Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Apr | 52.9 | Appointed | Armando Xavier Ochoa | Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA |
2 Apr | 53.4 | Appointed | Francis Joseph Christian | Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
53.4 | Appointed | Francis Joseph Christian | Titular Bishop of Quincy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA | |
46.3 | Appointed | Mario Espinosa Contreras | Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México | Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México | |
63.1 | Appointed | Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † | Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
3 Apr | 55.7 | Appointed | Francisco Gil Hellín | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family | Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain |
55.7 | Appointed | Francisco Gil Hellín | Titular Bishop of Citium | Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain | |
93.7 | Died | Alphonse James Schladweiler † | Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA | ||
67.8 | Resigned | Elio Sgreccia † | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life | |
4 Apr | 65.5 | Appointed | Salvatore De Giorgi | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
77.5 | Retired | Salvatore Pappalardo † | Archbishop of Palermo, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
7 Apr | 25.5 | Perpetual Vows | Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.SS.R. | Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Archiepiscopal Exarch of Odessa (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
9 Apr | 50.9 | Appointed | Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S. | Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia | Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon |
75.8 | Retired | Aurélio Granada Escudeiro † | Bishop of Angra, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus | |
55.0 | Appointed | António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. † | Bishop of Angra, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Apr | 55.2 | Appointed | Luigi Ferrando | Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
76.0 | Retired | Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. † | Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.7 | Appointed | Filippo Santoro | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy | |
47.7 | Appointed | Filippo Santoro | Titular Bishop of Tuscamia | Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy | |
11 Apr | 38.8 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Banga Bane | Coadjutor Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
80.2 | Died | Carlo Minchiatti † | Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy | ||
61.1 | Appointed | Juliusz Paetz † | Archbishop of Poznań, Poland | Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.3 | Retired | Jerzy Stroba † | Archbishop of Poznań, Poland | Archbishop Emeritus | |
12 Apr | 72.5 | Died | Gilles Bélisle † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
61.4 | Appointed | Benito Cocchi † | Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.1 | Retired | William Edward Murray † | Bishop of Wollongong, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.3 | Retired | Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † | Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
45.5 | Appointed | Philip Edward Wilson † | Bishop of Wollongong, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia | |
13 Apr | 57.7 | Installed | Martino Canessa | Bishop of Tortona, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
64.9 | Appointed | Blasco Francisco Collaço | Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria | Apostolic Nuncio | |
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Stephen Dami Mamza | Priest of Maiduguri, Nigeria | Bishop of Yola, Nigeria | |
30.8 | Ordained Priest | Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb | Priest of Douala, Cameroon | Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon | |
77.5 | Died | Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † | Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic | ||
51.3 | Ordained Bishop | José Octavio Ruiz Arenas | Titular Bishop of Troyna | Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization | |
54.8 | Ordained Bishop | Fernando Sabogal Viana † | Titular Bishop of Muteci | Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia | |
34.4 | Ordained Priest | Malcolm Sequeira | Priest of Poona, India | Bishop of Amravati, India | |
27.4 | Ordained Priest | George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D. | Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites | Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi | |
49.0 | Ordained Bishop | Oscar Urbina Ortega | Titular Bishop of Forconium | Archbishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia | |
14 Apr | 48.7 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Antonio Reig Pla | Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Alcalá de Henares, Spain |
15 Apr | 69.8 | Appointed | Dominik Hrušovský † | Titular Archbishop of Tubia | Apostolic Nuncio |
69.8 | Appointed | Dominik Hrušovský † | Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus | Apostolic Nuncio | |
82.1 | Died | Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy | ||
16 Apr | 91.6 | Died | Giuseppe Fenocchio † | Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy | |
17 Apr | 93.3 | Died | João Batista Costa, S.D.B. † | Bishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil | |
27.0 | Ordained Priest | Sagayaraj Thamburaj | Priest of Tiruchirapalli, India | Bishop of Tanjore, India | |
18 Apr | 73.0 | Died | Jean Cuminal † | Bishop of Blois, France | |
19 Apr | 62.8 | Died | Kevin Lawrence Rafferty † | Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | |
21 Apr | 27.7 | Ordained Priest | Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón | Priest of Reconquista, Argentina | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina |
70.3 | Died | Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † | Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria | ||
33.5 | Ordained Priest | Lucas Jeimphaung Dau Ze, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar | |
22 Apr | 26.5 | Ordained Priest | Severo Cagátan Caérmare | Priest of Dipolog, Philippines | Bishop |
57.3 | Appointed | Félix Kouadjo † | Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire | ||
50.2 | Appointed | Louis Nzala Kianza † | Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.8 | Appointed | Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galápagos, Ecuador | |
23 Apr | 75.0 | Retired | Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González † | Bishop of Melo, Uruguay | Bishop Emeritus |
86.5 | Died | Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia | ||
25 Apr | 75.1 | Retired | Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
59.1 | Appointed | Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. † | Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines | Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines | |
26 Apr | 89.6 | Died | Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. † | Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines | |
59.5 | Ordained Bishop | Paulinus Costa † | Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh | Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
27 Apr | 59.0 | Appointed | Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti † | Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala | |
61.7 | Appointed | Patrick Coveney † | Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand | Apostolic Nuncio | |
61.7 | Appointed | Patrick Coveney † | Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio | |
61.7 | Appointed | Patrick Coveney † | Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio | |
61.7 | Appointed | Patrick Coveney † | Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio | |
51.6 | Ordained Bishop | Ilija Janjić | Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro | Bishop Emeritus | |
30.9 | Ordained Priest | Vusumuzi Francis Mazibuko, O.M.I. | Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa | |
56.7 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. | Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus | |
64.7 | Resigned | Thomas Anthony White † | Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand | Apostolic Nuncio | |
64.7 | Resigned | Thomas Anthony White † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio | |
64.7 | Resigned | Thomas Anthony White † | Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio | |
64.7 | Resigned | Thomas Anthony White † | Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean | Apostolic Nuncio | |
28 Apr | 29.6 | Ordained Priest | Estêvão Binga | Priest of Benguela, Angola | Bishop of Ganda, Angola |
61.8 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi † | Bishop of Aného, Togo | ||
70.1 | Ordained Bishop | Luigi de Magistris † | Titular Bishop of Nova | Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
83.3 | Died | Pierluigi Sartorelli † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya | ||
29 Apr | 72.3 | Resigned | Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
27.4 | Ordained Priest | Fidelis Bautista Layog | Priest of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines | Auxiliary Bishop | |
30 Apr | 45.2 | Appointed | Rogelio Cabrera López | Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México | Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México |
59.2 | Appointed | Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † | Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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