Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
1 Apr | 52.4 | Appointed | Ruperto Cruz Santos | Bishop of Balanga, Philippines | Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines |
68.6 | Died | Vito De Grisantis † | Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy |
4 Apr | 80.7 | Died | Lajos Bálint † | Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania |
6 Apr | 76.5 | Retired | Tomas Aguon Camacho † | Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Bishop Emeritus |
58.2 | Appointed | José Horacio Gómez Velasco | Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | Archbishop |
7 Apr | 63.7 | Ordained Bishop | George Njaralakatt | Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India | Archbishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India |
63.5 | Resigned | James Matthew Wingle | Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
8 Apr | 45.7 | Appointed | Nicolás Baisi | Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina | Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina |
45.7 | Appointed | Nicolás Baisi | Titular Bishop of Tepelta | Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina |
46.3 | Installed | Matthias Du Jiang | Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China] |
48.7 | Ordained Bishop | Remigius Maria Paul Inchananiyil | Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India |
50.9 | Ordained Bishop | Vincenzo Pisanello | Bishop of Oria, Italy |
10 Apr | 66.9 | Installed | Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
75.4 | Retired | Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. † | Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
63.6 | Installed | Guillermo Orozco Montoya | Bishop of Girardota, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
54.0 | Died | Tadeusz Płoski † | Bishop of Poland, Military |
53.1 | Ordained Bishop | Jean Marie Prida Inthirath | Titular Bishop of Lemfocta | Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos |
39.9 | Appointed | Sviatoslav Shevchuk | Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina | Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
53.9 | Ordained Bishop | Raphael Thattil | Titular Bishop of Buruni | Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India |
47.8 | Appointed | Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez | Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela |
11 Apr | 47.9 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Alappatt | Bishop of Ramanathapuram (Syro-Malabar), India |
53.8 | Installed | Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta | Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
69.8 | Ordained Bishop | Woldeghiorghis Matheos | Titular Bishop of Turuda | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hosanna, Ethiopia |
12 Apr | 80.9 | Died | Andrea Cassone † | Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano-Cariati, Italy |
78.1 | Died | Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D. † | Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines |
58.8 | Appointed | Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash | Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA | Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (Syrian) |
13 Apr | 90.1 | Died | André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. † | Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine |
57.9 | Installed | Joseph Thomas Konnath | Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India |
14 Apr | 51.2 | Ordained Bishop | Hubertus Leteng † | Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia | Bishop Emeritus |
72.0 | Resigned | Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. † | Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
15 Apr | 54.4 | Ordained Bishop | Rafael Biernaski | Titular Bishop of Ruspae | Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
52.3 | Resigned | Jacob Venance Koda | Bishop of Same, Tanzania | Bishop Emeritus |
16 Apr | 88.1 | Died | Norman Francis McFarland † | Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA |
90.3 | Died | Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti |
17 Apr | 47.8 | Succeeded | Felix Femi Ajakaye | Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria |
75.0 | Retired | Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun | Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus |
85.1 | Died | Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † | Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria |
54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. | Titular Bishop of Ita | Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana |
66.6 | Installed | Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz | Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
75.4 | Retired | Simon Akwali Okafor † | Bishop of Awka, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus |
40.1 | Confirmed | Joseph Shen Bin | Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China | Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China |
52.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. | Prelate of Illapel, Chile | Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile |
18 Apr | 48.3 | Ordained Bishop | Pauly Kannookadan | Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India |
63.4 | Installed | Mario Meini | Bishop of Fiesole, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
47.8 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Meng Quinglu | Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China |
55.1 | Ordained Bishop | João Noé Rodrigues | Bishop of Tzaneen, South Africa |
50.3 | Ordained Bishop | Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun | Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia | Bishop of Bahir Dar - Dessie (Ethiopian), Ethiopia |
19 Apr | 96.5 | Died | William Donald Borders † | Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
20 Apr | 74.3 | Resigned | John Clement Favalora | Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA | Archbishop Emeritus |
57.7 | Appointed | Thomas John Joseph Paprocki | Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA |
59.5 | Appointed | Thomas Gerard Wenski | Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA |
21 Apr | 47.0 | Confirmed | Jaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. | Coadjutor Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Bishop |
40.1 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Shen Bin | Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China | Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China |
22 Apr | 73.6 | Resigned | James Moriarty † | Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus |
72.0 | Appointed | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
23 Apr | 73.4 | Resigned | Roger Joseph Vangheluwe | Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium | |
52.6 | Appointed | Koenraad Vanhoutte | Apostolic Administrator of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium | Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium |
24 Apr | 54.1 | Ordained Bishop | Norberto do Amaral | Bishop of Maliana, Timor-Leste |
66.7 | Ordained Bishop | Stanislav Lipovšek | Bishop of Celje, Slovenia | Bishop Emeritus |
50.9 | Installed | Vincenzo Pisanello | Bishop of Oria, Italy |
62.8 | Installed | Luis Quinteiro Fiuza | Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
52.3 | Ordained Bishop | Montfort Stima (Sitima) | Titular Bishop of Puppi | Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi |
25 Apr | 54.1 | Installed | Norberto do Amaral | Bishop of Maliana, Timor-Leste |
26 Apr | 54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Charles Bambera | Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA |
27 Apr | 58.3 | Ordained Bishop | John Douglas Deshotel | Titular Bishop of Cova | Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |
56.2 | Ordained Bishop | Mark Joseph Seitz | Titular Bishop of Cozyla | Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA |
28 Apr | 46.2 | Appointed | Launay Saturné | Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti | Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti |
29 Apr | 64.6 | Appointed | José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia | Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México | Bishop Emeritus |
69.4 | Appointed | Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan |
69.4 | Appointed | Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. † | Titular Bishop of Thimida | Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan |
45.5 | Appointed | John Baptist Jung Shin-chul | Auxiliary Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South) | Bishop |
45.5 | Appointed | John Baptist Jung Shin-chul | Titular Bishop of Cuicul | Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South) |
30 Apr | 52.8 | Ordained Bishop | José Araneta Cabantan | Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines | Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines |
70.0 | Resigned | Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. | Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria |
53.5 | Appointed | Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Same, Tanzania |
54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Terry Ronald LaValley | Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA |
61.0 | Appointed | Juan Odilón Martínez García | Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México | Bishop Emeritus |
98.9 | Died | Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” |
66.5 | Appointed | Peter David Gregory Smith † | Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain | Archbishop Emeritus |
52.8 | Installed | Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. | Prelate of Illapel, Chile | Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile |