The Year of Our Lord 1926

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar Born Bernard Agré † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

3 Mar Born Joseph Anthony Ferrario † Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Born Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil

Born Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu † Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Mario Rizzi † Apostolic Nuncio

4 Mar 56.0 Succeeded Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

63.4 Resigned François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

5 Mar 64.0 Died Ramón Calvó y Martí, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

6 Mar 67.3 Appointed Jean-Pierre Rey, M.E.P. † Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

67.3 Retired Jean-Pierre Rey, M.E.P. † Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

7 Mar Born Rafael Bello Ruiz † Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

8 Mar 35.1 Appointed John Francis Norton † Coadjutor Bishop of Bathurst, Australia Bishop

35.1 Appointed John Francis Norton † Titular Bishop of Lunda Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

42.8 Appointed Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

9 Mar 75.2 Appointed Francesco Ragonesi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

Born Enrique San Pedro, S.J. † Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

10 Mar 39.4 Appointed Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.6 Appointed Richard Ryan, C.M. † Bishop of Sale, Australia

11 Mar Born Antonio Deig Clotet † Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain

49.0 Appointed Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. † Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation

49.0 Appointed Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Citrus Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation

Born Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru

12 Mar 53.2 Appointed Rambert-Irénée Faure † Bishop of Saint-Claude, France

55.2 Appointed Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles, France Bishop Emeritus

Born Mario José Serra † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

52.1 Appointed Jozef-Ernest van Roey † Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

13 Mar 86.2 Died Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet † Bishop of Chartres, France

75.9 Died Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Sinis

62.1 Died Jean-Paul Forbes, M. Afr. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda

15 Mar 63.0 Appointed Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Echinus Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece

63.0 Resigned Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Crete {Candia}, Greece Bishop Emeritus

42.8 Appointed Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Lerus Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

16 Mar 38.0 Appointed Anton Sebastian Grossrubatscher (Großrubatscher), O.F.M. † Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China

17 Mar 57.6 Appointed Agostino Maria León, O.P. † Prefect of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador Prefect Emeritus of Canelos, Ecuador

56.7 Resigned Alvaro Valladares, O.P. † Prefect of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador Prefect Emeritus

19 Mar 26.3 Ordained Priest Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. † Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar

17.1 Entered Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. † Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile

19.4 Professed Maurino Rast, S.D.S. † Member of Society of the Divine Savior Superior General

23.1 Ordained Priest Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Archbishop

20 Mar 63.3 Died Americo Bevilacqua † Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy

24.3 Ordained Priest Danio Bolognini † Priest Bishop of Cremona, Italy

24.5 Ordained Priest Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

26.3 Ordained Priest Arturo Duque Villegas † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

25.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Hasler † Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

23.6 Ordained Priest Inácio Martinez Madrid, O.A.R. † Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

21 Mar Born Desiderio Elso Collino † Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

59.3 Appointed Carlo Cremonesi † Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

22 Mar 24.0 Ordained Priest Pedro Cantero Cuadrado † Priest of Palencia, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

39.3 Appointed Francis Martin Kelly † Auxiliary Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

39.3 Appointed Francis Martin Kelly † Titular Bishop of Mylasa Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA

23 Mar 64.5 Appointed Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. † Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania

64.5 Resigned Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. † Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

22.3 Professed Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy

24 Mar Born Desmond Connell † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

25 Mar 24.4 Ordained Priest Miguel Acebedo y Flores † Priest Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines

56.9 Ordained Bishop Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Lipara Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam

Born José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil

26 Mar 68.0 Died Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco

65.2 Died Edward Denis Kelly † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

58.2 Appointed José Guadalupe Ortíz y López † Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Archbishop Emeritus

58.2 Appointed José Guadalupe Ortíz y López † Titular Bishop of Ancusa Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

27 Mar 56.5 Appointed Ferenc Virág † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

29 Mar 45.8 Ordained Bishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Ilium Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

30 Mar 42.3 Appointed Giuseppe Fietta † Titular Archbishop of Serdica Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

31 Mar Born Jeremiah Newman † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

57.3 Appointed Louis-Marie Ricard † Bishop of Nice, France

55.4 Appointed James J. Roche † Bishop of Ross, Ireland Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland

Born Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan

2 Apr Born Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania

3 Apr 24.1 Ordained Priest André Jacques Marie Jacquemin † Priest of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

24.3 Ordained Priest Jean-Emmanuel Marquès † Priest of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France Archbishop

26.7 Ordained Priest Peter Thomas McKeefry † Priest of Auckland, New Zealand Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

23.7 Ordained Priest Sidney Matthew Metzger † Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA

23.8 Ordained Priest Francesco Pieri † Priest Bishop of Orvieto, Italy

23.1 Ordained Priest Alfredo Vicente Scherer † Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

4 Apr 55.2 Installed Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles, France Bishop Emeritus

5 Apr 70.1 Appointed Anton Karaś (Karosas) † Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

53.1 Appointed Juozapas Kukta † Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

50.4 Appointed Kazimieras Paltarokas † Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

42.1 Appointed Mečislovas Reinys † Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Auxiliary Bishop

42.1 Appointed Mečislovas Reinys † Titular Bishop of Tiddi Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

52.5 Appointed Juozapas Skvireckas † Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

59.3 Appointed Justinas Staugaitis † Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

59.3 Appointed Justinas Staugaitis † Prelate of Klaipeda, Lithuania Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

Born Antanas Vaičius † Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

6 Apr 85.4 Died Juan Martín Janiz (Yáñez) y Paz † Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

9 Apr 64.3 Appointed Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin † Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

64.3 Appointed Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin † Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

Born Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) † Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan

10 Apr Born Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) † Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

11 Apr 39.5 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Centuria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya

Born Angelo Rizzo † Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy

13 Apr 52.5 Appointed Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. † Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

14 Apr 69.3 Died Natale Bruni † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

70.0 Died Ramón Guillamet y Coma † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

65.5 Succeeded José Miralles y Sbert † Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

47.3 Appointed Oscar Morin, M. Afr. † Prefect of Navrongo, Ghana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

61.3 Appointed Antonino Zecchini, S.J. † Apostolic Internuncio to Latvia Apostolic Nuncio

16 Apr 38.2 Succeeded James Leen, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius

71.8 Died John Baptist Tuohill Murphy, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius

17 Apr Born Sydney Anicetus Charles † Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles

86.9 Died Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar † Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

18 Apr 28.3 Solemn Vows Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. † Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

70.6 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Meo † Titular Bishop of Methone Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

49.0 Installed Giacomo Montanelli † Bishop of Crema, Italy Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy

35.2 Ordained Bishop John Francis Norton † Titular Bishop of Lunda Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

73.4 Died Karel Wisnar † Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia

21 Apr 49.1 Ordained Bishop Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Citrus Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation

22 Apr Born Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo, Venezuela

23 Apr 54.2 Appointed Franjo Salis-Seewis † Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

54.2 Appointed Franjo Salis-Seewis † Titular Bishop of Corycus Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

24 Apr 59.8 Installed José María Caro Rodríguez † Bishop of La Serena, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

64.6 Professed Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. † Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania

61.6 Died Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

25 Apr 58.6 Died Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos † Bishop of Paraná, Argentina

56.0 Ordained Bishop Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski † Titular Bishop of Podalia Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

71.3 Installed Miguel León Prado † Bishop of Linares, Chile

47.7 Ordained Bishop Elie Rischa (Richa) † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth per i Maroniti Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon

47.7 Selected Elie Rischa (Richa) † Titular Archbishop of Nazareth per i Maroniti Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon

59.2 Installed Martín Rucker Sotomayor † Bishop of Chillán, Chile

59.4 Ordained Bishop Justinas Staugaitis † Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

52.2 Ordained Bishop Jozef-Ernest van Roey † Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

27 Apr Born Vincenzo Cirrincione † Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy

Born Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia † Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

