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| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr | 82.7 | Died | Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † | Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia | |
| 2 Apr | 76.4 | Retired | Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus |
| 49.3 | Appointed | César Bosco Vivas Robelo † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 4 Apr | 27.9 | Ordained Priest | Felice Ba Htoo | Priest of Taunggyi, Myanmar | Coadjutor Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar |
| 49.8 | Appointed | Pablo Lizama Riquelme | Bishop of Melipilla, Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile | |
| 32.5 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước | Priest of Phú Cường, Viet Nam | Bishop | |
| 32.8 | Incardinated | Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto | Priest of Melipilla, Chile | Bishop of Rancagua, Chile | |
| 5 Apr | 26.5 | Ordained Priest | Luiz Carlos Dias | Priest of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 6 Apr | 34.0 | Ordained Priest | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib | Priest of Santiago de Chile | Cardinal, Archbishop |
| 62.3 | Appointed | Franco Festorazzi † | Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 67.4 | Resigned | Michel Joseph Kuehn † | Bishop of Chartres, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 28.0 | Ordained Priest | Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C. | Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross | Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA | |
| 60.6 | Ordained Bishop | Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. † | Titular Bishop of Ath Truim | Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa | |
| 54.3 | Succeeded | Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier | Bishop of Chartres, France | Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France | |
| 25.9 | Ordained Priest | Edilson Soares Nobre | Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil | |
| 57.0 | Appointed | Dionigi Tettamanzi † | Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy | |
| 27.2 | Ordained Priest | Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende | Priest of Groningen, Netherlands | Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 7 Apr | 59.5 | Ordained Bishop | Hubert Constant, O.M.I. † | Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti | Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti |
| 26.6 | Ordained Priest | Ignatius D’Souza | Priest of Lucknow, India | Bishop of Bareilly, India | |
| 29.6 | Perpetual Vows | Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap. | Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |
| 27.2 | Ordained Priest | Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali | Priest of El Obeid, Sudan | Bishop | |
| 8 Apr | 79.4 | Died | [Joseph Huang Zi-yu] † | Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China | |
| 72.2 | Installed | Jan Olszański, M.I.C. † | Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 11 Apr | 52.0 | Appointed | Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda † | Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador | Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military |
| 27.4 | Ordained Deacon | Scott Edward Bullock | Deacon of Dubuque, Iowa, USA | Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA | |
| 46.5 | Appointed | Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger | Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France | Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France | |
| 51.9 | Appointed | Juraj Jezerinac | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia | Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military | |
| 51.9 | Appointed | Juraj Jezerinac | Titular Bishop of Strumnitza | Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military | |
| 70.0 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu † | Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam | ||
| 12 Apr | 62.1 | Appointed | Luigi Conti † | Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 53.0 | Resigned | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
| 13 Apr | 45.2 | Ordained Bishop | Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda | Bishop of Dapaong, Togo | Bishop Emeritus |
| 65.6 | Appointed | Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † | Titular Archbishop of Tuscania | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica} | |
| 31.2 | Incardinated | Antoni Dziemianko | Priest of Grodno, Belarus | Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus | |
| 41.5 | Appointed | Aleksander Kaszkiewicz | Bishop of Grodno, Belarus | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 45.2 | Appointed | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz | Apostolic Administrator of European Russia {Russia Europea} | Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | |
| 41.0 | Appointed | Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. | Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan | Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan | |
| 41.0 | Appointed | Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. | Titular Bishop of Arba | Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan | |
| 58.6 | Appointed | Pier Luigi Mazzoni † | Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy | |
| 76.0 | Retired | Marcello Morgante † | Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 76.4 | Appointed | Kazimierz Świątek † | Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 76.4 | Appointed | Kazimierz Świątek † | Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk, Belarus | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | |
| 26.7 | Ordained Deacon | Brian Ngozi Udaigwe | Deacon of Orlu, Nigeria | Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia | |
| 38.5 | Appointed | Joseph Werth, S.J. | Apostolic Administrator of Siberia, Russian Federation | Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation | |
| 38.5 | Appointed | Joseph Werth, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Bulna | Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation | |
| 14 Apr | 48.1 | Ordained Bishop | Cristián Caro Cordero | Titular Bishop of Arcavica | Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile |
| 49.9 | Ordained Bishop | Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt | Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France | Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France | |
| 50.9 | Ordained Bishop | André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard | Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium | Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium | |
| 55.1 | Installed | Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.Ss.R. † | Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 15 Apr | 64.8 | Appointed | Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles |
| 64.8 | Appointed | Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † | Titular Bishop of Canapium | Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | |
| 56.7 | Appointed | Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.Ss.R. † | Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | |
| 56.7 | Appointed | Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.Ss.R. † | Titular Bishop of Budua | Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | |
| 53.1 | Appointed | Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
| 49.4 | Appointed | Peter Takeo Okada † | Bishop of Urawa, Japan | Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan | |
| 67.7 | Resigned | Josef Plöger † | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 16 Apr | 75.2 | Retired | Leo Joseph Brust † | Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 17 Apr | 27.5 | Ordained Priest | [Simon Li Zhigang] † | Priest | Bishop-Elect of Chengdu [Chengtu], China |
| 18 Apr | 91.5 | Died | Thomas Arthur Connolly † | Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA | |
| 20 Apr | 55.7 | Appointed | Fortunato Baldelli † | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
| 55.7 | Appointed | Fortunato Baldelli † | Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
| 56.6 | Ordained Bishop | Domenico Crusco † | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy | |
| 76.4 | Died | Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda | ||
| 65.1 | Ordained Bishop | Mario Rizzi † | Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium | Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 29.6 | Ordained Priest | Stefano Russo | Priest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy | Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy | |
| 21 Apr | 27.2 | Ordained Priest | Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla | Priest of Torit, South Sudan | Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan |
| 49.8 | Ordained Bishop | Gerard Clifford † | Titular Bishop of Hieron | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland | |
| 59.2 | Ordained Bishop | Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 29.0 | Ordained Priest | Firmino David | Priest of Huambo, Angola | Bishop of Sumbe, Angola | |
| 93.3 | Died | Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia | ||
| 22 Apr | 83.2 | Died | Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. † | Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
| 23 Apr | 59.4 | Appointed | Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. † | Bishop of San Justo, Argentina | |
| 24 Apr | 40.9 | Appointed | Alberto Taveira Corrêa | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil |
| 40.9 | Appointed | Alberto Taveira Corrêa | Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa | Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil | |
| 78.1 | Died | Matija Matiša Zvekanović † | Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia | ||
| 25 Apr | 52.3 | Ordained Bishop | Terence John Brain | Titular Bishop of Amudarsa | Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain |
| 26 Apr | 86.8 | Died | Antônio de Castro Mayer † | Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 76.1 | Retired | Henry Joseph Kennedy † | Bishop of Armidale, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 57.4 | Appointed | Kevin Michael Manning † | Bishop of Armidale, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia | |
| 66.0 | Died | Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda † | Bishop of Monterey in California, USA | ||
| 27 Apr | 59.0 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military |
| 50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Lajos Pápai | Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 31.1 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I. | Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho | |
| 79.8 | Died | Pasquale Venezia † | Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy | ||
| 28 Apr | 56.6 | Installed | Domenico Crusco † | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy |
| 34.7 | Ordained Priest | José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | |
| 29 Apr | 26.5 | Ordained Priest | Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal | Priest of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines | Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA |
| 29.7 | Ordained Priest | Niranjan Sual Singh | Priest of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India | Bishop of Sambalpur, India | |
| 30 Apr | 40.6 | Appointed | Emilio Aranguren Echeverria | Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba | Bishop of Holguín, Cuba |
| 40.6 | Appointed | Emilio Aranguren Echeverria | Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari | Bishop of Holguín, Cuba | |
| 79.3 | Died | Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. † | Bishop Emeritus of Tuléar, Madagascar | ||
| 52.1 | Appointed | James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA | ||
| 48.4 | Appointed | Vincenzo Manzella | Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy | |
| 42.1 | Appointed | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |
| 42.1 | Appointed | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Titular Bishop of Bossa | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |
| 71.7 | Appointed | Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla † | Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 61.9 | Appointed | Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez † | Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
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