The Year of Our Lord 2018

Bishop Events

April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	79.6	Died	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3 Apr	75.2	Retired	Thomas John Curry	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
67.4	Ordained Bishop	Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M.	Titular Bishop of Leavenworth	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4 Apr	87.7	Died	Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad †	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
56.3	Appointed	Paul Adegboyega Olawoore †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria	Bishop
57.5	Appointed	Limacêdo Antônio da Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
57.5	Appointed	Limacêdo Antônio da Silva	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
59.5	Appointed	Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton Jayakody	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
59.5	Appointed	Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton Jayakody	Titular Bishop of Mulli	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
76.4	Retired	Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris †	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	45.0	Ordained Bishop	John Nellikunnel	Bishop of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), India
60.8	Appointed	Marc Vincent Trudeau	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
60.8	Appointed	Marc Vincent Trudeau	Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
6 Apr	66.9	Appointed	Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M.	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
56.9	Appointed	Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I.	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
7 Apr	63.7	Appointed	Medil Sacay Aseo	Bishop of Tagum, Philippines
56.7	Installed	Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
80.0	Retired	Francesco Coccopalmerio	President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts	Cardinal, President Emeritus
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Simon T. Faddoul	Bishop of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadan (Annunciazione) (Maronite), Nigeria
60.3	Appointed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
77.0	Retired	Wilfredo Dasco Manlapaz	Bishop of Tagum, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
62.2	Ceased	Robert Christopher Ndlovu	Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
58.9	Appointed	Paul Fitzpatrick Russell	Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
45.5	Appointed	Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Youhanna Rafic Warcha	Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
9 Apr	36.4	Appointed	Cristian Dumitru Crişan	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Swarbrick	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
83.2	Died	Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
10 Apr	65.9	Appointed	Samuel Irenios Kattukallil	Coadjutor Bishop of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop
59.0	Appointed	Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil	Coadjutor Bishop of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop
62.6	Ceased	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)	Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
51.4	Appointed	Toma Adly Zaki	Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop
51.4	Appointed	Toma Adly Zaki	Titular Bishop of Cabasa	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
12 Apr	67.0	Ceased	José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Farafangana, Madagascar	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
69.3	Installed	Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I.	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
38.8	Appointed	Petro Loza, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Panium	Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
38.8	Confirmed	Petro Loza, C.Ss.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop
76.0	Retired	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	54.4	Installed	Alick Banda	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
85.5	Died	Rinaldo Fidel Brédice †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa, Argentina
66.7	Installed	Giuseppe Marciante	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Matthias Charles Georges Mrad	Titular Bishop of Zorava	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India
15 Apr	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Birkhofer	Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Maurice Marie Joseph Christory, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Chartres, France
62.0	Installed	Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
16 Apr	42.5	Appointed	Andriy Rabiy	Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
66.4	Resigned	Stefan Soroka	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Apr	77.4	Retired	José María Arancedo	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
59.7	Ordained Bishop	James Athikalam, M.S.T.	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
58.9	Appointed	Sergio Alfredo Fenoy	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
88.2	Died	David Edward Foley †	Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
54.0	Installed	José Saúl Grisales Grisales	Bishop of Ipiales, Colombia
69.2	Installed	Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
90.9	Died	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
18 Apr	58.2	Appointed	Paul Anthony Mullassery	Bishop of Quilon, India
76.8	Retired	Stanley Roman	Bishop of Quilon, India	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr	70.4	Died	Zacharias Cenita Jimenez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Butuan, Philippines
77.9	Retired	Damian Kyaruzi	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Beatus Christian Urassa, ALCP/OSS	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
74.8	Died	Abraham Viruthakulangara †	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
21 Apr	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Héctor López Alvarado	Titular Bishop of Sereddeli	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Tucci	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Janusz Ostrowski	Titular Bishop of Caltadria	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Engelberto Polino Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
22 Apr	64.4	Installed	Livio Corazza	Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy
74.0	Installed	Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei	Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite	Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
24 Apr	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Abel Cahiles Apigo	Bishop of Mati, Philippines
77.9	Retired	Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A.	Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
43.5	Appointed	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.	Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla, Peru	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
55.7	Ceased	Victor Manuel Fernández	Rector	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
102.5	Died	Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia †	Prelate Emeritus of Los Ríos, Ecuador
53.2	Appointed	Prosper Bonaventure Ky	Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
25 Apr	49.9	Installed	Abel Cahiles Apigo	Bishop of Mati, Philippines
57.1	Installed	Gregory John Bittman	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
61.8	Appointed	Airton José dos Santos	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.9	Retired	Germano Grachane, C.M.	Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Joseph Vuthilert Haelom	Bishop of Chiang Rai, Thailand
88.4	Died	Hans-Reinhard Koch †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany
80.3	Retired	Maurice Konan Kouassi	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	Marcellin Yao Kouadio	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
76.1	Retired	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis Meli	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
52.8	Appointed	Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon
64.5	Appointed	Joseph Nguyen Duc Cuong	Bishop of Thanh Hoá, Viet Nam
46.3	Appointed	Mário Spaki	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
67.6	Installed	Pedro Vázquez Villalobos	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
61.0	Appointed	Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M.	Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique
26 Apr	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Michael Joseph Dooley	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
94.2	Died	Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
27 Apr	56.3	Installed	Michael Joseph Dooley	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
74.1	Appointed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
28 Apr	51.1	Appointed	Cerilo "Allan" Uy Casicas	Bishop of Marbel, Philippines
79.1	Retired	Dinualdo Destajo Gutierrez †	Bishop of Marbel, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
80.6	Died	Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L.	Coadjutor Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina	Prelate
29 Apr	48.8	Installed	Emery Kibal Nkufi Mansong’loo, C.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Apr	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Petar Palić	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Bartolome Gaspar Santos	Bishop of Iba, Philippines

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