The Year of Our Lord 1920

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar Born Simon Ignatius Pimenta † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

75.2 Died René-François Renou † Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

2 Mar 54.1 Appointed Francesco Cherubini † Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia Apostolic Nuncio

Born Ivo Gugić † Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro

3 Mar Born Michele Cecchini † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

68.8 Died Severinus Noti, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus

4 Mar Born Pierre Mamie † Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

5 Mar 53.6 Appointed Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China

Born René Toussaint, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

6 Mar Born José Capmany Casamitjana † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

Born Peter Chen Jianzhang † Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China

43.0 Died Michael Fintan Power † Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

61.8 Resigned Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

66.5 Appointed Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

8 Mar 38.4 Appointed Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla † Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México

39.4 Appointed Salvatore Ballo Guercio † Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

39.4 Appointed Salvatore Ballo Guercio † Titular Bishop of Oëa Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

47.8 Appointed Luigi Barlassina † Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

75.9 Appointed Ulisse Carlo Bascherini † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

75.9 Retired Ulisse Carlo Bascherini † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

45.4 Appointed Domingo Comin, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador

45.4 Appointed Domingo Comin, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Obba Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador

50.4 Appointed Jules-Alexandre Cusin † Coadjutor Bishop of Mende, France Bishop

50.4 Appointed Jules-Alexandre Cusin † Titular Bishop of Nyssa Bishop of Mende, France

53.6 Appointed Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Thagaste Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China

38.4 Appointed Marcos Sergio Godoy † Bishop of Zulia, Venezuela Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela

49.0 Appointed Tranquillo Guarneri † Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy

52.0 Appointed Edmond Heelan † Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

49.8 Appointed Karel Boromejský Kašpar † Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

49.8 Appointed Karel Boromejský Kašpar † Titular Bishop of Bethsaida Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

45.3 Appointed Stanisław Kostka Łukomski † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland Bishop of Łomża, Poland

45.3 Appointed Stanisław Kostka Łukomski † Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Bishop of Łomża, Poland

Born James William Malone † Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

42.3 Appointed Gustavo Matteoni † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Archbishop of Siena, Italy

49.2 Appointed James Paul McCloskey † Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines

55.2 Appointed Pierre Nommesch † Bishop of Luxembourg

52.3 Appointed Ernesto Maria Piovella, Obl. Rho † Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy

55.1 Appointed Anton Podlaha † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

55.1 Appointed Anton Podlaha † Titular Bishop of Paphus Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

44.5 Appointed Maximino Ruiz y Flores † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México

44.5 Appointed Maximino Ruiz y Flores † Titular Bishop of Derbe Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México

44.5 Resigned Maximino Ruiz y Flores † Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Appointed Karl Joseph Schulte † Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

52.0 Appointed Valentin Wojciech † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

52.0 Appointed Valentin Wojciech † Titular Bishop of Danaba Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

48.3 Appointed Goffredo Zaccherini † Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

77.0 Appointed Giovanni Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Archbishop of Trapezus Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

10 Mar Born Victorino Alvarez Tena † Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

70.4 Died Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

11 Mar Born Kornél Pataky (Pataki) † Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary

13 Mar 64.1 Died Denis Ephrem Naccàsché † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

14 Mar 50.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Galati † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy

36.1 Ordained Bishop Athanase Khoriaty, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

26.4 Ordained Priest Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy

17 Mar Born José Germán Benavides Morriberón † Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

Born José Tomás Sánchez † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

18 Mar 67.8 Died Filippo Giustini † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

19 Mar Born Victor Guazzelli † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain

23.4 Ordained Priest Denys Pierre Hindié † Priest Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

23.0 Ordained Priest Manuel Moll y Salord † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tortosa, Spain

Born Laurent Noël † Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

58.9 Died Eduardo Solar Vicuña † Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile

20 Mar 29.4 Ordained Priest Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnanfu, China

27.8 Ordained Priest João Batista Cavati, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

22.3 Ordained Deacon Stanisław Czajka † Deacon Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

27.2 Ordained Priest Paul Hugentobler, S.M.B. † Priest of Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China

60.2 Appointed Michele Lega † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

26.4 Ordained Priest Carlo Re, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

73.6 Appointed Agostino Silj † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

29.7 Ordained Priest Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P. † Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam

21 Mar 24.2 Ordained Priest Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. † Priest of Order of Cistercians Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

