administrator of Alife, Italy	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
	Born	Jeffrey Neil Steenson		Ordinary Emeritus of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA
57.2	Appointed	José Villalón Mercado †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	José Villalón Mercado †	Titular Bishop of Hermiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
3 Apr	52.8	Succeeded	Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. †	Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Peter Martin Musikuwa		Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi
82.5	Died	Carmelo Patané †	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
6 Apr	73.2	Died	Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
8 Apr	80.4	Died	Franz Kamprath †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
10 Apr		Born	Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia		Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
	Born	Johannes Gorantla †		Bishop of Kurnool, India
	Born	Robert Michael Miranda		Bishop of Gulbarga, India
	Born	Keith Newton		Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of Walsingham, England, Great Britain
12 Apr	56.2	Appointed	Henri Maurice Albert Audrain †	Apostolic Administrator of Versailles, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
84.0	Died	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
25.0	Ordained Priest	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Priest of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
25.2	Ordained Priest	Paolo Giglio †	Priest of Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
65.6	Died	Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh
26.1	Ordained Priest	Luigi de Magistris †	Priest of Cagliari, Italy	Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
23.0	Ordained Priest	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †	Priest of Rimini, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
81.3	Appointed	Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
81.3	Retired	Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †	Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Donato Squicciarini †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
13 Apr	25.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
23.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández †	Priest of Santiago de Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	Born	Singaroyan Sebastianappan		Bishop Emeritus of Salem, India
14 Apr	70.4	Died	Giacomo Luigi (James Louis) Cheng †	Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand
	Born	Hansjörg Hofer		Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
	Born	Dirceu Vegini †		Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
16 Apr	79.6	Appointed	Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
79.6	Retired	Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	41.9	Appointed	Carlo Ferrari †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
18 Apr	46.1	Appointed	Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Photice	Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
46.1	Appointed	Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	Born	António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P.		Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
58.9	Appointed	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Prelate of Rio Branco, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil
58.9	Appointed	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Helos	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil
19 Apr	65.9	Appointed	Michele Fontevecchia †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
65.9	Resigned	Michele Fontevecchia †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Giacomo Lercaro †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
46.7	Succeeded	Biagio Musto †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
	Born	Christopher Henry Toohey		Bishop Emeritus of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
20 Apr	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Maria Çoba †	Titular Bishop of Midaëum	Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania
72.1	Ordained Bishop	Pjetër Dema †	Titular Bishop of Apollonias	Vicar Capitular of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
45.7	Appointed	Carlos Luis Geromini †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Robert Francis Hennessey		Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
43.2	Ordained Bishop	Hélder Pessoa Câmara †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
37.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
21 Apr	67.0	Died	Antonio Picconi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
23 Apr	46.1	Appointed	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop
46.1	Appointed	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
43.6	Appointed	Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
35.2	Appointed	Joseph Gargitter †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
70.0	Appointed	Johann Baptist Geisler †	Titular Archbishop of Odessus	Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
70.0	Resigned	Johann Baptist Geisler †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
84.4	Appointed	Nicolás Eugenio Navarro †	Titular Archbishop of Carpathus	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
81.3	Appointed	Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
25 Apr		Born	Stanisław Budzik		Archbishop of Lublin, Poland
26 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Priest of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
69.0	Resigned	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
69.0	Resigned	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
72.3	Appointed	Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
72.3	Appointed	Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Cea	Bishop-Elect of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
49.1	Appointed	Fortunato Zoppas †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Bukatko †	Titular Bishop of Severiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Cantero Cuadrado †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Escobar Vélez †	Titular Bishop of Attuda	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
27.3	Ordained Priest	Jean Gratton †	Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Pirelli †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Aleksandar Tokic †	Titular Archbishop of Bizya	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
28 Apr	72.5	Died	Clemente Fernández, O.P. †	Prefect Emeritus of Formosa Island {Isola Formosa), Taiwan
47.5	Appointed	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Apostolic Internuncio to Japan	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
29 Apr		Born	Edgardo Sarabia Juanich		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Taytay, Philippines
30 Apr	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Klein †	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Méndez Arceo †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Luigi Testore		Bishop of Acqui, Italy

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