The Year of Our Lord 1945

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 47.1 Resigned Joseph Kao † Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China Prefect Emeritus of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China

1 Mar Born Jean-Claude �zechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

72.3 Died Luigj Bumci † Bishop Emeritus of Lezh� {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

Born Marcelo Ra�l Martorell † Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguaz�, Argentina

74.2 Died Michael Sheehan † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

Born Fernando V�rgez Alzaga, L.C. Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

2 Mar Born Joseph Đ�nh Đ�c Đao Bishop Emeritus of Xu�n Lộc, Viet Nam

Born Jaime Rafael Fuentes Mart�n Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay

Born Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin † Apostolic Nuncio

3 Mar 56.4 Succeeded Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

60.2 Died Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Lom�, Togo

42.5 Appointed Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Hieropolis Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

42.5 Appointed Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. † Official to Egypt and Arabia Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

53.6 Appointed John Roderick MacDonald † Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Bishop

53.6 Appointed John Roderick MacDonald † Titular Bishop of Ancusa Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

73.4 Died Paul Peter Rhode † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

4 Mar 44.3 Ordained Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Michael John Sheridan † Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Born Manuel Ure�a Pastor Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

47.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Marie Y�en K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) † Titular Bishop of Calydon Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China

6 Mar 86.1 Died Alberto Jos� Gon�alves † Bishop of Ribeir�o Preto, Brazil

7 Mar 19.4 Simple Vows Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † Member of Order of Friars Preachers Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

10 Mar 51.1 Appointed Edward Joseph Hunkeler † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

42.7 Appointed John Anthony King Mussio † Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

43.9 Appointed Francis Joseph Schenk † Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

40.5 Appointed Vincent Stanislaus Waters † Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

11 Mar 52.9 Ordained Bishop Lucio Crescenzi † Titular Bishop of Pharsalus Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy

72.4 Died Nicola Milone † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

40.5 Ordained Bishop Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Arad Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

13 Mar 74.0 Died David Keane † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

82.3 Died Giuseppe Lojacono † Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy

14 Mar Born Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

15 Mar 68.9 Died Josef L�rks, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

Born Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. † Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

16 Mar Born Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China

14.9 Entered Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. † Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada

17 Mar 25.9 Ordained Priest Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India

Born Carlos Jes�s Patricio Baladr�n Vald�s † Bishop Emeritus of Guant�namo-Baracoa, Cuba

24.6 Ordained Priest Pierre Bertrand Chagu� † Priest Bishop of Gap, France

Born Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I. Bishop Emeritus of Kotido, Uganda

24.9 Ordained Priest Victor Guazzelli † Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin † Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

25.1 Ordained Priest John Edgar McCafferty † Priest of Rochester, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

24.9 Ordained Priest Karel Otčen�šek † Priest of Hradec Kr�lov�, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

Born Dennis Joseph Sullivan Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

26.4 Ordained Priest Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa † Priest of Palo, Philippines Archbishop of Palo, Philippines

22.8 Ordained Priest Acacio Valbuena Rodr�guez, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}

26.4 Ordained Priest Simon Zhang Jiumu † Priest Bishop of Xuanhua [S�anhwa], China

24.7 Ordained Priest Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia

18 Mar 26.5 Ordained Priest Cornelius Elanjikal † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

40.2 Installed Hern�n Fr�as Hurtado † Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile Bishop Emeritus

22.7 Ordained Deacon Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic † Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-L�on), France Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tr�guier), France

18.1 Simple Vows Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

Born Salvatore Pappalardo Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

22.5 Ordained Priest Petar Perkolić † Priest of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Priest Vasco S�ir�cov † Priest Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

19 Mar 83.7 Died Valent�n Comellas y Santamar�a † Bishop of Solsona, Spain

74.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Patrick Donahue † Titular Bishop of Emma�s Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

25.3 Ordained Priest Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

20 Mar 66.6 Died L�on-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand † Bishop of Oran, Algeria

21 Mar 67.2 Died Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos Vicar Apostolic

48.8 Died Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Laos

23 Mar Born Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military

24 Mar Born Luigi Marrucci † Bishop Emeritus of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy

25 Mar 26.8 Ordained Priest Traian Crisan † Priest of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

25.4 Ordained Priest Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. † Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)

24.5 Ordained Priest Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak † Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

26 Mar 51.7 Ordained Bishop Bl. Simeon Lukach † Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

49.1 Ordained Bishop Bl. Ivan Sleziuk † Coadjutor Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop

45.9 Ordained Bishop Stepan Vaprovych (Vaprovyč) † Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

27 Mar Born Jes�s Moraza Ruiz de Az�a, O.A.R. Prelate Emeritus of L�brea, Amazonas, Brazil

28 Mar 68.7 Died J�nos Mikes † Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary

63.7 Died Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Lo�isiga † Bishop of Le�n en Nicaragua

29 Mar Born Sebastiano Sanguinetti Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

60.9 Died Jusztini�n Gy�rgy Ser�di, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

30 Mar 67.3 Died Henrique C�sar Fernandes Mour�o, S.D.B. † Bishop of Cafel�ndia, Brazil

74.3 Died Francesco Pascucci † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

30.2 Ordained Priest Vincente Puchol Montis † Priest Bishop of Santander, Spain

31 Mar 26.6 Ordained Priest Bartolom� Carrasco Brise�o † Priest of Puebla de los �ngeles, M�xico Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, M�xico

26.5 Ordained Priest Miguel Gonz�lez Ibarra † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obreg�n, Sonora, M�xico

24.6 Ordained Priest Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France

27.7 Ordained Priest Luis Rojas Mena † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Culiac�n, Sinaloa, M�xico

Apr 35.7 Ordained Bishop Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

1 Apr Born Jos� Alejandro Casta�o Arbel�ez, O.A.R. Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia

2 Apr 53.0 Died Bl. Vilmos Apor † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

6 Apr Born Celestino A�s Braco, O.F.M. Cap. Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

72.6 Appointed Angelo Rotta † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

7 Apr 42.8 Appointed Joseph Gerald Berry † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

50.3 Appointed James Louis Connolly † Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.3 Appointed James Louis Connolly † Titular Bishop of Mylasa Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

42.6 Appointed Daniel Figueroa Vill�n † Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

42.6 Appointed Daniel Figueroa Vill�n † Titular Bishop of Parnassus Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

52.9 Appointed Thomas John Flynn † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

52.9 Appointed Thomas John Flynn † Titular Archbishop of Silyum Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

48.7 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

8 Apr Born Joseph Djida, O.M.I. † Bishop of Ngaound�r�, Cameroon

65.3 Died Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana

Born Diarmuid Martin Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

39.1 Ordained Bishop Enrico Nicodemo † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

54.8 Installed Joseph Pace † Bishop of Gozo, Malta

25.0 Ordained Priest Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski † Priest of Częstochowa, Poland Bishop of Płock, Poland

28.1 Ordained Priest Dieudonn� Yougbar� † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Koup�la, Burkina Faso

10 Apr 74.3 Died James Paul McCloskey † Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines

76.2 Appointed Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza e Matera, Italy

76.2 Retired Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

11 Apr Born Guerrino Riccardo Brusati † Bishop Emeritus of Jana�ba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Cyprian Monis Bishop Emeritus of Asansol, India

13 Apr Born Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

14 Apr 56.8 Appointed Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

56.8 Appointed Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † Titular Bishop of Lappa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

67.3 Appointed Andrew James Louis Brennan † Titular Bishop of Telmissus Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

67.3 Resigned Andrew James Louis Brennan † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Succeeded Peter Leo Ireton † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

25.7 Ordained Priest Eug�ne Maillat, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of N’Z�r�kor�, Guinea

Born Armando Jos� Mar�a Rossi, O.P. Bishop Emeritus of Concepci�n, Argentina

15 Apr 52.1 Ordained Bishop Jos� Souto Vizoso † Titular Bishop of Elusa Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain

54.6 Died Cyprian Witte, SS.CC. † Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]

18 Apr 58.0 Appointed Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Turkey Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

19 Apr Born George Alencherry Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

52.3 Died Vitus Bouma, SS.CC. † Prefect of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia

20 Apr Born Pio Gon�alo Alves de Sousa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

Born Vincenzo Paglia President of the Pontifical Academy for Life

21 Apr 55.7 Appointed Louis Francis Kelleher † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

55.7 Appointed Louis Francis Kelleher † Titular Bishop of Thenae Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born Juli�n L�pez Mart�n Bishop Emeritus of Le�n, Spain

