The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	75.0	Retired	Alfred Kleinermeilert †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	65.6	Appointed	Paul Henry Walsh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	65.6	Appointed	Paul Henry Walsh †	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
4 Apr	76.6	Died	Lu�s Gonzaga Fernandes †	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
	53.0	Appointed	Felix Genn	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of M�nster, Germany
	49.3	Appointed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
	49.3	Appointed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
	52.3	Appointed	Antal Sp�nyi	Bishop of Sz�kesfeh�rv�r (Albareale), Hungary
	76.2	Retired	Jusztin N�ndor Tak�cs, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Sz�kesfeh�rv�r (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	68.1	Installed	Antonio Ciliberti †	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.8	Appointed	Raymond John Lahey †	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
	44.7	Appointed	Hil�rio da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M.	Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique	Auxiliary Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop
6 Apr	91.0	Died	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Paul Andr� Denis Marcel James	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	70.6	Died	Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India
	56.4	Installed	Atilano Vicente Rodr�guez Mart�nez	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sig�enza-Guadalajara, Spain
7 Apr	39.2	Appointed	Vitaliy Skomarovskyi	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
7 Apr	39.2	Appointed	Vitaliy Skomarovskyi	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
8 Apr	70.7	Died	Patrick Fani Chakaipa †	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
	38.3	Appointed	Wojciech Polak	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Archbishop
	38.3	Appointed	Wojciech Polak	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	55.2	Appointed	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Johannesburg, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
	76.4	Retired	Szczepan Wesoly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Apr	67.5	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castell�	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	67.5	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castell�	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	73.8	Resigned	Os�rio Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Joa�aba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Juliusz Janusz	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Apostolic Nuncio
	64.9	Succeeded	Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Joa�aba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	44.8	Appointed	Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto	Prelate of Calama, Chile	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
11 Apr	61.0	Appointed	Antonio Marino	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	61.0	Appointed	Antonio Marino	Titular Bishop of Basti	Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	80.8	Died	Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
12 Apr	67.5	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castell�	Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	39.8	Appointed	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luj�n, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Z�rate-Campana, Argentina
	39.8	Appointed	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop Emeritus of Z�rate-Campana, Argentina
14 Apr	45.6	Appointed	Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi	Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana
15 Apr	43.8	Appointed	Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perri�re	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	43.8	Appointed	Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perri�re	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	46.1	Appointed	Herv� Jean Robert Giraud	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop of Viviers, France
	46.1	Appointed	Herv� Jean Robert Giraud	Titular Bishop of Silli	Bishop of Viviers, France
	55.1	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Williams	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Williams	Titular Bishop of Mage�	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
16 Apr	59.0	Succeeded	Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	76.3	Retired	Diego Natale Bona †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	61.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Guerrini	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Appointed	Peter Martin Musikuwa	Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi
	44.2	Appointed	Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
	44.2	Appointed	Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
	80.5	Died	John Richard Sheets, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
	55.9	Appointed	Paweł Stobrawa	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	Paweł Stobrawa	Titular Bishop of Aeca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
	75.3	Retired	Jesus Yu Varela †	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	50.4	Appointed	Cyryl Klimowicz	Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation
	50.4	Appointed	Cyryl Klimowicz	Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation	Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation
	49.6	Appointed	Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.	Bishop of Ełk, Poland
	49.6	Ceased	Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation	Bishop of Ełk, Poland
	49.3	Installed	Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop
19 Apr	88.3	Died	Alejandro Dur�n Moreira †	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
19 Apr	90.5	Died	Aurelio Sabattani †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
20 Apr	81.5	Died	Henri Lema�tre †	Apostolic Nuncio
21 Apr	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Werner Guballa †	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
21 Apr	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Ulrich Neymeyr	Titular Bishop of Maraguia	Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
22 Apr	74.8	Retired	Lorenzo Le�n Alvarado, O. de M. †	Bishop of Huacho, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Roger Paul Morin †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
23 Apr	80.0	Retired	Ivan Ljavinec †	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
24 Apr	75.4	Died	Renato Hasche S�nchez, S.J. †	Bishop of Arica, Chile
	55.1	Appointed	Ladislav Hučko †	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
	55.1	Appointed	Ladislav Hučko †	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
25 Apr	89.5	Died	Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †	Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
	44.0	Appointed	Cristi�n Contreras Villarroel	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile
	44.0	Appointed	Cristi�n Contreras Villarroel	Titular Bishop of Illiberi	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile
	86.0	Died	Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †	Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
	74.8	Retired	Jorge Garc�a Isaza, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	81.4	Died	Otmar M�der †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
	62.3	Appointed	Dominic Mai Thanh Lương †	Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	62.3	Appointed	Dominic Mai Thanh Lương †	Titular Bishop of Cebarades	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
	88.5	Died	Andr� Perraudin, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
	51.9	Appointed	Ricardo Antonio Tob�n Restrepo	Bishop of Sons�n-Rionegro, Colombia	Archbishop of Medell�n, Colombia
26 Apr	60.7	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina	Apostolic Nuncio
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Wiesław Alojzy Mering	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Germ�n Mesa Ruiz	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
	50.6	Appointed	Joseph Ng� Quang Kiệt	Apostolic Administrator of H� Nội, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
	103.3	Died	Jos� Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chiquitos, Bolivia
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.	Bishop of Nuestra Se�ora de los M�rtires del Libano en M�xico (Maronite)	Bishop Emeritus
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Jos� Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap.	Coadjutor Bishop of Carolina, Maranh�o, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	31.9	Ordained Deacon	Hiansen Vieira Franco	Deacon of Guaxup�, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27 Apr	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Louis Jean Boishu	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
27 Apr	33.1	Ordained Priest	Wilbert Marwein	Priest of Shillong, India	Bishop of Nongstoin, India
28 Apr	54.1	Installed	Jos� Francisco Robles Ortega	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico
29 Apr	77.2	Retired	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Archbishop of Paran�, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
29 Apr	68.4	Appointed	Mario Luis Bautista Mauli�n †	Archbishop of Paran�, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Apr	64.2	Appointed	George William Coleman †	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	50.8	Appointed	Enrique D�az D�az	Auxiliary Bishop of San Crist�bal de Las Casas, Chiapas, M�xico	Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, M�xico
	50.8	Appointed	Enrique D�az D�az	Titular Bishop of Izirzada	Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, M�xico
	44.2	Appointed	Marco Eug�nio Galr�o Leite de Almeida	Bishop of Est�ncia, Sergipe, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	76.8	Retired	Hildebrando Mendes Costa	Bishop of Est�ncia, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Jenő Sch�nberger	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatm�r}, Romania

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