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| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr | 85.9 | Died | Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda † | Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military | |
| 48.7 | Appointed | Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda | Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi | ||
| 73.0 | Resigned | John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. | Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 2 Apr | 55.7 | Installed | Midyphil Bermejo Billones | Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines | |
| 47.7 | Appointed | Giacomo Cardinali | Vice Prefect of the Vatican Library | ||
| 66.2 | Appointed | Augustin Simmel Ndiaye | Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal | ||
| 53.6 | Appointed | Ronald Anthony Parco Timoner | Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines | ||
| 3 Apr | 57.5 | Installed | Robert Gerald Casey | Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | |
| 52.0 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Chao Yung-Chi | Titular Bishop of Rusguniae | Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 94.7 | Died | Theodore Edgar McCarrick † | |||
| 59.6 | Ceased | Jaya Rao Polimera | Apostolic Administrator of Visakhapatnam, India | Bishop of Eluru, India | |
| 70.7 | Installed | Udumala Bala Showreddy | Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India | ||
| 4 Apr | 62.2 | Installed | Murray Chatlain | Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |
| 78.1 | Died | Peter Turang † | Archbishop Emeritus of Kupang, Indonesia | ||
| 5 Apr | 63.6 | Ceased | Ignace Bessi Dogbo | Apostolic Administrator of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire | Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire |
| 60.0 | Ceased | Georges Bizimana | Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza, Burundi | Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi | |
| 55.6 | Ordained Bishop | Armand Koné | Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| 60.1 | Installed | Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. | Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil | ||
| 49.8 | Appointed | Ósmar Pedro López Benítez | Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay | ||
| 75.8 | Retired | Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. | Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 68.2 | Ordained Bishop | Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P. | Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi | ||
| 57.8 | Appointed | Arkadiusz Okroj | Bishop of Toruń, Poland | ||
| 67.2 | Appointed | John Francis Sherrington | Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | ||
| 6 Apr | 92.8 | Died | Paschal Topno, S.J. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India | |
| 8 Apr | 63.0 | Appointed | Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi | Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire | |
| 63.0 | Appointed | Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi | Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire | Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire | |
| 57.8 | Appointed | Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | ||
| 56.7 | Appointed | William Shawn McKnight | Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA | ||
| 75.8 | Appointed | Joseph Fred Naumann | Apostolic Administrator of Kansas City in Kansas, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 75.8 | Retired | Joseph Fred Naumann | Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 56.9 | Appointed | Antônio Carlos Paiva | Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
| 75.0 | Retired | Ireneusz Józef Pękalski | Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 50.2 | Appointed | Wilder Alberto Vásquez Saldaña, O.S.A. | Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru | ||
| 9 Apr | 48.6 | Appointed | Evandro Luis Braun | Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil | |
| 57.1 | Appointed | Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil | ||
| 58.0 | Appointed | Patrick S. Eluke | Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt, Nigeria | Auxiliary Bishop | |
| 75.6 | Retired | Camillus Archibong Etokudoh | Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 85.9 | Ceased | Bali Gali | Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah, India | Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India | |
| 61.8 | Appointed | Luis Manuel López Alfaro | Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México | ||
| 64.3 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Prakash Saginala | Bishop of Cuddapah, India | ||
| 10 Apr | 95.6 | Died | René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. † | Bishop Emeritus of Andong, Korea (South) | |
| 67.2 | Appointed | Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve | Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia | ||
| 65.0 | Retired | Santo Marcianò | Archbishop of Italy, Military | Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy | |
| 56.5 | Appointed | Gian Franco Saba | Archbishop of Italy, Military | ||
| 11 Apr | 80.8 | Appointed | Sevastianos Rossolatos | Apostolic Administrator of Syros (e Milos), Greece | Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece |
| 80.8 | Appointed | Sevastianos Rossolatos | Apostolic Administrator of Santorini {Thira}, Greece | Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece | |
| 80.8 | Appointed | Sevastianos Rossolatos | Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece | Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece | |
| 61.6 | Resigned | Petros Stefanou | Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 61.6 | Resigned | Petros Stefanou | Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece | Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece | |
| 61.6 | Resigned | Petros Stefanou | Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece | Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece | |
| 88.0 | Died | Michelangelo Riccardo Maria Tiribilli, O.S.B. † | Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy | ||
| 12 Apr | 72.1 | Appointed | Varghese Chakkalakal | Archbishop of Calicut, India | |
| 55.9 | Appointed | Sonatan Kisku | Auxiliary Bishop of Dumka, India | ||
| 55.9 | Appointed | Sonatan Kisku | Titular Bishop of Zarna | Auxiliary Bishop of Dumka, India | |
| 75.8 | Appointed | Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas | Apostolic Administrator of Simla and Chandigarh, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 75.8 | Retired | Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas | Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 65.8 | Ceased | Bonaventure Nahimana | Apostolic Administrator of Rutana, Burundi | Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi | |
| 64.6 | Ordained Bishop | Léonidas Nitereka | Bishop of Rutana, Burundi | ||
| 67.1 | Ordained Bishop | José Maria Pereira | Titular Bishop of Sigus | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 61.0 | Appointed | Gábor Pintér | Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand | |
| 61.0 | Appointed | Gábor Pintér | Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand | |
| 61.0 | Appointed | Gábor Pintér | Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand | |
| 61.0 | Appointed | Gábor Pintér | Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand | |
| 61.0 | Appointed | Gábor Pintér | Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand | |
| 60.2 | Installed | Susitino Sionepoe, S.M. | Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania) | ||
| 69.8 | Appointed | Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich | Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands | ||
| 53.4 | Appointed | Sahaya Thatheus Thomas | Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India | ||
| 60.7 | Appointed | Brian Ngozi Udaigwe | Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia | ||
| 13 Apr | 61.4 | Died | Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues † | Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 79.4 | Died | Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. † | Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| 14 Apr | 60.2 | Appointed | Glenn Montebon Corsiga | Bishop of Ipil, Philippines | |
| 60.5 | Died | Piotr Wojciech Turzyński † | Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland | ||
| 15 Apr | 53.9 | Appointed | Éric Nicolas Bidot, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Tulle, France | |
| 69.9 | Appointed | Miguel Fritz, O.M.I. | Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay | ||
| 58.7 | Appointed | Joseph Mopepe Ngongo | Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
| 92.2 | Died | Angélico Sândalo Bernardino † | Bishop Emeritus of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil | ||
| 86.3 | Died | Werner Thissen † | Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany | ||
| 17 Apr | 59.0 | Appointed | Marek Ochlak, O.M.I. | Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar | |
| 18 Apr | 95.5 | Died | Patricio Infante Alfonso † | Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile | |
| 20 Apr | 80.0 | Retired | Vincenzo Paglia | President of the Pontifical Academy for Life | President Emeritus |
| 21 Apr | 62.8 | Ceased | Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C. | Dean of the Roman Rota | |
| 88.3 | Died | Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. † | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) | ||
| 60.0 | Ceased | Simona Brambilla, M. C. | Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | ||
| 65.3 | Ceased | Maximino Caballero Ledo | Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy | ||
| 78.7 | Ceased | Michael Felix Czerny, S.J. | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | ||
| 77.6 | Ceased | Kevin Joseph Farrell | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life | ||
| 64.6 | Ceased | Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. | Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | ||
| 62.7 | Ceased | Victor Manuel Fernández | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith | ||
| 73.6 | Ceased | Salvatore Rino Fisichella | Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization | ||
| 69.5 | Ceased | Claudio Gugerotti | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | ||
| 67.3 | Ceased | Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. | Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts | Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops | |
| 75.0 | Ceased | Kurt Koch | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity | ||
| 51.6 | Ceased | George Jacob Koovakad | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue | ||
| 73.1 | Ceased | Dominique François Joseph Mamberti | Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura | ||
| 59.3 | Ceased | José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education | ||
| 70.2 | Ceased | Pietro Parolin | Cardinal, Secretary of State | ||
| 50.1 | Ceased | Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | ||
| 69.6 | Ceased | Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. | Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) | |
| 75.1 | Ceased | Arthur Roche | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | ||
| 68.5 | Ceased | Paolo Ruffini | Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication | ||
| 77.3 | Ceased | Marcello Semeraro | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints | ||
| 67.8 | Ceased | Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle | Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization | ||
| 73.4 | Ceased | Lazzaro You Heung-sik | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy | ||
| 24 Apr | 58.9 | Installed | Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci | Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 25 Apr | 73.1 | Ceased | Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez | Apostolic Administrator of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México | Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México |
| 63.6 | Ordained Bishop | Giancarlo Dellagiovanna | Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana | Apostolic Nuncio | |
| 59.1 | Installed | José Francisco González González | Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México | ||
| 26 Apr | 70.4 | Installed | Camillo Cibotti | Bishop of Trivento, Italy | Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy |
| 90.6 | Died | Michele Di Ruberto † | Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | ||
| 53.9 | Ordained Bishop | Hiansen Vieira Franco | Titular Bishop of Tigava | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 27 Apr | 85.2 | Died | Giuseppe Cavallotto † | Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy | |
| 55.8 | Ordained Bishop | Romanus Elamu Mihali | Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania | ||
| 60.4 | Ordained Bishop | Joselito Ramalho Nogueira | Titular Bishop of Tinum | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 51.3 | Ordained Bishop | Augustine Thang Zawm Hung | Bishop of Mindat, Myanmar | ||
| 28 Apr | 89.7 | Died | Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. † | Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Ireland | |
| 96.5 | Died | Owen John Dolan † | Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||
| 55.2 | Selected | Ignatius Wu Jianlin | Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China | ||
| 91.7 | Died | Stanley Girard Schlarman † | Bishop Emeritus of Dodge City, Kansas, USA | ||
| 29 Apr | 66.8 | Ceased | Christopher James Coyne | Apostolic Administrator of Norwich, Connecticut, USA | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| 66.9 | Ordained Bishop | Richard Francis Reidy | Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA | ||
| 30 Apr | 84.8 | Died | Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar | |
| 78.8 | Died | Zeno Hastenteufel † | Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
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