Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Apr | 46.6 | Appointed | Darwin RudyAndino Ramírez, C.R.S. | Auxiliary Bishop ofTegucigalpa,Honduras | Bishop Emeritus ofSanta Rosa de Copán,Honduras |
46.6 | Appointed | Darwin RudyAndino Ramírez, C.R.S. | Titular Bishop ofHorta | Bishop Emeritus ofSanta Rosa de Copán,Honduras | |
54.7 | Appointed | Charles DanielBalvo | Apostolic Nuncio toSamoa,Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio toAustralia | |
43.4 | Ordained Bishop | Víctor ManuelOchoa Cadavid | Titular Bishop ofSan Leone | Bishop ofColombia, Military | |
52.5 | Appointed | Francisco MontecilloPadilla | Titular Archbishop ofNebbio | Apostolic Nuncio toGuatemala | |
52.5 | Appointed | Francisco MontecilloPadilla | Apostolic Nuncio toPapua New Guinea | Apostolic Nuncio toGuatemala | |
52.5 | Appointed | Francisco MontecilloPadilla | Apostolic Nuncio toSolomon Islands | Apostolic Nuncio toGuatemala | |
2 Apr | 59.1 | Installed | VincenzoApicella | Bishop ofVelletri-Segni,Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
59.2 | Ordained Bishop | VincentKympat † | Bishop ofJowai,India | ||
50.2 | Ordained Bishop | VictorLyngdoh | Bishop ofNongstoin,India | Archbishop ofShillong,India | |
3 Apr | 57.9 | Appointed | Dèr RaphaëlKusiélé Dabiré | Bishop ofDiébougou,Burkina Faso | |
75.5 | Retired | Jean-Baptiste KpiéleSomé | Bishop ofDiébougou,Burkina Faso | Bishop Emeritus | |
4 Apr | 36.6 | Ordained Deacon | Bernardus BofitwosBaru, O.S.A. | Deacon ofOrder of St. Augustine | Bishop ofTimika,Indonesia |
59.0 | Appointed | Richard GerardLennon † | Bishop ofCleveland, Ohio,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
73.3 | Resigned | Anthony MichaelPilla † | Bishop ofCleveland, Ohio,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
94.6 | Died | SebastianValloppilly † | Bishop Emeritus ofTellicherry (Syro-Malabar),India | ||
5 Apr | 50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Paul AloisLakra † | Bishop ofGumla,India | |
63.9 | Appointed | Jovianode Lima Júnior, S.S.S. † | Archbishop ofRibeirão Preto, Sao Paulo,Brazil | ||
82.4 | Died | PasqualeMacchi † | Prelate Emeritus ofLoreto,Italy | ||
76.2 | Retired | ArnaldoRibeiro † | Archbishop ofRibeirão Preto, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
6 Apr | 49.0 | Appointed | Fernando NatalioChomalí Garib | Auxiliary Bishop ofSantiago de Chile | Cardinal, Archbishop |
49.0 | Appointed | Fernando NatalioChomalí Garib | Titular Bishop ofNoba | Cardinal, Archbishop ofSantiago de Chile | |
60.6 | Died | LonginusDa Cunha † | Archbishop ofEnde,Indonesia | ||
47.6 | Appointed | John BaptistLee Keh-mien | Bishop ofHsinchu,Taiwan | ||
67.8 | Appointed | Dieter BerndScholz, S.J. | Bishop ofChinhoyi,Zimbabwe | Bishop Emeritus | |
7 Apr | 62.4 | Appointed | AndrejGlavan | Bishop ofNovo Mesto,Slovenia | Bishop Emeritus |
69.5 | Appointed | FrancKramberger | Archbishop ofMaribor,Slovenia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
63.3 | Appointed | AntonStres, C.M. | Bishop ofCelje,Slovenia | Archbishop Emeritus ofLjubljana,Slovenia | |
50.7 | Appointed | MarjanTurnšek | Bishop ofMurska Sobota,Slovenia | Archbishop Emeritus ofMaribor,Slovenia | |
8 Apr | 50.1 | Appointed | RamónCastro Castro | Bishop ofCampeche,México | Bishop ofCuernavaca, Morelos,México |
51.5 | Appointed | Benoît Marie PascalRivière | Bishop ofAutun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny),France | ||
45.0 | Appointed | AthanasiusSchneider, O.R.C. | Auxiliary Bishop ofKaraganda,Kazakhstan | Auxiliary Bishop ofMaria Santissima in Astana,Kazakhstan | |
45.0 | Appointed | AthanasiusSchneider, O.R.C. | Titular Bishop ofCelerina | Auxiliary Bishop ofMaria Santissima in Astana,Kazakhstan | |
76.3 | Retired | Raymond Gaston JosephSéguy † | Bishop ofAutun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny),France | Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Apr | 81.9 | Died | Charles JosephHenderson † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofSouthwark, England,Great Britain | |
12 Apr | 51.3 | Appointed | Joseph KwakuAfrifah-Agyekum | Bishop ofKoforidua,Ghana | |
13 Apr | 64.8 | Appointed | LuigiConti † | Archbishop ofFermo,Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
53.0 | Appointed | LeopoldoGirelli | Titular Archbishop ofCapreae | Apostolic Nuncio toIndia | |
53.0 | Appointed | LeopoldoGirelli | Apostolic Nuncio toIndonesia | Apostolic Nuncio toIndia | |
15 Apr | 85.0 | Died | JoséMéndez Asensio † | Archbishop Emeritus ofGranada,Spain | |
18 Apr | 74.2 | Died | MarcelinoCorrer, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop Emeritus ofCarolina, Maranhão,Brazil | |
19 Apr | 50.8 | Ordained Bishop | JohnBarwa, S.V.D. | Coadjutor Bishop ofRourkela,India | Archbishop ofCuttack-Bhubaneswar,India |
76.3 | Retired | José GeraldoOliveira do Valle, C.S.S. | Bishop ofGuaxupé, Minas Gerais,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.6 | Appointed | José MauroPereira Bastos, C.P. † | Bishop ofGuaxupé, Minas Gerais,Brazil | ||
81.8 | Died | Andrés MaríaRubio Garcia, S.D.B. † | Bishop Emeritus ofMercedes,Uruguay | ||
20 Apr | 88.2 | Died | Basil (Wasyl)Filevich (Felivich) † | Bishop Emeritus ofSaskatoon (Ukrainian),Canada | |
32.8 | Ordained Priest | AloysiusFondong Abangalo | Priest ofBuéa,Cameroon | Bishop ofMamfe,Cameroon | |
44.3 | Ordained Bishop | JosephXu Honggen | Bishop ofSuzhou [Soochow, Wuhsien],China | ||
22 Apr | 55.3 | Succeeded | Solomon AmanchukwuAmatu | Bishop ofOkigwe,Nigeria | |
51.1 | Ordained Bishop | Bernardo MiguelBastres Florence, S.D.B. | Bishop ofPunta Arenas,Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.6 | Appointed | GianfrancoDe Luca | Bishop ofTermoli-Larino,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.9 | Appointed | António Augustodos Santos Marto | Bishop ofLeiria-Fátima,Portugal | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus | |
58.9 | Appointed | António Augustodos Santos Marto | Apostolic Administrator ofViseu,Portugal | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus ofLeiria-Fátima,Portugal | |
68.4 | Resigned | Anthony EkeziaIlonu † | Bishop ofOkigwe,Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus | |
64.3 | Resigned | HervéItoua | Bishop ofOuesso,Congo | Bishop Emeritus | |
48.9 | Appointed | BeatusKinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop ofMbulu,Tanzania | Archbishop ofDodoma,Tanzania | |
61.8 | Appointed | Yves MarieMonot, C.S.Sp. | Apostolic Administrator ofOuesso,Congo | Bishop Emeritus | |
55.3 | Appointed | José MaríaOrtega Trinidad | Prelate ofJuli,Peru | Prelate Emeritus | |
61.0 | Appointed | SebastianoSanguinetti | Bishop ofTempio-Ampurias,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
64.1 | Appointed | IgnazioSanna | Archbishop ofOristano,Italy | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy ofTheology | |
75.8 | Retired | Serafimde Sousa Ferreira e Silva | Bishop ofLeiria-Fátima,Portugal | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.8 | Retired | Pier GiulianoTiddia | Archbishop ofOristano,Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
61.4 | Ordained Bishop | Edmundo PonzianoValenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. | Titular Bishop ofUzalis | Archbishop Emeritus ofAsunción,Paraguay | |
23 Apr | 60.8 | Ordained Bishop | DenisBrennan | Bishop ofFerns,Ireland | Bishop Emeritus |
48.1 | Ordained Bishop | FranzScharl | Titular Bishop ofIerafi | Auxiliary Bishop ofWien {Vienna},Austria | |
41.7 | Ordained Bishop | Kay MartinSchmalhausen Panizo | Prelate ofAyaviri,Peru | Prelate Emeritus | |
54.7 | Ordained Bishop | VincentiusSensi Potokota † | Bishop ofMaumere,Indonesia | Archbishop ofEnde,Indonesia | |
58.6 | Ordained Bishop | ClementTirkey | Bishop ofJalpaiguri,India | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.6 | Ceased | Eamonn OliverWalsh | Apostolic Administrator ofFerns,Ireland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofDublin,Ireland | |
24 Apr | 56.9 | Appointed | ÓscarGonzález Villa † | Bishop ofGirardota,Colombia | Priest ofManizales,Colombia |
25 Apr | 52.2 | Ordained Bishop | José Colin MendozaBagaforo | Titular Bishop ofVazari-Didda | Bishop ofKidapawan,Philippines |
56.1 | Appointed | Frank JosephDewane | Coadjutor Bishop ofVenice, Florida,USA | Bishop | |
49.6 | Ordained Bishop | Peter JosephHundt | Titular Bishop ofTarasa in Byzacena | Archbishop ofSaint John’s, Newfoundland,Canada | |
55.4 | Appointed | CasimiroLópez Llorente | Bishop ofSegorbe-Castellón de la Plana,Spain | ||
26 Apr | 69.2 | Appointed | Benedito Benidos Santos | Bishop ofLorena, Sao Paulo,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
54.6 | Appointed | JoãoMamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. | Auxiliary Bishop ofSão Paulo,Brazil | Bishop ofUmuarama, Parana,Brazil | |
54.6 | Appointed | JoãoMamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. | Titular Bishop ofAquae Albae in Mauretania | Bishop ofUmuarama, Parana,Brazil | |
49.6 | Appointed | François-XavierMaroy Rusengo | Archbishop ofBukavu,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
27 Apr | 88.3 | Died | Dominic Joseph ChwaneKhumalo, O.M.I. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofDurban,South Africa | |
29 Apr | 53.1 | Appointed | Francis AssisiChullikatt | Titular Archbishop ofOstra | Apostolic Nuncio toBosnia and Herzegovina |
53.1 | Appointed | Francis AssisiChullikatt | Apostolic Nuncio toJordan | Apostolic Nuncio toBosnia and Herzegovina | |
53.1 | Appointed | Francis AssisiChullikatt | Apostolic Nuncio toIraq | Apostolic Nuncio toBosnia and Herzegovina | |
51.0 | Ordained Bishop | LorenzoGhizzoni | Titular Bishop ofOttana | Archbishop ofRavenna-Cervia,Italy | |
47.7 | Ordained Bishop | Carlos EduardoPellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. | Bishop ofChillán,Chile | Bishop Emeritus ofSan Bartolomé de Chillán,Chile | |
43.0 | Ordained Bishop | JaroslavPryriz, C.Ss.R. | Titular Bishop ofAuzia | Bishop ofSambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian),Ukraine | |
56.4 | Ordained Bishop | GerardoRocconi | Bishop ofJesi,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
40.1 | Ordained Priest | Luis EnriqueSaldaña Guerra, O.F.M. | Priest ofOrder of Friars Minor | Bishop ofDavid,Panama | |
31.3 | Ordained Priest | Wilder AlbertoVásquez Saldaña, O.S.A. | Priest ofOrder of St. Augustine | Prelate ofChuquibambilla,Peru | |
30 Apr | 29.8 | Ordained Priest | BernardLaloo | Priest ofShillong,India | Auxiliary Bishop |
93.6 | Died | Charles GarrettMaloney † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofLouisville, Kentucky,USA | ||
41.0 | Ordained Bishop | JosephMa Yinglin | Bishop ofKunming [Kunming],China | Archbishop | |
74.9 | Installed | LucianMureşan | Cardinal, Major Archbishop ofFăgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian),Romania | ||
51.6 | Installed | Benoît Marie PascalRivière | Bishop ofAutun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny),France |
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