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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	74.9	Retired	Bruno Torpigliani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio
	70.3	Selected	[Simon (Andreas) Zhu Wenyu (Zhu Xiang yu, Zhu Weng, Zhu Wen Han)] †	Bishop of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China
1 Apr	19.5	Professed	Pedro Centeno Baquero, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
	22.7	Ordained Deacon	Thomas Deenihan	Deacon of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Fintan Monahan	Deacon of Tuam, Ireland	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
2 Apr	39.7	Appointed	Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir †	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
	44.4	Appointed	Thomas Dabre	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
	44.4	Appointed	Thomas Dabre	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
	48.9	Appointed	Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Aba, Nigeria
	29.8	Incardinated	Fortunatus Nwachukwu	Priest of Aba, Nigeria	Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	78.2	Retired	Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	44.3	Appointed	Fulgence Rabeony, S.J.	Bishop of Toliara, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Toliara, Madagascar
	30.1	Ordained Priest	Humberto Tapia Díaz	Priest of Sicuani, Peru	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
	38.2	Appointed	Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria	Archbishop of Owerri, Nigeria
3 Apr	24.1	Ordained Priest	Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio	Priest of Palo, Philippines	Bishop of Philippines, Military
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Ri Pyung-ho	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
4 Apr	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Philip Eduard Roger Dickmans	Deacon of Hasselt, Belgium	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
	57.1	Appointed	Rafael Llano Cifuentes †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	57.1	Appointed	Rafael Llano Cifuentes †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	41.1	Appointed	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
	41.1	Appointed	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Nova	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
	50.8	Appointed	Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná, Venezuela
	50.8	Appointed	Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná, Venezuela
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México	Prelate Emeritus
	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Racelis Rañola	Titular Bishop of Claternae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
	48.8	Appointed	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	48.8	Appointed	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
5 Apr	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Berloco	Titular Archbishop of Fidenae	Apostolic Nuncio
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Erwin Josef Ender †	Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.7	Installed	Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Edward Nowak	Titular Archbishop of Luni	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
6 Apr	63.3	Appointed	William Wakefield Baum †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Bruno Bertagna †	Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	75.5	Retired	Luigi Dadaglio †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
	75.1	Retired	Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger †	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.8	Appointed	Pio Laghi †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
7 Apr	56.4	Appointed	Thomas Ludger Dupré †	Auxiliary Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Thomas Ludger Dupré †	Titular Bishop of Hodelm	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
	50.6	Appointed	David Eugene Fellhauer	Bishop of Victoria in Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Jan Bosco Graubner	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Josef Hrdlička	Titular Bishop of Thunudruma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
	37.6	Ordained Priest	Luy Gonzaga Nguyên Hùng Vi	Priest of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop
	61.0	Appointed	Natalino Pescarolo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	61.0	Appointed	Natalino Pescarolo †	Titular Bishop of Alexanum	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
	61.0	Appointed	Natalino Pescarolo †	Apostolic Administrator of Fossano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	František Radkovský	Titular Bishop of Aggar	Bishop Emeritus of Plzeň, Czechia
	57.0	Appointed	Isidro Sala Ribera †	Coadjutor Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
8 Apr	63.1	Installed	Alfredo Magarotto †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
9 Apr	61.9	Appointed	Antonino Orrù †	Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	59.8	Died	Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Elias Joseph Gonsalves	Priest of Bombay, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Morandi	Priest of Modena-Nonantola, Italy	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
12 Apr	57.1	Ceased	Martin Luluga †	Apostolic Administrator of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
	57.1	Installed	Martin Luluga †	Bishop of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
13 Apr	82.8	Died	Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
15 Apr	82.0	Died	Angelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Arua, Uganda
16 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Vladimír Filo †	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Subroto Boniface Gomes	Priest of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Auxiliary Bishop
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Dominik Tóth †	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
17 Apr	56.1	Appointed	William Stephen Skylstad	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	55.2	Resigned	Lawrence Harold Welsh †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Apr	58.5	Appointed	Francisco Batistela, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Installed	Thomas Vose Daily †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	46.4	Appointed	José Alberto Moura, C.S.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	58.8	Appointed	José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R.	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil
19 Apr	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Layon Bataclan	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
	54.6	Appointed	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
	54.6	Appointed	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa †	Titular Bishop of Elo	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
	50.5	Appointed	Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.Ss.R. †	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
	70.0	Resigned	Marko Jozinović †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.1	Appointed	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks †	Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Sebelio Peralta Alvarez †	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay	Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay
	75.7	Retired	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Prelate Emeritus
20 Apr	24.4	Ordained Priest	Luigi Roberto Cona	Priest of Piazza Armerina, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
	69.1	Resigned	Spiridon Mattar †	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	61.9	Appointed	Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
	51.5	Appointed	Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I.	Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	77.0	Retired	Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	79.0	Died	Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo †	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
21 Apr	57.1	Appointed	Roberto Amadei †	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	65.7	Appointed	Nicola Comparone †	Coadjutor Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop
	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	60.1	Appointed	Francesco Cuccarese	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	31.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Luxembourg
	75.8	Retired	Antonio Iannucci †	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Franco Mulakkal (Aippunny)	Priest of Jullundur, India	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Bishop Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Alwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	63.2	Installed	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Michel Proulx, O. Praem.	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Titular Bishop of Elmhama	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
23 Apr	86.3	Died	Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C. †	Superior General Emeritus of Consolata Missionaries
	77.6	Died	Vincent Joseph Hines †	Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
	48.1	Appointed	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha †	Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
24 Apr	52.1	Appointed	Paolo Romeo	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
25 Apr	54.9	Appointed	Bellino Giusto Ghirard †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France	Bishop Emeritus
	32.8	Ordained Priest	Sarat Chandra Nayak	Priest of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India	Bishop of Berhampur, India
26 Apr	59.0	Ordained Bishop	József Tempfli †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr	64.6	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	67.3	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Kräuter †	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
	60.1	Appointed	Adam Joseph Maida	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Alberto Ortega Martín	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Gianni Sacchi	Priest of Biella, Italy	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	62.6	Appointed	Edmund Casimir Szoka †	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
29 Apr	43.3	Appointed	Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio, Somalia	Bishop Emeritus of Djibouti
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	45.4	Installed	Ioan Robu	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Apr	32.8	Ordained Priest	José Araneta Cabantan	Priest of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop
	54.4	Appointed	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.	Bishop of Quibdó, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
	50.2	Appointed	Abraham Escudero Montoya †	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
	64.3	Succeeded	Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. †	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	70.0	Resigned	Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe †	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	73.2	Appointed	Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †	Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Priest of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
	87.5	Died	Aurelio Signora †	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy

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