The Year of Our Lord 1940

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 79.3 Appointed Emidio Trenta † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy Bishop

3 Mar 52.7 Ordained Bishop Gioacchino Di Leo † Titular Bishop of Memphis Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

25.6 Ordained Priest Youhannan Semaan Issayi † Priest of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran

57.3 Ordained Bishop Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Tingis Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

24.9 Ordained Priest Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia

26.0 Ordained Priest Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy

5 Mar Born Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega Bishop Emeritus of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Born Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

6 Mar Born Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain

Born Giovanni Giudici † Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy

7 Mar 47.4 Ordained Bishop Louis Delmotte † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

Born Alejandro Goić Karmelić Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

41.1 Appointed Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

8 Mar 44.1 Succeeded Norman Thomas Gilroy † Archbishop of Sydney, Australia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

90.0 Died Michael Kelly † Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

Born Denis James Madden Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Born [Richard Nelson Williamson] Bishop

9 Mar 25.2 Ordained Priest Ricardo Blanco Granda † Priest of Madrid, Spain Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

25.6 Ordained Deacon Martinus H. M. Bodéwes, C.S.Sp. † Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Prefect Emeritus of Bangassou, Central African Republic

27.1 Ordained Deacon Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. † Deacon of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

27.2 Ordained Priest Anthony Humilis Yang Guang-qi (Yang Kuang C’hi), O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China

10 Mar 52.2 Ordained Bishop Vincentas Borisevicius † Titular Bishop of Lysias Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

24.6 Ordained Priest Michael Doumith † Priest of Cyprus (Maronite) Bishop of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon

Born Dante Lafranconi Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy

25.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Salamé † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

25.2 Ordained Priest Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. † Priest of Consolata Missionaries Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia

12 Mar Born Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí † Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain

26.7 Ordained Priest Louis Hà Kim Danh † Priest Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam

13 Mar Born Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

14 Mar 69.0 Died Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy

16 Mar 19.1 Solemn Vows Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. † Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China

18 Mar 75.4 Died Gusztáv Károly Majláth † Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

19 Mar 50.9 Appointed George Joseph Donnelly † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

50.9 Appointed George Joseph Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Coela Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

43.6 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

43.6 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Titular Bishop of Sita Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

55.7 Appointed Vincent James Ryan † Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

20 Mar Born Joseph Oforishe Egerega † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria

23 Mar 25.3 Ordained Priest Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Priest Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

25.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Aloysius Durick † Priest of Mobile, Alabama, USA Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

22.6 Ordained Priest Colin Aloysius MacPherson † Priest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop

24.3 Ordained Priest Jorge Mayer † Priest of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

27.0 Ordained Priest Alejandro Ayson Olalia † Priest Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines

24.5 Ordained Priest Manuel Pereira da Costa † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

23.4 Ordained Priest Ioánnis Perrís † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

23.1 Ordained Priest Venedictos Printesis † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

24.9 Ordained Priest José Rincón Bonilla † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

24.7 Ordained Priest Fernando Romo Gutiérrez † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México

26.9 Ordained Priest Rafael Valladares y Argumedo † Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador Auxiliary Bishop

24 Mar Born François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel Bishop Emeritus of Viviers, France

Born Giovanni De Vivo † Bishop of Pescia, Italy

25.3 Ordained Priest Mesrob J. Terzian, I.C.P.B. † Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

25 Mar 40.9 Appointed Alberto Carinci † Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy

58.0 Appointed Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

28.2 Ordained Priest Raymond (Nianga-Nzita) Ndudi † Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar Born Czesław Stanula, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

28 Mar Born Giuseppe Andrich Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

Born José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R. Prelate Emeritus of Marajó, Para, Brazil

65.0 Appointed Cesare Boccoleri † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

35.2 Appointed Hernán Frías Hurtado † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

31 Mar 41.6 Ordained Bishop Secondo Bologna † Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy

Born Pier Giorgio Debernardi Bishop Emeritus of Pinerolo, Italy

38.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Andria, Italy

36.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux † Titular Bishop of Barca Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

29.9 Ordained Priest William Gordon Wheeler † Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain

Apr Born Lawrence M. Purcell Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical North American College

2 Apr 36.3 Appointed Vincentas Brizgys † Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

36.3 Appointed Vincentas Brizgys † Titular Bishop of Bosana Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

60.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Moran Corrigan † Titular Bishop of Bilta

37.6 Died René de Pontes † Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

48.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin † Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

4 Apr Born Irineu Danelón, S.D.B. Bishop Emeritus of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil

5 Apr 31.1 Appointed Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. † Prefect of Aysén, Chile Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile

Born Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J. Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

7 Apr 51.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Beltrami † Titular Archbishop of Damascus Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

44.0 Ordained Bishop Matthew Beovich † Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

Born Felice di Molfetta Bishop Emeritus of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy

41.0 Ordained Bishop Josip Lach † Titular Bishop of Dodona Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

34.3 Ordained Bishop Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes † Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua

65.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Sak, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Scilium Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

9 Apr 41.1 Appointed Oubagaraswami Bernadotte † Bishop of Coimbatore, India

42.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

52.8 Resigned Adalard Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap. † Superior of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China Superior Emeritus

52.6 Appointed Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.6 Appointed Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Assuras Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire

50.6 Appointed Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) † Bishop of Guntur, India Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

43.6 Installed Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz † Archbishop of La Serena, Chile

76.1 Died Jean Verdier, P.S.S. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

10 Apr 37.7 Ordained Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger † Titular Bishop of Birtha Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA

Born Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C. Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia

11 Apr Born Thomas Anthony Vazhapilly Bishop Emeritus of Mysore, India

12 Apr 40.8 Appointed Bl. Vasile Aftenie † Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

40.8 Appointed Bl. Vasile Aftenie † Titular Bishop of Ulpiana Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

Born José Vicente Huertas Vargas † Bishop Emeritus of Garagoa, Colombia

14 Apr 41.0 Ordained Bishop Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China

70.4 Died Nicola Cola † Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

65.5 Died Dionýz Njaradi † Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

15 Apr Born Décio Pereira † Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

16 Apr Born Rayappu Joseph † Bishop Emeritus of Mannar, Sri Lanka

17 Apr Born Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

48.5 Appointed Ivan Bučko (Buchko) † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

Born Paolo Urso Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy

Born Agostino Vallini Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

18 Apr 34.9 Appointed Isidor Hermengild Hintringer (da Losenstein), O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Jiamusi [Kiamusze], China Prefect Emeritus

65.4 Appointed Claudio María Volio y Jiménez † Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

19 Apr 88.2 Died Hugh McSherry † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

20 Apr Born Antonio Mattiazzo Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy

58.0 Appointed Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath † Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

51.5 Installed Audino Rodríguez y Olmos † Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

21 Apr Born Daniel Eugene Hurley Bishop Emeritus of Darwin, Australia

67.0 Died Giuseppe Marcozzi † Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy

22 Apr Born Damian Kyaruzi Bishop Emeritus of Sumbawanga, Tanzania

23 Apr Born Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria

51.0 Ordained Bishop George Joseph Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Coela Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

27.1 Ordained Priest Theodore Bible Foley, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Superior General

24 Apr 60.8 Died Roberto Nogara † Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy

25 Apr 55.0 Ordained Bishop Aimable Chassaigne † Bishop of Tulle, France Bishop Emeritus

Born Charles Henry Dufour Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

43.4 Ordained Bishop Albert Lewis Fletcher † Titular Bishop of Samos Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Born Anthony Peter Mayalla † Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania

42.3 Ordained Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. † Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

41.2 Installed Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

27 Apr 72.3 Appointed José Guadalupe Ortíz y López † Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

72.3 Resigned José Guadalupe Ortíz y López † Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Archbishop Emeritus

28 Apr 50.7 Ordained Bishop Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy

Born Youssef Massoud Massoud † Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria

Born Antoine Ntalou Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	79.3	Appointed	Emidio Trenta †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy	Bishop
3 Mar	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Gioacchino Di Leo †	Titular Bishop of Memphis	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
25.6	Ordained Priest	Youhannan Semaan Issayi †	Priest of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Tingis	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
24.9	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia
26.0	Ordained Priest	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
5 Mar		Born	Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega		Bishop Emeritus of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
	Born	Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
6 Mar		Born	Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
	Born	Giovanni Giudici †		Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
7 Mar	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis Delmotte †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Alejandro Goić Karmelić		Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
41.1	Appointed	Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
8 Mar	44.1	Succeeded	Norman Thomas Gilroy †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
90.0	Died	Michael Kelly †	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
	Born	Denis James Madden		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	Born	[Richard Nelson Williamson]		Bishop
9 Mar	25.2	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Blanco Granda †	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
25.6	Ordained Deacon	Martinus H. M. Bodéwes, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Bangassou, Central African Republic
27.1	Ordained Deacon	Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †	Deacon of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
27.2	Ordained Priest	Anthony Humilis Yang Guang-qi (Yang Kuang C’hi), O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop-Elect of Yuci [Yütze], China
10 Mar	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Vincentas Borisevicius †	Titular Bishop of Lysias	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
24.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Doumith †	Priest of Cyprus (Maronite)	Bishop of Sarba (Maronite), Lebanon
	Born	Dante Lafranconi		Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy
25.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Salamé †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
25.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
12 Mar		Born	Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí †		Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
26.7	Ordained Priest	Louis Hà Kim Danh †	Priest	Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam
13 Mar		Born	Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
14 Mar	69.0	Died	Giovanni Onorato Carcaterra, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano, Italy
16 Mar	19.1	Solemn Vows	Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. †	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
18 Mar	75.4	Died	Gusztáv Károly Majláth †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
19 Mar	50.9	Appointed	George Joseph Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
50.9	Appointed	George Joseph Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
43.6	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
43.6	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
55.7	Appointed	Vincent James Ryan †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
20 Mar		Born	Joseph Oforishe Egerega †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria
23 Mar	25.3	Ordained Priest	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Priest	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
25.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Priest of Mobile, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
22.6	Ordained Priest	Colin Aloysius MacPherson †	Priest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop
24.3	Ordained Priest	Jorge Mayer †	Priest of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
27.0	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Ayson Olalia †	Priest	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
24.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel Pereira da Costa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
23.4	Ordained Priest	Ioánnis Perrís †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
23.1	Ordained Priest	Venedictos Printesis †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
24.9	Ordained Priest	José Rincón Bonilla †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24.7	Ordained Priest	Fernando Romo Gutiérrez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México
26.9	Ordained Priest	Rafael Valladares y Argumedo †	Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador	Auxiliary Bishop
24 Mar		Born	François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel		Bishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
	Born	Giovanni De Vivo †		Bishop of Pescia, Italy
25.3	Ordained Priest	Mesrob J. Terzian, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
25 Mar	40.9	Appointed	Alberto Carinci †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
58.0	Appointed	Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
28.2	Ordained Priest	Raymond (Nianga-Nzita) Ndudi †	Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar		Born	Czesław Stanula, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
28 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Andrich		Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
	Born	José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R.		Prelate Emeritus of Marajó, Para, Brazil
65.0	Appointed	Cesare Boccoleri †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
35.2	Appointed	Hernán Frías Hurtado †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
31 Mar	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Secondo Bologna †	Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
	Born	Pier Giorgio Debernardi		Bishop Emeritus of Pinerolo, Italy
38.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Andria, Italy
36.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
29.9	Ordained Priest	William Gordon Wheeler †	Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
Apr		Born	Lawrence M. Purcell		Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical North American College
2 Apr	36.3	Appointed	Vincentas Brizgys †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
36.3	Appointed	Vincentas Brizgys †	Titular Bishop of Bosana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Moran Corrigan †	Titular Bishop of Bilta
37.6	Died	René de Pontes †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Martin †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
4 Apr		Born	Irineu Danelón, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Apr	31.1	Appointed	Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †	Prefect of Aysén, Chile	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
	Born	Paul Tan Chee Ing, S.J.		Bishop Emeritus of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
7 Apr	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Titular Archbishop of Damascus	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Beovich †	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Felice di Molfetta		Bishop Emeritus of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Josip Lach †	Titular Bishop of Dodona	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
34.3	Ordained Bishop	Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes †	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
65.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sak, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Apr	41.1	Appointed	Oubagaraswami Bernadotte †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
42.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
52.8	Resigned	Adalard Eberharter, O.F.M. Cap. †	Superior of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China	Superior Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire
50.6	Appointed	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †	Bishop of Guntur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
43.6	Installed	Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz †	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
76.1	Died	Jean Verdier, P.S.S. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
10 Apr	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Sidney Matthew Metzger †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
	Born	Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C.		Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
11 Apr		Born	Thomas Anthony Vazhapilly		Bishop Emeritus of Mysore, India
12 Apr	40.8	Appointed	Bl. Vasile Aftenie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
40.8	Appointed	Bl. Vasile Aftenie †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	Born	José Vicente Huertas Vargas †		Bishop Emeritus of Garagoa, Colombia
14 Apr	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia	Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China
70.4	Died	Nicola Cola †	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
65.5	Died	Dionýz Njaradi †	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
15 Apr		Born	Décio Pereira †		Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Apr		Born	Rayappu Joseph †		Bishop Emeritus of Mannar, Sri Lanka
17 Apr		Born	Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48.5	Appointed	Ivan Bučko (Buchko) †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	Born	Paolo Urso		Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy
	Born	Agostino Vallini		Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
18 Apr	34.9	Appointed	Isidor Hermengild Hintringer (da Losenstein), O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Jiamusi [Kiamusze], China	Prefect Emeritus
65.4	Appointed	Claudio María Volio y Jiménez †	Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
19 Apr	88.2	Died	Hugh McSherry †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
20 Apr		Born	Antonio Mattiazzo		Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
58.0	Appointed	Michael Joseph Lawrence McGrath †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
51.5	Installed	Audino Rodríguez y Olmos †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
21 Apr		Born	Daniel Eugene Hurley		Bishop Emeritus of Darwin, Australia
67.0	Died	Giuseppe Marcozzi †	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy
22 Apr		Born	Damian Kyaruzi		Bishop Emeritus of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
23 Apr		Born	Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria
51.0	Ordained Bishop	George Joseph Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Coela	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
27.1	Ordained Priest	Theodore Bible Foley, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Superior General
24 Apr	60.8	Died	Roberto Nogara †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy
25 Apr	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Aimable Chassaigne †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Charles Henry Dufour		Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
	Born	Anthony Peter Mayalla †		Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
41.2	Installed	Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
27 Apr	72.3	Appointed	José Guadalupe Ortíz y López †	Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
72.3	Resigned	José Guadalupe Ortíz y López †	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Apr	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
	Born	Youssef Massoud Massoud †		Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
	Born	Antoine Ntalou		Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon

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