The Year of Our Lord 1958

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 65.6 Resigned Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Mar 24.0 Ordained Priest Salvador Flores Huerta † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México

79.8 Died Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru

26.7 Ordained Priest Augustus Peters † Priest of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

Born José Slaby, C.Ss.R. Prelate of Esquel, Argentina

70.5 Appointed Samuel Alphonsus Stritch † Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

2 Mar 70.4 Died Víctor Álvarez Huapaya, S.D.B. † Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru

54.0 Appointed Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Tentyris Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos

54.0 Appointed Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos

Born Antonis Bara Bishop of Ambikapur, India

47.4 Appointed Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J. † Bishop of Belize Bishop Emeritus

70.7 Died Joseph McCormack † Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

27.5 Ordained Priest Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

77.5 Succeeded Ferenc Rogács † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

88.5 Died Ferenc Virág † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

3 Mar Born Michael William Fisher Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

55.1 Died Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

4 Mar Born Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia

5 Mar 72.2 Died Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

53.8 Succeeded Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

52.2 Ordained Bishop Victor Joseph Reed † Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Born Franz Scharl Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

6 Mar 57.5 Died Hubert James Cartwright † Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

7 Mar Selected [ Li De-hua] † Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

8 Mar 31.0 Ordained Priest John Edward Heaps † Priest of Sydney, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.3 Succeeded José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. † Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil

58.8 Died Louis Arthur Venadam, S.F.M. † Pro-Prefect Emeritus of Lishui [Lishui], China

9 Mar 83.1 Died Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M. † Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil

11 Mar 21.2 Entered Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

12 Mar 46.1 Ordained Bishop Hyakinthos Gad † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)

Born Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

70.2 Resigned Otto Raible, S.A.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

13 Mar 56.0 Died Joseph Formby Halsall † Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

14 Mar Born Jan Niemiec † Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

16 Mar 84.9 Died Ljudevit Lajčo Budanović † Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia

25.1 Ordained Priest Mario Cecchini † Priest of Senigallia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy

52.1 Ordained Bishop Pio Augusto Crivellari, O.F.M. † Bishop of Trivento, Italy

46.0 Ordained Bishop Enrique Principe † Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

50.5 Ordained Bishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Titular Bishop of Arethusa Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

18 Mar 40.9 Selected [Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. † Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China Archbishop

28.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Kureethara † Priest of Cochin, India Bishop

40.8 Incardinated Juvenal Porcayo Uribe † Priest of Acapulco, Guerrero, México Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

19 Mar 23.0 Ordained Priest Mario Busquets Jordá Priest of Girona, Spain Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru

28.3 Ordained Priest Ramón Echarren Istúriz † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

46.6 Ordained Bishop Francisco Ferreira Arreola † Titular Bishop of Arycanda Bishop of Texcoco, México, México

Selected [ Tcheng Yu-sin (Cheng Yu Sin)] † Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China Former Bishop-Elect

49.8 Ordained Bishop Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

20 Mar Born Dieudonné Espoir Atangana Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

Born Raymond Michel René Centène Bishop of Vannes, France

44.6 Appointed Alfonso Tóriz Cobián † Bishop of Querétaro, México Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 50.3 Appointed Alberto Rencoret Donoso † Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

22 Mar 24.1 Ordained Priest Felipe Aguirre Franco Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

27.9 Ordained Priest Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda † Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines

25.2 Ordained Priest Arduino Bertoldo † Priest of Civita Castellana, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

Born Jan Geerits, S.D.S. Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Comores

26.9 Ordained Priest Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India

25.5 Ordained Priest Blaise-Ernest Morand Priest of London, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

23.3 Ordained Priest Alberto Jover Piamonte † Priest of Jaro, Philippines Archbishop

25.7 Ordained Priest Karl Josef Romer Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

25.6 Ordained Priest Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

69.6 Died René van Heusden, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23 Mar Born Willybard Kitogho Lagho Bishop of Malindi, Kenya

