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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	55.8	Appointed	John Carvalho	Bishop of Ajmer, India
	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Justin Georges Ebengue	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Giordano	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Franck Henri Javary	Bishop of Châlons, France
	67.9	Ceased	Florentino Galang Lavarias	Apostolic Administrator of Balanga, Philippines	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
	61.5	Ceased	Paul Lontsié-Keuné	Apostolic Administrator of Yokadouma, Cameroon	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
	52.5	Appointed	Emilio Nappa	Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	56.1	Appointed	Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E.	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	56.1	Appointed	Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E.	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	58.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi	Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	52.8	Installed	Rufino Coronel Sescon Jr.	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines
	80.0	Retired	Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	80.0	Retired	Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
2 Mar	69.4	Installed	Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
	67.1	Installed	Jérôme Daniel Beau	Archbishop of Poitiers, France
4 Mar	59.8	Appointed	Herman Guinto Abcede, R.C.J.	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
6 Mar	59.7	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Archbishop of Cumaná, Venezuela
	56.6	Appointed	Ángel Román Idígoras	Bishop of Albacete, Spain
7 Mar	62.2	Appointed	Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	48.7	Appointed	Hryhoriy Komar	Apostolic Administrator of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
	55.6	Appointed	Armand Koné	Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
	78.6	Retired	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	55.4	Appointed	Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A.	Bishop of Bagamoyo, Tanzania
8 Mar	80.2	Died	Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria
	96.6	Died	Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
	55.5	Appointed	Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, O.S.A.	Bishop of Timika, Indonesia
		Ceased	Charlie A. Borja	Apostolic Administrator of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Priest
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Romeo (Romy) Duetao Convocar	Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	57.1	Appointed	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Ordinary of Poland, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	75.1	Retired	Kazimierz Nycz	Ordinary of Poland, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	57.8	Appointed	Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M.	Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop-Elect
	64.2	Appointed	Paul Prakash Saginala	Bishop of Cuddapah, India
9 Mar	75.0	Retired	Felix Genn	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	79.6	Died	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco †	Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México
11 Mar	95.0	Died	Francesco Cuccarese †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
	71.0	Installed	Robert Walter McElroy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 Mar	63.4	Appointed	Giancarlo Dellagiovanna	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
	63.4	Appointed	Giancarlo Dellagiovanna	Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
	51.8	Appointed	Paul Nguyễn Quang Ðĩnh	Auxiliary Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	51.8	Appointed	Paul Nguyễn Quang Ðĩnh	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
	58.6	Appointed	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
16 Mar	53.3	Ordained Bishop	José Miguel Barata Pereira	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	68.9	Installed	Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
17 Mar	65.1	Installed	José Armando Álvarez Cano	Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	58.1	Appointed	Michael (Micae) Phạm Minh Cường	Administrator of San Diego, California, USA	Bishop
	80.0	Retired	Dennis Joseph Sullivan	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal	Apostolic Administrator of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
	50.8	Succeeded	Joseph Andrew Williams	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
18 Mar	79.1	Died	Paul Cremona, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
	54.0	Succeeded	Clement Papa	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
	64.2	Installed	Edward Joseph Weisenburger	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	75.1	Retired	Douglas William Young, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Mar	71.1	Ceased	Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Bunbury, Australia	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
	75.4	Retired	Stanisław Gądecki	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.9	Installed	Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.	Bishop of Xochimilco, México, México
	56.8	Ordained Bishop	George (Jerzy) Joseph Kołodziej, S.D.S.	Bishop of Bunbury, Australia
	94.7	Died	Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Jackson Murugara, I.M.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Meru, Kenya
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Samuele Sangalli	Titular Archbishop of Zella	Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Wai Lin Htun	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
	60.1	Appointed	Zbigniew Jan Zieliński	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
20 Mar	83.5	Appointed	Gerald Frederick Kicanas	Apostolic Administrator of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	56.7	Installed	Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes	Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
	65.7	Appointed	Bernardito Cleopas Auza	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
	68.5	Appointed	Marcelo Benítez Martínez, O.F.M.	Bishop of Caazapá, Paraguay
	56.5	Ordained Bishop	François Gourdon	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
23 Mar	55.0	Installed	Bernardino Giordano	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
25 Mar	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Alberto Cabrera Arcos	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
	49.9	Appointed	Ignazio Ceffalia	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus
	49.9	Appointed	Ignazio Ceffalia	Titular Archbishop of Fiorentino	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Selvarajan Dasan	Coadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara, India
	59.1	Ceased	Miguel Fernando González Mariño	Apostolic Administrator of Garzón, Colombia	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
	56.5	Installed	François Gourdon	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
	54.2	Elected	James Misko	Administrator of Austin, Texas, USA
	58.8	Installed	Waldemar Passini Dalbello	Coadjutor Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Melchor Quintana Quezada	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
	67.7	Installed	Joe Steve Vásquez	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
26 Mar	81.0	Died	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal †	Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba
	100.8	Died	Settimio Todisco †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
27 Mar	75.1	Retired	Demetrio Fernández González	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	69.5	Appointed	Jesús Fernández González	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
	67.0	Installed	Roberto Calara Mallari	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
28 Mar	59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi	Archivist of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
	59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Archivist of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
	75.0	Retired	Angelo Vincenzo Zani	Archivist of the Vatican Apostolic Archive	Archivist Emeritus
	75.0	Retired	Angelo Vincenzo Zani	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
29 Mar	67.7	Appointed	Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P.	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop-Elect
	67.7	Appointed	Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P.	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop-Elect of Huesca, Spain
	65.7	Installed	Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B.	Bishop of La Guaira, Venezuela
	57.0	Installed	Paolo Ricciardi	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	60.5	Installed	Gustavo Adolfo Rosales Escobar	Bishop of San Jacinto, Ecuador
30 Mar	55.0	Installed	Bernardino Giordano	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Laloo	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Shillong, India
	66.1	Ceased	Claudio Maniago	Apostolic Administrator of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
	58.1	Installed	Roberto Repole	Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	53.4	Installed	Alberto Torriani	Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy
31 Mar	85.0	Appointed	Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	85.0	Appointed	Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)	Bishop Emeritus of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
	75.8	Retired	George Joseph Lucas	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.7	Appointed	Michael George McGovern	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1 Apr	85.9	Died	Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda †	Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military
	48.7	Appointed	Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
	73.0	Resigned	John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S.	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	55.7	Installed	Midyphil Bermejo Billones	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
	47.7	Appointed	Giacomo Cardinali	Vice Prefect of the Vatican Library
	66.2	Appointed	Augustin Simmel Ndiaye	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Bishop-Elect
	53.6	Appointed	Ronald Anthony Parco Timoner	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
3 Apr	57.5	Installed	Robert Gerald Casey	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Peter Chao Yung-Chi	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan
	94.7	Died	Theodore Edgar McCarrick †
	59.6	Ceased	Jaya Rao Polimera	Apostolic Administrator of Visakhapatnam, India	Bishop of Eluru, India
	70.7	Installed	Udumala Bala Showreddy	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
4 Apr	62.2	Installed	Murray Chatlain	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	78.1	Died	Peter Turang †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kupang, Indonesia
5 Apr	63.6	Ceased	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Apostolic Administrator of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
	60.0	Ceased	Georges Bizimana	Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza, Burundi	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Armand Koné	Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
	60.1	Installed	Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P.	Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
	49.8	Appointed	Ósmar Pedro López Benítez	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay	Bishop-Elect
	75.8	Retired	Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P.	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.2	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P.	Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi
	57.8	Appointed	Arkadiusz Okroj	Bishop of Toruń, Poland
	67.2	Appointed	John Francis Sherrington	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
6 Apr	92.8	Died	Paschal Topno, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
8 Apr	63.0	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
	57.8	Appointed	Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	56.7	Appointed	William Shawn McKnight	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
	75.8	Appointed	Joseph Fred Naumann	Apostolic Administrator of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.8	Retired	Joseph Fred Naumann	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.9	Appointed	Antônio Carlos Paiva	Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
	75.0	Retired	Ireneusz Józef Pękalski	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Wilder Alberto Vásquez Saldaña, O.S.A.	Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru
9 Apr	48.6	Appointed	Evandro Luis Braun	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
	57.1	Appointed	Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil
	58.0	Appointed	Patrick S. Eluke	Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Auxiliary Bishop
	75.6	Retired	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	85.9	Ceased	Bali Gali	Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah, India	Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India
	61.8	Appointed	Luis Manuel López Alfaro	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Prakash Saginala	Bishop of Cuddapah, India
10 Apr	95.6	Died	René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Andong, Korea (South)
	67.2	Appointed	Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
	65.0	Retired	Santo Marcianò	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	Gian Franco Saba	Archbishop of Italy, Military
