Year 1949, March-April, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title Mar65.0ResignedGiuseppe Misuraca †Apostolic Nuncio to VenezuelaApostolic Nuncio 66.1ResignedIgino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egitto), EgyptVicar Apostolic Emeritus 2 Mar50.6ResignedHugh John O’Neill †Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New ZealandCoadjutor Bishop Emeritus BornJosé Francisco Robles OrtegaCardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México 3 Mar49.8AppointedRené Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Doumé, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon BornThomas Aquino Manyo MaedaCardinal, Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan 35.6AppointedVenmani S. Selvanather †Bishop of Salem, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India 4 Mar78.4DiedJohann Baptist Sproll †Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany 5 Mar BornBenoît Comlan Messan AlowonouBishop of Kpalimé, Togo 6 Mar43.4Ordained BishopIoan Maria Dragomir †Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in PamphyliaAuxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania 48.1Ordained BishopCarlos Riu Anglés †Bishop of Camagüey, CubaBishop Emeritus 7 Mar BornLeopoldo José Brenes SolórzanoCardinal, Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua 46.5Ordained BishopWilliam Edward Cousins †Titular Bishop of FormaArchbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 50.8Ordained BishopMartin Dewey McNamara †Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA 45.1Ordained BishopWilliam Aloysius O’Connor †Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USABishop Emeritus 8 MarBornGyörgy Snell †Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary 9 Mar BornMikha Pola MaqdassiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq 43.1AppointedEgidio Vagnozzi †Apostolic Delegate to PhilippinesCardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 10 Mar53.4AppointedJohn Forest Hogan, O.F.M. †Bishop of Bellary, India 65.5AppointedJosé María García Graín, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru 65.5AppointedJosé María García Graín, O.P. †Titular Bishop of AlabandaVicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru 57.2AppointedJoannes Groen, M.S.F. †Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia 57.2AppointedJoannes Groen, M.S.F. †Titular Bishop of SbidaVicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia 40.2AppointedBernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 40.2AppointedBernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of BelaliBishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 47.6AppointedJerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †Coadjutor Bishop of Jaffna, Sri LankaBishop 47.6AppointedJerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of BladiaBishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka 53.6ResignedAlexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Bangueolo, ZambiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus 53.0AppointedPablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. †Bishop of Cuttack, India 36.9AppointedJoseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 36.9AppointedJoseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †Titular Bishop of CallipolisBishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 11 Mar25.8Ordained DeaconDennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †Deacon of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania 43.6AppointedDomenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. †Prefect of Mupoi, SudanPrefect Emeritus 12 Mar26.0Ordained PriestAgustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela 24.5Ordained PriestSerafim Fernandes de Araújo †Priest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 27.0Ordained PriestZbigniew Józef Kraszewski †Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland BornJerome Edward ListeckiArchbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 39.8Ordained PriestJean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †Priest of Marseille, FranceBishop Emeritus of Nice, France 24.2Ordained PriestSalvador Quizon Quizon †Priest of Lipa, PhilippinesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines 23.9Ordained PriestAcácio Rodrigues Alves †Priest of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil 26.3Ordained PriestJoseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J. †Priest of Congrégation du Sacré-CoeurArchbishop Emeritus of Monaco 24.4Ordained PriestJaroslav Škarvada †Priest of Praha {Prague}, CzechiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 25.0Ordained PriestJozef Tomko †Priest of Košice, SlovakiaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses 13 Mar23.0Solemn VowsJuan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. †Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina 30.1Ordained PriestHeinrich Machens †Priest of Hildesheim, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 31.9Ordained PriestAugustin Zheng Shouduo †PriestBishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China 14 Mar43.8AppointedManuel Dos Santos Rocha †Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, PortugalBishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal 43.8AppointedManuel Dos Santos Rocha †Titular Bishop of PrieneBishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal 44.3AppointedMaximilien de Fürstenberg †Titular Archbishop of PaltusCardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 64.4AppointedAdeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio MirtetoCardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation 50.4AppointedEmanuele Trindade Salgueiro †Titular Archbishop of MityleneArchbishop of Évora, Portugal 43.1AppointedEgidio Vagnozzi †Titular Archbishop of MyraCardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 15 Mar51.5AppointedInácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †Coadjutor Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil 51.5AppointedInácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of AgbiaBishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil 62.7SucceededMariano Simon Garriga †Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA 80.3AppointedEmmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †Titular Bishop of PitanaeBishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA 80.3RetiredEmmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USABishop Emeritus BornEugenio Romero Pose †Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain 35.4AppointedPaulo Hipólito de Souza Libório †Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil 16 Mar37.4AppointedJacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †Auxiliary Bishop of Doumé, CameroonBishop of Doumé, Cameroon 37.4AppointedJacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of BureBishop of Doumé, Cameroon 17 Mar BornRamón Benito Ángeles FernándezAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 40.9AppointedCharles Herman Helmsing †Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USABishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA 40.9AppointedCharles Herman Helmsing †Titular Bishop of AxomisBishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA BornFernando Carlos Maletti †Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina BornThaddée Nsengiyumva †Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda 52.1Ordained BishopPatrick Mary O’Donnell †Titular Archbishop of PelusiumArchbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia 18 Mar43.6AppointedJean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †Coadjutor Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France 43.6AppointedJean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in PalaestinaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France 31.1Ordained PriestJoseph Kelanthara †PriestArchbishop of Verapoly, India 19 Mar BornBlase Joseph CupichCardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA 23.5Ordained PriestJoseph Gabriel Fernandez †Priest of Quilon, IndiaBishop Emeritus 63.5DiedBl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania 20 Mar BornJosip BozanićCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia 65.8SucceededArmand Coupel †Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), FranceBishop Emeritus 51.0Ordained BishopGiuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China 74.2DiedFrançois-Jean-Marie Serrand †Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France 21 Mar BornRolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M.Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea 22 Mar44.4AppointedMaximilien de Fürstenberg †Apostolic Delegate to JapanCardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 23 Mar89.9DiedPaul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China BornAngelo Massafra, O.F.M.Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania 65.8DiedJuan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras 25 Mar28.1Ordained PriestJohn Wu Shi-zhen †PriestArchbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China 29.6Ordained PriestThomas Zeng Jing mu, O.P. †PriestBishop Emeritus of Yujiang [Yükiang], China 26 Mar BornCarlo BrescianiBishop Emeritus of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy 27 Mar36.0InstalledThomas Vincent Cahill †Bishop of Cairns, AustraliaArchbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia BornThomas John RodiArchbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA 42.0Ordained BishopManuel Tato †Titular Bishop of AulonBishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina 51.9Ordained BishopAlfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †Titular Bishop of AzuraPrelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil 28 Mar71.3ResignedCesaire Stern, O.F.M. †Prefect of Weihai [Weihaiwei], ChinaPrefect Emeritus 29 Mar BornMychajlo Koltun, C.Ss.R.Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine 30 Mar49.8AppointedGuido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. †Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus 49.8AppointedGuido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. †Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in SyriaArchbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy 44.8AppointedFélix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, BrazilArchbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil 40.4Ordained BishopFrancis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. †Titular Bishop of ClaneusBishop of Keimoes, South Africa 31 Mar46.1Ordained BishopJoseph-Roméo Gagnon †Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada 1 Apr44.0AppointedGirolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Padova {Padua}, ItalyBishop Emeritus 41.5AppointedOwen McCoy, M. Afr. †Prefect of Oyo, NigeriaBishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria 2 Apr22.8Ordained PriestLuigi Bommarito †Priest of Monreale, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy 22.7Ordained PriestEmanuele Catarinicchia †Priest of Monreale, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy 22.8Ordained PriestRafael Garcia González †Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop of León, Guanajuato, México 26.6Ordained PriestMariano Gaviola y Garcés †PriestArchbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines 29.0Ordained PriestJan