The Year of Our Lord 1961

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Apr Born Ricardo Lingan Baccay Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines

45.3 Ordained Bishop Vittorio Cecchi † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy

65.1 Died Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia

Born Victor Hlolo Phalana Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa

29.3 Ordained Priest René Lucien Picandet † Priest Bishop of Orléans, France

4 Apr Born José Bonello, O.F.M. Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras

48.1 Appointed Gabriel Bukatko † Apostolic Administrator of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

Born Jose Puthenveettil Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India

5 Apr 58.5 Appointed Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín † Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba

7 Apr Born Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan

Born Marek Solczyński Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey

8 Apr 42.4 Appointed Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano † Bishop of Girardot, Colombia Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

9 Apr 43.0 Appointed François Abraha † Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea Bishop Emeritus

29.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Henry Ganda † Priest of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone

52.0 Ordained Bishop Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Philae Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia

25.1 Ordained Priest Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P. Priest of Order of the Pious Schools Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico

37.5 Ordained Bishop Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Hadriania Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

46.8 Ordained Bishop Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Tinista Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia

41.6 Ordained Bishop Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil

Born Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

30.8 Ordained Priest André Wouking † Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

57.0 Appointed Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia Archbishop Emeritus

10 Apr 40.6 Incardinated Pedro Boxler † Priest of Concordia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Gualeguaychú, Argentina

68.5 Appointed Alfonso María Buteler † Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

59.4 Appointed Félix Guiller † Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Maeandrum Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

59.4 Resigned Félix Guiller † Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France Bishop Emeritus

66.0 Appointed Francisco Vicentín † Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

11 Apr 54.1 Installed Joseph Mark McShea † Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Charles Coleman Thompson Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

13 Apr Born Adam Bałabuch Auxiliary Bishop of Świdnica, Poland

Born Georg Bätzing Bishop of Limburg, Germany

26.4 Ordained Priest Jan Purwinski † Priest of Riga, Latvia Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

14 Apr Born Gaston Kashala Ruwezi, S.D.B. Bishop of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

71.7 Died Mario Toccabelli † Archbishop of Siena, Italy

15 Apr 27.8 Ordained Priest Savarinathan Michael Augustine † Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

Born Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. Bishop of Jamshedpur, India

55.0 Ordained Bishop Michel-Louis Vial † Titular Bishop of Agnus Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France

16 Apr 63.7 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

33.4 Ordained Bishop Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero † Titular Bishop of Sanavus

17 Apr Born Vincenzo Buonomo Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University

18 Apr 40.1 Appointed Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

40.1 Appointed Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia

39.9 Appointed Caesar Gatimu † Auxiliary Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya Bishop

39.9 Appointed Caesar Gatimu † Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya

38.2 Appointed Louis Nganga a Ndzando † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

38.2 Appointed Louis Nganga a Ndzando † Titular Bishop of Athyra Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

41.8 Appointed Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

41.8 Appointed Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Balbura Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

Born Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery) Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

20 Apr Born José Hamilton de Castro Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil

22 Apr 45.4 Ordained Bishop Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois † Titular Bishop of Altava Bishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France

23 Apr Born Dominic Kimengich Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya

46.7 Ordained Bishop Karmelo Zazinović † Titular Bishop of Lebessus Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

24 Apr 57.2 Appointed Giuseppe Almici † Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

57.2 Appointed Giuseppe Almici † Titular Bishop of Arcadia Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

Born José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia

81.2 Died César Ángel Vigiani, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco, Bolivia

25 Apr 57.1 Ordained Bishop Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies † Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France

53.0 Installed Leo Christopher Byrne † Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

58.7 Ordained Bishop Mario Ghiga † Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

54.5 Ordained Bishop Charles Alexander Grant † Titular Bishop of Alinda Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain

24.6 First Vows Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. † Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa

40.8 Appointed Jan Mazur † Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland

40.8 Appointed Jan Mazur † Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland

48.0 Installed Vittorio Moietta † Bishop of Nicastro, Italy

30.4 Ordained Priest Manuel Duran Moreno † Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA

62.4 Ordained Bishop Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Thabraca Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines

26.0 Ordained Priest Justin Francis Rigali Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

42.4 Ordained Bishop Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. † Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

26 Apr 53.9 Ordained Bishop Henry Joseph Soenneker † Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus

28 Apr 53.4 Confirmed Gabriel Abou-Saada † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina dei Greco-Melkiti Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine

50.9 Confirmed Augustin Farah † Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek) Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

48.2 Installed Peter Han Kong-ryel † Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South) Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)

59.6 Appointed Corrado Mingo † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

29 Apr Born Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B. Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria

68.5 Died Georges-Louis-Camille Debray † Bishop of Meaux, France

30 Apr 35.4 Ordained Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Titular Bishop of Nilopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Apr		Born	Ricardo Lingan Baccay		Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Cecchi †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
65.1	Died	Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
	Born	Victor Hlolo Phalana		Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa
29.3	Ordained Priest	René Lucien Picandet †	Priest	Bishop of Orléans, France
4 Apr		Born	José Bonello, O.F.M.		Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras
48.1	Appointed	Gabriel Bukatko †	Apostolic Administrator of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	Born	Jose Puthenveettil		Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
5 Apr	58.5	Appointed	Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín †	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba
7 Apr		Born	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.		Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
	Born	Marek Solczyński		Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
8 Apr	42.4	Appointed	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
9 Apr	43.0	Appointed	François Abraha †	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
29.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Henry Ganda †	Priest of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Philae	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia
25.1	Ordained Priest	Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P.	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico
37.5	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hadriania	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tinista	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
	Born	Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I.		Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
30.8	Ordained Priest	André Wouking †	Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
57.0	Appointed	Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †	Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Apr	40.6	Incardinated	Pedro Boxler †	Priest of Concordia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
68.5	Appointed	Alfonso María Buteler †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
59.4	Appointed	Félix Guiller †	Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Maeandrum	Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
59.4	Resigned	Félix Guiller †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Bishop Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	Francisco Vicentín †	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Apr	54.1	Installed	Joseph Mark McShea †	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Charles Coleman Thompson		Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
13 Apr		Born	Adam Bałabuch		Auxiliary Bishop of Świdnica, Poland
	Born	Georg Bätzing		Bishop of Limburg, Germany
26.4	Ordained Priest	Jan Purwinski †	Priest of Riga, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
14 Apr		Born	Gaston Kashala Ruwezi, S.D.B.		Bishop of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
71.7	Died	Mario Toccabelli †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
15 Apr	27.8	Ordained Priest	Savarinathan Michael Augustine †	Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D.		Bishop of Jamshedpur, India
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Michel-Louis Vial †	Titular Bishop of Agnus	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
16 Apr	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
33.4	Ordained Bishop	Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero †	Titular Bishop of Sanavus
17 Apr		Born	Vincenzo Buonomo		Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University
18 Apr	40.1	Appointed	Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
40.1	Appointed	Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
39.9	Appointed	Caesar Gatimu †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop
39.9	Appointed	Caesar Gatimu †	Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
38.2	Appointed	Louis Nganga a Ndzando †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
38.2	Appointed	Louis Nganga a Ndzando †	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
41.8	Appointed	Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
41.8	Appointed	Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Balbura	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
	Born	Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery)		Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
20 Apr		Born	José Hamilton de Castro		Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
22 Apr	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France
23 Apr		Born	Dominic Kimengich		Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Karmelo Zazinović †	Titular Bishop of Lebessus	Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
24 Apr	57.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Almici †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
57.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Almici †	Titular Bishop of Arcadia	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	Born	José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez		Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia
81.2	Died	César Ángel Vigiani, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco, Bolivia
25 Apr	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies †	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
53.0	Installed	Leo Christopher Byrne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Ghiga †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Alexander Grant †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
24.6	First Vows	Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. †	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
40.8	Appointed	Jan Mazur †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
40.8	Appointed	Jan Mazur †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
48.0	Installed	Vittorio Moietta †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
30.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel Duran Moreno †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
26.0	Ordained Priest	Justin Francis Rigali	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Henry Joseph Soenneker †	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr	53.4	Confirmed	Gabriel Abou-Saada †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina dei Greco-Melkiti	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
50.9	Confirmed	Augustin Farah †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
48.2	Installed	Peter Han Kong-ryel †	Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
59.6	Appointed	Corrado Mingo †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Apr		Born	Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B.		Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria
68.5	Died	Georges-Louis-Camille Debray †	Bishop of Meaux, France
30 Apr	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

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