The Year of Our Lord 1973

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 56.5 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana † Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina

50.2 Ordained Bishop Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto † Titular Bishop of Caeciri Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

48.0 Ordained Bishop Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia

Born Edouard Isango Nkoyo Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

50.6 Ordained Bishop Czeslaw Lewandowski † Titular Bishop of Fidoloma Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

Born Victor Ndione Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania

2 Apr 80.9 Died Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

3 Apr 41.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch † Titular Bishop of Pomaria Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

60.1 Ordained Bishop Arthur Henry Krawczak † Titular Bishop of Subbar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

46.8 Appointed James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. † Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

7 Apr 56.5 Installed Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana † Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina

25.0 Ordained Priest Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P. Priest of Congregation of the Passion Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

65.2 Died Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Malanje, Angola

77.6 Died John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

28.8 Ordained Priest Julio César Vidal Ortiz Priest of Montería, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia

8 Apr 53.2 Installed Daniele Ferrari † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy Bishop Emeritus

58.8 Ordained Bishop James Kavanagh † Titular Bishop of Zerta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

55.1 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Tatilti Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia

11 Apr 48.8 Appointed Joseph Jean Marie Rozier † Coadjutor Bishop of Poitiers, France Bishop

12 Apr 41.0 Appointed Augusto Beuzeville Ferro † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru

41.0 Appointed Augusto Beuzeville Ferro † Titular Bishop of Cures Sabinorum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru

50.9 Resigned Paul-Émile Charbonneau † Bishop of Hull, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

46.0 Installed Roger-Alfred Despatie † Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

51.1 Appointed Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Piura, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

51.1 Appointed Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

68.0 Appointed Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B. † Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana Cardinal, Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia

54.5 Appointed Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa † Bishop of Palo, Philippines Archbishop of Palo, Philippines

13 Apr 38.4 Appointed Julius Babatunde Adelakun Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Succeeded Rudolph A. Akanlu † Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana

70.5 Resigned Rafael Alvarez Lara † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Francisco Alvarez Martínez † Bishop of Tarazona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain

51.1 Died Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. † Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil

62.2 Resigned Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. † Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Ramón Buxarrais Ventura Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed José de Lima † Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

80.0 Retired Neil Farren † Bishop of Derry, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed José Guerra Campos † Bishop of Cuenca, Spain Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. † Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

56.9 Appointed Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Valliposita Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

65.5 Resigned Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

34.9 Incardinated Joseph Nduhirubusa † Priest of Ruyigi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

36.8 Appointed Anthony Olubunmi Okogie Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

81.8 Retired Inocencio Rodríguez Díez † Bishop of Cuenca, Spain Bishop Emeritus

39.4 Appointed Joachim Ruhuna † Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi

56.5 Appointed Ángel Suquía Goicoechea † Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

41.4 Appointed Teodoro Ubeda Gramage † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

14 Apr 24.8 Ordained Priest Roberto Filippini Priest of Pisa, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy

56.3 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Ravitarivao † Titular Bishop of Arsennaria Auxiliary Bishop of Tananarive, Madagascar

24.7 Ordained Priest Salvatore Visco Priest of Pozzuoli, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

15 Apr 62.7 Ordained Bishop Francesco Maria Franzi † Titular Bishop of Città Ducale Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy

44.7 Ordained Bishop Thomas Nkuissi † Titular Bishop of Luperciana Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

25.9 Ordained Deacon Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. Deacon of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

25.9 Perpetual Vows Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

16 Apr 30.0 Ordained Priest Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

51.7 Died Curiacos Moussess † Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq

17 Apr 62.4 Appointed Giuseppe Bonfiglioli † Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

25.4 Ordained Priest Zacharias Cenita Jimenez † Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Butuan, Philippines

24.4 Ordained Priest Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa Priest of Iringa, Tanzania Bishop

97.8 Died Bernardin Shlaku, O.F.M. † Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania

18 Apr 67.7 Resigned Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. † Prefect of Mupoi, Sudan Prefect Emeritus

23.7 Ordained Priest Bruno Forte Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

26.9 Ordained Priest Lucio Lemmo Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.6 Ordained Priest Vincenzo Pelvi Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

19 Apr 34.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Hoàng Văn Tiệm, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

24.9 Ordained Priest Wiktor Paweł Skworc Priest of Katowice, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

21 Apr Born Darius Trijonis Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania

22 Apr 23.2 Ordained Priest Carlos Aguiar Retes Priest of Tepic, Nayarit, México Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District

36.3 Final Vows Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

21.8 Ordained Priest José Isidro Guerrero Macías † Priest Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

26.9 Ordained Priest Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

27.3 Ordained Priest Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno Priest of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru

23 Apr Born Edouard Georges Daher, B.C. Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

24 Apr Born Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R. Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada

25 Apr 53.4 Appointed Milton Corrêa Pereira † Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Archbishop

53.4 Appointed Milton Corrêa Pereira † Titular Archbishop of Equilium Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

55.3 Appointed José de Matos Pereira, C.M.F. † Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

42.3 Appointed Concordio Maria Sarte † Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

42.3 Appointed Concordio Maria Sarte † Titular Bishop of Thunusuda Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

26 Apr 44.6 Ordained Bishop James Steven Rausch † Titular Bishop of Summa Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

27 Apr 90.7 Died Peter Francis Rayappa † Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India

59.1 Resigned Pierre Kimbondo † Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

42.3 Ordained Bishop Raymond William Lessard † Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Bishop Emeritus

64.9 Resigned Louis Lévesque † Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

47.1 Succeeded Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu † Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.3 Ordained Bishop Anthony Francis Mestice † Titular Bishop of Villa Nova Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

Born John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F. Bishop-Elect of Myitkyina, Myanmar

50.7 Appointed Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. † Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

79.8 Resigned Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Molicunza Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

46.8 Appointed Hernando Velásquez Lotero † Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

28 Apr 29.0 Ordained Priest Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M. Priest of Society of Mary Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

26.2 Ordained Priest Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M. Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa

75.4 Retired John Joyce Russell † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

61.2 Died Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza † Bishop of Tacna, Peru

29 Apr 45.1 Died Érico Ferrari † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

46.6 Ordained Bishop Raúl Holguer López Mayorga Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador

30 Apr Born Wilbroad Henry Kibozi Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania

64.2 Ceased Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. † Superior General of Society of African Missions Superior General Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana †	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto †	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
	Born	Edouard Isango Nkoyo		Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Czeslaw Lewandowski †	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	Born	Victor Ndione		Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
2 Apr	80.9	Died	Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
3 Apr	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Leopold Imesch †	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Henry Krawczak †	Titular Bishop of Subbar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
46.8	Appointed	James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
7 Apr	56.5	Installed	Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana †	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Río Cuarto, Argentina
25.0	Ordained Priest	Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P.	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
65.2	Died	Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Malanje, Angola
77.6	Died	John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
28.8	Ordained Priest	Julio César Vidal Ortiz	Priest of Montería, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Cúcuta, Colombia
8 Apr	53.2	Installed	Daniele Ferrari †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
58.8	Ordained Bishop	James Kavanagh †	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tatilti	Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia
11 Apr	48.8	Appointed	Joseph Jean Marie Rozier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Poitiers, France	Bishop
12 Apr	41.0	Appointed	Augusto Beuzeville Ferro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru
41.0	Appointed	Augusto Beuzeville Ferro †	Titular Bishop of Cures Sabinorum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru
50.9	Resigned	Paul-Émile Charbonneau †	Bishop of Hull, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
46.0	Installed	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
51.1	Appointed	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
68.0	Appointed	Štěpán Trochta, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
54.5	Appointed	Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
13 Apr	38.4	Appointed	Julius Babatunde Adelakun	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Succeeded	Rudolph A. Akanlu †	Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
70.5	Resigned	Rafael Alvarez Lara †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Francisco Alvarez Martínez †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
51.1	Died	Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. †	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
62.2	Resigned	Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Ramón Buxarrais Ventura	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	José de Lima †	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
80.0	Retired	Neil Farren †	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	José Guerra Campos †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
56.9	Appointed	Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
65.5	Resigned	Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
34.9	Incardinated	Joseph Nduhirubusa †	Priest of Ruyigi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
36.8	Appointed	Anthony Olubunmi Okogie	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
81.8	Retired	Inocencio Rodríguez Díez †	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
39.4	Appointed	Joachim Ruhuna †	Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
56.5	Appointed	Ángel Suquía Goicoechea †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
41.4	Appointed	Teodoro Ubeda Gramage †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
14 Apr	24.8	Ordained Priest	Roberto Filippini	Priest of Pisa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Ravitarivao †	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Tananarive, Madagascar
24.7	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Visco	Priest of Pozzuoli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
15 Apr	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Maria Franzi †	Titular Bishop of Città Ducale	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Nkuissi †	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
25.9	Ordained Deacon	Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.	Deacon of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
25.9	Perpetual Vows	Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
16 Apr	30.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
51.7	Died	Curiacos Moussess †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
17 Apr	62.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Bonfiglioli †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25.4	Ordained Priest	Zacharias Cenita Jimenez †	Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Butuan, Philippines
24.4	Ordained Priest	Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa	Priest of Iringa, Tanzania	Bishop
97.8	Died	Bernardin Shlaku, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
18 Apr	67.7	Resigned	Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of Mupoi, Sudan	Prefect Emeritus
23.7	Ordained Priest	Bruno Forte	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
26.9	Ordained Priest	Lucio Lemmo	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.6	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Pelvi	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
19 Apr	34.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hoàng Văn Tiệm, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
24.9	Ordained Priest	Wiktor Paweł Skworc	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
21 Apr		Born	Darius Trijonis		Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
22 Apr	23.2	Ordained Priest	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Priest of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District
36.3	Final Vows	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
21.8	Ordained Priest	José Isidro Guerrero Macías †	Priest	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
26.9	Ordained Priest	Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
27.3	Ordained Priest	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Priest of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier	Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
23 Apr		Born	Edouard Georges Daher, B.C.		Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
24 Apr		Born	Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
25 Apr	53.4	Appointed	Milton Corrêa Pereira †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop
53.4	Appointed	Milton Corrêa Pereira †	Titular Archbishop of Equilium	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
55.3	Appointed	José de Matos Pereira, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
42.3	Appointed	Concordio Maria Sarte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
42.3	Appointed	Concordio Maria Sarte †	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
26 Apr	44.6	Ordained Bishop	James Steven Rausch †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
27 Apr	90.7	Died	Peter Francis Rayappa †	Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India
59.1	Resigned	Pierre Kimbondo †	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Raymond William Lessard †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Resigned	Louis Lévesque †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
47.1	Succeeded	Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu †	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Francis Mestice †	Titular Bishop of Villa Nova	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	Born	John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F.		Bishop-Elect of Myitkyina, Myanmar
50.7	Appointed	Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
79.8	Resigned	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Molicunza	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
46.8	Appointed	Hernando Velásquez Lotero †	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr	29.0	Ordained Priest	Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
26.2	Ordained Priest	Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.	Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
75.4	Retired	John Joyce Russell †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
61.2	Died	Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza †	Bishop of Tacna, Peru
29 Apr	45.1	Died	Érico Ferrari †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Holguer López Mayorga	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador
30 Apr		Born	Wilbroad Henry Kibozi		Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
64.2	Ceased	Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. †	Superior General of Society of African Missions	Superior General Emeritus

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