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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	23.3	Ordained Priest	Rodolfo Caroli †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
2 Apr		Born	Peter William Bartholome †	Bellechester	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
3 Apr	69.9	Died	Achille Apolloni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Ferrandina †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
4 Apr		Born	Paolo Babini †	Fusignano	Bishop Emeritus of Forli, Italy
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Auguste-Léopold Laroche †	Bishop of Nantes, France
		Born	Emile Yelle, P.S.S. †	St-Rémi-de-Napierville	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
6 Apr	48.3	Ordained Bishop	René-François Renou †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
7 Apr	71.2	Died	Biagio Sibilia †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
8 Apr		Born	Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †	Alphen	Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
9 Apr		Born	Michael Joseph Ready †	New Haven, CT	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
12 Apr	52.9	Died	Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Osaka, Japan
13 Apr	197.4	Beatified	Bl. Francisco Serrano Frías, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
16 Apr	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Almaraz y Santos †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	76.7	Died	Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt
	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Díaz y Macedo †	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
		Ordained Bishop	Salvatore di Pietro, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg †	Bishop of Moulins, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
21 Apr	70.5	Died	Luigi Giordani †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
23 Apr	50.2	Succeeded	John Conmy †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
	74.2	Died	Hugh Conway †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Zamburlini †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
24 Apr	51.4	Succeeded	François-Mathurin Guichard, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu, China
	72.5	Died	François-Eugène Lions, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuiceu, China
25 Apr	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
		Born	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Mathe Canarese, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	George John Smith †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
26 Apr	57.6	Died	Luigi Sepiacci, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
30 Apr	62.2	Died	Rocco Leonasi †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
1 May	25.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Angelucci †	Priest	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy
		Born	Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento †	Cuzco	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
4 May	44.9	Appointed	Ignacio Ibáñez, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	44.9	Appointed	Ignacio Ibáñez, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Vicar Apostolic of Amoy, China
	40.5	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Alexandre Morice †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
5 May		Born	Albini Lafortune †	Saint-Paul-l'Ermite	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
6 May		Born	Thomas Martin Fox †	Broken Hill	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
9 May	59.7	Appointed	Serafino Cretoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
10 May	50.7	Appointed	Placide Louis Chapelle †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastea	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	59.5	Died	Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop-Elect of Frascati, Italy
11 May	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Cselka †	Titular Bishop of Carrhae
	69.4	Died	François-Albert Leuillieux †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
14 May	25.1	Ordained Priest	Théophile Joseph Georgi †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
	212.7	Beatified	St. Pedro Sanz, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
17 May	55.4	Died	Jean-Natalis-François Gonindard †	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
23 May	44.8	Appointed	Albert Bitter †	Titular Bishop of Doliche	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sweden
	74.9	Resigned	Adam Charles Claessens †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Gualterius Staal, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
	53.6	Appointed	Gualterius Staal, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Mauricastro	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia
25 May	68.3	Selected	Karol Rimely †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
27 May	24.1	Ordained Priest	Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Ludovico Gavotti †	Priest of Genova, Italy	Archbishop
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Edmund Francis Gibbons †	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
	23.8	Ordained Priest	William Keatinge †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Pascucci †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Omer Plante †	Priest of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
30 May	40.1	Appointed	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Apostolic Internuncio to Belgium	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	70.3	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
		Born	Constant Quillard, C.SS.R. †	Saint-Usuge	Prefect Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
31 May	49.3	Appointed	Aristide Rinaldini †	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Jun	39.4	Appointed	Godefroid Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan
4 Jun	22.6	Ordained Priest	François Daoud (David) †	Priest	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
	21.4	Ordained Priest	Hormisdas Etienne Djibri †	Priest	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
5 Jun	84.2	Died	Karl Joseph Hefele †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
	58.1	Succeeded	Wilhelm von Reiser †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
7 Jun	44.0	Appointed	Andrea Aiuti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
11 Jun		Born	Sándor Kovács †	Kecskemét	Bishop Emeritus of Szombathely, Hungary
12 Jun	60.8	Appointed	Antonio Agliardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	44.0	Appointed	Andrea Aiuti †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	44.8	Appointed	Serafino Angelini †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	50.3	Appointed	Paolo Emio Bergamaschi †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Troia, Italy
	49.7	Appointed	Giosuè Bicchi †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	65.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret, C.O. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	53.0	Appointed	Ferdinando Maria Cieri †	Coadjutor Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	53.0	Appointed	Ferdinando Maria Cieri †	Titular Bishop of Canopus	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	59.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Consenti, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
	41.3	Appointed	Gennaro Cosenza †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	51.8	Appointed	Costantino Costa, C.P. †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
	62.0	Appointed	Salvatore Depau-Puddu †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
	67.9	Appointed	Palmerio Garau †	Bishop of Ales e Terralba, Italy
	59.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
	62.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	64.5	Appointed	Francesco Magani †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
	64.5	Appointed	Egidio Mauri, O.P. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	58.8	Appointed	Nicola Maria Merola †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
	60.8	Appointed	Carlo Mola, C.O. †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	87.6	Appointed	Enrico de Rossi †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
	87.6	Resigned	Enrico de Rossi †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.0	Elevated to Cardinal	St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	69.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Lörinc Schlauch †	Cardinal, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	51.5	Appointed	Guglielmo Stagno di Alcontres †	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
	51.5	Appointed	Guglielmo Stagno di Alcontres †	Titular Bishop of Arabissus	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
	59.2	Appointed	Macario Sorini †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Bishop Emeritus of Gubbio, Italy
	59.2	Resigned	Macario Sorini †	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Gubbio, Italy
	48.5	Appointed	Emilio Alfonso Todisco Grande †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy
	46.0	Appointed	Amilcare Tonietti †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.5	Appointed	Serafino Vannutelli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
	43.2	Appointed	Michele Zezza di Zapponeta †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	63.2	Appointed	Aurelio Zonghi †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jun	51.6	Selected	Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
14 Jun	64.3	Selected	Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	69.0	Died	Manuel Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
	62.1	Selected	François Hautin †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
15 Jun	48.0	Appointed	Juan Agustín Boneo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
	48.0	Appointed	Juan Agustín Boneo †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
	50.9	Appointed	Guillermo Juan Carter Gallo †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile	Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile
	50.9	Appointed	Guillermo Juan Carter Gallo †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá, Chile
	64.3	Confirmed	Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	65.1	Appointed	Angelo Di Pietro †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	49.0	Appointed	Mariano Antonio Espinosa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop
	49.0	Appointed	Mariano Antonio Espinosa †	Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	57.1	Appointed	Luigi Galimberti †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
	53.6	Appointed	Pedro Rafael González y Calixto †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Pedro Rafael González y Calixto †	Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
	59.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Maria Graniello, B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
	41.2	Appointed	Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	62.1	Confirmed	François Hautin †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	51.6	Confirmed	Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	70.7	Appointed	Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas †	Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	66.2	Appointed	Guillaume-René Meignan †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tours, France
	43.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Chihuahua, México	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	68.4	Confirmed	Karol Rimely †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
	65.2	Appointed	Benito Sanz y Forés †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eusebio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	58.0	Appointed	St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	58.0	Appointed	St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	67.0	Appointed	Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, France
	61.3	Appointed	Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom, Hungary
	47.4	Appointed	Joseph van der Stappen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	47.4	Appointed	Joseph van der Stappen †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
16 Jun	53.7	Appointed	Barthélemy Clément Combes †	Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia
	40.4	Appointed	Patrick Delany †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop
	40.4	Appointed	Patrick Delany †	Titular Archbishop of Laranda	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
	52.0	Appointed	John Joseph Kain †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop
	52.0	Appointed	John Joseph Kain †	Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	58.9	Died	Christopher Augustine Reynolds †	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
	48.5	Appointed	William Turner †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
17 Jun	67.8	Appointed	John Hennessy †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	78.7	Died	Francesco Sabbia †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
18 Jun	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Serafino Angelini †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Avellino, Italy
	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Maria Cieri †	Titular Bishop of Canopus	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Edmund John Aloysius Gleeson, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Maitland, Australia	Bishop
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Magani †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Maria Merola †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Mola, C.O. †	Bishop of Foggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Stagno di Alcontres †	Titular Bishop of Arabissus	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy
	65.4	Died	Pierre-Jean-Joseph Soubiranne †	Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France
19 Jun	48.1	Appointed	Maurice Francis Burke †	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
	64.1	Resigned	John Joseph Hogan †	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA
	79.1	Died	Giovanni Maria Majoli †	Bishop of Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
	85.0	Appointed	Luigi Serafini †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	55.6	Installed	Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México
20 Jun	52.4	Appointed	Felice Cavagnis †	Pro-Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs	Cardinal, Secretary
	65.1	Appointed	Angelo Di Pietro †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	73.4	Appointed	Luigi Trombetta †	Pro-Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars	Cardinal, Secretary
21 Jun		Born	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Félenne, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Jun	60.4	Appointed	Camillo Mazzella, S.J. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Studies	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
23 Jun	23.3	Ordained Priest	Augusto Klinke Leier †	Priest of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile
24 Jun	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre Cardot, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma {Birmania Meridionale}, Myanmar
	32.2	Ordained Priest	Daniel Mary Gorman †	Priest	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
25 Jun	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Giosuè Bicchi †	Bishop of San Severino (Marche), Italy
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Antonino Zecchini, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
27 Jun		Born	Torquato Dini †	Sant'Angelo in Vado	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arab Republic of
29 Jun	72.1	Died	Francisco Aznar y Pueyo †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
	89.4	Died	Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Julian Cáceres Negrón †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	60.8	Died	Arthur-Xavier Ducellier †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Paul-Marie-Joseph Julliotte, SS.CC. †	Priest	Prefect Emeritus of Hainan [Hainan], China
		Born	Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †	La Habana	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba