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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Guillaume Marque, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
4 Apr		Born	Egidio Negrin †		Bishop of Treviso, Italy
7 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Manuel Nunes Coelho †	Priest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8 Apr		Born	Justin Diraviam †		Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
9 Apr		Born	José Pont y Gol †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
12 Apr	55.5	Appointed	Francesco Moretti †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	20.8	Professed	André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
	40.0	Installed	Leopoldo Duarte e Silva †	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
15 Apr	72.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M. Disc. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	77.6	Appointed	Eugenio Cano †	Titular Bishop of Tenedus	Bishop Emeritus of Bosa, Italy
	58.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Aristide Cavallari †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Pacifico Fiorani †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (-Farfa), Italy	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Pacifico Fiorani †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	53.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	48.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Alessandro Lualdi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	48.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Maffi †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	55.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Désiré Felicien François Joseph Mercier †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
	71.6	Appointed	Bartolomeo Mirra †	Titular Archbishop of Axomis	Bishop of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	66.8	Appointed	Gustave-Adolphe de Pélacot †	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	39.4	Appointed	Ernesto Maria Piovella, Obl. Rho †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	55.1	Appointed	Jean-François-Ernest Ricard †	Archbishop of Auch, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
	63.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Aristide Rinaldini †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
	63.1	Resigned	Aristide Rinaldini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
	39.5	Appointed	Giulio Serafini †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	48.0	Appointed	Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.5	Appointed	Donato Velluti Zati di San Clemente †	Titular Archbishop of Patrae (Veters)	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
	61.5	Resigned	Donato Velluti Zati di San Clemente †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Apr	59.5	Appointed	Enrique Almaraz y Santos †	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	52.5	Appointed	Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Solsona, Spain	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	52.5	Appointed	Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	37.1	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M. †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
	58.1	Appointed	Aristide Cavallari †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	67.6	Appointed	Valentín García y Barros †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	62.7	Appointed	Juan Ignacio González Eyzaguirre †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
	65.7	Appointed	Kálmán Kránitz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	65.7	Appointed	Kálmán Kránitz †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	53.9	Appointed	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	48.6	Appointed	Alessandro Lualdi †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	48.5	Appointed	Pietro Maffi †	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono	Cardinal, Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
	55.4	Appointed	Désiré Felicien François Joseph Mercier †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
		Born	Philippe Nabaa, S.M.S.P. †		Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	40.4	Appointed	Francisco de Paula e Silva, C.M. †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	32.3	Appointed	José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
20 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Mihai Robu †	Priest	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
21 Apr		Born	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †		Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †	Priest	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
	66.9	Died	Domenico Rinaldi †	Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy
22 Apr		Born	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †		Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
27 Apr		Born	Octavio Nicolás Derisi †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
28 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
29 Apr		Born	William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †		Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
	38.4	Appointed	Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Shantung {Scian-Ton Orientale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China
	38.4	Appointed	Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Miletus	Vicar Apostolic of Chefoo, China
30 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Julio Caicedo Téllez, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
May	62.8	Appointed	Gustavo Provveduti †	Abbot of San Martino al Monte Cimino, Italy
	59.8	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Vinati †	Administrator of Alghero, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bosa, Italy
1 May	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Jarrín y Moro †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
2 May		Born	Joseph Phạm Văn Thiên †		Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
3 May	59.8	Appointed	Jules-Auguste Coqset, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Chi-Li {Ce-Li Meridio-Occidentale}, China
7 May	64.7	Died	Bernhard Beiderlinden, S.J. †	Bishop of Poona, India
8 May	43.7	Appointed	Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
		Born	François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 May	91.2	Died	Paolo de Sanctis †	Bishop Emeritus of Poggio Mirteto, Italy
12 May	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Pacifico Fiorani †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Kálmán Kránitz †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Daulia	Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Maria Piovella, Obl. Rho †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
14 May		Born	Vicente Enrique y Tarancón †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
15 May	24.3	Ordained Priest	Hanna Hebbé †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Micozzi †	Priest	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
17 May	62.6	Died	Patrick Vincent Flood, O.P. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
18 May	80.5	Died	Charles-Honoré Laborde †	Bishop of Blois, France
19 May	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Boylan, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Atanasio María Vicente Soler y Royo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Citharizum	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
22 May	86.1	Died	Žigmund Bubics †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
	43.5	Succeeded	Augustín Fischer-Colbrie †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
		Born	Jean Émile André Marie Maury †		Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
23 May		Born	Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand †		Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
24 May	24.0	Ordained Priest	Francisco Frutos y Valiente †	Priest	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
		Born	Vicente Posada Reyes †		Bishop Emeritus of Cabanatuan, Philippines
25 May	26.0	Ordained Priest	Richard Joseph Downey †	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Fidel García Martínez †	Priest of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Auguste-Ernest-Désiré-Marie Gaspais, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Carthage, Tunisia
	23.7	Ordained Priest	William Richard Griffin †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Giacomo Inglese, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Étienne Katcho †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Monalduzio Leopardi †	Priest of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Peking [Beijing], China
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Gioacchino Pedicini †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Richard Ryan, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Sale, Australia
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Marcus Sigala †	Priest	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Cristoforo Arduino Terzi, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Apuania, Italy
	63.0	Died	Manuel Tovar y Chamorro †	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
26 May	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Serafini †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Solís y Fernández †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
27 May	37.8	Appointed	Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
		Born	Giuseppe Maria Sensi †		Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Henry Joseph Soenneker †		Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
28 May	59.4	Appointed	Hermann Jürgens (Juergens), S.J. †	Archbishop of Bombay, India
30 May		Born	Clarence George Issenmann †		Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
31 May	74.2	Appointed	Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois †	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus	Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	74.2	Retired	Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Bishop Emeritus
	52.9	Appointed	Martin-Jérôme Izart †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
2 Jun		Born	Nivardo Maria (Francesco) Buttarazzi, O. Cist. †		Abbot of Order of Cistercians
	31.6	Installed	Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jun	70.7	Appointed	Paolo Rosario Farrugia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
	70.7	Appointed	Paolo Rosario Farrugia †	Titular Bishop of Hamatha	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
		Born	Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
4 Jun	67.7	Died	Gerlando Maria Genuardi †	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
5 Jun	61.5	Appointed	Thomas-François Boutry †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
6 Jun		Born	Károly Gombos †		Priest
7 Jun	25.8	Ordained Priest	Severin Jacob Gertken, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
9 Jun	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain
	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
10 Jun	23.3	Ordained Priest	Mečislovas Reinys †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
11 Jun	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Martin-Jérôme Izart †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
	32.5	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Christian Herman Winkelmann †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
12 Jun	50.5	Appointed	John Joseph Collins, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	John Joseph Collins, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
16 Jun	21.7	Professed	Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. †	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo e Atri, Italy
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Anton Karaś (Karosas) †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Pol y Baralt †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
18 Jun		Born	Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I. †		Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
	20.3	Solemn Vows	Amedeo da Gangi Marcantonio Speciale, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
20 Jun	46.8	Selected	Léon Kecegian [Ketchedjian] †	Archbishop of Sivas {Sebaste} (and Tokat {Toqat}) (Armenian), Turkey
	19.0	Professed	Athanasius (Ludwig) Merkle, O. Cist. †	Member of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus
21 Jun	31.3	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
22 Jun	40.4	Appointed	François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Nagpur, India
24 Jun	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas-François Boutry †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Patrick Collier †	Priest of Ossory, Ireland	Bishop
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. †	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa
27 Jun	23.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Debernardi †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia e Prato, Italy
29 Jun	23.2	Ordained Priest	Bl. Giacomo Alberione, S.S.P. †	Priest of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Superior General Emeritus of Society of St. Paul
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M. †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Balbo, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Prefect Emeritus of Meru, Kenya
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kichow [Qichun], China
		Born	Michael Foylan †		Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
		Born	Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. †		Prelate of Huarí, Peru
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Achille Liénart †	Priest of Cambrai, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Georges-Auguste Louis †	Priest of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
		Born	Owen McCann †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Fernand-Jean-Joseph Thiry, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
30 Jun		Born	William Dennis Buckley, O.S.F.S. †		Superior General of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
		Born	Nicolas Hajj, B.S. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

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