Year 1984, March-April, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 Mar57.8ResignedJohannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) †Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), NetherlandsBishop Emeritus 46.0Ordained BishopWilliam John Brennan †Bishop of Wagga Wagga, AustraliaBishop Emeritus 54.2AppointedEduardo Vicente Mirás †Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina 54.2AppointedEduardo Vicente Mirás †Titular Bishop of AmbiaArchbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina 52.4AppointedJoseph Edward Troy †Coadjutor Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, CanadaBishop Emeritus 3 Mar54.3AppointedJosé Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa †Apostolic Administrator of Escuintla, GuatemalaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala 51.9ResignedMario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M.Prelate of Escuintla, GuatemalaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala 4 Mar66.1InstalledBasil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), CanadaBishop Emeritus 6 Mar44.1AppointedTeodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines 44.1AppointedTeodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.Titular Bishop of GaurianaBishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines 8 Mar63.1AppointedFelixberto Camacho Flores †Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania) 48.9AppointedMichael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USABishop 46.5Ordained BishopGeoffrey James Robinson †Titular Bishop of RusucaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia 9 Mar45.2AppointedPatrick Altham KellyBishop of Salford, England, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain 10 Mar27.3Solemn VowsCarlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.Member of Order of Friars PreachersArchbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina 46.0AppointedLouis-Marie Billé †Bishop of Laval, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France 75.9RetiredPaul-Louis Carrière †Bishop of Laval, FranceBishop Emeritus 44.2Ordained BishopFernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of UlciniumBishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil 11 Mar50.9Ordained BishopGerard Francis Loft, S.M. †Bishop of Auki, Solomon IslandsBishop Emeritus 40.5Ordained BishopThomas MeramArchbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), IranArchbishop Emeritus 12 Mar91.5DiedJoseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo 14 Mar53.7AppointedWalter Bini, S.D.B. †Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil 73.3ResignedGentil Diniz Barreto †Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilBishop Emeritus 52.9AppointedRobert William Donnelly †Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 52.9AppointedRobert William Donnelly †Titular Bishop of GarbaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA 56.0SucceededJosé Freire de Oliveira Neto †Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilBishop Emeritus 42.0AppointedGeraldo Lyrio Rocha †Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil 42.0AppointedGeraldo Lyrio Rocha †Titular Bishop of ThelepteArchbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil 60.3AppointedCarlos Talavera Ramírez †Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, MéxicoBishop Emeritus 15 Mar74.8DiedFrancis Ekka †Bishop of Raigarh, India 16 Mar44.3AppointedJohn BuckleyAuxiliary Bishop of Cork and Ross, IrelandBishop Emeritus 44.3AppointedJohn BuckleyTitular Bishop of Leptis MagnaBishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland 54.7InstalledJosé Manuel Lorenzo †Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina 17 Mar60.3AppointedDemetrius Martin Greschuk †Apostolic Administrator of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, CanadaBishop 81.4DiedÁngel Hidalgo Ibáñez †Bishop Emeritus of Jaca, Spain 71.1ResignedYves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Garoua, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus 41.2CeasedÓscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa de Copán, HondurasCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras 65.1InstalledFortunato Antonio Rossi †Archbishop of Corrientes, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus 47.3Ordained BishopLuis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B.Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, HondurasBishop Emeritus 53.4SucceededChristian Wiyghan Tumi †Archbishop of Garoua, CameroonCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon 27.2Ordained PriestHéctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC.Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryBishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina 18 Mar42.8Ordained BishopPablo Jaime Galimberti di VietriBishop of San José de Mayo, UruguayBishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay 19 Mar55.4Ordained BishopFrancisco Barroso FilhoBishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus 64.1InstalledJohn Joseph O’Connor †Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA 32.9Ordained PriestJustin Saw Min ThidePriest of Yangon, MyanmarBishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar 20 Mar52.7AppointedPaulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte †Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus 70.9ResignedJoão José da Mota e Albuquerque †Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus 29.4Ordained PriestPaul Yoshinao OtsukaPriest of Kyōto, JapanBishop 21 Mar69.0AppointedFelice Leonardo †Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy 22 Mar25.7Ordained PriestJames Athikalam, M.S.T.Priest of Missionary Society of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Syro-Malabar)Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India 65.4AppointedGiovanni Canestri †Archbishop of Cagliari, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy 47.9AppointedBarry James HickeyBishop of Geraldton, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia 72.1DiedWacław Wycisk †Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland 23 Mar52.3InstalledBernard Francis Law †Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USACardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} 48.5AppointedRamón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. †Bishop of Montería, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia 24 Mar27.3Ordained PriestIgnacio Francisco Ducasse MedinaPriest