The Year of Our Lord 1945

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar Born Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger Journy Bishop of Sées, France

Born Marcelo Raúl Martorell Salta Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

74.2 Died Michael Sheehan † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

2 Mar Born Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin Paris, France Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

3 Mar 56.4 Succeeded Stanislaus Vincent Bona † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

60.2 Died Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

42.5 Appointed Arthur Hughes, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Hieropolis Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

42.5 Appointed Arthur Hughes, M. Afr. † Official to Egypt, Arab Republic of Apostolic Internuncio

73.5 Died Paul Peter Rhode † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

4 Mar 44.4 Ordained Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Michael John Sheridan Saint Louis Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Born Manuel Ureña Pastor Albaida Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

47.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Maria Yüen K'ai-chih (Ching Ping) † Titular Bishop of Calydon Bishop of Chumatien [Zhumadian], China

6 Mar 86.1 Died Alberto José Gonçalves † Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

7 Mar 19.5 Solemn Professed Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † Member of Order of Friars Preachers Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

10 Mar 51.2 Appointed Edward Joseph Hunkeler † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

42.7 Appointed Anthony John King Mussio † Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Appointed John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

43.9 Appointed Francis Joseph Schenk † Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

11 Mar 53.0 Ordained Bishop Lucio Crescenzi † Titular Bishop of Pharsalus Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy

72.4 Died Nicolao Milone † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

40.5 Ordained Bishop Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Arad Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

14 Mar Born Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. Kukkunje Archbishop of Bhopal, India

74.0 Died David Keane † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

15 Mar 69.0 Died Joseph Lörks, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea

Born Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. Enkaba Bishop of Manzini, Swaziland

40.6 Appointed Vincent Stanislaus Waters † Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

17 Mar 25.9 Ordained Priest Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India

Born Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés Campechuela Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba

24.6 Ordained Priest Pierre Bertrand Chagué † Priest Bishop of Gap, France

25.0 Ordained Priest Victor Guazzelli † Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.2 Ordained Priest Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

25.2 Ordained Priest John Edgar McCafferty † Priest of Rochester, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop

24.9 Ordained Priest Karel Otcenášek Priest Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Born Dennis Joseph Sullivan New York City Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

26.5 Ordained Priest Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa † Priest of Palo, Philippines Archbishop of Palo, Philippines

22.9 Ordained Priest Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}, Western Sahara

24.8 Ordained Priest Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia

18 Mar 26.5 Ordained Priest Cornelius Elanjikal Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

40.2 Installed Hernán Frías Hurtado † Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile Bishop Emeritus

Born Salvatore Pappalardo Nicolosi Bishop of Nicosia, Italy

22.6 Ordained Priest Petar Perkolic † Priest of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

25.2 Ordained Priest Vasco Séirécov † Priest Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

19 Mar 83.8 Died Valentín Comellas y Santamaría † Bishop of Solsona, Spain

74.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Patrick Donahue † Titular Bishop of Emmaüs Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

25.3 Ordained Priest Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

20 Mar 66.6 Died Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand † Bishop of Oran, Algeria

21 Mar 67.3 Died Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos, Thailand Vicar Apostolic

48.9 Died Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Laos, Thailand

25 Mar 26.8 Ordained Priest Traian Crisan † Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

25.5 Ordained Priest Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. † Priest Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)

24.6 Ordained Priest Platon V. Kornyljak † Priest Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)

26 Mar Born Braulio Rafael León Villegas León Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

27 Mar Born Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R. Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

28 Mar 63.7 Died Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga † Bishop of León en Nicaragua

29 Mar Born Sebastiano Sanguinetti Lula Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

60.9 Died Jusztinián Györg Serédi, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

30 Mar 67.4 Died Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B. † Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil

30.2 Ordained Priest Vincente Puchol Montis † Priest Bishop of Santander, Spain

31 Mar 26.6 Ordained Priest Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño † Priest of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

26.5 Ordained Priest Miguel González Ibarra † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

24.7 Ordained Priest Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy Priest Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France

27.8 Ordained Priest Luis Rojas Mena Priest Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

Apr 35.7 Ordained Bishop Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

51.7 Ordained Bishop Bl. Simeon Lukach † Bishop of Underground

49.2 Ordained Bishop Bl. Ivan Sleziuk † Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of the unknown of Titular See

1 Apr Born José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. La Ceja Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia

2 Apr 53.1 Died Bl. Vilmos Apor † Bishop of Győr, Hungary

5 Apr 24.2 Ordained Priest Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. † Priest Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy

7 Apr 42.8 Appointed Joseph Gerald Berry † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

50.4 Appointed James Louis Connolly † Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed James Louis Connolly † Titular Bishop of Mylasa Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

