Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
1 Apr | 63.1 | Appointed | Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. | Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa |
76.1 | Retired | Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. | Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa | Archbishop Emeritus |
2 Apr | 49.2 | Appointed | Bulus Dauwa Yohanna | Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria |
45.8 | Appointed | Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. | Cardinal, Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
45.8 | Appointed | Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. | Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana | Cardinal, Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
65.3 | Appointed | Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral | Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru |
77.1 | Retired | Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. | Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru | Bishop Emeritus |
3 Apr | 75.7 | Retired | Edward Kenneth Braxton | Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
56.7 | Appointed | Krzysztof Chudzio | Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland |
56.7 | Appointed | Krzysztof Chudzio | Titular Bishop of Marazanae | Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland |
97.9 | Died | Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. † | Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy |
55.7 | Appointed | Michael George McGovern | Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA | Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
4 Apr | 46.6 | Appointed | Francisco Castro Lalupú | Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
46.6 | Appointed | Francisco Castro Lalupú | Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena | Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru |
54.3 | Appointed | Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I. | Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines |
6 Apr | 95.5 | Died | Stephen Sulyk † | Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA |
8 Apr | 50.7 | Appointed | Augusto Zampini | Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | Secretary Emeritus |
9 Apr | 43.2 | Appointed | Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania | Archbishop |
43.2 | Appointed | Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C. | Titular Bishop of Lestrona | Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania |
70.0 | Died | Clément-Joseph Hannouche † | Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt |
67.2 | Appointed | Antonio Mura | Bishop of Lanusei, Italy | Bishop of Nuoro, Italy |
10 Apr | 87.3 | Died | Nicholas Marcus Fernando † | Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
11 Apr | 88.2 | Died | Mariano De Nicolò † | Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy |
75.2 | Died | Alojz Uran † | Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
12 Apr | 75.8 | Died | Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain |
53.9 | Installed | Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba | Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon |
14 Apr | 70.4 | Appointed | Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F. | Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan |
49.4 | Appointed | Charles Peters Barthélus | Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti |
70.5 | Died | Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil |
61.0 | Died | Miguel Ángel D’Annibale † | Bishop of San Martín, Argentina |
76.0 | Retired | Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. † | Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti | Bishop Emeritus |
15 Apr | 75.2 | Retired | André de Witte † | Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
70.0 | Resigned | José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel | Bishop of Callao, Peru | Bishop Emeritus |
53.9 | Appointed | Adimir Antônio Mazali | Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
74.4 | Died | Dorick McGowan Wright † | Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles |
100.4 | Died | Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C. † | Bishop Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil |
82.7 | Died | Gérard Mulumba Kalemba † | Bishop Emeritus of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
64.5 | Appointed | Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. | Apostolic Administrator of Callao, Peru | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
39.9 | Appointed | Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan | Patriarchal Administrator of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt | Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine |
39.9 | Appointed | Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan | Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan (Syrian) | Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine |
75.9 | Retired | Arthur Joseph Serratelli | Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
52.0 | Appointed | Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho | Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil |
50.2 | Appointed | Kevin James Sweeney | Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA |
16 Apr | 56.4 | Appointed | Grzegorz Suchodolski | Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland |
56.4 | Appointed | Grzegorz Suchodolski | Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta | Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland |
17 Apr | 82.2 | Died | Paul Collin † | Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem (Chaldean), Palestine |
66.5 | Appointed | Francisco Montecillo Padilla | Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala |
62.5 | Appointed | Novatus Rugambwa | Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio |
18 Apr | 55.5 | Appointed | Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou | Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo | Archbishop |
61.7 | Ordained Bishop | Salvator Niciteretse | Bishop of Bururi, Burundi |
21 Apr | 60.8 | Appointed | Robert William Marshall | Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA |
22 Apr | 62.1 | Appointed | Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.Ss.R. | Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia |
77.3 | Retired | Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta | Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
23 Apr | 94.6 | Died | Patrick Leo McCartie † | Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain |
25 Apr | 58.7 | Appointed | Lambert Bainomugisha | Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda |
75.8 | Retired | Paul Kamuza Bakyenga † | Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda | Archbishop Emeritus |
55.5 | Appointed | Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez | Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Carreño, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia |
50.0 | Appointed | Michael Francis Crotty | Apostolic Nuncio to Niger | Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria |
58.1 | Appointed | Luis José Rueda Aparicio | Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia |
77.5 | Retired | Rubén Salazar Gómez | Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
26 Apr | 85.1 | Died | Emilio Simeón Allué Carcasona, S.D.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
28 Apr | 91.5 | Died | Silas Silvius Njiru † | Bishop Emeritus of Meru, Kenya |
29 Apr | 83.4 | Died | Philippe Jean Louis Breton † | Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France |
75.3 | Died | Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, S.M.O.M. † | Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta |
57.1 | Installed | Peter Ebere Okpaleke | Cardinal, Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria |
30 Apr | 59.7 | Appointed | Alessandro Damiano | Coadjutor Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy | Archbishop |
79.6 | Retired | Erminio De Scalzi | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
53.4 | Appointed | Giovanni Luca Raimondi | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
53.4 | Appointed | Giovanni Luca Raimondi | Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
78.7 | Retired | Luigi Stucchi † | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
60.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Natale Vegezzi | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
60.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Natale Vegezzi | Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiae | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
96.3 | Died | Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto † | Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique |