Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 Apr | 69.6 | Appointed | Gilberto Agustoni † | Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus |
26.5 | Ordained Priest | Jaya Rao Polimera | Priest of Warangal, India | Bishop of Eluru, India | |
48.8 | Appointed | Crescenzio Sepe | Titular Archbishop of Gradum | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy | |
48.8 | Appointed | Crescenzio Sepe | Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy | |
3 Apr | 51.2 | Appointed | Carlo Maria Viganò | Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana | Apostolic Nuncio |
51.2 | Appointed | Carlo Maria Viganò | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria | Apostolic Nuncio | |
4 Apr | 48.8 | Ordained Bishop | Héctor Rubén Aguer | Titular Bishop of Lamdia | Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina |
50.9 | Succeeded | Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt | Bishop of Troyes, France | Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France | |
73.3 | Retired | André Pierre Louis Marie Fauchet † | Bishop of Troyes, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Rubén Oscar Frassia | Titular Bishop of Caeciri | Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina | |
25.9 | Ordained Deacon | Kevin Stuart Patrick Randall | Deacon of Norwich, Connecticut, USA | Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh | |
52.5 | Appointed | Luigi Travaglino | Titular Archbishop of Litterae | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.5 | Appointed | Luigi Travaglino | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gambia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.5 | Appointed | Luigi Travaglino | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.5 | Appointed | Luigi Travaglino | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.5 | Appointed | Luigi Travaglino | Apostolic Delegate to Sierra Leone | Apostolic Nuncio | |
5 Apr | 77.8 | Died | Zacarias Rolim de Moura † | Bishop Emeritus of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil | |
7 Apr | 58.1 | Appointed | Enzo Dieci | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
58.1 | Appointed | Enzo Dieci | Titular Bishop of Maura | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas † | Priest of Digos, Philippines | Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines | |
8 Apr | 67.5 | Installed | Leonard James Wall † | Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus |
9 Apr | 18.7 | Ordained Deacon | Petro Holinej (Holiney) | Deacon of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Auxiliary Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
34.7 | Ordained Priest | Linus Lee Seong-hyo | Priest of Suwon, Korea (South) | Bishop of Masan, Korea (South) | |
92.4 | Died | Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier † | Bishop Emeritus of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria | ||
74.3 | Appointed | Luigi Poggi † | Pro-Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive | Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus | |
74.3 | Appointed | Luigi Poggi † | Pro-Librarian of the Vatican Library | Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive | |
28.6 | Ordained Priest | Paul Simick | Priest of Darjeeling, India | Bishop of Bagdogra, India | |
10 Apr | 55.9 | Resigned | Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. | Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria | Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria |
78.7 | Retired | Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
44.1 | Appointed | Boutros Marayati | Apostolic Administrator of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria | |
56.9 | Incardinated | Peter Antony Moran | Priest of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus | |
11 Apr | 54.5 | Ordained Bishop | Stefan Siczek † | Titular Bishop of Dagnum | Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland |
66.0 | Ordained Bishop | Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) † | Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan | Bishop Emeritus | |
12 Apr | 51.4 | Appointed | Rudolf Deng Majak † | Apostolic Administrator of Wau, South Sudan | Bishop |
75.5 | Died | Guerino Luigi Grimaldi † | Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy | ||
63.8 | Installed | Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. † | Bishop of Łowicz, Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
14 Apr | 62.2 | Appointed | John Patrick Boles † | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
62.2 | Appointed | John Patrick Boles † | Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
64.6 | Appointed | John Richard McNamara † | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
64.6 | Appointed | John Richard McNamara † | Titular Bishop of Risinium | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
39.7 | Appointed | Celestino Migliore | Permanent Observer to Council of Europe | Apostolic Nuncio to France | |
15 Apr | 70.3 | Appointed | Carlo Furno † | Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
56.5 | Appointed | José Guadalupe Martín Rábago | Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México | |
56.5 | Appointed | José Guadalupe Martín Rábago | Titular Bishop of Tuscamia | Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México | |
59.9 | Appointed | Justo Mullor García † | Apostolic Administrator of Estonia | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy | |
42.4 | Appointed | Javier Navarro Rodríguez | Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México | |
