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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Apr59.2Ordained BishopSevère-Samuel LahdoArchbishop
2 AprBornValerians ZondaksAuxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
3 Apr47.6AppointedJoseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), ColombiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
47.6AppointedJoseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. †Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in PhrygiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia
4 Apr25.0Ordained PriestLuigi RosaPriest of Pontremoli, ItalyBishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
5 Apr56.0Ordained BishopHector-Irénée SévinBishop of Châlons, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
7 Apr46.5AppointedManuel Antônio de Oliveira LopesCoadjutor Bishop of Fortaleza (Ceará), BrazilArchbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
46.5AppointedManuel Antônio de Oliveira LopesTitular Bishop of TabaeArchbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
8 Apr25.1Ordained PriestAntonio Cardona RieraPriest of Mallorca y Ibiza, SpainBishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
BornJoseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
48.4AppointedPaul-Eugène RoyAuxiliary Bishop of Québec, CanadaArchbishop
48.4AppointedPaul-Eugène RoyTitular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in PalaestinaArchbishop of Québec, Canada
BornAngelo Tarantino, F.S.C.J. †Bishop Emeritus of Arua, Uganda
10 Apr52.3AppointedVincenzo Sardi di RivisondoliVicar Apostolic of Constantinople, TurkeyVicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.3AppointedVincenzo Sardi di RivisondoliTitular Archbishop of Caesarea in PalaestinaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Constantinople, Turkey
12 AprBornTiago Gerardo Cloin, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
13 Apr40.2InstalledFrancesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Amelia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
55.3AppointedFergus Patrick McEvayArchbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15 Apr50.0AppointedFrancisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
50.0AppointedFrancisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of FesseëVicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
36.3AppointedAuguste Prézeau, S.M.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi
36.3AppointedAuguste Prézeau, S.M.M. †Titular Bishop of AdraaVicar Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi
18 Apr25.5Ordained PriestJohn Francis D’AltonPriestCardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
75.3DiedHenri-Charles-Dominique DenéchauBishop of Tulle, France
23.7Ordained PriestAlberto di JorioPriest of Roma {Rome}, ItalyCardinal, Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
24.1Ordained PriestGiuseppe MisuracaPriestApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Venezuela
23.4Ordained PriestLuigi Nogara, P.I.M.E. †Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign MissionsApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
23.0Ordained PriestAntonio PicconiPriest of Novara, ItalyBishop of Vigevano, Italy
24.4Ordained PriestAlphonse John SmithPriest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USABishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
24.9Ordained PriestLiberato TostiPriestApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Nicaragua
20 AprBornWilhelmus Marinus BekkersBishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
21 Apr45.0SucceededLeonard Stefan Deda, O.F.M. †Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
78.3DiedFranciszek MalczyńskiBishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
22 Apr22.6Ordained PriestAntónio Augusto de Castro MeirelesPriestBishop of Porto, Portugal
23 AprBornGabriel Champagne, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
25 Apr62.5DiedGennaro PortanovaCardinal, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
26 Apr60.6Ordained BishopRamón Barberá y BoadaTitular Bishop of AnthedonBishop of Palencia, Spain
BornJoël-André-Jean-Marie BellecBishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
70.6DiedCelestino del FrateArchbishop of Camerino, Italy
51.6Ordained BishopTimoteo Hernández y MulasBishop of Guadix, Spain
27 Apr36.5AppointedIvan ŠarićAuxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and HerzegovinaArchbishop
36.5AppointedIvan ŠarićTitular Bishop of CaesaropolisArchbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
28 Apr41.0AppointedJuan Gil y García, C.M.F. †Prefect of Chocó, Colombia
29 AprBornPedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. †Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
45.1AppointedLuigi CapotostiBishop of Modigliana, ItalyCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
75.4RetiredJosé María Cázares y MartínezBishop of Zamora, Michoacán, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
58.3ResignedPasquale TrosksiArchbishop of Skopje, North MacedoniaArchbishop Emeritus
30 AprBornFilemón Francisco CastellanoBishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
MayBornPius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. †Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
AppointedAlbert Knapp, O.P. †Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, AntillesFormer Archbishop-Elect
2 MayBornÉtienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
73.4DiedMieczyslaw Leonard PallulonBishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
BornDelfim Ribeiro GuedesBishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
20.5Ordained PriestAdam SawickiPriest of Vilnius, LithuaniaApostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania
3 May38.1AppointedJoão Batista BeckerBishop of Florianópolis (Santa Caterina), BrazilArchbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
BornAlberto Deane, C.P. †Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
39.7Ordained BishopPrudencio Gomes da SilvaBishop of Goiás, Brazil
59.2Ordained BishopDenis Joseph O’ConnellTitular Bishop of Sebaste in PhrygiaBishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
42.2Ordained BishopJuan María Riera (Riesa), O.P. †Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), EcuadorBishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
