Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
2 Mar | 76.2 | Died | Antonio Galati † | Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy |
| Born | Raymundo Sabio, M.S.C. | | Prefect Emeritus of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) |
3 Mar | 54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. † | Bishop of Aosta, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
48.5 | Appointed | Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † | Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law | Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
30.1 | Ordained Deacon | Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux † | Deacon of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France | Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France |
28.1 | Ordained Priest | Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. † | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia |
4 Mar |
| Born | Richard John Grecco | | Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
64.6 | Appointed | August Hlond, S.D.B. † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
64.6 | Appointed | August Hlond, S.D.B. † | Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
50.0 | Appointed | Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski † | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland |
54.4 | Died | William Aloysius Rice, S.J. † | Vicar Apostolic of Belize |
63.5 | Appointed | Maurilio Silvani † | Apostolic Internuncio to Austria |
44.5 | Appointed | Stefan Wyszyński † | Bishop of Lublin, Poland | Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland |
5 Mar |
| Born | William D’Souza, S.J. | | Archbishop Emeritus of Patna, India |
7 Mar |
| Born | Gerald Almeida | | Bishop of Jabalpur, India |
44.1 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † | Titular Archbishop of Preslavus | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
9 Mar | 62.5 | Appointed | Fernando Cento † | Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
62.5 | Appointed | Fernando Cento † | Apostolic Internuncio to Luxembourg | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
83.7 | Died | John Joseph Glennon † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA |
56.6 | Appointed | Francesco Roberti † | Secretary of the Congregation of the Council | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura |
66.1 | Appointed | Giuseppe Rossino † | Secretary of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities |
10 Mar | 46.7 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe D’Avack † | Archbishop of Camerino, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
24.7 | Ordained Priest | Leroy Theodore Matthiesen † | Priest of Amarillo, Texas, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
30.1 | Ordained Priest | Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux † | Priest of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France | Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France |
11 Mar |
| Born | Christo Proykov | | Bishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria |
| Born | Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam | | Archbishop of Trivandrum, India |
12 Mar | 59.3 | Appointed | Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. † | Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland |
59.4 | Installed | William Patrick O’Connor † | Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Amadeo Rodríguez Magro | | Bishop of Jaén, Spain |
13 Mar | 21.4 | Solemn Vows | Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. † | Member of Order of Friars Minor | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Born | Giulio Mencuccini, C.P. | | Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia |
14 Mar | 43.7 | Appointed | Enrique Alvarez González, O.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru |
43.7 | Appointed | Enrique Alvarez González, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Scyrus | Vicar Apostolic of Urubamba y Madre de Dios, Peru |
62.5 | Succeeded | Frédéric Duc † | Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France | Bishop Emeritus |
83.0 | Died | Auguste Grumel † | Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France |
48.1 | Appointed | Giacomo Palombella † | Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Matera, Italy |
43.0 | Appointed | Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada |
43.0 | Appointed | Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. † | Titular Bishop of Isba | Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada |
38.3 | Appointed | Andrew Gerard Tynan † | Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia |
47.7 | Appointed | Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China | Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China |
47.7 | Appointed | Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Sufes | Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China |
15 Mar | 62.7 | Died | Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy |
71.1 | Died | Joseph Sak, S.D.B. † | Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
16 Mar | 27.3 | Ordained Priest | José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia |
| Born | Virgilio Pante, I.M.C. | | Bishop of Maralal, Kenya |
22.5 | Ordained Priest | Carlo Poggi † | Priest of Piacenza, Italy | Bishop of Fidenza, Italy |
17 Mar | 23.3 | Ordained Deacon | André Bernard Michel Quélen † | Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France | Bishop Emeritus of Moulins, France |
25.4 | Ordained Priest | Francis Mansour Zayek † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA |
18 Mar |
| Born | Anatole Milandou | | Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo |
| Born | Dieudonné Watio | | Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon |
19 Mar | 41.5 | Ordained Bishop | José María Bueno y Monreal † | Bishop of Jaca, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
64.3 | Appointed | Carlo Chiarlo † | Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil | Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State |
| Born | Richard Joseph Malone | | Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA |
48.4 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Marie Mazé, M.E.P. † | Titular Bishop of Sauatra | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam |
53.2 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Lawrence Noa † | Titular Bishop of Salona | Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA |
46.6 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. † | Bishop of Anagni, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy |
47.0 | Ordained Bishop | René-Joseph Piérard † | Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis | Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France |
20 Mar | 77.9 | Resigned | Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. † | Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
21 Mar | 43.5 | Appointed | Mauro De Caro, O.S.B. † | Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy |
| Born | Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. | | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan |
22 Mar | 60.1 | Appointed | Vincenzo Gili † | Bishop of Cesena, Italy |
68.0 | Died | Bl. Clemens August von Galen † | Cardinal, Bishop of Münster, Germany |
23 Mar |
| Born | Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R. | | Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy |
24 Mar | 38.8 | Ordained Bishop | Vicente Enrique y Tarancón † | Bishop of Solsona, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain |
31.1 | Ordained Priest | Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. † | Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania) |
30.1 | Ordained Priest | Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France |
46.1 | Ordained Bishop | Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † | Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
25 Mar | 42.8 | Ordained Bishop | Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Europus | Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China |
48.7 | Ordained Bishop | Bertrand Lacaste † | Bishop of Oran, Algeria | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Julio Parrilla Díaz | | Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador |
53.7 | Appointed | Jan Piotr Stepa † | Bishop of Tarnów, Poland |
57.1 | Appointed | Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy |
57.1 | Appointed | Pietro Villa, F.S.C.J. † | Titular Bishop of Lystra | Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy |
28 Mar | | Born | Martinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. † | | Bishop of Padang, Indonesia |
30 Mar | 54.6 | Appointed | Rosalvo Costa Rêgo † | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
54.6 | Appointed | Rosalvo Costa Rêgo † | Titular Bishop of Marciana | Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
31 Mar | 48.6 | Ordained Bishop | Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin † | Titular Bishop of Messene | Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain |
Apr | 73.1 | Resigned | Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † | Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
1 Apr | 72.3 | Died | Cesare Orsenigo † | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany |
69.0 | Died | Thomas Leighton Williams † | Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain |
3 Apr | 73.1 | Died | Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza † | Bishop Emeritus of Espírito Santo, Brazil |
59.2 | Appointed | Karel Skoupy † | Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic |
4 Apr | 76.3 | Retired | Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
| Born | George Anthony Frendo, O.P. | | Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania |
61.2 | Resigned | Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp. † | Vicar Apostolic of Loango, Congo | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
6 Apr | 23.0 | Ordained Priest | José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. † | Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects | Prelate of Chota, Peru |
24.0 | Ordained Priest | Umberto Betti, O.F.M. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Cardinal, Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | José Cerviño Cerviño † | Priest of Santiago de Compostela, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain |
26.1 | Ordained Priest | Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R. † | Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Prefect Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso |
46.3 | Appointed | John Christopher Cody † | Coadjutor Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada | Bishop |
46.3 | Appointed | John Christopher Cody † | Titular Bishop of Elatea | Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada |
23.4 | Ordained Priest | Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Mogadiscio, Somalia |
24.5 | Ordained Priest | William Anthony Hughes † | Priest of Youngstown, Ohio, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA |
24.8 | Ordained Priest | Antonio Lloren Mabutas † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines |
7 Apr | 22.9 | Ordained Priest | Bruno Foresti | Priest of Bergamo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy |
28.1 | Ordained Priest | Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. † | Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria |
8 Apr | 54.6 | Appointed | William Neubauer, O.F.M. Cap. † | Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Minister General Emeritus |
11 Apr | 65.8 | Appointed | Paulin-Joseph-Justin Albouy, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Nanning [Nanning], China |
66.7 | Appointed | Zenón Arámburu Urquiola, S.J. † | Bishop of Wuhu [Wuhu], China |
69.3 | Died | Giovanni Bargiggia † | Bishop of Vigevano, Italy |
58.5 | Appointed | Assuero Teofano Bassi, S.X. † | Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China |
58.3 | Appointed | Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China |
64.5 | Appointed | Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China |
38.1 | Appointed | Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. † | Vicar Apostolic of Musoma-Maswa, Tanzania | Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania |
38.1 | Appointed | Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. † | Titular Bishop of Bubastis | Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania |
44.4 | Appointed | René-Désiré-Romain Boisguérin, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China | Bishop Emeritus |
56.6 | Appointed | Theodor (Hermann) Breher, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Yanji [Yenki], China |
67.8 | Appointed | Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. † | Archbishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China |
62.8 | Appointed | Ignazio Canazei, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Shaoguan [Shiuchow], China |
47.0 | Appointed | Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China | Archbishop Emeritus |
64.9 | Appointed | Alexandre-François-Marie Carlo, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Anlong [Lanlung], China |
51.5 | Appointed | Cipriano Cassini, S.J. † | Bishop of Bengbu [Pengpu, Peng-Fou], China |
64.3 | Appointed | Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. † | Apostolic Administrator of Qichun [Kichow], China | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kichow [Qichun], China |
54.2 | Appointed | Joseph Zhou Jishi (Chow Chi-shih, Ceuziscee), C.M. † | Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China | Archbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China |
51.3 | Appointed | Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. † | Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China |
42.6 | Appointed | Vitus (Guy) Zhang Zuohuan (Chang Tso-huan), S.V.D. † | Bishop of Xinyang [Sinyang], China | Bishop Emeritus |
54.4 | Appointed | Job Chen Qiming (Chen Chi-ming, Chen Ki-meng), C.M. † | Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China |
68.5 | Ceased | Martino Chiolino, P.I.M.E. † | Apostolic Administrator of Weihweifu, China | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
53.2 | Appointed | John Zhang Bide (Chang Pi-te) † | Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China | Bishop Emeritus |
77.4 | Appointed | Simon Zhu Kai-min (Chu or Tsu Kai-min), S.J. † | Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China |
47.0 | Appointed | Joseph Zhang Runbo (Ciamgioenpuo, Chang Yuin-po) † | Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China | Bishop Emeritus |
55.4 | Appointed | Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. † | Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China | Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China |
60.1 | Appointed | Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. † | Bishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China |
50.2 | Appointed | Philip Côté, S.J. † | Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China |
59.7 | Appointed | André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. † | Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China |
48.2 | Appointed | Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China |
64.3 | Appointed | Léon Jean Marie De Smedt, C.I.C.M. † | Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China |
63.4 | Appointed | Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China |
60.1 | Appointed | Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. † | Archbishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China |
43.2 | Appointed | Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. † | Bishop of Wuzhou [Wuchow], China | Bishop Emeritus |
60.4 | Appointed | Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China | Bishop Emeritus |
63.4 | Appointed | Joseph Fan Heng-nfan † | Bishop of Jining [Tsining], China |
54.1 | Appointed | Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Laohekou [Laohokow], China |
59.7 | Appointed | Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China |
54.2 | Appointed | Francis Xavier Ford, M.M. † | Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China |
74.0 | Appointed | Antoine-Pierre-Jean Fourquet, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China | Archbishop Emeritus |
63.3 | Appointed | Edward John Galvin, S.S.C.M.E. † | Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China |
45.4 | Appointed | Valerian Gracias † | Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India | Cardinal, Archbishop |
45.4 | Appointed | Valerian Gracias † | Titular Bishop of Thennesus | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India |
61.9 | Appointed | Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China |
71.6 | Appointed | Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China |
51.9 | Appointed | Edgar Anton Häring, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China |
68.5 | Appointed | Auguste Alphonse Pierre Haouisée, S.J. † | Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China |
60.7 | Appointed | Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Changde [Changteh], China |
67.7 | Appointed | Franz Hoowaarts, S.V.D. † | Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China |
65.1 | Appointed | Joseph Hu Ruoshan (Hu Joo-shan, Hu Jo-shan), C.M. † | Bishop of Linhai [Taichow], China |
72.8 | Appointed | Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China | Bishop Emeritus |
69.4 | Appointed | Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. † | Bishop of Jinzhou [Jehol], China | Bishop Emeritus |
60.5 | Appointed | Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China | Archbishop Emeritus |
68.1 | Appointed | Cyril Rudolph Jarre, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China |
72.0 | Appointed | Franciscus (Frans) Joosten, C.I.C.M. † | Bishop of Datong [Tatung], China | Bishop Emeritus |
61.3 | Appointed | Casimir Rembert Kowalski, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Wuchang [Wuchang], China |
42.8 | Appointed | Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Changzhi [Luan], China | Bishop Emeritus |
49.8 | Appointed | Ignacy Krause, C.M. † | Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China | Bishop Emeritus |
57.4 | Appointed | Theodore Labrador Fraile, O.P. † | Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China | Archbishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China |
44.9 | Appointed | Petronio Secundo Lacchio, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China |
52.2 | Appointed | Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. † | Bishop of Fushun [Fushun], China | Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America |
65.7 | Appointed | Joseph Louis Adhémar Lapierre, P.M.E. † | Bishop of Siping [Szepingkai], China |
61.3 | Appointed | Jean Larrart, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China |
68.1 | Appointed | Eugène Joseph Hubert Lebouille, C.M. † | Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China | Bishop Emeritus |
73.6 | Appointed | Francis Liu Jinwen (Liu Chin-wen, Liou King wen) † | Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China | Bishop Emeritus |
50.8 | Appointed | Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. † | Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China |
56.7 | Appointed | Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. † | Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], China |
43.0 | Ordained Bishop | Albert Gregory Meyer † | Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA |
63.6 | Appointed | Gaetano Mignani, C.M. † | Bishop of Ji’an [Kian], China |
62.6 | Resigned | Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
65.4 | Appointed | Louis Morel, C.I.C.M. † | Archbishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China | Archbishop Emeritus |
50.5 | Appointed | Thomas Niu Huiqing (Niu Hui-ching) † | Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China |
57.1 | Appointed | Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. † | Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China | Bishop Emeritus |
60.0 | Appointed | Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. † | Bishop of Yuanling [Yüanling], China |
58.5 | Appointed | John Andrew O’Shea, C.M. † | Bishop of Ganzhou [Kanchow], China |
59.6 | Appointed | Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China | Bishop Emeritus |
50.9 | Appointed | Adolph John Paschang, M.M. † | Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China |
49.0 | Appointed | Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China | Bishop Emeritus |
48.6 | Appointed | Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China | Bishop Emeritus |
72.5 | Appointed | Manuel Prat Pujoldevall, O.P. † | Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China |
40.3 | Appointed | William Charles Quinn, C.M. † | Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China |
75.8 | Appointed | Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China |
54.0 | Appointed | Teodoro Schu, S.V.D. † | Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China |
55.4 | Appointed | Thomas Tien Ken-hsin (Tienchensing), S.V.D. † | Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China | Cardinal, Archbishop of Beijing [Peking], China |
68.7 | Appointed | Joseph Cui Shouxun (Tsui Shou-hsun, Tsoei Shou-hsün) † | Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China |
54.1 | Appointed | Sylvester Philip Wang Tao-nan (Uamtaonan), O.F.M. † | Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China |
61.9 | Appointed | John Baptist Wang Zengyi (Wang Tseng-yi, Uamzemi), C.M. † | Bishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China |
65.3 | Appointed | Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Kangding [Kangting], China |
62.9 | Appointed | Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. † | Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China |
52.5 | Appointed | Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China | Bishop Emeritus of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy |
69.0 | Appointed | Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille, C.M. † | Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China | Bishop Emeritus |
47.8 | Appointed | Charles Joseph van Melckebeke, C.I.C.M. † | Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China |
67.4 | Appointed | Charles Vogel, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China |
73.4 | Appointed | Francis Xavier Wang Zepu (Wang Tse-pu) † | Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China | Bishop Emeritus |
64.5 | Appointed | Paul Wang Wen-cheng (Uamuencem) † | Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China |
59.7 | Appointed | Charles (Karl) Weber, S.V.D. † | Bishop of Linyi [Ichow], China |
48.1 | Appointed | Joseph Marie Yüen K’ai-chih (Yuan Kezhi, Yuen Ching-ping) † | Bishop of Zhumadian [Chumatien], China |
44.9 | Appointed | Paul Yü Pin (Yu Bin) † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China |
12 Apr | 60.5 | Appointed | Ignacy Swirski † | Bishop of Siedlce, Poland |
62.6 | Appointed | Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski † | Bishop of Płock, Poland |
13 Apr |
| Born | Orlando Brandes | | Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
63.5 | Appointed | John Francis D’Alton † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland |
25.0 | Ordained Priest | José Méndez Asensio † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain |
15 Apr |
| Born | Antonysamy Francis | | Bishop of Kumbakonam, India |
| Born | Fernando Filoni | | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
| Born | Michael Neary | | Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland |
16 Apr | 25.0 | Ordained Priest | Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua |
17 Apr |
| Born | Jesús Murgui Soriano | | Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain |
18 Apr | 29.7 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Xu Zhixuan † | Priest | Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China |
20 Apr | 23.7 | Ordained Priest | Gilberto Agustoni † | Priest of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura |
| Born | Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado | | Protosyncellus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek) |
67.4 | Died | Georges-Eugène-Emile Choquet † | Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France |
23.9 | Ordained Priest | Pio Laghi † | Priest of Faenza, Italy | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano † | Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Bishop Emeritus of Veracruz, México |
| Born | George Arthur Sheltz | | Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA |
21 Apr | 34.3 | Ordained Priest | Barthélémy Malunga † | Priest of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Juan José Omella Omella | | Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain |
22 Apr |
| Born | José Figueroa Gómez | | Bishop of Granada en Colombia |
23 Apr |
| Born | Manoel dos Reis de Farias | | Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil |
58.2 | Appointed | Alfredo Pacini † | Titular Archbishop of Germia | Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
58.2 | Appointed | Alfredo Pacini † | Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti | Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
58.2 | Appointed | Alfredo Pacini † | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
24 Apr | 71.0 | Died | Jean Kurio † | Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq |
| Born | Giuseppe Piemontese, O.F.M. Conv. | | Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy |
26 Apr | 61.8 | Died | Daniel Joseph Hannon † | Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain |
| Born | Augustine Kasujja | | Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium |
| Born | Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S. | | Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
27 Apr | 64.8 | Appointed | Pietro Dib † | Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti | Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt |
56.1 | Appointed | John Raphael Hagan † | Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
56.1 | Appointed | John Raphael Hagan † | Titular Bishop of Limata | Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Born | Pablo Hernando Moreno, O.S.A. | | Apostolic Administrator of Cafayate, Argentina |
47.2 | Appointed | James Donald Scanlan † | Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain | Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain |
47.2 | Appointed | James Donald Scanlan † | Titular Bishop of Cyme | Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain |
40.2 | Appointed | Ignace Ziadé † | Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria | Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon |
28 Apr | 43.2 | Ordained Bishop | Ramón José Castellano † | Titular Bishop of Flavias | Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina |
22.8 | Ordained Priest | Gustaaf Joos † | Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo |
24.0 | Ordained Priest | Gerald Moverley † | Priest of Leeds, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain |
| Born | Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. | | Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México |
43.1 | Ordained Bishop | Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. † | Titular Bishop of Isba | Vicar Apostolic of Labrador, Québec, Canada |
42.8 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo † | Bishop of Plasencia, Spain |
29 Apr | 65.2 | Appointed | Yousef VII Ghanima † | Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis | Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq |
30 Apr |
| Born | Luigi Pezzuto | | Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina |