Year 1983, April, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 2 Apr74.3DiedDonald J. Herlihy †Bishop of Ferns, Ireland 84.0DiedIgnatius Mummadi †Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India 4 Apr57.5DiedMatthew Baroi, S.D.B. †Bishop of Krishnagar, India 85.1DiedCesar Francesco Benedetti, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cuevo, Bolivia 6 Apr55.2AppointedLuis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. †Bishop of Chimbote, PeruBishop Emeritus 42.5AppointedAnthony J. Farquhar †Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor, IrelandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 42.5AppointedAnthony J. Farquhar †Titular Bishop of HermianaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland 51.9AppointedPatrick Joseph Walsh †Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor, IrelandBishop Emeritus 51.9AppointedPatrick Joseph Walsh †Titular Bishop of Ros CréBishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland 47.7AppointedCelso Yegros Estigarribia †Bishop of Carapeguá, ParaguayBishop Emeritus 7 Apr53.7Ordained BishopDavid Arias Pérez, O.A.R. †Titular Bishop of BadiaeAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA 49.9AppointedGiuseppe Chiaretti †Bishop of Montalto-San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy 60.5AppointedEttore Di Filippo †Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy 59.9AppointedBruno Foresti †Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brescia, ItalyBishop Emeritus 26.4Ordained PriestMartin Sarmiento JumoadPriest of Isabela, PhilippinesArchbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines 51.7AppointedAlessandro Maggiolini †Bishop of Carpi, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Como, Italy 75.5RetiredLuigi Morstabilini †Bishop of Brescia, ItalyBishop Emeritus 76.8RetiredAchille Palmerini †Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, ItalyBishop Emeritus 59.8AppointedMario Peressin †Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus 25.5Ordained PriestDoraboina Moses PrakasamPriest of Cuddapah, IndiaBishop of Nellore, India 76.1RetiredArtemio Prati †Bishop of Carpi, ItalyBishop Emeritus 76.3RetiredVincenzo Radicioni †Bishop of Montalto (delle Marche), ItalyBishop Emeritus 76.3RetiredVincenzo Radicioni †Bishop of Ripatransone, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy 75.8ResignedVicente Posada Reyes †Bishop of Cabanatuan, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 60.9SucceededCiceron Santa Maria Tumbocon †Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines 8 Apr63.5Ordained BishopPaul Li Zhenrong, S.J. †Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China 9 Apr26.3Ordained DeaconAndrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M.Deacon of Congregation of the MissionArchbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA 54.5Ordained BishopGiuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), TurkeyArchbishop Emeritus 24.4Ordained DeaconRoberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv.Deacon of Order of Friars Minor ConventualArchbishop of Oristano, Italy 26.2Ordained DeaconDominique Julien Claude Marie LebrunDeacon of Saint-Denis, FranceArchbishop of Rouen, France 50.5SucceededBlaise-Ernest MorandBishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, CanadaBishop Emeritus 75.1RetiredLaurent Morin †Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, CanadaBishop Emeritus 27.4Ordained PriestJohn Saw GawdyPriest of Toungoo, MyanmarBishop of Taungngu, Myanmar 75.5DiedLouis Wach, S.M.A. †Prefect Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire 10 Apr43.6InstalledJesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. †Archbishop of Ozamiz, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus 52.7Ordained BishopDaniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. †Bishop of Tacuarembó, UruguayBishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay 60.0Ordained BishopJoseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec †Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, FranceBishop Emeritus 48.2Ordained BishopColm O’ReillyBishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), IrelandBishop Emeritus 11 Apr75.9RetiredTelesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †Bishop of Arezzo, ItalyBishop Emeritus 75.9RetiredTelesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †Bishop of Cortona, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy 75.9RetiredTelesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), ItalyBishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy 63.2AppointedGiovanni D’Ascenzi †Bishop of Arezzo, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy 63.2AppointedGiovanni D’Ascenzi †Bishop of Cortona, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy 63.2AppointedGiovanni D’Ascenzi †Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), ItalyBishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy 76.0RetiredJosé Pont y Gol †Archbishop of Tarragona, SpainArchbishop Emeritus 59.9AppointedRamón Torrella Cascante †Archbishop of Tarragona, SpainArchbishop Emeritus 12 Apr75.9RetiredVicente Enrique y Tarancón †Archbishop of Madrid, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 28.6Ordained PriestPhilip Huang Chao-mingPriest of Hwalien, TaiwanBishop 66.5AppointedÁngel Suquía Goicoechea †Archbishop of Madrid, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 74.4RetiredAlbert Reuben Edward Thomas †Bishop of Bathurst, AustraliaBishop Emeritus 14 Apr81.0DiedValérien Bélanger †Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada 61.2InstalledGeorge Avis Fulcher †Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA 24.9Ordained DeaconJoseph Gerard HanefeldtDeacon of Omaha, Nebraska, USABishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA 25.7Ordained DeaconJoe Steve VásquezDeacon of San Angelo, Texas, USAArchbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA 24.7Ordained DeaconEdmund James WhalenDeacon of New York, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop 15 Apr61.0DiedGeorges Layek †Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria 71.6DiedJules-Joseph Puset, S.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Tamatave, Madagascar 61.1AppointedJožef Smej †Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, SloveniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia 61.1AppointedJožef Smej †Titular Bishop of TzernicusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia 16 Apr25.2Ordained PriestClaudio GiuliodoriPriest of Osimo e Cingoli, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy 17 Apr51.5Ordained BishopTadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †Titular Bishop of BeneventumArchbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland 60.2DiedJoseph Alphonse McNicholas †Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA 18 Apr66.7RetiredFilipe Tiago Broers, O.F.M. †Bishop of Caravelas, BrazilBishop Emeritus 49.9AppointedJoão Oneres Marchiori †Coadjutor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus 54.9AppointedAntônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus 19 Apr90.5DiedRenato Ziggiotti, S.D.B. †Rector Major Emeritus of Salesians of Saint John Bosco 21 Apr46.8Ordained BishopAloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. †Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil 22 Apr52.7InstalledDaniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. †Bishop of Tacuarembó, UruguayBishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay 23 Apr47.7Ordained BishopFortunato Baldelli †Titular Archbishop of MevaniaCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary 29.1Ordained PriestRaúl Gómez GonzálezPriest of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, MéxicoArchbishop of Toluca, México, México 24 Apr49.9Ordained BishopGregory Karotemprel, C.M.I.Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus 50.3Ordained BishopEugenio Ravignani †Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy 47.2Ordained BishopFrançois de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary †Coadjutor Bishop of Nice, FranceArchbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France 42.9Ordained BishopAdrian Thomas Smith, S.M.Titular Bishop of VissalsaArchbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands 28.0Ordained PriestDagoberto Sosa ArriagaPriest of Puebla de los Ángeles, MéxicoBishop of Tlapa, Guerrero, México 25 Apr42.6SelectedBernardo Fabio D’Onorio, O.S.B.Abbot of Montecassino, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy 60.4AppointedPierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. †Secretary of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian UnitySecretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity 60.9Ordained BishopGiovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. †Bishop of Ales e Terralba, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy 48.8InstalledJames Anthony GriffinBishop of Columbus, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus 26 Apr56.2Ordained BishopJosé María Hernández González †Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México 27 Apr55.3Ordained BishopBernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C.Prelate of Caravelí, PeruPrelate Emeritus 29 Apr70.5DiedNikodém Mikulaš Krett, O.S.B.M. †Bishop 30 Apr88.2DiedFrancis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA 61.2InstalledEnrico Manfredini †Archbishop of Bologna, Italy 50.0AppointedRafael Eleuterio Rey †Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina 50.0AppointedRafael Eleuterio Rey †Titular Bishop of HiltaBishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina 75.9DiedVicente Posada Reyes †Bishop Emeritus of Cabanatuan, Philippines 32.1Ordained PriestAlan Stephen Williams, S.M.Priest of Society of MaryBishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain