Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Apr | 40.5 | Appointed | Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J. | Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia | |
79.1 | Installed | Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. † | Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China | ||
2 Apr | 48.7 | Ordained Bishop | Dominic Jala, S.D.B. † | Archbishop of Shillong, India | |
54.9 | Ordained Bishop | Vincenzo Paglia | Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy | President of the Pontifical Academy for Life | |
56.9 | Installed | Francesco Guido Ravinale | Bishop of Asti, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
3 Apr | 68.0 | Died | Raymundo López Mateos, O.F.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México | |
4 Apr | 44.9 | Appointed | Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez | Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela | Archbishop of Calabozo, Venezuela |
5 Apr | 55.9 | Appointed | Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L. | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
55.9 | Appointed | Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L. | Titular Bishop of Octabia | Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
77.9 | Died | François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | ||
6 Apr | 87.4 | Died | Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
7 Apr | 33.2 | Ordained Deacon | Geraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R. | Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil |
8 Apr | 56.8 | Appointed | Miklós Beer | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary |
56.8 | Appointed | Miklós Beer | Titular Bishop of Caeciri | Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary | |
61.3 | Installed | Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M. | Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina | Prelate Emeritus | |
63.5 | Installed | Rocco Talucci | Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
9 Apr | 57.9 | Resigned | John Stephen Knight | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
80.0 | Died | James William Malone † | Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA | ||
46.5 | Ordained Bishop | Gerald John Mathias | Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India | Bishop of Lucknow, India | |
41.2 | Ordained Bishop | Miguel Romano Gómez | Titular Bishop of Vagal | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |
11 Apr | 64.1 | Ordained Bishop | John Joseph Kaising † | Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military |
81.9 | Died | Salvador Lazo Lazo † | Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines | ||
63.8 | Ceased | William Joseph Levada † | Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa (in California), USA | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
62.5 | Appointed | Daniel Francis Walsh | Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
12 Apr | 78.7 | Died | Edgar Carício de Gouvêa † | Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil | |
63.5 | Appointed | Dadeus Grings | Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
82.0 | Died | Gerald Francis O’Keefe † | Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA | ||
54.3 | Ordained Bishop | Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. | Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop Emeritus | |
13 Apr | 70.7 | Appointed | Darío Castrillón Hoyos † | President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | Cardinal, President Emeritus |
80.7 | Retired | Angelo Felici † | President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
74.2 | Died | Antoine Hacault † | Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada | ||
14 Apr | 49.4 | Appointed | Fidèle Agbatchi | Archbishop of Parakou, Benin | Archbishop Emeritus |
53.2 | Incardinated | Judes Bicaba † | Priest of Dédougou, Burkina Faso | Bishop | |
43.6 | Appointed | Benyamin Yosef Bria † | Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia | ||
63.5 | Appointed | Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. † | Bishop of Bolivia, Military | Bishop Emeritus | |
44.9 | Appointed | Damian Denis Dallu | Bishop of Geita, Tanzania | Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania | |
41.7 | Appointed | Ignatius Ayau Kaigama | Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria | Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria | |
77.7 | Retired | Mario Lezana Vaca † | Bishop of Bolivia, Military | Bishop Emeritus | |
74.8 | Retired | Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Bolivia, Military | Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus | |
52.5 | Appointed | Joseph Sama | Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso | ||
63.5 | Appointed | Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
71.2 | Appointed | Zéphyrin Toé † | Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.2 | Appointed | Douglas William Young, S.V.D. | Auxiliary Bishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea | Archbishop | |
50.2 | Appointed | Douglas William Young, S.V.D. | Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari | Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea | |
15 Apr | 58.0 | Appointed | Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. | Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France | Bishop Emeritus |
88.5 | Died | Paul Dumouchel, O.M.I. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada | ||
75.1 | Retired | Guy Alexis Herbulot † | Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
72.4 | Died | Thomas Joseph Lobsinger, O.M.I. † | Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada | ||
50.3 | Appointed | Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal | Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.6 | Appointed | Hipólito Reyes Larios † | Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, México | Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México | |
16 Apr | 54.9 | Installed | Vincenzo Paglia | Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy | President of the Pontifical Academy for Life |
17 Apr | 74.7 | Died | Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. † | Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka | |
49.5 | Appointed | Denis Theurillat | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
49.5 | Appointed | Denis Theurillat | Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland | |
18 Apr | 75.1 | Retired | Raymond Conway Benjamin † | Bishop of Townsville, Australia | Bishop Emeritus |
19 Apr | 67.2 | Appointed | Angélico Sândalo Bernardino | Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
20 Apr | 49.2 | Appointed | Jean-Luc Brunin | Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France | Bishop of Le Havre, France |
49.2 | Appointed | Jean-Luc Brunin | Titular Bishop of Usinaza | Bishop of Le Havre, France | |
50.6 | Appointed | Diómedes Espinal de León | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic | |
50.6 | Appointed | Diómedes Espinal de León | Titular Bishop of Vardimissa | Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic | |
45.5 | Appointed | Józef Szamocki | Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland | ||
45.5 | Appointed | Józef Szamocki | Titular Bishop of Clypia | Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland | |
46.3 | Appointed | Jan Franciszek Wątroba | Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland | Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland | |
46.3 | Appointed | Jan Franciszek Wątroba | Titular Bishop of Bisica | Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland | |
23 Apr | 27.3 | Ordained Priest | Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco | Priest of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru | Auxiliary Bishop |
25 Apr | 67.7 | Appointed | Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier | Archbishop of Bourges, France | Archbishop Emeritus |
66.3 | Ordained Bishop | Evarist Pinto | Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana | Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan | |
76.2 | Retired | Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau † | Archbishop of Bourges, France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
75.2 | Retired | Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
85.4 | Died | Rafael Sarmiento Peralta † | Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia | ||
57.7 | Died | Pierre Koffi Seshie † | Bishop of Kpalimé, Togo | ||
26 Apr | 28.7 | Ordained Priest | Michael Miabesue Bibi | Priest of Bamenda, Cameroon | Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon |
68.0 | Installed | Rubén Héctor di Monte † | Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus | |
86.2 | Died | Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph-Marie-Henri Hanrion, O.F.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Dapango, Togo | ||
65.8 | Appointed | Eugenio Sbarbaro | Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
27 Apr | 34.6 | Perpetual Vows | Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M. | Member of Congregation of the Mission | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
29 Apr | 48.7 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Pierre Bassène | Bishop of Kolda, Senegal | |
60.0 | Appointed | Felice di Molfetta | Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
48.6 | Appointed | Carlos María Franzini † | Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina | Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina | |
33.1 | Ordained Priest | Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B. | Priest of Order of Saint Benedict | Abbot of Montevergine, Italy | |
64.5 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Marinelli † | Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
53.9 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Montenegro | Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy | |
52.3 | Appointed | Donato Negro | Archbishop of Otranto, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
30 Apr | 63.7 | Ordained Bishop | Claudio Baggini † | Bishop of Vigevano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
56.4 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. | Bishop of Angers, France | Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive | |
26.0 | Perpetual Vows | Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P. | Member of Order of Friars Preachers | Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine | |
60.6 | Ordained Bishop | François Paul Marie Maupu | Bishop of Verdun, France | Bishop Emeritus |
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