11 Apr	80.8	Appointed	Sevastianos Rossolatos	Apostolic Administrator of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
	80.8	Appointed	Sevastianos Rossolatos	Apostolic Administrator of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
	80.8	Appointed	Sevastianos Rossolatos	Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
	61.6	Resigned	Petros Stefanou	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Bishop Emeritus
	61.6	Resigned	Petros Stefanou	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	61.6	Resigned	Petros Stefanou	Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	88.0	Died	Michelangelo Riccardo Maria Tiribilli, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
12 Apr	72.1	Appointed	Varghese Chakkalakal	Archbishop of Calicut, India	Archbishop of Calicut, India
	55.9	Appointed	Sonatan Kisku	Auxiliary Bishop of Dumka, India	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	55.9	Appointed	Sonatan Kisku	Titular Bishop of Zarna	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Dumka, India
	75.8	Appointed	Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas	Apostolic Administrator of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
	75.8	Retired	Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
	65.8	Ceased	Bonaventure Nahimana	Apostolic Administrator of Rutana, Burundi	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Léonidas Nitereka	Bishop of Rutana, Burundi
	67.1	Ordained Bishop	José Maria Pereira	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	61.0	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	61.0	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	61.0	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	61.0	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	61.0	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	60.2	Installed	Susitino Sionepoe, S.M.	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
	69.8	Appointed	Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
	53.4	Appointed	Sahaya Thatheus Thomas	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India
	60.7	Appointed	Brian Ngozi Udaigwe	Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia
13 Apr	61.4	Died	Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues †	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	79.4	Died	Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
14 Apr	60.2	Appointed	Glenn Montebon Corsiga	Bishop of Ipil, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
	60.5	Died	Piotr Wojciech Turzyński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
15 Apr	53.9	Appointed	Éric Bidot, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop-Elect
	69.9	Appointed	Miguel Fritz, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
	58.7	Appointed	Joseph Mopepe Ngongo	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop-Elect
	92.2	Died	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino †	Bishop Emeritus of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	86.3	Died	Werner Thissen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
17 Apr	59.0	Appointed	Marek Ochlak, O.M.I.	Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar	Bishop-Elect
18 Apr	95.5	Died	Patricio Infante Alfonso †	Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
21 Apr	62.8	Ceased	Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C.	Dean of the Roman Rota
	88.3	Died	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	60.0	Ceased	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	65.3	Ceased	Maximino Caballero Ledo	Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy
	78.7	Ceased	Michael Felix Czerny, S.J.	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	77.6	Ceased	Kevin Joseph Farrell	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
	64.6	Ceased	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	62.7	Ceased	Victor Manuel Fernández	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	73.6	Ceased	Salvatore Rino Fisichella	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	69.5	Ceased	Claudio Gugerotti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	67.3	Ceased	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
	75.0	Ceased	Kurt Koch	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
	51.6	Ceased	George Jacob Koovakad	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
	73.1	Ceased	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	59.3	Ceased	José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
	70.2	Ceased	Pietro Parolin	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	50.1	Ceased	Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	69.6	Ceased	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	75.1	Ceased	Arthur Roche	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	68.5	Ceased	Paolo Ruffini	Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication
	77.3	Ceased	Marcello Semeraro	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
	67.8	Ceased	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	73.4	Ceased	Lazzaro You Heung-sik	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
24 Apr	58.9	Installed	Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci	Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Apr	73.1	Ceased	Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez	Apostolic Administrator of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Giancarlo Dellagiovanna	Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
	59.1	Installed	José Francisco González González	Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
26 Apr	70.4	Installed	Camillo Cibotti	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy
	90.6	Died	Michele Di Ruberto †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Hiansen Vieira Franco	Titular Bishop of Tigava	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27 Apr	85.2	Died	Giuseppe Cavallotto †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Romanus Elamu Mihali	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Joselito Ramalho Nogueira	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Thang Zawm Hung	Bishop of Mindat, Myanmar
28 Apr	89.7	Died	Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Ireland
	96.5	Died	Owen John Dolan †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand
	91.7	Died	Stanley Girard Schlarman †	Bishop Emeritus of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
29 Apr	66.8	Ceased	Christopher James Coyne	Apostolic Administrator of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	66.9	Ordained Bishop	Richard Francis Reidy	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
30 Apr	84.8	Died	Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
	78.8	Died	Zeno Hastenteufel †	Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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