28.0 Ordained Priest Salvador Trane Modesto † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

Born Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B. Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy

24.2 Ordained Priest Severino Miguel Pelayo † Priest Bishop of Philippines, Military

25.6 Ordained Priest Gaudencio Borbon Rosales Priest of Lipa, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

24 Mar 30.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Jamshedpur, India

34.5 Ordained Priest George Victor Saupin, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

25 Mar Born Adolfo Ramón Canecín Bishop of Goya, Argentina

45.2 Appointed David John Cashman † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain

45.2 Appointed David John Cashman † Titular Bishop of Cantanus Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain

Born Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France

44.4 Appointed Carlo Martini † Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

53.2 Appointed Nicola Riezzo † Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

26 Mar 78.1 Died Juan Vicente Araña y Idígoras, O.C.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram, India

55.1 Appointed Ramón José Castellano † Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

67.1 Died Patrick O’Neill † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

69.2 Appointed Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. † Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus

27 Mar Born Roberto Calara Mallari Bishop of San Jose, Philippines

28 Mar 44.9 Appointed Johannes Schütte, S.V.D. † Superior General of Society of the Divine Word Superior General Emeritus

29 Mar 93.0 Died Alessandro Verde † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

30 Mar 25.0 Ordained Priest Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † Priest of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

3 Apr Selected Wang Ju-guang (Wong Juguang) † Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China

5 Apr Born Wilson Luís Angotti Filho Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

87.6 Died Josef Ludwig Brems, O. Praem. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Denmark

23.4 Ordained Priest José Sánchez González Priest of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

6 Apr 29.2 Ordained Priest Zéphyrin Toé † Priest of Nouna, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

70.2 Selected [Lucas Wang Shou-qian (Shou Shien)] † Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China

7 Apr 23.5 Ordained Priest João Maria Messi, O.S.M. Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

8 Apr Born Jean Salomon Lezoutié Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire

9 Apr 60.4 Appointed Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil

45.3 Ordained Bishop Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Margum Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil

10 Apr 43.3 Appointed Paul Francis Leibold † Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Archbishop

43.3 Appointed Paul Francis Leibold † Titular Bishop of Trebenna Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Born Victor Hugo Palma Paúl Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala

11 Apr 46.9 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica

55.7 Appointed Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Palmas, Brazil

27.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus of Diébougou, Burkina Faso

12 Apr Born [Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X. Bishop

26.6 Ordained Priest James Patrick Keleher † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

25.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph Murphy † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

24.7 Ordained Priest Paul-Emile Saadé † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon

13 Apr 37.9 Ordained Bishop José de Aquino Pereira † Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

40.3 Ordained Bishop Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † Bishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad

41.0 Ordained Bishop [Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. † Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China Archbishop

44.6 Ordained Bishop Laurentius Satoshi Nagae † Bishop of Urawa, Japan Bishop Emeritus

79.4 Died Charles Vogel, M.E.P. † Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China

53.7 Ordained Bishop [Marc Yuan Wen-hua], O.F.M. † Bishop of Wuchang [Wuchang], China

14 Apr Born Peter Iorzuul Adoboh † Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria

40.6 Appointed José Antonio Dammert Bellido † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru

40.6 Appointed José Antonio Dammert Bellido † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru

15 Apr 52.0 Appointed Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J. † Prefect of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México Prefect Emeritus

19.8 Professed Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

27.8 Ordained Priest John Baptist Sequeira † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Chikmagalur, India

81.1 Died Teofil Skalski † Apostolic Administrator of Zytomir, Ukraine

16 Apr 39.9 Appointed Jackson Berenguer Prado † Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil

Born Claudio Pablo Castricone Auxiliary Bishop of Orán, Argentina

Born Francis Aquirinus Kibira Bishop of Kasese, Uganda

41.4 Appointed Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

Born Rafał Markowski Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

Born Donal Roche Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

17 Apr 67.2 Appointed Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy Bishop

18 Apr Born Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias Archbishop of Luanda, Angola

Born Joseph Kollamparampil, C.M.I. Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India

26.2 Ordained Priest François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang † Priest of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam

42.9 Appointed Nikollë Troshani † Apostolic Administrator of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

42.9 Appointed Nikollë Troshani † Apostolic Administrator of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

42.9 Appointed Nikollë Troshani † Titular Bishop of Cisamus Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

19 Apr 45.4 Appointed Luis do Amaral Mousinho † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

60.8 Appointed Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Cornelius Lucey † Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Paulo de Tarso Campos † Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

67.7 Appointed Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta † Administrator of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop

20 Apr 46.3 Ordained Bishop [Stanislav Chang Shou-yi] † Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China

61.2 Appointed Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Apostolic Administrator

61.2 Appointed Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Batnae Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

49.3 Ordained Bishop [Peter Lan Bo-lu (Lan Pai Lu)] † Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China

56.6 Installed Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus

Ordained Bishop [ Pan Shao-qing] † Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

42.8 Ordained Bishop Fernando Romo Gutiérrez † Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Schell † Titular Bishop of Birtha Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

Born Alex Tharamangalam Auxiliary Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India

51.6 Ordained Bishop Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Sufetula Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

70.3 Ordained Bishop [Lucas Wang Shou-qian (Shou Shien)] † Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China

21 Apr Born Francis Duffy Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland

22 Apr Born Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

25.2 Solemn Vows Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Malaybalay, Philippines

24 Apr 57.4 Died Basil Salvador Theodore Peres † Bishop of Mangalore, India

25 Apr Born Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

26 Apr Born John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Accra, Ghana

27 Apr 50.8 Ordained Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A. † Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Died Peter Leo Ireton † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

42.5 Ordained Bishop Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo † Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

40.2 Ordained Bishop José Joaquim Ribeiro † Titular Bishop of Aegeae Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste

28 Apr Born Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua

30.1 Appointed Alcides Mendoza Castro † Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

30.1 Appointed Alcides Mendoza Castro † Titular Bishop of Metrae Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

40.6 Selected [Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] † Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

29 Apr Born Adriano Cevolotto Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

Born Gerardo Villalonga Hellín Bishop of Menorca, Spain

30 Apr 38.3 Appointed Marijan Oblak † Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

38.3 Appointed Marijan Oblak † Titular Bishop of Flavias Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

Born Luigi Michele de Palma Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Born Raymond Poisson Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	65.6	Resigned	Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Salvador Flores Huerta †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
79.8	Died	Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
26.7	Ordained Priest	Augustus Peters †	Priest of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	Born	José Slaby, C.Ss.R.		Prelate of Esquel, Argentina
70.5	Appointed	Samuel Alphonsus Stritch †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Mar	70.4	Died	Víctor Álvarez Huapaya, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
54.0	Appointed	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tentyris	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
54.0	Appointed	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
	Born	Antonis Bara		Bishop of Ambikapur, India
47.4	Appointed	Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J. †	Bishop of Belize	Bishop Emeritus
70.7	Died	Joseph McCormack †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
27.5	Ordained Priest	Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
77.5	Succeeded	Ferenc Rogács †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
88.5	Died	Ferenc Virág †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
3 Mar		Born	Michael William Fisher		Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
55.1	Died	Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
4 Mar		Born	Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.Ss.R.		Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia
5 Mar	72.2	Died	Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
53.8	Succeeded	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Victor Joseph Reed †	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
	Born	Franz Scharl		Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
6 Mar	57.5	Died	Hubert James Cartwright †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
7 Mar		Selected	[ Li De-hua] †	Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
8 Mar	31.0	Ordained Priest	John Edward Heaps †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.3	Succeeded	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
58.8	Died	Louis Arthur Venadam, S.F.M. †	Pro-Prefect Emeritus of Lishui [Lishui], China
9 Mar	83.1	Died	Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M. †	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
11 Mar	21.2	Entered	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
12 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Hyakinthos Gad †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
	Born	Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
70.2	Resigned	Otto Raible, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
13 Mar	56.0	Died	Joseph Formby Halsall †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
14 Mar		Born	Jan Niemiec †		Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
16 Mar	84.9	Died	Ljudevit Lajčo Budanović †	Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia
25.1	Ordained Priest	Mario Cecchini †	Priest of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Pio Augusto Crivellari, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Principe †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
18 Mar	40.9	Selected	[Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China	Archbishop
28.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kureethara †	Priest of Cochin, India	Bishop
40.8	Incardinated	Juvenal Porcayo Uribe †	Priest of Acapulco, Guerrero, México	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
19 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Mario Busquets Jordá	Priest of Girona, Spain	Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru
28.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Echarren Istúriz †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ferreira Arreola †	Titular Bishop of Arycanda	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	Selected	[ Tcheng Yu-sin (Cheng Yu Sin)] †	Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China	Former Bishop-Elect
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
20 Mar		Born	Dieudonné Espoir Atangana		Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
	Born	Raymond Michel René Centène		Bishop of Vannes, France
44.6	Appointed	Alfonso Tóriz Cobián †	Bishop of Querétaro, México	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	50.3	Appointed	Alberto Rencoret Donoso †	Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
22 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Felipe Aguirre Franco	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
27.9	Ordained Priest	Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda †	Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines
25.2	Ordained Priest	Arduino Bertoldo †	Priest of Civita Castellana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	Born	Jan Geerits, S.D.S.		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Comores
26.9	Ordained Priest	Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India
25.5	Ordained Priest	Blaise-Ernest Morand	Priest of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
23.3	Ordained Priest	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Priest of Jaro, Philippines	Archbishop
25.7	Ordained Priest	Karl Josef Romer	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
25.6	Ordained Priest	Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
69.6	Died	René van Heusden, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Mar		Born	Willybard Kitogho Lagho		Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
28.0	Ordained Priest	Salvador Trane Modesto †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
	Born	Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B.		Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
24.2	Ordained Priest	Severino Miguel Pelayo †	Priest	Bishop of Philippines, Military
25.6	Ordained Priest	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Priest of Lipa, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
24 Mar	30.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Jamshedpur, India
34.5	Ordained Priest	George Victor Saupin, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
25 Mar		Born	Adolfo Ramón Canecín		Bishop of Goya, Argentina
45.2	Appointed	David John Cashman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
45.2	Appointed	David John Cashman †	Titular Bishop of Cantanus	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
	Born	Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin		Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
44.4	Appointed	Carlo Martini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
53.2	Appointed	Nicola Riezzo †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
26 Mar	78.1	Died	Juan Vicente Araña y Idígoras, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram, India
55.1	Appointed	Ramón José Castellano †	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
67.1	Died	Patrick O’Neill †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
69.2	Appointed	Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
27 Mar		Born	Roberto Calara Mallari		Bishop of San Jose, Philippines
28 Mar	44.9	Appointed	Johannes Schütte, S.V.D. †	Superior General of Society of the Divine Word	Superior General Emeritus
29 Mar	93.0	Died	Alessandro Verde †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
30 Mar	25.0	Ordained Priest	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Priest of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
3 Apr		Selected	Wang Ju-guang (Wong Juguang) †	Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China
5 Apr		Born	Wilson Luís Angotti Filho		Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
87.6	Died	Josef Ludwig Brems, O. Praem. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Denmark
23.4	Ordained Priest	José Sánchez González	Priest of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
6 Apr	29.2	Ordained Priest	Zéphyrin Toé †	Priest of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
70.2	Selected	[Lucas Wang Shou-qian (Shou Shien)] †	Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China
7 Apr	23.5	Ordained Priest	João Maria Messi, O.S.M.	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 Apr		Born	Jean Salomon Lezoutié		Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire
9 Apr	60.4	Appointed	Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Margum	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
10 Apr	43.3	Appointed	Paul Francis Leibold †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop
43.3	Appointed	Paul Francis Leibold †	Titular Bishop of Trebenna	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	Born	Victor Hugo Palma Paúl		Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
11 Apr	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica
55.7	Appointed	Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Palmas, Brazil
27.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé	Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
12 Apr		Born	[Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X.		Bishop
26.6	Ordained Priest	James Patrick Keleher †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
25.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Murphy †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
24.7	Ordained Priest	Paul-Emile Saadé †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon
13 Apr	37.9	Ordained Bishop	José de Aquino Pereira †	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
40.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †	Bishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
41.0	Ordained Bishop	[Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China	Archbishop
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Laurentius Satoshi Nagae †	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
79.4	Died	Charles Vogel, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China
53.7	Ordained Bishop	[Marc Yuan Wen-hua], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
14 Apr		Born	Peter Iorzuul Adoboh †		Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
40.6	Appointed	José Antonio Dammert Bellido †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
40.6	Appointed	José Antonio Dammert Bellido †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
15 Apr	52.0	Appointed	Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México	Prefect Emeritus
19.8	Professed	Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
27.8	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Sequeira †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chikmagalur, India
81.1	Died	Teofil Skalski †	Apostolic Administrator of Zytomir, Ukraine
16 Apr	39.9	Appointed	Jackson Berenguer Prado †	Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
	Born	Claudio Pablo Castricone		Auxiliary Bishop of Orán, Argentina
	Born	Francis Aquirinus Kibira		Bishop of Kasese, Uganda
41.4	Appointed	Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
	Born	Rafał Markowski		Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	Born	Donal Roche		Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
17 Apr	67.2	Appointed	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy	Bishop
18 Apr		Born	Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias		Archbishop of Luanda, Angola
	Born	Joseph Kollamparampil, C.M.I.		Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India
26.2	Ordained Priest	François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang †	Priest of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
42.9	Appointed	Nikollë Troshani †	Apostolic Administrator of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
42.9	Appointed	Nikollë Troshani †	Apostolic Administrator of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
42.9	Appointed	Nikollë Troshani †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
19 Apr	45.4	Appointed	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.8	Appointed	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Cornelius Lucey †	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Paulo de Tarso Campos †	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
67.7	Appointed	Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta †	Administrator of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop
20 Apr	46.3	Ordained Bishop	[Stanislav Chang Shou-yi] †	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
61.2	Appointed	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Apostolic Administrator
61.2	Appointed	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Batnae	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
49.3	Ordained Bishop	[Peter Lan Bo-lu (Lan Pai Lu)] †	Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
56.6	Installed	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	Ordained Bishop	[ Pan Shao-qing] †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Romo Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Schell †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
	Born	Alex Tharamangalam		Auxiliary Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
70.3	Ordained Bishop	[Lucas Wang Shou-qian (Shou Shien)] †	Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China
21 Apr		Born	Francis Duffy		Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
22 Apr		Born	Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B.		Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
25.2	Solemn Vows	Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Malaybalay, Philippines
24 Apr	57.4	Died	Basil Salvador Theodore Peres †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
25 Apr		Born	Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt		Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
26 Apr		Born	John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp.		Archbishop of Accra, Ghana
27 Apr	50.8	Ordained Bishop	William Richard Field, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Died	Peter Leo Ireton †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
40.2	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquim Ribeiro †	Titular Bishop of Aegeae	Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
28 Apr		Born	Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.		Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
30.1	Appointed	Alcides Mendoza Castro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
30.1	Appointed	Alcides Mendoza Castro †	Titular Bishop of Metrae	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
40.6	Selected	[Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] †	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
29 Apr		Born	Adriano Cevolotto		Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
	Born	Gerardo Villalonga Hellín		Bishop of Menorca, Spain
30 Apr	38.3	Appointed	Marijan Oblak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
38.3	Appointed	Marijan Oblak †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
	Born	Luigi Michele de Palma		Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
	Born	Raymond Poisson		Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

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