51.7 Appointed Johannes Hillebrand † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

51.7 Appointed Johannes Hillebrand † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

Born Franz Josef Kuhnle † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

54.1 Selected Elie Chedid (Scedid) † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus per i Maroniti

28 Apr Born José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil

50.8 Ordained Bishop Maurice Francis McAuliffe † Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus) Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

30 Apr 59.1 Installed Eduardo Gimpert Paut † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

48.4 Appointed Edward Daniel Howard † Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

54.0 Appointed Adolfo Luigi Pagani † Bishop of Como, Italy

21.0 Entered Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. † Member of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar		Born	Bernard Agré †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Mar		Born	Joseph Anthony Ferrario †		Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
	Born	Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil
	Born	Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu †		Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Mario Rizzi †		Apostolic Nuncio
4 Mar	56.0	Succeeded	Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
63.4	Resigned	François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
5 Mar	64.0	Died	Ramón Calvó y Martí, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
6 Mar	67.3	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Rey, M.E.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
67.3	Retired	Jean-Pierre Rey, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Mar		Born	Rafael Bello Ruiz †		Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
8 Mar	35.1	Appointed	John Francis Norton †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bathurst, Australia	Bishop
35.1	Appointed	John Francis Norton †	Titular Bishop of Lunda	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
42.8	Appointed	Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
9 Mar	75.2	Appointed	Francesco Ragonesi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †		Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
10 Mar	39.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.6	Appointed	Richard Ryan, C.M. †	Bishop of Sale, Australia
11 Mar		Born	Antonio Deig Clotet †		Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
49.0	Appointed	Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation
49.0	Appointed	Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation
	Born	Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
12 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Rambert-Irénée Faure †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
55.2	Appointed	Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Mario José Serra †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
52.1	Appointed	Jozef-Ernest van Roey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
13 Mar	86.2	Died	Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet †	Bishop of Chartres, France
75.9	Died	Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sinis
62.1	Died	Jean-Paul Forbes, M. Afr. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda
15 Mar	63.0	Appointed	Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Echinus	Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
63.0	Resigned	Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
42.8	Appointed	Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Lerus	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
16 Mar	38.0	Appointed	Anton Sebastian Grossrubatscher (Großrubatscher), O.F.M. †	Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China
17 Mar	57.6	Appointed	Agostino Maria León, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus of Canelos, Ecuador
56.7	Resigned	Alvaro Valladares, O.P. †	Prefect of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
19 Mar	26.3	Ordained Priest	Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. †	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar
17.1	Entered	Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †	Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
19.4	Professed	Maurino Rast, S.D.S. †	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Superior General
23.1	Ordained Priest	Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich †	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Archbishop
20 Mar	63.3	Died	Americo Bevilacqua †	Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy
24.3	Ordained Priest	Danio Bolognini †	Priest	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
24.5	Ordained Priest	Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
26.3	Ordained Priest	Arturo Duque Villegas †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
25.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hasler †	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
23.6	Ordained Priest	Inácio Martinez Madrid, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
21 Mar		Born	Desiderio Elso Collino †		Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
59.3	Appointed	Carlo Cremonesi †	Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy	Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
22 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Pedro Cantero Cuadrado †	Priest of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
39.3	Appointed	Francis Martin Kelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
39.3	Appointed	Francis Martin Kelly †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
23 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
64.5	Resigned	Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. †	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
22.3	Professed	Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
24 Mar		Born	Desmond Connell †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
25 Mar	24.4	Ordained Priest	Miguel Acebedo y Flores †	Priest	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Lipara	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam
	Born	José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
26 Mar	68.0	Died	Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco
65.2	Died	Edward Denis Kelly †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
58.2	Appointed	José Guadalupe Ortíz y López †	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	José Guadalupe Ortíz y López †	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
27 Mar	56.5	Appointed	Ferenc Virág †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
29 Mar	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Ilium	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
30 Mar	42.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Fietta †	Titular Archbishop of Serdica	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
