The Year of Our Lord 1956

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 47.7 Appointed Florencio Coronado Romani, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Appointed Lawrence Frederik Schott † Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

48.5 Appointed Lawrence Frederik Schott † Titular Bishop of Eluza Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

2 Mar 95.5 Died Antonio di Tommaso † Bishop Emeritus of Oria, Italy

65.0 Appointed León Buenaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru

4 Mar 75.1 Died Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy

87.1 Died Edmund John Aloysius Gleeson, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Maitland, Australia

51.0 Succeeded John Thomas Toohey † Bishop of Maitland, Australia

5 Mar Born Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina

Born Donato Oliverio Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

42.8 Appointed Agnelo Rossi † Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

6 Mar 42.9 Appointed Doroteo Fernández y Fernández † Auxiliary Bishop of Santander, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Badajoz, Spain

42.9 Appointed Doroteo Fernández y Fernández † Titular Bishop of Castabala Bishop Emeritus of Badajoz, Spain

7 Mar 57.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. † Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar

47.6 Ordained Bishop John Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Aspendus Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

8 Mar Born Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D. † Bishop of Jhabua, India

20.4 Professed Alano Maria Pena, O.P. Member of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

9 Mar 40.6 Appointed António Cardoso Cunha † Auxiliary Bishop of Beja, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal

40.6 Appointed António Cardoso Cunha † Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal

Born Tadeusz Płoski † Bishop of Poland, Military

10 Mar Born Robert Ovide Bourgon Bishop Emeritus of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada

50.5 Appointed Martien Antoon Jansen † Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Carlo Livraghi † Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

37.5 Appointed Geraldo María de Morais Penido † Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

37.5 Appointed Geraldo María de Morais Penido † Titular Bishop of Avissa Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

78.4 Died Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron † Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

55.1 Appointed Pieter Antoon Nierman † Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

11 Mar 50.8 Ordained Bishop Luis Baccino † Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

25.5 Ordained Priest Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

Born Theodoros Kontidis, S.J. Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

58.1 Ordained Bishop Stanislaus Tigga † Titular Bishop of Achelous Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India

12 Mar 30.2 Ordained Priest Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

13 Mar 58.0 Installed Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

76.5 Appointed Jules Benjamin Jeanmard † Titular Bishop of Bareta Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

76.5 Retired Jules Benjamin Jeanmard † Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born José Porunnedom Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India

60.5 Appointed Maurice Schexnayder † Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

15 Mar 39.2 Appointed Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † Apostolic Administrator of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

36.4 Entered Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. † Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)

16 Mar 53.9 Appointed Valérien Bélanger † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

53.9 Appointed Valérien Bélanger † Titular Bishop of Cyrene Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

Born Luis Mariano Montemayor Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

17 Mar 26.2 Ordained Priest Andrea Maria Erba, B. † Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul Bishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy

24.6 Ordained Priest Charles Victor Grahmann † Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

25.6 Ordained Priest John Joseph Leibrecht Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA

25.0 Ordained Priest Rafael Montiano Lim † Priest Bishop of Boac, Philippines

24.5 Ordained Priest Roger Lucien Meindre † Priest of Saint-Flour, France Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

23.2 Ordained Priest Ian Murray † Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

25.2 Ordained Priest Concordio Maria Sarte † Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

27.0 Ordained Priest José Crisologo Sorra † Priest of Legazpi, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

24.3 Ordained Priest Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

28.2 Ordained Priest Jesus Yu Varela † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines

25.1 Ordained Priest Ricardo Jamin Vidal † Priest of Lucena, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

24.4 Ordained Priest John Walter Yanta † Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA

18 Mar 28.2 Ordained Priest Ottorino Pietro Alberti † Priest of Nuoro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

Born Józef Guzdek Archbishop of Białystok, Poland

Born Paul Joseph Hendricks Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

19 Mar 66.2 Ordained Bishop Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. † Titular Bishop of Clazomenae Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles

49.6 Appointed Gabriel Ganni † Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

49.6 Appointed Gabriel Ganni † Titular Bishop of Gargara Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

21 Mar Born Joseph Charles Bambera Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

22 Mar 70.9 Died Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

23 Mar 50.9 Appointed Manuel Dos Santos Rocha † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

Born Edgar Amine Madi Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil

31.3 Ordained Priest Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka

24 Mar Born Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana

43.5 Appointed Elias Mchonde † Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

43.5 Appointed Elias Mchonde † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

44.0 Appointed Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.0 Appointed Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † Titular Bishop of Balanea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

25 Mar 41.4 Ordained Bishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Cataquas Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda

26 Mar Born Terry Ronald LaValley Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

23.8 Ordained Priest Antonio Racelis Rañola Priest of Lucena, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

27 Mar 50.6 Appointed Antonio Oña de Echave † Auxiliary Bishop of Lugo, Spain Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Appointed Antonio Oña de Echave † Titular Bishop of Dystis Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain

23.7 Ordained Priest Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico

28 Mar 45.7 Appointed José Filípe do Carmo Colaço † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde Bishop Emeritus

1 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Antonio Dorado Soto † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

23.0 Ordained Priest Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria

Born Dimas Lara Barbosa Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

21.4 Professed João Maria Messi, O.S.M. Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 Apr Born Johannes Bündgens Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

70.1 Died Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. † Archbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China

24.7 Ordained Priest Pablo Puente Buces † Priest of Santander, Spain Apostolic Nuncio

Born José Francisco Rezende Dias Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

31.3 Ordained Priest Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

3 Apr 31.2 Ordained Priest Gabriel Kihimbare † Priest Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kitega, Burundi

4 Apr 66.6 Appointed George Brunner † Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

Born Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy

49.0 Appointed Egidio Negrin † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso, Italy Bishop

Born Michael Odogwu Elue Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria

6 Apr 52.6 Appointed Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. † Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

52.6 Appointed Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Lares Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

7 Apr 53.8 Appointed Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

53.8 Appointed Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Hypselis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Darién, Panama

27.4 Ordained Priest Ernest Simoni Priest of Shkodrë, Albania Cardinal, Priest of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania

8 Apr 50.9 Installed Luis Baccino † Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

25.7 Ordained Priest Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

23.1 Ordained Priest Kelvin Edward Felix † Priest of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

42.4 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Forer † Titular Bishop of Memphis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

9 Apr 56.7 Appointed Giuseppe Carraro † Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

54.3 Appointed Miguel Nóvoa Fuente † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

54.3 Appointed Miguel Nóvoa Fuente † Titular Bishop of Chytri Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

10 Apr Born James Naanman Daman, O.S.A. † Bishop of Shendam, Nigeria

11 Apr 51.7 Appointed Alden John Bell † Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA

51.7 Appointed Alden John Bell † Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA

48.0 Appointed Thomas Edward Gill † Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

48.0 Appointed Thomas Edward Gill † Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

13 Apr 53.9 Appointed Roger André Marcel Johan † Bishop of Agen, France Bishop Emeritus

15 Apr Born Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda Bishop of Porto, Portugal

23.5 Ordained Priest Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France

28.4 Ordained Priest Pierre-Célestin Nkou † Priest of Douala, Cameroon Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon

42.9 Ordained Bishop Agnelo Rossi † Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

46.2 Ordained Bishop Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi † Titular Bishop of Cernitza Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

16 Apr Born Hervé Marie Michel Gosselin Bishop of Angoulême, France

17 Apr Born George Jonathan Dodo † Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria

50.2 Appointed Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † Coadjutor Archbishop of Tours, France Archbishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

Born Jan Ozga Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

18 Apr Born Edward Tamba Charles Archbishop of Freetown, Sierra Leone

20 Apr 71.2 Appointed François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Amadassa Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda

71.2 Resigned François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. † Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

Born Joachim Walder Auxiliary Bishop of Aizawl, India

21 Apr 42.1 Selected João (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. † Patriarchal Vicar Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil

40.7 Selected Michael Doumith † Bishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon

66.1 Died Edward Joseph Kelly † Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA

36.4 Selected Joseph Khoury † Patriarchal Vicar Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon

Born Raphael Thattil Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

22 Apr 47.9 Ordained Bishop Florencio Coronado Romani, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru Bishop Emeritus

54.8 Ordained Bishop Vittorio Longo † Titular Bishop of Loryma Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

25.2 Ordained Priest Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu † Priest of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

54.9 Ordained Bishop Luigi Rinaldi † Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25 Apr 68.3 Died Gyula Czapik † Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

