The Year of Our Lord 1927

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar Born Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. Nlong Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon

56.4 Appointed Johannes Baptista Sproll † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

3 Mar 55.4 Appointed Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

4 Mar 62.3 Appointed Alfonso Archi † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy Bishop

5 Mar Born Raffaele Castielli Faeto Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy

Born Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng † Hapao (Banaue) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines

7 Mar 38.6 Appointed Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M. † Titular Bishop of Harpasa Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia

76.7 Retired Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

8 Mar 44.9 Appointed George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Cuba

9 Mar 55.4 Appointed Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. † Apostolic Delegate to Albania Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

10 Mar 55.3 Appointed Lorenzo Schioppa † Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

48.2 Installed Charles Daniel White † Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA

11 Mar 61.1 Appointed Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina

12 Mar 23.2 Ordained Priest Edward John Doody † Priest of Brisbane, Australia Bishop of Armidale, Australia

23.7 Ordained Priest James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

25.4 Ordained Priest Michael William Hyle † Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

24.5 Ordained Priest Raymond Augustine Kearney † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

26.9 Ordained Priest Edward Peter McManaman † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

13 Mar 22.4 Ordained Priest Lorenzo Gargiulo † Priest of Nola, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

Born Dominic Anthony Marconi Newark Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born Jozef Zlatnanský Topolcianky, Slovakia Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other

14 Mar 50.3 Appointed Giovanni Bargiggia † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

16 Mar 52.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. † Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan

18 Mar 39.3 Appointed Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China Bishop of Ningyüan [Xichang], China

39.3 Appointed Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Isauropolis Bishop of Ningyüan [Xichang], China

63.4 Died William Thomas B. Russell † Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

84.4 Died Leopold Schuster † Bishop of Seckau, Austria

Born Rafael Torija de la Fuente Noez Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

19 Mar 22.5 Ordained Priest José María Bueno y Monreal † Priest of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

55.4 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

68.8 Ordained Bishop Palmyre-Georges Jansoone † Titular Bishop of Nilopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France

Born José López Lara † Moroleón Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

22.7 Ordained Priest Francisco Planas Muntaner † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain

55.0 Ordained Bishop Juan Villar y Sanz † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop of Lérida, Spain

20 Mar 53.2 Ordained Bishop Johannes Baptist Filzer † Titular Bishop of Bararus Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria

22 Mar 73.8 Died John Francis Regis Canevin † Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

86.6 Died Robert John Seton † Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia

24 Mar Born Rómulo García † Necochea Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

25 Mar 61.1 Appointed Matthew Cullen † Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

52.9 Ordained Bishop Joannis Baptist Filippucci (Filippoussis) † Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

38.7 Ordained Bishop Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M. † Titular Bishop of Harpasa Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia

44.0 Ordained Bishop Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal

50.6 Ordained Bishop Manuel Irurita y Almándoz † Bishop of Lérida, Spain Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

49.5 Appointed Stanislaw Rospond † Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

49.5 Appointed Stanislaw Rospond † Titular Bishop of Dardanus Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

27 Mar Born Eugène Philippe LaRocque Windsor Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Born Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. Winnipeg Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

49.9 Ordained Bishop Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski † Titular Bishop of Dadima Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria

28 Mar 74.0 Died Joseph-Médard Émard † Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Born Castor Sekwa † Sayusayu Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania

29 Mar 56.4 Confirmed Johannes Baptista Sproll † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

31 Mar Born Eduardo Martínez Somalo Baños de Río Tobía, Spain Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

2 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Howard Joseph Carroll † Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

22.3 Ordained Priest Natale Mosconi † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy

68.5 Died Ottokár Prohászka † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary

35.8 Ordained Priest Jean Baptiste Tran-Huu-Duc † Priest Bishop of Vinh, Viêt Nam

23.3 Ordained Priest Hermann Volk † Priest of Mainz, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

Born Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B. Patton, PA Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

3 Apr 56.4 Appointed Augustin Pacha † Apostolic Administrator of Timişoara, Romania Bishop

56.4 Appointed Augustin Pacha † Titular Bishop of Lebedus Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

44.1 Ordained Bishop Kazimierz Tomczak † Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland

4 Apr Born Francesco Voto † Oriolo Calabro Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy

5 Apr Born Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. Chantenay, France Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

6 Apr Born Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. Fruniz, Spain Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

7 Apr Born Luigi Scuppa † Apiro Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy

8 Apr 57.1 Appointed Vincenzo Celli † Auxiliary Bishop of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy

57.1 Appointed Vincenzo Celli † Titular Bishop of Thapsus Auxiliary Bishop of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy

43.5 Appointed Karol Miecislao Radonski † Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland Bishop of Włocławek, Poland

