Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Apr | 41.4 | Ordained Bishop | Anthyme Bayala † | Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | |
80.5 | Died | Émile-Arsène Blanchet † | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Dié, France | ||
78.3 | Appointed | Aurelio del Pino Gómez † | Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus | Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain | |
78.3 | Retired | Aurelio del Pino Gómez † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
24.8 | Ordained Priest | Giuseppe Lazzarotto | Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy | Apostolic Nuncio | |
27.0 | Ordained Priest | Denis James Madden | Priest of Order of Saint Benedict | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | |
40.8 | Appointed | Francis John Spence † | Auxiliary Bishop of Canada, Military | Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada | |
40.8 | Appointed | Francis John Spence † | Titular Bishop of Nova | Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada | |
2 Apr | 44.6 | Ordained Bishop | Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. † | Titular Bishop of Africa | Bishop Emeritus of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil |
49.3 | Appointed | Roberto Carniello † | Auxiliary Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy | |
49.3 | Appointed | Roberto Carniello † | Titular Bishop of Martanae Tudertinorum | Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy | |
24.2 | Ordained Priest | Pál Reizer † | Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania | Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania | |
3 Apr | 47.6 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Vincent Sullivan † | Titular Bishop of Thagamuta | Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
4 Apr | Born | Moses Chikwe | Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria | ||
36.3 | Appointed | Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos † | Bishop of Butuan, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines | |
5 Apr | 80.8 | Appointed | Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. † | Titular Archbishop of Sinna | Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia |
80.8 | Retired | Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. † | Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
6 Apr | Born | Jorge Cuapio Bautista | Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México | ||
7 Apr | 52.9 | Appointed | Emilio Benavent Escuín † | Bishop of Málaga, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military |
61.8 | Appointed | Francesco Carpino † | Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy | |
83.6 | Retired | Fernando Cento † | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus | |
80.7 | Died | André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. † | Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China | ||
68.0 | Appointed | Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto † | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus | |
Born | Robert Mark Pipta | Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA | |||
60.6 | Appointed | Dino Staffa † | Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal, Prefect | |
61.4 | Appointed | Jean-Marie Villot † | Prefect of the Congregation of the Council | Cardinal, Secretary of State | |
8 Apr | 66.4 | Appointed | Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. † | Titular Bishop of Macomades | Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru |
40.3 | Appointed | James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga | Prelate Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru | |
51.8 | Appointed | Giuseppe Carata † | Titular Bishop of Cannae | Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy | |
62.4 | Appointed | Mario De Santis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy | ||
62.4 | Appointed | Mario De Santis † | Titular Bishop of Heraclea | Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy | |
62.4 | Appointed | Mario De Santis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Bovino, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy | |
46.2 | Appointed | Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. † | Titular Bishop of Ida in Mauretania | Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru | |
54.3 | Appointed | Jean Hengen † | Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg | Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg | |
54.3 | Appointed | Jean Hengen † | Titular Bishop of Calama | Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg | |
41.3 | Appointed | Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. † | Titular Bishop of Saia Maior | Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru | |
59.4 | Appointed | Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. † | Titular Bishop of Bararus | Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru | |
79.2 | Died | Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas † | Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | ||
54.1 | Appointed | Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † | Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy | |
9 Apr | 38.1 | Ordained Bishop | Nikol Joseph Cauchi † | Titular Bishop of Vicus Augusti | Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta |
Born | Juarez Albino Destro, R.C.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |||
Born | Gabriel Mendy, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Banjul, Gambia | |||
50.0 | Ordained Bishop | Ioseph (Songolo) Mulolwa † | Bishop of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
58.3 | Installed | José del Carmen Valle Gallardo † | Bishop of Iquique, Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Apr | 42.4 | Appointed | Severin Pernek † | Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia | Bishop Emeritus |
11 Apr | 53.5 | Appointed | Francesco Amadio † | Auxiliary Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy |
53.5 | Appointed | Francesco Amadio † | Titular Bishop of Forconium | Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy | |
Born | Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto | Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |||
13 Apr | 54.1 | Appointed | Thomas Vincent Cahill † | Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia | |
46.2 | Appointed | Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco | Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France | |
46.2 | Appointed | Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. † | Titular Archbishop of Quaestoriana | Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France | |
56.5 | Appointed | José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. † | Titular Archbishop of Capra | Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil | |
56.5 | Resigned | José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil | |
51.6 | Resigned | Aloysius Joseph Dettmer, S.C.I. † | Prefect of De Aar, South Africa | Prefect Emeritus | |
60.0 | Appointed | Justin Diraviam † | Archbishop of Madurai, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
53.6 | Appointed | Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. † | Bishop of De Aar, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.9 | Appointed | Luigi Dusio, C.M. † | Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar | ||
51.5 | Appointed | Alfred Fernández † | Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India | Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India | |
34.6 | Appointed | Eugène Kabanga Songasonga † | Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
53.1 | Appointed | James Robert Knox † | Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family | |