75.0 Died Georges-Clément-Joseph-Edouard Jacquin † Bishop of Moulins, France

28 Apr 26.3 Ordained Priest Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

29 Apr 56.6 Ordained Bishop Carlo Livraghi † Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Francis William Markall, S.J. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Salisbury, Zimbabwe Archbishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Francis William Markall, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe

41.0 Appointed Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Hollandia, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia

41.0 Appointed Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	47.7	Appointed	Florencio Coronado Romani, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Appointed	Lawrence Frederik Schott †	Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
48.5	Appointed	Lawrence Frederik Schott †	Titular Bishop of Eluza	Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Mar	95.5	Died	Antonio di Tommaso †	Bishop Emeritus of Oria, Italy
65.0	Appointed	León Buenaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
4 Mar	75.1	Died	Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
87.1	Died	Edmund John Aloysius Gleeson, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
51.0	Succeeded	John Thomas Toohey †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
5 Mar		Born	Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea		Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
	Born	Donato Oliverio		Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
42.8	Appointed	Agnelo Rossi †	Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
6 Mar	42.9	Appointed	Doroteo Fernández y Fernández †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Badajoz, Spain
42.9	Appointed	Doroteo Fernández y Fernández †	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Bishop Emeritus of Badajoz, Spain
7 Mar	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. †	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
47.6	Ordained Bishop	John Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Aspendus	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
8 Mar		Born	Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D. †		Bishop of Jhabua, India
20.4	Professed	Alano Maria Pena, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Mar	40.6	Appointed	António Cardoso Cunha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
40.6	Appointed	António Cardoso Cunha †	Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
	Born	Tadeusz Płoski †		Bishop of Poland, Military
10 Mar		Born	Robert Ovide Bourgon		Bishop Emeritus of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
50.5	Appointed	Martien Antoon Jansen †	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Carlo Livraghi †	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
37.5	Appointed	Geraldo María de Morais Penido †	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
37.5	Appointed	Geraldo María de Morais Penido †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
78.4	Died	Jean-Joseph-Aimé Moussaron †	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
55.1	Appointed	Pieter Antoon Nierman †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Baccino †	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
25.5	Ordained Priest	Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
	Born	Theodoros Kontidis, S.J.		Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaus Tigga †	Titular Bishop of Achelous	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India
12 Mar	30.2	Ordained Priest	Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
13 Mar	58.0	Installed	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
76.5	Appointed	Jules Benjamin Jeanmard †	Titular Bishop of Bareta	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
76.5	Retired	Jules Benjamin Jeanmard †	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	José Porunnedom		Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India
60.5	Appointed	Maurice Schexnayder †	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	39.2	Appointed	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
36.4	Entered	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
16 Mar	53.9	Appointed	Valérien Bélanger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
53.9	Appointed	Valérien Bélanger †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	Born	Luis Mariano Montemayor		Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
17 Mar	26.2	Ordained Priest	Andrea Maria Erba, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
24.6	Ordained Priest	Charles Victor Grahmann †	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
25.6	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Leibrecht	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
25.0	Ordained Priest	Rafael Montiano Lim †	Priest	Bishop of Boac, Philippines
24.5	Ordained Priest	Roger Lucien Meindre †	Priest of Saint-Flour, France	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
23.2	Ordained Priest	Ian Murray †	Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
25.2	Ordained Priest	Concordio Maria Sarte †	Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
27.0	Ordained Priest	José Crisologo Sorra †	Priest of Legazpi, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
24.3	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
28.2	Ordained Priest	Jesus Yu Varela †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
25.1	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Jamin Vidal †	Priest of Lucena, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
24.4	Ordained Priest	John Walter Yanta †	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
18 Mar	28.2	Ordained Priest	Ottorino Pietro Alberti †	Priest of Nuoro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	Born	Józef Guzdek		Archbishop of Białystok, Poland
	Born	Paul Joseph Hendricks		Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
19 Mar	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †	Titular Bishop of Clazomenae	Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
49.6	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
49.6	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Titular Bishop of Gargara	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
21 Mar		Born	Joseph Charles Bambera		Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Mar	70.9	Died	Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
23 Mar	50.9	Appointed	Manuel Dos Santos Rocha †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
	Born	Edgar Amine Madi		Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil
31.3	Ordained Priest	Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka
24 Mar		Born	Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D.		Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana
43.5	Appointed	Elias Mchonde †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
43.5	Appointed	Elias Mchonde †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
44.0	Appointed	Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.0	Appointed	Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Balanea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
25 Mar	41.4	Ordained Bishop	André Perraudin, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Cataquas	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
26 Mar		Born	Terry Ronald LaValley		Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
23.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Racelis Rañola	Priest of Lucena, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
27 Mar	50.6	Appointed	Antonio Oña de Echave †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lugo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Appointed	Antonio Oña de Echave †	Titular Bishop of Dystis	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
23.7	Ordained Priest	Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
28 Mar	45.7	Appointed	José Filípe do Carmo Colaço †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Dorado Soto †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
23.0	Ordained Priest	Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
	Born	Dimas Lara Barbosa		Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
21.4	Professed	João Maria Messi, O.S.M.	Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Apr		Born	Johannes Bündgens		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
70.1	Died	Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. †	Archbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China
24.7	Ordained Priest	Pablo Puente Buces †	Priest of Santander, Spain	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	José Francisco Rezende Dias		Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
31.3	Ordained Priest	Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Apr	31.2	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Kihimbare †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kitega, Burundi
4 Apr	66.6	Appointed	George Brunner †	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo		Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy
49.0	Appointed	Egidio Negrin †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso, Italy	Bishop
	Born	Michael Odogwu Elue		Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
6 Apr	52.6	Appointed	Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA
52.6	Appointed	Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA
7 Apr	53.8	Appointed	Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	Jesús Serrano Pastor, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Hypselis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Darién, Panama
27.4	Ordained Priest	Ernest Simoni	Priest of Shkodrë, Albania	Cardinal, Priest of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
8 Apr	50.9	Installed	Luis Baccino †	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
25.7	Ordained Priest	Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23.1	Ordained Priest	Kelvin Edward Felix †	Priest of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Forer †	Titular Bishop of Memphis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
9 Apr	56.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Carraro †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
54.3	Appointed	Miguel Nóvoa Fuente †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
54.3	Appointed	Miguel Nóvoa Fuente †	Titular Bishop of Chytri	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
10 Apr		Born	James Naanman Daman, O.S.A. †		Bishop of Shendam, Nigeria
11 Apr	51.7	Appointed	Alden John Bell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA
51.7	Appointed	Alden John Bell †	Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA
48.0	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gill †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
48.0	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gill †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
13 Apr	53.9	Appointed	Roger André Marcel Johan †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr		Born	Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda		Bishop of Porto, Portugal
23.5	Ordained Priest	Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
28.4	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Célestin Nkou †	Priest of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Agnelo Rossi †	Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi †	Titular Bishop of Cernitza	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
16 Apr		Born	Hervé Marie Michel Gosselin		Bishop of Angoulême, France
17 Apr		Born	George Jonathan Dodo †		Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria
50.2	Appointed	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
	Born	Jan Ozga		Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
18 Apr		Born	Edward Tamba Charles		Archbishop of Freetown, Sierra Leone
20 Apr	71.2	Appointed	François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Amadassa	Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
71.2	Resigned	François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Joachim Walder		Auxiliary Bishop of Aizawl, India
21 Apr	42.1	Selected	João (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. †	Patriarchal Vicar	Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil
40.7	Selected	Michael Doumith †	Bishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon
66.1	Died	Edward Joseph Kelly †	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
36.4	Selected	Joseph Khoury †	Patriarchal Vicar	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
	Born	Raphael Thattil		Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
22 Apr	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Florencio Coronado Romani, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Longo †	Titular Bishop of Loryma	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
25.2	Ordained Priest	Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu †	Priest of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Rinaldi †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr	68.3	Died	Gyula Czapik †	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
75.0	Died	Georges-Clément-Joseph-Edouard Jacquin †	Bishop of Moulins, France
28 Apr	26.3	Ordained Priest	Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA
29 Apr	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Livraghi †	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Francis William Markall, S.J. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Francis William Markall, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum	Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
41.0	Appointed	Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hollandia, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia
41.0	Appointed	Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia

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