The Year of Our Lord 1923

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar Born Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

55.9 Installed Giovanni Battista Rosa † Archbishop of Perugia, Italy

2 Mar 73.3 Appointed Ferdinand Brossart † Titular Bishop of Vallis Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

73.3 Resigned Ferdinand Brossart † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus

38.8 Appointed Michele Cerrati † Vicar Apostolic of Italy, Military

Born George Basil Hume, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

38.7 Appointed Andrea Taccone † Bishop of Bova, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy

61.3 Appointed Antonio Tommaso Videmari † Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 57.5 Appointed Joseph Deitmer † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

57.5 Appointed Joseph Deitmer † Titular Bishop of Sora Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland

55.2 Appointed Gerard-Joseph Hoogers, C.I.C.M. † Superior of Tatungfu, China Superior Emeritus

52.7 Installed Angelo Paino † Archbishop of Messina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

4 Mar 46.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo † Bishop of Huánuco, Peru Bishop of Ica, Peru

45.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kallas † Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)

45.9 Selected Joseph Kallas † Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)

37.9 Ordained Bishop José Pereira Alves † Bishop of Natal, Brazil Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil

5 Mar 47.5 Died Terrence George Brady † Former Bishop-Elect of Baker City, Oregon, USA Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

6 Mar Born Eurico Dias Nogueira † Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

7 Mar 78.2 Died Jean-Auguste-François-Eutrope Eyssautier † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

68.7 Appointed Leonidas Medina † Bishop of Socorro, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

9 Mar 25.0 Ordained Priest Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania

Born Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe

56.9 Appointed Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. † Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

11 Mar 30.2 Ordained Priest Vitus Bouma, SS.CC. † Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Prefect of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia

26.4 Ordained Priest Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

12 Mar 25.7 Ordained Priest Bertrand Lacaste † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Oran, Algeria

52.2 Appointed Augustin Pacha † Apostolic Administrator of Timişoara, Romania Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

13 Mar 56.1 Appointed Martín Rucker Sotomayor † Titular Bishop of Mariamme Bishop of Chillán, Chile

14 Mar 71.1 Appointed Eduardo Duarte e Silva † Titular Archbishop of Iconium Bishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Brazil

71.1 Resigned Eduardo Duarte e Silva † Bishop of Uberaba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25.2 Professed Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. † Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

15 Mar 39.1 Appointed Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. † Prefect of Swaziland Prefect Emeritus

Born Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec † Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France

16 Mar 54.3 Appointed Edward Doorley † Coadjutor Bishop of Elphin, Ireland Bishop

54.3 Appointed Edward Doorley † Titular Bishop of Sarepta Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

31.2 Appointed Mattias Eder, O.S.F.S. † Prefect of Great Namaqualand, Namibia Prefect Emeritus

Born [Joseph Liu Yuanren] † Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China

56.1 Appointed Jenaro Méndez y del Río † Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

17 Mar 77.8 Died Maurice Francis Burke † Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

51.0 Succeeded Francis Gilfillan † Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

25.6 Ordained Priest Henryk Grzondziel † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

62.4 Died Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel † Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

25.9 Ordained Priest Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China

27.7 Ordained Priest Paul Tkotsch † Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

18 Mar 22.4 Ordained Priest Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. † Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru

27.4 Ordained Priest Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Shillong, India

19 Mar 24.0 Ordained Priest Agostino D’Arco † Priest of Ischia, Italy Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

20 Mar 62.9 Died St. Józef Bilczewski † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

38.2 Appointed Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Togo Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

38.2 Appointed Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Verinopolis Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo

21 Mar 72.4 Appointed Ioan Boroş (Borosiu) † Titular Bishop of Thespiae Titular Bishop-Elect

22 Mar Born Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

67.2 Died John Henry Norton † Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia

24 Mar 59.3 Appointed Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

63.0 Appointed Luigi Pellizzo † Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy

63.0 Resigned Luigi Pellizzo † Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25 Mar Born Ireneo García Alonso † Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain

46.6 Died Enrique Sánchez y Paredes † Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

26 Mar 43.2 Appointed Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana

43.2 Appointed Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Bubastis Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana

55.7 Appointed Francis William Howard † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

48.7 Appointed Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

48.7 Appointed Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Raphanea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar

27 Mar Born José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. † Prelate of Chota, Peru

52.7 Appointed Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Bovino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

18.8 Entered Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

31 Mar 53.0 Died Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M. † Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

23.1 Ordained Priest Francesco Bertoglio † Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

23.7 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Carraro † Priest of Treviso, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

43.8 Appointed Ernesto Eugenio Filippi † Apostolic Delegate to Turkey Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

24.0 Ordained Priest Alfred Joseph Gummer † Priest of Bathurst, Australia Bishop of Geraldton, Australia

23.1 Ordained Priest Athanase Paul Hindo † Priest Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

22.5 Ordained Priest Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Born William Thomas Larkin † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

24.0 Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Parodi † Priest of Savona e Noli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24.0 Ordained Priest René-Joseph Piérard † Priest of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

22.6 Ordained Priest Alberto Scola † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy

22.7 Ordained Priest Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela

2 Apr Born Jean Cuminal † Bishop of Blois, France

Born Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique

4 Apr Born Maximiano Tuazon Cruz † Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines

Born Jean-Marie Lafontaine † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

72.9 Succeeded Michele Zezza di Zapponeta † Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

5 Apr 51.4 Appointed Georges Gauthier † Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Archbishop

51.4 Appointed Georges Gauthier † Titular Archbishop of Tharona Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

6 Apr 40.5 Appointed José Tupinambá da Frota † Bishop of Uberaba, Brazil Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

8 Apr 78.7 Died Mariano Antonio Espinosa † Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

36.5 Ordained Bishop John Alexander Floersh † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

9 Apr 70.2 Died Agostino Cattaneo † Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

Born Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

Born Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. † Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum

65.2 Died Thomas O’Dea † Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

10 Apr 79.0 Died Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize

11 Apr Born Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

Born Leo Yao Liang † Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

12 Apr Born Blas Victorio Conrero † Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

14 Apr 22.3 Ordained Priest Filippo Aglialoro † Priest of Palermo, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

15 Apr 45.3 Ordained Bishop Andrew James Louis Brennan † Titular Bishop of Thapsus Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

41.0 Ordained Bishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

49.2 Ordained Bishop Manuel Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. † Bishop of Goiás, Brazil Archbishop of Goiás, Brazil

52.8 Installed Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Srpski Banat, Serbia Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

50.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Scarante † Bishop of Sarsina, Italy Bishop of Faenza, Italy

16 Apr Born [Anthony Wang Zicheng (Huang Zichem)] † Bishop of Lixian [Lichow], China

17 Apr Born José Joaquín Matte Varas † Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military

18 Apr Born Ivan Ljavinec † Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)

Born Joseph Mees † Apostolic Nuncio

20 Apr Born Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier † Bishop Emeritus of Belfort-Montbéliard, France

21 Apr 45.4 Incardinated James Fitzpatrick † Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Superior Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

34.3 Appointed William MacNeely † Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

23 Apr 22.4 Solemn Vows Bl. Vincent Eugène Bossilkov (Bossilkoff), C.P. † Member of Congregation of the Passion Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

61.5 Ordained Bishop Antonio Tommaso Videmari † Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25 Apr Born John Baptist Liang Xisheng † Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China

Born Pietro Rossano † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

28 Apr 57.2 Died Pietro de Maria, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Born Dino Trabalzini † Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

29 Apr 63.2 Ordained Bishop Antonín Čech † Titular Bishop of Cidyessus Auxiliary Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia

30 Apr 68.5 Appointed Michele Angelo Baldetti † Titular Bishop of Hieropolis Bishop of Cortona, Italy

68.5 Resigned Michele Angelo Baldetti † Bishop of Cortona, Italy

Born Ramón Torrella Cascante † Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †		Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia
55.9	Installed	Giovanni Battista Rosa †	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy
2 Mar	73.3	Appointed	Ferdinand Brossart †	Titular Bishop of Vallis	Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA
73.3	Resigned	Ferdinand Brossart †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
38.8	Appointed	Michele Cerrati †	Vicar Apostolic of Italy, Military
	Born	George Basil Hume, O.S.B. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
38.7	Appointed	Andrea Taccone †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
61.3	Appointed	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	57.5	Appointed	Joseph Deitmer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
57.5	Appointed	Joseph Deitmer †	Titular Bishop of Sora	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
55.2	Appointed	Gerard-Joseph Hoogers, C.I.C.M. †	Superior of Tatungfu, China	Superior Emeritus
52.7	Installed	Angelo Paino †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Mar	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Bishop of Ica, Peru
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kallas †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)
45.9	Selected	Joseph Kallas †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)
37.9	Ordained Bishop	José Pereira Alves †	Bishop of Natal, Brazil	Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil
5 Mar	47.5	Died	Terrence George Brady †	Former Bishop-Elect of Baker City, Oregon, USA	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
6 Mar		Born	Eurico Dias Nogueira †		Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
7 Mar	78.2	Died	Jean-Auguste-François-Eutrope Eyssautier †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
68.7	Appointed	Leonidas Medina †	Bishop of Socorro, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
9 Mar	25.0	Ordained Priest	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
	Born	Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †		Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe
56.9	Appointed	Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. †	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
11 Mar	30.2	Ordained Priest	Vitus Bouma, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Prefect of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia
26.4	Ordained Priest	Quintinus Pessers, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
12 Mar	25.7	Ordained Priest	Bertrand Lacaste †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Oran, Algeria
52.2	Appointed	Augustin Pacha †	Apostolic Administrator of Timişoara, Romania	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
13 Mar	56.1	Appointed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
14 Mar	71.1	Appointed	Eduardo Duarte e Silva †	Titular Archbishop of Iconium	Bishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Brazil
71.1	Resigned	Eduardo Duarte e Silva †	Bishop of Uberaba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25.2	Professed	Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
15 Mar	39.1	Appointed	Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. †	Prefect of Swaziland	Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec †		Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France
16 Mar	54.3	Appointed	Edward Doorley †	Coadjutor Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop
54.3	Appointed	Edward Doorley †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
31.2	Appointed	Mattias Eder, O.S.F.S. †	Prefect of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Prefect Emeritus
	Born	[Joseph Liu Yuanren] †		Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
56.1	Appointed	Jenaro Méndez y del Río †	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
17 Mar	77.8	Died	Maurice Francis Burke †	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
51.0	Succeeded	Francis Gilfillan †	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
25.6	Ordained Priest	Henryk Grzondziel †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
62.4	Died	Jean-Joseph-Benoît-Marie Martel †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
25.9	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China
27.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Tkotsch †	Priest of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
18 Mar	22.4	Ordained Priest	Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru
27.4	Ordained Priest	Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Shillong, India
19 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Agostino D’Arco †	Priest of Ischia, Italy	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
20 Mar	62.9	Died	St. Józef Bilczewski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
38.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Togo	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo
38.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo
21 Mar	72.4	Appointed	Ioan Boroş (Borosiu) †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	Titular Bishop-Elect
22 Mar		Born	Claude Germain Berthold, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
67.2	Died	John Henry Norton †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia
24 Mar	59.3	Appointed	Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
63.0	Appointed	Luigi Pellizzo †	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis	Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
63.0	Resigned	Luigi Pellizzo †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar		Born	Ireneo García Alonso †		Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain
46.6	Died	Enrique Sánchez y Paredes †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
26 Mar	43.2	Appointed	Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana
43.2	Appointed	Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bubastis	Vicar Apostolic of Volta Inferiore, Ghana
55.7	Appointed	Francis William Howard †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
48.7	Appointed	Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
27 Mar		Born	José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. †		Prelate of Chota, Peru
52.7	Appointed	Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
18.8	Entered	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
31 Mar	53.0	Died	Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, C.M. †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
23.1	Ordained Priest	Francesco Bertoglio †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
23.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Carraro †	Priest of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
43.8	Appointed	Ernesto Eugenio Filippi †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	Alfred Joseph Gummer †	Priest of Bathurst, Australia	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
23.1	Ordained Priest	Athanase Paul Hindo †	Priest	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
22.5	Ordained Priest	Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	Born	William Thomas Larkin †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Parodi †	Priest of Savona e Noli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24.0	Ordained Priest	René-Joseph Piérard †	Priest of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
22.6	Ordained Priest	Alberto Scola †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy
22.7	Ordained Priest	Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
2 Apr		Born	Jean Cuminal †		Bishop of Blois, France
	Born	Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique
4 Apr		Born	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz †		Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
	Born	Jean-Marie Lafontaine †		Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
72.9	Succeeded	Michele Zezza di Zapponeta †	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Apr	51.4	Appointed	Georges Gauthier †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Archbishop
51.4	Appointed	Georges Gauthier †	Titular Archbishop of Tharona	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
6 Apr	40.5	Appointed	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Bishop of Uberaba, Brazil	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
8 Apr	78.7	Died	Mariano Antonio Espinosa †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
36.5	Ordained Bishop	John Alexander Floersh †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
9 Apr	70.2	Died	Agostino Cattaneo †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
	Born	Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	Born	Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. †		Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum
65.2	Died	Thomas O’Dea †	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
10 Apr	79.0	Died	Frederick Charles Hopkins, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize
11 Apr		Born	Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
	Born	Leo Yao Liang †		Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
12 Apr		Born	Blas Victorio Conrero †		Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
14 Apr	22.3	Ordained Priest	Filippo Aglialoro †	Priest of Palermo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrew James Louis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Ático Eusébio da Rocha †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiás, Brazil
52.8	Installed	Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Srpski Banat, Serbia	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Scarante †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy	Bishop of Faenza, Italy
16 Apr		Born	[Anthony Wang Zicheng (Huang Zichem)] †		Bishop of Lixian [Lichow], China
17 Apr		Born	José Joaquín Matte Varas †		Bishop Emeritus of Chile, Military
18 Apr		Born	Ivan Ljavinec †		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
	Born	Joseph Mees †		Apostolic Nuncio
20 Apr		Born	Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier †		Bishop Emeritus of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
21 Apr	45.4	Incardinated	James Fitzpatrick †	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Superior Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
34.3	Appointed	William MacNeely †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
23 Apr	22.4	Solemn Vows	Bl. Vincent Eugène Bossilkov (Bossilkoff), C.P. †	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr		Born	John Baptist Liang Xisheng †		Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
	Born	Pietro Rossano †		Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
28 Apr	57.2	Died	Pietro de Maria, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	Born	Dino Trabalzini †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
29 Apr	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonín Čech †	Titular Bishop of Cidyessus	Auxiliary Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
30 Apr	68.5	Appointed	Michele Angelo Baldetti †	Titular Bishop of Hieropolis	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
68.5	Resigned	Michele Angelo Baldetti †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
	Born	Ramón Torrella Cascante †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain

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