Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Apr | 52.3 | Appointed | John Lancelot Swain, S.J. † | Vicar General of Society of Jesus | Vicar General Emeritus |
1 Apr | 46.8 | Ordained Bishop | Henri Marie Charles Gufflet † | Titular Bishop of Calama | Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France |
2 Apr | 23.3 | Ordained Priest | Ennio Antonelli | Priest of Todi, Italy | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life |
28.8 | Ordained Priest | Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. † | Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia | |
25.7 | Ordained Priest | Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic | |
27.1 | Ordained Priest | Salvador Martínez Pérez † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México | |
25.2 | Ordained Priest | Angelo Mottola † | Priest of Aversa, Italy | Apostolic Nuncio | |
27.4 | Ordained Priest | Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao | Priest of Legazpi, Philippines | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
3 Apr | 48.8 | Installed | Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas † | Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba | Bishop Emeritus |
Born | Dominikus Saku | Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia | |||
4 Apr | 56.5 | Appointed | Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
48.2 | Appointed | Stephen McGill, P.S.S. † | Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain | |
5 Apr | 49.5 | Installed | Marion Francis Forst † | Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA |
41.1 | Appointed | Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Miri, Malaysia | Bishop of Miri, Malaysia | |
41.1 | Appointed | Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. † | Titular Bishop of Lete | Bishop of Miri, Malaysia | |
44.9 | Appointed | François Xavier Rajaonarivo † | Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar | ||
46.7 | Appointed | Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar | ||
43.7 | Appointed | Bernard Yago † | Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
Born | Wojciech Załuski | Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia | |||
42.5 | Appointed | Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. † | Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
6 Apr | Born | Louis Nguyên Anh Tuan | Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam | ||
44.5 | Selected | Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. † | Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada | Abbot Emeritus | |
7 Apr | Born | Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao | Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines | ||
47.3 | Appointed | André Louis Marie Pailler † | Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
47.3 | Appointed | André Louis Marie Pailler † | Titular Bishop of Adada | Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France | |
9 Apr | 42.8 | Appointed | José María Cirarda Lachiondo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain |
42.8 | Appointed | José María Cirarda Lachiondo † | Titular Bishop of Drusiliana | Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain | |
28.1 | Ordained Priest | Joseph D’Silva † | Priest | Bishop of Bellary, India | |
10 Apr | Born | Joseph Arumachadath, M.C.B.S. | Bishop of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar), India | ||
Born | Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V. | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles | |||
22.6 | Ordained Priest | Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M. † | Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy | Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil | |
Born | Santo Marcianò | Archbishop of Italy, Military | |||
11 Apr | 27.5 | Ordained Priest | René Joseph Rakotondrabé † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar |
13 Apr | 58.7 | Appointed | Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. † | Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan | Bishop Emeritus |
51.1 | Appointed | Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. † | Bishop of Multan, Pakistan | ||
16 Apr | 52.2 | Appointed | Paolo Bertoli † | Apostolic Nuncio to France | Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber |
29.6 | Ordained Priest | Gabriel Toubia † | Priest | Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) | |
17 Apr | 17.5 | Professed | Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. | Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile |
24.8 | Ordained Priest | Benito Gennaro Franceschetti † | Priest of Brescia, Italy | Archbishop of Fermo, Italy | |
Born | Jörg Michael Peters | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany | |||
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Antônio Celso Queiroz † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
18 Apr | 25.9 | Ordained Priest | Marcel Paul Herriot † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France |
19 Apr | 56.8 | Appointed | Bruno M. Pelaia † | Coadjutor Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | Bishop |
56.8 | Appointed | Bruno M. Pelaia † | Titular Bishop of Lamdia | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | |
Born | José Antônio Peruzzo | Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | |||
Born | Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap. | Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela | |||
20 Apr | Born | Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist. | Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
45.7 | Appointed | Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland | Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland | |
45.7 | Appointed | Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † | Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima | Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland | |
38.2 | Appointed | Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez † | Coadjutor Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México | Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México | |
38.2 | Appointed | Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez † | Titular Bishop of Cerasus | Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México | |
21 Apr | 48.1 | Ordained Bishop | George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. † | Titular Bishop of Belabitene | Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea |
74.7 | Died | Louis Parisot, S.M.A. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin | ||
22 Apr | Born | Marco Tin Win | Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar | ||
23 Apr | 55.8 | Appointed | Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † | Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
39.4 | Appointed | Walmor Battú Wichrowski † | Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
52.3 | Appointed | Carlos Gouvêa Coelho † | Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil | ||
42.7 | Appointed | Clemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
28.0 | Ordained Priest | George Mamalassery † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Tura, India | |
50.0 | Ordained Bishop | Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang † | Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria | Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam | |
24 Apr | 36.6 | Ordained Bishop | Moisés Julio Blanchoud † | Titular Bishop of Belali | Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina |
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Luca Brandolini, C.M. | Priest of Congregation of the Mission | Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy | |
41.4 | Ordained Bishop | Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Cremna | Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
43.3 | Ordained Bishop | Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † | Titular Bishop of Acmonia | Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | |
25 Apr | 84.1 | Died | Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. † | Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
48.2 | Succeeded | Oscar de Oliveira † | Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
59.7 | Ordained Bishop | Alberto Scola † | Bishop of Norcia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
26 Apr | Ordained Bishop | [ Fang Zhigang] † | Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China | Bishop Emeritus | |
20.9 | Professed | Mathai Kochuparampil, S.D.B. † | Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop of Diphu, India | |
Ordained Bishop | [ Shu Qi-shui (Chou Ki wei)] † | Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China | |||
68.3 | Ordained Bishop | [Matthias Wu Guo-huan] † | Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China | Bishop Emeritus | |
69.3 | Ordained Bishop | [Louis Zhang Jia-shu (Chang Kia Shu)], S.J. † | Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China | ||
27 Apr | 45.1 | Ordained Bishop | Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. † | Titular Bishop of Bennefa | Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea |
Born | Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E. | Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa | |||
82.4 | Died | Antonio Giordani † | Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia | ||
48.3 | Installed | Thomas Joseph McDonough † | Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | |
Born | Sithembele Anton Sipuka | Bishop of Umtata, South Africa | |||
28 Apr | 45.3 | Ordained Bishop | Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Moundou, Chad | Bishop Emeritus |
29 Apr | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | Giovanni Lajolo | Priest of Novara, Italy | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
30 Apr | Born | Thomas Anthony Daly | Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA | ||
55.8 | Appointed | James Peter Davis † | Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico | Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA | |
50.6 | Appointed | Anastasio Granados García † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain | Bishop of Palencia, Spain | |
50.6 | Appointed | Anastasio Granados García † | Titular Bishop of Cidramus | Bishop of Palencia, Spain | |
53.6 | Died | Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae † | Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South) | ||
49.7 | Appointed | José Vicente Távora † | Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil | ||
48.4 | Installed | Adolfo Servando Tortolo † | Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina | |
Ordained Bishop | [ Zhang Ri-jin] † | Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China |
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