22 Apr 24.8 Ordained Priest Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. † Priest Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China

24 Apr Born Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

25 Apr Born Piotr Kryk Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

27 Apr Born Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada

30 Apr Born Salvadore Lobo Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	47.1	Resigned	Joseph Kao †	Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China	Prefect Emeritus of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China
1 Mar		Born	Jean-Claude �zechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger		Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
72.3	Died	Luigj Bumci †	Bishop Emeritus of Lezh� {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
	Born	Marcelo Ra�l Martorell †		Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguaz�, Argentina
74.2	Died	Michael Sheehan †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	Born	Fernando V�rgez Alzaga, L.C.		Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
2 Mar		Born	Joseph Đ�nh Đ�c Đao		Bishop Emeritus of Xu�n Lộc, Viet Nam
	Born	Jaime Rafael Fuentes Mart�n		Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
	Born	Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin †		Apostolic Nuncio
3 Mar	56.4	Succeeded	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
60.2	Died	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lom�, Togo
42.5	Appointed	Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Hieropolis	Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
42.5	Appointed	Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. †	Official to Egypt and Arabia	Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
53.6	Appointed	John Roderick MacDonald †	Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop
53.6	Appointed	John Roderick MacDonald †	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
73.4	Died	Paul Peter Rhode †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
4 Mar	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Michael John Sheridan †		Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
	Born	Manuel Ure�a Pastor		Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Marie Y�en K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China
6 Mar	86.1	Died	Alberto Jos� Gon�alves †	Bishop of Ribeir�o Preto, Brazil
7 Mar	19.4	Simple Vows	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
10 Mar	51.1	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hunkeler †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
42.7	Appointed	John Anthony King Mussio †	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
43.9	Appointed	Francis Joseph Schenk †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
40.5	Appointed	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
11 Mar	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Crescenzi †	Titular Bishop of Pharsalus	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
72.4	Died	Nicola Milone †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
40.5	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
13 Mar	74.0	Died	David Keane †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
82.3	Died	Giuseppe Lojacono †	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy
14 Mar		Born	Leo Cornelio, S.V.D.		Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
15 Mar	68.9	Died	Josef L�rks, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
	Born	Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. †		Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
16 Mar		Born	Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. †		Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
14.9	Entered	Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
17 Mar	25.9	Ordained Priest	Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India
	Born	Carlos Jes�s Patricio Baladr�n Vald�s †		Bishop Emeritus of Guant�namo-Baracoa, Cuba
24.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre Bertrand Chagu� †	Priest	Bishop of Gap, France
	Born	Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Kotido, Uganda
24.9	Ordained Priest	Victor Guazzelli †	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
25.1	Ordained Priest	John Edgar McCafferty †	Priest of Rochester, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
24.9	Ordained Priest	Karel Otčen�šek †	Priest of Hradec Kr�lov�, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Dennis Joseph Sullivan		Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
26.4	Ordained Priest	Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa †	Priest of Palo, Philippines	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
22.8	Ordained Priest	Acacio Valbuena Rodr�guez, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}
26.4	Ordained Priest	Simon Zhang Jiumu †	Priest	Bishop of Xuanhua [S�anhwa], China
24.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
18 Mar	26.5	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Elanjikal †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
40.2	Installed	Hern�n Fr�as Hurtado †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
22.7	Ordained Deacon	Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic †	Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-L�on), France	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tr�guier), France
18.1	Simple Vows	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	Born	Salvatore Pappalardo		Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
22.5	Ordained Priest	Petar Perkolić †	Priest of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Priest	Vasco S�ir�cov †	Priest	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
19 Mar	83.7	Died	Valent�n Comellas y Santamar�a †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
74.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Titular Bishop of Emma�s	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
25.3	Ordained Priest	Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Mar	66.6	Died	L�on-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
21 Mar	67.2	Died	Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos	Vicar Apostolic
