Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Apr | 82.5 | Died | LorenzJäger (Jaeger) † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofPaderborn,Germany | |
26.1 | Ordained Priest | Jose Romeo Juanito OrquejoLazo | Priest ofSan Jose de Antique,Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus ofJaro,Philippines | |
2 Apr | 40.4 | Appointed | Fernando RoblesCapalla † | Auxiliary Bishop ofDavao,Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus |
40.4 | Appointed | Fernando RoblesCapalla † | Titular Bishop ofGrumentum | Archbishop Emeritus ofDavao,Philippines | |
60.4 | Resigned | Joseph AloysiusDurick † | Bishop ofNashville, Tennessee,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.8 | Appointed | Norbert FelixGaughan † | Auxiliary Bishop ofGreensburg, Pennsylvania,USA | Bishop Emeritus ofGary, Indiana,USA | |
53.8 | Appointed | Norbert FelixGaughan † | Titular Bishop ofTaraqua | Bishop Emeritus ofGary, Indiana,USA | |
25.4 | Ordained Deacon | James AnthonyTamayo | Deacon ofCorpus Christi, Texas,USA | Bishop ofLaredo, Texas,USA | |
3 Apr | 46.1 | Appointed | Adalberto Pauloda Silva, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop ofViana, Maranhão,Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofFortaleza, Ceara,Brazil |
5 Apr | 52.5 | Appointed | Miguel AngelAlemán Eslava, S.D.B. † | Bishop ofRío Gallegos,Argentina | |
52.9 | Appointed | LuigiBarbarito † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio toNiger | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.9 | Appointed | LuigiBarbarito † | Apostolic Delegate toGuinea-Bissau | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.9 | Appointed | LuigiBarbarito † | Apostolic Delegate toMali | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.9 | Appointed | LuigiBarbarito † | Apostolic Delegate toMauritania | Apostolic Nuncio | |
52.9 | Appointed | LuigiBarbarito † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio toSénégal | Apostolic Nuncio | |
47.7 | Appointed | Horacio AlbertoBózzoli † | Auxiliary Bishop ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | Archbishop ofTucumán,Argentina | |
41.1 | Appointed | Alfred Gonti PiusDatubara, O.F.M. Cap. | Auxiliary Bishop ofMedan,Indonesia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
41.1 | Appointed | Alfred Gonti PiusDatubara, O.F.M. Cap. | Titular Bishop ofNovi | Archbishop Emeritus ofMedan,Indonesia | |
52.2 | Appointed | Miguel EstebanHesayne † | Bishop ofViedma,Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
54.0 | Appointed | Argimiro DanielMoure Piñeiro, S.D.B. † | Bishop ofComodoro Rivadavia,Argentina | ||
43.7 | Ordained Bishop | PaulNguyễn Văn Hoà † | Bishop ofPhan Thiết,Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus ofNha Trang,Viet Nam | |
37.5 | Ordained Bishop | Anselme TitianmaSanon | Bishop ofBobo-Dioulasso,Burkina Faso | Archbishop Emeritus ofBobo-Dioulasso,Burkina Faso | |
50.0 | Appointed | John BaptistWu Cheng-chung † | Cardinal, Bishop ofHong Kong [Xianggang],China | ||
6 Apr | 44.0 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Marie RégisBelzile, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop ofMoundou,Chad | Bishop Emeritus |
27.0 | Ordained Priest | IsaacDanu | Priest ofToungoo,Myanmar | Bishop Emeritus ofTaungngu,Myanmar | |
47.2 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph AbangiteGasi † | Bishop ofTombura,Sudan | Bishop Emeritus ofTombura-Yambio,South Sudan | |
24.4 | Ordained Priest | CasimiroLópez Llorente | Priest ofOsma-Soria,Spain | Bishop ofSegorbe-Castellón de la Plana,Spain | |
30.4 | Ordained Priest | VincentRakotozafy | Priest ofFianarantsoa,Madagascar | Bishop Emeritus ofTôlagnaro,Madagascar | |
37.4 | Appointed | JosephChhmar Salas † | Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic ofPhnom-Penh,Cambodia | Vicar Apostolic | |
37.4 | Appointed | JosephChhmar Salas † | Titular Bishop ofSigus | Vicar Apostolic ofPhnom-Penh,Cambodia | |
54.2 | Ordained Bishop | PioYukwan Deng † | Bishop ofMalakal,South Sudan | ||
34.1 | Ordained Bishop | GabrielZubeir Wako | Bishop ofWau,South Sudan | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofKhartoum,Sudan | |
7 Apr | 39.5 | Appointed | Alano MariaPena, O.P. | Auxiliary Bishop ofBelém do Pará,Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus ofNiterói, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil |
39.5 | Appointed | Alano MariaPena, O.P. | Titular Bishop ofVardimissa | Archbishop Emeritus ofNiterói, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | |
8 Apr | 55.8 | Ordained Bishop | GérardDionne † | Titular Bishop ofGarba | Bishop Emeritus ofEdmundston, New Brunswick,Canada |
45.0 | Appointed | Francis JosephGossman † | Bishop ofRaleigh, North Carolina,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.1 | Appointed | James DanielNiedergeses † | Bishop ofNashville, Tennessee,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Apr | 41.7 | Appointed | PedroAranda Díaz-Muñoz † | Bishop ofTulancingo, Hidalgo,México | Archbishop Emeritus ofTulancingo, Hidalgo,México |
25.1 | Ordained Deacon | Timothy MichaelDolan | Deacon ofSaint Louis, Missouri,USA | Cardinal, Archbishop ofNew York, New York,USA | |
43.6 | Succeeded | Peter YariyokJatau † | Archbishop ofKaduna,Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus | |
72.8 | Resigned | John JosephMacCarthy, S.M.A. † | Archbishop ofKaduna,Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus | |
11 Apr | Born | FranciscoFigueroa Cervantes | Auxiliary Bishop ofZamora, Michoacán,México | ||
46.7 | Ordained Bishop | Bernard FrancisPappin † | Titular Bishop ofAradi | Auxiliary Bishop ofSault Sainte Marie, Ontario,Canada | |
12 Apr | 51.8 | Installed | GeorgMoser † | Bishop ofRottenburg,Germany | Bishop ofRottenburg-Stuttgart,Germany |
30.0 | Professed | Louis NcamisoNdlovu, O.S.M. † | Member ofOrder of Friar Servants of Mary | Bishop ofManzini,eSwatini | |
25.0 | Ordained Priest | AmbrogioSpreafico | Priest ofClerics Regular of St. Paul | Bishop ofFrosinone-Veroli-Ferentino,Italy | |
13 Apr | 49.6 | Ordained Bishop | José AlbertoLlaguno Farias, S.J. † | Titular Bishop ofMozotcori | Vicar Apostolic ofTarahumara, Chihuahua,México |
43.0 | Ordained Bishop | IgnaceMatondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. † | Bishop ofBasankusu,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus ofMolegbe,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
40.1 | Ordained Bishop | Dermot PatrickO’Mahony † | Titular Bishop ofThiava | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofDublin,Ireland | |
26.6 | Ordained Priest | RaymondSaw Po Ray † | Priest ofRangoon,Myanmar | Bishop Emeritus ofMawlamyine,Myanmar | |
14 Apr | 46.9 | Appointed | GiovanniDe Andrea † | Titular Archbishop ofAquaviva | Vice President Emeritus of theLabour Office of the Apostolic See |
46.9 | Appointed | GiovanniDe Andrea † | Apostolic Delegate toAngola | Vice President Emeritus of theLabour Office of the Apostolic See | |
37.4 | Ordained Bishop | JosephChhmar Salas † | Titular Bishop ofSigus | Vicar Apostolic ofPhnom-Penh,Cambodia | |
15 Apr | 46.8 | Appointed | Jean-BaptisteBùi Tuần † | Coadjutor Bishop ofLong Xuyên,Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus |
46.8 | Appointed | Jean-BaptisteBùi Tuần † | Titular Bishop ofTabunia | Bishop Emeritus ofLong Xuyên,Viet Nam | |
84.2 | Died | CharlesJournet † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest ofSanta Maria in Portico (Campitelli) | ||
16 Apr | Born | Antônio Ederaldode Santana | Bishop ofIrecê, Bahia,Brazil | ||
17 Apr | Born | Rui AugustoJardim Gouveia | Auxiliary Bishop ofLisboa {Lisbon},Portugal | ||
18 Apr | 48.2 | Appointed | JoséDelicado Baeza † | Archbishop ofValladolid,Spain | Archbishop Emeritus |
19 Apr | Born | Edmar Joséda Silva | Auxiliary Bishop ofBelo Horizonte, Minas Gerais,Brazil | ||
26.9 | Ordained Priest | AllwynD’Silva | Priest ofBombay,India | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
26.1 | Ordained Priest | Mario del ValleMoronta Rodríguez | Priest ofCaracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus ofSan Cristóbal de Venezuela | |
20 Apr | 52.8 | Ordained Bishop | Alfredo GuillermoDisandro † | Titular Bishop ofVicus Turris | Bishop Emeritus ofVilla María,Argentina |
47.9 | Ordained Bishop | EdvaldoGonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. | Titular Bishop ofZallata | Archbishop Emeritus ofMaceió, Alagoas,Brazil | |
65.1 | Died | Clovis JosephThibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. † | Archbishop Emeritus ofDavao,Philippines | ||
21 Apr | 63.1 | Appointed | Juan CarlosAramburu † | Bishop ofArgentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofBuenos Aires,Argentina |
86.2 | Retired | AntonioCaggiano † | Bishop ofArgentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | |
64.7 | Resigned | José Filípe do CarmoColaço † | Bishop ofSantiago de Cabo Verde | Bishop Emeritus | |
43.8 | Appointed | Paulino do LivramentoÉvora, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop ofSantiago de Cabo Verde | Bishop Emeritus | |
22 Apr | 63.1 | Succeeded | Juan CarlosAramburu † | Archbishop ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
65.5 | Resigned | Victorio ManuelBonamín, S.D.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofArgentina, Military | |
86.2 | Retired | AntonioCaggiano † | Archbishop ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
57.7 | Resigned | Manuel AugustoCárdenas † | Auxiliary Bishop ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofArgentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites | |
Born | Steven JosephLopes | Ordinary ofThe Chair of Saint Peter,USA | |||
65.6 | Succeeded | John LouisMorkovsky † | Bishop ofGalveston-Houston, Texas,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.2 | Retired | Wendelin JosephNold † | Bishop ofGalveston-Houston, Texas,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
87.1 | Retired | AntonioRocca † | Auxiliary Bishop ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
23 Apr | 75.6 | Retired | HugoBressane de Araújo † | Bishop ofMarília, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
60.6 | Died | PeterNettekoven † | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect ofKöln {Cologne},Germany | ||
51.7 | Succeeded | Daniel ArnaldoTomasella, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop ofMarília, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
24 Apr | 47.0 | Appointed | François-XavierNguyễn Văn Thuận † | Coadjutor Archbishop ofSaigon,Viet Nam | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council forJustice and Peace |
47.0 | Appointed | François-XavierNguyễn Văn Thuận † | Titular Archbishop ofVadesi | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council forJustice and Peace | |
25 Apr | 80.7 | Retired | FrancescoCogoni † | Bishop ofOzieri,Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
44.5 | Resigned | MicheleGiordano † | Apostolic Administrator ofAltamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti,Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofNapoli {Naples},Italy | |
44.5 | Appointed | SalvatoreIsgró † | Bishop ofGravina e Irsina (Montepeloso),Italy | Archbishop ofSassari,Italy | |
44.5 | Appointed | SalvatoreIsgró † | Prelate ofAltamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti,Italy | Archbishop ofSassari,Italy | |
43.7 | Appointed | PaulNguyễn Văn Hoà † | Bishop ofNha Trang,Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.9 | Appointed | GiovanniPes † | Auxiliary Bishop ofOristano,Italy | Bishop Emeritus ofAlghero-Bosa,Italy | |
58.9 | Appointed | GiovanniPes † | Titular Bishop ofRisinium | Bishop Emeritus ofAlghero-Bosa,Italy | |
27 Apr | 27.8 | Ordained Priest | Luigi AntonioSecco, S.D.B. | Priest ofSalesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus ofWillemstad, Netherlands Antilles,Antilles |
28 Apr | 59.2 | Appointed | Robert RatnaBamrungtrakul † | Bishop ofChiang Mai,Thailand | Bishop Emeritus |
Born | IgnazioCeffalia | Apostolic Nuncio toBelarus | |||
42.0 | Appointed | George FrancisDaniel | Archbishop ofPretoria,South Africa | Archbishop Emeritus | |
67.5 | Resigned | John ColburnGarner † | Archbishop ofPretoria,South Africa | Archbishop Emeritus | |
77.1 | Appointed | Dominique MarieLê Hữu Cung † | Bishop ofBùi Chu,Viet Nam | ||
41.7 | Appointed | AlphonseU Than Aung † | Auxiliary Bishop ofMandalay,Myanmar | Archbishop Emeritus | |
41.7 | Appointed | AlphonseU Than Aung † | Titular Bishop ofHorrea | Archbishop Emeritus ofMandalay,Myanmar | |
29 Apr | 49.8 | Resigned | José GabrielDiaz Cueva † | Bishop ofAzogues,Ecuador | Bishop Emeritus |
41.3 | Appointed | Raúl EduardoVela Chiriboga † | Bishop ofAzogues,Ecuador | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus ofQuito,Ecuador | |
30 Apr | 46.8 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-BaptisteBùi Tuần † | Titular Bishop ofTabunia | Bishop Emeritus ofLong Xuyên,Viet Nam |
70.7 | Resigned | Giovanni BattistaPardini † | Bishop ofJesi,Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
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