53.0 Appointed Thomas John Flynn † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

53.0 Appointed Thomas John Flynn † Titular Archbishop of Silyum Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

48.7 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

8 Apr Born Joseph Djida, O.M.I. Mayo-Darlé Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

65.3 Died Augustin Hermann, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana

Born Diarmuid Martin Dublin, Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland

39.2 Ordained Bishop Enrico Nicodemo † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

54.9 Installed Joseph Pace † Bishop of Gozo, Malta

25.0 Ordained Priest Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski † Priest Bishop of Płock, Poland

28.1 Ordained Priest Dieudonné Yougbaré Priest Bishop Emeritus of Koupéla, Burkina Faso

10 Apr 74.3 Died James Paul McCloskey † Bishop of Jaro, Philippines

76.3 Appointed Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza-Matera, Italy

76.3 Retired Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Acerenza-Matera, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

11 Apr Born Guerrino Riccardo Brusati Bellanzago Novarese, Italy Bishop of Caetité, Baia, Brazil

Born Cyprian Monis Dorna Halli Bishop of Asansol, India

12 Apr 42.7 Appointed Daniel Figueroa Villón † Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

42.7 Appointed Daniel Figueroa Villón † Titular Bishop of Parnassus Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

13 Apr Born Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. Waterville Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

14 Apr 67.3 Appointed Andrew James Louis Brennan † Titular Bishop of Telmissus Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

67.3 Resigned Andrew James Louis Brennan † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Succeeded Peter Leo Ireton † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

53.8 Appointed John Roderick MacDonald † Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Bishop

53.8 Appointed John Roderick MacDonald † Titular Bishop of Ancusa Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

25.7 Ordained Priest Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea

Born Armando José María Rossi, O.P. Buenos Aires Bishop of Concepción, Argentina

15 Apr 52.2 Ordained Bishop José Souto Vizoso † Titular Bishop of Elusa Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain

19 Apr Born George Alencherry Thuruthy Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabarese), India

20 Apr Born Vincenzo Paglia Boville Ernica Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy

21 Apr 55.7 Appointed Louis Francis Kelleher † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

55.7 Appointed Louis Francis Kelleher † Titular Bishop of Thenae Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born Julián López Martín Toro Bishop of León, Spain

23 Apr 56.9 Appointed Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

56.9 Appointed Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † Titular Bishop of Lappa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

24 Apr Born Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo San Polo di Piave, Italy Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine

25 Apr Born Piotr Kryk Kobylnica Woloska Bishop of Germany and Scandinavia, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)

27 Apr Born Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada

30 Apr Born Salvadore Lobo Mangalore Bishop of Baruipur, India

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger	Journy	Bishop of Sées, France
	Born	Marcelo Raúl Martorell	Salta	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
74.2	Died	Michael Sheehan †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
2 Mar		Born	Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin	Paris, France	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
3 Mar	56.4	Succeeded	Stanislaus Vincent Bona †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
60.2	Died	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo
42.5	Appointed	Arthur Hughes, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Hieropolis	Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
42.5	Appointed	Arthur Hughes, M. Afr. †	Official to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Internuncio
73.5	Died	Paul Peter Rhode †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
4 Mar	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kivu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Michael John Sheridan	Saint Louis	Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
	Born	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Albaida	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Yüen K'ai-chih (Ching Ping) †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Bishop of Chumatien [Zhumadian], China
6 Mar	86.1	Died	Alberto José Gonçalves †	Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
7 Mar	19.5	Solemn Professed	Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
10 Mar	51.2	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hunkeler †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
42.7	Appointed	Anthony John King Mussio †	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Appointed	John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
43.9	Appointed	Francis Joseph Schenk †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
11 Mar	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Crescenzi †	Titular Bishop of Pharsalus	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
72.4	Died	Nicolao Milone †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
40.5	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
14 Mar		Born	Leo Cornelio, S.V.D.	Kukkunje	Archbishop of Bhopal, India
74.0	Died	David Keane †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
15 Mar	69.0	Died	Joseph Lörks, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea
	Born	Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M.	Enkaba	Bishop of Manzini, Swaziland
40.6	Appointed	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
17 Mar	25.9	Ordained Priest	Benedict Jacob Acharuparambil, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India
	Born	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés	Campechuela	Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
24.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre Bertrand Chagué †	Priest	Bishop of Gap, France
25.0	Ordained Priest	Victor Guazzelli †	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.2	Ordained Priest	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
25.2	Ordained Priest	John Edgar McCafferty †	Priest of Rochester, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
24.9	Ordained Priest	Karel Otcenášek	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
	Born	Dennis Joseph Sullivan	New York City	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
26.5	Ordained Priest	Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa †	Priest of Palo, Philippines	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
22.9	Ordained Priest	Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}, Western Sahara
24.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Silvio Zocchetta, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Mogadiscio, Somalia
18 Mar	26.5	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Elanjikal	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
40.2	Installed	Hernán Frías Hurtado †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Salvatore Pappalardo	Nicolosi	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
22.6	Ordained Priest	Petar Perkolic †	Priest of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
25.2	Ordained Priest	Vasco Séirécov †	Priest	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
19 Mar	83.8	Died	Valentín Comellas y Santamaría †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
74.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
25.3	Ordained Priest	Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Mar	66.6	Died	Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
21 Mar	67.3	Died	Ange-Marie-Joseph Gouin, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Laos, Thailand	Vicar Apostolic
48.9	Died	Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Laos, Thailand
25 Mar	26.8	Ordained Priest	Traian Crisan †	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
25.5	Ordained Priest	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Priest	Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
24.6	Ordained Priest	Platon V. Kornyljak †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
26 Mar		Born	Braulio Rafael León Villegas	León	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
27 Mar		Born	Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R.		Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
28 Mar	63.7	Died	Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
29 Mar		Born	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Lula	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
60.9	Died	Jusztinián Györg Serédi, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
30 Mar	67.4	Died	Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil
30.2	Ordained Priest	Vincente Puchol Montis †	Priest	Bishop of Santander, Spain
31 Mar	26.6	Ordained Priest	Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño †	Priest of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
26.5	Ordained Priest	Miguel González Ibarra †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
24.7	Ordained Priest	Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
27.8	Ordained Priest	Luis Rojas Mena	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
Apr	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Simeon Lukach †	Bishop of Underground
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of the unknown of Titular See
1 Apr		Born	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.	La Ceja	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia
2 Apr	53.1	Died	Bl. Vilmos Apor †	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
5 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. †	Priest	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy
7 Apr	42.8	Appointed	Joseph Gerald Berry †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
50.4	Appointed	James Louis Connolly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	James Louis Connolly †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
53.0	Appointed	Thomas John Flynn †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
53.0	Appointed	Thomas John Flynn †	Titular Archbishop of Silyum	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
48.7	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
8 Apr		Born	Joseph Djida, O.M.I.	Mayo-Darlé	Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
65.3	Died	Augustin Hermann, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana
	Born	Diarmuid Martin	Dublin, Ireland	Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
39.2	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Nicodemo †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
54.9	Installed	Joseph Pace †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
25.0	Ordained Priest	Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski †	Priest	Bishop of Płock, Poland
28.1	Ordained Priest	Dieudonné Yougbaré	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
10 Apr	74.3	Died	James Paul McCloskey †	Bishop of Jaro, Philippines
76.3	Appointed	Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza-Matera, Italy
76.3	Retired	Anselmo Filippo Pecci, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Acerenza-Matera, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Apr		Born	Guerrino Riccardo Brusati	Bellanzago Novarese, Italy	Bishop of Caetité, Baia, Brazil
	Born	Cyprian Monis	Dorna Halli	Bishop of Asansol, India
12 Apr	42.7	Appointed	Daniel Figueroa Villón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
42.7	Appointed	Daniel Figueroa Villón †	Titular Bishop of Parnassus	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
13 Apr		Born	Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S.	Waterville	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
14 Apr	67.3	Appointed	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
67.3	Resigned	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Succeeded	Peter Leo Ireton †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
53.8	Appointed	John Roderick MacDonald †	Coadjutor Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop
53.8	Appointed	John Roderick MacDonald †	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
25.7	Ordained Priest	Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
	Born	Armando José María Rossi, O.P.	Buenos Aires	Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
15 Apr	52.2	Ordained Bishop	José Souto Vizoso †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
19 Apr		Born	George Alencherry	Thuruthy	Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabarese), India
20 Apr		Born	Vincenzo Paglia	Boville Ernica	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
21 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Louis Francis Kelleher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
55.7	Appointed	Louis Francis Kelleher †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	Born	Julián López Martín	Toro	Bishop of León, Spain
23 Apr	56.9	Appointed	Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
56.9	Appointed	Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †	Titular Bishop of Lappa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
24 Apr		Born	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo	San Polo di Piave, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
25 Apr		Born	Piotr Kryk	Kobylnica Woloska	Bishop of Germany and Scandinavia, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
27 Apr		Born	Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B.		Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
30 Apr		Born	Salvadore Lobo	Mangalore	Bishop of Baruipur, India

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