The Year of Our Lord 1935

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar Born Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria

64.1 Died Nikolaus Bares † Bishop of Berlin, Germany

Born Luis Gabriel Romero Franco Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia

2 Mar 74.6 Appointed Edward Joseph Hanna † Titular Archbishop of Gortyna Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

74.6 Retired Edward Joseph Hanna † Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA Archbishop Emeritus

51.1 Succeeded John Joseph Mitty † Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

3 Mar 51.2 Ordained Bishop Leandro Bautista Astelarra † Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

Born Mario Busquets Jordá Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru

44.1 Ordained Bishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina

Born Albino Mamede Cleto † Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

5 Mar Born Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya † Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

Born Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan

6 Mar 74.2 Died Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. † Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères

7 Mar Born Giuseppe Anfossi Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy

55.3 Died Bl. Leontiy Leonid Fedorov, M.S.U. † Apostolic Exarch of Russia (Russian)

39.9 Installed Francisco Vicentín † Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina

9 Mar 51.5 Appointed William Richard Griffin † Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

51.5 Appointed William Richard Griffin † Titular Bishop of Lydda Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

58.4 Appointed Joseph Francis Rummel † Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10 Mar Born Kévork (Georges) Khazoumian, I.C.P.B. Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

49.7 Installed Giacomo Rosso † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

11 Mar 44.3 Appointed Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong] (Hanchungfu), China Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China

44.3 Appointed Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Tabbora Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China

58.2 Appointed Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn † Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic

58.2 Appointed Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn † Titular Bishop of Zenobias Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

38.0 Installed Enrique José Mühn, S.V.D. † Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

49.6 Appointed Louis Parisot, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

49.6 Appointed Louis Parisot, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Tacapae Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

12 Mar Born Paul John Marx, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea

13 Mar 57.8 Died Francis John Vaughan † Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain

15 Mar Born Salim Sayegh Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

16 Mar Born João José Burke, O.F.M. † Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil

Born Lorenzo Chiarinelli † Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy

Born Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil

13.6 Entered Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina

25.3 Ordained Priest Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Superior General Emeritus

28.0 Ordained Deacon Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères † Deacon of Paris, France Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France

17 Mar 46.1 Ordained Bishop Antonio Caggiano † Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

32.3 Ordained Priest Mathew Chen Muchen (Chen Mushun) † Priest Bishop of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China

39.1 Ordained Bishop Norman Thomas Gilroy † Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

57.9 Ordained Bishop José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas † Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina

18 Mar Born Antonio Bello † Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

58.2 Installed Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. † Bishop of Viedma, Argentina

Born Antonios Naguib † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

57.9 Installed José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas † Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina

70.2 Died Antonino Zecchini, S.J. † Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia

19 Mar Born Youssef Mohsen Béchara † Archbishop Emeritus of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

44.2 Ordained Bishop Ralph Hubert Dignan † Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

48.3 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Mazzoli † Titular Archbishop of Germa in Hellesponto Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria

44.9 Ordained Bishop Angelo Soracco † Bishop of Fossano, Italy

21 Mar 52.9 Installed Leopoldo Buteler † Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina

25.4 Ordained Priest Petro Arikata Kobayashi † Priest of Osaka, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan

74.7 Died Adam Senger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

23 Mar 51.2 Installed Leandro Bautista Astelarra † Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

90.3 Died Robert Browne † Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland

66.1 Died Nicolás González y Pérez, C.M.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea

44.2 Installed Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina

64.4 Succeeded James J. Roche † Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland

24 Mar 48.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Oscar Julien, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Choba Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi

25 Mar 47.6 Appointed Louis Mathias, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Madras, India Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

44.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Bergan Misner, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Myrica Vicar Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China

27 Mar Born Ovidio Poletto Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

29 Mar 61.4 Died Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio

18.0 Entered Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile

30 Mar 64.1 Died Ludwig Maria Hugo † Bishop of Mainz, Germany

31 Mar 44.9 Ordained Bishop Froilán Ferreira Reinafé † Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

23.8 Ordained Priest Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas † Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Bishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Born Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena † Bishop Emeritus of Kara, Togo

25.5 Ordained Priest James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan

1 Apr 55.7 Appointed Giovanni Capobianco † Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

69.6 Appointed Arthur Hinsley † Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

79.0 Resigned Achille Locatelli † Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

53.4 Appointed Domenico Petroni † Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Domenico Petroni † Bishop of Venosa, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy

45.7 Appointed Mario Toccabelli † Archbishop of Siena, Italy

2 Apr 44.3 Installed Ralph Hubert Dignan † Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

62.8 Died Pasquale Gioia, C.R.S. † Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy

Born Anthony Xu Jiwei † Bishop Emeritus of Linhai [Taichow], China

4 Apr Born Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. †

Born Hans-Georg Koitz Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

5 Apr 79.0 Died Achille Locatelli † Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

76.4 Died Giuseppe Scarlata † Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy

6 Apr 23.5 Ordained Priest Emilio Cinense y Abera † Priest Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines

27.9 Ordained Priest Justin Diraviam † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

23.0 Ordained Priest Paolo Ghizzoni † Priest of Piacenza, Italy Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

24.3 Ordained Priest Anton Herre † Priest of Rottenburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

7 Apr 50.9 Ordained Bishop Justo Antonino de Echeguren y Aldama † Bishop of Oviedo, Spain

8 Apr 52.2 Appointed Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Antiphellus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands

57.6 Appointed Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Voncaria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

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

46.8 Appointed Pietro Moretti, O.F.M. † Prefect of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China

56.5 Appointed Damian Tcheng † Prefect of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China

9 Apr 25.2 Ordained Priest Elie Farah † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)

10 Apr Born José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira † Bishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

12 Apr 31.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Meng Zi Wen (Meng Jieren; Mong Zi Wen) † Priest of Nanning [Nanning], China Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China

86.2 Died Fidel Olivas Escudero † Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru

13 Apr 65.4 Appointed James Dey † Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military

65.4 Appointed James Dey † Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military

44.9 Installed Froilán Ferreira Reinafé † Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

Born Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. † Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Born Peter Antony Moran Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

68.9 Died John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone

14 Apr 27.2 Ordained Priest Alois Bürke, S.M.B. † Priest of Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee Prefect Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China

16 Apr 68.7 Died Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya

17 Apr Born Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria

Born Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero † Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

18 Apr Born István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. † Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary

19 Apr Born Justin Francis Rigali Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

20 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Alberto Frederico Etges † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Born Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile

25.5 Ordained Priest Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Djibouti

21 Apr 26.1 Ordained Priest Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

23 Apr 63.4 Died Lorenzo Schioppa † Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands

25 Apr Born John Kevin Boland Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA

39.2 Ordained Bishop François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion Bishop Emeritus

58.0 Appointed Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. † Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg Bishop

58.0 Appointed Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Tinum Bishop of Luxembourg

26 Apr Born Gerardo Pierro Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

28 Apr 22.0 Ordained Priest Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil

47.6 Ordained Bishop Assuero Teofano Bassi, S.X. † Titular Bishop of Tabae Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China

34.3 Ordained Bishop José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva † Titular Bishop of Barca Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil

27.2 Ordained Priest Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa

22.0 Ordained Priest João José da Mota e Albuquerque † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

40.6 Ordained Bishop Alfredo Silva Santiago † Bishop of Temuco, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

38.6 Ordained Bishop Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz † Bishop of Linares, Chile Archbishop of La Serena, Chile

29 Apr 69.6 Installed Arthur Hinsley † Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

30 Apr 56.6 Ordained Bishop Maurice Jean Baptiste Félix Marie Amoudru, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Pyrgos Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad, Russian Federation

