The Year of Our Lord 1921

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 48.4 Resigned Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † Apostolic Delegate to Japan Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

62.0 Resigned Ildephonse (Carolus Martinus) Lanslots, O.S.B. † Prefect of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South Africa Prefect Emeritus

1 Mar Born Terence James Cooke † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

55.5 Resigned Kaspar Klein † Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt, Germany Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

Born Spiridon Mattar † Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil

5 Mar Born Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran

6 Mar 89.5 Died Domenico Marinangeli † Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

50.8 Ordained Bishop Louis Van Hoeck, S.J. † Bishop of Patna, India Bishop of Ranchi, India

7 Mar 56.1 Elevated to Cardinal Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó † Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

66.8 Appointed Vicente Casanova y Marzol † Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain

63.3 Appointed Florencio Cerviño y González † Bishop of Orense, Spain

55.5 Elevated to Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty † Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

55.1 Appointed José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña † Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

50.1 Appointed Ludwig Maria Hugo † Coadjutor Bishop of Mainz, Germany Bishop

50.1 Appointed Ludwig Maria Hugo † Titular Bishop of Bubastis Bishop of Mainz, Germany

60.2 Appointed Pietro La Fontaine † Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

69.4 Appointed Francesco Moretti † Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy

69.4 Resigned Francesco Moretti † Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

59.3 Appointed Bernardo Pizzorno † Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy

70.2 Elevated to Cardinal Francesco Ragonesi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

70.2 Resigned Francesco Ragonesi † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

58.0 Appointed Johannes Scheifes † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

58.0 Appointed Johannes Scheifes † Titular Bishop of Cestrus Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

49.4 Elevated to Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte † Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

52.0 Elevated to Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber † Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

52.4 Appointed Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

52.4 Elevated to Cardinal Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

8 Mar Born Luigi Sposito † Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

10 Mar 53.8 Appointed Pietro Benedetti, M.S.C. † Titular Archbishop of Tyrus Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba

53.8 Appointed Pietro Benedetti, M.S.C. † Apostolic Delegate to México Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba

45.3 Appointed Gilles de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Azotus Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.1 Appointed Rafael Otón Castro y Jiménez † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

43.4 Appointed Martino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Calama Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China

Born Bernard Patrick Devlin † Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar

55.5 Appointed Dennis Joseph Dougherty † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

54.3 Appointed Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Appointed Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † Bishop of Amiens, France

52.6 Appointed Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora † Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica

50.2 Appointed Augustus John Schwertner † Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA

49.4 Appointed Karl Joseph Schulte † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

69.8 Appointed Antonín Cyril Stojan † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

52.0 Appointed Michael von Faulhaber † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

12 Mar Born Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. † Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

13 Mar 38.5 Ordained Bishop Basilio Cattan, B.C. † Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

Born Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. † Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam

14 Mar Born Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India

15 Mar Born Dominic Ðinh Huy Quang † Auxiliary Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam

47.5 Appointed Joaquim Ferreira de Melo † Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Born Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. † Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua

39.1 Appointed Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra † Coadjutor Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop

39.1 Appointed Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra † Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

18 Mar 48.0 Appointed Giovanni Iacono † Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.2 Ordained Priest Domenico Valerii † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy

19 Mar 83.1 Died Pierre-Marie Belmont † Bishop of Clermont, France

59.8 Installed Silviano Carrillo y Cárdenas † Bishop of Sinaloa, México

40.1 Resigned Achille Grimaldi † Bishop-Elect of Tricarico, Italy Priest

64.5 Died Timoteo Hernández y Mulas † Bishop of Guadix, Spain

62.0 Succeeded Francisque- Jean-Etienne Marnas † Bishop of Clermont, France

22.5 Ordained Priest Silvino Martínez † Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

48.2 Installed Ersilio Menzani † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy

Born Joseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu † Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam

Born Giovanni Pisanu † Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy

25.2 Ordained Priest Alfonso Ródenas García † Priest Bishop of Almería, Spain

Born Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn † Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

20 Mar 23.1 Ordained Priest João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral † Priest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil

39.6 Appointed Johannes Michiel Buckx, S.C.I. † Apostolic Administrator of Finland {Finlandia} Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Feliciano González Ascanio † Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela

21 Mar 60.2 Elected Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères

50.5 Died Constant-Philomène Jeanningros, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic

Born José Méndez Asensio † Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

75.4 Died Joseph Müller † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

22 Mar Born Gabriel Bullet † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

24 Mar Born Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

86.6 Died James Gibbons † Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Born Vittorio Piola † Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

25 Mar Born Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

Born José Gomes † Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Born John McCormack † Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland

26 Mar 23.3 Ordained Priest Pedro Celestí (Jaume) Gusi i Rossell, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Superior General Emeritus

23.0 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China

25.7 Ordained Priest Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

25.8 Ordained Priest Luigi Santa, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop of Rimini, Italy

29 Mar Born Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. † Prefect Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

30 Mar Born Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Born José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco † Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

40.0 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Tief † Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

31 Mar Born Stephen Nweke Ezeanya † Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria

47.4 Appointed Federico Tedeschini † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary

1 Apr 79.2 Died Vince Palunko † Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia

3 Apr 28.7 Ordained Priest Pedro Pablo (Luis Reinaldo) Andrade Sánchez, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prefect Emeritus of Galápagos, Ecuador

22.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Gennangi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria

69.8 Ordained Bishop Antonín Cyril Stojan † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

5 Apr Born Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

42.8 Appointed Francis Vazhapilly † Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

6 Apr 40.0 Installed Francis Joseph Tief † Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

7 Apr 42.8 Appointed Francis Vazhapilly † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

8 Apr 80.6 Died Pietro Berruti † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

9 Apr 47.5 Appointed Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond † Titular Bishop of Clysma Bishop of Nice, France

56.8 Appointed Sigismund Waitz † Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck, Austria Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

80.1 Died William Joseph Walsh † Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland

10 Apr 53.8 Ordained Bishop Pietro Benedetti, M.S.C. † Titular Archbishop of Tyrus Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba

50.2 Ordained Bishop Ludwig Maria Hugo † Titular Bishop of Bubastis Bishop of Mainz, Germany

47.4 Ordained Bishop Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Amyclae Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China

11 Apr Born Arturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia

79.5 Died Domenico Scopelliti † Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy

50.0 Appointed Wincenty Tymieniecki † Bishop of Łódź, Poland

13 Apr 34.6 Appointed Giacomo Carabelli † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

15 Apr 50.2 Succeeded Ludwig Maria Hugo † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

62.7 Died Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

16 Apr 67.5 Died Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

Born Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González † Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay

60.6 Installed Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

17 Apr 46.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Titular Bishop of Perrhe Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada

45.0 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

18 Apr Born Miguel Roca Cabanellas † Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

19 Apr 63.8 Appointed Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti † Titular Archbishop of Adana Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Born Roberto Tucci, S.J. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

21 Apr 59.9 Appointed Pasquale Berardi † Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Born Michel Hakim, B.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada

23 Apr Born Cleto Bellucci † Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy

55.1 Appointed Franz Rudolf Bornewasser † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Bishop of Trier, Germany

55.1 Appointed Franz Rudolf Bornewasser † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop of Trier, Germany

65.5 Died Liberatus da Exel (Jacobus Josephus) Cluts, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia

82.5 Died Henry Gabriels † Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Born Rogelio Sánchez González † Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

