The Year of Our Lord 1924

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 48.7 Appointed John Barry † Bishop of Goulburn, Australia

2 Mar 53.0 Ordained Bishop David Keane † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

4 Mar Born Luigi Amaducci † Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

6 Mar 42.1 Installed Luigi Fogar † Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy Bishop Emeritus

7 Mar 51.3 Appointed Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

9 Mar 39.4 Ordained Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. † Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

10 Mar Born Rafael Bellido Caro † Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

41.5 Appointed José Tupinambá da Frota † Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

35.6 Professed Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M. † Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia

Born Victorino Cristobal Ligot † Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

82.5 Died Federico Polloni † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

72.9 Died Giulio Vaccaro † Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

11 Mar 80.8 Died Nicola Averardi † Titular Archbishop of Tarsus

Born Jozef Tomko † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

12 Mar 61.8 Ordained Bishop William Francis Brown † Titular Bishop of Pella Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

Born Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia

32.8 Appointed James Edward Walsh, M.M. † Prefect of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China

13 Mar 54.0 Died Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana

14 Mar 52.1 Died Rocco Caliandro † Bishop of Termoli, Italy

Born Georges Haddad † Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

15 Mar 23.3 Ordained Priest Leo Binz † Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

23.4 Ordained Priest Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. † Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy

24.0 Ordained Priest Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. † Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul Prelate Emeritus of Guamá, Para, Brazil

Born John Gavin Nolan † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

23.5 Ordained Priest Edmund Nowicki † Priest of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland

23.8 Ordained Priest Martin John O’Connor † Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

22.9 Ordained Priest Pietro Romualdo Maria Zilianti, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

16 Mar Born Urbano José Allgayer † Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Born [Pius Jin Peixian] † Bishop Emeritus of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China

27.1 Ordained Priest Johannes Albert von Rudloff † Priest of Osnabrück, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

18 Mar Born Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique

19 Mar 36.5 Ordained Bishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes † Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

16.7 Professed Nivardo Maria (Francesco) Buttarazzi, O. Cist. † Member of Order of Cistercians Abbot

66.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Aloysius Charles Murphy, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Birtha Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize

20 Mar 49.8 Ordained Bishop Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin † Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

49.5 Installed Thomas O’Donnell † Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Born Alois Wagner † Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

21 Mar 50.4 Appointed Odoric Simon Tcheng Hede (Cheng Hede), O.F.M. † Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China

22 Mar Born Bienvenido Mercado Lopez † Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

24 Mar 61.1 Appointed Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop of Lodi, Italy

49.1 Appointed Ruggero Bovelli † Bishop of Faenza, Italy Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy

53.8 Appointed Fabien-Zoël Decelles † Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

43.7 Appointed John Dignan † Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

61.6 Appointed Luigi Ferretti † Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

47.8 Appointed Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

39.4 Appointed José María González y Valencia † Archbishop of Durango, México

56.3 Elevated to Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

46.5 Appointed Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

52.5 Appointed John Bernard MacGinley † Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Elevated to Cardinal George William Mundelein † Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

49.3 Appointed Francesco Sidoli † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

50.9 Appointed Emile-Jean-François Thiénard † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria

25 Mar 49.8 Ordained Bishop Aluigi Cossio † Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy

50.4 Ordained Bishop Etienne-Joseph Hurault † Bishop of Viviers, France Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

50.0 Ordained Bishop Gaston-Antoine Rasneur † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

40.3 Ordained Bishop Alphonse John Smith † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

27 Mar 61.1 Ordained Bishop Auguste Grumel † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

56.3 Appointed Patrick Joseph Hayes † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

45.8 Appointed João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) † Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed George William Mundelein † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

37.8 Appointed José Maria Parreira Lara † Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

76.2 Appointed Giovanni Vescia † Titular Bishop of Ierichus Bishop Emeritus of Policastro, Italy

76.2 Resigned Giovanni Vescia † Bishop of Policastro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

28 Mar 82.1 Died St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar † Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

30 Mar 45.8 Ordained Bishop Vlaho Barbić † Titular Bishop of Sura Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

Born Gheorghe Guţiu † Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

48.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Jan † Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

31 Mar Born Peter Takaaki Hirayama † Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan

1 Apr 19.8 Simple Vows Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

50.4 Installed Etienne-Joseph Hurault † Bishop of Viviers, France Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

3 Apr 50.9 Appointed Jean-Camille Costes † Coadjutor Bishop of Angers, France Bishop

50.9 Appointed Jean-Camille Costes † Titular Bishop of Telmissus Bishop of Angers, France

4 Apr Born Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho † Bishop Emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil

Born Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

5 Apr 23.0 Ordained Priest Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania

23.3 Ordained Priest Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

26.6 Ordained Priest Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Thaddeus Joseph Jakubowski † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

24.6 Ordained Priest Adolf Kindermann † Priest of Litoměřice, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

25.6 Ordained Priest Camille-André Le Blanc † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick

24.1 Ordained Priest Albert Leménager † Priest Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

22.6 Ordained Priest Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

32.2 Ordained Priest Jean Phan Ðình Phùng † Priest Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

25.9 Ordained Priest Wilhelm Sedlmeier † Priest of Rottenburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

22.6 Ordained Deacon Bl. Stefan Wyszyński † Deacon of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

6 Apr Born Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy

Born Celestino Rojo Enverga † Bishop of Daet, Philippines

25.1 Ordained Priest Johann Lenhardt † Priest of Bamberg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

27.2 Ordained Priest Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

7 Apr Born Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas † Bishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines

8 Apr 46.4 Ordained Bishop Edward Daniel Howard † Titular Bishop of Isaura Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

9 Apr 67.9 Died Émile Augustin Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya

62.4 Installed Maximiliano Crespo Rivera † Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

60.1 Appointed Joseph Fréri † Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia

Born Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera † Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba

10 Apr 49.9 Installed Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin † Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

61.9 Appointed Josef Kupka † Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czechia Bishop

61.9 Appointed Josef Kupka † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop of Brno, Czechia

40.3 Appointed José Ignacio López Umaña † Bishop of Garzón, Colombia Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia

51.1 Appointed Pedro María Rodríguez Andrade † Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

11 Apr 39.5 Installed José María González y Valencia † Archbishop of Durango, México

61.1 Installed Auguste Grumel † Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

45.1 Appointed Egisto Domenico Melchiori † Bishop of Nola, Italy Bishop of Tortona, Italy

88.0 Appointed Agnello Renzullo † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy

88.0 Resigned Agnello Renzullo † Bishop of Nola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

12 Apr Born Edmund Ilcewicz † Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

14 Apr Born Charles Joseph Henderson † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

15 Apr Born Joseph Neil MacNeil † Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

40.9 Appointed Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

54.4 Appointed Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. † Prefect of Lihsien, China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China

17 Apr Born Matthew Shija † Bishop Emeritus of Kahama, Tanzania

18 Apr 72.2 Died Denis Kelly † Bishop of Ross, Ireland

19 Apr 24.0 Ordained Priest Julián Adrover i Llaneras, C.R. † Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular Superior General Emeritus

Born Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala

22.7 Ordained Priest Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Lyallpur, Pakistan

26.8 Ordained Priest Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland

22.3 Ordained Priest Miguel Nóvoa Fuente † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

25.0 Ordained Priest Johannes Pohlschneider † Priest of Münster, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

Born Kenneth Joseph Povish † Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA

25.0 Ordained Priest Tomás Juan Carlos Solari † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

21 Apr Born Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea

22 Apr Born Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. † Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia

Born John Baptist Wang Jin † Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China

23 Apr 50.9 Appointed Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza † Auxiliary Bishop of Tortosa, Spain Bishop

50.9 Appointed Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza † Titular Bishop of Zaraï Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

24 Apr 74.5 Died Giovanni Battista Boracchia † Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy

32.9 Ordained Priest Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina

Born Charles-Omer Valois † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada

Born Patrick Webster, O.S.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

25 Apr 58.8 Appointed Auguste-Maurice Clément † Bishop of Monaco

Born Joseph Eric D’Arcy † Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

44.0 Appointed Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. † Vicar Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.0 Appointed Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. † Titular Bishop of Megara Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26 Apr 67.9 Appointed Oreste Giorgi † Titular Archbishop of Ancyra Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

27 Apr 47.9 Ordained Bishop Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

67.9 Ordained Bishop Oreste Giorgi † Titular Archbishop of Ancyra Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

67.9 Resigned Oreste Giorgi † Titular Archbishop of Ancyra Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

29 Apr 47.4 Appointed Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA Vicar Apostolic

47.4 Appointed Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Arabissus Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA

46.5 Appointed Gustavo Matteoni † Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy Archbishop of Siena, Italy

52.0 Appointed Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China

52.0 Appointed Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Antiphrae Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China

40.9 Appointed Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Germaniciana Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

30 Apr 77.2 Died Julien Banckaert, S.J. † Prefect Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

51.1 Appointed Alberto Costa † Bishop of Venosa, Italy Bishop of Lecce, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	48.7	Appointed	John Barry †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
2 Mar	53.0	Ordained Bishop	David Keane †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
4 Mar		Born	Luigi Amaducci †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
6 Mar	42.1	Installed	Luigi Fogar †	Bishop of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	51.3	Appointed	Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
9 Mar	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar		Born	Rafael Bellido Caro †		Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
41.5	Appointed	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
35.6	Professed	Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
	Born	Victorino Cristobal Ligot †		Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
82.5	Died	Federico Polloni †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
72.9	Died	Giulio Vaccaro †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
11 Mar	80.8	Died	Nicola Averardi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
	Born	Jozef Tomko †		Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
12 Mar	61.8	Ordained Bishop	William Francis Brown †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	Born	Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †		Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
32.8	Appointed	James Edward Walsh, M.M. †	Prefect of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China
13 Mar	54.0	Died	Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
14 Mar	52.1	Died	Rocco Caliandro †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy
	Born	Georges Haddad †		Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
15 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Leo Binz †	Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
23.4	Ordained Priest	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Prelate Emeritus of Guamá, Para, Brazil
	Born	John Gavin Nolan †		Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
23.5	Ordained Priest	Edmund Nowicki †	Priest of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
23.8	Ordained Priest	Martin John O’Connor †	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
22.9	Ordained Priest	Pietro Romualdo Maria Zilianti, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
16 Mar		Born	Urbano José Allgayer †		Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Born	[Pius Jin Peixian] †		Bishop Emeritus of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
27.1	Ordained Priest	Johannes Albert von Rudloff †	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
18 Mar		Born	Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M. †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
19 Mar	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
16.7	Professed	Nivardo Maria (Francesco) Buttarazzi, O. Cist. †	Member of Order of Cistercians	Abbot
66.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Aloysius Charles Murphy, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
20 Mar	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
49.5	Installed	Thomas O’Donnell †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
	Born	Alois Wagner †		Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
21 Mar	50.4	Appointed	Odoric Simon Tcheng Hede (Cheng Hede), O.F.M. †	Prefect of Puchi [Puqi], China
22 Mar		Born	Bienvenido Mercado Lopez †		Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
24 Mar	61.1	Appointed	Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
49.1	Appointed	Ruggero Bovelli †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Fabien-Zoël Decelles †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
43.7	Appointed	John Dignan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
61.6	Appointed	Luigi Ferretti †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
47.8	Appointed	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
39.4	Appointed	José María González y Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, México
56.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
46.5	Appointed	Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kroonstad, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
52.5	Appointed	John Bernard MacGinley †	Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Elevated to Cardinal	George William Mundelein †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
49.3	Appointed	Francesco Sidoli †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
50.9	Appointed	Emile-Jean-François Thiénard †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
25 Mar	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Aluigi Cossio †	Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Gaston-Antoine Rasneur †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
40.3	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse John Smith †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
27 Mar	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Auguste Grumel †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
56.3	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Hayes †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
45.8	Appointed	João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) †	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	George William Mundelein †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
37.8	Appointed	José Maria Parreira Lara †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
76.2	Appointed	Giovanni Vescia †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Bishop Emeritus of Policastro, Italy
76.2	Resigned	Giovanni Vescia †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	82.1	Died	St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
30 Mar	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Vlaho Barbić †	Titular Bishop of Sura	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	Born	Gheorghe Guţiu †		Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Jan †	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
31 Mar		Born	Peter Takaaki Hirayama †		Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan
1 Apr	19.8	Simple Vows	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
50.4	Installed	Etienne-Joseph Hurault †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
3 Apr	50.9	Appointed	Jean-Camille Costes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Angers, France	Bishop
50.9	Appointed	Jean-Camille Costes †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop of Angers, France
4 Apr		Born	Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho †		Bishop Emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
	Born	Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
5 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
23.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
26.6	Ordained Priest	Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Thaddeus Joseph Jakubowski †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
24.6	Ordained Priest	Adolf Kindermann †	Priest of Litoměřice, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
25.6	Ordained Priest	Camille-André Le Blanc †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
24.1	Ordained Priest	Albert Leménager †	Priest	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
22.6	Ordained Priest	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
32.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Phan Ðình Phùng †	Priest	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
25.9	Ordained Priest	Wilhelm Sedlmeier †	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22.6	Ordained Deacon	Bl. Stefan Wyszyński †	Deacon of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
6 Apr		Born	Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
	Born	Celestino Rojo Enverga †		Bishop of Daet, Philippines
25.1	Ordained Priest	Johann Lenhardt †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
27.2	Ordained Priest	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
7 Apr		Born	Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas †		Bishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines
8 Apr	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Edward Daniel Howard †	Titular Bishop of Isaura	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
9 Apr	67.9	Died	Émile Augustin Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya
62.4	Installed	Maximiliano Crespo Rivera †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
60.1	Appointed	Joseph Fréri †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
	Born	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †		Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
10 Apr	49.9	Installed	Cosme-Benjamin Jorcin †	Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
61.9	Appointed	Josef Kupka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czechia	Bishop
61.9	Appointed	Josef Kupka †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
40.3	Appointed	José Ignacio López Umaña †	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
51.1	Appointed	Pedro María Rodríguez Andrade †	Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	39.5	Installed	José María González y Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, México
61.1	Installed	Auguste Grumel †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
45.1	Appointed	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
88.0	Appointed	Agnello Renzullo †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
88.0	Resigned	Agnello Renzullo †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr		Born	Edmund Ilcewicz †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
14 Apr		Born	Charles Joseph Henderson †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
15 Apr		Born	Joseph Neil MacNeil †		Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
40.9	Appointed	Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
54.4	Appointed	Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. †	Prefect of Lihsien, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China
17 Apr		Born	Matthew Shija †		Bishop Emeritus of Kahama, Tanzania
18 Apr	72.2	Died	Denis Kelly †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
19 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Julián Adrover i Llaneras, C.R. †	Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Superior General Emeritus
	Born	Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala
22.7	Ordained Priest	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Lyallpur, Pakistan
26.8	Ordained Priest	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
22.3	Ordained Priest	Miguel Nóvoa Fuente †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
25.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
	Born	Kenneth Joseph Povish †		Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA
25.0	Ordained Priest	Tomás Juan Carlos Solari †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
21 Apr		Born	Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
22 Apr		Born	Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
	Born	John Baptist Wang Jin †		Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
23 Apr	50.9	Appointed	Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Bishop
50.9	Appointed	Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
24 Apr	74.5	Died	Giovanni Battista Boracchia †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy
32.9	Ordained Priest	Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Indochina
	Born	Charles-Omer Valois †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
	Born	Patrick Webster, O.S.B. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
25 Apr	58.8	Appointed	Auguste-Maurice Clément †	Bishop of Monaco
	Born	Joseph Eric D’Arcy †		Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
44.0	Appointed	Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Uélé {Uélé Occidental}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.0	Appointed	Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Megara	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Apr	67.9	Appointed	Oreste Giorgi †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
27 Apr	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †	Bishop of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
67.9	Ordained Bishop	Oreste Giorgi †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
67.9	Resigned	Oreste Giorgi †	Titular Archbishop of Ancyra	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
29 Apr	47.4	Appointed	Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA	Vicar Apostolic
47.4	Appointed	Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Arabissus	Vicar Apostolic of Hawaiian Islands, USA
46.5	Appointed	Gustavo Matteoni †	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
52.0	Appointed	Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
52.0	Appointed	Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphrae	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
40.9	Appointed	Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
30 Apr	77.2	Died	Julien Banckaert, S.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.1	Appointed	Alberto Costa †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Lecce, Italy

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