Gurda †Priest of Kielce, PolandAuxiliary Bishop 26.5Ordained PriestPorfirio Rivera Iligan †PriestBishop Emeritus of Masbate, Philippines 32.0Ordained PriestBernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. †Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania 22.8Ordained PriestAntônio Ribeiro de Oliveira †PriestArchbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil 23.8Ordained PriestJosé Esaúl Robles Jiménez †PriestBishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México 24.4Ordained PriestSamuel Ruiz García †PriestBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México 28.1Ordained PriestFrancisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla †PriestBishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México 6 Apr60.6AppointedJoseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe †Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France 7 Apr60.4AppointedPatrick James Byrne, M.M. †Apostolic Delegate to Korea 60.4AppointedPatrick James Byrne, M.M. †Titular Bishop of GazeraApostolic Delegate to Korea BornZygmunt Zimowski †President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers 8 Apr75.6RetiredThomas Addis Emmet, S.J. †Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, AntillesVicar Apostolic Emeritus 58.3AppointedFrancisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba †Bishop of Oviedo, SpainArchbishop of Oviedo, Spain 10 Apr66.8DiedFrancisco Cavero y Tormo †Bishop of Coria, Spain 26.2Ordained PriestCelso Nogoy Guevarra †PriestBishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines 11 Apr30.6Ordained Priest[Paul Han Xi-rang], O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China 24.3Ordained PriestJoseph Li Mingshu †PriestBishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China 12 Apr BornLeonard Paul BlairArchbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA 15 Apr BornPierre Nguyễn Văn TốtApostolic Nuncio 16 Apr24.3Ordained PriestSavino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. †Priest of Order of Friar Servants of MaryArchbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile 23.0Ordained PriestAntonio Deig Clotet †Priest of Solsona, SpainBishop Emeritus 26.2Ordained PriestJosé Sebastián Laboa Gallego †PriestApostolic Nuncio 24.7Ordained PriestGiuseppe (Josip) Uhac †Priest of Rijeka (-Opatija), CroatiaSecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples 17 Apr BornEdson de Castro HomemBishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil 18 Apr29.8Ordained PriestFrançois-Xavier Dione †Priest of Dakar, SenegalBishop of Thiès, Senegal BornJosef KajnekAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia 28.2Ordained PriestHyacinthe Thiandoum †Priest of Dakar, SenegalCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal 19 Apr41.0Ordained BishopCharles Herman Helmsing †Titular Bishop of AxomisBishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA 20 Apr60.5DiedLászló Bánáss †Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary 37.7Ordained BishopJohn Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. †Bishop of Darwin, Australia 21 Apr50.0AppointedLorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], ChinaBishop Emeritus 50.0AppointedLorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †Titular Bishop of ChomaBishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China AppointedFabian Cheu †Apostolic Administrator of Chifeng [Chihfeng], ChinaApostolic Administrator Emeritus 45.7AppointedLeo D’Mello †Bishop of Ajmer, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India 47.7AppointedPeter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China 46.1AppointedJohn Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Kokstad, South AfricaBishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa 46.1AppointedJohn Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of AezaniBishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa 74.9ResignedLucas Tchao (Zhao Qinghua) †Prefect of Chihfeng [Chifeng], ChinaPrefect Emeritus 23 Apr75.8AppointedHenri-Édouard Dutoit †Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in AbasgiaBishop Emeritus of Arras, France 24.5Ordained PriestGrégoire Haddad †Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), LebanonArchbishop Emeritus 23.8Ordained PriestEustathe Joseph Mounayer †Priest of Damas (Syrian), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus 61.2AppointedAlfredo Pacini †Apostolic Nuncio to UruguayCardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other 24 Apr28.1Ordained PriestAntonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 25 Apr44.3Ordained BishopBl. Tit Liviu Chinezu †Titular Bishop of RegianaAuxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania 44.5Ordained BishopMaximilien de Fürstenberg †Titular Archbishop of PaltusCardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 26 Apr73.9DiedPatrick Lyons †Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland 27 Apr BornPetrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C.Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia 28 Apr BornLuis Artemio Flores CalzadaBishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México 29 Apr BornJuan Odilón Martínez GarcíaBishop Emeritus of Atlacomulco, México, México 60.3DiedDionisio Habib Naassani †Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria 30 Apr28.2Ordained PriestFelixberto Camacho Flores †Priest of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania) 64.9AppointedAndrea Taccone †Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in PaphlagoniaBishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy 64.9ResignedAndrea Taccone †Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, ItalyBishop Emeritus