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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
2 Apr63.5AppointedMark Benedict ColeridgeArchbishop of Brisbane, Australia
74.3CeasedGeoffrey Hylton JarrettApostolic Administrator of Brisbane, AustraliaBishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
3 Apr60.4AppointedCástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. †Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
79.2DiedArduino BertoldoBishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
81.7DiedMichael Bzdel, C.SS.R. †Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
65.9AppointedJesús Carlos Cabrero RomeroArchbishop of San Luis Potosí, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
76.7RetiredVicente Ramón Hernández PeñaBishop of Trujillo, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
83.3DiedEfraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
75.7RetiredLuis Morales ReyesArchbishop of San Luis Potosí, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
4 Apr52.5AppointedOscar Omar Aparicio CéspedesBishop of Bolivia, MilitaryArchbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
75.5RetiredGonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. †Bishop of Bolivia, MilitaryBishop Emeritus
63.7AppointedFrancesco MilitoBishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, ItalyBishop Emeritus
52.1AppointedTulio Luis Ramírez PadillaAuxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de VenezuelaBishop of Guarenas, Venezuela
52.1AppointedTulio Luis Ramírez PadillaTitular Bishop of AusuccuraBishop of Guarenas, Venezuela
6 Apr76.6DiedFelipe Fernández GarcíaBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
7 Apr81.5DiedIgnace Moussa I (Basile) DaoudCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
10 Apr89.6DiedLuis Aponte MartínezCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
79.2DiedLeonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia
11 Apr55.2AppointedNatale Paganelli, S.X.Apostolic Administrator of Makeni, Sierra LeoneApostolic Administrator Emeritus
83.9DiedAgustín Alejo (Aleido) Román RodríguezAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
13 Apr86.1DiedMario RizziApostolic Nuncio
14 Apr51.5Ordained BishopOlivier Jacques Marie de Germay de CirfontaineBishop of Ajaccio, FranceArchbishop of Lyon, France
56.5Ordained BishopLorenzo LeuzziTitular Bishop of AemonaBishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
53.6Ordained BishopJohn Oballa OwaaBishop of Ngong, Kenya
57.0Ordained BishopJosé Manuel Romero BarriosTitular Bishop of MaterianaBishop of El Tigre, Venezuela
50.1Ordained BishopLuis José Rueda AparicioBishop of Montelibano, ColombiaCardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
48.8Ordained BishopLuciano RussoTitular Archbishop of MonteverdeSecretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State
51.0AppointedMarek SolczyńskiApostolic Nuncio to AzerbaijanApostolic Nuncio to Turkey
38.8Ordained BishopLinas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of QuizaBishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
56.5Ordained BishopMatteo Maria ZuppiTitular Bishop of Villa NovaCardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Apr50.2Ordained BishopTimothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.Titular Bishop of NaieraBishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.8InstalledAirton José dos SantosArchbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.9Ordained BishopSébastien-Joseph Muyengo MulombeTitular Bishop of StratherniaBishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
61.3ConvertedCarl Leonard ReidOrdinary Emeritus of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia
16 Apr82.2DiedAntoine Hamid MouranyArchbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite), Syria
18 Apr91.6DiedJosé Cerviño CerviñoBishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
53.0AppointedMiguel Ángel D’AnnibaleApostolic Administrator of Río Gallegos, ArgentinaBishop of San Martín, Argentina
69.7InstalledArrigo MiglioArchbishop of Cagliari, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.4ResignedJuan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.Bishop of Río Gallegos, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
55.8InstalledWilliam Charles SkurlaArchbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
19 Apr47.5Ordained BishopJoseph Chen Gong’ aoBishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
21 Apr78.9DiedRamón Búa OteroBishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
63.9InstalledFroilán Tiberio Casas OrtízBishop of Neiva, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
86.3InstalledProspero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
51.3Ordained BishopPaul Abel Mamba DiattaBishop of Ziguinchor, SenegalBishop of Tambacounda, Senegal
43.2Ordained BishopWiesław Andrzej ŚmigielTitular Bishop of BeatiaArchbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
22 Apr84.0InstalledKarl Josef Becker, S.J. †Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire
74.0InstalledManuel Monteiro de CastroCardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di GuzmanCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
72.7InstalledJohn Tong HonCardinal-Priest of Regina ApostolorumCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
25 Apr74.1ResignedJosé Foralosso, S.D.B. †Bishop of Marabá, Para, BrazilBishop Emeritus
51.3Ordained BishopMethodius Qu AilinBishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
71.9DiedJan Bernard SzlagaBishop of Pelplin, Poland
26 Apr74.1InstalledFrancesco CoccopalmerioCardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe dei FalegnamiCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
28 Apr55.8InstalledFrancesco AlfanoArchbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
62.4AppointedMichael Dixon BhaseraApostolic Administrator of Gweru, ZimbabweBishop Emeritus of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
49.8AppointedTadeusz LityńskiAuxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, PolandBishop
49.8AppointedTadeusz LityńskiTitular Bishop of CemerinianusBishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
56.3ResignedMartin MunyanyiBishop of Gweru, ZimbabweBishop Emeritus
50.1InstalledLuis José Rueda AparicioBishop of Montelibano, ColombiaCardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
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