Born António Montes Moreira, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge		Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria
64.1	Died	Nikolaus Bares †	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
	Born	Luis Gabriel Romero Franco		Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia
2 Mar	74.6	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hanna †	Titular Archbishop of Gortyna	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
74.6	Retired	Edward Joseph Hanna †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
51.1	Succeeded	John Joseph Mitty †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
3 Mar	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Leandro Bautista Astelarra †	Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
	Born	Mario Busquets Jordá		Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland †	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
	Born	Albino Mamede Cleto †		Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
5 Mar		Born	Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †		Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
	Born	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan
6 Mar	74.2	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Marie Budes de Guébriant, M.E.P. †	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères
7 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Anfossi		Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
55.3	Died	Bl. Leontiy Leonid Fedorov, M.S.U. †	Apostolic Exarch of Russia (Russian)
39.9	Installed	Francisco Vicentín †	Bishop of Corrientes, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
9 Mar	51.5	Appointed	William Richard Griffin †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
51.5	Appointed	William Richard Griffin †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
58.4	Appointed	Joseph Francis Rummel †	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10 Mar		Born	Kévork (Georges) Khazoumian, I.C.P.B.		Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
49.7	Installed	Giacomo Rosso †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	44.3	Appointed	Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong] (Hanchungfu), China	Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
44.3	Appointed	Mario Civelli, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
58.2	Appointed	Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic
58.2	Appointed	Dominique Maria Hồ Ngọc Cẩn †	Titular Bishop of Zenobias	Vicar Apostolic of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
38.0	Installed	Enrique José Mühn, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
49.6	Appointed	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
49.6	Appointed	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Tacapae	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
12 Mar		Born	Paul John Marx, M.S.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
13 Mar	57.8	Died	Francis John Vaughan †	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
15 Mar		Born	Salim Sayegh		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
16 Mar		Born	João José Burke, O.F.M. †		Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
	Born	Lorenzo Chiarinelli †		Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
	Born	Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges		Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
13.6	Entered	Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina
25.3	Ordained Priest	Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Superior General Emeritus
28.0	Ordained Deacon	Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères †	Deacon of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
17 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Caggiano †	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
32.3	Ordained Priest	Mathew Chen Muchen (Chen Mushun) †	Priest	Bishop of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Norman Thomas Gilroy †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
57.9	Ordained Bishop	José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas †	Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina
18 Mar		Born	Antonio Bello †		Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
58.2	Installed	Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
	Born	Antonios Naguib †		Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
57.9	Installed	José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas †	Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina
70.2	Died	Antonino Zecchini, S.J. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
19 Mar		Born	Youssef Mohsen Béchara †		Archbishop Emeritus of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Ralph Hubert Dignan †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Mazzoli †	Titular Archbishop of Germa in Hellesponto	Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Soracco †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
21 Mar	52.9	Installed	Leopoldo Buteler †	Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina
25.4	Ordained Priest	Petro Arikata Kobayashi †	Priest of Osaka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
74.7	Died	Adam Senger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
23 Mar	51.2	Installed	Leandro Bautista Astelarra †	Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
90.3	Died	Robert Browne †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
66.1	Died	Nicolás González y Pérez, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea
44.2	Installed	Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland †	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
64.4	Succeeded	James J. Roche †	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
24 Mar	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Oscar Julien, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Choba	Vicar Apostolic of Nyassa, Malawi
25 Mar	47.6	Appointed	Louis Mathias, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Madras, India	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Bergan Misner, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Myrica	Vicar Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China
27 Mar		Born	Ovidio Poletto		Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
29 Mar	61.4	Died	Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio
18.0	Entered	Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile
30 Mar	64.1	Died	Ludwig Maria Hugo †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
31 Mar	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Froilán Ferreira Reinafé †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
23.8	Ordained Priest	Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas †	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
	Born	Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena †		Bishop Emeritus of Kara, Togo
25.5	Ordained Priest	James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
1 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Giovanni Capobianco †	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
69.6	Appointed	Arthur Hinsley †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
79.0	Resigned	Achille Locatelli †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
53.4	Appointed	Domenico Petroni †	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Domenico Petroni †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
45.7	Appointed	Mario Toccabelli †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
2 Apr	44.3	Installed	Ralph Hubert Dignan †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
62.8	Died	Pasquale Gioia, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy
	Born	Anthony Xu Jiwei †		Bishop Emeritus of Linhai [Taichow], China
4 Apr		Born	Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. †
	Born	Hans-Georg Koitz		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
5 Apr	79.0	Died	Achille Locatelli †	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
76.4	Died	Giuseppe Scarlata †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy
6 Apr	23.5	Ordained Priest	Emilio Cinense y Abera †	Priest	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
27.9	Ordained Priest	Justin Diraviam †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
23.0	Ordained Priest	Paolo Ghizzoni †	Priest of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
24.3	Ordained Priest	Anton Herre †	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
7 Apr	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Justo Antonino de Echeguren y Aldama †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
8 Apr	52.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
57.6	Appointed	Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
57.6	Appointed	Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
46.8	Appointed	Pietro Moretti, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China
56.5	Appointed	Damian Tcheng †	Prefect of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
9 Apr	25.2	Ordained Priest	Elie Farah †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)
10 Apr		Born	José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira †		Bishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
12 Apr	31.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Meng Zi Wen (Meng Jieren; Mong Zi Wen) †	Priest of Nanning [Nanning], China	Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
86.2	Died	Fidel Olivas Escudero †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
13 Apr	65.4	Appointed	James Dey †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
65.4	Appointed	James Dey †	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military
44.9	Installed	Froilán Ferreira Reinafé †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
	Born	Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †		Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
	Born	Peter Antony Moran		Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
68.9	Died	John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone
14 Apr	27.2	Ordained Priest	Alois Bürke, S.M.B. †	Priest of Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee	Prefect Emeritus of Qiqihar [Tsitsihar], China
16 Apr	68.7	Died	Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana, Libya
17 Apr		Born	Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun		Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria
	Born	Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
18 Apr		Born	István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
19 Apr		Born	Justin Francis Rigali		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Alberto Frederico Etges †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Born	Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile
25.5	Ordained Priest	Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Djibouti
21 Apr	26.1	Ordained Priest	Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
23 Apr	63.4	Died	Lorenzo Schioppa †	Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands
25 Apr		Born	John Kevin Boland		Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
39.2	Ordained Bishop	François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
58.0	Appointed	Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Luxembourg	Bishop
58.0	Appointed	Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Bishop of Luxembourg
26 Apr		Born	Gerardo Pierro		Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
28 Apr	22.0	Ordained Priest	Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Assuero Teofano Bassi, S.X. †	Titular Bishop of Tabae	Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
34.3	Ordained Bishop	José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
27.2	Ordained Priest	Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
22.0	Ordained Priest	João José da Mota e Albuquerque †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
40.6	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Silva Santiago †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
38.6	Ordained Bishop	Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz †	Bishop of Linares, Chile	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
29 Apr	69.6	Installed	Arthur Hinsley †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
30 Apr	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Jean Baptiste Félix Marie Amoudru, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Pyrgos	Apostolic Administrator of Leningrad, Russian Federation
	Born	António Montes Moreira, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal

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