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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	75.1	Retired	Paul Heinrich Nordhues †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	42.6	Incardinated	Romano Rossi	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy
2 Mar	64.0	Appointed	Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Ceramussa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	56.9	Installed	Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Cissi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
6 Mar	87.4	Died	Giovanni Battista Dal Prà †	Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Patrick Driscoll	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
	55.7	Resigned	Rubén López Ardón	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
7 Mar	63.3	Appointed	Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	64.0	Appointed	Antonio Deig Clotet †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	74.1	Died	José Miguel Medina †	Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
	45.5	Appointed	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
	45.5	Appointed	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Titular Bishop of Elmhama	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
10 Mar	75.2	Retired	Angelo Palmas †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
13 Mar	52.0	Appointed	Luis Robles Díaz †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
	74.9	Died	Lorenzo Vivaldo †	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
14 Mar	60.7	Appointed	Lajos Bálint	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	81.5	Appointed	Adalbert Boros †	Titular Archbishop of Ressiana
	78.5	Appointed	Ioan Chertes †	Titular Archbishop of Cantanus
	51.6	Appointed	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem.	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	49.7	Appointed	Petru Gherghel	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
	66.0	Appointed	Gheorghe Gutiu	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
	70.8	Appointed	Vasile Hossu †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	81.0	Retired	Antal Jakab †	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	44.1	Appointed	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
	44.1	Appointed	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
	67.2	Appointed	Sebastian Kräuter †	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Elias James Manning, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	58.8	Appointed	Lucian Mureşan	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	78.3	Appointed	Ioan Ploscaru †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
	47.2	Appointed	Pál Reizer †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
	45.4	Appointed	Ioan Robu	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
	58.9	Appointed	József Tempfli	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	77.8	Appointed	Alexandru Todea †	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Mar	48.5	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Titular Archbishop of Fidenae	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
	48.5	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
	48.5	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
	65.2	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Apostolic Delegate to Russian Federation	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
	52.5	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender	Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
	52.5	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sudan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
	74.5	Retired	José Nicomedes Grossi	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar	76.6	Retired	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.6	Appointed	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
17 Mar	60.1	Succeeded	Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	78.0	Retired	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	63.4	Appointed	Maurice Couture, R.S.V.	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Vladimír Filo	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Coadjutor Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	50.2	Appointed	Vladimír Filo	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Coadjutor Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	41.6	Appointed	Jan Graubner	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic	Archbishop
	41.6	Appointed	Jan Graubner	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	78.4	Retired	Paul Grégoire †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	48.2	Appointed	Josef Hrdlicka	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	48.2	Appointed	Josef Hrdlicka	Titular Bishop of Thunudruma	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	42.2	Appointed	František V. Lobkowicz, O. Praem.	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czech Republic
	42.2	Appointed	František V. Lobkowicz, O. Praem.	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czech Republic
	45.3	Appointed	Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette	Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
	50.5	Appointed	František Radkovsky	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Bishop of Plzeň, Czech Republic
	50.5	Appointed	František Radkovsky	Titular Bishop of Aggar	Bishop of Plzeň, Czech Republic
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Alojz Tkáč	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
	64.6	Appointed	Dominik Tóth	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia
	64.6	Appointed	Dominik Tóth	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia
	53.7	Appointed	Jean-Claude Turcotte	Cardinal, Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	78.1	Retired	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Mar	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Julio César Bonino Bonino	Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay
	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Eduard Kojnok	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	66.5	Died	Alfonso Nava Carreón †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
19 Mar	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Prospero Nale Arellano	Prelate of Libmanan, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Baláž	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
20 Mar	60.3	Appointed	Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P.	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.6	Retired	Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
	62.0	Died	Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
	58.9	Resigned	Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	93.1	Died	Joseph Francis Ryan †	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
23 Mar	63.5	Appointed	Ricardo María Carles Gordó	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	76.6	Retired	Narciso Jubany Arnau †	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
24 Mar	72.6	Died	Colin Aloysius MacPherson †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Magarotto	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	80.6	Died	John Louis Morkovsky †	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Leopold Nowak	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Marin Srakić	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Archbishop of Djakovo-Osijek, Croatia
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop of San Jose, Philippines
25 Mar	29.0	Ordained Priest	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.	Priest of Order of the Holy Cross	Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
26 Mar	73.7	Died	Filippo Tiago Broers, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Caravelas, Brazil
	65.1	Appointed	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Appointed	Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola	Bishop Emeritus of Mbanza Congo, Angola
	45.1	Appointed	Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia	Bishop Emeritus of Mbanza Congo, Angola
28 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Angelo Acerbi	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
	66.4	Appointed	Carlo Curis	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
29 Mar	55.3	Appointed	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Braulio Rafael León Villegas	Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
	50.2	Appointed	Ivan Prendja	Coadjutor Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop
30 Mar	75.7	Retired	Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	63.2	Appointed	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31 Mar	70.4	Died	Jerzy Karol Ablewicz †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Vojtech Cikrle	Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic
	75.4	Retired	Jerome Joseph Hastrich †	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	83.5	Died	Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
	45.0	Succeeded	Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S.	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	63.2	Appointed	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D.	Coadjutor Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Miloslav Vlk	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
Apr	75.0	Retired	Bruno Torpigliani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
2 Apr	39.7	Appointed	Cornelius Kipng'eno Arap Korir	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
	44.4	Appointed	Thomas Dabre	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India	Bishop of Vasai, India
	44.4	Appointed	Thomas Dabre	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Bishop of Vasai, India
	49.0	Appointed	Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Aba, Nigeria
	78.3	Retired	Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	44.4	Appointed	Fulgence Rabeony, S.J.	Bishop of Toliara, Madagascar	Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar
	38.2	Appointed	Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
3 Apr	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Ri Pyung-ho	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
4 Apr	27.3	Ordained Deacon	Philip E. R. Dickmans	Deacon of Hasselt, Belgium	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
	57.1	Appointed	Rafael Llano Cifuentes	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	57.1	Appointed	Rafael Llano Cifuentes	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	41.2	Appointed	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
	41.2	Appointed	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Nova	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
	50.9	Appointed	Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
	50.9	Appointed	Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Archbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Prelate of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México	Prelate
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Racelis Rañola	Titular Bishop of Claternae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
	48.9	Appointed	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	48.9	Appointed	Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
5 Apr	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto Berloco	Titular Archbishop of Fidenae	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Erwin Josef Ender	Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Germany
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples
	43.8	Installed	Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Edward Nowak	Titular Archbishop of Luni	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
6 Apr	63.4	Appointed	William Wakefield Baum	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
	75.5	Retired	Luigi Dadaglio †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
	75.1	Retired	Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger †	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.9	Appointed	Pio Laghi	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
7 Apr	56.4	Appointed	Thomas Ludger Dupré	Auxiliary Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Appointed	Thomas Ludger Dupré	Titular Bishop of Hodelm	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
	50.6	Appointed	David Eugene Fellhauer	Bishop of Victoria in Texas, USA
	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Jan Graubner	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Josef Hrdlicka	Titular Bishop of Thunudruma	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	František V. Lobkowicz, O. Praem.	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czech Republic
	61.0	Appointed	Natalino Pescarolo	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	61.0	Appointed	Natalino Pescarolo	Titular Bishop of Alexanum	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	František Radkovsky	Titular Bishop of Aggar	Bishop of Plzeň, Czech Republic
	57.1	Appointed	Isidro Sala Ribera	Coadjutor Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Bishop
9 Apr	62.0	Appointed	Antonino Orrù	Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	59.8	Died	Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
15 Apr	82.0	Died	Angelo Tarantino, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Arua, Uganda
16 Apr	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Vladimír Filo	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Coadjutor Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Dominik Tóth	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia
17 Apr	56.1	Appointed	William Stephen Skylstad	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
	55.2	Resigned	Lawrence Harold Welsh †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Apr	58.6	Appointed	Francisco Batistela, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil
	62.6	Installed	Thomas Vose Daily	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	José Alberto Moura, C.S.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	58.9	Appointed	José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R.	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil
19 Apr	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Layon Bataclan	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	54.7	Appointed	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	54.7	Appointed	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa	Titular Bishop of Elo	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	50.6	Appointed	Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R.	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
	70.1	Resigned	Marko Jozinovic †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.2	Appointed	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks	Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	Sebelio Peralta Alvarez	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay
	75.8	Retired	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Prelate Emeritus
20 Apr	69.1	Resigned	Spiridon Mattar	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite), Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	61.9	Appointed	Pierre Mouallem, M.S.P.	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite), Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel
	51.6	Appointed	Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I.	Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India
	77.1	Retired	Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
	79.1	Died	Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
21 Apr	57.2	Appointed	Roberto Amadei	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem.	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	65.8	Appointed	Nicola Comparone †	Coadjutor Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop
	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
	60.1	Appointed	Francesco Cuccarese	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.9	Retired	Antonio Iannucci	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Apr	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Alwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F.	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	63.3	Installed	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Titular Bishop of Elmhama	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
23 Apr	77.6	Died	Vincent Joseph Hines †	Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
	48.1	Appointed	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha	Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
24 Apr	52.2	Appointed	Paolo Romeo	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
25 Apr	54.9	Appointed	Bellino Giusto Ghirard	Coadjutor Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France	Bishop
	32.8	Ordained Priest	Sarat Chandra Nayak	Priest of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India	Bishop of Berhampur, India
26 Apr	59.0	Ordained Bishop	József Tempfli	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
28 Apr	64.7	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	67.3	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Kräuter †	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
	60.1	Appointed	Adam Joseph Maida	Cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	62.6	Appointed	Edmund Casimir Szoka	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
29 Apr	44.2	Ordained Bishop	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
30 Apr	54.4	Appointed	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.	Bishop of Quibdó, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
	50.3	Appointed	Abraham Escudero Montoya	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
	64.3	Succeeded	Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. †	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	70.0	Resigned	Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe †	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	73.2	Appointed	Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †	Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Priest of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
	87.5	Died	Aurelio Signora †	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy

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