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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	50.4	Installed	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
3 Apr	51.0	Appointed	Jean-Camille Costes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Angers, France	Bishop
	51.0	Appointed	Jean-Camille Costes †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop of Angers, France
4 Apr		Born	Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho †	Reriutaba	Bishop Emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
		Born	Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans †	Maastricht	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
5 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
		Born	Thaddeus Joseph Jakubowski	Chicago	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Adolf Kindermann †	Priest of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Camille-André Le Blanc †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Albert Leménager †	Priest	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Sedlmeier †	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr		Born	Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C.	Eufemia-Tricase, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
		Born	Celestino Rojo Enverga †	José Panganiban	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Johann Lenhardt †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
7 Apr		Born	Manuel C. Sobreviñas	Dinalpihan	Bishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines
8 Apr	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Edward Daniel Howard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
9 Apr	68.0	Died	Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya
	62.5	Installed	Maximiliano Crespo Rivera †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
		Born	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †	Minas	Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
10 Apr	49.9	Installed	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
	61.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Kupka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic	Bishop
	61.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Kupka †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic
	40.3	Appointed	José Ignacio López Umaña †	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
	51.1	Appointed	Pedro Maria Rodríguez Andrade †	Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	39.5	Installed	José María González Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, Durango, México
	61.1	Installed	Auguste Grumel †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
12 Apr		Born	Edmund Ilcewicz †	Grodno	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
14 Apr		Born	Charles Joseph Henderson †	Waterford	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
15 Apr		Born	Joseph Neil MacNeil	Sydney, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
	40.9	Appointed	Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	40.9	Appointed	Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	54.4	Appointed	Melchiorre Souen, C.M. †	Prefect of Lihsien, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China
17 Apr		Born	Matthew Shija	Puge	Bishop Emeritus of Kahama, Tanzania
18 Apr	72.3	Died	Denis Kelly †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
19 Apr		Born	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †	Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Lyallpur, Pakistan
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Miguel Nóvoa Fuente †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
		Born	Kenneth Joseph Povish †	Alpena, MI	Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Tomás Juan Carlos Solari †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
21 Apr		Born	Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap.	San Giovanni Bianco	Bishop Emeritus of Barentu, Eritrea
22 Apr		Born	Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. †	Manizales	Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
23 Apr	50.9	Appointed	Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Bishop
	50.9	Appointed	Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
24 Apr	74.6	Died	Giovanni Battista Boracchia †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
	33.0	Ordained Priest	Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
		Born	Charles-Omer Valois	Montréal	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
		Born	Patrick Webster, O.S.B. †	Castries	Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
25 Apr	58.8	Appointed	Auguste-Maurice Clément †	Bishop of Monaco
		Born	Joseph Eric D'Arcy †	Brighton	Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
	44.0	Appointed	Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	44.0	Appointed	Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Megara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Apr	67.9	Appointed	Oreste Giorgi †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
27 Apr	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Maurilio Fossati †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	67.9	Ordained Bishop	Oreste Giorgi †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	67.9	Resigned	Oreste Giorgi †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
29 Apr	47.5	Appointed	Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, USA	Vicar Apostolic
	47.5	Appointed	Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Arabissus	Vicar Apostolic of Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, USA
	36.5	Appointed	Gustavo Matteoni †	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	52.0	Appointed	Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
	52.0	Appointed	Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphrae	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
30 Apr	51.1	Appointed	Alberto Costa †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Lecce, Italy
1 May	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Beckman †	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Edward Wilson Douglas †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Emile-Jean-François Thiénard †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
2 May	45.2	Appointed	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
4 May	67.4	Installed	Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Jazeps Rancans †	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
7 May	50.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Potier, C.M. †	Prefect of Arauca, Colombia
9 May	52.7	Appointed	Paolo Albera †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
10 May		Born	Settimio Todisco	Brindisi	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
11 May	74.4	Died	Célestin-Félix-Joseph Chouvellon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
12 May	49.3	Appointed	John Francis Noll †	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
	66.3	Died	Louis Sebastian Walsh †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
15 May		Born	Filippo Franceschi †	Bagni di Lucca	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Born	Ernesto Gallina †	Frosinone, Italy	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
18 May	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. †	Priest of Order of the Most Holy Trinity	Bishop of Andria, Italy
19 May		Born	Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond	Clamart	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
20 May	39.9	Appointed	Costantine Bohacevskyj †	Vicar Apostolic of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	39.9	Appointed	Costantine Bohacevskyj †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	44.6	Appointed	Basil Takach (Takacs) †	Bishop of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
	44.6	Appointed	Basil Takach (Takacs) †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Bishop of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
21 May		Born	Miguel Angel Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. †	Arazuri, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
	78.4	Died	Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. †	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
		Born	Giulio Salimei †	Roma	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	69.9	Died	Pierre Verdier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
22 May	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Fabien-Zoël Decelles †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	61.2	Appointed	Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	61.2	Appointed	Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. †	Official of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	44.3	Appointed	Joseph Casimir Plagens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	44.3	Appointed	Joseph Casimir Plagens †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
26 May	83.3	Died	Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27 May	35.7	Appointed	Miguel Angel Builes Gómez †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
		Born	James Martin Hayes	Halifax	Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	50.4	Appointed	Pedro Vera y Zuria †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México
28 May		Appointed	Enrico Smeets, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Benkoelen, Indonesia
29 May	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	25.5	Ordained Priest	José de Medeiros Leite †	Priest	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Jun	44.0	Ordained Bishop	John Dignan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
		Born	François Kabangu wa Mutela †	Basankusu	Bishop Emeritus of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †	Rocha	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
2 Jun	75.9	Died	Francesco Ciceri †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
	85.3	Died	Ferdinand von Schlör †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
4 Jun		Born	Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath	Papeete	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
5 Jun		Born	Joseph Jean Marie Rozier †	Murat-le-Quaire	Bishop of Poitiers, France
6 Jun	80.7	Died	Andrea Righetti †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
8 Jun		Born	Vladas Michelevicius	Kaciuniškes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Leo John Steck †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Albert Rudolph Zuroweste †	Priest of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone
10 Jun		Born	Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M.	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ngong, Kenya
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
13 Jun	56.6	Appointed	António Antunes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop
	39.1	Appointed	Michael Gonzi †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
14 Jun	26.6	Ordained Priest	Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iceland {Islanda}
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Martin Michael Johnson †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	70.9	Appointed	Paul Nègre †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Martin Walter Stanton †	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
15 Jun	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Costantine Bohacevskyj †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	53.3	Died	Camillo Francesco Carrara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Killian †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
	52.4	Installed	Luigi Mazzini †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Basil Takach (Takacs) †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Bishop of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
22 Jun	68.6	Died	Pacificio Fiorani †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Piasentini †	Priest of Other	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Imre Szabó †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary
23 Jun	62.3	Died	Brizio Meuleman, S.J. †	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
	48.8	Succeeded	Ferdinand Périer, S.J. †	Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Jun	44.3	Appointed	Oddo Bernacchia †	Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Camille Costes †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop of Angers, France
25 Jun	39.1	Appointed	Richard Oliver Gerow †	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	53.7	Appointed	Francis Clement Kelley †	Bishop of Oklahoma, USA	Bishop of Oklahoma City-Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
26 Jun		Born	Miroslav Stefan Marusyn	Kniazhe	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
		Born	Dermot J. Ryan †	Dublin	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
		Born	Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D. †	Waebalun	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
27 Jun	26.9	Ordained Priest	Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Chowtsun [Zhoucun], China
28 Jun	49.5	Installed	Ruggero Bovelli †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Renato Fontenelle †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt
	81.5	Died	Jean-Joseph Tournier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
29 Jun	49.0	Ordained Bishop	John Barry †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Noël Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Burzio †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	38.9	Ordained Bishop	António Augusto de Castro Meireles †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	28.9	Ordained Priest	John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
30 Jun	49.4	Ordained Bishop	John Francis Noll †	Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

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