The Year of Our Lord 1930

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 45.2 Appointed Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio, Somalia Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya

4 Mar 49.4 Installed Leopoldo Díaz y Escudero † Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México

Born Herbé Seijas † Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

5 Mar Born Guy Étienne Germain Gaucher, O.C.D. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

Born István Konkoly † Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary

7 Mar Born Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga † Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

8 Mar Born Francesco Cuccarese Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy

38.8 Appointed Carlo Margotti † Apostolic Delegate to Other Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

38.8 Appointed Carlo Margotti † Titular Archbishop of Mesembria Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

71.3 Resigned John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

9 Mar Born Stephen Fumio Hamao † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

50.4 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Sismondo † Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27.8 Ordained Priest Eberhard (Hermann) Spiess (Spieß), O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Songea, Tanzania

54.3 Died Aloysius Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien), O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang [Fenyang], China

10 Mar Born Józef Marek † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

Born Salvador Trane Modesto † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

11 Mar Born Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong † Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)

12 Mar 72.2 Appointed Olaf Offerdahl † Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen

13 Mar 52.8 Appointed José Maria Alcaráz y Alenda † Bishop of Badajoz, Spain

53.5 Appointed Manuel Irurita y Almándoz † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

69.4 Appointed José Miralles y Sbert † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

69.4 Appointed José Miralles y Sbert † Titular Archbishop of Beroë Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

14 Mar 74.1 Died Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

15 Mar 22.4 Ordained Priest Carmelo Canzonieri † Priest of Ragusa, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

22.9 Ordained Priest Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy

25.0 Ordained Priest Francis James Furey † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

27.8 Ordained Priest Mariano Aspiras Madriaga † Priest of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

23.0 Ordained Priest Artemio Prati † Priest of Piacenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy

16 Mar 26.5 Ordained Priest Vitus (Guy) Zhang Zuohuan (Chang Tso-huan), S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Xinyang [Sinyang], China

24.3 Ordained Priest Karl Gnädinger † Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

22.5 Ordained Priest Josef Stangl † Priest of Würzburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

17 Mar 70.5 Died Constantin-Marie-Joseph Chauvin † Bishop of Évreux, France

18 Mar Born Adam Joseph Maida Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

19 Mar 79.6 Died Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyassa, Malawi

43.5 Ordained Bishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Mina Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Born Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India

23.0 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Paupini † Priest of Fano, Italy Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

25.4 Ordained Priest Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. † Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill Prefect Emeritus of Malakal, Sudan

20 Mar 78.0 Died Gennaro Cosenza † Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

Born Thomas Stafford Williams † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand

21 Mar 60.6 Appointed James Edwin Cassidy † Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Bishop

60.6 Appointed James Edwin Cassidy † Titular Bishop of Ibora Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

63.6 Resigned Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China

22 Mar 64.4 Died Fabio Berdini † Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy

23 Mar Born Antonio Federico Gatti † Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

45.4 Installed Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Benevento, Italy Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Born Joseph Michael Sullivan † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

24 Mar 89.0 Died Ambrogio Onorato Luddi, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy

25 Mar 38.9 Ordained Bishop Carlo Margotti † Titular Archbishop of Mesembria Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

54.0 Appointed Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

27 Mar 49.7 Appointed Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Nanning [Nanning], China Archbishop of Nanning [Nanning], China

49.7 Appointed Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Cidyessus Archbishop of Nanning [Nanning], China

55.5 Appointed Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China

55.5 Appointed Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Attuda Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China

33.2 Appointed Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

33.2 Appointed Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Vinda Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

47.4 Appointed Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

47.4 Appointed Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Ostracine Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria

28 Mar 52.7 Appointed Giuseppe Pizzardo † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

29 Mar 82.4 Appointed Giacinto Gaggia † Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope Bishop of Brescia, Italy

Born Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras † Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala

30 Mar 47.1 Ordained Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy

Born Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro † Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

31 Mar 56.0 Resigned Henry Grey Graham † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Julián Herranz Casado Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

