Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Apr | 25.6 | Ordained Deacon | Nicholas James Samra | Deacon of United States of America (Melkite Greek) | Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA |
52.4 | Appointed | Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † | Administrator of Calama, Chile | Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile | |
1 Apr | 40.7 | Ordained Bishop | Daniel Joseph Mullins † | Titular Bishop of Sidnacestre | Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain |
63.3 | Died | Léo Völker, M. Afr. † | Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) | ||
2 Apr | 50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Martin Nicholas Lohmuller † | Titular Bishop of Ramsbiria | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Jerome Welsh † | Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig | Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | |
3 Apr | 80.1 | Died | Endre Hamvas † | Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary | |
60.3 | Appointed | Francis Xavier Sanguon Souvannasri † | Titular Bishop of Urci | Bishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand | |
60.3 | Resigned | Francis Xavier Sanguon Souvannasri † | Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand | Bishop Emeritus | |
59.7 | Died | José Vicente Távora † | Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil | ||
4 Apr | 82.4 | Appointed | Luis Almarcha Hernández † | Titular Bishop of Elepla | Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain |
82.4 | Retired | Luis Almarcha Hernández † | Bishop of León, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.1 | Appointed | Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. † | Bishop of Tulle, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
44.1 | Installed | Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. † | Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
5 Apr | 25.3 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya |
55.9 | Ordained Bishop | Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. † | Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia | |
52.8 | Ordained Bishop | Albin Małysiak, C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Beatia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | |
Born | Christopher Naseri-Mutiti Naseri | Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria | |||
50.2 | Ordained Bishop | Denis Ngande † | Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon | ||
24.1 | Ordained Priest | Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre | Priest of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America | |
Born | Giordano Rota, O.S.B. | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy | |||
60.3 | Ordained Bishop | Mikolaj Sasinowski † | Bishop of Łomża, Poland | ||
51.1 | Appointed | Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |
54.8 | Ordained Bishop | Stanislaw Smolenski † | Titular Bishop of Alava | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland | |
52.6 | Installed | Oscar Félix Villena † | Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
6 Apr | 43.3 | Ordained Bishop | William Wakefield Baum † | Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
52.7 | Appointed | Manuel Casares Hervás † | Bishop of Almería, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
9 Apr | 47.0 | Appointed | Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand | Bishop Emeritus |
51.2 | Appointed | Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. † | Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos, Bolivia | Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia | |
51.2 | Appointed | Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Bulla | Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia | |
10 Apr | 65.6 | Died | Luís Victor Sartori † | Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
11 Apr | 42.0 | Ordained Bishop | Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke | Titular Bishop of Iria Flavia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany |
Born | Xabier Gómez García, O.P. | Bishop-Elect of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain | |||
55.5 | Appointed | Paolo Mosconi † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq | Apostolic Nuncio | |
Born | Joseph Yang Yongqiang | Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China | |||
12 Apr | 54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. † | Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia |
29.6 | Ordained Priest | Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. † | Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan | |
15 Apr | 45.2 | Appointed | Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce † | Bishop of La Guaira, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military |
16 Apr | 52.8 | Appointed | Norman Joseph Gallagher † | Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | |
17 Apr | Born | Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias | Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia | ||
18 Apr | 50.4 | Ordained Bishop | Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun † | Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany |
44.9 | Installed | Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida † | Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile | Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile | |
53.6 | Appointed | Juan Nicolasora Nilmar † | Auxiliary Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines | |
42.3 | Appointed | Roberto Pinarello de Almeida † | Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
19 Apr | 54.6 | Installed | Antonio Cunial † | Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy | |
21 Apr | 53.3 | Appointed | Dominic Ignatius Ekandem † | Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt, Nigeria | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria |
45.2 | Appointed | Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel † | Vicar Apostolic of France, Military | Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France | |
45.2 | Appointed | Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel † | Titular Bishop of Rota | Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France | |
22 Apr | 44.7 | Appointed | Marco Cé † | Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Venezia {Venice}, Italy |
44.7 | Appointed | Marco Cé † | Titular Bishop of Vulturia | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Venezia {Venice}, Italy | |
Born | Benny Varghese Edathattel | Bishop of Itanagar, India | |||
23 Apr | 57.6 | Appointed | Aldo Forzoni † | Bishop of Apuania, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy |
80.6 | Died | Teobaldo Giorgio Moscatelli, O. Cist. † | Abbot Emeritus of Order of Cistercians | ||
Born | Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengibar | Bishop of Guadix, Spain | |||
59.4 | Appointed | Renato Spallanzani † | Auxiliary Bishop of Siena, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy | |
54.4 | Appointed | Adelmo Tacconi † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy | |
54.4 | Appointed | Adelmo Tacconi † | Titular Bishop of Sinna | Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy | |
24 Apr | 72.1 | Died | Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | |
46.2 | Appointed | Alberto Giglioli † | Auxiliary Bishop of Siena, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy | |
46.2 | Appointed | Alberto Giglioli † | Titular Bishop of Bitylius | Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy | |
50.0 | Appointed | Victor Guazzelli † | Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
50.0 | Appointed | Victor Guazzelli † | Titular Bishop of Lindisfarna | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain | |
47.9 | Appointed | Gerald Thomas Mahon, M.H.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain | ||
47.9 | Appointed | Gerald Thomas Mahon, M.H.M. † | Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin | Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain | |
55.7 | Appointed | James Monaghan † | Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
55.7 | Appointed | James Monaghan † | Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | |
25 Apr | 52.6 | Appointed | St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez † | Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador | Archbishop |
52.6 | Appointed | St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez † | Titular Bishop of Tambeae | Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador | |
40.5 | Appointed | Paul Schruers † | Auxiliary Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
40.5 | Appointed | Paul Schruers † | Titular Bishop of Slebte | Bishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium | |
Born | Piotr Wawrzynek | Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica, Poland | |||
26 Apr | 40.9 | Ordained Bishop | Agostinho José (Benito) Sartori, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Palmas, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil |
27 Apr | 42.1 | Appointed | Pedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F. † | Apostolic Administrator of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil | Prelate Emeritus |
46.0 | Appointed | Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy | |
46.0 | Appointed | Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. † | Titular Bishop of Nova Germania | Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy | |
54.6 | Appointed | Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
28 Apr | Born | Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino | Bishop of Neiva, Colombia | ||
Born | Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe | |||
29 Apr | 47.1 | Appointed | René-Alexandre Dupanloup † | Auxiliary Bishop of Nice, France | Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France |
47.1 | Appointed | René-Alexandre Dupanloup † | Titular Bishop of Vagal | Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France | |
40.1 | Ordained Bishop | Stephen Fumio Hamao † | Titular Bishop of Oreto | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | |
30 Apr | 90.4 | Died | Alfredo Maria Cavagna † | Titular Bishop of Tium | |
Born | Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.I. | Bishop of Kotido, Uganda | |||
63.7 | Appointed | Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D. † | Titular Bishop of Rubicon | Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro, Spain | |
63.7 | Resigned | Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D. † | Bishop of Barbastro, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
63.2 | Appointed | Antonio Ravagli † | Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy | |
63.2 | Appointed | Antonio Ravagli † | Titular Bishop of Montecorvino | Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy | |
63.2 | Resigned | Antonio Ravagli † | Bishop of Modigliana, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.2 | Appointed | Mark Francis Schmitt † | Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA | |
47.2 | Appointed | Mark Francis Schmitt † | Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór | Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA |
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