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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr		Born	Valerians Zondaks †	Vilaka	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
4 Apr	47.7	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Luigi Rosa †	Priest	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
5 Apr	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Hector-Irénée Sévin †	Bishop of Châlons, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
6 Apr	52.3	Appointed	Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Constantinople, Turkey	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.3	Appointed	Vincent Sardi di Rivisondoli †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Constantinople, Turkey
7 Apr	44.1	Appointed	Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Yukon-Prince Rupert, Canada	Vicar Apostolic of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
8 Apr	25.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Priest of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	50.1	Appointed	Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
	50.1	Appointed	Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
		Born	Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Casa Calistri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
	48.4	Appointed	Paul-Eugène Roy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada	Archbishop
	48.4	Appointed	Paul-Eugène Roy †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	36.5	Appointed	Ivan Šaric †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop
	36.5	Appointed	Ivan Šaric †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Born	Angelo Tarantino, M.C.C.I. †	Portogruaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arua, Uganda
10 Apr	51.9	Appointed	Alessandro Bavona (Bavaona) †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
12 Apr		Born	Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.SS.R. †	Dongen	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil
	36.3	Appointed	Auguste Prézeau †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Vicar Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi
	36.3	Appointed	Auguste Prézeau †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi
13 Apr	40.2	Installed	Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
	55.3	Appointed	Fergus Patrick McEvay †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18 Apr	25.5	Ordained Priest	John Francis D'Alton †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	75.3	Died	Henri-Charles-Dominique Denéchau †	Bishop of Tulle, France
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Alberto di Jorio †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Misuraca †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Venezuela
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Picconi †	Priest of Novara, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Alphonse John Smith †	Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Liberato Tosti †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Nicaragua
19 Apr	42.7	Appointed	Dennis Joseph Dougherty †	Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Apr		Born	Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †	S. Oedenrode	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
23 Apr		Born	Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. †	Acton-Vale, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
25 Apr	62.5	Died	Gennaro Portanova †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
26 Apr	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Barberá y Boada †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
		Born	Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec †	Landivisiau	Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
	70.6	Died	Celestino del Frate †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Timoteo Hernández Mulas †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
29 Apr		Born	Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †	Chinameca	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
	75.4	Appointed	José María Cázares y Martínez †	Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	75.4	Retired	José María Cázares y Martínez †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Pasquale Trosksi †	Titular Archbishop of Nacolia	Archbishop Emeritus of Skopje, Macedonia
	58.3	Resigned	Pasquale Trosksi †	Archbishop of Skopje, Macedonia	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Apr		Born	Filemón Castellano †	Villa Dolores	Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
May		Born	Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. †	Mariathal	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
1 May	67.5	Appointed	Francesco Brusák †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	67.5	Appointed	Francesco Brusák †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
2 May		Born	Etienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. †	Saint-Pol sur-Mer, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
		Born	Delfim Ribeiro Guedes †	Maria da Fé	Bishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	20.5	Ordained Priest	Adam Sawicki †	Priest of Vilnius, Lithuania	Apostolic Administrator
3 May	38.2	Appointed	João Batista Becker †	Bishop of Santa Caterina, Brazil	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
		Born	Alberto Deane, C.P. †	Arrecifes	Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Prudencio Gomes da Silva †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Denis Joseph O’Connell †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
4 May	67.1	Appointed	Dennis T. O’Connor, C.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	67.1	Resigned	Dennis T. O’Connor, C.S.B. †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
7 May	56.4	Appointed	Georg Schmid von Grüneck †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
	79.8	Died	William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
		Born	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Clermont-Ferrand	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
10 May	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Agostinho Francisco Benassi †	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	János Csernoch †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Eugène Roy †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	47.8	Appointed	Emmanuel Segrada, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, Myanmar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Toungoo, Myanmar
	47.8	Appointed	Emmanuel Segrada, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Toungoo, Myanmar
11 May		Born	Mario Brini †	Piombino	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	81.4	Died	Rafael Sabás Camacho y García †	Bishop of Querétaro, Querétaro, México
	48.9	Succeeded	Manuel Rivera y Muñoz †	Bishop of Querétaro, Querétaro, México
13 May	64.1	Died	Samuel Webster Allen †	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	67.4	Died	Ignatius Frederick Horstmann †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
		Born	John Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. †	Schnaittenbach	Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
		Born	Dominic Tang Yee-ming, S.J. †	Hong Kong	Archbishop of Canton [Guangzhou], China
16 May	74.8	Died	Mariano Jaime Casanova y Casanova †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
17 May	62.6	Died	Peter Bourgade (Bougarde) †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
18 May		Born	Maximos V (George) Hakim †	Tantah, Egypt	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
20 May	47.8	Confirmed	Leone Kecegian †	Bishop of Sebaste degli Armeni
22 May		Born	Lionel Audet †	Ste.-Marie de Beauce	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
		Born	Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †	Arce	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	36.7	Appointed	Paul Peter Rhode †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	36.7	Appointed	Paul Peter Rhode †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
23 May		Born	Florencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R. †	Caja Espíritu	Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
24 May	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Eugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Phacusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viêt Nam
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Raboula Youssef Bakhache †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio María Massanet y Verd †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
27 May		Born	Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. †	Crosshill, Ireland	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications
		Born	Louis Lévesque †	Amqui	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
		Born	Benedito Zorzi †	Nova Pádua	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28 May		Born	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	S. Martin de Mohias	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia
	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Šaric †	Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
29 May	70.9	Appointed	Bernard Christen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
		Born	Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo †	Lamsai	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
30 May		Born	André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †	Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
	41.3	Resigned	Cyrillus Macaire †	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch Emeritus
31 May	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Barnabé Piedrabuena †	Titular Bishop of Cestrus	Bishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
1 Jun	47.3	Appointed	Miguel Claro Vásquez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	47.3	Appointed	Miguel Claro Vásquez †	Titular Bishop of Legia	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
3 Jun		Born	Kevin William Barden, O.P. †	Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
		Born	Louis Li Pai-yu †	Wei-t'si-tzai	Bishop of Chowchich [Zhouzhi], China
4 Jun		Born	Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth †	Steinbrunn-le-Haut	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (, Laon, e Saint-Quentin), France
5 Jun		Born	Lancelot John Goody †	London, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
6 Jun	46.4	Installed	Leonida Mapelli †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
7 Jun	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Pietro Arida †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Basilio Cattan †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon
	41.2	Appointed	Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, Paulista †	Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Mele †	Priest	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi, Italy
9 Jun	26.0	Ordained Priest	Alfred Couderc †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
	52.5	Appointed	John Tohill †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
11 Jun		Born	Bernardo Citterio †	Valmadrera	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Born	Thomas Holland †	Southport	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Joseph Tief †	Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA
12 Jun	50.3	Appointed	Bl. Antonio Giuliano Nowowiejski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
13 Jun	27.0	Ordained Priest	William Richard Arnold †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Giulio Bevilacqua †	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Cardinal, Auxiliary Bishop
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Michele Raffaele Camerlengo, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Nola, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	John Aloysius Duffy †	Priest	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas Edward Flynn †	Priest	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Ernesto Aurelio Ghiglione, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Gori †	Priest	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Franz Hartz †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Prelate Emeritus of Schneidemühl, Poland
	23.1	Ordained Priest	William Francis Murphy †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
14 Jun	71.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Christen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
	72.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Egger †	Titular Bishop of Laranda	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
17 Jun	55.6	Succeeded	Antonio Maria Bonito †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	80.3	Died	Enrico de Dominis (Dominicis) †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	55.5	Installed	Fergus Patrick McEvay †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
		Born	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Chicago, IL	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
18 Jun	44.9	Confirmed	Antonio Pietro Arida †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
20 Jun	23.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Clement Willging †	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
21 Jun	45.5	Appointed	James Jordan Carroll †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	42.8	Installed	Dennis Joseph Dougherty †	Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Vincent Gelat †	Priest of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop
		Born	Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle †	Coigue	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile
23 Jun		Born	Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Sesto San Giovanni, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
24 Jun		Born	Juan Carlos Ferro †	Famaillá	Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Henry Vincent Marshall †	Priest	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
26 Jun		Born	Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra †	Palmira	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
28 Jun	44.9	Installed	Antonio Pietro Arida †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Superior General
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Gili †	Priest	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Francesco Gjini †	Priest	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh}, Albania
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Paolo Rostagno †	Priest	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
29 Jun	23.0	Ordained Priest	José Maurício da Rocha †	Priest of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Karl Kalman Papp †	Priest	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Louis-Paul Rastouil †	Priest	Bishop of Limoges, France

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