24 Apr 59.1 Installed Salvatore Bella † Bishop of Acireale, Italy

23.0 Ordained Priest Jerônimo Mazzarotto † Priest of Curitiba, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

27.5 Ordained Priest Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru

58.1 Ordained Bishop Johannes Scheifes † Titular Bishop of Cestrus Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

33.7 Ordained Priest Plácido (Thaddäus) Staeb (Stäb), O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot

27 Apr 50.2 Installed Ludwig Maria Hugo † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

28 Apr 62.5 Appointed Johann Raffl † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

30 Apr 52.5 Appointed Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina † Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Federico Tedeschini † Titular Archbishop of Naupactus Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	48.4	Resigned	Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †	Apostolic Delegate to Japan	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
62.0	Resigned	Ildephonse (Carolus Martinus) Lanslots, O.S.B. †	Prefect of Northern Transvaal {Transvaal Settentrionale}, South Africa	Prefect Emeritus
1 Mar		Born	Terence James Cooke †		Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
55.5	Resigned	Kaspar Klein †	Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt, Germany	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
	Born	Spiridon Mattar †		Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
5 Mar		Born	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †		Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
6 Mar	89.5	Died	Domenico Marinangeli †	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Louis Van Hoeck, S.J. †	Bishop of Patna, India	Bishop of Ranchi, India
7 Mar	56.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
66.8	Appointed	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
63.3	Appointed	Florencio Cerviño y González †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
55.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Dennis Joseph Dougherty †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
55.1	Appointed	José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña †	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
50.1	Appointed	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Bishop
50.1	Appointed	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Titular Bishop of Bubastis	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
60.2	Appointed	Pietro La Fontaine †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
69.4	Appointed	Francesco Moretti †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
69.4	Resigned	Francesco Moretti †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
59.3	Appointed	Bernardo Pizzorno †	Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
70.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Ragonesi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
70.2	Resigned	Francesco Ragonesi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
58.0	Appointed	Johannes Scheifes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
58.0	Appointed	Johannes Scheifes †	Titular Bishop of Cestrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
49.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Karl Joseph Schulte †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
52.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Michael von Faulhaber †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
52.4	Appointed	Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
52.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
8 Mar		Born	Luigi Sposito †		Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
10 Mar	53.8	Appointed	Pietro Benedetti, M.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
53.8	Appointed	Pietro Benedetti, M.S.C. †	Apostolic Delegate to México	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
45.3	Appointed	Gilles de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.1	Appointed	Rafael Otón Castro y Jiménez †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
43.4	Appointed	Martino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China
	Born	Bernard Patrick Devlin †		Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar
55.5	Appointed	Dennis Joseph Dougherty †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
54.3	Appointed	Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Appointed	Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte †	Bishop of Amiens, France
52.6	Appointed	Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora †	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
50.2	Appointed	Augustus John Schwertner †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
49.4	Appointed	Karl Joseph Schulte †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
69.8	Appointed	Antonín Cyril Stojan †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
52.0	Appointed	Michael von Faulhaber †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
12 Mar		Born	Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
13 Mar	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Basilio Cattan, B.C. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. †		Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
14 Mar		Born	Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
15 Mar		Born	Dominic Ðinh Huy Quang †		Auxiliary Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam
47.5	Appointed	Joaquim Ferreira de Melo †	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Born	Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
39.1	Appointed	Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †	Coadjutor Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop
39.1	Appointed	Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18 Mar	48.0	Appointed	Giovanni Iacono †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Valerii †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
19 Mar	83.1	Died	Pierre-Marie Belmont †	Bishop of Clermont, France
59.8	Installed	Silviano Carrillo y Cárdenas †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México
40.1	Resigned	Achille Grimaldi †	Bishop-Elect of Tricarico, Italy	Priest
64.5	Died	Timoteo Hernández y Mulas †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
62.0	Succeeded	Francisque- Jean-Etienne Marnas †	Bishop of Clermont, France
22.5	Ordained Priest	Silvino Martínez †	Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
48.2	Installed	Ersilio Menzani †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
	Born	Joseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu †		Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
	Born	Giovanni Pisanu †		Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy
25.2	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Ródenas García †	Priest	Bishop of Almería, Spain
	Born	Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
20 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral †	Priest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
39.6	Appointed	Johannes Michiel Buckx, S.C.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Finland {Finlandia}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Feliciano González Ascanio †		Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
21 Mar	60.2	Elected	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
50.5	Died	Constant-Philomène Jeanningros, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
	Born	José Méndez Asensio †		Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
75.4	Died	Joseph Müller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
22 Mar		Born	Gabriel Bullet †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
24 Mar		Born	Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
86.6	Died	James Gibbons †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	Born	Vittorio Piola †		Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
25 Mar		Born	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
	Born	José Gomes †		Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	Born	John McCormack †		Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
26 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Pedro Celestí (Jaume) Gusi i Rossell, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Superior General Emeritus
23.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
25.7	Ordained Priest	Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
25.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Santa, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
29 Mar		Born	Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †		Prefect Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
30 Mar		Born	Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †		Titular Bishop of Rusadus
	Born	José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco †		Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Tief †	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar		Born	Stephen Nweke Ezeanya †		Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
47.4	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
1 Apr	79.2	Died	Vince Palunko †	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
3 Apr	28.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Pablo (Luis Reinaldo) Andrade Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Galápagos, Ecuador
22.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gennangi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
69.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonín Cyril Stojan †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
5 Apr		Born	Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
42.8	Appointed	Francis Vazhapilly †	Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
6 Apr	40.0	Installed	Francis Joseph Tief †	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr	42.8	Appointed	Francis Vazhapilly †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Apr	80.6	Died	Pietro Berruti †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
9 Apr	47.5	Appointed	Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond †	Titular Bishop of Clysma	Bishop of Nice, France
56.8	Appointed	Sigismund Waitz †	Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
80.1	Died	William Joseph Walsh †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
10 Apr	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Benedetti, M.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Titular Bishop of Bubastis	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae	Vicar Apostolic of Chengtingfu [Zhengding], China
11 Apr		Born	Arturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
79.5	Died	Domenico Scopelliti †	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
50.0	Appointed	Wincenty Tymieniecki †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland
13 Apr	34.6	Appointed	Giacomo Carabelli †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
15 Apr	50.2	Succeeded	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
62.7	Died	Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
16 Apr	67.5	Died	Karl Heinrich Johannes Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
	Born	Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González †		Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
60.6	Installed	Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
17 Apr	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Titular Bishop of Perrhe	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
18 Apr		Born	Miguel Roca Cabanellas †		Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
19 Apr	63.8	Appointed	Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †	Titular Archbishop of Adana	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	Born	Roberto Tucci, S.J. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio
21 Apr	59.9	Appointed	Pasquale Berardi †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Michel Hakim, B.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
23 Apr		Born	Cleto Bellucci †		Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
55.1	Appointed	Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Bishop of Trier, Germany
55.1	Appointed	Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop of Trier, Germany
65.5	Died	Liberatus da Exel (Jacobus Josephus) Cluts, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Sumatra, Indonesia
82.5	Died	Henry Gabriels †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
	Born	Rogelio Sánchez González †		Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
24 Apr	59.1	Installed	Salvatore Bella †	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	Jerônimo Mazzarotto †	Priest of Curitiba, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
27.5	Ordained Priest	Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Scheifes †	Titular Bishop of Cestrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
33.7	Ordained Priest	Plácido (Thaddäus) Staeb (Stäb), O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot
27 Apr	50.2	Installed	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
28 Apr	62.5	Appointed	Johann Raffl †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
30 Apr	52.5	Appointed	Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary

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