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| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr | 41.4 | Ordained Bishop | Anthyme Bayala † | Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | |
| 80.5 | Died | Emile-Arsène Blanchet † | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Dié, France | ||
| 78.3 | Appointed | Aurelio del Pino Gómez † | Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus | Bishop Emeritus of Lérida, Spain | |
| 78.3 | Retired | Aurelio del Pino Gómez † | Bishop of Lérida, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 24.9 | Ordained Priest | Giuseppe Lazzarotto | Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy | Apostolic Nuncio to Australia | |
| 27.1 | Ordained Priest | Denis James Madden | Priest of Order of Saint Benedict | Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | |
| 40.8 | Appointed | Francis John Spence | Auxiliary Bishop of Canada, Military | Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada | |
| 40.8 | Appointed | Francis John Spence | Titular Bishop of Nova | Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada | |
| 2 Apr | 44.6 | Ordained Bishop | Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. † | Titular Bishop of Africa | Bishop Emeritus of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil |
| 49.3 | Appointed | Roberto Carniello † | Auxiliary Bishop of Concordia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy | |
| 49.3 | Appointed | Roberto Carniello † | Titular Bishop of Martanae Tudertinorum | Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy | |
| 24.2 | Ordained Priest | Pál Reizer † | Priest of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania | Bishop | |
| 3 Apr | 47.6 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Vincent Sullivan † | Titular Bishop of Thagamuta | Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
| 4 Apr | 36.3 | Appointed | Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos | Bishop of Butuan, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines |
| 6 Apr | 83.7 | Retired | Fernando Cento † | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus |
| 7 Apr | 53.0 | Appointed | Emilio Benavent Escuín † | Bishop of Málaga, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military |
| 61.9 | Appointed | Francesco Carpino † | Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy | |
| 80.8 | Died | André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. † | Bishop of Ningpo [Ningbo], China | ||
| 68.1 | Appointed | Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto † | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus | |
| 60.6 | Appointed | Dino Staffa † | Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal, Prefect | |
| 61.5 | Appointed | Jean-Marie Villot † | Prefect of the Congregation of the Council | Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State | |
| 8 Apr | 66.5 | Appointed | Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. † | Titular Bishop of Macomades | Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru |
| 40.4 | Appointed | James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga | Prelate Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru | |
| 51.8 | Appointed | Giuseppe Carata † | Titular Bishop of Cannae | Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy | |
| 62.5 | Appointed | Mario De Santis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy | ||
| 62.5 | Appointed | Mario De Santis † | Titular Bishop of Heraclea | Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy | |
| 62.5 | Appointed | Mario De Santis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Bovino, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop of Troia, Italy | |
| 46.3 | Appointed | Redento Maria Gauci, O.C. † | Titular Bishop of Ida in Mauretania | Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru | |
| 54.4 | Appointed | Jean Hengen † | Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg | Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg | |
| 54.4 | Appointed | Jean Hengen † | Titular Bishop of Calama | Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg | |
| 41.3 | Appointed | Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. | Titular Bishop of Saia Maior | Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru | |
| 59.4 | Appointed | Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. † | Titular Bishop of Bararus | Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru | |
| 79.2 | Died | Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas † | Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | ||
| 54.2 | Appointed | Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † | Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy | |
| 9 Apr | 38.1 | Ordained Bishop | Nikol Joseph Cauchi | Titular Bishop of Vicus Augusti | Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta |
| 50.1 | Ordained Bishop | Ioseph (Songolo) Mulolwa † | Bishop of Baudouinville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
| 58.3 | Installed | José del Carmen Valle Gallardo † | Bishop of Iquique, Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 10 Apr | 42.4 | Appointed | Severin Pernek † | Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 11 Apr | 53.6 | Appointed | Francesco Amadio † | Auxiliary Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy |
| 53.6 | Appointed | Francesco Amadio † | Titular Bishop of Forconium | Bishop Emeritus of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy | |
| 13 Apr | 54.1 | Appointed | Thomas Vincent Cahill † | Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia | |
| 46.3 | Appointed | Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. | Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco | Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France | |
| 46.3 | Appointed | Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. | Titular Archbishop of Quaestoriana | Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France | |
| 56.5 | Appointed | José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. † | Titular Archbishop of Capra | Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Baia, Brazil | |
| 56.5 | Resigned | José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Baia, Brazil | |
| 60.0 | Appointed | Justin Diraviam † | Archbishop of Madurai, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 53.6 | Appointed | Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. † | Bishop of De Aar, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 46.9 | Appointed | Luigi Dusio, C.M. † | Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar | ||
| 51.6 | Appointed | Alfred Fernández † | Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India | Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India | |
| 34.7 | Appointed | Eugène Kabanga Songasonga † | Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 53.1 | Appointed | James Robert Knox † | Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family | |
| 46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Nakhorn-Sawan, Thailand | Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand | |
| 77.3 | Appointed | John Peter Leonard, S.J. † | Titular Archbishop of Izirzada | Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India | |
| 77.3 | Retired | John Peter Leonard, S.J. † | Archbishop of Madurai, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 43.1 | Appointed | Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. † | Bishop of Kupang, Indonesia | Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia | |
| 54.4 | Appointed | Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Manado, Indonesia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 54.4 | Appointed | Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. † | Titular Bishop of Choba | Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia | |
| 37.9 | Appointed | Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I. † | Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho | ||
| 39.0 | Appointed | François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán † | Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | |
| 38.0 | Appointed | Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. † | Apostolic Administrator of Hyderabad in Pakistan | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 62.6 | Appointed | Bernhard Stein † | Bishop of Trier, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 39.7 | Appointed | Albert Joseph Tsiahoana | Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar | |
| 62.0 | Appointed | Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † | Titular Archbishop of Gummi in Byzacena | Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | |
| 62.0 | Resigned | Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † | Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 14 Apr | 46.5 | Ordained Bishop | James Aloysius Hickey † | Titular Bishop of Taraqua | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| 15 Apr | 83.9 | Retired | Maurice Feltin † | Bishop of France, Military | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France |
| 43.5 | Appointed | Américo Henriques † | Coadjutor Bishop of Lamego, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus of Nova Lisboa, Angola | |
| 16 Apr | 67.9 | Died | René Graffin, C.S.Sp. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon | |
| 17 Apr | 27.2 | Ordained Priest | Philip Boyce, O.C.D. | Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites | Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland |
| 18 Apr | 47.2 | Installed | Pedro Bantigue y Natividad | Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
| 19 Apr | Born | Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez | Nangali | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trujillo, Peru | |
| 20 Apr | 51.1 | Appointed | Rubén Isaza Restrepo † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 21 Apr | 50.3 | Ordained Bishop | Edwin Bernard Broderick † | Titular Bishop of Thizica | Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA |
| 43.4 | Appointed | Manuel Vieira Pinto | Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique | Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique | |
| 22 Apr | 29.0 | Ordained Priest | Osvino José Both | Priest of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop of Brazil, Military |
| 48.5 | Appointed | Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli | Auxiliary Bishop of Verona, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy | |
| 48.5 | Appointed | Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli | Titular Bishop of Fidenae | Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy | |
| 52.1 | Appointed | Aldo Gobbi † | Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy | ||
| 52.1 | Appointed | Aldo Gobbi † | Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum | Auxiliary Bishop of Imola, Italy | |
| 23 Apr | 46.5 | Ordained Bishop | Robert-Joseph Coffy † | Bishop of Gap, France | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France |
| 54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. † | Titular Bishop of Mibiarca | Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras | |
| 24 Apr | 82.8 | Died | Enrico Dante † | Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Rites | |
| 41.5 | Appointed | José Freire Falcão | Coadjutor Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | |
| 41.5 | Appointed | José Freire Falcão | Titular Bishop of Vardimissa | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | |
| 69.5 | Died | Thaddée Le Huu Tu, O. Cist. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam | ||
| 25 Apr | 46.7 | Appointed | Pedro Boxler † | Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
| 62.6 | Confirmed | Bernhard Stein † | Bishop of Trier, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 27 Apr | 56.9 | Appointed | José de Jesús Garcia Ayala | Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México | Bishop Emeritus |
| 25.7 | Ordained Priest | Gerald Frederick Kicanas | Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA | |
| 28 Apr | 82.8 | Died | Edoardo Bresson, S. M. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania) | |
| 39.4 | Appointed | Adolphe E. Proulx † | Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada | Bishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada | |
| 29 Apr | 25.4 | Ordained Priest | Stephen Edward Blaire | Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA | Bishop of Stockton, California, USA |
| 25.6 | Ordained Priest | George Patrick Ziemann | Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa in California, USA | |
| 30 Apr | 46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Redento Maria Gauci, O.C. † | Titular Bishop of Ida in Mauretania | Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru |
| 38.5 | Ordained Bishop | José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Carmona e São Salvador, Angola | Bishop Emeritus of Uije, Angola | |
| 48.3 | Ordained Bishop | Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez † | Titular Bishop of Rusticiana | Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela | |
| 61.1 | Appointed | Orazio Semeraro † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy | Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 61.1 | Appointed | Orazio Semeraro † | Titular Archbishop of Falerii | Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy | |
| 39.4 | Ordained Bishop | Jesus Y. Varela | Titular Bishop of Tatilti | Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines | |
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