The Year of Our Lord 1924

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 48.7 Appointed John Barry † Bishop of Goulburn, Australia

2 Mar 53.0 Ordained Bishop David Keane † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

4 Mar Born Luigi Amaducci † San Pancrazio di Russi Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

6 Mar 42.1 Installed Luigi Fogar † Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy Bishop Emeritus

7 Mar 51.4 Appointed Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

9 Mar 39.4 Ordained Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. † Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

10 Mar Born Rafael Bellido Caro † Arcos de la Frontera Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

41.5 Appointed José Tupinambá da Frota † Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

Born Victorino Cristobal Ligot † Laoag Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

72.9 Died Giulio Vaccaro † Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

11 Mar 80.8 Died Nicola Averardi † Titular Archbishop of Tarsus

Born Jozef Tomko Udavské, Slovakia Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

12 Mar 61.9 Ordained Bishop William Francis Brown † Titular Bishop of Pella Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

Born Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. † Larantuka Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia

82.6 Died Federico Polloni † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

32.9 Appointed James Edward Walsh, M.M. † Prefect of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China

13 Mar 54.1 Died François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana

14 Mar 52.1 Died Rocco Caliandro † Bishop of Termoli, Italy

Born Georges Haddad † Beit Chabad Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

15 Mar 23.4 Ordained Priest Leo Binz † Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

23.5 Ordained Priest Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. † Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. † Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul Prelate Emeritus of Guamá, Para, Brazil

Born John Gavin Nolan † Mechanicville, NY Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

23.5 Ordained Priest Edmund Nowicki † Priest Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland

23.8 Ordained Priest Martin John O’Connor † Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications

22.9 Ordained Priest Pietro Romualdo M. Zilianti, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

16 Mar Born Urbano José Allgayer Santa Clara Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

27.1 Ordained Priest Johannes Albert von Rudloff † Priest of Osnabrück, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

18 Mar Born Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. Zavala Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique

19 Mar 36.6 Ordained Bishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes † Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

66.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Birtha Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize

20 Mar 49.9 Ordained Bishop Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin † Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

49.6 Installed Thomas O’Donnell † Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Born Alois Wagner † Leopoldschlag Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

21 Mar 50.5 Appointed Odoric Simon Cheng Hede (Tcheng), O.F.M. † Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China

22 Mar Born Bienvenido M. Lopez † Bustos Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

24 Mar 61.1 Appointed Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. † Bishop of Lodi, Italy

49.2 Appointed Ruggero Bovelli † Bishop of Faenza, Italy Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy

53.8 Appointed Fabien-Zoël Decelles † Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

43.8 Appointed John Dignan † Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

61.7 Appointed Luigi Ferretti † Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

47.8 Appointed Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C. † Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

39.5 Appointed José María González y Valencia † Archbishop of Durango, México

56.3 Appointed Patrick Joseph Hayes † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

56.3 Elevated to Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

46.6 Appointed Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

52.6 Appointed John Bernard MacGinley † Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

51.7 Appointed George William Mundelein † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

51.7 Elevated to Cardinal George William Mundelein † Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

49.4 Appointed Francesco Sidoli † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

50.9 Appointed Emile-Jean-François Thiénard † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria

25 Mar 49.9 Ordained Bishop Aluigi Cossio † Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy

50.4 Ordained Bishop Etienne-Joseph Hurault † Bishop of Viviers, France Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

50.1 Ordained Bishop Gastone Antonio Rasneur † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

40.4 Ordained Bishop Alphonse John Smith † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

27 Mar 61.1 Ordained Bishop Auguste Grumel † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

45.8 Appointed João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) † Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

37.8 Appointed José Maria Parreira Lara † Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

76.2 Appointed Giovanni Vescia † Titular Bishop of Ierichus Bishop Emeritus of Policastro, Italy

76.2 Resigned Giovanni Vescia † Bishop of Policastro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

28 Mar 82.2 Died St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

30 Mar 45.8 Ordained Bishop Vlaho Barbić † Titular Bishop of Sura Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

Born Gheorghe Guţiu † Viadei Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania

48.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Jan † Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

31 Mar Born Peter Takaaki Hirayama Seoul Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan

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 Litoměřice, 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

32.3 Ordained Priest Jean Phan Ðình Phùng † Priest Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam

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

60.1 Appointed Joseph Freri † Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia

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 Josef Kupka † Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic Bishop

61.9 Appointed Josef 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 María Rodríguez Andrade † Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

11 Apr 39.5 Installed José María González y Valencia † Archbishop of Durango, México

61.1 Installed Auguste Grumel † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

45.2 Appointed Egisto Domenico Melchiori † Bishop of Nola, Italy Bishop of Tortona, Italy

88.0 Appointed Agnello Renzullo † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy

88.0 Resigned Agnello Renzullo † Bishop of Nola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

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

54.4 Appointed Melchior Sun Dezhen (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 24.0 Ordained Priest Julià Adrover i Llaneras, C.R. † Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular Superior General

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 (Ethiopian), 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, O.Ss.G.C. † Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), 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

46.5 Appointed Gustavo Matteoni † Bishop of Sovana e 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

41.0 Appointed Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Germaniciana Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

30 Apr 51.1 Appointed Alberto Costa † Bishop of Venosa, Italy Bishop of Lecce, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	48.7	Appointed	John Barry †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
2 Mar	53.0	Ordained Bishop	David Keane †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
4 Mar		Born	Luigi Amaducci †	San Pancrazio di Russi	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
6 Mar	42.1	Installed	Luigi Fogar †	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Koper), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	51.4	Appointed	Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
9 Mar	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar		Born	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Arcos de la Frontera	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
41.5	Appointed	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
	Born	Victorino Cristobal Ligot †	Laoag	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
72.9	Died	Giulio Vaccaro †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
11 Mar	80.8	Died	Nicola Averardi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
	Born	Jozef Tomko	Udavské, Slovakia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
12 Mar	61.9	Ordained Bishop	William Francis Brown †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	Born	Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †	Larantuka	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
82.6	Died	Federico Polloni †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
32.9	Appointed	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Prefect of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China
13 Mar	54.1	Died	François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
14 Mar	52.1	Died	Rocco Caliandro †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	Born	Georges Haddad †	Beit Chabad	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
15 Mar	23.4	Ordained Priest	Leo Binz †	Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
23.5	Ordained Priest	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Prelate Emeritus of Guamá, Para, Brazil
	Born	John Gavin Nolan †	Mechanicville, NY	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
23.5	Ordained Priest	Edmund Nowicki †	Priest	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
23.8	Ordained Priest	Martin John O’Connor †	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications
22.9	Ordained Priest	Pietro Romualdo M. Zilianti, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
16 Mar		Born	Urbano José Allgayer	Santa Clara	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27.1	Ordained Priest	Johannes Albert von Rudloff †	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
18 Mar		Born	Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M.	Zavala	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
19 Mar	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
66.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Aloysius Murphy, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
20 Mar	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
49.6	Installed	Thomas O’Donnell †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	Born	Alois Wagner †	Leopoldschlag	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
21 Mar	50.5	Appointed	Odoric Simon Cheng Hede (Tcheng), O.F.M. †	Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China
22 Mar		Born	Bienvenido M. Lopez †	Bustos	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
24 Mar	61.1	Appointed	Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
49.2	Appointed	Ruggero Bovelli †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Fabien-Zoël Decelles †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
43.8	Appointed	John Dignan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
61.7	Appointed	Luigi Ferretti †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
47.8	Appointed	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C. †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
39.5	Appointed	José María González y Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, México
56.3	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
56.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
46.6	Appointed	Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
52.6	Appointed	John Bernard MacGinley †	Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
51.7	Appointed	George William Mundelein †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
51.7	Elevated to Cardinal	George William Mundelein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
49.4	Appointed	Francesco Sidoli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
50.9	Appointed	Emile-Jean-François Thiénard †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
25 Mar	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Aluigi Cossio †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Gastone Antonio Rasneur †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
40.4	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse John Smith †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
27 Mar	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Auguste Grumel †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
45.8	Appointed	João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
37.8	Appointed	José Maria Parreira Lara †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
76.2	Appointed	Giovanni Vescia †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Bishop Emeritus of Policastro, Italy
76.2	Resigned	Giovanni Vescia †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	82.2	Died	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
30 Mar	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Vlaho Barbić †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	Born	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Viadei	Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Jan †	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
31 Mar		Born	Peter Takaaki Hirayama	Seoul	Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan
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 Litoměřice, 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
32.3	Ordained Priest	Jean Phan Ðình Phùng †	Priest	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
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
60.1	Appointed	Joseph Freri †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
	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	Josef Kupka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic	Bishop
61.9	Appointed	Josef 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 María Rodríguez Andrade †	Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	39.5	Installed	José María González y Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, México
61.1	Installed	Auguste Grumel †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
45.2	Appointed	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
88.0	Appointed	Agnello Renzullo †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
88.0	Resigned	Agnello Renzullo †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
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
54.4	Appointed	Melchior Sun Dezhen (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	24.0	Ordained Priest	Julià Adrover i Llaneras, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Superior General
	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 (Ethiopian), 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, O.Ss.G.C. †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), 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
46.5	Appointed	Gustavo Matteoni †	Bishop of Sovana e 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
41.0	Appointed	Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
30 Apr	51.1	Appointed	Alberto Costa †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Lecce, Italy