The Year of Our Lord 1844

Bishop Events

January to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.0	Appointed	Dimitri Antaki †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
		Born	Etienne Apikian †		Bishop of Trabzon (Armenian), Turkey
	40.0	Appointed	Tobia Aun †	Apostolic Administrator of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop
	73.0	Ceased	Luigi Maria Blancis da Ciriè, O.F.M. Ref. †	Apostolic Administrator of Naxos, Greece	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	22.2	Professed	Cesare Dalceggio, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Northwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Settentrionale}, China
	21.9	Professed	Henri Joseph Depelchin, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Superior Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
	29.8	Appointed	Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan, Szechwan, Sichuan), China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
	69.1	Ordained Bishop	José Hilarión de Etura y Cevallos (Ceballos), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	59.5	Resigned	António de Santo Ilídio da Fonseca e Silva, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Jan Chryzostom Janiszenwski †	Priest of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
		Died	Francesco da Leonessa, O.F.M. Ref. †	Former Bishop-Elect of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
	27.3	Professed	Pierre-Maria-Joseph-Julien Pichon, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China
	69.0	Died	Myles Prendergast, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Verapoly, India
	23.1	Ordained Priest	José María de Jesús Díez de Sollano y Dávaols †	Priest	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
		Appointed	Eugène Tisserant †	Prefect of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon
1 Jan	70.3	Died	Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
6 Jan		Born	Jacques-Denis Peyramale, M.E.P. †		Bishop-Elect of Coimbatore, India
7 Jan	25.3	Ordained Priest	Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche †	Priest	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
9 Jan	37.6	Appointed	Charles Michael Baggs †	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
	37.6	Appointed	Charles Michael Baggs †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
	70.4	Died	Johann Georg Maria Lorenz Bossi †	Bishop of Chur-Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
	62.7	Succeeded	Kaspar de Carl ab Hohenbalken †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
10 Jan		Born	Philippe Meunier †		Bishop of Evreux, France
11 Jan	74.0	Installed	Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
13 Jan	23.2	Ordained Priest	Zsigmond Kovács †	Priest	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
13 Jan		Born	Augustyn Rosentreter †		Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
15 Jan	84.1	Died	Francesco Saverio Durini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
15 Jan		Died	Pierre Karam Abu †	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
20 Jan		Born	José Correia Cardoso Monteiro †		Bishop of Angra, Portugal
21 Jan	56.3	Resigned	Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Sardinia, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
22 Jan	41.4	Appointed	Fabio Maria Asquini †	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople	Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
	41.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Fabio Maria Asquini †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
	66.8	Confirmed	Manuel Pires de Azevedo Loureiro †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
	64.0	Appointed	Tommaso Bernetti †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	64.3	Appointed	Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	46.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	46.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
		Born	Giovanni Carli †		Bishop of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
	46.1	Confirmed	José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	44.7	Appointed	Niccola Paracciani Clarelli †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Reverend Fabric of St. Peter
	44.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Niccola Paracciani Clarelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Reverend Fabric of St. Peter
	56.9	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Cometti Rossi †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
	43.9	Confirmed	Jean-Marie-Mathias Debelay †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	54.8	Confirmed	António Bernardo da Fonseca Monís †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	49.1	Confirmed	Jean-Marie Doney †	Bishop of Montauban, France
	56.6	Confirmed	Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M. †	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
	46.9	Appointed	Pietro Antonio Garibaldi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Apostolic Nuncio to France
	56.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	56.5	Appointed	Luigi Landi-Vittorj †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	73.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Macchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	40.4	Confirmed	Clemente (a S. Theresia) Manzini, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
	38.9	Confirmed	José Affonso de Moraes Torres, C.M. †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	64.9	Confirmed	José de Moura Coutinho †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	66.0	Appointed	Paolo Polidori †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	56.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Rosani, Sch. P. †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy	President Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Rosani, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
	67.3	Confirmed	Carlos de São José e Souza, O.C.D. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	57.9	Appointed	Angelo Antonio Scotti †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
24 Jan		Born	Franziskus von Paula Schönborn †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
25 Jan	46.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	49.1	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	44.7	Appointed	Niccola Paracciani Clarelli †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Reverend Fabric of St. Peter
		Confirmed	Gregory Petros VIII (Michael) Der-Asduazadrian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	58.0	Confirmed	Salvatore Fertitta †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
	51.5	Confirmed	Pio Vincenzo Forzani †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	56.3	Appointed	Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	61.8	Appointed	Józef Joachim Goldtmann †	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
	48.6	Confirmed	Mellon de Jolly †	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Taddeo Łubieński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	49.2	Appointed	Taddeo Łubieński †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	60.0	Appointed	Antonio Mantecón y Ibáñez †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	45.9	Confirmed	Giovanni Battista Montixi †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
	48.7	Confirmed	Peter-Josef de Preux †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
	48.1	Confirmed	Charles-Frédéric Rousselet †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
26 Jan	68.1	Died	Augustin-Jean Le Tourneur †	Bishop of Verdun, France
26 Jan		Born	John Rooney †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Western District {Capo di Buona Speranza, Distretto Occidentale}, South Africa
28 Jan	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Charles Michael Baggs †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Vicar Apostolic of Western District, England, Great Britain
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Francesco Cometti Rossi †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Landi-Vittorj †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Rosani, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Erythrum	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
29 Jan	58.8	Died	Filippo Giudice Caracciolo, C.O. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
30 Jan	73.3	Died	Ramón María de Azpeitia y Sáenz de Santamaria †	Bishop of Tudela, Spain
31 Jan	89.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Bussi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
31 Jan	58.3	Selected	Alojzije Marija Pini †	Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
1 Feb		Born	Alphonse Joseph Glorieux †		Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
4 Feb	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Antonio Garibaldi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Apostolic Nuncio to France
5 Feb		Born	José Alves de Mariz †		Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
5 Feb		Born	Aristide Rinaldini †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
7 Feb	38.0	Appointed	Camillo Di Pietro †	Apostolic Internuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	46.9	Appointed	Pietro Antonio Garibaldi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Sicily, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to France
		Born	Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer †		Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
10 Feb	59.4	Resigned	Francesco Capaccini †	Cardinal, Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
10 Feb	59.4	Resigned	Francesco Capaccini †	Apostolic Internuncio to Portugal	Cardinal, Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
11 Feb	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Niccola Paracciani Clarelli †	Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Reverend Fabric of St. Peter
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paul García Peláez †	Titular Archbishop of Bostra	Archbishop of Guatemala
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Polidori †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Antonio Scotti †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
12 Feb	24.5	Ordained Priest	Peter Joseph Lavialle †	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Bishop
12 Feb	40.4	Installed	Clemente (a S. Theresia) Manzini, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
16 Feb	88.3	Died	Ramón José Arce †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain	Patriarch Emeritus of West Indies, Spain
18 Feb	70.9	Died	Julián Alonso, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
20 Feb	73.1	Died	Edward Kernan †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
20 Feb	56.1	Succeeded	Charles McNally †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
22 Feb	78.6	Resigned	Ignazio Avolio †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
22 Feb	81.3	Appointed	Paolo Mangelli Orsi †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Priest of the Roman Curia - Other
23 Feb	37.0	Appointed	Karl Pooten †	Apostolic Administrator of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop
23 Feb	37.0	Appointed	Karl Pooten †	Titular Bishop of Maronea	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
24 Feb		Born	Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. Rec. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
25 Feb	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Clemente (a S. Theresia) Manzini, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
25 Feb	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Frédéric Rousselet †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
26 Feb	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Jacobus Grooff †	Titular Bishop of Canea	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
26 Feb	48.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Santucci †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Luigi Trombetta †	Priest	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
2 Mar	33.1	Appointed	Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Honan {Ho-Nan}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China
	33.1	Appointed	Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Zoara	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China
	42.6	Appointed	Edward Barron †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon
	29.5	Ordained Priest	James Roosevelt Bayley †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	61.1	Appointed	Alfonso-Maria di Donato, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Scen-Si (Chen-si, Shensi), China
	30.4	Appointed	Gabriel Grioglio, O.F.M. Obs. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	30.4	Appointed	Gabriel Grioglio, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
	41.5	Appointed	Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China	Vicar Apostolic
	41.5	Appointed	Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Pisidia	Vicar Apostolic of Kiam-Si {Kiangsi}, China
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Leopoldo Angelo Santanchè, O.F.M. Ref. †	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
3 Mar	25.8	Ordained Deacon	Robert Cornthwaite †	Deacon of Northern District, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Franz Xaver Kuttnar †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
	34.4	Appointed	Luigi Carlo Antonio Moccagatta, O.F.M. Obs. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Shantung {Scian-Ton} (Chan-tong), China	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
	34.4	Appointed	Luigi Carlo Antonio Moccagatta, O.F.M. Obs. †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Vicar Apostolic of Shansi {Scian-Si} (Chan-Si), China
5 Mar	48.4	Selected	Louis-Marie-Edmont Blanquart de Bailleul †	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.4	Selected	Jean-Nicaise Gros †	Bishop of Versailles, France
	88.0	Died	Philippe-François Sausin †	Bishop of Blois, France
7 Mar	82.2	Died	Prosper de Tournefort †	Bishop of Limoges, France
9 Mar		Born	José (Giuseppe) Fagnano, S.D.B. †		Prelate of Magallanes, Chile
10 Mar	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Byrne †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie-Mathias Debelay †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Archbishop of Avignon, France
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Sebastião Dias Laranjeira †	Priest	Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	34.0	Ordained Bishop	John McCloskey †	Titular Bishop of Axieri (Azieri)	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
	65.0	Ordained Bishop	José de Moura Coutinho †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
	38.1	Ordained Bishop	William J. Quarter †	Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 Mar	78.6	Died	Ignazio Avolio †	Prelate Emeritus of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	St. Etienne-Théodore Cuénot, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam
	33.6	Appointed	Dominique Lefèbvre, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	38.5	Appointed	Jean-Claude Miche, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Western Cochin {Cocincina Occidentale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
	31.0	Appointed	François-Marie-Henri-Agathon Pellerin, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
	31.0	Appointed	François-Marie-Henri-Agathon Pellerin, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Byblus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Cochin {Cocincina Settentrionale}, Viet Nam
15 Mar	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Doney †	Bishop of Montauban, France
15 Mar	48.3	Installed	Charles-Frédéric Rousselet †	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France
17 Mar	37.1	Ordained Bishop	William Riddell †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic of Northern District, England, Great Britain
17 Mar	37.7	Ordained Bishop	William Barber Tyler †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 Mar	32.8	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Arachial †	Priest	Bishop of Ancira (Angora) (Armenian), Turkey
		Born	Joseph Antoine Fabre †		Bishop of Marseille, France
	38.7	Ordained Bishop	John Martin Henni †	Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
23 Mar		Born	Samuel Webster Allen †		Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
	25.4	Ordained Priest	St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viet Nam
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Eliseo Giordano, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Alghero, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Lodovico Leonardi †	Priest	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
24 Mar	31.3	Ordained Bishop	John Bernard Fitzpatrick †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
25 Mar		Born	Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J. †		Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize
25 Mar	30.9	Ordained Priest	James Frederick Bryan Wood †	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Mar	49.2	Appointed	George Joseph Plunkett Browne †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
27 Mar		Born	Jean-Marie Crochet †		Bishop of Nagpur, India
28 Mar	61.0	Selected	Gábor Balassa †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
29 Mar		Born	Bonaventura Quintarelli †		Bishop of Rieti, Italy
31 Mar	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Fertitta †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
1 Apr	76.9	Died	Pierre-Michel-Marie Double †	Bishop of Tarbes, France
2 Apr		Born	Ulisse Carlo Bascherini †		Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
5 Apr		Born	Domenico Ambrosi †		Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
6 Apr	84.2	Died	Domenico Benedetto Balsamo, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Federico de Martino †		Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Beniamino Feuli †	Priest	Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Francesco Latoni †	Priest	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
7 Apr		Born	Théodore-Herman Rutjes, C.I.C.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Mongolia {Mongolia Orientale}, China
8 Apr		Born	Spiridion Poloméni †		Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
10 Apr	81.5	Died	Ignazio Cafisi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
12 Apr		Born	Balthasar Kaltner †		Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
14 Apr	37.2	Ordained Bishop	Karl Pooten †	Titular Bishop of Maronea	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
14 Apr	37.8	Installed	William Barber Tyler †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
16 Apr	71.8	Died	Juan Antonio Díez Merino, O.P. †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain
16 Apr	57.1	Appointed	Joseph Norbert Provencher †	Vicar Apostolic of North-West (Nord-Ouest), Canada	Bishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
19 Apr		Born	Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez †		Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
	17.2	Professed	Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
	87.3	Died	Bartolomeo Pacca †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition
21 Apr		Born	Jules-Auguste Chatron, M.E.P. †		Bishop of Osaka, Japan
	39.2	Ordained Bishop	José Affonso de Moraes Torres, C.M. †	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Dominikus (Martin Karl) Willi, O. Cist. †		Bishop of Limburg, Germany
25 Apr	47.4	Selected	Bernard Buissas †	Bishop of Limoges, France
	48.1	Selected	Jean-Irénée Depéry †	Bishop of Gap, France
	48.6	Selected	Marie-Auguste Fabre-des-Essarts †	Bishop of Blois, France
	73.6	Appointed	Vincenzo Macchi †	Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
	52.2	Selected	Daniel-Victor Manglard †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
	54.3	Selected	Louis Rossat †	Bishop of Verdun, France
28 Apr		Born	Francisco Javier Baztán y Urniza †		Bishop Emeritus of Oviedo, Spain
	55.5	Appointed	Benedetto Colonna Barberini di Sciarra †	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
	30.2	Ordained Bishop	Eugène-Jean-Claude-Joseph Desflèches, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
29 Apr	52.8	Appointed	Ugo Pietro Spinola †	Cardinal, Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Datary

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