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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	61.3	Resigned	Patrick Maurice Connaughton, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Suixian [Suihsien], China	Prefect Emeritus
	70.0	Resigned	John Reesinck, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Mar	68.9	Appointed	Philippe Sérvule Desranleau †	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	59.8	Appointed	Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro †	Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	Charles Eugène Parent †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Mar		Born	Stephen Jay Berg		Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
	67.4	Resigned	Jacques Hubert Goumans, O.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bandung, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	23.8	Ordained Priest	László Pacifik Paskai, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
4 Mar	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Hidalgo Ibáñez †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	59.1	Died	Bl. Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
7 Mar	56.5	Appointed	Thomas John McDonnell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
8 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia	Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh
	64.5	Resigned	Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
	37.5	Appointed	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Larantuka, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
	37.5	Appointed	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
	50.4	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Coropissus	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
	50.4	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ambanja, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
	47.5	Appointed	Antonio Pott, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Xinyang [Sinyang], China	Former Bishop-Elect
	44.7	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Endeh, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	44.7	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	37.8	Appointed	Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia
	40.9	Appointed	Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ruteng, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
	40.9	Appointed	Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
9 Mar	68.3	Died	Petrus Legge †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
	62.0	Appointed	Aloisius Joseph Muench †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
	68.0	Succeeded	Heinrich Wienken †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	26.9	Ordained Priest	Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans †	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Dallat †	Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	33.1	Incardinated	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Priest of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida †	Priest of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
	71.8	Appointed	Jorge García Caballeros †	Apostolic Administrator of San Marcos, Guatemala	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
	71.8	Appointed	Jorge García Caballeros †	Apostolic Administrator of Sololá, Guatemala	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
	29.7	Incardinated	Norbert Felix Gaughan †	Priest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Patricio Maqui Lopez †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	40.2	Appointed	Andrew J. Roborecki †	Apostolic Exarch of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas †	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines
	66.9	Appointed	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	46.1	Incardinated	Cyril John Vogel †	Priest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA
11 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
	44.5	Appointed	Imre Kisberk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Imre Kisberk †	Titular Bishop of Christianopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	29.3	Ordained Priest	John Perumattam, M.S.T. †	Priest of Missionary Society of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Syro-Malabar)	Bishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
	49.5	Appointed	Imre Szabó †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Apostolic Administrator
	49.5	Appointed	Imre Szabó †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary
12 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	John Carmel Heenan †	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
13 Mar	69.4	Appointed	Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
14 Mar	46.8	Died	Laurent Tétrault, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania
	89.4	Died	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop Emeritus of Ogliastra, Italy
15 Mar	51.8	Resigned	René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Doumé, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
	39.4	Appointed	Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Doumé, Cameroon	Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon
		Born	Alan Stephen Williams, S.M.		Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
16 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Albert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Vartana	Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
	67.4	Died	Karol Mieczysław Radoński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Born	Hansjörg Vogel
18 Mar	80.1	Died	Abel Zaya (Zayia), C.M. †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
19 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
	53.1	Installed	Pietro Zuccarino †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy	Bishop
20 Mar		Born	Carlo Ciattini		Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
		Born	Piotr Libera		Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
	51.4	Appointed	Enrique Rau †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	51.4	Appointed	Enrique Rau †	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
21 Mar		Born	Abraham Desta		Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
23 Mar		Born	Michel Christian Alain Aupetit		Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	37.7	Appointed	João Cláudio Colling †	Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	47.0	Installed	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Mar	25.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Habib Hitti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Hoang Min Syeng †	Priest	Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Rafael Muñoz Núñez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Próspero Penados del Barrio †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Clemente Riva, I.C. †	Priest of Institute of Charity	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Antoine Torbey †	Priest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar	68.9	Died	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Delegate to México
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Dossena †	Priest of Crema, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †	Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
		Born	Kenneth E. Kuntz		Priest of Davenport, Iowa, USA
26 Mar	28.7	Ordained Priest	Louis Pathé Barry †	Priest of Conakry, Guinea	Priest of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
		Born	Justin Saw Min Thide		Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar
27 Mar	51.1	Appointed	Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	Prelate of Cotabato, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	51.1	Appointed	Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	52.2	Appointed	Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
	48.7	Appointed	Emilio Pizzoni †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Ilario Roatta †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
28 Mar	60.6	Appointed	Ciril Banic †	Apostolic Administrator of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop
	60.6	Appointed	Ciril Banic †	Titular Bishop of Corone	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	80.7	Died	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux, C.Or.Iesu †	Bishop of Orléans, France
	57.2	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hunkeler †	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
29 Mar	20.3	Ordained Priest	Jānis Pujats	Priest of Riga, Latvia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
Apr	69.2	Appointed	Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of El Petén, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala
1 Apr	42.5	Ordained Bishop	János Bárd †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Agostino D’Arco †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Titular Bishop of Barata	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	41.8	Ordained Priest	José Armando Gutiérrez Granier †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	22.0	Perpetual Vows	Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
		Born	Stephen Robson		Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
	21.2	Solemn Vows	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
2 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	René-Louis-Marie Stourm †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
3 Apr		Born	Guillermo Dela Vega Afable		Bishop of Digos, Philippines
		Born	Jean-Bosco Ntep		Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Streit, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Pedro Pablo (Luis Reinaldo) Andrade Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Galápagos, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
	53.1	Appointed	Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Attaea	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
		Appointed	Dominic Chen Te-mien, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Suixian [Suihsien], China
		Born	José Vicente Conejero Gallego		Bishop of Formosa, Argentina
	78.7	Died	Giovanni Rosi †	Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy
6 Apr	77.6	Died	Auguste Sieffert, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
7 Apr	66.5	Appointed	Thomas Edmund Molloy †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop
8 Apr	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Hyderabad, India	Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Carpino †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Endre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary
	42.5	Appointed	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
9 Apr	45.1	Appointed	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
10 Apr		Born	Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru		Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
		Born	Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr.		Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
11 Apr		Born	Joseph Yapo Aké		Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
	55.0	Appointed	Nicola Canino †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
	55.0	Resigned	Nicola Canino †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lennox Federal †	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Bishop Emeritus of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
	24.6	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Glynn †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
	42.6	Ordained Bishop	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ingila	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Anthony Li Duan †	Priest	Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Vélez Martínez †	Bishop of Toluca, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr		Born	José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I.		Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
	38.8	Appointed	Pietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand
	38.8	Appointed	Pietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Zenobias	Bishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand
	43.2	Appointed	Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan †	Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China
	62.0	Appointed	Joseph Alexander Fernandes †	Archbishop of Delhi and Simla, India	Archbishop of Delhi, India
		Born	Peter Liu Cheng-chung		Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
	53.2	Appointed	Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
	53.2	Appointed	Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Lamus	Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
		Born	Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J.		Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
13 Apr	75.5	Appointed	Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to México
15 Apr		Born	Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano		Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan
	22.5	Ordained Priest	António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale Venezia †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
18 Apr	61.5	Appointed	Raffaele Baratta †	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
	65.4	Died	Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
19 Apr		Born	Enrique Pérez Lavado		Bishop of Maturín, Venezuela
20 Apr	61.1	Appointed	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
		Appointed	Illuminato Colombo, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Misurata, Libya
21 Apr	67.2	Died	Saverio Ritter †	Official of the Secretariat of State
	75.2	Ceased	Josip Srebrnić †	Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
	50.9	Appointed	Anton Vovk †	Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
22 Apr	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Cesar Francesco Benedetti, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tiddi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cuevo, Bolivia
	42.3	Appointed	Zdzisław Goliński †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Biagio Musto †	Titular Bishop of Bassiana	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
	36.0	Ordained Bishop	José Rincón Bonilla †	Titular Bishop of Tamasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Bausardo, S.D.B.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
		Born	Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
25 Apr	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P. †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	47.3	Appointed	Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
	47.3	Appointed	Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
	48.1	Appointed	Teodor Bensch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	48.1	Appointed	Teodor Bensch †	Titular Bishop of Tabuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	61.3	Selected	Jules Georges Kandela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Bolesław Kominek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop
	47.3	Appointed	Bolesław Kominek †	Titular Bishop of Sophene	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	50.6	Appointed	Edmund Nowicki †	Coadjutor Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland	Bishop
	50.6	Appointed	Edmund Nowicki †	Titular Bishop of Hadriane	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
		Born	Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I.		Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
27 Apr	59.7	Appointed	Kiril Stefan (Nikola) Kurtev †	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
28 Apr	61.6	Appointed	Josef Hiltl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	61.6	Appointed	Josef Hiltl †	Titular Bishop of Constantina	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	77.5	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
29 Apr	73.3	Died	Anton Ceska, S.V.D. †	Prefect Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
		Born	Jean-Pierre Delville		Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium
	132.5	Beatified	St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
	130.0	Beatified	St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
		Born	Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M.		Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
	81.5	Died	Martin Kheberich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Imre Szabó †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary
30 Apr	39.5	Appointed	Miguel Angel García y Aráuz †	Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus

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