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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	56.3	Resigned	Angelo Bianchi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
1 Apr		Born	Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez †		Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Fidel Olivas Escudero †	Priest of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru	Bishop
2 Apr		Born	João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †		Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Melchisedechian [Melkisedekian] †	Priest of Erzerum (Garin) (Armenian)	Bishop
		Born	Francisco Ozamiz Corta, C.M.F. †		Apostolic Administrator of São José de Alto Tocantins, Goias, Brazil
4 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti †	Priest of Olinda, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Damaso Pio de Bono †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Désiré Felicien François Joseph Mercier †	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Agostino Silj †	Priest of Norcia, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Domenico Svampa †	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
5 Apr		Born	Inocencio Dávila y Matos †		Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
		Born	Emmanuel Célestin Suhard †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
8 Apr	61.3	Died	Arsenio Avak-Wartan Angiarakian †	Bishop Emeritus of Tokat {Toqat} (Armenian), Turkey
9 Apr		Born	Franciscus (Frans) Joosten, C.I.C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Datong [Tatung], China
11 Apr	50.3	Converted	Nilo Isvoroff †	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Apr		Born	Ignacy Maria Dubowski †		Bishop Emeritus of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Apostolic Delegate to Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Lesser Armenia, Iraq
14 Apr	47.2	Appointed	Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
17 Apr	26.4	Ordained Priest	Karl Augustin †	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
18 Apr		Born	Paolo Castiglioni †		Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
19 Apr	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Francis Crinnon †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
	42.9	Ordained Bishop	József György Németh †	Titular Bishop of Isauropolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Csanád, Hungary
21 Apr	31.0	Appointed	José Terrés, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
	31.0	Appointed	José Terrés, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cidyessus	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Tonking {Tonkino Orientale}, Viet Nam
22 Apr	72.2	Died	Carmelo Pascucci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia, Italy
24 Apr	39.6	Appointed	William Fortune †	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia	Priest
	44.5	Appointed	Michael O’Connor †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
25 Apr		Born	Joseph Schemmer, O.M.I. †		Prefect Emeritus of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia
26 Apr	49.3	Ordained Bishop	José Nicanor Corona e Izarraraz †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
	34.6	Ordained Bishop	Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Eumenia	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
27 Apr	59.5	Resigned	Calixto Maria Clavijo Salazar †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
	63.4	Appointed	Pier Francesco Meglia †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
1 May	40.0	Appointed	Joseph-Étienne-Auguste-Louis Bardou, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Coimbatore, India	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
	40.0	Appointed	Joseph-Étienne-Auguste-Louis Bardou, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
2 May	65.7	Died	Lorenzo Frescobaldi †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
		Born	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †		Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
4 May	45.1	Confirmed	Juan de Dios Bosque †	Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	50.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Capelli †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	59.5	Appointed	Calixto Maria Clavijo Salazar †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Bishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
	59.4	Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo della Bona †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria	Bishop of Trento, Italy
	59.4	Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo della Bona †	Titular Bishop of Tenedus	Bishop of Trento, Italy
	67.4	Appointed	Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
	46.2	Confirmed	Adolphe-Louis-Albert Perraud, C.O. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France
	79.7	Appointed	René-François Régnier †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	51.5	Appointed	Camillo Ruggeri (Ruggieri) †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	48.3	Appointed	Camillo Sorgente †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	46.1	Appointed	Gennaro de Vivo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop
	46.1	Appointed	Gennaro de Vivo †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	67.5	Appointed	Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
6 May		Born	Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) †		Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
8 May		Born	Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. †		Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne, Antilles
9 May		Born	Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
	70.7	Died	Tomás Iglesias y Bárcones †	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
13 May		Born	Lucas Tchao (Zhao Qinghua) †		Prefect Emeritus of Chihfeng [Chifeng], China
14 May		Born	Jean-Baptiste-Michel-Marie-Louis Pénicaud, M.E.P. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pakhoi [Beihai], China
15 May	72.0	Died	Vincent Etienne Jekelfalussy †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
16 May		Born	Aluigi Cossio †		Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
17 May	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael O’Connor †	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Sorgente †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro de Vivo †	Titular Bishop of Tanis	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
18 May		Born	Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta †		Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
20 May	23.7	Ordained Priest	Roko Franjo Vučić †	Priest	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
21 May	40.7	Solemn Vows	Giuseppe Gaetano Felice Quandel, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
23 May	49.3	Installed	José Nicanor Corona e Izarraraz †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México
24 May	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Élie XII Abbolyonan †	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Chaldean), Turkey	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthieu-Paul Chammina (Sciammina) †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
	43.5	Installed	Constant-Mathurin Hillion †	Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	William Dominic O’Carroll, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Ruggeri (Ruggieri) †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
25 May	21.2	Professed	Gérard (Josef) Van Caloen, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 May	56.5	Resigned	Edward John Horan †	Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	67.5	Retired	Petrus Maria Vrancken †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
29 May	67.5	Died	Mariano Falcinelli Antoniacci, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
30 May	24.4	Ordained Priest	Paulin-Pierre Andrieu †	Priest of Toulouse (-Narbonne), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. †	Deacon	Bishop of Mysore, India
	21.7	Ordained Subdeacon	Alexandre Berlioz, M.E.P. †	Subdeacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Hakodaté, Japan
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão †	Priest	Bishop of Alagôas, Brazil
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Costanzo Castrale †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Louis Couppé, M.S.C. †	Priest of Blois, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of New Pomerania, Papua New Guinea
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Marie-Jean-Célestin Douais †	Priest of Montpellier, France	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Juan Antón de la Fuente †	Priest of Burgos, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
	27.2	Ordained Priest	François Gerboin, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Vicar Apostolic of Unianyembé, Tanzania
	23.0	Ordained Priest	François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †	Priest of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Matthew Makil †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Louis Mando †	Priest	Bishop of Angoulême, France
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Eugène-Alexandre Marty †	Priest of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France	Bishop of Montauban, France
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Biagio Pisani †	Priest	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Constant-Jean-Baptiste Prodhomme, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Laos
	22.4	Ordained Priest	John Shanley †	Priest	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Tolu †	Priest of Sassari, Italy	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
31 May		Born	Vahan Kitchourian †		Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Nicholas Chrysostom Matz †	Priest of Colorado, USA	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
Jun	39.7	Resigned	William Fortune †	Bishop-Elect of Sandhurst, Australia	Priest
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Francesco Isola †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
4 Jun		Died	Flabiano Pietro Matah †	Bishop of Gazireh (Gezira) (Syrian), Turkey
		Born	Giuseppe Venturi †		Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
6 Jun		Born	Nicola Canali †		Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
7 Jun	24.1	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
8 Jun		Born	Michael Buchberger †		Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
		Born	Domenico Fiori †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	58.4	Died	Jean-Baptiste-François-Anne-Thomas Landriot †	Archbishop of Reims, France
		Born	John Francis O’Hern †		Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
9 Jun	41.1	Appointed	Ioannis Marangò (Marengo) †	Apostolic Delegate to Greece	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
11 Jun	67.5	Resigned	Marie-Jean-François Allard, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Natal, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
14 Jun	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Giacomo della Bona †	Titular Bishop of Tenedus	Bishop of Trento, Italy
		Born	Raoul-Octave-Marie-Jean Harscouët †		Bishop of Chartres, France
15 Jun	65.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Carrano †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
	64.0	Appointed	Flavio Chigi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
	60.5	Appointed	Luigi Corsani †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
	47.5	Confirmed	György (Juraj) Császka (Čásky) †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
	71.5	Appointed	Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
	40.3	Appointed	Pietro Maglione †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Capaccio e Vallo della Lucania, Italy
	64.9	Appointed	Domenico Sanguigni †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	60.8	Appointed	János Simor †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
	59.6	Appointed	Manuel Bernardo da Souza Ennes †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
	50.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Spinelli †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
16 Jun	55.9	Appointed	Adam Charles Claessens †	Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	55.9	Appointed	Adam Charles Claessens †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
	51.1	Appointed	Domenico de Angelis †	Titular Bishop of Hippos
	56.6	Appointed	Edward John Horan †	Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia	Bishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	21.8	Professed	Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	67.6	Appointed	Petrus Maria Vrancken †	Titular Archbishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
	19.7	Professed	Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
19 Jun	58.2	Appointed	Henricus van Beek †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
	15.2	Entered	Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †	Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
21 Jun	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Corsani †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Spinelli †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
22 Jun		Born	Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya
23 Jun	67.5	Appointed	Marie-Jean-François Allard, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Tharona	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Natal, South Africa
	67.1	Died	Manoel Joaquim da Silveira †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	51.3	Appointed	Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Bolina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics
24 Jun	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jeremiah Joseph Doyle †	Priest of Armidale, Australia	Bishop of Lismore, Australia
25 Jun	51.4	Resigned	Thomas William Croke †	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
28 Jun		Born	Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. †		Vicar Apostolic of Ruanda
29 Jun	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Capelli †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Emile-Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †	Priest of Nantes, France	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Adolphe-Louis-Albert Perraud, C.O. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France

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