56.4 Appointed Anton Hilfrich † Coadjutor Bishop of Limburg, Germany Bishop

56.4 Appointed Anton Hilfrich † Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia Bishop of Limburg, Germany

Apr 57.6 Appointed João Batista Du Drenéuf, S.J. † Apostolic Administrator of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

1 Apr Born Francis Joseph Gossman † Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

41.2 Appointed John Edward Morris, M.M. † Prefect of Peng-yang, Korea (North) Prefect Emeritus

2 Apr 47.9 Appointed Johann Baptist Geisler † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.3 Resigned Josef Mutschlechner † Vicar Apostolic of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

3 Apr 67.4 Appointed Alfonso Carinci † Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites Secretary Emeritus

72.3 Appointed Olaf Offerdahl † Titular Bishop of Selia Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen

4 Apr 58.3 Died Fortunat-Henri Caumont, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ajmer, India

5 Apr 23.5 Ordained Priest Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan

90.3 Died Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour † Bishop of Carcassonne, France

Born Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano † Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina

56.9 Succeeded Emmanuel Coste † Bishop of Carcassonne, France Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

63.9 Died Ludovico Ferretti, O.P. † Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy

23.6 Ordained Priest Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen † Priest of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop

27.8 Ordained Priest Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia

73.9 Died José Anselmo Luque † Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina

23.6 Ordained Priest Pieter Jan Antoon Moors † Priest of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

30.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Nguyễn Thiện Khuyến † Priest of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam

25.5 Ordained Priest Salvatore Siino † Priest of Monreale, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

26.2 Ordained Priest Otto Spülbeck, C.O. † Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

28.0 Ordained Priest François-Xavier Trần Thanh Khân † Priest of Saigon, Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon, Viet Nam

26.8 Ordained Priest Wilhelm Tuschen † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

6 Apr 72.3 Ordained Bishop Olaf Offerdahl † Titular Bishop of Selia Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen

23.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) † Priest of Mainz, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

8 Apr 42.9 Appointed William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † Prefect of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale} Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana

9 Apr 87.8 Died Nicola Marconi, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop Emeritus of Pult (Pulati), Albania

11 Apr Born Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda † Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines

61.9 Appointed Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands Archbishop Emeritus

Born Silvio Padoin † Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy

12 Apr 22.5 Ordained Priest Antoine Pierre Khoraiche † Priest Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

61.9 Died Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo † Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

13 Apr Born Donato De Bonis † Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia

15 Apr 23.9 Ordained Priest Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. † Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

16 Apr 51.1 Appointed Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman † Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA

Born Erasmus Desiderius Wandera † Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, Uganda

18 Apr 80.2 Died Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

66.2 Died Giovanni Festa † Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

61.2 Died Josip Marušić † Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia

Born Jean Romary † Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Paris, France

48.2 Succeeded Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra † Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

19 Apr 23.2 Ordained Priest Juan José Bernal Ortiz † Priest Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela

45.4 Died Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya

28.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Formby Halsall † Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop

22.4 Ordained Priest Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. † Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru

26.9 Ordained Priest José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador

24.5 Ordained Priest Jean-Marie Villot † Priest of Paris, France Cardinal, Secretary of State

Born Desmond A. Williams † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

20 Apr Born Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † Apostolic Nuncio

Born Ivo Fürer † Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

21 Apr 40.7 Ordained Bishop Edouard Louis Antoine Leys, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Uzalis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

74.9 Died Giovanni Rossi, O.Ss.C.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

22 Apr 52.7 Appointed Giuseppe Pizzardo † Titular Archbishop of Nicaea Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Born Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. † Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada

23 Apr Born Michael George Bowen † Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

Born Joseph Dergham † Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

25 Apr Born Albano Bortoletto Cavallin † Archbishop Emeritus of Londrina, Parana, Brazil

27 Apr 52.7 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Pizzardo † Titular Archbishop of Nicaea Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Born Adélio Giuseppe (José) Tomasin, P.S.D.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil

29 Apr Resigned Francesco Gutiérrez, C.M.F. † Prefect of Chocó, Colombia Prefect Emeritus

37.5 Appointed Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Pingliang [Pingliang], China Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China

30 Apr 48.4 Appointed Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. † Superior of Hwangchow, China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kichow [Qichun], China

56.0 Died Inocencio Dávila y Matos † Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	45.2	Appointed	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio, Somalia	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
4 Mar	49.4	Installed	Leopoldo Díaz y Escudero †	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
	Born	Herbé Seijas †		Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
5 Mar		Born	Guy Étienne Germain Gaucher, O.C.D. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
	Born	István Konkoly †		Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
7 Mar		Born	Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga †		Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
8 Mar		Born	Francesco Cuccarese		Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
38.8	Appointed	Carlo Margotti †	Apostolic Delegate to Other	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
38.8	Appointed	Carlo Margotti †	Titular Archbishop of Mesembria	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
71.3	Resigned	John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
9 Mar		Born	Stephen Fumio Hamao †		Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Sismondo †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27.8	Ordained Priest	Eberhard (Hermann) Spiess (Spieß), O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Songea, Tanzania
54.3	Died	Aloysius Chen Guo-di (Tchen Chao-t’ien), O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
10 Mar		Born	Józef Marek †		Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	Born	Salvador Trane Modesto †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
11 Mar		Born	Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong †		Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
12 Mar	72.2	Appointed	Olaf Offerdahl †	Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
13 Mar	52.8	Appointed	José Maria Alcaráz y Alenda †	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
53.5	Appointed	Manuel Irurita y Almándoz †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
69.4	Appointed	José Miralles y Sbert †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
69.4	Appointed	José Miralles y Sbert †	Titular Archbishop of Beroë	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
14 Mar	74.1	Died	Eugène-Louis-Ernest Julien †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
15 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	Carmelo Canzonieri †	Priest of Ragusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
22.9	Ordained Priest	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
25.0	Ordained Priest	Francis James Furey †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27.8	Ordained Priest	Mariano Aspiras Madriaga †	Priest of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
23.0	Ordained Priest	Artemio Prati †	Priest of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
16 Mar	26.5	Ordained Priest	Vitus (Guy) Zhang Zuohuan (Chang Tso-huan), S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Xinyang [Sinyang], China
24.3	Ordained Priest	Karl Gnädinger †	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22.5	Ordained Priest	Josef Stangl †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar	70.5	Died	Constantin-Marie-Joseph Chauvin †	Bishop of Évreux, France
18 Mar		Born	Adam Joseph Maida		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
19 Mar	79.6	Died	Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyassa, Malawi
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Mina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa
	Born	Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, C.M.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
23.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Paupini †	Priest of Fano, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
25.4	Ordained Priest	Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. †	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Prefect Emeritus of Malakal, Sudan
20 Mar	78.0	Died	Gennaro Cosenza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	Born	Thomas Stafford Williams †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand
21 Mar	60.6	Appointed	James Edwin Cassidy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop
60.6	Appointed	James Edwin Cassidy †	Titular Bishop of Ibora	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
63.6	Resigned	Godefroy Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
22 Mar	64.4	Died	Fabio Berdini †	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
23 Mar		Born	Antonio Federico Gatti †		Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
45.4	Installed	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	Born	Joseph Michael Sullivan †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
24 Mar	89.0	Died	Ambrogio Onorato Luddi, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Assisi, Italy
25 Mar	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Margotti †	Titular Archbishop of Mesembria	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
54.0	Appointed	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
27 Mar	49.7	Appointed	Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nanning [Nanning], China	Archbishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
49.7	Appointed	Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cidyessus	Archbishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
55.5	Appointed	Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
55.5	Appointed	Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Attuda	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
33.2	Appointed	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
33.2	Appointed	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Vinda	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
47.4	Appointed	Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
47.4	Appointed	Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Ostracine	Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin, Nigeria
28 Mar	52.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
29 Mar	82.4	Appointed	Giacinto Gaggia †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	Born	Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras †		Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
30 Mar	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Gaudenzio Binaschi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
	Born	Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro †		Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
31 Mar	56.0	Resigned	Henry Grey Graham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Julián Herranz Casado		Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
56.4	Appointed	Anton Hilfrich †	Coadjutor Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Bishop
56.4	Appointed	Anton Hilfrich †	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
Apr	57.6	Appointed	João Batista Du Drenéuf, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
1 Apr		Born	Francis Joseph Gossman †		Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
41.2	Appointed	John Edward Morris, M.M. †	Prefect of Peng-yang, Korea (North)	Prefect Emeritus
2 Apr	47.9	Appointed	Johann Baptist Geisler †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.3	Resigned	Josef Mutschlechner †	Vicar Apostolic of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
3 Apr	67.4	Appointed	Alfonso Carinci †	Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Secretary Emeritus
72.3	Appointed	Olaf Offerdahl †	Titular Bishop of Selia	Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
4 Apr	58.3	Died	Fortunat-Henri Caumont, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ajmer, India
5 Apr	23.5	Ordained Priest	Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan
90.3	Died	Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France
	Born	Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano †		Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
56.9	Succeeded	Emmanuel Coste †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
63.9	Died	Ludovico Ferretti, O.P. †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen †	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop
27.8	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic of Lwangwa, Zambia
73.9	Died	José Anselmo Luque †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
23.6	Ordained Priest	Pieter Jan Antoon Moors †	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
30.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Nguyễn Thiện Khuyến †	Priest of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
25.5	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Siino †	Priest of Monreale, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
26.2	Ordained Priest	Otto Spülbeck, C.O. †	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
28.0	Ordained Priest	François-Xavier Trần Thanh Khân †	Priest of Saigon, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon, Viet Nam
26.8	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Tuschen †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
6 Apr	72.3	Ordained Bishop	Olaf Offerdahl †	Titular Bishop of Selia	Vicar Apostolic of Norvegia e Spitzbergen
23.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
8 Apr	42.9	Appointed	William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale}	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana
9 Apr	87.8	Died	Nicola Marconi, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pult (Pulati), Albania
11 Apr		Born	Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda †		Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines
61.9	Appointed	Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Silvio Padoin †		Bishop Emeritus of Pozzuoli, Italy
12 Apr	22.5	Ordained Priest	Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †	Priest	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
61.9	Died	Francisco Muñoz e Izquierdo †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
13 Apr		Born	Donato De Bonis †		Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
15 Apr	23.9	Ordained Priest	Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
16 Apr	51.1	Appointed	Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman †	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
	Born	Erasmus Desiderius Wandera †		Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, Uganda
18 Apr	80.2	Died	Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
66.2	Died	Giovanni Festa †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
61.2	Died	Josip Marušić †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
	Born	Jean Romary †		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Paris, France
48.2	Succeeded	Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 Apr	23.2	Ordained Priest	Juan José Bernal Ortiz †	Priest	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
45.4	Died	Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
28.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Formby Halsall †	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
22.4	Ordained Priest	Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. †	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru
26.9	Ordained Priest	José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
24.5	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie Villot †	Priest of Paris, France	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	Born	Desmond A. Williams †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
20 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea †		Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Ivo Fürer †		Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
21 Apr	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Edouard Louis Antoine Leys, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
74.9	Died	Giovanni Rossi, O.Ss.C.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
22 Apr	52.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
	Born	Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada
23 Apr		Born	Michael George Bowen †		Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	Born	Joseph Dergham †		Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
25 Apr		Born	Albano Bortoletto Cavallin †		Archbishop Emeritus of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
27 Apr	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
	Born	Adélio Giuseppe (José) Tomasin, P.S.D.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
29 Apr		Resigned	Francesco Gutiérrez, C.M.F. †	Prefect of Chocó, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
37.5	Appointed	Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Pingliang [Pingliang], China	Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
30 Apr	48.4	Appointed	Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. †	Superior of Hwangchow, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kichow [Qichun], China
56.0	Died	Inocencio Dávila y Matos †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

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