48.8	Died	Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Laos
23 Mar		Born	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military
24 Mar		Born	Luigi Marrucci †		Bishop Emeritus of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
25 Mar	26.8	Ordained Priest	Traian Crisan †	Priest of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
25.4	Ordained Priest	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
24.5	Ordained Priest	Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
26 Mar	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Simeon Lukach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †	Coadjutor Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Stepan Vaprovych (Vaprovyč) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27 Mar		Born	Jes�s Moraza Ruiz de Az�a, O.A.R.		Prelate Emeritus of L�brea, Amazonas, Brazil
28 Mar	68.7	Died	J�nos Mikes †	Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
63.7	Died	Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Lo�isiga †	Bishop of Le�n en Nicaragua
29 Mar		Born	Sebastiano Sanguinetti		Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
60.9	Died	Jusztini�n Gy�rgy Ser�di, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
30 Mar	67.3	Died	Henrique C�sar Fernandes Mour�o, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Cafel�ndia, Brazil
74.3	Died	Francesco Pascucci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
30.2	Ordained Priest	Vincente Puchol Montis †	Priest	Bishop of Santander, Spain
31 Mar	26.6	Ordained Priest	Bartolom� Carrasco Brise�o †	Priest of Puebla de los �ngeles, M�xico	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, M�xico
26.5	Ordained Priest	Miguel Gonz�lez Ibarra †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obreg�n, Sonora, M�xico
24.6	Ordained Priest	Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
27.7	Ordained Priest	Luis Rojas Mena †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Culiac�n, Sinaloa, M�xico
Apr	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1 Apr		Born	Jos� Alejandro Casta�o Arbel�ez, O.A.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
2 Apr	53.0	Died	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
6 Apr		Born	Celestino A�s Braco, O.F.M. Cap.		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
72.6	Appointed	Angelo Rotta †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
7 Apr	42.8	Appointed	Joseph Gerald Berry †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
50.3	Appointed	James Louis Connolly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.3	Appointed	James Louis Connolly †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
42.6	Appointed	Daniel Figueroa Vill�n †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
42.6	Appointed	Daniel Figueroa Vill�n †	Titular Bishop of Parnassus	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
52.9	Appointed	Thomas John Flynn †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
52.9	Appointed	Thomas John Flynn †	Titular Archbishop of Silyum	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
48.7	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
8 Apr		Born	Joseph Djida, O.M.I. †		Bishop of Ngaound�r�, Cameroon
65.3	Died	Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana
	Born	Diarmuid Martin		Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Nicodemo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
54.8	Installed	Joseph Pace †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
25.0	Ordained Priest	Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski †	Priest of Częstochowa, Poland	Bishop of Płock, Poland
28.1	Ordained Priest	Dieudonn� Yougbar� †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Koup�la, Burkina Faso
10 Apr	74.3	Died	James Paul McCloskey †	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
76.2	Appointed	Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
76.2	Retired	Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Apr		Born	Guerrino Riccardo Brusati †		Bishop Emeritus of Jana�ba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Cyprian Monis		Bishop Emeritus of Asansol, India
13 Apr		Born	Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
14 Apr	56.8	Appointed	Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
56.8	Appointed	Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †	Titular Bishop of Lappa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
67.3	Appointed	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
67.3	Resigned	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Succeeded	Peter Leo Ireton †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
25.7	Ordained Priest	Eug�ne Maillat, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of N’Z�r�kor�, Guinea
	Born	Armando Jos� Mar�a Rossi, O.P.		Bishop Emeritus of Concepci�n, Argentina
15 Apr	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Jos� Souto Vizoso †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
54.6	Died	Cyprian Witte, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
18 Apr	58.0	Appointed	Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
19 Apr		Born	George Alencherry		Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
52.3	Died	Vitus Bouma, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia
20 Apr		Born	Pio Gon�alo Alves de Sousa		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
	Born	Vincenzo Paglia		President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
21 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Louis Francis Kelleher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
55.7	Appointed	Louis Francis Kelleher †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	Born	Juli�n L�pez Mart�n		Bishop Emeritus of Le�n, Spain
22 Apr	24.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. †	Priest	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
24 Apr		Born	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
25 Apr		Born	Piotr Kryk		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
27 Apr		Born	Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
30 Apr		Born	Salvadore Lobo		Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur, India

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