42.4 | Appointed | Javier Navarro Rodríguez | Titular Bishop of Voncaria | Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México | |
75.1 | Retired | Antonio Sahagún López † | Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Apr | 72.1 | Succeeded | Peter Chen Jianzhang † | Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China | |
84.2 | Died | Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan † | Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China | ||
75.5 | Retired | Giovanni Melis Fois † | Bishop of Nuoro, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.6 | Appointed | Pietro Meloni | Bishop of Nuoro, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
18 Apr | 90.4 | Died | Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy | |
19 Apr | 72.5 | Died | Paul Li Zhenrong, S.J. † | Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China | |
42.5 | Appointed | Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. † | Superior of Urga, Mongolia | Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | |
20 Apr | 64.5 | Ordained Bishop | Bronisław Jan Maria Dembowski † | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | Bishop Emeritus |
21 Apr | 72.2 | Retired | Felix Sanchez Zafra † | Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
22 Apr | 63.4 | Resigned | Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez † | Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | Bishop Emeritus |
75.6 | Retired | Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana † | Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
26.6 | Ordained Priest | Andrew Nkea Fuanya | Priest of Buéa, Cameroon | Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon | |
50.8 | Appointed | Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. | Apostolic Administrator of Mouila, Gabon | Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon | |
74.1 | Retired | Cyriaque Siméon Obamba † | Bishop of Mouila, Gabon | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.6 | Succeeded | Ramón Artemio Staffolani † | Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina | |
23 Apr | 54.8 | Appointed | Piero Biggio † | Apostolic Nuncio to Chile | Apostolic Nuncio |
88.4 | Died | Vincentas Brizgys † | Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania | ||
78.8 | Died | José Thurler † | Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil | ||
24 Apr | 32.9 | Ordained Priest | Anand Jojo | Priest of Ranchi, India | Bishop of Hazaribag, India |
25 Apr | 46.5 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Cañizares Llovera | Bishop of Ávila, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain |
49.7 | Ordained Bishop | Arrigo Miglio | Bishop of Iglesias, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy | |
59.4 | Ordained Bishop | Raphaël Marie Ze † | Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon | Bishop Emeritus | |
26 Apr | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | Albert George Alexander Anastas | Priest of Kottar, India | Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India |
58.2 | Ordained Bishop | Enzo Dieci | Titular Bishop of Maura | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Franco | Titular Archbishop of Gallesium | Apostolic Nuncio | |
57.5 | Ordained Bishop | Tadeusz Władysław Pieronek † | Titular Bishop of Cufruta | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sosnowiec, Poland | |
54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Tadeusz Rakoczy | Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
48.8 | Ordained Bishop | Crescenzio Sepe | Titular Archbishop of Gradum | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy | |
52.6 | Ordained Bishop | Luigi Travaglino | Titular Archbishop of Litterae | Apostolic Nuncio | |
51.2 | Ordained Bishop | Carlo Maria Viganò | Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana | Apostolic Nuncio | |
27 Apr | 68.3 | Died | Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi † | Bishop of Sokodé, Togo | |
84.5 | Died | Enrique Bolaños Quesada † | Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica | ||
53.2 | Appointed | Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | |
53.2 | Appointed | Nicola de Angelis, C.F.I.C. † | Titular Bishop of Remesiana | Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | |
50.0 | Appointed | John Stephen Knight | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
50.0 | Appointed | John Stephen Knight | Titular Bishop of Taraqua | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
28 Apr | 74.6 | Retired | Cletus Francis O’Donnell † | Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
64.9 | Ordained Bishop | Wacław Józef Świerzawski † | Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
29 Apr | 50.3 | Appointed | Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria | Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
57.7 | Appointed | Jacques Maurice Faivre † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France | Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France | |
57.7 | Appointed | Jacques Maurice Faivre † | Titular Bishop of San Leone | Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France | |
63.1 | Appointed | José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. † | Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
30 Apr | 32.7 | Ordained Priest | Francis Serrao, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop of Shimoga, India |
35.4 | Ordained Deacon | William John Waltersheid | Deacon of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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