22 Mar Born José María Montes † Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina

23 Mar 58.3 Died Joseph Darian † Patriarchal Vicar

Born Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. † Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil

Born Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski † Bishop of Płock, Poland

35.7 Appointed István Uzdóczy-Zadravecz, O.F.M. † Bishop of Hungary, Military Bishop Emeritus

35.7 Appointed István Uzdóczy-Zadravecz, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military

24 Mar Born Jan Gurda † Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

25 Mar 42.4 Ordained Bishop Gustavo Matteoni † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Archbishop of Siena, Italy

55.2 Ordained Bishop Pierre Nommesch † Bishop of Luxembourg

48.5 Installed Karl Joseph Schulte † Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

27 Mar 77.5 Died Lajos Rajner † Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary

28 Mar Born Marko Jozinović † Archbishop Emeritus of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina

23.3 Ordained Priest Paul Nousseir † Priest of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop

29 Mar 82.3 Died Nicolas Donnelly † Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

31 Mar Born José Carranza Chévez † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

3 Apr 25.0 Ordained Priest José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

25.9 Ordained Priest Francis John Brennan † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

25.3 Ordained Priest Donald Alphonsus Campbell † Priest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

23.9 Ordained Priest Biagio d’Agostino † Priest of Termoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

31.0 Ordained Priest Jacques Mangers, S.M. † Priest of Society of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway

24.9 Ordained Priest Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

23.6 Ordained Priest Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz † Priest of Santiago de Chile Archbishop of La Serena, Chile

5 Apr 22.1 Professed Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

Born John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. † Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway

6 Apr 58.3 Died Carlo Taccetti † Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

9 Apr Born Alphonse Daniel Nsabi † Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania

10 Apr 43.4 Appointed Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Titular Bishop of Canea Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

43.4 Resigned Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † Bishop of Riga, Latvia Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

11 Apr 26.3 Ordained Priest Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. † Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia

39.5 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Ballo Guercio † Titular Bishop of Oëa Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

71.6 Died Louis-Jean Déchelette † Bishop of Évreux, France

49.9 Ordained Bishop Karel Boromejský Kašpar † Titular Bishop of Bethsaida Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

29.4 Ordained Priest Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada

55.2 Ordained Bishop Anton Podlaha † Titular Bishop of Paphus Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

13 Apr 59.3 Died Giuseppe Dallepiane † Bishop of Iglesias, Italy

Born Karel Otčenášek † Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia

14 Apr Born Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. † Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.7 Ordained Priest Francis Peter Leipzig † Priest of Oregon City, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA

43.4 Appointed Antonijs Springovičs † Bishop of Riga, Latvia Archbishop of Riga, Latvia

15 Apr 48.5 Appointed Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani † Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

16 Apr 59.3 Died Francisco de Paula Mas y Oliver † Bishop of Gerona, Spain

19 Apr Born Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador

Born Julien Ries † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

20 Apr 84.1 Died François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

21 Apr 50.5 Ordained Bishop Jules-Alexandre Cusin † Titular Bishop of Nyssa Bishop of Mende, France

47.5 Appointed Giuseppe di Girolamo † Bishop of Lucera, Italy Bishop Emeritus

22 Apr 44.9 Appointed Anton Akšamović † Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia Bishop Emeritus

Born José de Aquino Pereira † Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

50.4 Appointed Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. † Titular Bishop of Capharnaum Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia

36.4 Appointed Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

36.4 Appointed Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Ombi Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

39.5 Appointed Alexandru Theodor Cisar † Bishop of Iaşi, Romania Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

49.2 Appointed Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain

43.1 Appointed St. Manuel González y García † Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop of Palencia, Spain

64.0 Appointed Ramón Guillamet y Coma † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

42.2 Appointed Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit

42.2 Appointed Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Europus Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit

43.7 Appointed Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Selge Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea

43.7 Appointed Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea

38.8 Appointed James Michael Liston † Coadjutor Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

38.8 Appointed James Michael Liston † Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus) Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand

45.5 Appointed Dionýz Njaradi † Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

49.6 Appointed Henry John Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Gerasa Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA

49.6 Resigned Henry John Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P. † Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA

60.2 Appointed Désiré Marie Hippolyte Paget † Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

61.2 Appointed Enrique Reig y Casanova † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

43.4 Appointed Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. † Bishop of Volterra, Italy Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

48.8 Appointed Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}

48.8 Appointed Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale} Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

32.6 Appointed Ranulfo da Silva Farias † Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

76.5 Appointed Juan Soldevilla y Romero † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

46.8 Appointed St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China

46.8 Appointed St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Carystus Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China

51.4 Appointed James Whyte † Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand

24 Apr Born Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga † Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25 Apr 51.5 Appointed Etienne Soukkarie † Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

51.5 Appointed Etienne Soukkarie † Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

51.5 Ordained Bishop Etienne Soukkarie † Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

27 Apr Born Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

Born Robert Francis Garner † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born Luis Mena Arroyo † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

28 Apr 43.1 Ordained Bishop John Gregory Murray † Titular Bishop of Flavias Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

30 Apr 44.0 Appointed Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini † Apostolic Administrator of Fiume / Rijeka, Croatia Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

54.6 Selected Kaspar Klein † Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

Born Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe † Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Simon Ignatius Pimenta †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
75.2	Died	René-François Renou †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
2 Mar	54.1	Appointed	Francesco Cherubini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Ivo Gugić †		Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
3 Mar		Born	Michele Cecchini †		Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
68.8	Died	Severinus Noti, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus
4 Mar		Born	Pierre Mamie †		Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
5 Mar	53.6	Appointed	Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
	Born	René Toussaint, O.M.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Mar		Born	José Capmany Casamitjana †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	Born	Peter Chen Jianzhang †		Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
43.0	Died	Michael Fintan Power †	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
61.8	Resigned	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
66.5	Appointed	Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
8 Mar	38.4	Appointed	Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
39.4	Appointed	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
39.4	Appointed	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
47.8	Appointed	Luigi Barlassina †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
75.9	Appointed	Ulisse Carlo Bascherini †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
75.9	Retired	Ulisse Carlo Bascherini †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
45.4	Appointed	Domingo Comin, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
45.4	Appointed	Domingo Comin, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Obba	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
50.4	Appointed	Jules-Alexandre Cusin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop
50.4	Appointed	Jules-Alexandre Cusin †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Mende, France
53.6	Appointed	Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
38.4	Appointed	Marcos Sergio Godoy †	Bishop of Zulia, Venezuela	Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
49.0	Appointed	Tranquillo Guarneri †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy
52.0	Appointed	Edmond Heelan †	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
49.8	Appointed	Karel Boromejský Kašpar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
49.8	Appointed	Karel Boromejský Kašpar †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
45.3	Appointed	Stanisław Kostka Łukomski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
45.3	Appointed	Stanisław Kostka Łukomski †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	Born	James William Malone †		Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
42.3	Appointed	Gustavo Matteoni †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
49.2	Appointed	James Paul McCloskey †	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines
55.2	Appointed	Pierre Nommesch †	Bishop of Luxembourg
52.3	Appointed	Ernesto Maria Piovella, Obl. Rho †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
55.1	Appointed	Anton Podlaha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
55.1	Appointed	Anton Podlaha †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
44.5	Appointed	Maximino Ruiz y Flores †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
44.5	Appointed	Maximino Ruiz y Flores †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
44.5	Resigned	Maximino Ruiz y Flores †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Appointed	Karl Joseph Schulte †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
52.0	Appointed	Valentin Wojciech †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
52.0	Appointed	Valentin Wojciech †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
48.3	Appointed	Goffredo Zaccherini †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
77.0	Appointed	Giovanni Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
10 Mar		Born	Victorino Alvarez Tena †		Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
70.4	Died	Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
11 Mar		Born	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †		Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary
13 Mar	64.1	Died	Denis Ephrem Naccàsché †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
14 Mar	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Galati †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
36.1	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Khoriaty, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
26.4	Ordained Priest	Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy
17 Mar		Born	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †		Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	Born	José Tomás Sánchez †		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
18 Mar	67.8	Died	Filippo Giustini †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
19 Mar		Born	Victor Guazzelli †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23.4	Ordained Priest	Denys Pierre Hindié †	Priest	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
23.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel Moll y Salord †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tortosa, Spain
	Born	Laurent Noël †		Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
58.9	Died	Eduardo Solar Vicuña †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile
20 Mar	29.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnanfu, China
27.8	Ordained Priest	João Batista Cavati, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
22.3	Ordained Deacon	Stanisław Czajka †	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
27.2	Ordained Priest	Paul Hugentobler, S.M.B. †	Priest of Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee	Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
60.2	Appointed	Michele Lega †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
26.4	Ordained Priest	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
73.6	Appointed	Agostino Silj †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
29.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam
21 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
