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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr	24.4	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Guillaume Marque, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
4 Apr		Born	Egidio Negrin †	Santa Maria di Camisano	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
7 Apr	23.2	Ordained Priest	Manoel Nunes Coelho †	Priest	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8 Apr		Born	Justin Diraviam †	Palakurichi	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
9 Apr		Born	José Pont y Gol †	Bellpuig	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
12 Apr	55.6	Appointed	Francesco Moretti †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	40.0	Installed	Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, Paulista †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Apr	72.1	Appointed	Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	72.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	77.7	Appointed	Eugenio Cano †	Titular Bishop of Tenedus	Bishop Emeritus of Bosa, Italy
	58.2	Appointed	Aristide Cavallari †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	58.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Aristide Cavallari †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Pacificio Fiorani †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina, Italy	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Pacificio Fiorani †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	74.1	Retired	Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Bishop Emeritus
	65.8	Appointed	Jeno Kránitz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	65.8	Appointed	Jeno Kránitz †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	53.9	Appointed	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	53.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	48.7	Appointed	Alessandro Lualdi †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	48.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Lualdi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	48.5	Appointed	Pietro Maffi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	48.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Maffi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	55.4	Appointed	Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	71.6	Appointed	Bartolomeo Mirra †	Titular Archbishop of Axomis	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	39.5	Appointed	Ernesto Maria Piovella †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	55.1	Appointed	Joseph-François-Ernest Ricard †	Archbishop of Auch, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
	63.2	Appointed	Aristide Rinaldini †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	63.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Aristide Rinaldini †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	48.3	Appointed	Peregrin-François Stagni, S.M. †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.5	Appointed	Donato Velluti Zati di S. Clemente †	Titular Bishop of Patrae (Veters)	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
	61.5	Resigned	Donato Velluti Zati di S. Clemente †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Apr	59.6	Appointed	Enrique Almaraz y Santos †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	52.5	Appointed	Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Solsona, Spain	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	52.5	Appointed	Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Pascual Francesco Farfán †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	67.7	Appointed	Valentín García y Barros †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	62.8	Appointed	Juan Ignacio González Eyzaguirre †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop
	62.8	Appointed	Juan Ignacio González Eyzaguirre †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
		Born	Philippe Nabaa †	Joun	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon
	40.5	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Silva, C.M. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	32.4	Appointed	José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
20 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Mihai Robu †	Priest	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
21 Apr		Born	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Busche di Gualdo Tadino	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †	Priest	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
22 Apr		Born	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †	Hasselt, Belgium	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
27 Apr		Born	Octavio Nicolás Derisi †	Pergamino	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
28 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt
	38.4	Appointed	Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Shantung {Scian-Ton Orientale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China
	38.4	Appointed	Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Miletus	Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China
29 Apr		Born	William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †	Wakkerstroom	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
30 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
May	25.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Micozzi †	Priest	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
	62.9	Appointed	Gustavo Provveduti †	Abbot of San Martino al Monte Cimino, Italy
1 May	37.8	Appointed	Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Jarrín y Moro †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
2 May		Born	Joseph Pham Van Thiên †	Thanh My	Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cuong, Viêt Nam
3 May	59.8	Appointed	Jules-Auguste Coqset, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China
7 May	70.7	Appointed	Paolo Rosario Farrugia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
	70.7	Appointed	Paolo Rosario Farrugia †	Titular Bishop of Hamatha	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
8 May	43.8	Appointed	Ulpiano Maria Perez y Quinones †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
		Born	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †	Kalmthout	Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 May	65.9	Ordained Bishop	Jeno Kránitz †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Bishop of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Maria Piovella †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
14 May		Born	Vicente Enrique y Tarancón †	Burriana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
15 May	23.4	Ordained Priest	Hanna Hebbé †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Urima
16 May	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Pacificio Fiorani †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
17 May	62.7	Died	Patrick Vincent Flood, O.P. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
18 May	80.5	Died	Charles-Honoré Laborde †	Bishop of Blois, France
19 May	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Atanasio María Vicente Soler y Royo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Citharizum	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
20 May	23.5	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
22 May	86.2	Died	Zigmund Bubics †	Bishop Emeritus of Košice, Slovakia
	55.3	Appointed	Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Émile André Jean-Marie Maury †	Agen	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
23 May		Born	Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand †	Lille	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
24 May	22.8	Ordained Priest	Monalduzio Leopardi †	Priest	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
		Born	Vicente P. Reyes †	San Antonio, Nueva Ecija	Bishop Emeritus of Cabanatuan, Philippines
25 May	26.1	Ordained Priest	Richard Downey †	Priest	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Francisco Frutos Valiente †	Priest	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Fidel García Martínez †	Priest of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia
	24.7	Ordained Priest	William Richard Griffin †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Etienne Katcho †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Peking [Beijing], China
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giocchino Pedicini †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Richard Ryan, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Sale, Australia
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Marco Sigala †	Priest	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Cristoforo Arduino Terzi, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Apuania, Italy
	63.0	Died	Manuel Tovar y Chamorro †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
26 May	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Serafini †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Solís y Fernández †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
27 May		Born	Giuseppe Maria Sensi †	Cosenza, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
		Born	Henry Joseph Soenneker †	Melrose, MN	Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
28 May	59.5	Appointed	Hermann Jürgens (Juergens), S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
30 May		Born	Clarence George Issenmann †	Hamilton, OH	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
31 May	61.6	Appointed	Thomas-François Boutry †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	74.3	Appointed	Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois †	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus	Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	53.0	Appointed	Martin-Jérôme Izart †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
2 Jun	31.6	Installed	Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jun		Born	Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †	Chicago, IL, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
7 Jun	25.9	Ordained Priest	Severinus Giacomo Gertken, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
9 Jun	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
10 Jun	23.3	Ordained Priest	Mecislovas Reinys †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
11 Jun	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Martin-Jérôme Izart †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	32.5	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Christian Herman Winkelmann †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
12 Jun	50.6	Appointed	John Joseph Collins, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
	50.6	Appointed	John Joseph Collins, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
15 Jun	67.0	Appointed	Gustave-Adolphe de Pélacot †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
16 Jun	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Karas (Karosas) †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Pol y Baralt †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
20 Jun	46.9	Appointed	Leone Kecegian †	Bishop of Sebaste degli Armeni
21 Jun	31.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
22 Jun	40.5	Appointed	François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Nagpur, India
23 Jun	27.4	Ordained Priest	Patrick Collier †	Priest of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop
24 Jun	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas-François Boutry †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	59.3	Appointed	Carlo Falcini †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. †	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa
27 Jun	23.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Debernardi †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia-Prato, Italy
28 Jun		Born	Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I. †	S. Cosmo Albanese	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy
29 Jun	25.6	Ordained Priest	Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kichow [Qichun], China
		Born	Michael Foylan †	Shettleston	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. †	Levico, Italy	Prelate of Huarí, Peru
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Achille Liènart †	Priest of Lille, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Georges-Auguste Louis †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
		Born	Owen McCann †	Woodstock	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Fernand-Jean-Joseph Thiry, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
30 Jun		Born	Nicolas Hajj, S.D.S. †	Machghara	Archbishop Emeritus of Baniyas {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite), Lebanon

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