The Year of Our Lord 1927

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar Born Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon

56.4 Selected Johann Baptist Sproll † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

3 Mar 55.3 Appointed Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Albania

55.3 Appointed Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. † Apostolic Delegate to Albania Apostolic Delegate Emeritus

4 Mar 62.2 Appointed Alfonso Archi † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy Bishop

5 Mar Born Raffaele Castielli † Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy

Born Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines

7 Mar 38.6 Appointed Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M. † Titular Bishop of Harpasa Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia

76.6 Retired Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

10 Mar 48.1 Installed Charles Daniel White † Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA

11 Mar 61.0 Appointed Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina

12 Mar 23.2 Ordained Priest Edward John Doody † Priest of Brisbane, Australia Bishop of Armidale, Australia

22.4 Ordained Priest Lorenzo Gargiulo † Priest of Nola, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

23.6 Ordained Priest James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

25.4 Ordained Priest Michael William Hyle † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

24.4 Ordained Priest Raymond Augustine Kearney † Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

26.8 Ordained Priest Edward Peter McManaman † Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

13 Mar Born Dominic Anthony Marconi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born Jozef Zlatňanský † Secretary Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

14 Mar 50.3 Appointed Giovanni Bargiggia † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

16 Mar 51.9 Appointed Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. † Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan

18 Mar 39.3 Appointed Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China

39.3 Appointed Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Isauropolis Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China

63.4 Died William Thomas B. Russell † Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

84.4 Died Leopold Schuster † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

Born Rafael Torija de la Fuente † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

19 Mar 22.5 Ordained Priest José María Bueno y Monreal † Priest of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

55.4 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Albania

68.7 Ordained Bishop Palmyre-Georges Jansoone † Titular Bishop of Nilopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France

Born José López Lara † Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

22.7 Ordained Priest Francisco Planas Muntaner † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain

55.0 Ordained Bishop Juan Villar y Sanz † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop of Lérida, Spain

20 Mar 53.2 Ordained Bishop Johannes Baptist Filzer † Titular Bishop of Bararus Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria

22 Mar 73.7 Died John Francis Regis Canevin † Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

87.5 Died Robert John Seton † Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia

79.7 Died Amilcare Tonietti † Bishop Emeritus of Montalcino, Italy

24 Mar Born Rómulo García † Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

25 Mar 63.0 Appointed Matthew Cullen † Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

52.8 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) † Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

38.6 Ordained Bishop Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M. † Titular Bishop of Harpasa Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia

43.9 Ordained Bishop Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal

50.5 Ordained Bishop Manuel Irurita y Almándoz † Bishop of Lérida, Spain Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

49.4 Appointed Stanislaw Rospond † Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

49.4 Appointed Stanislaw Rospond † Titular Bishop of Dardanus Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

27 Mar Born Eugène Philippe LaRocque † Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Born Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

49.9 Ordained Bishop Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski † Titular Bishop of Dadima Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria

28 Mar 73.9 Died Joseph-Médard Émard † Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Born Castor Sekwa † Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania

29 Mar 56.4 Confirmed Johann Baptist Sproll † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

31 Mar Born Eduardo Martínez Somalo † Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

Apr Born John Gao Kexian † Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China

2 Apr 24.6 Ordained Priest Howard Joseph Carroll † Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

22.2 Ordained Priest Natale Mosconi † Priest of Cremona, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy

31.4 Ordained Priest Paul Nguyễn Ðình Nhiên † Priest Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam

68.4 Died Ottokár Prohászka † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary

35.7 Ordained Priest Jean Baptiste Trần Hữu Ðức † Priest of Vinh, Viet Nam Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam

23.2 Ordained Priest Hermann Volk † Priest of Mainz, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

Born Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

3 Apr 56.3 Appointed Augustin Pacha † Titular Bishop of Lebedus Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

44.1 Ordained Bishop Kazimierz Tomczak † Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland

4 Apr Born Francesco Voto † Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy

5 Apr Born Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

6 Apr 53.1 Died James Downey, C.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

Born Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. † Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

7 Apr 24.0 Ordained Priest Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prefect Emeritus of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China

Born Luigi Scuppa † Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy

8 Apr 43.5 Appointed Karol Mieczysław Radoński † Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

43.5 Appointed Karol Mieczysław Radoński † Titular Bishop of Berissa Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

9 Apr 23.6 Ordained Priest Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista Decollato

10 Apr Born Joseph Pallikaparampil Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India

Born Roch Pedneault † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

12 Apr Born Roger-Alfred Despatie † Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

13 Apr Born William Henry Bullock † Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

54.5 Appointed Luis Adriano Díaz Melo † Bishop of Cali, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

14 Apr 85.0 Died Joseph Hoare † Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

15 Apr 64.1 Appointed Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † Official of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

16 Apr 25.1 Ordained Priest André-Jacques Marie Joseph Fougerat † Priest of Angoulême, France Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

26.3 Ordained Priest Manuel Larraín Errazuriz † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Talca, Chile

22.0 Ordained Priest Antonio Lanza † Priest of Cosenza, Italy Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

26.3 Ordained Priest Justin Joseph McCarthy † Priest Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

23.2 Ordained Priest Francesco Minerva † Priest of Nardò, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

Born Joseph Ratzinger † Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

23.4 Ordained Priest Domenico Savarese † Priest Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

17 Apr Born Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

22.6 Ordained Priest Hovhannes Koyounian † Priest Ordinary Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)

Born Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer † Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France

18 Apr Born Leo Rajendram Antony † Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Born Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. † Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon

23.5 Ordained Priest Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed Michael Memelauer † Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

21 Apr Born Romeu Alberti † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.9 Appointed Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China Bishop of Anlong [Lanlung], China

Born Pierfranco Pastore † Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

22 Apr 39.7 Appointed Adalberto Accioli Sobral † Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

46.9 Appointed Santiago Caragnan Sancho † Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

60.2 Appointed Fernando Taddei, C.M. † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

23 Apr 24.6 Ordained Priest William Edward Cousins † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

24 Apr 50.4 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Bargiggia † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

Born Eamon Casey † Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

27.0 Ordained Priest Kenneth Grant † Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

Born Pietro Giacomo Nonis † Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy

23.4 Ordained Priest John Michael O’Neill † Priest of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

Born Donato Squicciarini † Apostolic Nuncio

25.5 Ordained Priest Wunibald (Godehard) Talleur, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

25 Apr Born Orlando Arce Moya † Bishop

26 Apr 47.8 Appointed Benedetto Aloisi Masella † Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

40.1 Ordained Bishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken † Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Born Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil

49.9 Appointed Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski † Bishop of Seckau, Austria Bishop Emeritus

Born Johann Weber † Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

28 Apr 40.1 Installed Rudolph Aloysius Gerken † Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

29 Apr 45.9 Appointed Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade Bishop of Anlong [Lanlung], China

37.7 Selected Joseph Rabbani † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Jean-Marcel Rodié † Bishop of Ajaccio, France Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France

58.0 Appointed Jan Stavěl † Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia

58.0 Appointed Jan Stavěl † Titular Bishop of Zaraï Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia

30 Apr 44.4 Appointed Alessandro Guidati † Vicar Apostolic of Thessaloniki, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

44.4 Appointed Alessandro Guidati † Titular Bishop of Adada Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar		Born	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
56.4	Selected	Johann Baptist Sproll †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
3 Mar	55.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Albania
55.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †	Apostolic Delegate to Albania	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
4 Mar	62.2	Appointed	Alfonso Archi †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy	Bishop
5 Mar		Born	Raffaele Castielli †		Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy
	Born	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
7 Mar	38.6	Appointed	Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Harpasa	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
76.6	Retired	Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 Mar	48.1	Installed	Charles Daniel White †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
11 Mar	61.0	Appointed	Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
12 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Edward John Doody †	Priest of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
22.4	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Gargiulo †	Priest of Nola, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
25.4	Ordained Priest	Michael William Hyle †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
24.4	Ordained Priest	Raymond Augustine Kearney †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
26.8	Ordained Priest	Edward Peter McManaman †	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Mar		Born	Dominic Anthony Marconi		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	Born	Jozef Zlatňanský †		Secretary Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Mar	50.3	Appointed	Giovanni Bargiggia †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
16 Mar	51.9	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
18 Mar	39.3	Appointed	Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China	Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
39.3	Appointed	Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Isauropolis	Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
63.4	Died	William Thomas B. Russell †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
84.4	Died	Leopold Schuster †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	Born	Rafael Torija de la Fuente †		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
19 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Albania
68.7	Ordained Bishop	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
	Born	José López Lara †		Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
22.7	Ordained Priest	Francisco Planas Muntaner †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan Villar y Sanz †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
20 Mar	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Baptist Filzer †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
22 Mar	73.7	Died	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
87.5	Died	Robert John Seton †	Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia
79.7	Died	Amilcare Tonietti †	Bishop Emeritus of Montalcino, Italy
24 Mar		Born	Rómulo García †		Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
25 Mar	63.0	Appointed	Matthew Cullen †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) †	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
38.6	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Harpasa	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Irurita y Almándoz †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
49.4	Appointed	Stanislaw Rospond †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
49.4	Appointed	Stanislaw Rospond †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
27 Mar		Born	Eugène Philippe LaRocque †		Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
28 Mar	73.9	Died	Joseph-Médard Émard †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Castor Sekwa †		Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
29 Mar	56.4	Confirmed	Johann Baptist Sproll †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
31 Mar		Born	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †		Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
Apr		Born	John Gao Kexian †		Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
2 Apr	24.6	Ordained Priest	Howard Joseph Carroll †	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
22.2	Ordained Priest	Natale Mosconi †	Priest of Cremona, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
31.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Nguyễn Ðình Nhiên †	Priest	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
68.4	Died	Ottokár Prohászka †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
35.7	Ordained Priest	Jean Baptiste Trần Hữu Ðức †	Priest of Vinh, Viet Nam	Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
23.2	Ordained Priest	Hermann Volk †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3 Apr	56.3	Appointed	Augustin Pacha †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
4 Apr		Born	Francesco Voto †		Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
5 Apr		Born	Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
6 Apr	53.1	Died	James Downey, C.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
	Born	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †		Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
7 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prefect Emeritus of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China
	Born	Luigi Scuppa †		Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy
8 Apr	43.5	Appointed	Karol Mieczysław Radoński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
43.5	Appointed	Karol Mieczysław Radoński †	Titular Bishop of Berissa	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
9 Apr	23.6	Ordained Priest	Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista Decollato
10 Apr		Born	Joseph Pallikaparampil		Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
	Born	Roch Pedneault †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
12 Apr		Born	Roger-Alfred Despatie †		Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
13 Apr		Born	William Henry Bullock †		Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
54.5	Appointed	Luis Adriano Díaz Melo †	Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	85.0	Died	Joseph Hoare †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
15 Apr	64.1	Appointed	Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. †	Official of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
16 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	André-Jacques Marie Joseph Fougerat †	Priest of Angoulême, France	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
26.3	Ordained Priest	Manuel Larraín Errazuriz †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Talca, Chile
22.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Lanza †	Priest of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
26.3	Ordained Priest	Justin Joseph McCarthy †	Priest	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
23.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Minerva †	Priest of Nardò, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
	Born	Joseph Ratzinger †		Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23.4	Ordained Priest	Domenico Savarese †	Priest	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
17 Apr		Born	Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap.		Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
22.6	Ordained Priest	Hovhannes Koyounian †	Priest	Ordinary Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
	Born	Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer †		Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
18 Apr		Born	Leo Rajendram Antony †		Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
	Born	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †		Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
23.5	Ordained Priest	Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	Michael Memelauer †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
21 Apr		Born	Romeu Alberti †		Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.9	Appointed	Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China	Bishop of Anlong [Lanlung], China
	Born	Pierfranco Pastore †		Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
22 Apr	39.7	Appointed	Adalberto Accioli Sobral †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
46.9	Appointed	Santiago Caragnan Sancho †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
60.2	Appointed	Fernando Taddei, C.M. †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
23 Apr	24.6	Ordained Priest	William Edward Cousins †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
24 Apr	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Bargiggia †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	Born	Eamon Casey †		Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
27.0	Ordained Priest	Kenneth Grant †	Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
	Born	Pietro Giacomo Nonis †		Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
23.4	Ordained Priest	John Michael O’Neill †	Priest of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
	Born	Donato Squicciarini †		Apostolic Nuncio
25.5	Ordained Priest	Wunibald (Godehard) Talleur, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
25 Apr		Born	Orlando Arce Moya †		Bishop
26 Apr	47.8	Appointed	Benedetto Aloisi Masella †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	Born	Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil
49.9	Appointed	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Johann Weber †		Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
28 Apr	40.1	Installed	Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
29 Apr	45.9	Appointed	Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Bishop of Anlong [Lanlung], China
37.7	Selected	Joseph Rabbani †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Jean-Marcel Rodié †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
58.0	Appointed	Jan Stavěl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
58.0	Appointed	Jan Stavěl †	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
30 Apr	44.4	Appointed	Alessandro Guidati †	Vicar Apostolic of Thessaloniki, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
44.4	Appointed	Alessandro Guidati †	Titular Bishop of Adada	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

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