4 May23.0Ordained PriestSouleyman Kutchouk OustaPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
67.1AppointedDenis T. O’Connor, C.S.B. †Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in SyriaArchbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
67.1ResignedDenis T. O’Connor, C.S.B. †Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
5 May67.5AppointedFrantisek BrusákAuxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
67.5AppointedFrantisek BrusákTitular Bishop of AcmoniaAuxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
7 May56.4SelectedGeorg Schmid von GrüneckBishop of Chur, Switzerland
79.8DiedWilliam Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
BornCharles-Marie-Paul VignancourArchbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
8 May59.4AppointedBertram OrthTitular Archbishop of AmaseaArchbishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
58.3AppointedPasquale TrosksiTitular Archbishop of NacoliaArchbishop Emeritus of Skopje, North Macedonia
10 May39.4Ordained BishopAgostinho Francisco BenassiBishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
55.8Ordained BishopJános CsernochBishop of Csanád, HungaryCardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
48.5Ordained BishopPaul-Eugène RoyTitular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in PalaestinaArchbishop of Québec, Canada
52.4Ordained BishopVincenzo Sardi di RivisondoliTitular Archbishop of Caesarea in PalaestinaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Constantinople, Turkey
11 MayBornMario BriniSecretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
81.4DiedRafael Sabás Camacho y GarcíaBishop of Querétaro, México
48.9SucceededManuel Rivera y MuñozBishop of Querétaro, México
13 May64.1DiedSamuel Webster AllenBishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
67.4DiedJohn Frederick Ignatius HorstmannBishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
BornJohn Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Queenstown, South Africa
BornDominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. †Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
14 May52.1DiedAnnibale LupiBishop of Comacchio, Italy
15 May61.9DiedManuel Antonio López de MesaBishop of Antioquía, Colombia
16 May74.8DiedMariano Jaime Casanova CasanovaArchbishop of Santiago de Chile
17 May62.5DiedPeter Bourgade (Bougarde)Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
67.5Ordained BishopFrantisek BrusákTitular Bishop of AcmoniaAuxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
BornJohn Hart, M.H.M. †Prefect Emeritus of Malakal, Sudan
18 MayBornMaximos V (George) HakimPatriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
82.6DiedAntonio PolinBishop of Adria, Italy
47.8AppointedEmmanuel Sagrada (Segrada), P.I.M.E. †Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma {Birmania Orientale}, MyanmarVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Toungoo, Myanmar
47.8AppointedEmmanuel Sagrada (Segrada), P.I.M.E. †Titular Bishop of HirinaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Toungoo, Myanmar
20 May48.7ElectedPacifico Celso Carletti, O.F.M. Cap. †Minister General of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Albenga, Italy
47.7ConfirmedLéon Kecegian [Ketchedjian]Archbishop of Sivas {Sebaste} (and Tokat {Toqat}) (Armenian), Turkey
22 MayBornLionel AudetAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
BornEnrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
23 MayBornFlorencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Huancavélica, Peru
43.1Ordained BishopAntonio María Massanet y VerdBishop of Segorbe, Spain
24 May56.2Ordained BishopEugène-Marie-Joseph Allys, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of PhacusaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Huê, Viet Nam
25.0Ordained PriestRaboula Youssef BakhachePriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
50.1Ordained BishopFrancisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of FesseëVicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
25 May70.8CeasedBernhard Eduard Christen, O.F.M. Cap. †Minister General of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinTitular Archbishop of Stauropolis
27 MayBornAgnellus Andrew, O.F.M. †Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
BornLouis LévesqueArchbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
36.6AppointedPaul Peter RhodeAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USABishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
36.6AppointedPaul Peter RhodeTitular Bishop of BarcaBishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
BornBenedito ZorziBishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28 MayBornSegundo Garcia de Sierra y MéndezArchbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
47.8Ordained BishopJoseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. †Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in PhrygiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Los Llanos de San Martín (Piani di San Martino), Colombia
36.6Ordained BishopIvan ŠarićTitular Bishop of CaesaropolisArchbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
57.7Ordained BishopGiovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M. †Bishop of Aosta, Italy
29 MayBornJoseph Khiamsun NittayoArchbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
30 MayBornAndré-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
41.2ResignedCyrillus MacairePatriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), EgyptPatriarch Emeritus
31 May45.2Ordained BishopLuigi CapotostiBishop of Modigliana, ItalyCardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
44.5Ordained BishopBarnabé PiedrabuenaTitular Bishop of CestrusBishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
Jun50.1InstalledLuigi Maria MarelliBishop of Bobbio, ItalyBishop of Bergamo, Italy
1 Jun47.3AppointedMiguel Claro VásquezTitular Bishop of LegioAuxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
3 JunBornKevin William Barden, O.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran
BornLouis Li Boyu (Li Pai-yu, Li Bao-yu)Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
4 JunBornAlphonse-Gérard BannwarthBishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
5 JunBornLauncelot John GoodyArchbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
6 Jun70.8AppointedBernhard Eduard Christen, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
46.4InstalledLeonida MapelliBishop of Borgo San Donnino, Italy
7 Jun44.8SelectedAntonio Pierre AridaBishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25.7Ordained PriestBasilio Cattan, B.C. †Priest of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
41.1AppointedLeopoldo Duarte e SilvaArchbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
22.6Ordained PriestGiovanni MelePriest of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), ItalyBishop
9 Jun52.4AppointedJohn TohillBishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
10 Jun70.4AppointedGiovanni Cagliero, S.D.B. †Apostolic Delegate to Costa RicaCardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
18.4EnteredRobert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †Member of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus ChristVicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
11 JunBornBernardo CitterioAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
BornThomas HollandBishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
27.2Ordained PriestFrancis Joseph TiefPriest of Hartford, Connecticut, USABishop Emeritus of Concordia, Kansas, USA
12 Jun73.9AppointedStefan Antoni DenisewiczAuxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus
73.9AppointedStefan Antoni DenisewiczTitular Bishop of Claudiopolis in IsauriaAuxiliary Bishop of Mohilev, Belarus
72.1AppointedFranz EggerAuxiliary Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, ItalyBishop
72.1AppointedFranz EggerTitular Bishop of LarandaBishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
50.3AppointedBl. Antoni Julian NowowiejskiBishop of Płock, Poland
13 Jun27.0Ordained PriestWilliam Richard ArnoldPriest of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USAAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
26.7Ordained PriestGiulio Bevilacqua, C.O. †Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip NeriCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità a Via Giulia
23.5Ordained PriestBernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Cirenaica, Libya
22.5Ordained PriestMichele Raffaele Camerlengo, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop of Nola, Italy
23.6Ordained PriestJohn Aloysius DuffyPriest of Newark, New Jersey, USABishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
28.4Ordained PriestThomas Edward FlynnPriest of Liverpool, England, Great BritainBishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
23.1Ordained PriestPio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. †Priest of Congregation of the MissionBishop Emeritus of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
23.6Ordained PriestErnesto Aurelio Ghiglione, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
23.0Ordained PriestGiuseppe GoriPriestBishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
25.9Ordained PriestFranz HartzPriest of Münster, GermanyPrelate Emeritus of Schneidemühl, Poland
23.9Ordained PriestRomualdo M. Migliorini, O.S.M. †Priest of Order of Friar Servants of MaryPrefect Emeritus of Swaziland
23.0Ordained PriestWilliam Francis MurphyPriest of Detroit, Michigan, USABishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
14 Jun70.8Ordained BishopBernhard Eduard Christen, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
72.1Ordained BishopFranz EggerTitular Bishop of LarandaBishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
16 Jun59.8AppointedApolinary WnukowskiArchbishop of Mohilev, Belarus
17 Jun55.5SucceededAntonio Maria BonitoArchbishop of Amalfi, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
80.3DiedEnrico de Dominis (Dominicis)Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
55.5InstalledFergus Patrick McEvayArchbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BornAloysius John WycisloBishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
18 Jun44.8Ordained BishopAntonio Pierre AridaBishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
68.9DiedGiuseppe RicciardiBishop of Nardò, Italy
20 Jun23.7Ordained PriestJoseph Clement WillgingPriest of Dubuque, Iowa, USABishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
21 Jun42.8AppointedDennis Joseph DoughertyBishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, PhilippinesCardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
22.8Ordained PriestVincent GelatPriest of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, PalestineAuxiliary Bishop
47.8Ordained BishopLéon Kecegian [Ketchedjian]Archbishop of Sivas {Sebaste} (and Tokat {Toqat}) (Armenian), Turkey
BornLuis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle, O.F.M. †Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile
23 JunBornAdolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. †Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
24 JunBornJuan Carlos FerroBishop of Concepción, Argentina
23.9Ordained PriestHenry Vincent MarshallPriest of Salford, England, Great BritainBishop
26 JunBornJesús Antonio Castro BecerraBishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
28 Jun44.9InstalledAntonio Pierre AridaBishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
24.5Ordained PriestJoseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)Superior General
24.0Ordained PriestLaurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. †Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
22.4Ordained PriestVincenzo GiliPriestBishop of Cesena, Italy
22.3Ordained PriestBl. Frano GjiniPriest of Shkodrë, AlbaniaBishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
25.2Ordained PriestPaolo RostagnoPriestBishop of Ivrea, Italy
29 Jun75.8AppointedAntonio AgliardiCardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
23.0Ordained PriestJosé Maurício da RochaPriest of Maceió, BrazilBishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22.3Ordained PriestKálmán József PappPriest of Győr (Raab), HungaryBishop
55.4Ordained BishopAdolfo PereaBishop of Pasto, Colombia
24.1Ordained PriestLouis-Paul RastouilPriestBishop of Limoges, France
64.7ResignedPietro RespighiPrefect of the Congregation for Residence of BishopsCardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
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