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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar		Born	Daniel Jodoin		Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
	58.2	Appointed	Thomas Reis †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Luigi Vari		Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Peter Joseph Jugis		Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
		Born	William Pascal Kikoti †		Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Miguel Gatan Purugganan †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Re	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
4 Mar		Born	Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B.		Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
5 Mar	85.9	Died	Rafael Afanador y Cadena †	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
7 Mar	34.2	Appointed	John Kodwo Amissah †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Coast, Ghana	Archbishop
	34.2	Appointed	John Kodwo Amissah †	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
		Born	José Reginaldo Andrietta		Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	46.9	Appointed	Fernando Gomes dos Santos †	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	49.3	Appointed	Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro †	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
8 Mar	62.9	Resigned	Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	43.2	Succeeded	Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Mar	45.5	Appointed	George Joseph Biskup †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
	45.5	Appointed	George Joseph Biskup †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
10 Mar		Born	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib		Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
		Born	Armando Esteves Domingues		Bishop of Angra, Portugal
	68.0	Died	Henri-Aimé-Anatole Prunier, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Salem, India
11 Mar	49.4	Appointed	Carmelo Canzonieri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
	49.4	Appointed	Carmelo Canzonieri †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
12 Mar	44.1	Installed	Gérard Couturier †	Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Hauterive, Québec, Canada
	31.0	Ordained Deacon	Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †	Deacon of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	54.3	Appointed	Aurelio Signora †	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
	54.3	Appointed	Aurelio Signora †	Titular Bishop of Nicosia	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
13 Mar	48.5	Appointed	Antonio María Aguirre †	Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	36.2	Appointed	Antônio Batista Fragoso †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
	36.2	Appointed	Antônio Batista Fragoso †	Titular Bishop of Ucres	Bishop Emeritus of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
	48.8	Appointed	Filemón Francisco Castellano †	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Jorge Ramón Chalup †	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
	48.8	Appointed	Alberto Deane, C.P. †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Appointed	Germiniano Esorto †	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Agustín Adolfo Herrera †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina
	48.5	Appointed	Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	41.3	Appointed	Jorge Mayer †	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
	49.3	Appointed	Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
	52.7	Appointed	Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Morón, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	57.4	Appointed	Enrique Rau †	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
14 Mar	49.3	Appointed	Francesco Brustia †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
	39.3	Appointed	José Joaquim Gonçalves †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
	39.3	Appointed	José Joaquim Gonçalves †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
	72.1	Appointed	Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez †	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando, Philippines
	72.1	Resigned	Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez †	Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Florentino Galang Lavarias		Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
		Born	Lawrence Mukasa		Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda
15 Mar	45.5	Appointed	Emilio Cinense y Abera †	Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
	68.3	Appointed	Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Salona	Bishop Emeritus of Tamatave, Madagascar
	68.3	Resigned	Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Tamatave, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Roberto Amadei †	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
	25.1	Ordained Deacon	Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Kevin Daly †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Monterisi	Priest of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	53.9	Appointed	Francesco Ricceri †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy
	53.9	Appointed	Francesco Ricceri †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy
	25.1	Ordained Priest	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	28.5	Ordained Priest	John Steven Satterthwaite †	Priest of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
17 Mar		Born	Jean-Louis Marie Balsa		Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Pietro Brollo †	Priest of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	Arturo Duque Villegas †	Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
	84.0	Appointed	Pedro María Rodríguez Andrade †	Titular Archbishop of Brysis	Bishop Emeritus of Ibagué, Colombia
	84.0	Retired	Pedro María Rodríguez Andrade †	Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Spanedda †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
18 Mar	31.0	Ordained Priest	Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	38.2	Appointed	Alberto Uribe Urdaneta †	Bishop of Sonsón, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
19 Mar	32.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Takaaki Hirayama †	Priest of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan
	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Morgante †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Olivotti †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Primo Sabatini, C.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo	Bishop Emeritus of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Secundo Tagliabue †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Zambrano Camader †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia
22 Mar	78.0	Died	Antônio Manoel Pereira Ribeiro †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	50.9	Appointed	Orazio Semeraro †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
23 Mar	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
24 Mar	40.6	Installed	Jaime Luiz Coelho †	Bishop of Maringá, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
25 Mar	43.5	Installed	Julius August Döpfner †	Bishop of Berlin, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Justin James Field, O.P. †	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Edward Francis †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sivagangai, India
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
		Born	Joseph Phuong Nguyen		Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
26 Mar		Born	Núria Calduch-Benages, M.H.S.F.N.		Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
27 Mar	56.4	Died	Gerhard Franz (Franziskus) Demann †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerhard Franz (Franziskus) Demann †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	62.2	Died	René Henri Joseph Fontenelle †	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
29 Mar	53.5	Appointed	Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C. †	Prefect of Kaolack, Senegal	Bishop Emeritus of Kaolack, Senegal
30 Mar	45.5	Appointed	John Ahern †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Deacon of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
31 Mar	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Bolatti †	Titular Bishop of Limata	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina
		Born	Franco Coppola		Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Severino Mariano de Aguiar †	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Maria da Silva †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
1 Apr	66.1	Appointed	Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Latopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria
	66.1	Resigned	Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	72.6	Died	Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Los Ríos, Ecuador
		Born	Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy		Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
		Born	Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.		Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
3 Apr	52.8	Appointed	Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.8	Appointed	Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Verissa	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Mariusz Leszczyński		Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
	38.9	Appointed	Gregório Warmeling †	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
4 Apr	73.0	Appointed	Bl. Giacomo Alberione, S.S.P. †	Superior General of Society of St. Paul	Superior General Emeritus
	23.5	Ordained Priest	José Fernández Arteaga †	Priest of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Chihuahua, México
5 Apr		Born	Sebastian Adayanthrath		Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India
	42.5	Appointed	James Vincent Casey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
	42.5	Appointed	James Vincent Casey †	Titular Bishop of Citium	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
	43.9	Appointed	José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P. †	Bishop of Porto Amélia, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	James Thomas (Ty) Schuerman		Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
6 Apr	49.7	Incardinated	Vincent John Baldwin †	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	35.6	Incardinated	James Joseph Daly †	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	76.8	Died	Salvatore Del Bene †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Born	Célestin-Marie Gaoua		Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Walter Kasper	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
	28.8	Incardinated	Alfred John Markiewicz †	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
	32.3	Incardinated	John Raymond McGann †	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	31.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Michaelappa †	Priest of Bangalore, India	Bishop of Mysore, India
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Edward Joseph O’Donnell †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
	33.6	Incardinated	Gerald Augustine John Ryan †	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	25.9	Incardinated	Emil Aloysius Wcela †	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr		Born	Sanctus Lino Wanok		Bishop of Lira, Uganda
8 Apr	52.5	Succeeded	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	76.3	Died	Pedro Segura y Sáenz †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M.		Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique
9 Apr		Born	Paulo Roberto Beloto		Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	45.3	Appointed	Almir Marques Ferreira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	45.3	Appointed	Almir Marques Ferreira †	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	58.2	Appointed	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
11 Apr		Born	Edouard Tsimba Ngoma, C.I.C.M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Navrongo, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	47.2	Appointed	René-Jean-Prosper-Bruno Boudon †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	46.7	Appointed	Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	46.7	Appointed	Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Ariassus	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	47.5	Appointed	Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Djibouti
	35.0	Appointed	Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea †	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
	37.3	Ordained Priest	[Simon (Andreas) Zhu Wenyu (Zhu Xiang yu, Zhu Weng, Zhu Wen Han)] †	Priest	Bishop of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China
13 Apr		Born	Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López		Bishop of Tabasco, México
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras †	Priest of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr	56.7	Appointed	Bernardus Johannes Alfrink †	Archbishop of Netherlands, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Born	Ján Čapla, S.D.B.		Superior Emeritus of Baku, Azerbaijan
	26.0	Ordained Priest	William Leonard D’Mello †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Karwar, India
	56.9	Selected	Joseph Hasler †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	55.8	Appointed	Walter Philip Kellenberg †	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	64.2	Appointed	Bryan Joseph McEntegart †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr		Born	Marc Marie Max Aillet		Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
	41.1	Appointed	Glennon Patrick Flavin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
	41.1	Appointed	Glennon Patrick Flavin †	Titular Bishop of Ioannina	Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
	87.8	Died	Pompeo Ghezzi †	Bishop Emeritus of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
	66.2	Died	Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria
18 Apr	56.9	Confirmed	Joseph Hasler †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr		Born	Thomas Robert Zinkula		Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
20 Apr	41.5	Appointed	Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia †	Apostolic Administrator of Los Ríos, Ecuador	Prelate Emeritus
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson †	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon †	Priest of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Apr	85.2	Died	Gabriel-Roch de Llobet †	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
	62.7	Succeeded	Joseph-Martin Urtasun †	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Apr	45.6	Ordained Bishop	George Joseph Biskup †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	James Vincent Casey †	Titular Bishop of Citium	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
		Born	Joseph Gontrand Décoste, S.J.		Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
	63.3	Died	Mariano Vega Mestre †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
25 Apr		Born	José María Avendaño Perea		Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonin Fishta, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Apostolic Administrator of Pult (Pulati), Albania
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Aurelio Signora †	Titular Bishop of Nicosia	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
	34.7	Appointed	Augusto Trujillo Arango †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
	34.7	Appointed	Augusto Trujillo Arango †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
26 Apr		Born	Linus Neli		Archbishop of Imphal, India
28 Apr	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Gomphi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Lajos Bálint †	Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	23.8	Ordained Priest	José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Priest of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Isernia-Venafro, Italy
		Born	Anthony John Ireland		Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
	42.0	Installed	Marcello Morgante †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	João José da Mota e Albuquerque †	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Henryk Józef Muszyński	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Ricceri †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Vásquez Ochoa †	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	46.6	Appointed	Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo †	Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
	59.0	Appointed	Jerônimo Mazzarotto †	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Jerônimo Mazzarotto †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
		Born	Néstor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B.		Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
	47.6	Appointed	João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
30 Apr	30.3	Ordained Priest	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé †	Priest	Bishop of Ségou, Mali

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