43.5 Appointed Karol Miecislao Radonski † Titular Bishop of Berissa Bishop of Włocławek, Poland

9 Apr 23.7 Ordained Priest Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista Decollato

10 Apr Born Joseph Pallikaparampil Mutholapuram Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India

Born Roch Pedneault Saint-Joseph-d’Alma Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

12 Apr Born Roger-Alfred Despatie † Sudbury Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

13 Apr Born William Henry Bullock Maple Lake Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

54.6 Appointed Luis Adriano Díaz Melo † Bishop of Cali, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

15 Apr 64.1 Appointed Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † Official of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

16 Apr 25.1 Ordained Priest André-Jacques Fougerat † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

26.3 Ordained Priest Manuel Larraín Errazuriz † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Talca, Chile

22.1 Ordained Priest Antonio Lanza † Priest Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy

26.4 Ordained Priest Justin Joseph McCarthy † Priest Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

23.2 Ordained Priest Francesco Minerva † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

Born Joseph Ratzinger Marktl am Inn, Germany Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

23.5 Ordained Priest Domenico Savarese † Priest Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

17 Apr Born Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer Le Touquet-Paris-Plage Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France

18 Apr Born Leo Rajendram Antony Karamban Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Born Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. † Varetz, France Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon

23.5 Ordained Priest Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed Michael Memelauer † Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

21 Apr Born Romeu Alberti † São Paulo Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

46.0 Appointed Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China Bishop of Lanlung [Anlong], China

Born Pierfranco Pastore Varallo Sesia, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

22 Apr 39.7 Appointed Adalberto Accioli Sobral † Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil

46.9 Appointed Santiago Caragnan Sancho † Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines

60.2 Appointed Fernando Taddei, C.M. † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

23 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest William Edward Cousins † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

24 Apr 50.4 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Bargiggia † Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

Born Eamon Casey Firies Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

27.1 Ordained Priest Kenneth Grant † Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

Born Pietro Giacomo Nonis Fossalta di Portogruaro Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy

23.5 Ordained Priest John Michael O'Neill † Priest of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

Born Donato Squicciarini † Altamura, Italy Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

25.5 Ordained Priest Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

26 Apr 47.8 Appointed Benedetto Aloisi Masella † Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

40.1 Ordained Bishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken † Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Born Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. † Vargem Grande do Sul Bishop Emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Baia, Brazil

50.0 Appointed Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski † Bishop of Seckau, Austria Bishop Emeritus

Born Johann Weber Graz Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

28 Apr 40.1 Installed Rudolph Aloysius Gerken † Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

29 Apr 46.0 Appointed Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade Bishop of Lanlung [Anlong], China

37.7 Appointed Joseph Rabbani † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

47.8 Appointed Jean-Marcel Rodié † Bishop of Ajaccio, France Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France

58.0 Appointed Giovanni Stavel † Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

58.0 Appointed Giovanni Stavel † Titular Bishop of Zaraï Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

30 Apr 44.4 Appointed Alessandro Guidati † Vicar Apostolic of Thessaloniki, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

