The Year of Our Lord 1921

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar Born Terence James Cooke † New York Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

55.5 Resigned Kaspar (Gaspare) Klein † Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt, Germany Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

Born Spiridon Mattar Beirut, Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite), Sao Paulo, Brazil

5 Mar Born Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. † Adana Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran

7 Mar 56.2 Appointed Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó † Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

56.2 Elevated to Cardinal Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó † Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

66.9 Appointed Vicente Casanova y Marzol † Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain

63.3 Appointed Florencio Cerviño y González † Bishop of Orense, Spain

55.6 Appointed Dennis Joseph Dougherty † Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

55.6 Elevated to Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty † Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

55.2 Appointed José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña † Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

50.1 Appointed Ludwig Maria Hugo † Coadjutor Bishop of Mainz, Germany Bishop

50.1 Appointed Ludwig Maria Hugo † Titular Bishop of Bubastis Bishop of Mainz, Germany

60.3 Appointed Pietro La Fontaine † Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

60.6 Appointed Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn † Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

70.2 Appointed Francesco Ragonesi † Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

70.2 Elevated to Cardinal Francesco Ragonesi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

58.0 Appointed Johannes Scheifes † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

58.0 Appointed Johannes Scheifes † Titular Bishop of Cestrus Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

49.5 Appointed Karl Joseph Schulte † Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

49.5 Elevated to Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte † Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

52.0 Appointed Michael von Faulhaber † Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

52.0 Elevated to Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber † Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

52.4 Appointed Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer † Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

52.4 Elevated to Cardinal Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

8 Mar Born Luigi Sposito † Sorrento, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

9 Mar 50.9 Ordained Bishop Ludovico Van Hoeck, S.J. † Bishop of Patna, India Bishop of Ranchi, India

10 Mar 53.8 Appointed Pietro Benedetti † Titular Archbishop of Tyrus Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba

53.8 Appointed Pietro Benedetti † Apostolic Delegate to México Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba

45.3 Appointed Egide de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Azotus Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.2 Appointed Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

43.4 Appointed Martino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Calama Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China

Born Bernard Patrick Devlin Youghal, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar, Gibraltar

54.3 Appointed Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Appointed Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte † Bishop of Amiens, France

52.7 Appointed Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora † Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica

50.2 Appointed Augustus John Schwertner † Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA

69.8 Appointed Antonín Cyril Stojan † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

12 Mar Born Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. † Mar del Plata Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

28.2 Ordained Priest Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

13 Mar 38.5 Ordained Bishop Basilio Cattan † Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

Born Philippe Nguyên-Kim-Diên † Long-Duc Archbishop of Huê, Viêt Nam

14 Mar Born Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. † Allapuaha Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India

15 Mar 47.5 Appointed Joaquim Ferreira de Melo † Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Born Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. † Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua

39.2 Appointed Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra † Coadjutor Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop

39.2 Appointed Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra † Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

18 Mar 48.0 Appointed Giovanni Iacono † Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.3 Ordained Priest Domenico Valerii † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy

19 Mar 83.1 Died Pierre-Marie Belmont † Bishop of Clermont, France

60.0 Installed Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas † Bishop of Sinaloa, Sinaloa, México

64.6 Died Timoteo Hernández Mulas † Bishop of Guadix, Spain

62.0 Succeeded Jean-François-Etienne Marnas † Bishop of Clermont, France

22.5 Ordained Priest Silvino Martínez † Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

Born Joseph Nguyên Phung Hiêu † Ninh Binh Bishop of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam

Born Giovanni Pisanu † Bolotana Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy

25.2 Ordained Priest Alfonso Ródenas García † Priest Bishop of Almería, Spain

Born Joseph-Marie Trinh van-Can † Trac But, Viêt Nam Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam

20 Mar 23.1 Ordained Priest João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral † Priest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil

39.6 Appointed Johannes Michael Buckx, S.C.I. † Apostolic Administrator of Finland {Finlandia} Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Feliciano González Ascanio † Guatire Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela

21 Mar 60.3 Appointed Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères

50.6 Died Constant Philomen Jeanningros, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viêt Nam Vicar Apostolic

Born José Méndez Asensio † Vélez Rubio Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

75.5 Died Joseph Müller † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

22 Mar Born Gabriel Bullet Estavayer-Le-Lac Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

24 Mar Born Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. Rotterdam, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

86.7 Died James Gibbons † Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Born Vittorio Piola † Talonno di Invorio Inferiore Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

25 Mar Born Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Pitipana Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

Born José Gomes † Erechim Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Born John McCormack † Moyanalty Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland

26 Mar 23.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Maggi, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Bishop of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China

25.8 Ordained Priest Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

25.8 Ordained Priest Luigi Santa, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop of Rimini, Italy

30 Mar Born Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. † Unatin, Slovakia Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Born José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco Atotonilco El Alto Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

40.1 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Tief † Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA

31 Mar Born Stephen Nweke Ezeanya † Nnokwa Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria

47.5 Appointed Federico Tedeschini † Titular Archbishop of Naupactus Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary

47.5 Appointed Federico Tedeschini † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary

2 Apr 79.2 Died Vice Palunko † Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia

3 Apr 22.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Gennangi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria

5 Apr Born Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. † Mount Vernon, NY, USA Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

42.9 Appointed Francis Vazhapilly † Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India

42.9 Appointed Francis Vazhapilly † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India

8 Apr 80.6 Died Pietro Berruti † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

9 Apr 47.5 Appointed Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond † Titular Bishop of Clysma Bishop of Nice, France

80.2 Died William Joseph Walsh † Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland

10 Apr 53.9 Ordained Bishop Pietro Benedetti † Titular Archbishop of Tyrus Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba

50.2 Ordained Bishop Ludwig Maria Hugo † Titular Bishop of Bubastis Bishop of Mainz, Germany

47.5 Ordained Bishop Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Amyclae Vicar Apostolic of Chengting [Zhengding], China

11 Apr Born Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R. † Salamina Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia

50.1 Appointed Vincenzo Tymieniecki † Bishop of Łódź, Poland

12 Apr 49.2 Appointed Thomas Shine † Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain Bishop

49.2 Appointed Thomas Shine † Titular Bishop of Lamus Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

13 Apr 34.7 Appointed Giacomo Carabelli † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

15 Apr 50.2 Succeeded Ludwig Maria Hugo † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

62.8 Died Georg Heinrich Kirstein † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

16 Apr 67.5 Died Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France

Born Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González Buenos Aires Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay

17 Apr 46.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Titular Bishop of Petra in Palaestina Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

45.0 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

18 Apr Born Miguel Roca Cabanellas † Palma de Mallorca Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

19 Apr Born Roberto Tucci, S.J. Napoli, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

21 Apr 59.9 Appointed Pasquale Berardi † Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Born Michel Hakim, B.S. † Maghdouché Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada

23 Apr Born Cleto Bellucci Ancona Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy

55.1 Appointed Franz Rudolf Bornewasser † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Bishop of Trier, Germany

55.1 Appointed Franz Rudolf Bornewasser † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop of Trier, Germany

82.5 Died Henry Gabriels † Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Born Rogelio Sánchez González San José de Gracia Bishop Emeritus of Colima, Colima, México

24 Apr 59.1 Installed Salvatore Bella † Bishop of Acireale, Italy

23.0 Ordained Priest Jerônimo Mazzarotto † Priest of Curitiba, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

27.6 Ordained Priest Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru

58.1 Ordained Bishop Johannes Scheifes † Titular Bishop of Cestrus Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

27 Apr 50.3 Installed Ludwig Maria Hugo † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

28 Apr 62.5 Appointed Johannes Raffl † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

30 Apr 52.5 Appointed Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina † Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Terence James Cooke †	New York	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
55.5	Resigned	Kaspar (Gaspare) Klein †	Vicar Apostolic of Anhalt, Germany	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
	Born	Spiridon Mattar	Beirut, Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite), Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Mar		Born	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †	Adana	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
7 Mar	56.2	Appointed	Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
56.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Bautista Benlloch y Vivó †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
66.9	Appointed	Vicente Casanova y Marzol †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Granada, Spain
63.3	Appointed	Florencio Cerviño y González †	Bishop of Orense, Spain
55.6	Appointed	Dennis Joseph Dougherty †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
55.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Dennis Joseph Dougherty †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
55.2	Appointed	José Juan de Jésus Herrera y Piña †	Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
50.1	Appointed	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Bishop
50.1	Appointed	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Titular Bishop of Bubastis	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
60.3	Appointed	Pietro La Fontaine †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
60.6	Appointed	Francis Edward Joseph Mostyn †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
70.2	Appointed	Francesco Ragonesi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
70.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Francesco Ragonesi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
58.0	Appointed	Johannes Scheifes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
58.0	Appointed	Johannes Scheifes †	Titular Bishop of Cestrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
49.5	Appointed	Karl Joseph Schulte †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
49.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Karl Joseph Schulte †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
52.0	Appointed	Michael von Faulhaber †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
52.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Michael von Faulhaber †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
52.4	Appointed	Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
52.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
8 Mar		Born	Luigi Sposito †	Sorrento, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
9 Mar	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ludovico Van Hoeck, S.J. †	Bishop of Patna, India	Bishop of Ranchi, India
10 Mar	53.8	Appointed	Pietro Benedetti †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
53.8	Appointed	Pietro Benedetti †	Apostolic Delegate to México	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
45.3	Appointed	Egide de Böck (Boeck), C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Azotus	Vicar Apostolic of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.2	Appointed	Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
43.4	Appointed	Martino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Weihweifu, China
	Born	Bernard Patrick Devlin	Youghal, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar, Gibraltar
54.3	Appointed	Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Appointed	Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte †	Bishop of Amiens, France
52.7	Appointed	Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora †	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
50.2	Appointed	Augustus John Schwertner †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
69.8	Appointed	Antonín Cyril Stojan †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
12 Mar		Born	Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. †	Mar del Plata	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
28.2	Ordained Priest	Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
13 Mar	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Basilio Cattan †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Philippe Nguyên-Kim-Diên †	Long-Duc	Archbishop of Huê, Viêt Nam
14 Mar		Born	Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Allapuaha	Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
15 Mar	47.5	Appointed	Joaquim Ferreira de Melo †	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Born	Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
39.2	Appointed	Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †	Coadjutor Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop
39.2	Appointed	Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †	Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18 Mar	48.0	Appointed	Giovanni Iacono †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.3	Ordained Priest	Domenico Valerii †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Marsi, Italy
19 Mar	83.1	Died	Pierre-Marie Belmont †	Bishop of Clermont, France
60.0	Installed	Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas †	Bishop of Sinaloa, Sinaloa, México
64.6	Died	Timoteo Hernández Mulas †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
62.0	Succeeded	Jean-François-Etienne Marnas †	Bishop of Clermont, France
22.5	Ordained Priest	Silvino Martínez †	Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
	Born	Joseph Nguyên Phung Hiêu †	Ninh Binh	Bishop of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam
	Born	Giovanni Pisanu †	Bolotana	Bishop Emeritus of Ozieri, Italy
25.2	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Ródenas García †	Priest	Bishop of Almería, Spain
	Born	Joseph-Marie Trinh van-Can †	Trac But, Viêt Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam
20 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral †	Priest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy; Petrópolis), Brazil
39.6	Appointed	Johannes Michael Buckx, S.C.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Finland {Finlandia}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Feliciano González Ascanio †	Guatire	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
21 Mar	60.3	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
50.6	Died	Constant Philomen Jeanningros, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Cochin {Cocincina Orientale}, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic
	Born	José Méndez Asensio †	Vélez Rubio	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
75.5	Died	Joseph Müller †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
22 Mar		Born	Gabriel Bullet	Estavayer-Le-Lac	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
24 Mar		Born	Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I.	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
86.7	Died	James Gibbons †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	Born	Vittorio Piola †	Talonno di Invorio Inferiore	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
25 Mar		Born	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Pitipana	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
	Born	José Gomes †	Erechim	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	Born	John McCormack †	Moyanalty	Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
26 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Maggi, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China
25.8	Ordained Priest	Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
25.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Santa, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
30 Mar		Born	Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †	Unatin, Slovakia	Titular Bishop of Rusadus
	Born	José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco	Atotonilco El Alto	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Tief †	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA
31 Mar		Born	Stephen Nweke Ezeanya †	Nnokwa	Archbishop Emeritus of Onitsha, Nigeria
47.5	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
47.5	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
2 Apr	79.2	Died	Vice Palunko †	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
3 Apr	22.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gennangi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
5 Apr		Born	Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †	Mount Vernon, NY, USA	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
42.9	Appointed	Francis Vazhapilly †	Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
42.9	Appointed	Francis Vazhapilly †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
8 Apr	80.6	Died	Pietro Berruti †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
9 Apr	47.5	Appointed	Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond †	Titular Bishop of Clysma	Bishop of Nice, France
80.2	Died	William Joseph Walsh †	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
10 Apr	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Benedetti †	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Cuba
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Titular Bishop of Bubastis	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Amyclae	Vicar Apostolic of Chengting [Zhengding], China
11 Apr		Born	Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R. †	Salamina	Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
50.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Tymieniecki †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland
12 Apr	49.2	Appointed	Thomas Shine †	Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop
49.2	Appointed	Thomas Shine †	Titular Bishop of Lamus	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
13 Apr	34.7	Appointed	Giacomo Carabelli †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
15 Apr	50.2	Succeeded	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
62.8	Died	Georg Heinrich Kirstein †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
16 Apr	67.5	Died	Charles-Henri-Jean-Willibrord Benzler, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
	Born	Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González	Buenos Aires	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
17 Apr	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Titular Bishop of Petra in Palaestina	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Federico Vallega †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
18 Apr		Born	Miguel Roca Cabanellas †	Palma de Mallorca	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
19 Apr		Born	Roberto Tucci, S.J.	Napoli, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio
21 Apr	59.9	Appointed	Pasquale Berardi †	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Maghdouché	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada
23 Apr		Born	Cleto Bellucci	Ancona	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
55.1	Appointed	Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Bishop of Trier, Germany
55.1	Appointed	Franz Rudolf Bornewasser †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop of Trier, Germany
82.5	Died	Henry Gabriels †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
	Born	Rogelio Sánchez González	San José de Gracia	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, Colima, México
24 Apr	59.1	Installed	Salvatore Bella †	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	Jerônimo Mazzarotto †	Priest of Curitiba, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
27.6	Ordained Priest	Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Scheifes †	Titular Bishop of Cestrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
27 Apr	50.3	Installed	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
28 Apr	62.5	Appointed	Johannes Raffl †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
30 Apr	52.5	Appointed	Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus

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