The Year of Our Lord 1954

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 51.1 Appointed Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. † Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 49.5 Appointed Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. † Bishop of Meru, Kenya

Born Bawai (Ashur) Soro Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada

6 Mar 76.9 Died Massimo Massimi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

7 Mar 27.8 Ordained Priest Sydney Anicetus Charles † Priest of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles

Born Guido Zendron Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil

8 Mar 56.0 Appointed Francesco Fasola † Coadjutor Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy

56.0 Appointed Francesco Fasola † Titular Bishop of Vartana Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy

10 Mar 86.4 Died Gabriel Joseph Élie Breynat, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada

12 Mar 74.2 Appointed John Joseph Swint † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA Bishop

13 Mar 25.5 Ordained Priest Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi

28.5 Ordained Priest Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † Priest Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

24.6 Ordained Priest Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

24.1 Ordained Priest Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

24.1 Ordained Priest Arnaldo Ribeiro † Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.4 Ordained Priest Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

14 Mar 47.3 Appointed Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas † Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

24.2 Ordained Priest Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia

47.1 Ordained Bishop William J. Philbin † Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

16 Mar Born Léon Lemmens † Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

17 Mar Born Wolfgang Ipolt Bishop of Görlitz, Germany

18 Mar Born Giambattista Diquattro Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

44.1 Appointed Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba † Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador

19 Mar 53.2 Installed Josef Schoiswohl † Bishop of Seckau, Austria Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

20 Mar Born Joseph Vincent Brennan Bishop of Fresno, California, USA

78.7 Appointed Giuseppe Bruno † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

78.7 Appointed Giuseppe Bruno † Prefect of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

68.2 Appointed Pietro Ciriaci † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

23 Mar 55.7 Appointed Allen James Babcock † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

24 Mar 75.6 Died Franz Hoowaarts, S.V.D. † Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China

46.8 Appointed Clarence George Issenmann † Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

46.8 Appointed Clarence George Issenmann † Titular Bishop of Phytea Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

25 Mar 54.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph John Annabring † Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Born Guglielmo Borghetti Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy

54.5 Appointed Giuseppe Garneri † Auxiliary Bishop of Susa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed Giuseppe Garneri † Titular Bishop of Utica Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy

39.9 Ordained Bishop Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Mar 53.3 Appointed Justin Joseph McCarthy † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

53.3 Appointed Justin Joseph McCarthy † Titular Bishop of Doberus Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

54.4 Appointed Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar 41.2 Appointed Igino Gamboa Satrustegui, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Aguarico, Ecuador Prefect Emeritus

31 Mar 41.4 Appointed Pablo Barrachina Estevan † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

Born Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil

2 Apr Appointed Paul Tch’ang † Apostolic Administrator of Siping [Szepingkai], China

3 Apr 22.7 Ordained Priest Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

24.4 Ordained Priest Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad † Priest Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

23.9 Ordained Priest Ivo Fürer † Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Jacques André Marie Jullien † Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

24.8 Ordained Priest Johannes Kapp † Priest of Fulda, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23.3 Ordained Priest Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

25.5 Ordained Priest Jaime Lachica Sin † Priest of Jaro, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

26.3 Ordained Priest John Nicholas Wurm † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA

4 Apr 58.9 Appointed Abdallah Nujaim † Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

Born Marco Salvi Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy

5 Apr 44.3 Appointed José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Auxiliary Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

44.3 Appointed José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Titular Bishop of Amisus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

69.8 Appointed Konštantín Bohačevskyj † Titular Archbishop of Beroë Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

Born Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P. Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

95.7 Died Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre † Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México

58.7 Succeeded Luis Guízar y Barragán † Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México Bishop Emeritus

39.4 Resigned Pedro Nel Ramirez Posada, O.A.R. † Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia Prefect Emeritus

Born Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile

6 Apr 50.4 Appointed Joseph Maria Pernicone † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Joseph Maria Pernicone † Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

7 Apr Born José Luis Henao Cadavid Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

8 Apr 52.1 Appointed Antonio Bagnoli † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

9 Apr 48.9 Appointed Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Yanji [Yenki], China Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)

10 Apr 45.5 Appointed Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic

45.5 Appointed Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Risinium Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic

51.8 Appointed John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. † Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Kaduna, Nigeria

43.7 Appointed John Joseph Reddington, S.M.A. † Bishop of Jos, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

52.4 Appointed John Joseph U Win † Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay, Myanmar Archbishop

52.4 Appointed John Joseph U Win † Titular Bishop of Lete Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

11 Apr 27.7 Ordained Priest Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Argentina

12 Apr Born Julio Angkel Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

Born Hugo Norberto Santiago Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

13 Apr Born Michael Owen Jackels Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

14 Apr 76.2 Died Antonio Vignato, F.S.C.J. † Superior General Emeritus of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Superior General Emeritus of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus

15 Apr 63.4 Resigned Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

16 Apr 54.7 Appointed François Ayoub † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

54.7 Appointed François Ayoub † Apostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

44.3 Appointed Elie Farah † Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite) Archbishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed David James Mathew † Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

17 Apr 25.4 Ordained Priest Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez † Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

24.1 Ordained Priest Ugo Donato Bianchi † Priest of Montefeltro, Italy Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

26.6 Ordained Priest Michel Louis Coloni † Priest of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus of Dijon, France

27.5 Ordained Priest Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger † Priest of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

23.7 Ordained Priest José Mario Ruiz Navas † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador

18 Apr 77.1 Died Arthur Alfred Sinnott † Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

19 Apr Born Marko Semren, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

20 Apr Born Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. † Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy

21 Apr 56.1 Appointed Benjamin Ibberson Webster † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

22 Apr 45.1 Ordained Bishop Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal † Titular Bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India

Born Đura Džudžar Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)

Born Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina

23 Apr 46.4 Appointed José de Jesús Arango Velázquez, O.F.M. † Prefect of Guapi, Colombia Prefect Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. † Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia

24 Apr 46.6 Appointed Mario Longo Dorni † Bishop of Pistoia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Kevin C. McCoy Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical North American College

32.3 Ordained Priest Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru † Priest of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

Born Anthony Basil Taylor Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

25 Apr 44.8 Ordained Bishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier † Titular Bishop of Pionia Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

26 Apr 45.9 Ordained Bishop Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. † Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa

Born Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

27 Apr 76.3 Appointed Pierre Louis Marie Galibert, T.O.R. † Titular Bishop of Plataea Bishop Emeritus of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil

76.3 Retired Pierre Louis Marie Galibert, T.O.R. † Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

28 Apr Born Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

68.6 Died Wendelin Rauch † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

30 Apr Born Patrick Joseph McKinney Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	51.1	Appointed	Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. †	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	49.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
	Born	Bawai (Ashur) Soro		Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
6 Mar	76.9	Died	Massimo Massimi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
7 Mar	27.8	Ordained Priest	Sydney Anicetus Charles †	Priest of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
	Born	Guido Zendron		Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
8 Mar	56.0	Appointed	Francesco Fasola †	Coadjutor Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
56.0	Appointed	Francesco Fasola †	Titular Bishop of Vartana	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
10 Mar	86.4	Died	Gabriel Joseph Élie Breynat, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
12 Mar	74.2	Appointed	John Joseph Swint †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Bishop
13 Mar	25.5	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
28.5	Ordained Priest	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Priest	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
24.6	Ordained Priest	Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
24.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
24.1	Ordained Priest	Arnaldo Ribeiro †	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.4	Ordained Priest	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
14 Mar	47.3	Appointed	Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas †	Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
24.2	Ordained Priest	Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia
47.1	Ordained Bishop	William J. Philbin †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
16 Mar		Born	Léon Lemmens †		Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
17 Mar		Born	Wolfgang Ipolt		Bishop of Görlitz, Germany
18 Mar		Born	Giambattista Diquattro		Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
44.1	Appointed	Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador
19 Mar	53.2	Installed	Josef Schoiswohl †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
20 Mar		Born	Joseph Vincent Brennan		Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
78.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Bruno †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
78.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Bruno †	Prefect of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
68.2	Appointed	Pietro Ciriaci †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
23 Mar	55.7	Appointed	Allen James Babcock †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
24 Mar	75.6	Died	Franz Hoowaarts, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
46.8	Appointed	Clarence George Issenmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
46.8	Appointed	Clarence George Issenmann †	Titular Bishop of Phytea	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
25 Mar	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph John Annabring †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
	Born	Guglielmo Borghetti		Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Garneri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Garneri †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Mar	53.3	Appointed	Justin Joseph McCarthy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
53.3	Appointed	Justin Joseph McCarthy †	Titular Bishop of Doberus	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
54.4	Appointed	Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	41.2	Appointed	Igino Gamboa Satrustegui, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Aguarico, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
31 Mar	41.4	Appointed	Pablo Barrachina Estevan †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
	Born	Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata		Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil
2 Apr		Appointed	Paul Tch’ang †	Apostolic Administrator of Siping [Szepingkai], China
3 Apr	22.7	Ordained Priest	Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
24.4	Ordained Priest	Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad †	Priest	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
23.9	Ordained Priest	Ivo Fürer †	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Jacques André Marie Jullien †	Priest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
24.8	Ordained Priest	Johannes Kapp †	Priest of Fulda, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23.3	Ordained Priest	Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
25.5	Ordained Priest	Jaime Lachica Sin †	Priest of Jaro, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
26.3	Ordained Priest	John Nicholas Wurm †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
4 Apr	58.9	Appointed	Abdallah Nujaim †	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Marco Salvi		Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy
5 Apr	44.3	Appointed	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
44.3	Appointed	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
69.8	Appointed	Konštantín Bohačevskyj †	Titular Archbishop of Beroë	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	Born	Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P.		Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
95.7	Died	Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
58.7	Succeeded	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
39.4	Resigned	Pedro Nel Ramirez Posada, O.A.R. †	Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca		Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
6 Apr	50.4	Appointed	Joseph Maria Pernicone †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Joseph Maria Pernicone †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
7 Apr		Born	José Luis Henao Cadavid		Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
8 Apr	52.1	Appointed	Antonio Bagnoli †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Apr	48.9	Appointed	Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Yanji [Yenki], China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)
10 Apr	45.5	Appointed	Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
45.5	Appointed	Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
51.8	Appointed	John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaduna, Nigeria
43.7	Appointed	John Joseph Reddington, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	John Joseph U Win †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop
52.4	Appointed	John Joseph U Win †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
11 Apr	27.7	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Argentina
12 Apr		Born	Julio Angkel		Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
	Born	Hugo Norberto Santiago		Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
13 Apr		Born	Michael Owen Jackels		Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
14 Apr	76.2	Died	Antonio Vignato, F.S.C.J. †	Superior General Emeritus of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior General Emeritus of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
15 Apr	63.4	Resigned	Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Apr	54.7	Appointed	François Ayoub †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
54.7	Appointed	François Ayoub †	Apostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
44.3	Appointed	Elie Farah †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	David James Mathew †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez †	Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
24.1	Ordained Priest	Ugo Donato Bianchi †	Priest of Montefeltro, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
26.6	Ordained Priest	Michel Louis Coloni †	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
27.5	Ordained Priest	Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger †	Priest of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23.7	Ordained Priest	José Mario Ruiz Navas †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador
18 Apr	77.1	Died	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
19 Apr		Born	Marko Semren, O.F.M.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20 Apr		Born	Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
21 Apr	56.1	Appointed	Benjamin Ibberson Webster †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
	Born	Đura Džudžar		Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)
	Born	Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell		Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina
23 Apr	46.4	Appointed	José de Jesús Arango Velázquez, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guapi, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. †	Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia
24 Apr	46.6	Appointed	Mario Longo Dorni †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Kevin C. McCoy		Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical North American College
32.3	Ordained Priest	Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru †	Priest of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Anthony Basil Taylor		Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
25 Apr	44.8	Ordained Bishop	José Armando Gutiérrez Granier †	Titular Bishop of Pionia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
26 Apr	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. †	Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
	Born	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo		Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Apr	76.3	Appointed	Pierre Louis Marie Galibert, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Bishop Emeritus of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil
76.3	Retired	Pierre Louis Marie Galibert, T.O.R. †	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr		Born	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.		Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
68.6	Died	Wendelin Rauch †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
30 Apr		Born	Patrick Joseph McKinney		Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain

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