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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	50.3	Resigned	Jordan Ballsieper, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Bengal, India	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Apr		Born	Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. †	Ottawa, Canada	Bishop of Yuanling [Yüanling], China
4 Apr	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Hendrik-Karel Lambrecht †	Titular Bishop of Geras	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Maria Souza Prado de Lacerda †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
5 Apr	72.1	Died	Philippe François Zéphirin Guillemin, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kouangtong, China
6 Apr	48.1	Succeeded	Augustin Chausse, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kouangtong, China
7 Apr		Born	Georges-Arthur Melançon †	Saint-Guillaume d’Upton	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
8 Apr		Born	Benjamín de Arriba y Castro †	Santa María de Peñamayor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
	79.5	Died	Johann Baptist Orbin †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
9 Apr		Born	Giulio Bianconi †	Priverno	Bishop Emeritus of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy
10 Apr	23.3	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Beccegato †	Priest of Treviso, Italy	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Bella †	Priest	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
	22.5	Ordained Priest	João Batista Corrêa Nery (Neri) †	Priest	Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	67.8	Died	Stanislao Eula †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban †	Priest of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Natale Serafino †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
11 Apr		Born	Leon Wetmański †	Zuromin	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
13 Apr	47.9	Appointed	Barnabé Akscheislian †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	61.8	Appointed	Joseph-André Boyer, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
	61.8	Appointed	Joseph-André Boyer, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Myrina	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
	70.8	Died	Pietro Maria Ferrè †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
15 Apr		Born	Faustino Baldini †	Ponsacco	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
19 Apr	78.3	Resigned	Severo Garcia †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	55.5	Died	Narciso Martínez Izquierdo †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
		Born	Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. †	Baltimore, MD	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
21 Apr		Born	Kidanè-Maryam Cassà †	Hebo	Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Ethiopian), Eritrea
23 Apr		Born	Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Voldhoven lez Eindhoven, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
24 Apr	22.5	Ordained Priest	Emilio Jiménez Pérez †	Priest of Almería, Spain	Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, Spain
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Hippolyte-Marie de La Celle †	Priest of Moulins, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
	49.2	Selected	Eugenio Carlo Valussi †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
25 Apr		Born	Teofil Bromboszcz †	Ligota	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
26 Apr	59.2	Died	Saturnino Fernandez de Castro y de la Cotera †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	24.8	Ordained Priest	John Henry Tihen †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA
1 May	25.1	Ordained Priest	Charles Joseph Heitz †	Priest	Prefect Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
2 May	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Barnabé Akscheislian †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Israel Audo †	Priest	Bishop of Mardin (Chaldean), Iraq
3 May	25.3	Ordained Priest	Bonifatius (Magnus) Fleschutz, O.S.B. †	Priest	Prefect of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
4 May	57.9	Died	Jean-François Jamot †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
	61.1	Appointed	Paulus Palásthy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	61.1	Appointed	Paulus Palásthy †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
8 May		Born	Michele Fontevecchia †	Fermo	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
9 May		Born	Józef Cársky †	Gbely, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Thiel †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
13 May		Born	Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †	Tarata	Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
14 May	42.0	Resigned	Gaetano Bacile di Castiglione †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 May	53.4	Installed	Thomas Albert Andrew Becker †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Cumino †	Bishop of Biella, Italy
17 May	24.7	Ordained Priest	Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. †	Priest of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	58.9	Died	Petrus Hendricus Josephus van Ewyk (Ewijk), O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
18 May		Born	Luigi Civardi †	Fossarmato-Pavia, Italy	Titular Bishop of Thespiae
	49.4	Appointed	Bernard Finnegan †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
	44.3	Appointed	Edward Thomas O’Dwyer †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
20 May	81.1	Died	Pierre-Marc Le Breton †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
21 May	43.8	Appointed	Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viet Nam
22 May		Born	Auguste Jauffrés †	Labégude	Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France
23 May	28.4	Ordained Priest	José Santiago Irala, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
24 May	68.3	Died	Antonio Maria Pettinari, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
28 May	55.2	Appointed	Patrick Manogue †	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
29 May	58.8	Resigned	José Oliver y Hurtado †	Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Julius Josephus Dinder †	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Aleksander Kakowski †	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop
	23.6	Ordained Priest	José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez †	Priest of Salta, Argentina	Bishop
31 May		Born	Mariano Simon Garriga †	Port Isabel	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Barnabé Piedrabuena †	Priest of Tucumán, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jun	50.4	Appointed	Théophile Antoine Kandaleft (Qandalift) †	Titular Bishop of Tripoli del Libano dei Siri
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Théophile Antoine Kandaleft (Qandalift) †	Titular Bishop of Tripoli del Libano dei Siri
	60.1	Selected	Johannes Christian Roos †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
3 Jun		Born	José Maria Parreira Lara †	Villa Rezende Costa	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 Jun	40.1	Appointed	Jose Alejandro Peralta †	Bishop of Panamá
6 Jun	73.4	Died	Francesco Pedicini †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
7 Jun	61.0	Appointed	Domenico Agostini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	47.2	Appointed	Vicente Alda y Sancho †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop
	47.2	Appointed	Vicente Alda y Sancho †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
	42.1	Appointed	Gaetano Bacile di Castiglione †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy
	69.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Victor-Felix Bernadou †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	42.6	Appointed	Carlo Caputo †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Filippo Chiesa †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