44.4 Appointed Alessandro Guidati † Titular Bishop of Adada Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar		Born	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.	Nlong	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
56.4	Appointed	Johannes Baptista Sproll †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
3 Mar	55.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
4 Mar	62.3	Appointed	Alfonso Archi †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena, Italy	Bishop
5 Mar		Born	Raffaele Castielli	Faeto	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy
	Born	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Hapao (Banaue)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
7 Mar	38.6	Appointed	Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Harpasa	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia
76.7	Retired	Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
8 Mar	44.9	Appointed	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Internuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Cuba
9 Mar	55.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †	Apostolic Delegate to Albania	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
10 Mar	55.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Schioppa †	Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands
48.2	Installed	Charles Daniel White †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
11 Mar	61.1	Appointed	Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
12 Mar	23.2	Ordained Priest	Edward John Doody †	Priest of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
23.7	Ordained Priest	James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
25.4	Ordained Priest	Michael William Hyle †	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
24.5	Ordained Priest	Raymond Augustine Kearney †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
26.9	Ordained Priest	Edward Peter McManaman †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Gargiulo †	Priest of Nola, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
	Born	Dominic Anthony Marconi	Newark	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	Born	Jozef Zlatnanský	Topolcianky, Slovakia	Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other
14 Mar	50.3	Appointed	Giovanni Bargiggia †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
16 Mar	52.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
18 Mar	39.3	Appointed	Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ningyüanfu, China	Bishop of Ningyüan [Xichang], China
39.3	Appointed	Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Isauropolis	Bishop of Ningyüan [Xichang], China
63.4	Died	William Thomas B. Russell †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
84.4	Died	Leopold Schuster †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
	Born	Rafael Torija de la Fuente	Noez	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
19 Mar	22.5	Ordained Priest	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
68.8	Ordained Bishop	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
	Born	José López Lara †	Moroleón	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
22.7	Ordained Priest	Francisco Planas Muntaner †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Juan Villar y Sanz †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
20 Mar	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Baptist Filzer †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
22 Mar	73.8	Died	John Francis Regis Canevin †	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
86.6	Died	Robert John Seton †	Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia
24 Mar		Born	Rómulo García †	Necochea	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
25 Mar	61.1	Appointed	Matthew Cullen †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Joannis Baptist Filippucci (Filippoussis) †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
38.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Harpasa	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Irurita y Almándoz †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
49.5	Appointed	Stanislaw Rospond †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
49.5	Appointed	Stanislaw Rospond †	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
27 Mar		Born	Eugène Philippe LaRocque	Windsor	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M.	Winnipeg	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Bishop Emeritus of Seckau, Austria
28 Mar	74.0	Died	Joseph-Médard Émard †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Castor Sekwa †	Sayusayu	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
29 Mar	56.4	Confirmed	Johannes Baptista Sproll †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
31 Mar		Born	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Baños de Río Tobía, Spain	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
2 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Howard Joseph Carroll †	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
22.3	Ordained Priest	Natale Mosconi †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
68.5	Died	Ottokár Prohászka †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
35.8	Ordained Priest	Jean Baptiste Tran-Huu-Duc †	Priest	Bishop of Vinh, Viêt Nam
23.3	Ordained Priest	Hermann Volk †	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B.	Patton, PA	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3 Apr	56.4	Appointed	Augustin Pacha †	Apostolic Administrator of Timişoara, Romania	Bishop
56.4	Appointed	Augustin Pacha †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Kazimierz Tomczak †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
4 Apr		Born	Francesco Voto †	Oriolo Calabro	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
5 Apr		Born	Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J.	Chantenay, France	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
6 Apr		Born	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P.	Fruniz, Spain	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
7 Apr		Born	Luigi Scuppa †	Apiro	Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy
8 Apr	57.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Celli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy
57.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Celli †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Auxiliary Bishop of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy
43.5	Appointed	Karol Miecislao Radonski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
43.5	Appointed	Karol Miecislao Radonski †	Titular Bishop of Berissa	Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
9 Apr	23.7	Ordained Priest	Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista Decollato
10 Apr		Born	Joseph Pallikaparampil	Mutholapuram	Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India
	Born	Roch Pedneault	Saint-Joseph-d’Alma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
12 Apr		Born	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Sudbury	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
13 Apr		Born	William Henry Bullock	Maple Lake	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
54.6	Appointed	Luis Adriano Díaz Melo †	Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr	64.1	Appointed	Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. †	Official of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
16 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	André-Jacques Fougerat †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
26.3	Ordained Priest	Manuel Larraín Errazuriz †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Talca, Chile
22.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Lanza †	Priest	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
26.4	Ordained Priest	Justin Joseph McCarthy †	Priest	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
23.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Minerva †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
	Born	Joseph Ratzinger	Marktl am Inn, Germany	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
23.5	Ordained Priest	Domenico Savarese †	Priest	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
17 Apr		Born	Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer	Le Touquet-Paris-Plage	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
18 Apr		Born	Leo Rajendram Antony	Karamban	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
	Born	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †	Varetz, France	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
23.5	Ordained Priest	Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	Michael Memelauer †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
21 Apr		Born	Romeu Alberti †	São Paulo	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
46.0	Appointed	Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lanlung [Anlong], China	Bishop of Lanlung [Anlong], China
	Born	Pierfranco Pastore	Varallo Sesia, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
22 Apr	39.7	Appointed	Adalberto Accioli Sobral †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
46.9	Appointed	Santiago Caragnan Sancho †	Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines
60.2	Appointed	Fernando Taddei, C.M. †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
23 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	William Edward Cousins †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
24 Apr	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Bargiggia †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
	Born	Eamon Casey	Firies	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
27.1	Ordained Priest	Kenneth Grant †	Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
	Born	Pietro Giacomo Nonis	Fossalta di Portogruaro	Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
23.5	Ordained Priest	John Michael O'Neill †	Priest of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
	Born	Donato Squicciarini †	Altamura, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
25.5	Ordained Priest	Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
26 Apr	47.8	Appointed	Benedetto Aloisi Masella †	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	Born	Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. †	Vargem Grande do Sul	Bishop Emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Baia, Brazil
50.0	Appointed	Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Johann Weber	Graz	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
28 Apr	40.1	Installed	Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
29 Apr	46.0	Appointed	Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Bishop of Lanlung [Anlong], China
37.7	Appointed	Joseph Rabbani †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
47.8	Appointed	Jean-Marcel Rodié †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
58.0	Appointed	Giovanni Stavel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
58.0	Appointed	Giovanni Stavel †	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
30 Apr	44.4	Appointed	Alessandro Guidati †	Vicar Apostolic of Thessaloniki, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
44.4	Appointed	Alessandro Guidati †	Titular Bishop of Adada	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

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