The Year of Our Lord 1929

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 60.1 Died Angelo Sinibaldi † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy

41.1 Appointed Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas † Bishop of Natal, Brazil Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

52.8 Appointed Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega † Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

52.8 Resigned Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

2 Mar Born Nikol Joseph Cauchi † Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta

Born Luigi Conti † Apostolic Nuncio

3 Mar 71.4 Resigned Damien Grangeon, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Zabi Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

4 Mar Born Armando Amaral Dos Santos † Bishop of Benguela, Angola

8 Mar 37.5 Appointed Edwin Vincent Byrne † Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Born Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. † Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

38.3 Entered Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China

42.8 Appointed Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

9 Mar 50.5 Installed Maurice-Louis Dubourg † Bishop of Marseille, France Archbishop of Besançon, France

Born Sebastian Mankuzhikary † Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India

Born José Crisologo Sorra † Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines

10 Mar 53.3 Installed Jean-Marie Jan † Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

44.8 Ordained Bishop Manuel López Arana † Titular Bishop of Curium Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

11 Mar Born Pier Giacomo De Nicolò † Apostolic Nuncio

45.3 Appointed Valerio Valeri † Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

12 Mar 44.2 Ordained Bishop Robert John Armstrong † Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA

58.1 Installed Nikolaus Bares † Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Bishop of Berlin, Germany

67.3 Appointed Camillo Laurenti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

52.2 Ordained Bishop Camille Pic † Bishop of Gap, France Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

15 Mar Born José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

16 Mar 22.2 Ordained Priest Raffaele Calabria † Priest of Lucera, Italy Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

17 Mar 25.1 Ordained Priest Clarence Edward Elwell † Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

Born Leopold Nowak † Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany

59.1 Ordained Bishop Feliciano Rocha Pizarro † Titular Bishop of Arethusa Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

46.0 Appointed Gregor Rožman † Coadjutor Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Bishop

46.0 Appointed Gregor Rožman † Titular Bishop of Semta Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

39.9 Ordained Bishop Bernard James Sullivan, S.J. † Bishop of Patna, India Bishop Emeritus

18 Mar 57.7 Appointed Ange-Marie (Paul) Hiral, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt

57.7 Appointed Ange-Marie (Paul) Hiral, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sululos Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt

60.9 Appointed Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

60.9 Appointed Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Vazari Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

57.6 Appointed Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

57.6 Appointed Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Panemotichus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan

53.0 Appointed Anton Oomen, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Anton Oomen, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Zattara Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania

Born Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Dundee, South Africa

19 Mar 63.2 Ordained Bishop Paul Justin Cawet † Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria) Coadjutor Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

22.8 Ordained Priest Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

54.7 Ordained Bishop John Francis O’Hern † Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA

20 Mar Born Leo Joseph White † Prefect Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya

21 Mar Born Vinzenz Guggenberger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany

26 Mar 63.0 Died Aurelio Galli † Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State

Born Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan

Born Natalino Pescarolo † Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy

28 Mar Born John Raphael Quinn † Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

30 Mar 59.9 Died Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

23.2 Ordained Priest Sergio Guerri † Priest of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

24.6 Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Pardini † Priest of Chiavari, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

31 Mar 68.0 Died Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Born Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. † Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia

57.4 Ordained Bishop Franz Kamprath † Titular Bishop of Stadia Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

62.4 Died Evaristo Lucidi † Cardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura

26.1 Ordained Priest Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

1 Apr 48.4 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

2 Apr Born Michael Bunluen Mansap † Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

40.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece Official of the Secretariat of State

55.9 Appointed Manoel Antônio de Paiva (Payva) † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

Born Sergio Goretti † Bishop Emeritus of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

3 Apr Born Klaus Hemmerle † Bishop of Aachen, Germany

Born José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. † Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

4 Apr 71.5 Died François Marie-Dominique Berré, O.P. † Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq

5 Apr 48.6 Appointed István Breyer † Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

48.6 Appointed István Breyer † Titular Bishop of Trisipa Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary

Born Vicente García Bernal † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

82.5 Died Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive

Born Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil

45.4 Appointed Karol Mieczysław Radoński † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

7 Apr 23.6 Ordained Priest Stjepan Bäuerlein † Priest of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia

64.0 Ordained Bishop Franz Fellinger † Titular Bishop of Nisyrus Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

58.6 Ordained Bishop Angel Maria Navarro † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

8 Apr 80.0 Died Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan † Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

9 Apr 36.2 Appointed John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) † Prefect of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China

Born Michele Di Simone, C.P. † Prefect Emeritus of Sekadau, Indonesia

Born James McLoughlin † Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

10 Apr Born Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila † Archbishop of Brazil, Military

11 Apr 88.2 Died Richard Lacy † Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

57.1 Succeeded Thomas Shine † Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

12 Apr 61.1 Appointed Thomas Mulvany † Bishop of Meath, Ireland

13 Apr 46.1 Appointed Josip Marija Carević † Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

Born Paul Mambe Mukanga † Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. † Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México

14 Apr 48.8 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Del Bene † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy

25.5 Professed Jean Baptiste Dieter, S.M. † Member of Society of Mary Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

87.3 Died Karol Hryniewicki † Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania

Born Jude Speyrer † Bishop Emeritus of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

42.0 Ordained Bishop Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang † Titular Bishop of Cotenna Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China

15 Apr 48.3 Appointed Clément-Emile Roques † Bishop of Montauban, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

48.3 Appointed Hippolyte Tréhiou † Bishop of Vannes, France

16 Apr 48.0 Appointed Joseph Marie Zhang (Chang) † Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China

17 Apr 83.5 Appointed Franziskus Ehrle, S.J. † Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library

83.5 Appointed Franziskus Ehrle, S.J. † Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library

51.3 Ordained Bishop Matteo Pellegrino † Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy

18 Apr 56.6 Appointed Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

56.6 Appointed Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Philomelium Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

89.2 Retired Pierre-Émile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

77.5 Retired Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Mario Francesco Pompedda † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

19 Apr 34.4 Appointed Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Melo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay

20 Apr 55.1 Succeeded Francis Johannes † Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

71.9 Died John Ward † Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

22 Apr Born Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque † Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia

Born Dobroslav Marian Kabelka, O. Praem. † Bishop

23 Apr 59.8 Appointed Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi † Archbishop of Italy, Military Archbishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi † Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

26 Apr 33.9 Appointed Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

33.9 Appointed Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

27 Apr 48.3 Appointed Eliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. † Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

28 Apr 37.2 Appointed Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. † Prefect of Kaying [Meixian], China Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China

44.3 Ordained Bishop Istvan Hász † Titular Bishop of Sura

30.2 Appointed Eugene-Jean Imhof, S.M.B. † Superior of Tsitsihar [Qiqihar], China Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China

29 Apr Born Andrea Cassone † Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano-Cariati, Italy

Born Michael Bosco Duraisamy † Bishop of Salem, India

45.3 Resigned Dominic Francis Langenbacher, C.P. † Prefect of Shenchow, China Prefect Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	60.1	Died	Angelo Sinibaldi †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
41.1	Appointed	Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas †	Bishop of Natal, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
52.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
52.8	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
2 Mar		Born	Nikol Joseph Cauchi †		Bishop Emeritus of Gozo, Malta
	Born	Luigi Conti †		Apostolic Nuncio
3 Mar	71.4	Resigned	Damien Grangeon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Zabi	Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
4 Mar		Born	Armando Amaral Dos Santos †		Bishop of Benguela, Angola
8 Mar	37.5	Appointed	Edwin Vincent Byrne †	Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	Born	Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †		Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
38.3	Entered	Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China
42.8	Appointed	Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
9 Mar	50.5	Installed	Maurice-Louis Dubourg †	Bishop of Marseille, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	Born	Sebastian Mankuzhikary †		Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India
	Born	José Crisologo Sorra †		Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi, Philippines
10 Mar	53.3	Installed	Jean-Marie Jan †	Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel López Arana †	Titular Bishop of Curium	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
11 Mar		Born	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †		Apostolic Nuncio
45.3	Appointed	Valerio Valeri †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
12 Mar	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert John Armstrong †	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
58.1	Installed	Nikolaus Bares †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
67.3	Appointed	Camillo Laurenti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Camille Pic †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
15 Mar		Born	José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Mar	22.2	Ordained Priest	Raffaele Calabria †	Priest of Lucera, Italy	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
17 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Clarence Edward Elwell †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	Born	Leopold Nowak †		Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Feliciano Rocha Pizarro †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
46.0	Appointed	Gregor Rožman †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Bishop
46.0	Appointed	Gregor Rožman †	Titular Bishop of Semta	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernard James Sullivan, S.J. †	Bishop of Patna, India	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	57.7	Appointed	Ange-Marie (Paul) Hiral, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt	Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt
57.7	Appointed	Ange-Marie (Paul) Hiral, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sululos	Vicar Apostolic of Port-Said, Egypt
60.9	Appointed	Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Vazari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
57.6	Appointed	Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo, Japan	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.6	Appointed	Wenceslas Joseph Kinold, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Panemotichus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan
53.0	Appointed	Anton Oomen, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Anton Oomen, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Zattara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
	Born	Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Dundee, South Africa
19 Mar	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Justin Cawet †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Coadjutor Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
22.8	Ordained Priest	Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
54.7	Ordained Bishop	John Francis O’Hern †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
20 Mar		Born	Leo Joseph White †		Prefect Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya
21 Mar		Born	Vinzenz Guggenberger †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
26 Mar	63.0	Died	Aurelio Galli †	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
	Born	Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan
	Born	Natalino Pescarolo †		Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
28 Mar		Born	John Raphael Quinn †		Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
30 Mar	59.9	Died	Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	Sergio Guerri †	Priest of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
24.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Pardini †	Priest of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
31 Mar	68.0	Died	Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Born	Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. †		Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Franz Kamprath †	Titular Bishop of Stadia	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
62.4	Died	Evaristo Lucidi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura
26.1	Ordained Priest	Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
1 Apr	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr		Born	Michael Bunluen Mansap †		Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece	Official of the Secretariat of State
55.9	Appointed	Manoel Antônio de Paiva (Payva) †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
	Born	Sergio Goretti †		Bishop Emeritus of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
3 Apr		Born	Klaus Hemmerle †		Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	Born	José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †		Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
4 Apr	71.5	Died	François Marie-Dominique Berré, O.P. †	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq
5 Apr	48.6	Appointed	István Breyer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
48.6	Appointed	István Breyer †	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
	Born	Vicente García Bernal †		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
82.5	Died	Francis Aidan Gasquet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
	Born	Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
45.4	Appointed	Karol Mieczysław Radoński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
7 Apr	23.6	Ordained Priest	Stjepan Bäuerlein †	Priest of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia	Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
64.0	Ordained Bishop	Franz Fellinger †	Titular Bishop of Nisyrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Angel Maria Navarro †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
8 Apr	80.0	Died	Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
9 Apr	36.2	Appointed	John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) †	Prefect of Chaohsien [Zhaoxian], China	Bishop Emeritus of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
	Born	Michele Di Simone, C.P. †		Prefect Emeritus of Sekadau, Indonesia
	Born	James McLoughlin †		Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
10 Apr		Born	Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila †		Archbishop of Brazil, Military
11 Apr	88.2	Died	Richard Lacy †	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
57.1	Succeeded	Thomas Shine †	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
12 Apr	61.1	Appointed	Thomas Mulvany †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
13 Apr	46.1	Appointed	Josip Marija Carević †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Paul Mambe Mukanga †		Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †		Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
14 Apr	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Del Bene †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
25.5	Professed	Jean Baptiste Dieter, S.M. †	Member of Society of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
87.3	Died	Karol Hryniewicki †	Bishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
	Born	Jude Speyrer †		Bishop Emeritus of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Evarist Zhang (Chang) Zhiliang †	Titular Bishop of Cotenna	Vicar Apostolic of Tsining [Jining], China
15 Apr	48.3	Appointed	Clément-Emile Roques †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
48.3	Appointed	Hippolyte Tréhiou †	Bishop of Vannes, France
16 Apr	48.0	Appointed	Joseph Marie Zhang (Chang) †	Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China
17 Apr	83.5	Appointed	Franziskus Ehrle, S.J. †	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
83.5	Appointed	Franziskus Ehrle, S.J. †	Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican Library
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Matteo Pellegrino †	Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
18 Apr	56.6	Appointed	Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
56.6	Appointed	Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Philomelium	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
89.2	Retired	Pierre-Émile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
77.5	Retired	Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Mario Francesco Pompedda †		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
19 Apr	34.4	Appointed	Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
20 Apr	55.1	Succeeded	Francis Johannes †	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
71.9	Died	John Ward †	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
22 Apr		Born	Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque †		Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
	Born	Dobroslav Marian Kabelka, O. Praem. †		Bishop
23 Apr	59.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi †	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
26 Apr	33.9	Appointed	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
33.9	Appointed	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
27 Apr	48.3	Appointed	Eliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. †	Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
28 Apr	37.2	Appointed	Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. †	Prefect of Kaying [Meixian], China	Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Istvan Hász †	Titular Bishop of Sura
30.2	Appointed	Eugene-Jean Imhof, S.M.B. †	Superior of Tsitsihar [Qiqihar], China	Prefect of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
29 Apr		Born	Andrea Cassone †		Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
	Born	Michael Bosco Duraisamy †		Bishop of Salem, India
45.3	Resigned	Dominic Francis Langenbacher, C.P. †	Prefect of Shenchow, China	Prefect Emeritus

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