	58.0	Appointed	Francesco d’Albore †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Filippo Degni di Salento †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	47.3	Appointed	Filippo Degni di Salento †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	60.4	Appointed	Leopoldo Franchi †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	Martín García y Alcocer, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Elevated to Cardinal	James Gibbons †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	51.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Giustiniani †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	62.6	Confirmed	Arnold Ipolyi-Stummer †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	61.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Benoît-Marie Langénieux †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
	61.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Manicardi †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	53.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Camillo Mazzella, S.J. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
	48.2	Appointed	Giocondo (Matthaeus) de Nittis, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	74.5	Appointed	Miguel Payá y Rico †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	74.5	Appointed	Miguel Payá y Rico †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	72.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Charles-Philippe Place †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	52.8	Appointed	Davide Riccardi †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	35.5	Appointed	Agostino Richelmy †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	60.5	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Sardi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
	66.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
	61.5	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Tescari †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	66.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Augusto Theodoli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
	49.3	Confirmed	Eugenio Carlo Valussi †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
8 Jun		Born	Vicente Camacho y Moya †	Guadalajara	Bishop of Tabasco, México
	44.3	Appointed	Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of French Congo {Congo Francese}, Congo	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
	44.3	Appointed	Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
	44.6	Appointed	Joseph-Thomas Duhamel †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	59.3	Appointed	Édouard-Charles Fabre †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	37.3	Appointed	Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa
	37.3	Appointed	Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Vicar Apostolic of Orange River, South Africa
10 Jun	51.1	Appointed	Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. †	Bishop of Tabasco, México	Bishop of Tlaxcala, México
	58.7	Appointed	Jacinto María Cervera y Cervera †	Bishop of Mallorca y Ibiza, Spain
	47.8	Appointed	José María Cos y Macho †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
	68.8	Appointed	Cölestin Joseph Ganglbauer, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	60.5	Confirmed	Noël-Mathieu-Victor-Marie Gaussail †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
	62.0	Appointed	Manuel Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	66.8	Confirmed	François Xavier Gouthe-Soulard †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
	53.6	Appointed	Juan Bautista Grau y Vallespinos †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	58.9	Appointed	Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	64.8	Appointed	Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	57.4	Appointed	Paul Leopold Haffner †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
	55.6	Appointed	Constant-Mathurin Hillion †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	55.4	Confirmed	Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	54.8	Appointed	Jacinto López y Romo †	Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	45.1	Appointed	Juan Maura y Gelabert †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
	53.3	Appointed	Camillo Mazzella, S.J. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
	69.3	Resigned	Christoph Moufang †	Vicar Apostolic of Mainz, Germany	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	74.8	Appointed	Antolín Monescillo y Viso †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	45.4	Appointed	José Sebastião d’Almeida Neto, O.F.M. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	50.6	Appointed	Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
	44.1	Confirmed	Fédéric-Henri Oury †	Bishop of Fréjus, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
	44.2	Appointed	José María Rancés y Villanueva †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
	44.2	Appointed	José María Rancés y Villanueva †	Titular Bishop of Dora	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
	50.7	Appointed	Antonio Ruiz-Cabal y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona, Spain
	53.0	Appointed	Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
	60.4	Confirmed	Géraud-Marie Soubrier †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Bl. Marcelo Spínola y Maestre †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	66.7	Appointed	Augusto Theodoli †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
11 Jun	71.7	Died	Calixto Maria Clavijo Salazar †	Bishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
	73.6	Died	James Alypius Goold, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
	59.1	Died	Thomas Francis Hendricken †	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
12 Jun	27.9	Ordained Priest	Timothy J. Corbett †	Priest of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
13 Jun	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco d’Albore †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Finnegan †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Franchi †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Giustiniani †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Giocondo (Matthaeus) de Nittis, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Paul-Eugène Roy †	Priest of Québec, Canada	Archbishop
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Sardi †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Tescari †	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
	38.4	Appointed	Eutimio Zulhof, B.S. †	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
15 Jun	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Degni di Salento †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
		Born	Eftimios Youakim, B.S. †	Qaytuleh	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
16 Jun	25.5	Ordained Priest	Edward Denis Kelly †	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
18 Jun	70.5	Succeeded	Franciscus Antonius Hubertus Boermans †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
	90.8	Died	Joannes Augustinus Paredis †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
19 Jun	22.8	Ordained Priest	Gioacchino Bonardi †	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Jules Girard, S.M.A. †	Deacon of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo, Egypt
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Quintino Rodrigues de Oliveira e Silva †	Priest of Fortaleza (Ceará), Brazil	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Rossi †	Priest	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
20 Jun	53.5	Died	Jules-Denis-Marie-Dieudonné Le Hardy du Marais †	Bishop of Laval, France
23 Jun	43.5	Died	Vartan Estegar, C.A.M. †	Abbot Primate of Congregazione Mechitarista
24 Jun	22.5	Ordained Priest	Patrick Joseph Clune, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Goulburn, Australia	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
		Born	André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. †	Tourcoing, France	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
25 Jun		Born	James Francis Aloysius McIntyre †	New York	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
26 Jun	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Carlo Valussi †	Bishop of Trento, Italy
28 Jun		Born	Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †	Ravenna, Italy	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
		Born	Charles (Karl) Weber, S.V.D. †	Mittelbexbach, Germany	Bishop of Linyi [Ichow], China
29 Jun	24.4	Ordained Priest	Timothy Casey †	Priest of Saint John in America, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Edward Thomas O’Dwyer †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland