The Year of Our Lord 1940

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 79.4 Appointed Emidio Trenta † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy Bishop

3 Mar 52.7 Ordained Bishop Gioacchino Di Leo † Titular Bishop of Memphis Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

25.7 Ordained Priest Youhannan Semaan Issayi † Priest of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran

57.3 Ordained Bishop Friedrich Osterrath, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Tingis Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

24.9 Ordained Priest Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia

26.0 Ordained Priest Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy

5 Mar Born Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega Nuevitas Bishop of Ciego de Avila, Cuba

Born Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. Ciudad Delgado Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador

6 Mar Born Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. Pamplona Bishop of Vitoria, Spain

Born Giovanni Giudici Varese Bishop of Pavia, Italy

7 Mar 47.5 Ordained Bishop Louis Delmotte † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

Born Alejandro Goic Karmelic Punta Arenas Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

41.1 Appointed Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

8 Mar 44.1 Succeeded Norman Thomas Gilroy † Archbishop of Sydney, Australia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

90.1 Died Michael Kelly † Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

Born Denis James Madden Carbondale, PA Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

9 Mar 25.2 Ordained Priest Ricardo Blanco Granda † Priest of Madrid, Spain Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

27.2 Ordained Priest Anthony Humilis Yang Kuang C’hi (Guang-qi), O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China

10 Mar 52.3 Ordained Bishop Vincentas Borisevicius † Titular Bishop of Lysias Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

24.6 Ordained Priest Michael Doumith † Priest of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus Bishop of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon

Born Dante Lafranconi Mandello del Lario Bishop of Cremona, Italy

25.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Salamé † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

25.2 Ordained Priest Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia

12 Mar Born Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí Palma de Ebro Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain

26.7 Ordained Priest Louis Hà Kim Danh † Priest Bishop of Phú Cuong, Viêt Nam

13 Mar Born Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. † Cazumbi Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

14 Mar 69.1 Died Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy

18 Mar 75.5 Died Gusztáv Károly Majláth † Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

19 Mar 50.9 Appointed George Joseph Donnelly † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

50.9 Appointed George Joseph Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Coela Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

43.7 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

43.7 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Titular Bishop of Sita Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

55.7 Appointed Vincent James Ryan † Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

20 Mar Born Joseph O. Egerega Eboh Orogun Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria

23 Mar 25.3 Ordained Priest Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Priest Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

22.6 Ordained Priest Colin Aloysius MacPherson † Priest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop

24.3 Ordained Priest Jorge Mayer † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

27.1 Ordained Priest Alejandro Olalia † Priest Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines

24.5 Ordained Priest Manuel Pereira da Costa † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

23.5 Ordained Priest Ioánnis Perrís † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

23.1 Ordained Priest Venedictos Printesis † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Athenai {Athens}, Greece

25.0 Ordained Priest José Rincón Bonilla † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

24.8 Ordained Priest Fernando Romo Gutiérrez † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México

26.9 Ordained Priest Rafael Valladares y Argumedo † Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador Auxiliary Bishop

24 Mar Born François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel Limoges Bishop of Viviers, France

Born Giovanni De Vivo Siena Bishop of Pescia, Italy

25.4 Ordained Priest Mesrob Terzian † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

25 Mar 41.0 Appointed Alberto Carinci † Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy

58.1 Appointed Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

28.2 Ordained Priest Raymond (Nianga-Nzita) Ndudi † Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar Born Czeslaw Stanula, C.SS.R. Szerzyny, Poland Bishop of Itabuna, Baia, Brazil

28 Mar Born Giuseppe Andrich Canale d'Agordo Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

Born José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R. Pamplona Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil

65.0 Appointed Cesare Boccoleri † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

35.3 Appointed Hernán Frías Hurtado † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

31 Mar Born Piergiorgio Debernardi Feletto Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy

38.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Andria, Italy

36.1 Ordained Bishop Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux † Titular Bishop of Barca Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

29.9 Ordained Priest William Gordon Wheeler † Priest of Leeds, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

2 Apr 36.4 Appointed Vincentas Brizgys † Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

36.4 Appointed Vincentas Brizgys † Titular Bishop of Bosana Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

60.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Moran Corrigan † Titular Bishop of Bilta

37.7 Died René de Pontes † Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

48.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin † Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

4 Apr Born Irineu Danelón, S.D.B. Piracicaba Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil

5 Apr 31.2 Appointed Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. † Prefect of Aysén, Chile Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile

Born Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. Muar Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

7 Apr 51.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Beltrami † Titular Archbishop of Damascus Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

44.0 Ordained Bishop Matthew Beovich † Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

Born Felice di Molfetta Terlizzi Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy

41.1 Ordained Bishop Josip Lach † Titular Bishop of Dodona Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

9 Apr 41.2 Appointed Ubagaraswani Bernadotte † Bishop of Coimbatore, India

42.1 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

52.8 Resigned Adalar Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap. † Superior of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China Superior Emeritus

52.7 Appointed Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.7 Appointed Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Assuras Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire

34.4 Ordained Bishop Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes † Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua

50.6 Appointed Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) † Bishop of Guntur, India Archbishop of Bangalore, India

43.6 Installed Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz † Archbishop of La Serena, Chile

76.1 Died Jean Verdier, P.S.S. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

10 Apr 37.7 Ordained Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger † Titular Bishop of Birtha Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA

Born Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C. Tegal Bishop of Manado, Indonesia

11 Apr 51.7 Appointed Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia

Born Thomas Vazhapilly Peringottukara Bishop of Mysore, India

12 Apr 40.7 Appointed Vasile Aftenie † Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

40.7 Appointed Vasile Aftenie † Titular Bishop of Ulpiana Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

Born José Vicente Huertas Vargas Ramiriqui Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia

14 Apr 41.1 Ordained Bishop Dominic Luke Capozi, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

70.5 Died Nicola Cola † Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

65.5 Died Dionýz Njarady † Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

15 Apr Born Décio Pereira † São Paulo Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

16 Apr Born Rayappu Joseph Delft Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka

17 Apr Born Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. Roca Sales Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

48.5 Appointed Ivan Bucko † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

65.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Scilium Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Paolo Urso Acireale Bishop of Ragusa, Italy

Born Agostino Vallini Poli Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

18 Apr 35.0 Appointed Isidor Hermengild Hintringer (da Losenstein), O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Jiamusi [Kiamusze], China Prefect Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Claudio María Volio y Jímenez † Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

19 Apr 88.2 Died Hugh McSherry † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

20 Apr Born Antonio Mattiazzo Rottanova di Cavarzere Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

51.6 Installed Audino Rodríguez y Olmos † Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

21 Apr Born Daniel Eugene Hurley Orroroo Bishop of Darwin, Australia

67.1 Died Giuseppe Marcozzi † Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy

22 Apr Born Damian Kyaruzi Butainamwa Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania

23 Apr Born Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. Millstreet, Ireland Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria

51.0 Ordained Bishop George Joseph Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Coela Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

27.1 Ordained Priest Theodore Foley, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Superior General

24 Apr 60.9 Died Roberto Nogara † Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy

25 Apr 55.1 Ordained Bishop Aimable Chassaigne † Bishop of Tulle, France Bishop Emeritus

Born Charles Henry Dufour Kingston in Jamaica Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

43.5 Ordained Bishop Albert Lewis Fletcher † Titular Bishop of Samos Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Born Anthony Peter Mayalla † Ibindo-Kwimba Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania

42.3 Ordained Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. † Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

41.3 Installed Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

28 Apr 50.7 Ordained Bishop Cristoforo Demonico Carullo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy

Born Massoud Massoud Kafroum Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria

Born Antoine Ntalou Bandounga Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	79.4	Appointed	Emidio Trenta †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Bishop
3 Mar	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Gioacchino Di Leo †	Titular Bishop of Memphis	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
25.7	Ordained Priest	Youhannan Semaan Issayi †	Priest of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich Osterrath, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Tingis	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
24.9	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia
26.0	Ordained Priest	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
5 Mar		Born	Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega	Nuevitas	Bishop of Ciego de Avila, Cuba
	Born	Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.	Ciudad Delgado	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador
6 Mar		Born	Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B.	Pamplona	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
	Born	Giovanni Giudici	Varese	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
7 Mar	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Louis Delmotte †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Alejandro Goic Karmelic	Punta Arenas	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
41.1	Appointed	Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
8 Mar	44.1	Succeeded	Norman Thomas Gilroy †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
90.1	Died	Michael Kelly †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
	Born	Denis James Madden	Carbondale, PA	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
9 Mar	25.2	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Blanco Granda †	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
27.2	Ordained Priest	Anthony Humilis Yang Kuang C’hi (Guang-qi), O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China
10 Mar	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Vincentas Borisevicius †	Titular Bishop of Lysias	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
24.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Doumith †	Priest of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus	Bishop of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon
	Born	Dante Lafranconi	Mandello del Lario	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
25.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Salamé †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
25.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
12 Mar		Born	Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí	Palma de Ebro	Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
26.7	Ordained Priest	Louis Hà Kim Danh †	Priest	Bishop of Phú Cuong, Viêt Nam
13 Mar		Born	Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cazumbi	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
14 Mar	69.1	Died	Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy
18 Mar	75.5	Died	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
19 Mar	50.9	Appointed	George Joseph Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
50.9	Appointed	George Joseph Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
43.7	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
43.7	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
55.7	Appointed	Vincent James Ryan †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
20 Mar		Born	Joseph O. Egerega	Eboh Orogun	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria
23 Mar	25.3	Ordained Priest	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Priest	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
22.6	Ordained Priest	Colin Aloysius MacPherson †	Priest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop
24.3	Ordained Priest	Jorge Mayer †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
27.1	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Olalia †	Priest	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
24.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel Pereira da Costa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
23.5	Ordained Priest	Ioánnis Perrís †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
23.1	Ordained Priest	Venedictos Printesis †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
25.0	Ordained Priest	José Rincón Bonilla †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24.8	Ordained Priest	Fernando Romo Gutiérrez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México
26.9	Ordained Priest	Rafael Valladares y Argumedo †	Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador	Auxiliary Bishop
24 Mar		Born	François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel	Limoges	Bishop of Viviers, France
	Born	Giovanni De Vivo	Siena	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
25.4	Ordained Priest	Mesrob Terzian †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
25 Mar	41.0	Appointed	Alberto Carinci †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
58.1	Appointed	Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
28.2	Ordained Priest	Raymond (Nianga-Nzita) Ndudi †	Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar		Born	Czeslaw Stanula, C.SS.R.	Szerzyny, Poland	Bishop of Itabuna, Baia, Brazil
28 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Andrich	Canale d'Agordo	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
	Born	José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R.	Pamplona	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil
65.0	Appointed	Cesare Boccoleri †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
35.3	Appointed	Hernán Frías Hurtado †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
31 Mar		Born	Piergiorgio Debernardi	Feletto	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
38.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
36.1	Ordained Bishop	Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
29.9	Ordained Priest	William Gordon Wheeler †	Priest of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	36.4	Appointed	Vincentas Brizgys †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
36.4	Appointed	Vincentas Brizgys †	Titular Bishop of Bosana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
60.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Moran Corrigan †	Titular Bishop of Bilta
37.7	Died	René de Pontes †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
4 Apr		Born	Irineu Danelón, S.D.B.	Piracicaba	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Apr	31.2	Appointed	Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †	Prefect of Aysén, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
	Born	Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.	Muar	Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
7 Apr	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Beovich †	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Felice di Molfetta	Terlizzi	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Josip Lach †	Titular Bishop of Dodona	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
9 Apr	41.2	Appointed	Ubagaraswani Bernadotte †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
42.1	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
52.8	Resigned	Adalar Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap. †	Superior of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China	Superior Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire
34.4	Ordained Bishop	Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
50.6	Appointed	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †	Bishop of Guntur, India	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
43.6	Installed	Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz †	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
76.1	Died	Jean Verdier, P.S.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
10 Apr	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Sidney Matthew Metzger †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
	Born	Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C.	Tegal	Bishop of Manado, Indonesia
11 Apr	51.7	Appointed	Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
	Born	Thomas Vazhapilly	Peringottukara	Bishop of Mysore, India
12 Apr	40.7	Appointed	Vasile Aftenie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
40.7	Appointed	Vasile Aftenie †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	Born	José Vicente Huertas Vargas	Ramiriqui	Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
14 Apr	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Luke Capozi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
70.5	Died	Nicola Cola †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
65.5	Died	Dionýz Njarady †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
15 Apr		Born	Décio Pereira †	São Paulo	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Apr		Born	Rayappu Joseph	Delft	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
17 Apr		Born	Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.	Roca Sales	Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48.5	Appointed	Ivan Bucko †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
65.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Paolo Urso	Acireale	Bishop of Ragusa, Italy
	Born	Agostino Vallini	Poli	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
18 Apr	35.0	Appointed	Isidor Hermengild Hintringer (da Losenstein), O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Jiamusi [Kiamusze], China	Prefect Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Claudio María Volio y Jímenez †	Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
19 Apr	88.2	Died	Hugh McSherry †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
20 Apr		Born	Antonio Mattiazzo	Rottanova di Cavarzere	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
51.6	Installed	Audino Rodríguez y Olmos †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
21 Apr		Born	Daniel Eugene Hurley	Orroroo	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
67.1	Died	Giuseppe Marcozzi †	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
22 Apr		Born	Damian Kyaruzi	Butainamwa	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
23 Apr		Born	Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A.	Millstreet, Ireland	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria
51.0	Ordained Bishop	George Joseph Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
27.1	Ordained Priest	Theodore Foley, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Superior General
24 Apr	60.9	Died	Roberto Nogara †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
25 Apr	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Aimable Chassaigne †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Charles Henry Dufour	Kingston in Jamaica	Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
	Born	Anthony Peter Mayalla †	Ibindo-Kwimba	Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
41.3	Installed	Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
28 Apr	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Demonico Carullo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
	Born	Massoud Massoud	Kafroum	Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
	Born	Antoine Ntalou	Bandounga	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon