Year 1951, March-April, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title Mar61.3ResignedPatrick Maurice Connaughton, O.F.M. †Prefect of Suixian [Suihsien], ChinaPrefect Emeritus 70.0ResignedJohn Reesinck, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, UgandaVicar Apostolic Emeritus 2 Mar68.9AppointedPhilippe Sérvule Desranleau †Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada 59.8AppointedManuel de Medeiros Guerreiro †Bishop of Nampula, MozambiqueBishop Emeritus 48.8AppointedCharles Eugène Parent †Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus 3 Mar BornStephen Jay BergBishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA 67.4ResignedJacques Hubert Goumans, O.S.C. †Vicar Apostolic of Bandung, IndonesiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus 23.8Ordained PriestLászló Pacifik Paskai, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary 4 Mar48.4Ordained BishopÁngel Hidalgo Ibáñez †Bishop of Jaca, SpainBishop Emeritus 59.1DiedBl. Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi †Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary 7 Mar56.5AppointedThomas John McDonnell †Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA 8 Mar64.5AppointedAlfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. †Titular Bishop of CyparissiaBishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh 64.5ResignedAlfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. †Bishop of Chittagong, BangladeshBishop Emeritus 37.5AppointedGabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic of Larantuka, IndonesiaArchbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia 37.5AppointedGabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of AlindaArchbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia 50.4AppointedLéon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of CoropissusBishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar 50.4AppointedLéon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Ambanja, MadagascarBishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar 47.5AppointedAntonio Pott, S.V.D. †Bishop of Xinyang [Sinyang], ChinaFormer Bishop-Elect 44.7AppointedAntoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic of Endeh, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia 44.7AppointedAntoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of NilopolisBishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia 37.8AppointedJoost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia 40.9AppointedWilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic of Ruteng, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia 40.9AppointedWilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of TigiasBishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia 9 Mar68.3DiedPetrus Legge †Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany 62.0AppointedAloisius Joseph Muench †Apostolic Nuncio to GermanyCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA 68.0SucceededHeinrich Wienken †Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), GermanyBishop Emeritus 10 Mar26.9Ordained PriestAlphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans †Priest of Roermond, NetherlandsAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 23.7Ordained PriestAntônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. †Priest of Order of Discalced CarmelitesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 25.7Ordained PriestMichael Dallat †Priest of Down and Connor, IrelandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 33.1IncardinatedBasil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †Priest of Edmonton (Ukrainian), CanadaBishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada 25.8Ordained PriestOrozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida †Priest of Rancagua, ChileBishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile 71.8AppointedJorge García Caballeros †Apostolic Administrator of San Marcos, GuatemalaBishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala 71.8AppointedJorge García Caballeros †Apostolic Administrator of Sololá, GuatemalaBishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala 29.7IncardinatedNorbert Felix Gaughan †Priest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA 24.3Ordained PriestPatricio Maqui Lopez †PriestAuxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines 40.2AppointedAndrew J. Roborecki †Apostolic Exarch of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), CanadaBishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada 26.9Ordained PriestManuel Cruz Sobreviñas †Priest of Manila, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines 66.9AppointedEugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †Prefect of the Congregation of CeremoniesCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals 46.1IncardinatedCyril John Vogel †Priest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USABishop of Salina, Kansas, USA 11 Mar24.4Ordained PriestDiego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. †Priest of Order of St. AugustinePrelate of Cafayate, Argentina 44.5AppointedImre Kisberk †Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), HungaryBishop Emeritus 44.5AppointedImre Kisberk †Titular Bishop of ChristianopolisBishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary 29.3Ordained PriestJohn Perumattam, M.S.T. †Priest of Missionary Society of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Syro-Malabar)Bishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India 49.5AppointedImre Szabó †Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, HungaryApostolic Administrator 49.5AppointedImre Szabó †Titular Bishop of ThyatiraApostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary 12 Mar46.1Ordained BishopJohn Carmel Heenan †Bishop of Leeds, England, Great BritainCardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain 13 Mar69.4AppointedBenigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy 14 Mar46.8DiedLaurent Tétrault, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania 89.4DiedAntonio Tommaso Videmari †Bishop Emeritus of Ogliastra, Italy 15 Mar51.8ResignedRené Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Doumé, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon 39.4AppointedJacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Doumé, CameroonBishop of Doumé, Cameroon BornAlan Stephen Williams, S.M.Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain 16 Mar56.1Ordained BishopAlbert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. †Titular Bishop of VartanaBishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti 25.6Ordained PriestHenry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka 67.4DiedKarol Mieczysław Radoński †Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland BornHansjörg Vogel 18 Mar49.5InstalledCorrado Mingo †Bishop of Trapani, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy 63.1CeasedErnesto Ruffini †Apostolic Administrator of Trapani, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy 80.1DiedAbel Zaya (Zayia), C.M. †Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran 19 Mar22.5Ordained PriestAntonio Ambrosanio †Priest of Napoli {Naples}, ItalyArchbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy 53.1InstalledPietro Zuccarino †Coadjutor Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), ItalyBishop 20 Mar BornCarlo CiattiniBishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy BornPiotr LiberaBishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland 51.4AppointedEnrique Rau †Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, ArgentinaBishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina 51.4AppointedEnrique Rau †Titular Bishop of VoncariaBishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina 21 Mar BornAbraham DestaVicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia 23 Mar BornMichel Christian Alain AupetitArchbishop Emeritus of Paris, France 37.7AppointedJoão Cláudio Colling †Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 47.0InstalledPatrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus 24 Mar25.4Ordained PriestJoseph Habib Hitti †PriestBishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia 27.6Ordained PriestPeter Hoang Min Syeng †PriestBishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) 26.1Ordained PriestRafael Muñoz Núñez †PriestBishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México 25.5Ordained PriestPróspero Penados del Barrio †PriestArchbishop Emeritus of Guatemala 28.8Ordained PriestClemente Riva, I.C. †Priest of Institute of CharityAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy 25.5Ordained PriestAntoine Torbey †Priest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), SyriaBishop Emeritus 25 Mar68.9DiedGeorge Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †Apostolic Delegate to México 25.8Ordained PriestLuigi Dossena †Priest of Crema, ItalyApostolic Nuncio 22.2Ordained DeaconEfraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil BornKenneth E. KuntzPriest of Davenport, Iowa, USA 26 Mar28.7Ordained PriestLouis Pathé Barry †Priest of Conakry, GuineaPriest of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea BornJustin Saw Min ThideBishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar 27 Mar51.1AppointedGérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †Prelate of Cotabato, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines 51.1AppointedGérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of DianaArchbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines 52.2AppointedEmile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley †Bishop of Mende, FranceBishop of Nancy (-Toul), France 48.7AppointedEmilio Pizzoni †Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, ItalyBishop Emeritus 45.9AppointedIlario Roatta †Bishop of Norcia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy 28 Mar60.6AppointedCiril Banic †Apostolic Administrator of Šibenik (Knin), CroatiaBishop 60.6AppointedCiril Banic †Titular Bishop of CoroneBishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia 80.7DiedJules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu †Bishop of Orléans, France 57.2AppointedEdward Joseph Hunkeler †Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA 29 Mar20.3Ordained PriestJānis PujatsPriest of Riga, LatviaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus Apr69.2AppointedRaimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. †Apostolic Administrator of El Petén, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala 1 Apr42.5Ordained BishopJános Bárd †Titular Bishop of UlpianaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary 26.4Ordained PriestSerafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.Priest of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador 51.8Ordained BishopGiovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †Titular Bishop of CerbaliBishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda 52.0Ordained BishopAgostino D’Arco †Titular Bishop of ThennesusBishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy 45.4Ordained BishopMihály Endrey-Eipel †Titular Bishop of BarataBishop of Vác, Hungary 41.8Ordained PriestJosé Armando Gutiérrez Granier †PriestArchbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia 22.0Perpetual VowsFrancisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryBishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile BornStephen RobsonBishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain 21.2Perpetual VowsPellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy 2 Apr23.0Ordained PriestFerenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. †Priest of Order of CisterciansBishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary 45.9Ordained BishopAdolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †Titular Bishop of NasaiBishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 47.0Ordained BishopRené-Louis-Marie Stourm †Bishop of Amiens, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France 3 Apr BornGuillermo Dela Vega AfableBishop of Digos, Philippines BornJean-Bosco NtepBishop of Edéa, Cameroon 57.3Ordained BishopAlphonse Streit, C.M.M. †Bishop of Mariannhill, South AfricaBishop Emeritus 5 Apr58.7AppointedPedro Pablo (Luis Reinaldo) Andrade Sánchez, O.F.M. †Prefect of Galápagos, EcuadorPrefect Emeritus 53.1AppointedVitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya 53.1AppointedVitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of AttaeaVicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya AppointedDominic Chen Te-mien, O.F.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Suixian [Suihsien], China BornJosé Vicente Conejero GallegoBishop of Formosa, Argentina 78.7DiedGiovanni Rosi †Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy 6 Apr77.6DiedAuguste Sieffert, C.Ss.R. †Bishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia 7 Apr66.5AppointedThomas Edmund Molloy †Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brooklyn, New York, USABishop 8 Apr39.2Ordained BishopAlfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Hyderabad, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Warangal, India 45.8Ordained BishopFrancesco Carpino †Titular Archbishop of NicomediaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy 23.4Ordained PriestEndre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. †Priest of Order of CisterciansAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary 42.5AppointedAníbal Muñoz Duque †Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, ColombiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia 9 Apr45.1AppointedEgidio Vagnozzi †Apostolic Nuncio to PhilippinesCardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 10 Apr BornJuan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de ChinchetruSecretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts BornEarl Alfred Boyea, Jr.Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA 11 Apr BornJoseph Yapo AkéArchbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire 55.0AppointedNicola Canino †Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in AsiaBishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy 55.0ResignedNicola Canino †Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, ItalyBishop Emeritus 41.2Ordained BishopJoseph Lennox Federal †Titular Bishop of AppiariaBishop Emeritus of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 24.6Ordained PriestJohn Joseph Glynn †Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military 42.6Ordained BishopAndré Jacques, C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of IngilaBishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 30.0Ordained PriestHippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India 23.8Ordained PriestAnthony Li Duan †PriestBishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China 46.5Ordained BishopArturo Vélez Martínez †Bishop of Toluca, México, MéxicoBishop Emeritus 12 Apr BornJosé Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I.Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar 38.8AppointedPietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. †Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, ThailandBishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand 38.8AppointedPietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of ZenobiasBishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand 43.2AppointedPeter Joseph Fan Xueyan †Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China 62.0AppointedJoseph Alexander Fernandes †Archbishop of Delhi and Simla, IndiaArchbishop of Delhi, India BornPeter Liu Cheng-chungBishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan 53.2AppointedSisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel, SudanBishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda 53.2AppointedSisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †Titular Bishop of LamusBishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda BornJulio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J.Bishop of Tlaxcala, México 13 Apr75.5AppointedGuglielmo Piani, S.D.B. †Apostolic Delegate to México 15 Apr BornFrancis Xavier Hiroaki NakanoBishop of Kagoshima, Japan 22.5Ordained PriestAntónio Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Viseu, Portugal 39.8Ordained BishopPasquale Venezia †Bishop of Ariano, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy 18 Apr61.5AppointedRaffaele Baratta †Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy 65.4DiedHenri-Marie-Joseph Pinson †Bishop of Saint-Flour, France 19 Apr BornEnrique Pérez LavadoBishop of Maturín, Venezuela 20 Apr61.1AppointedEugeniusz Baziak †Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, PolandArchbishop of Lviv, Ukraine AppointedIlluminato Colombo, O.F.M. †Prefect of Misurata, Libya 21 Apr67.2DiedSaverio Ritter †Official of the Secretariat of State 75.2CeasedJosip Srebrnić †Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka (-Opatija), CroatiaBishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia 50.9AppointedAnton Vovk †Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka (-Opatija), CroatiaArchbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia 22 Apr53.2Ordained BishopCesar Francesco Benedetti, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of TiddiVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cuevo, Bolivia 42.3AppointedZdzisław Goliński †Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland 45.7Ordained BishopBiagio Musto †Titular Bishop of BassianaBishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy 36.0Ordained BishopJosé Rincón Bonilla †Titular Bishop of TamasusAuxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela 24 Apr BornGiuseppe Bausardo, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said) BornRoberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras 25 Apr37.6Ordained BishopGabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of AlindaArchbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia 51.0Ordained BishopDino Luigi Romoli, O.P. †Bishop of Pescia, ItalyBishop Emeritus 26 Apr47.3AppointedAntoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, PolandArchbishop of Poznań, Poland 47.3AppointedAntoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in ArmeniaArchbishop of Poznań, Poland 48.1AppointedTeodor Bensch †Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland 48.1AppointedTeodor Bensch †Titular Bishop of TabudaAuxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland 61.3SelectedJules Georges Kandela †Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul (Syrian), IraqArchbishop Emeritus 47.3AppointedBolesław Kominek †Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, PolandCardinal, Archbishop 47.3AppointedBolesław Kominek †Titular Bishop of SopheneCardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland 50.6AppointedEdmund Nowicki †Coadjutor Bishop of Gdańsk, PolandBishop 50.6AppointedEdmund Nowicki †Titular Bishop of HadrianeBishop of Gdańsk, Poland BornRyszard Szmydki, O.M.I.Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization 27 Apr59.7AppointedKiril Stefan (Nikola) Kurtev †Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria 28 Apr61.6AppointedJosef Hiltl †Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany 61.6AppointedJosef Hiltl †Titular Bishop of ConstantinaAuxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany 77.5AppointedFederico Tedeschini †Cardinal-Bishop of FrascatiCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary 29 Apr73.3DiedAnton Ceska, S.V.D. †Prefect Emeritus of Niigata, Japan BornJean-Pierre DelvilleBishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium 132.5BeatifiedSt. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam 130.0BeatifiedSt. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam BornUlises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M.Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela 81.5DiedMartin Kheberich †Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia 49.6Ordained BishopImre Szabó †Titular Bishop of ThyatiraApostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary 30 Apr39.5AppointedMiguel Angel García y Aráuz †Bishop of Jalapa, GuatemalaBishop Emeritus