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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Aurelio Galli †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Official of the Secretariat of State
5 Apr	74.8	Died	Celestino Matteo Fissore †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
6 Apr	25.6	Ordained Priest	Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Bertazzoni †	Priest of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop of Massa Carrara, Italy
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Justin Cawet †	Priest of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Coadjutor Bishop
8 Apr	58.3	Died	José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
9 Apr	56.6	Appointed	Antonio Agliardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	43.8	Appointed	José Macchi †	Titular Archbishop of Amasea	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	43.8	Resigned	José Macchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
11 Apr		Born	Ghebre Jesus Jacob †	Hebo	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
12 Apr		Born	Joseph Alexander Fernandes †	Bangalore	Archbishop of Delhi, India
13 Apr	76.2	Died	Johannes Bernard Brinkmann †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Born	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Beveren-Waes, Belgium	Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Apr	53.6	Installed	Antonio Maria de Lorenzo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr		Born	Francesco Marchesani †	Scannabue	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
20 Apr	42.1	Appointed	Domenico Ferrata †	Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
23 Apr		Born	George Joseph Donnelly †	Maplewood, MO	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
	55.9	Selected	Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	André-Hubert Juteau †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
24 Apr	69.3	Selected	François-Narcisse Baptifolier †	Bishop of Mende, France
	51.2	Selected	Prosper-Amable Berthet †	Bishop of Gap, France
	58.4	Selected	Pierre-Paul Servonnet †	Bishop of Digne, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Cassian (Franz Anton) Spiess (Spieß), O.S.B. †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Zanguebar {Zanguebar Meridionale}, Tanzania
25 Apr	73.4	Succeeded	Bernardo Gaetani d’Aragona, O.S.B. †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	72.0	Died	Antonio La Scala †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
27 Apr	69.5	Resigned	Julien Costes †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus
	64.6	Died	Domenico Mignanti †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
28 Apr	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Soldevilla y Romero †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
29 Apr		Born	Julián Pedro Martínez †	Villa de San José	Bishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
May	55.7	Resigned	Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.9	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Mantovano, O.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bova, Italy	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
1 May	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Anton Hubert Fischer †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	63.2	Died	Andrew Higgins †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
	64.3	Ordained Bishop	François Laurencin †	Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus	Apostolic Administrator of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Antilles
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Richard Alphonsus O’Connor †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2 May	49.2	Installed	Thomas Joseph Dowling †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
4 May		Born	Francis Joseph Spellman †	Whitman	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
5 May	44.3	Installed	Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer †	Bishop of Linz, Austria
		Born	Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †	Poitiers, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Paccolat, C.R.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
8 May		Born	Joseph Alphonse Marie Evrard †	Muncq-Nieurlet	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
10 May	62.1	Appointed	Luigi M. Cannavò (Canavo), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Patara	Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
	53.3	Appointed	Louis-André Navarre, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	29.0	Appointed	Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea
	29.0	Appointed	Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of New Guinea
12 May	46.2	Installed	Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Benjamin Christiaens, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Colophon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
	67.2	Died	Pietro Garga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy
13 May		Born	Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia †	São Jorge de Madeira, Portugal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Marian Leon Fulman †	Priest of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
15 May	74.8	Died	János Pauer †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
17 May	40.4	Died	Louis-Hippolyte-Aristide Raguit, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Manchuria {Manciuria}, China
22 May	68.5	Died	Giuseppe Maria Cotellessa †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
		Died	Peter Power †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
24 May	66.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Achille Apolloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
	47.8	Appointed	Augustus Berlucca †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
	71.5	Appointed	Angelo Bianchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
		Born	Francisco Blanco Nájera †	Lagroño	Bishop of Orense, Spain
	52.6	Appointed	Carlo Maria Borgognini †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
	46.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Carnevalini †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
	66.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph-Alfred Foulon †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	42.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
	61.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Pierre-Lambert Goossens †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	76.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	55.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
	41.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Izzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy	Bishop
	41.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Izzo †	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
	62.3	Appointed	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	60.9	Appointed	Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	62.3	Appointed	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †	Bishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
	52.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
	55.8	Appointed	Lucido Maria Parocchi †	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	70.2	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Marie-Benjamin Richard de la Vergne †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	73.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaetano de Ruggiero †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
	45.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Franziskus von Paula Schönborn †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	71.0	Appointed	Raphael Valenza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy
	71.0	Appointed	Raphael Valenza †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy
27 May	66.0	Appointed	Achille Apolloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
	74.9	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	69.4	Confirmed	François-Narcisse Baptifolier †	Bishop of Mende, France
	51.3	Confirmed	Prosper-Amable Berthet †	Bishop of Gap, France
	58.0	Appointed	Tomás Costa y Fornaguera †	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	73.7	Appointed	Giuseppe D’Annibale †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
	55.7	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes †	Bishop of Colima, México
	56.0	Confirmed	Jean-Louis-Antoine-Alfred Gilly †	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
	61.9	Appointed	Pierre-Lambert Goossens †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	48.2	Appointed	José Hevía y Campomanes, O.P. †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
	45.1	Appointed	Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	62.1	Appointed	Buenaventura del Purísimo Corazón de María Portillo y Tejeda, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
	73.4	Appointed	Gaetano de Ruggiero †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
	58.5	Confirmed	Pierre-Paul Servonnet †	Bishop of Digne, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	60.2	Confirmed	Antonius von Thoma †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	55.1	Appointed	Ignacio León Velasco, S.J. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
28 May	58.2	Appointed	Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
	58.2	Appointed	Charles Menzies Gordon, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Jamaica, Antilles
30 May	72.3	Died	Gaetano Lironi †	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
2 Jun	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. †	Bishop of Rossano, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
5 Jun	27.9	Ordained Priest	Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
6 Jun	42.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
9 Jun	71.0	Ordained Bishop	Raphael Valenza †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy
15 Jun	26.5	Ordained Priest	James Jordan Carroll †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Hyacinthe-Jean Chassagnon †	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Crane †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Arthur Jerome Drossaerts †	Priest	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Alfred Flocard †	Priest	Bishop of Limoges, France
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Johannes Poggenburg †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop
16 Jun	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Carnevalini †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe de Nardis †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
17 Jun		Born	Aureliano de Matos †	Itapagé	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
18 Jun	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Heslin †	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
		Born	Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts †	Tilburg	Bishop Emeritus of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
19 Jun	54.3	Died	Vincenzo Bracco †	Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
		Born	José Agostinho da Rocha Noronha †	Reriz	Auxiliary Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
21 Jun	25.7	Ordained Priest	William Thomas B. Russell †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
23 Jun	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Augustus Berlucca †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
	26.8	Ordained Priest	James Romanus Bilsborrow, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
24 Jun	25.3	Ordained Priest	Matthew Cullen †	Priest	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Gimpert Paut †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
		Born	João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. †	Villa di Serio, Italy	Coadjutor Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
	24.5	Ordained Priest	James Naughton †	Priest of Killala, Ireland	Bishop
25 Jun	71.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Brancia †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ugento, Italy	Bishop
	71.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Brancia †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
	52.7	Appointed	Etienne-Marie Potron, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus
28 Jun	31.6	Appointed	Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	31.6	Appointed	Salvator-Alexandre-Félix-Carmel Brincat †	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
	73.9	Died	Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepišnik (Stepischnegg) †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
29 Jun	71.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Brancia †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop of Ugento, Italy
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Etienne-Marie Potron, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus
	26.8	Professed	François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Pedro Paulo Santos Songco †	Porac	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Schrembs †	Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui †	Priest	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt