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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R.		Archbishop Emeritus of Trnava, Slovakia
	48.1	Appointed	Joseph Mikararanga Busimba †	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	42.2	Appointed	Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands
	42.2	Appointed	Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Caffa	Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands
	78.6	Appointed	Edmond John Fitzmaurice †	Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia	Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
	78.6	Retired	Edmond John Fitzmaurice †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	42.4	Appointed	Thomas William Muldoon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	42.4	Appointed	Thomas William Muldoon †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
2 Mar	58.3	Succeeded	Michael William Hyle †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
		Born	Inácio Saúre, I.M.C.		Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique
3 Mar		Born	Luigi Bianco		Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda
5 Mar	50.3	Appointed	Dominique-Marie Ðình Ðức Trụ †	Vicar Apostolic of Thái Binh, Viet Nam	Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
	50.3	Appointed	Dominique-Marie Ðình Ðức Trụ †	Titular Bishop of Cataquas	Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
	62.4	Resigned	Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
	49.9	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
	50.8	Resigned	Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi †	Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam
	42.5	Appointed	Joseph Maria Phạm Năng Tĩnh †	Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
	42.5	Appointed	Joseph Maria Phạm Năng Tĩnh †	Titular Bishop of Berenice	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
	37.3	Appointed	Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn Dụ †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam	Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam
	37.3	Appointed	Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn Dụ †	Titular Bishop of Boseta	Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam
	54.4	Succeeded	Franjo Šeper †	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
6 Mar		Born	Edgar Peña Parra		Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Marin Srakić	Priest of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
7 Mar		Born	Fernando Valera Sánchez		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
8 Mar	55.9	Appointed	James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Oturkpo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria
	54.8	Appointed	Ilario Roatta †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar		Born	Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.		Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
	78.6	Died	Severin Jacob Gertken, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
11 Mar	72.0	Appointed	Pietro Sfair †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Maroniti
12 Mar	55.4	Appointed	José Newton de Almeida Baptista †	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	23.2	First Vows	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	42.4	Appointed	José d’Angelo Neto †	Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Mani	Priest of Fiesole, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	54.2	Died	William Charles Quinn, C.M. †	Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China
13 Mar	46.2	Died	Francisco Miranda Vicente †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin †	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
14 Mar		Born	Hugo Ricardo Araya		Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina
		Born	Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I.		Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
15 Mar	51.0	Appointed	Gerhard J. Legeland, C.SS.R. †	Prefect of Weetebula, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
16 Mar	41.8	Appointed	Peter Poreku Dery †	Bishop of Wa, Ghana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
17 Mar	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Joseph Hines †	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	43.7	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Nobuo Soma †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
19 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Santos Abril y Castelló	Priest of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Corrado Bafile †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Gilbert Espinosa Chávez †	Priest of San Diego, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Paolo De Nicolò	Priest of Rimini, Italy	Official Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
	52.6	Installed	Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin †	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Schilling, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Carles Soler Perdigó	Priest of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
20 Mar	22.1	Professed	Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bita	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Peter Toshio Jinushi †	Priest of Sapporo, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F.		Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Born	John Philip Saklil †		Bishop of Timika, Indonesia
21 Mar	57.6	Died	Howard Joseph Carroll †	Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
	88.8	Died	Josef Klemann, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
22 Mar		Born	Timothy Christian Senior		Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Mar		Born	Giorgio Lingua		Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
		Born	Paul Toshihiro Sakai		Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan
24 Mar	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Marion Francis Forst †	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	James William Malone †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
25 Mar	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Dominique-Marie Ðình Ðức Trụ †	Titular Bishop of Cataquas	Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam
		Born	Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Ahiara, Nigeria
26 Mar	39.9	Appointed	José de Aquino Pereira †	Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	Roger Victor Rakotondrajao †		Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar
	85.1	Died	Sylvain van Hee, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic
27 Mar	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Vito Nicola Cavanna †	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Bishop of Asti, Italy
	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Epaminondas José de Araújo †	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	59.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Bernardus Johannes Alfrink †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
	74.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Bacci †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eugenio
	77.1	Appointed	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro	Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
	77.1	Retired	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Confirmed	Walter (Arthur) Coggin, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Abbot Emeritus
	67.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Peter Tatsuo Doi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	48.5	Appointed	George Albert Hammes †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Brendan Leahy		Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
	67.9	Appointed	Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
	67.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
	44.2	Appointed	Albino Mensa †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
	55.7	Appointed	Francisco Planas Muntaner †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Appointed	Maurice-Jean-Fernand-Alexis Pourchet †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France	Bishop Emeritus
	47.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Laurean Rugambwa †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	51.5	Appointed	Rufino Jiao Santos †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	51.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Rufino Jiao Santos †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	59.6	Appointed	Alberto Scola †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	64.9	Appointed	Luigi Traglia †	Pro-Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	64.9	Appointed	Luigi Traglia †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	64.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Luigi Traglia †	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
29 Mar	46.2	Appointed	Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph-Marie-Henri Hanrion, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Dapango, Togo	Bishop Emeritus of Dapango, Togo
	82.1	Died	François-Marie Picaud †	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
30 Mar		Born	Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos		Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
31 Mar	59.7	Appointed	Bernardus Johannes Alfrink †	Cardinal-Priest of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
	45.3	Appointed	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
	45.3	Appointed	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
	74.5	Appointed	Antonio Bacci †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eugenio
	44.5	Appointed	Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal †	Titular Bishop of Vinda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	67.2	Appointed	Peter Tatsuo Doi †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
	44.8	Appointed	José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
	44.8	Appointed	José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez †	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
	50.2	Succeeded	Joseph Lennox Federal †	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.5	Died	Duane Garrison Hunt †	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
	73.4	Appointed	Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón †	Titular Archbishop of Cotrada	Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia
	73.4	Retired	Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón †	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	65.1	Appointed	Paolo Marella †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
	54.8	Appointed	Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	47.7	Appointed	Laurean Rugambwa †	Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
		Born	José Roberto Silva Carvalho		Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil
	37.6	Appointed	Augusto Trujillo Arango †	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
Apr	52.3	Appointed	John Lancelot Swain, S.J. †	Vicar General of Society of Jesus	Vicar General Emeritus
1 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Henri Marie Charles Gufflet †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
2 Apr	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ennio Antonelli	Priest of Todi, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Salvador Martínez Pérez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Angelo Mottola †	Priest of Aversa, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Montenegro
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao	Priest of Legazpi, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	48.8	Installed	Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Dominikus Saku		Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia
4 Apr	56.5	Appointed	Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	48.2	Appointed	Stephen McGill, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
5 Apr	49.5	Installed	Marion Francis Forst †	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
	41.1	Appointed	Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Miri, Malaysia	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
	41.1	Appointed	Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
	44.9	Appointed	François Xavier Rajaonarivo †	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
	46.7	Appointed	Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar
	43.7	Appointed	Bernard Yago †	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Wojciech Załuski		Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia
	42.5	Appointed	Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
6 Apr		Born	Louis Nguyên Anh Tuan		Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam
	44.5	Selected	Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada	Abbot Emeritus
7 Apr		Born	Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao		Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines
	47.3	Appointed	André Louis Marie Pailler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	André Louis Marie Pailler †	Titular Bishop of Adada	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
9 Apr	42.8	Appointed	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	42.8	Appointed	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph D’Silva †	Priest	Bishop of Bellary, India
10 Apr		Born	Joseph Arumachadath, M.C.B.S.		Bishop of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar), India
		Born	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.		Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
		Born	Santo Marcianò		Archbishop of Italy, Military
11 Apr	27.5	Ordained Priest	René Joseph Rakotondrabé †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
13 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. †	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan
16 Apr	52.2	Appointed	Paolo Bertoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Toubia †	Priest	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
17 Apr	17.5	Professed	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Benito Gennaro Franceschetti †	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
		Born	Jörg Michael Peters		Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Antônio Celso Queiroz †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Apr	25.9	Ordained Priest	Marcel Paul Herriot †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
19 Apr	56.8	Appointed	Bruno M. Pelaia †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop
	56.8	Appointed	Bruno M. Pelaia †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
		Born	José Antônio Peruzzo		Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
		Born	Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap.		Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
20 Apr		Born	Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.		Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	45.7	Appointed	Ignacy Ludwik Jeż †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
	45.7	Appointed	Ignacy Ludwik Jeż †	Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima	Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
	38.2	Appointed	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
	38.2	Appointed	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Titular Bishop of Cerasus	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
21 Apr	48.1	Ordained Bishop	George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Belabitene	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
	74.7	Died	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
22 Apr		Born	Marco Tin Win		Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
23 Apr	55.8	Appointed	Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	39.4	Appointed	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	52.3	Appointed	Carlos Gouvêa Coelho †	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	42.7	Appointed	Clemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	George Mamalassery	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tura, India
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
24 Apr	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Titular Bishop of Belali	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cremna	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
25 Apr	84.1	Died	Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	48.2	Succeeded	Oscar de Oliveira †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Scola †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr		Ordained Bishop	[ Fang Zhigang] †	Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China	Bishop Emeritus
		Ordained Bishop	[ Shu Qi-shui (Chou Ki wei)] †	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
	68.3	Ordained Bishop	[Matthias Wu Guo-huan] †	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China	Bishop Emeritus
	69.3	Ordained Bishop	[Louis Zhang Jia-shu (Chang Kia Shu)], S.J. †	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
27 Apr	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Bennefa	Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
		Born	Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E.		Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa
	82.4	Died	Antonio Giordani †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
	48.3	Installed	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
		Born	Sithembele Anton Sipuka		Bishop of Umtata, South Africa
28 Apr	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	25.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Lajolo	Priest of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
30 Apr		Born	Thomas Anthony Daly		Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
	55.8	Appointed	James Peter Davis †	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	50.6	Appointed	Anastasio Granados García †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	50.6	Appointed	Anastasio Granados García †	Titular Bishop of Cidramus	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	53.6	Died	Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae †	Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)
	49.7	Appointed	José Vicente Távora †	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
	48.4	Installed	Adolfo Servando Tortolo †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
		Ordained Bishop	[ Zhang Ri-jin] †	Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China

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