31 Mar		Born	Jeremiah Newman †		Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
57.3	Appointed	Louis-Marie Ricard †	Bishop of Nice, France
55.4	Appointed	James J. Roche †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland	Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland
	Born	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
2 Apr		Born	Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando †		Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania
3 Apr	24.1	Ordained Priest	André Jacques Marie Jacquemin †	Priest of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
24.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-Emmanuel Marquès †	Priest of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France	Archbishop
26.7	Ordained Priest	Peter Thomas McKeefry †	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
23.7	Ordained Priest	Sidney Matthew Metzger †	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA
23.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Pieri †	Priest	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
23.1	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Vicente Scherer †	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Apr	55.2	Installed	Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	70.1	Appointed	Anton Karaś (Karosas) †	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
53.1	Appointed	Juozapas Kukta †	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
50.4	Appointed	Kazimieras Paltarokas †	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
42.1	Appointed	Mečislovas Reinys †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop
42.1	Appointed	Mečislovas Reinys †	Titular Bishop of Tiddi	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
52.5	Appointed	Juozapas Skvireckas †	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
59.3	Appointed	Justinas Staugaitis †	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
59.3	Appointed	Justinas Staugaitis †	Prelate of Klaipeda, Lithuania	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
	Born	Antanas Vaičius †		Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
6 Apr	85.4	Died	Juan Martín Janiz (Yáñez) y Paz †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
9 Apr	64.3	Appointed	Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
64.3	Appointed	Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin †	Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
	Born	Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) †		Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan
10 Apr		Born	Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) †		Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
11 Apr	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
	Born	Angelo Rizzo †		Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy
13 Apr	52.5	Appointed	Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
14 Apr	69.3	Died	Natale Bruni †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
70.0	Died	Ramón Guillamet y Coma †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
65.5	Succeeded	José Miralles y Sbert †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
47.3	Appointed	Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Navrongo, Ghana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
61.3	Appointed	Antonino Zecchini, S.J. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Latvia	Apostolic Nuncio
16 Apr	38.2	Succeeded	James Leen, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
71.8	Died	John Baptist Tuohill Murphy, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
17 Apr		Born	Sydney Anicetus Charles †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
86.9	Died	Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
18 Apr	28.3	Solemn Vows	Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
70.6	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Meo †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
49.0	Installed	Giacomo Montanelli †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
35.2	Ordained Bishop	John Francis Norton †	Titular Bishop of Lunda	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
73.4	Died	Karel Wisnar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
21 Apr	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation
22 Apr		Born	Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo, Venezuela
23 Apr	54.2	Appointed	Franjo Salis-Seewis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
54.2	Appointed	Franjo Salis-Seewis †	Titular Bishop of Corycus	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
24 Apr	59.8	Installed	José María Caro Rodríguez †	Bishop of La Serena, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
64.6	Professed	Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. †	Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
61.6	Died	Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
25 Apr	58.6	Died	Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos †	Bishop of Paraná, Argentina
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski †	Titular Bishop of Podalia	Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
71.3	Installed	Miguel León Prado †	Bishop of Linares, Chile
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Elie Rischa (Richa) †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth per i Maroniti	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
47.7	Selected	Elie Rischa (Richa) †	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth per i Maroniti	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
59.2	Installed	Martín Rucker Sotomayor †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
59.4	Ordained Bishop	Justinas Staugaitis †	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Jozef-Ernest van Roey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
27 Apr		Born	Vincenzo Cirrincione †		Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
	Born	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †		Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
51.7	Appointed	Johannes Hillebrand †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
51.7	Appointed	Johannes Hillebrand †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	Born	Franz Josef Kuhnle †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
54.1	Selected	Elie Chedid (Scedid) †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus per i Maroniti
28 Apr		Born	José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. †		Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Francis McAuliffe †	Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus)	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
30 Apr	59.1	Installed	Eduardo Gimpert Paut †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
48.4	Appointed	Edward Daniel Howard †	Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
54.0	Appointed	Adolfo Luigi Pagani †	Bishop of Como, Italy
21.0	Entered	Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †	Member of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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