Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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3 Apr | Born | Ricardo Lingan Baccay | Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines | ||
45.3 | Ordained Bishop | Vittorio Cecchi † | Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy | |
65.1 | Died | Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia | ||
Born | Victor Hlolo Phalana | Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa | |||
29.3 | Ordained Priest | René Lucien Picandet † | Priest | Bishop of Orléans, France | |
4 Apr | Born | José Bonello, O.F.M. | Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras | ||
48.1 | Appointed | Gabriel Bukatko † | Apostolic Administrator of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia | |
Born | Jose Puthenveettil | Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India | |||
5 Apr | 58.5 | Appointed | Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín † | Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba | Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba |
7 Apr | Born | Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan | ||
Born | Marek Solczyński | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey | |||
8 Apr | 42.4 | Appointed | Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano † | Bishop of Girardot, Colombia | Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia |
9 Apr | 43.0 | Appointed | François Abraha † | Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea | Bishop Emeritus |
29.0 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Henry Ganda † | Priest of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone | Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone | |
52.0 | Ordained Bishop | Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. † | Titular Bishop of Philae | Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia | |
25.1 | Ordained Priest | Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P. | Priest of Order of the Pious Schools | Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
37.5 | Ordained Bishop | Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. † | Titular Bishop of Hadriania | Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia | |
46.8 | Ordained Bishop | Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Tinista | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia | |
41.6 | Ordained Bishop | Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † | Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia | Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil | |
Born | Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. | Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | |||
30.8 | Ordained Priest | André Wouking † | Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon | Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon | |
57.0 | Appointed | Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † | Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
10 Apr | 40.6 | Incardinated | Pedro Boxler † | Priest of Concordia, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Gualeguaychú, Argentina |
68.5 | Appointed | Alfonso María Buteler † | Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina | ||
59.4 | Appointed | Félix Guiller † | Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Maeandrum | Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France | |
59.4 | Resigned | Félix Guiller † | Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France | Bishop Emeritus | |
66.0 | Appointed | Francisco Vicentín † | Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus | |
11 Apr | 54.1 | Installed | Joseph Mark McShea † | Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
Born | Charles Coleman Thompson | Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | |||
13 Apr | Born | Adam Bałabuch | Auxiliary Bishop of Świdnica, Poland | ||
Born | Georg Bätzing | Bishop of Limburg, Germany | |||
26.4 | Ordained Priest | Jan Purwinski † | Priest of Riga, Latvia | Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine | |
14 Apr | Born | Gaston Kashala Ruwezi, S.D.B. | Bishop of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
71.7 | Died | Mario Toccabelli † | Archbishop of Siena, Italy | ||
15 Apr | 27.8 | Ordained Priest | Savarinathan Michael Augustine † | Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India | Archbishop Emeritus |
Born | Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. | Bishop of Jamshedpur, India | |||
55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Michel-Louis Vial † | Titular Bishop of Agnus | Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France | |
16 Apr | 63.7 | Ordained Bishop | Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † | Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti | Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
33.4 | Ordained Bishop | Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero † | Titular Bishop of Sanavus | ||
17 Apr | Born | Vincenzo Buonomo | Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University | ||
18 Apr | 40.1 | Appointed | Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. † | Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
40.1 | Appointed | Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. † | Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia | |
39.9 | Appointed | Caesar Gatimu † | Auxiliary Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya | Bishop | |
39.9 | Appointed | Caesar Gatimu † | Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina | Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya | |
38.2 | Appointed | Louis Nganga a Ndzando † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
38.2 | Appointed | Louis Nganga a Ndzando † | Titular Bishop of Athyra | Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
41.8 | Appointed | Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania | Bishop Emeritus | |
41.8 | Appointed | Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. † | Titular Bishop of Balbura | Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania | |
Born | Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery) | Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | |||
20 Apr | Born | José Hamilton de Castro | Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
22 Apr | 45.4 | Ordained Bishop | Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois † | Titular Bishop of Altava | Bishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France |
23 Apr | Born | Dominic Kimengich | Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya | ||
46.7 | Ordained Bishop | Karmelo Zazinović † | Titular Bishop of Lebessus | Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia | |
24 Apr | 57.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Almici † | Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy |
57.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Almici † | Titular Bishop of Arcadia | Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy | |
Born | José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez | Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia | |||
81.2 | Died | César Ángel Vigiani, O.F.M. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco, Bolivia | ||
25 Apr | 57.1 | Ordained Bishop | Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies † | Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia | Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France |
53.0 | Installed | Leo Christopher Byrne † | Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA | Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | |
58.7 | Ordained Bishop | Mario Ghiga † | Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy | ||
54.5 | Ordained Bishop | Charles Alexander Grant † | Titular Bishop of Alinda | Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain | |
24.6 | First Vows | Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. † | Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate | Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa | |
40.8 | Appointed | Jan Mazur † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland | Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland | |
40.8 | Appointed | Jan Mazur † | Titular Bishop of Bladia | Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland | |
48.0 | Installed | Vittorio Moietta † | Bishop of Nicastro, Italy | ||
30.4 | Ordained Priest | Manuel Duran Moreno † | Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA | |
62.4 | Ordained Bishop | Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. † | Titular Bishop of Thabraca | Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines | |
26.0 | Ordained Priest | Justin Francis Rigali | Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | |
42.4 | Ordained Bishop | Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
26 Apr | 53.9 | Ordained Bishop | Henry Joseph Soenneker † | Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
28 Apr | 53.4 | Confirmed | Gabriel Abou-Saada † | Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina dei Greco-Melkiti | Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine |
50.9 | Confirmed | Augustin Farah † | Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek) | Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | |
48.2 | Installed | Peter Han Kong-ryel † | Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South) | Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) | |
59.6 | Appointed | Corrado Mingo † | Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
29 Apr | Born | Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B. | Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria | ||
68.5 | Died | Georges-Louis-Camille Debray † | Bishop of Meaux, France | ||
30 Apr | 35.4 | Ordained Bishop | Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † | Titular Bishop of Nilopolis | Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru |
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