22 Mar		Born	José María Montes †		Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina
23 Mar	58.3	Died	Joseph Darian †	Patriarchal Vicar
	Born	Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil
	Born	Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski †		Bishop of Płock, Poland
35.7	Appointed	István Uzdóczy-Zadravecz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hungary, Military	Bishop Emeritus
35.7	Appointed	István Uzdóczy-Zadravecz, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military
24 Mar		Born	Jan Gurda †		Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
25 Mar	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Matteoni †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Nommesch †	Bishop of Luxembourg
48.5	Installed	Karl Joseph Schulte †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
27 Mar	77.5	Died	Lajos Rajner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
28 Mar		Born	Marko Jozinović †		Archbishop Emeritus of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
23.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Nousseir †	Priest of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop
29 Mar	82.3	Died	Nicolas Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
31 Mar		Born	José Carranza Chévez †		Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
3 Apr	25.0	Ordained Priest	José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
25.9	Ordained Priest	Francis John Brennan †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
25.3	Ordained Priest	Donald Alphonsus Campbell †	Priest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
23.9	Ordained Priest	Biagio d’Agostino †	Priest of Termoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
31.0	Ordained Priest	Jacques Mangers, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
24.9	Ordained Priest	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
23.6	Ordained Priest	Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
5 Apr	22.1	Professed	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
	Born	John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. †		Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
6 Apr	58.3	Died	Carlo Taccetti †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
9 Apr		Born	Alphonse Daniel Nsabi †		Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
10 Apr	43.4	Appointed	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Titular Bishop of Canea	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
43.4	Resigned	Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †	Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
11 Apr	26.3	Ordained Priest	Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
39.5	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
71.6	Died	Louis-Jean Déchelette †	Bishop of Évreux, France
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Karel Boromejský Kašpar †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
29.4	Ordained Priest	Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Anton Podlaha †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
13 Apr	59.3	Died	Giuseppe Dallepiane †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
	Born	Karel Otčenášek †		Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia
14 Apr		Born	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †		Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.7	Ordained Priest	Francis Peter Leipzig †	Priest of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA
43.4	Appointed	Antonijs Springovičs †	Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
15 Apr	48.5	Appointed	Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
16 Apr	59.3	Died	Francisco de Paula Mas y Oliver †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
19 Apr		Born	Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
	Born	Julien Ries †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
20 Apr	84.1	Died	François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
21 Apr	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Alexandre Cusin †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Mende, France
47.5	Appointed	Giuseppe di Girolamo †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	44.9	Appointed	Anton Akšamović †	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	José de Aquino Pereira †		Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
50.4	Appointed	Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Santos Ballesteros y López, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
36.4	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika, Tanzania	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
36.4	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Ombi	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
39.5	Appointed	Alexandru Theodor Cisar †	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
49.2	Appointed	Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
43.1	Appointed	St. Manuel González y García †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
64.0	Appointed	Ramón Guillamet y Coma †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
42.2	Appointed	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
42.2	Appointed	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
43.7	Appointed	Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Selge	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea
43.7	Appointed	Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea
38.8	Appointed	James Michael Liston †	Coadjutor Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
38.8	Appointed	James Michael Liston †	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
45.5	Appointed	Dionýz Njaradi †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
49.6	Appointed	Henry John Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Gerasa	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
49.6	Resigned	Henry John Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P. †	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
60.2	Appointed	Désiré Marie Hippolyte Paget †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
61.2	Appointed	Enrique Reig y Casanova †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
43.4	Appointed	Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
48.8	Appointed	Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
48.8	Appointed	Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
32.6	Appointed	Ranulfo da Silva Farias †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
76.5	Appointed	Juan Soldevilla y Romero †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
46.8	Appointed	St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
46.8	Appointed	St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
51.4	Appointed	James Whyte †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
24 Apr		Born	Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †		Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr	51.5	Appointed	Etienne Soukkarie †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
51.5	Appointed	Etienne Soukkarie †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Etienne Soukkarie †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
27 Apr		Born	Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †		Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	Born	Robert Francis Garner †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	Born	Luis Mena Arroyo †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
28 Apr	43.1	Ordained Bishop	John Gregory Murray †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
30 Apr	44.0	Appointed	Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †	Apostolic Administrator of Fiume / Rijeka, Croatia	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
54.6	Selected	Kaspar Klein †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
	Born	Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe †		Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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