Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Apr | 75.0 | Retired | Alfred Kleinermeilert † | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
3 Apr | 65.6 | Appointed | Paul Henry Walsh † | Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
65.6 | Appointed | Paul Henry Walsh † | Titular Bishop of Abthugni | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
4 Apr | 76.6 | Died | Luís Gonzaga Fernandes † | Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil | |
53.0 | Appointed | Felix Genn | Bishop of Essen, Germany | Bishop of Münster, Germany | |
49.3 | Appointed | Christopher Charles Prowse | Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia | Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia | |
49.3 | Appointed | Christopher Charles Prowse | Titular Bishop of Bahanna | Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia | |
52.3 | Appointed | Antal Spányi | Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary | ||
76.2 | Retired | Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. † | Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary | Bishop Emeritus | |
5 Apr | 68.1 | Installed | Antonio Ciliberti † | Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
62.8 | Appointed | Raymond John Lahey † | Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
44.7 | Appointed | Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. | Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique | Auxiliary Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique | |
49.3 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop | |
6 Apr | 91.0 | Died | Gerald Emmett Carter † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James | Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France | Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France | |
70.6 | Died | Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. † | Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India | ||
56.4 | Installed | Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez | Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain | |
7 Apr | 39.2 | Appointed | Vitaliy Skomarovskyi | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine | Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine |
39.2 | Appointed | Vitaliy Skomarovskyi | Titular Bishop of Bencenna | Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine | |
8 Apr | 70.7 | Died | Patrick Fani Chakaipa † | Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe | |
38.3 | Appointed | Wojciech Polak | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland | Archbishop | |
38.3 | Appointed | Wojciech Polak | Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia | Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland | |
55.2 | Appointed | Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Johannesburg, South Africa | Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa | |
76.4 | Retired | Szczepan Wesoly † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
9 Apr | 67.5 | Appointed | Santos Abril y Castelló | Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} |
67.5 | Appointed | Santos Abril y Castelló | Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | |
73.8 | Resigned | Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
59.0 | Appointed | Juliusz Janusz | Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary | Apostolic Nuncio | |
64.9 | Succeeded | Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. † | Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Apr | 44.8 | Appointed | Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto | Prelate of Calama, Chile | Bishop of Rancagua, Chile |
11 Apr | 61.0 | Appointed | Antonio Marino | Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina |
61.0 | Appointed | Antonio Marino | Titular Bishop of Basti | Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina | |
80.8 | Died | Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. † | Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands | ||
12 Apr | 67.5 | Appointed | Santos Abril y Castelló | Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} |
39.8 | Appointed | Oscar Domingo Sarlinga | Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina | |
39.8 | Appointed | Oscar Domingo Sarlinga | Titular Bishop of Uzalis | Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina | |
14 Apr | 45.6 | Appointed | Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi | Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana | |
15 Apr | 43.8 | Appointed | Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France |
43.8 | Appointed | Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière | Titular Bishop of Zallata | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France | |
46.1 | Appointed | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France | Bishop of Viviers, France | |
46.1 | Appointed | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | Titular Bishop of Silli | Bishop of Viviers, France | |
55.1 | Appointed | Thomas Anthony Williams | Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
55.1 | Appointed | Thomas Anthony Williams | Titular Bishop of Mageó | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | |
16 Apr | 59.0 | Succeeded | Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. | Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
76.3 | Retired | Diego Natale Bona † | Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.6 | Appointed | Giuseppe Guerrini | Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.0 | Appointed | Peter Martin Musikuwa | Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi | ||
44.2 | Appointed | Prudencio Padilla Andaya, Jr., C.I.C.M. | Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines | ||
44.2 | Appointed | Prudencio Padilla Andaya, Jr., C.I.C.M. | Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura | Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines | |
80.5 | Died | John Richard Sheets, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA | ||
55.9 | Appointed | Paweł Stobrawa | Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
55.9 | Appointed | Paweł Stobrawa | Titular Bishop of Aeca | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland | |
75.3 | Retired | Jesus Yu Varela † | Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 Apr | 50.4 | Appointed | Cyryl Klimowicz | Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation | |
50.4 | Appointed | Cyryl Klimowicz | Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation | Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation | |
49.6 | Appointed | Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. | Bishop of Ełk, Poland | ||
49.6 | Ceased | Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. | Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation | Bishop of Ełk, Poland | |
49.3 | Installed | Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop | |
19 Apr | 88.3 | Died | Alejandro Durán Moreira † | Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile | |
90.5 | Died | Aurelio Sabattani † | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura | ||
20 Apr | 81.5 | Died | Henri Lemaître † | Apostolic Nuncio | |
21 Apr | 58.4 | Ordained Bishop | Werner Guballa † | Titular Bishop of Catrum | Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany |
45.6 | Ordained Bishop | Ulrich Neymeyr | Titular Bishop of Maraguia | Bishop of Erfurt, Germany | |
22 Apr | 74.8 | Retired | Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M. † | Bishop of Huacho, Peru | Bishop Emeritus |
62.1 | Ordained Bishop | Roger Paul Morin † | Titular Bishop of Aulon | Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | |
23 Apr | 80.0 | Retired | Ivan Ljavinec † | Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus |
24 Apr | 75.4 | Died | Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. † | Bishop of Arica, Chile | |
55.2 | Appointed | Ladislav Hučko | Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) | ||
55.2 | Appointed | Ladislav Hučko | Titular Bishop of Horaea | Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) | |
25 Apr | 89.5 | Died | Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales † | Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador | |
44.0 | Appointed | Cristián Contreras Villarroel | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | Bishop of Melipilla, Chile | |
44.0 | Appointed | Cristián Contreras Villarroel | Titular Bishop of Illiberi | Bishop of Melipilla, Chile | |
86.0 | Died | Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † | Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka | ||
74.8 | Retired | Jorge García Isaza, C.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
81.4 | Died | Otmar Mäder † | Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | ||
62.3 | Appointed | Dominic Mai Thanh Lương † | Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
62.3 | Appointed | Dominic Mai Thanh Lương † | Titular Bishop of Cebarades | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA | |
88.5 | Died | André Perraudin, M. Afr. † | Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda | ||
51.9 | Appointed | Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo | Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia | Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia | |
26 Apr | 60.7 | Appointed | Adriano Bernardini | Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina | Apostolic Nuncio |
57.3 | Ordained Bishop | Wiesław Alojzy Mering | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
59.6 | Ordained Bishop | Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz | Bishop of Arauca, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia | |
50.6 | Appointed | Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt | Apostolic Administrator of Hà Nội, Viet Nam | Archbishop Emeritus | |
103.3 | Died | José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chiquitos, Bolivia | ||
55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. | Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite) | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.7 | Ordained Bishop | José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap. | Coadjutor Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
27 Apr | 64.1 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Louis Jean Boishu | Titular Bishop of Gauriana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France |
33.1 | Ordained Priest | Wilbert Marwein | Priest of Shillong, India | Bishop of Nongstoin, India | |
28 Apr | 54.1 | Installed | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México |
29 Apr | 77.2 | Retired | Estanislao Esteban Karlic | Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
68.4 | Appointed | Mario Luis Bautista Maulión † | Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus | |
30 Apr | 64.2 | Appointed | George William Coleman † | Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
50.8 | Appointed | Enrique Díaz Díaz | Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México | Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México | |
50.8 | Appointed | Enrique Díaz Díaz | Titular Bishop of Izirzada | Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México | |
44.2 | Appointed | Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida | Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | |
76.8 | Retired | Hildebrando Mendes Costa | Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
43.8 | Appointed | Jenő Schönberger | Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania |
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