46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Nakhorn-Sawan, Thailand | Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand | |
77.2 | Appointed | Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. † | Titular Archbishop of Izirzada | Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India | |
77.2 | Retired | Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. † | Archbishop of Madurai, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
43.0 | Appointed | Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. † | Bishop of Kupang, Indonesia | Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia | |
54.4 | Appointed | Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Manado, Indonesia | Bishop Emeritus | |
54.4 | Appointed | Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. † | Titular Bishop of Choba | Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia | |
37.8 | Appointed | Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I. † | Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho | ||
38.9 | Appointed | François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận † | Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | |
38.0 | Appointed | Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. † | Apostolic Administrator of Hyderabad in Pakistan | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.8 | Appointed | Justin Daniel Simonds † | Titular Archbishop of Libertina | Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia | |
76.8 | Retired | Justin Daniel Simonds † | Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
Born | Marek Solarczyk | Bishop of Radom, Poland | |||
62.6 | Selected | Bernhard Stein † | Bishop of Trier, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
39.6 | Appointed | Albert Joseph Tsiahoana † | Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar | |
61.9 | Appointed | Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † | Titular Archbishop of Gummi in Byzacena | Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | |
61.9 | Resigned | Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † | Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | Archbishop Emeritus | |
14 Apr | 46.5 | Ordained Bishop | James Aloysius Hickey † | Titular Bishop of Taraqua | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
15 Apr | 53.4 | Appointed | Jean-Marie-Clément Badré † | Bishop of France, Military | Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France |
Born | Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla | Bishop of Al Qusia (Coptic), Egypt | |||
43.5 | Appointed | Américo Henriques † | Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus of Nova Lisboa, Angola | |
58.5 | Appointed | Aníbal Muñoz Duque † | Apostolic Administrator of Bogotá, Colombia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.2 | Resigned | Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot † | Bishop of France, Military | Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France | |
16 Apr | 67.9 | Died | René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon | |
18 Apr | 47.2 | Installed | Pedro Bantigue y Natividad † | Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
55.7 | Installed | John Anthony Donovan † | Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
Born | Dennis Cabanada Villarojo | Bishop of Malolos, Philippines | |||
19 Apr | Born | Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez | Priest of Chulucanas, Peru | ||
20 Apr | 48.6 | Appointed | Ambrose Valerian Hayden † | Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | Priest |
48.6 | Appointed | Ambrose Valerian Hayden † | Titular Bishop of Lamsorti | Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | |
51.0 | Appointed | Rubén Isaza Restrepo † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
21 Apr | 50.2 | Ordained Bishop | Edwin Bernard Broderick † | Titular Bishop of Thizica | Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA |
Born | Marcos Antônio Tavoni | Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil | |||
43.3 | Appointed | Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto † | Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique | Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique | |
22 Apr | 28.9 | Ordained Priest | Osvino José Both | Priest of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Brazil, Military |
48.4 | Appointed | Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli † | Auxiliary Bishop of Verona, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy | |
48.4 | Appointed | Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli † | Titular Bishop of Fidenae | Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy | |
52.1 | Appointed | Aldo Gobbi † | Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy | ||
52.1 | Appointed | Aldo Gobbi † | Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum | Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy | |
23 Apr | 46.4 | Ordained Bishop | Robert-Joseph Coffy † | Bishop of Gap, France | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France |
53.9 | Ordained Bishop | Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. † | Titular Bishop of Mibiarca | Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras | |
24 Apr | 82.8 | Died | Enrico Dante † | Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites | |
41.5 | Appointed | José Freire Falcão † | Coadjutor Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | |
41.5 | Appointed | José Freire Falcão † | Titular Bishop of Vardimissa | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | |
69.4 | Died | Thaddée Anselme Lê Hữu Từ, O. Cist. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam | ||
25 Apr | 46.7 | Appointed | Pedro Boxler † | Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
55.7 | Installed | Francis Joseph Klein † | Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
62.6 | Confirmed | Bernhard Stein † | Bishop of Trier, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
26 Apr | Born | Andrew Jagaye Karnley | Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia | ||
27 Apr | 56.8 | Appointed | José de Jesús Garcia Ayala † | Bishop of Campeche, México | Bishop Emeritus |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | Gerald Frederick Kicanas | Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA | |
28 Apr | 82.8 | Died | Edoardo Bresson, S.M. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania) | |
62.6 | Appointed | Virginio Dondeo † | Apostolic Administrator of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy | Bishop of Orvieto, Italy | |
39.3 | Appointed | Joseph Adolphe Proulx † | Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada | Bishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada | |
29 Apr | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | Stephen Edward Blaire † | Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | George Patrick Ziemann † | Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA | |
30 Apr | 46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. † | Titular Bishop of Ida in Mauretania | Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru |
38.5 | Ordained Bishop | José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Carmona e São Salvador, Angola | Bishop Emeritus of Uije, Angola | |
48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez † | Titular Bishop of Rusticiana | Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela | |
61.0 | Appointed | Orazio Semeraro † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy | Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus | |
61.0 | Appointed | Orazio Semeraro † | Titular Archbishop of Falerii | Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy | |
39.3 | Ordained Bishop | Jesus Yu Varela † | Titular Bishop of Tatilti | Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines |
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