Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Apr | 77.2 | Ceased | JózefGlemp † | Apostolic Administrator ofWarszawa {Warsaw},Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
60.0 | Installed | DomenicoMogavero | Bishop ofMazara del Vallo,Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.1 | Installed | KazimierzNycz | Archbishop ofWarszawa {Warsaw},Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
2 Apr | 81.7 | Died | Francesco SaverioToppi, O.F.M. Cap. † | Prelate Emeritus ofPompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario,Italy | |
47.2 | Appointed | Pascal Jean MarcelWintzer | Auxiliary Bishop ofPoitiers,France | Archbishop ofSens (-Auxerre),France | |
47.2 | Appointed | Pascal Jean MarcelWintzer | Titular Bishop ofRusadus | Archbishop ofSens (-Auxerre),France | |
3 Apr | 76.8 | Retired | GiuseppeDi Falco | Bishop ofSulmona-Valva,Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
55.4 | Appointed | Peter AnthonyLibasci | Auxiliary Bishop ofRockville Centre, New York,USA | Bishop ofManchester, New Hampshire,USA | |
55.4 | Appointed | Peter AnthonyLibasci | Titular Bishop ofSatafis | Bishop ofManchester, New Hampshire,USA | |
91.7 | Died | Michael JosephMurphy † | Bishop Emeritus ofErie, Pennsylvania,USA | ||
70.2 | Appointed | AlessandroPagani, S.M.M. | Bishop ofMangochi,Malawi | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.3 | Appointed | AngeloSpina | Bishop ofSulmona-Valva,Italy | Archbishop ofAncona-Osimo,Italy | |
83.7 | Died | Félix MaríaTorres Parra † | Archbishop Emeritus ofBarranquilla,Colombia | ||
75.9 | Retired | Emil AloysiusWcela † | Auxiliary Bishop ofRockville Centre, New York,USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
53.5 | Appointed | Vincentius SutiknoWisaksono † | Bishop ofSurabaya,Indonesia | ||
4 Apr | 76.9 | Retired | Benjamin de JesusAlmoneda † | Bishop ofDaet,Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
72.3 | Appointed | Tarcisio Pietro EvasioBertone, S.D.B. | Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of theApostolic Chamber | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat ofState | |
75.5 | Retired | FernandoCharrier † | Bishop ofAlessandria (della Paglia),Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
48.1 | Appointed | Gilbert ArmeaGarcera | Bishop ofDaet,Philippines | Archbishop ofLipa,Philippines | |
58.6 | Appointed | Stanislas Marie Georges JudeLalanne | Bishop ofCoutances (-Avranches),France | Bishop Emeritus ofPontoise,France | |
80.0 | Retired | EduardoMartínez Somalo † | Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of theApostolic Chamber | Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus | |
63.6 | Appointed | GiuseppeVersaldi | Bishop ofAlessandria (della Paglia),Italy | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery forCulture and Education | |
5 Apr | 75.3 | Died | José AntonioGentico † | Auxiliary Bishop ofBuenos Aires,Argentina | |
58.6 | Appointed | SalvatoreVisco | Bishop ofIsernia-Venafro,Italy | Archbishop Emeritus ofCapua,Italy | |
6 Apr | 88.2 | Died | StéphaneBabaca (Babeka, Babaqa) † | Archbishop Emeritus ofArbil {Erbil} (Chaldean),Iraq | |
81.5 | Died | James JosephMcGuinness † | Bishop Emeritus ofNottingham, England,Great Britain | ||
7 Apr | 69.0 | Died | LuisRobles Díaz † | Vice President of the Pontifical Commission forLatin America | |
10 Apr | 46.0 | Ordained Bishop | Ricardo LinganBaccay | Titular Bishop ofGabala | Archbishop ofTuguegarao,Philippines |
67.2 | Resigned | Joseph LeoCharron, C.Pp.S. | Bishop ofDes Moines, Iowa,USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.4 | Retired | SergioObeso Rivera † | Archbishop ofJalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz,México | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
55.1 | Appointed | Reinaldodel Prette Lissot † | Archbishop ofValencia en Venezuela | ||
60.6 | Appointed | HipólitoReyes Larios † | Archbishop ofJalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz,México | ||
11 Apr | 64.8 | Appointed | SantiagoAgrelo Martínez, O.F.M. | Archbishop ofTanger,Morocco | Archbishop Emeritus |
65.0 | Appointed | GeraldoLyrio Rocha † | Archbishop ofMariana, Minas Gerais,Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.6 | Died | James JosephO’Brien † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofWestminster, England,Great Britain | ||
62.8 | Appointed | BrunoPedron, S.D.B. † | Bishop ofJi-Paraná, Rondonia,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
78.0 | Retired | AntônioPossamai, S.D.B. † | Bishop ofJi-Paraná, Rondonia,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
12 Apr | 93.5 | Died | Ismaele MarioCastellano, O.P. † | Archbishop Emeritus ofSiena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino,Italy | |
14 Apr | 64.3 | Resigned | JosephNguyễn Văn Yến | Bishop ofPhát Diệm,Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus |
55.7 | Appointed | VincentiusSensi Potokota † | Archbishop ofEnde,Indonesia | ||
75.3 | Retired | Adrianus JohannesSimonis † | Archbishop ofUtrecht,Netherlands | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
15 Apr | 62.2 | Installed | Severino Batistade França, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop ofNazaré, Pernambuco,Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
55.3 | Ordained Bishop | JohnMoolachira | Bishop ofDiphu,India | Archbishop ofGuwahati,India | |
16 Apr | 50.1 | Appointed | JohnRibat, M.S.C. | Coadjutor Archbishop ofPort Moresby,Papua New Guinea | Cardinal, Archbishop |
17 Apr | 47.6 | Final Vows | StephenChow Sau-yan, S.J. | Priest ofSociety of Jesus | Cardinal, Bishop ofHong Kong [Xianggang],China |
18 Apr | 69.8 | Died | PieroBiggio † | Apostolic Nuncio | |
60.7 | Ordained Bishop | AngelusKujur, S.J. | Bishop ofPurnea,India | Bishop Emeritus | |
19 Apr | 77.0 | Retired | Victor HugoMartínez Contreras † | Archbishop ofLos Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán,Guatemala | Archbishop Emeritus |
59.5 | Appointed | Oscar JulioVian Morales, S.D.B. † | Archbishop ofLos Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán,Guatemala | Archbishop ofSantiago de Guatemala | |
20 Apr | 52.9 | Ordained Bishop | DerekFernandes | Bishop ofKarwar,India | Bishop ofBelgaum,India |
75.4 | Died | [MichaelFu Tie-shan] † | Bishop ofBeijing [Peking],China | ||
71.0 | Died | RamónGodinez Flores † | Bishop ofAguascalientes,México | ||
21 Apr | 76.8 | Retired | EduardoAlas Alfaro † | Bishop ofChalatenango,El Salvador | Bishop Emeritus |
42.9 | Ordained Bishop | DanielFernández Torres | Titular Bishop ofSufes | Bishop Emeritus ofArecibo,Puerto Rico | |
65.9 | Appointed | Jean-PierreGrallet, O.F.M. | Archbishop ofStrasbourg,France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
27.8 | Ordained Priest | FredrikHansen | Priest ofOslo,Norway | Coadjutor Bishop | |
74.9 | Retired | GeorgeMamalassery † | Bishop ofTura,India | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.2 | Succeeded | Andrew RaksamMarak | Bishop ofTura,India | ||
67.8 | Appointed | LuisMorao Andreazza, O.F.M. | Bishop ofChalatenango,El Salvador | Bishop Emeritus | |
23 Apr | 57.7 | Ordained Bishop | Glen JohnProvost | Bishop ofLake Charles, Louisiana,USA | |
24 Apr | 60.0 | Appointed | John ClaytonNienstedt | Coadjutor Archbishop ofSaint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota,USA | Archbishop Emeritus |
62.8 | Appointed | KonradZdarsa | Bishop ofGörlitz,Germany | Bishop Emeritus ofAugsburg,Germany | |
25 Apr | 93.4 | Died | [JosephLin Quan] † | Bishop Emeritus ofFuzhou [Foochow],China | |
42.1 | Appointed | WillyNgumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. | Bishop ofKindu,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop ofGoma,Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
55.5 | Ordained Bishop | SigifredoNoriega Barceló | Bishop ofEnsenada, Baja California Norte,México | Bishop ofZacatecas,México | |
30.9 | Ordained Priest | Antony PrincePanengaden | Priest ofAdilabad (Syro-Malabar),India | Bishop ofShamshabad (Syro-Malabar),India | |
27 Apr | 57.4 | Died | José AníbalCasasola Sosa † | Bishop ofZacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas,Guatemala | |
87.1 | Died | Walter JosephSchoenherr † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofDetroit, Michigan,USA | ||
28 Apr | 54.6 | Ordained Bishop | Paulinus ChukwuemekaEzeokafor | Titular Bishop ofTetci | Bishop ofAwka,Nigeria |
65.6 | Ordained Bishop | HéctorGuerrero Córdova, S.D.B. | Prelate ofMixes, Oaxaca,México | Prelate Emeritus | |
88.3 | Died | Federico BonifacioMadersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. † | Bishop Emeritus ofSan Ignacio de Velasco,Bolivia | ||
58.9 | Ordained Bishop | Luis ArmandoTineo Rivera | Titular Bishop ofHorrea Coelia | Bishop Emeritus ofCarora,Venezuela | |
29 Apr | 91.1 | Died | Kazimierz JanMajdański † | Bishop Emeritus ofSzczecin-Kamień,Poland | |
57.6 | Installed | Odilo PedroScherer | Cardinal, Archbishop ofSão Paulo,Brazil | ||
30 Apr | 52.4 | Ordained Bishop | ThaddeusCho Hwan-Kil | Titular Bishop ofAbbir Maius | Archbishop ofDaegu {Taegu},Korea (South) |
53.2 | Appointed | Timothy JohnCostelloe, S.D.B. | Auxiliary Bishop ofMelbourne,Australia | Archbishop ofPerth,Australia | |
53.2 | Appointed | Timothy JohnCostelloe, S.D.B. | Titular Bishop ofCluain Iraird | Archbishop ofPerth,Australia | |
63.5 | Appointed | Peter JohnElliott | Auxiliary Bishop ofMelbourne,Australia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
63.5 | Appointed | Peter JohnElliott | Titular Bishop ofManaccenser | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus ofMelbourne,Australia | |
49.2 | Ordained Bishop | RaphyManjaly | Bishop ofVaranasi,India | Archbishop ofAgra,India |
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