Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Apr | Selected | Cosmas Ji Chengyi | Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China | ||
2 Apr | 71.9 | Died | Alberto Ricardo da Silva † | Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste | |
83.4 | Died | William Benedict Friend † | Bishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA | ||
3 Apr | 81.9 | Died | Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre † | Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola | |
6 Apr | 99.0 | Died | Eugène Moke Motsüri † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
7 Apr | 60.1 | Appointed | Vincent Aind | Bishop of Bagdogra, India | Archbishop of Ranchi, India |
54.9 | Appointed | Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap. | Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela | ||
54.9 | Appointed | Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap. | Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa | Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela | |
8 Apr | 78.7 | Died | Jean-Claude Turcotte † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada | |
75.2 | Retired | Octavio Villegas Aguilar | Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
9 Apr | 58.3 | Died | João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil | |
82.3 | Died | Elmo Noel Joseph Perera † | Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka | ||
10 Apr | 63.2 | Selected | Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A. | Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland | |
11 Apr | 46.7 | Appointed | Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón | Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina |
46.7 | Appointed | Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón | Titular Bishop of Tanudaia | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina | |
46.1 | Ordained Bishop | Marek Grzegorz Marczak | Titular Bishop of Leontium | Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland | |
51.6 | Appointed | Jean de Dieu Raoelison | Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar | Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
76.0 | Retired | Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. † | Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus | |
12 Apr | 58.7 | Appointed | Basilio Athai | Apostolic Administrator of Taunggyi, Myanmar | Archbishop |
56.9 | Ordained Bishop | Lucien (Luc) Jacques Marie Joseph Crepy, C.I.M. | Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France | Bishop of Versailles, France | |
55.9 | Ordained Bishop | Alphonsus Cullinan | Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland | ||
45.4 | Ordained Bishop | David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P. | Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles | ||
50.0 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
52.1 | Ordained Bishop | Liberatus Sangu | Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania | ||
46.9 | Ordained Bishop | John Saw Yaw Han | Titular Bishop of Buffada | Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar | |
71.3 | Resigned | Matthias U Shwe † | Archbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar | Archbishop Emeritus | |
13 Apr | 54.1 | Appointed | Paolo Rocco Gualtieri | Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar | Apostolic Nuncio to Peru |
54.1 | Appointed | Paolo Rocco Gualtieri | Titular Archbishop of Sagone | Apostolic Nuncio to Peru | |
89.1 | Died | Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. † | Bishop Emeritus of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil | ||
14 Apr | 59.3 | Resigned | Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash | Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan | Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine |
50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Józef Andrzej Dąbrowski, C.S.M.A. | Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia | Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
62.8 | Appointed | Luigi Mistò | Official of the Secretariat for the Economy | ||
51.7 | Appointed | Mauro Rivella | Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Secretary Emeritus | |
93.9 | Died | Roberto Tucci, S.J. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio | ||
15 Apr | 57.0 | Appointed | Wilson Luís Angotti Filho | Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
100.0 | Died | Felice Leonardo † | Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy | ||
61.1 | Installed | Robert Walter McElroy | Cardinal, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA | ||
50.5 | Appointed | Edson José Oriolo dos Santos | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
50.5 | Appointed | Edson José Oriolo dos Santos | Titular Bishop of Segia | Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
75.9 | Retired | Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I. | Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Apr | 61.4 | Appointed | Werner Freistetter | Bishop of Austria, Military | |
52.1 | Appointed | Wilhelm Krautwaschl | Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria | ||
71.3 | Resigned | Christian Werner | Bishop of Austria, Military | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 Apr | 78.2 | Died | Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
47.6 | Appointed | Juan de Dios Peña Rojas | Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela | ||
18 Apr | 67.5 | Installed | Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez | Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | Archbishop Emeritus |
54.2 | Ordained Bishop | Antoine Chbeir | Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria | ||
59.4 | Appointed | Misael Vacca Ramirez | Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia | Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia | |
19 Apr | 58.1 | Installed | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France | Bishop of Viviers, France |
58.1 | Installed | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France | Bishop of Viviers, France | |
82.5 | Appointed | Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille † | Apostolic Administrator of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France | Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France | |
68.9 | Installed | Francesco Montenegro | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy | |
50.9 | Ordained Bishop | Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M. | Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
20 Apr | 54.4 | Ordained Bishop | Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez † | Titular Bishop of Kearney | Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA |
21 Apr | 62.0 | Resigned | Robert William Finn | Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
71.6 | Resigned | José Trinidad González Rodríguez † | Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
65.8 | Appointed | Joseph Fred Naumann | Apostolic Administrator of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA | Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA | |
22 Apr | 51.4 | Appointed | Benedito Araújo | Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil | Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil |
56.2 | Appointed | Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B. | Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
23 Apr | 51.4 | Appointed | Brendan John Cahill | Bishop of Victoria in Texas, USA | |
61.5 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino | Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, México | ||
75.6 | Retired | David Eugene Fellhauer | Bishop of Victoria in Texas, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
24 Apr | 51.7 | Appointed | Piergiorgio Bertoldi | Titular Archbishop of Hispellum | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic |
51.7 | Appointed | Piergiorgio Bertoldi | Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | |
51.7 | Appointed | Piergiorgio Bertoldi | Apostolic Nuncio to Niger | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | |
76.0 | Retired | Lawrence Eugene Brandt | Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.5 | Installed | Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino | Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, México | ||
92.7 | Died | Thomas Joseph Connolly † | Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA | ||
47.4 | Ordained Bishop | Luiz Gonçalves Knupp | Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | ||
57.8 | Appointed | Josef Graf | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany | ||
57.8 | Appointed | Josef Graf | Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany | |
54.6 | Appointed | Edward Charles Malesic | Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA | |
61.9 | Ceased | Vito Rallo | Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso | Apostolic Nuncio | |
61.9 | Ceased | Vito Rallo | Apostolic Nuncio to Niger | Apostolic Nuncio | |
75.8 | Died | Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
25 Apr | 71.9 | Ceased | Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. | Apostolic Administrator of Wewak, Papua New Guinea | Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea |
47.7 | Ordained Bishop | Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas | Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic | ||
52.6 | Ordained Bishop | Józef Roszyński, S.V.D. | Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea | ||
26 Apr | 59.8 | Ordained Bishop | Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. | Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia | |
71.7 | Ceased | Stanislav Lipovšek | Apostolic Administrator of Maribor, Slovenia | Bishop Emeritus of Celje, Slovenia | |
27 Apr | 53.0 | Appointed | Gary Wayne Janak | Administrator of Victoria in Texas, USA | Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA |
75.7 | Retired | Michael Jarboe Sheehan † | Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
64.4 | Appointed | John Charles Wester | Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA | ||
28 Apr | 50.5 | Appointed | Edward Elias Mapunda | Bishop of Singida, Tanzania | |
44.0 | Selected | Joseph Zhang Yinlin | Coadjutor Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China | Bishop | |
29 Apr | 96.5 | Died | Giovanni Canestri † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy |
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