The Year of Our Lord 1928

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 48.1 Appointed Rafael Balanzá y Navarro † Bishop of Lugo, Spain

62.3 Appointed Fabio Berdini † Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy

52.4 Appointed John Joseph McMahon † Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

50.7 Appointed Ernest-Victor Mennechet † Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France

54.2 Appointed Thomas Joseph Walsh † Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil

3 Mar 22.9 Ordained Priest Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy

Born John Stephen Cummins Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California, USA

22.4 Ordained Priest Benedetto Falcucci † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy

65.3 Appointed István Révész † Vicar Apostolic of Hungary, Military

65.3 Appointed István Révész † Titular Bishop of Trebenna Vicar Apostolic of Hungary, Military

6 Mar Born Georg Eder † Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

38.0 Ordained Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly † Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA

7 Mar Born Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

9 Mar Born José Freire de Oliveira Neto † Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

10 Mar 45.1 Appointed Antonio Cardona Riera † Coadjutor Bishop of Menorca, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain

45.1 Appointed Antonio Cardona Riera † Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain

57.4 Appointed Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu † Bishop of Vitoria, Spain Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Tomás Muniz Pablos † Bishop of Pamplona, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

54.1 Appointed Tomás Muniz Pablos † Bishop of Tudela, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

11 Mar 42.3 Ordained Bishop Attilio Adinolfi † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Bishop of Anagni, Italy

44.8 Ordained Bishop Maurice Feltin † Bishop of Troyes, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

48.4 Ordained Bishop Dionisio Moreno y Barrio † Bishop of Coria, Spain

12 Mar 53.7 Installed Michael Buchberger † Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

62.9 Ordained Bishop Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia Abbot of Montecassino, Italy

Born Guillermo Ranzahuer González † Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

Born Atilano Vidal Núñez † Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina

13 Mar Born Giocondo Maria Grotti, O.S.M. † Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil

76.0 Died Francisco de Paola Grozo † Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru

14 Mar Born Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Born Alcides Mendoza Castro † Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

Born Giovanni Volta † Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy

16 Mar Born Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. † Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary

72.5 Resigned Sebastiano Nicotra † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Apostolic Nuncio

18 Mar 42.2 Ordained Bishop Pietro Ciriaci † Titular Archbishop of Tarsus Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

29.2 Ordained Priest Oscar (Antonius Aloysius Gerardus) Cremers, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prefect Emeritus of Hollandia, Indonesia

55.3 Ordained Bishop Fortunato Devoto † Titular Bishop of Attaea Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

48.2 Ordained Bishop Constant Jurgens, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

24.7 Ordained Priest Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China

22.5 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Mojoli † Priest Apostolic Nuncio

19 Mar Born José María Setién Alberro † Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

20 Mar Born Érico Ferrari † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Born Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil

23 Mar 39.3 Appointed Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

39.3 Appointed Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

Born Jean Huard † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

69.0 Appointed Héctor Raphaël Quilliet † Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

69.0 Resigned Héctor Raphaël Quilliet † Bishop of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

24 Mar 26.3 Ordained Priest Adolf Bolte † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Bishop of Fulda, Germany

44.8 Installed Maurice Feltin † Bishop of Troyes, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

26.5 Ordained Priest Jerome M. Fernandez † Priest of Quilon, India Bishop Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Priest Carl Joseph Leiprecht † Priest of Rottenburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

22.6 Ordained Priest Antonio Oña de Echave † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain

Born Michel Marie Paul Saudreau † Bishop Emeritus of Le Havre, France

25 Mar 26.2 Ordained Priest Paolo Dezza, S.J. † Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus

57.3 Ordained Bishop Konstantyn Dominik † Titular Bishop of Athribis Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

42.1 Appointed Bernard James Sheil † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

42.1 Appointed Bernard James Sheil † Titular Bishop of Pegae Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

28 Mar 42.3 Appointed Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

42.3 Appointed Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

38.4 Appointed Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

Born Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

62.6 Installed Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes † Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

23.4 Ordained Priest Ferdinando Ruiz y Solózarno † Priest Archbishop of Yucatán, México

47.0 Appointed Pierre Cheng Youxian (Cheng Youhin) † Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China

47.0 Appointed Pierre Cheng Youxian (Cheng Youhin) † Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China

53.1 Appointed Sylvain van Hee, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.1 Appointed Sylvain van Hee, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Possala Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

69.1 Resigned Stanislas-Marie-Liévin de Vos, S.J. † Prefect of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Prefect Emeritus

29 Mar 60.3 Appointed Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Malta Bishop

49.6 Ordained Bishop John Michael McNamara † Titular Bishop of Eumenia Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

30 Mar Born João Corso, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born Alfred Kleinermeilert † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

55.4 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús López y González † Titular Bishop of Dadima Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

36.8 Appointed Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. † Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia Prefect Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Joseph Francis Rummel † Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

31 Mar Born Peter Henrici, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

1 Apr Born Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras † Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico

2 Apr Born Jenaro Artázcoz Lizárraga, I.E.M.E. † Director General Emeritus of Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras

Born Joseph Louis Bernardin † Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

3 Apr Born Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

37.1 Succeeded John Francis Norton † Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

63.9 Died Michael O’Farrell, C.M. † Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

4 Apr Born Giacomo Barabino † Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy

Born Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu † Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

6 Apr 58.5 Resigned Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Bamako, Mali Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Paul-Werner Scheele † Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

7 Apr 28.5 Ordained Priest José Maria Cavallero † Priest Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

Born Decio Lucio Grandoni † Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

22.3 Ordained Priest Rafael Grovas Felix † Priest of San Juan de Puerto Rico Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico

22.3 Ordained Priest Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

22.2 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Petralia † Priest of Monreale, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy

23.5 Ordained Priest Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères † Priest of Moulins, France Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

27.1 Ordained Priest Roberto Ronca † Priest Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy

9 Apr Born Domingos Lam Ka Tseung † Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China

10 Apr Born José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty † Bishop Emeritus of Lwena, Angola

11 Apr 44.4 Appointed Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lipari, Italy

Born Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan

12 Apr 69.2 Appointed Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. † Titular Archbishop of Melitene Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

13 Apr Born Godefroy Émile M’Pwati † Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

15 Apr 43.6 Ordained Bishop Valerian Joseph de Souza † Bishop of Mangalore, India

50.3 Ordained Bishop Bl. Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. † Titular Bishop of Selymbria Bishop of Lérida, Spain

25.9 Ordained Priest Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Apostolic Nuncio

17 Apr Born François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận † Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

18 Apr 65.8 Died José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide y Echeverría † Bishop of Melo, Uruguay

Born Karl Josef Becker, S.J. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire

19 Apr Born Balashoury Thanugundla † Bishop of Guntur, India

20 Apr 65.0 Appointed Anton Gisler † Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

65.0 Appointed Anton Gisler † Titular Bishop of Milevum Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

82.0 Died Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi † Bishop of Segni, Italy

22 Apr Born Giovanni De Andrea † Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

74.1 Died José Mora y del Rio † Archbishop of México, Federal District

42.0 Ordained Bishop Leon Wetmański † Titular Bishop of Camachus Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland

23 Apr 78.9 Died Augustinus Josephus Callier † Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

Born Wolfgang Große (Grosse) † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

Born Antonino Orrù † Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy

84.6 Died Algernon Charles Stanley † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

25 Apr 44.6 Installed Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka † Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Nogara † Archbishop of Udine, Italy

47.7 Ordained Bishop Anton Theodor Fortunatus Spruit, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Vaga Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu, China

26 Apr 43.2 Selected Jean Elie El-Hage † Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria

Born John Aloysius Marshall † Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

52.5 Ordained Bishop John Joseph McMahon † Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

27 Apr Born Manuel Pestana Filho † Bishop Emeritus of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil

Born Edoardo Ricci † Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy

28 Apr Born Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

Born Patrick Paul D’Souza † Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi, India

Born Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

56.7 Selected Emmanuel Phares † Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti

Born Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

29 Apr 43.3 Ordained Bishop Jean Elie El-Hage † Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria

Born Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. † Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Born Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil

30 Apr 42.7 Appointed Riccardo Bartoloni † Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus

Born Allan Chamgwera Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi

Born Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

56.4 Resigned Lorenzo Schioppa † Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	48.1	Appointed	Rafael Balanzá y Navarro †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
62.3	Appointed	Fabio Berdini †	Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
52.4	Appointed	John Joseph McMahon †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
50.7	Appointed	Ernest-Victor Mennechet †	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
54.2	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Walsh †	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	Born	Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
3 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	Born	John Stephen Cummins		Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California, USA
22.4	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Falcucci †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
65.3	Appointed	István Révész †	Vicar Apostolic of Hungary, Military
65.3	Appointed	István Révész †	Titular Bishop of Trebenna	Vicar Apostolic of Hungary, Military
6 Mar		Born	Georg Eder †		Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
38.0	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Kelly †	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
7 Mar		Born	Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
9 Mar		Born	José Freire de Oliveira Neto †		Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
10 Mar	45.1	Appointed	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Coadjutor Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
45.1	Appointed	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta	Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
57.4	Appointed	Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Tomás Muniz Pablos †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
54.1	Appointed	Tomás Muniz Pablos †	Bishop of Tudela, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
11 Mar	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Attilio Adinolfi †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Feltin †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Moreno y Barrio †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
12 Mar	53.7	Installed	Michael Buchberger †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
	Born	Guillermo Ranzahuer González †		Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
	Born	Atilano Vidal Núñez †		Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
13 Mar		Born	Giocondo Maria Grotti, O.S.M. †		Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
76.0	Died	Francisco de Paola Grozo †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
14 Mar		Born	Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.I. †		Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
	Born	Alcides Mendoza Castro †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
	Born	Giovanni Volta †		Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
16 Mar		Born	Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. †		Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
72.5	Resigned	Sebastiano Nicotra †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Ciriaci †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
29.2	Ordained Priest	Oscar (Antonius Aloysius Gerardus) Cremers, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Hollandia, Indonesia
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Fortunato Devoto †	Titular Bishop of Attaea	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Constant Jurgens, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
24.7	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Gerard Constantin Kramer, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Changzhi [Luan], China
22.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Mojoli †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
19 Mar		Born	José María Setién Alberro †		Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
20 Mar		Born	Érico Ferrari †		Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Born	Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
23 Mar	39.3	Appointed	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
39.3	Appointed	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	Born	Jean Huard †		Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
69.0	Appointed	Héctor Raphaël Quilliet †	Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
69.0	Resigned	Héctor Raphaël Quilliet †	Bishop of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
24 Mar	26.3	Ordained Priest	Adolf Bolte †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
44.8	Installed	Maurice Feltin †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
26.5	Ordained Priest	Jerome M. Fernandez †	Priest of Quilon, India	Bishop Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Priest	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Oña de Echave †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
	Born	Michel Marie Paul Saudreau †		Bishop Emeritus of Le Havre, France
25 Mar	26.2	Ordained Priest	Paolo Dezza, S.J. †	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Konstantyn Dominik †	Titular Bishop of Athribis	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
42.1	Appointed	Bernard James Sheil †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
42.1	Appointed	Bernard James Sheil †	Titular Bishop of Pegae	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 Mar	42.3	Appointed	Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
42.3	Appointed	Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
38.4	Appointed	Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
62.6	Installed	Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
23.4	Ordained Priest	Ferdinando Ruiz y Solózarno †	Priest	Archbishop of Yucatán, México
47.0	Appointed	Pierre Cheng Youxian (Cheng Youhin) †	Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China
47.0	Appointed	Pierre Cheng Youxian (Cheng Youhin) †	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China
53.1	Appointed	Sylvain van Hee, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.1	Appointed	Sylvain van Hee, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Possala	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
69.1	Resigned	Stanislas-Marie-Liévin de Vos, S.J. †	Prefect of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
29 Mar	60.3	Appointed	Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Malta	Bishop
49.6	Ordained Bishop	John Michael McNamara †	Titular Bishop of Eumenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
30 Mar		Born	João Corso, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	Alfred Kleinermeilert †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
55.4	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús López y González †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
36.8	Appointed	Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. †	Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Joseph Francis Rummel †	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
31 Mar		Born	Peter Henrici, S.J. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
1 Apr		Born	Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras †		Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico
2 Apr		Born	Jenaro Artázcoz Lizárraga, I.E.M.E. †		Director General Emeritus of Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras
	Born	Joseph Louis Bernardin †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 Apr		Born	Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
37.1	Succeeded	John Francis Norton †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
63.9	Died	Michael O’Farrell, C.M. †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
4 Apr		Born	Giacomo Barabino †		Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
	Born	Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu †		Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Apr	58.5	Resigned	Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bamako, Mali	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Paul-Werner Scheele †		Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
7 Apr	28.5	Ordained Priest	José Maria Cavallero †	Priest	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
	Born	Decio Lucio Grandoni †		Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
22.3	Ordained Priest	Rafael Grovas Felix †	Priest of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
22.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
22.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Petralia †	Priest of Monreale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
23.5	Ordained Priest	Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †	Priest of Moulins, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
27.1	Ordained Priest	Roberto Ronca †	Priest	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
9 Apr		Born	Domingos Lam Ka Tseung †		Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
10 Apr		Born	José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †		Bishop Emeritus of Lwena, Angola
11 Apr	44.4	Appointed	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	Born	Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
12 Apr	69.2	Appointed	Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. †	Titular Archbishop of Melitene	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
13 Apr		Born	Godefroy Émile M’Pwati †		Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
15 Apr	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Valerian Joseph de Souza †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
25.9	Ordained Priest	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Apostolic Nuncio
17 Apr		Born	François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận †		Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
18 Apr	65.8	Died	José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide y Echeverría †	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
	Born	Karl Josef Becker, S.J. †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire
19 Apr		Born	Balashoury Thanugundla †		Bishop of Guntur, India
20 Apr	65.0	Appointed	Anton Gisler †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
65.0	Appointed	Anton Gisler †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
82.0	Died	Angelo Maria Filippo Sinibaldi †	Bishop of Segni, Italy
22 Apr		Born	Giovanni De Andrea †		Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
74.1	Died	José Mora y del Rio †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Leon Wetmański †	Titular Bishop of Camachus	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
23 Apr	78.9	Died	Augustinus Josephus Callier †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
	Born	Wolfgang Große (Grosse) †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
	Born	Antonino Orrù †		Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy
84.6	Died	Algernon Charles Stanley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
25 Apr	44.6	Installed	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Nogara †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Anton Theodor Fortunatus Spruit, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu, China
26 Apr	43.2	Selected	Jean Elie El-Hage †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	Born	John Aloysius Marshall †		Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
52.5	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph McMahon †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
27 Apr		Born	Manuel Pestana Filho †		Bishop Emeritus of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
	Born	Edoardo Ricci †		Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy
28 Apr		Born	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †		Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	Born	Patrick Paul D’Souza †		Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi, India
	Born	Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
56.7	Selected	Emmanuel Phares †	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti
	Born	Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
29 Apr	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean Elie El-Hage †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	Born	Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †		Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	Born	Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop Emeritus of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil
30 Apr	42.7	Appointed	Riccardo Bartoloni †	Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
	Born	Allan Chamgwera		Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
	Born	Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. †		Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
56.4	Resigned	Lorenzo Schioppa †	Apostolic Internuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

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