of Santiago de ChileArchbishop of Antofagasta, Chile 74.9RetiredRobert-Jacques-Victor Frossard †Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 24.4Perpetual VowsRubens Sevilha, O.C.D.Member of Order of Discalced CarmelitesBishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil 25 Mar83.9DiedGaetano Briani, F.S.C.J. †Superior General Emeritus of Sons of the Sacred Heart of JesusSuperior General Emeritus of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus 50.3AppointedDenis William Hanrahan †Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch, New ZealandBishop 59.6InstalledHéctor Gabino Romero †Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina 80.7DiedPietro Severi †Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy 26 Mar87.8DiedBiagio d’Agostino †Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy 61.8AppointedPio Laghi †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to United States of AmericaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) 46.4AppointedGetúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. †Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, BrazilBishop Emeritus 28 Mar55.5AppointedGeorge Kinzie Fitzsimons †Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus 28.6Ordained PriestStephen Tjephe †Priest of Loikaw, MyanmarBishop 29 Mar45.4AppointedFabio Betancur Tirado †Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia 29.0Ordained PriestJohn Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M.Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop of Tainan, Taiwan 30 Mar45.4AppointedLuis Miguel Cantón Marín †Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México 63.2AppointedManuel Pérez-Gil y González †Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, MéxicoBishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México 31 Mar60.5InstalledMoisés Julio Blanchoud †Archbishop of Salta, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus 74.4DiedSante Portalupi †Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal 53.7AppointedJesus Balaso Tuquib †Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus 1 Apr27.6Ordained PriestBasilio AthaiPriest of Loikaw, MyanmarArchbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar 3 Apr58.4DiedAnthyme Bayala †Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso 45.3Ordained BishopPatrick Altham KellyBishop of Salford, England, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain 4 Apr46.2AppointedTarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of São José do Grajaú, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil 46.9AppointedJulio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †Bishop of San Marcos, GuatemalaBishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala 48.6AppointedBrendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC.Bishop of Ferns, IrelandBishop Emeritus 5 Apr61.8AppointedAlberto Bovone †Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in NumidiaCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints 48.4AppointedJohn Patrick Foley †President of the Pontifical Council for Social CommunicationsCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 48.4AppointedJohn Patrick Foley †Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in ProconsulariCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 7 Apr50.6AppointedWilliam Leo Higi †Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USABishop Emeritus 41.4AppointedJean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang, LaosVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos 41.4SucceededJean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, LaosVicar Apostolic Emeritus 49.6Ordained BishopRobin Walsh Leamy, S.M. †Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop Emeritus 74.5DiedThomas Nantha †Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos 8 Apr51.4AppointedFrancis ArinzePro-Prefect of the Secretariat for Non-ChristiansCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 70.8AppointedSebastiano Baggio †President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City StateCardinal, President Emeritus 61.8AppointedAlberto Bovone †Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints 69.3ResignedAgostino Casaroli †President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City StateCardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State 75.5RetiredGiuseppe Casoria †Prefect of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine WorshipCardinal, Prefect Emeritus 69.5AppointedLuigi Dadaglio †Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic PenitentiaryCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus 60.1RetiredAndrzej Maria Deskur †President of the Pontifical Council for Social CommunicationsCardinal, President Emeritus 61.5AppointedRoger Marie Élie Etchegaray †President of the Pontifical Commission for Justice and PeaceCardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals 61.5AppointedRoger Marie Élie Etchegaray †President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals 66.1AppointedVincenzo Fagiolo †Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular InstitutesCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts 61.9AppointedBernardin Gantin †Prefect of the Congregation for BishopsCardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals 61.9AppointedBernardin Gantin †President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin AmericaCardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals 61.9ResignedBernardin Gantin †President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals 61.9ResignedBernardin Gantin †President of the Pontifical Commission for Justice and PeaceCardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals 67.8AppointedJean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. †Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic LifeCardinal, Prefect Emeritus 74.3RetiredJean Jadot †Pro-President of the Secretariat for Non-ChristiansPro-President Emeritus 59.3AppointedLajos Kada †Secretary of the Congregation of the SacramentsApostolic Nuncio 72.8AppointedPaul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. †Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the SacramentsCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” 77.1RetiredGiuseppe Paupini †Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic PenitentiaryCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus 63.3AppointedBl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †President of the Pontifical Council for the LaityCardinal, President Emeritus 60.2AppointedPierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau †Archbishop of Bourges, FranceArchbishop Emeritus 70.9AppointedAgnelo Rossi †President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic SeeCardinal, President Emeritus 73.9AppointedOpilio Rossi †President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic CongressesCardinal, President Emeritus 59.7AppointedDermot J. Ryan †Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of PeoplesArchbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland 43.6Ordained BishopItamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil 75.9RetiredCharles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †Archbishop of Bourges, FranceArchbishop Emeritus 9 Apr61.4AppointedSalvatore Di Salvo †Titular Bishop of CissitaBishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy 61.4ResignedSalvatore Di Salvo †Bishop of Nicosia, ItalyBishop Emeritus 37.5IncardinatedJosé Francisco Oliveros †Priest of Gumaca, PhilippinesBishop of Malolos, Philippines 78.9DiedPierre Charles (Paul) Philippe, O.P. †Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches 46.3AppointedAnthony Francis Sharma, S.J. †Superior of NepalVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal 11 Apr57.7AppointedWilliam Russell Houck †Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USABishop Emeritus 12 Apr44.2Ordained BishopTeodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.Titular Bishop of GaurianaBishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines 13 Apr84.4DiedJohn Benjamin Grellinger †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA 62.2Ordained BishopJacques Lê Văn Mẫn †Auxiliary Bishop of Huế, Viet Nam 14 Apr64.3AppointedAloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus 24.2Ordained PriestVictor Barnuevo BendicoPriest of Capiz, PhilippinesArchbishop 53.7SucceededRaúl Corriveau, P.M.E.Bishop of Choluteca, HondurasBishop Emeritus 70.9RetiredMarcelo Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. †Bishop of Choluteca, HondurasBishop Emeritus 15 Apr47.8Ordained BishopPiotr Krupa †Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in ByzacenaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pelplin, Poland 89.0DiedFrancisco Vicentín †Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina 24.3Ordained PriestHenryk WejmanPriest of Szczecin-Kamień, PolandAuxiliary Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland 47.6AppointedJames Kendrick WilliamsAuxiliary Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USABishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA 47.6AppointedJames Kendrick WilliamsTitular Bishop of CatulaBishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA 17 Apr53.3AppointedKarl Heinrich BraunBishop of Eichstätt, GermanyArchbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany 77.9CeasedAlois Brems †Apostolic Administrator of Eichstätt, GermanyBishop Emeritus 19 Apr55.8AppointedGiacomo Biffi †Archbishop of Bologna, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 24.9Ordained PriestStefano ManettiPriest of Firenze {Florence}, ItalyBishop of Fiesole, Italy 25.1Ordained PriestClaudio ManiagoPriest of Firenze {Florence}, ItalyArchbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy 23.6Ordained DeaconGiuseppe SatrianoDeacon of Brindisi, ItalyArchbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy 20 Apr49.3AppointedJesús María de Jesús MoyaBishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus 22 Apr25.4Ordained PriestVilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C.Priest of Congregation of Christian DoctrineBishop Emeritus of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil 24 Apr54.8AppointedJohn Aloysius Mone †Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great BritainBishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain 54.8AppointedJohn Aloysius Mone †Titular Bishop of AbercorniaBishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain 56.7AppointedJames Clifford Timlin †Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus 25 Apr73.7DiedPierre Marin Arntz, O.S.C. †Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia 52.1AppointedAnselmo Müller, M.S.F. †Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus 27.3Ordained PriestPrakash SagiliPriest of Cuddapah, IndiaBishop of Khammam, India 46.9AppointedLuiz Soares VieiraBishop of Macapá, Amapa, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 27 Apr54.4Ordained BishopEduardo Vicente Mirás †Titular Bishop of AmbiaArchbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina 74.6DiedJoão Batista da Mota e Albuquerque †Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil 52.3SucceededSilvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. †Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus 56.3DiedJohn Nicholas Wurm †Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA 28 Apr74.0RetiredMichael Arattukulam †Bishop of Alleppey, IndiaBishop Emeritus 62.0Ordained BishopAntun Bogetić †Bishop of Poreč i Pula, CroatiaBishop Emeritus 71.1ResignedJean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †Bishop of Tulle, FranceBishop Emeritus 54.3SucceededPeter Michael Chenaparampil †Bishop of Alleppey, IndiaBishop Emeritus 49.3AppointedJulius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J.Bishop of Indonesia, MilitaryCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia 27.1Ordained PriestWalenty Gryk, S.V.D.Priest of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea 25.2Ordained PriestPasquale IacobonePriest of Andria, ItalyPresident of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology 47.6Ordained BishopHerbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. †Bishop of Queenstown, South AfricaBishop Emeritus 48.4AppointedPio Vittorio Vigo †Apostolic Administrator of Nicosia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy 29 Apr44.4Ordained BishopJohn BuckleyTitular Bishop of Leptis MagnaBishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland 52.5Ordained BishopLouis Jean Dufaux †Titular Bishop of AcciaBishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France 30 Apr29.2Ordained PriestVincent AindPriest of Jalpaiguri, IndiaArchbishop of Ranchi, India 75.0RetiredJean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †Bishop of Nice, FranceBishop Emeritus 48.3SucceededFrançois de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary †Bishop of Nice, FranceArchbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France