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2024.04.16: Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński (55), Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
2024.04.16: Archbishop Mitja Leskovar (54), Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo
2024.04.15: Fr. Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A. (51), was elected Bishop of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)
2024.04.15: Bishop Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap. (59), resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Buta (Congo-Kinshasa)
2024.04.15: Msgr. Filippo Ciampanelli (45), Priest of Novara (Italy) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Undersecretary of Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
2024.04.14: Fr. Jean Désiré Razafinirina (48) was consecrated as Bishop of Morombe (Madagascar)
2024.04.14: Fr. Victor Ndione (50) was consecrated as Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)
2024.04.11: Fr. Paul Lee Kyung-sang (이경상 바오로 / 李炅相) (63) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea)
2024.04.10: Archbishop Francis Duffy (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam (Ireland) and General Secretary of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Killala (Ireland)
2024.04.10: Bishop Paul Dempsey (52), Bishop of Achonry (Ireland), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland)
2024.04.10: Bishop Kevin Peter Doran (70), Bishop of Elphin (Ireland), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Achonry (Ireland)
2024.04.10: Bishop John Fleming (76) resigned as Bishop of Killala (Ireland)

Necrology

2024.04.15: Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá (Colombia), passed away at 91
2024.04.10: Fr. Martin James Chambers, Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland), passed away at 59
2024.04.04: Bishop Thomas John Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Detroit (USA), passed away at 94
2024.04.03: Bishop Vitus Huonder, Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland), passed away at 81
2024.04.02: Abbot Primate Notker D. Wolf, O.S.B., Abbot Primate emeritus of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines), passed away at 83
2024.04.01: Bishop José Trinidad González Rodríguez, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico), passed away at 80
2024.03.31: Bishop Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M., Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro (Central African Republic), passed away at 72
2024.03.27: Bishop Karl Reger, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany), passed away at 93

Papal Audiences

2024.04.13: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Cardinal Marcello Semeraro
2024.04.12: Archbishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi
2024.04.11: Archbishop Marek Solczyński, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Sr. Nuria Calduch-Benages, M.H.S.F.N., Fr. Alessandro Belano, F.D.P., Sr. Helen Alford, O.P., Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò
2024.04.10: Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R.
2024.04.08: Archbishop Brian Udaigwe

Feasts

2024.04.17:

Wednesday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Easter

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral of Pontecorvo (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo)

Blessed Clare Gambacorti, religious (Pisa)

Blessed Giacomo da Cerqueto, priest (Perugia–Città della Pieve)

Blessed Mariana de Jesús Navarro, virgin (Madrid)

Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after Easter (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Anicetus, pope and martyr (Extraordinary Form)

Saint Donan of Eigg and companions, martyrs (Argyll and The Isles)

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin (Canada)

Martyrology

2024.04.17:

Saints Peter, deacon, and Hermogenes, martyrs

Saint Simeon, bishop of Seleucia–Ctesifonte, martyr

Saints Ǧūhštazad of Persia, eunuch, and companions, martyrs of Persia

Saint Innocenzo, bishop of Tortona

Saint Acacius, bishop of Melitene

Saint Pantagathe, bishop of Vienne

Saints Donnán, abbot, and 52 companions, martyrs

Saints Elías, Pablo and Isidoro, martyrs at Cordoba

Saint Robert, abbot of La Chaise-Dieu

Saint Robert, abbot of Molesme and founder of Cîteaux

Blessed Giacomo da Cerqueto, Augustinian priest

Blessed Chiara Gambacorti, widow

Blessed Maria Ana de Jesús Navarro de Guevara y Romero, Mercedarian virgin

Blessed Paul of Saint Magdalene Heath, Franciscan priest and martyr of England

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin

Celebrations

2024.04.21: World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2024
2024.04.28: Pastoral Visit to Venice
2024.05.12: World Communications Day 2024
2024.05.18: Pastoral Visit to Verona
2024.05.24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China 2024
2024.05.25 – 2024.05.26: World Day of Children
2024.07.14: Sea Sunday 2024
2024.07.28: World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2024
2024.09.01: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2024
2024.09.03 – 2024.09.06: Apostolic Journey to Indonesia

Commemorations

2024.04.17: 4ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Blessed Maria Ana de Jesús Navarro de Guevara y Romero (1624)
2024.04.18: 25ᵗʰ anniversary, Canonisation of Agostina, Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat and John Calabria (1999)
2024.04.19: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Tirso de Jesús María Sánchez Sancho (1899)
2024.04.20: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Luis Beltrán Solá Jiménez (1899)
2024.04.22: 1ˢᵗ anniversary, Beatification of Priest Martyrs of Paris (2023)
2024.04.23: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Francisco Sendra Ivars (1899)
2024.04.24: 14ᵗʰ centenary, Death of Saint Mellitus of Canterbury (624)
2024.04.24: 30ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Elisabetta Canori Mora and Isidore Bakanja (1994)
2024.04.25: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Benedicto Andrés Andrés Monfort and Blessed Indalecio María Morón Casas (1899)
2024.04.25: 50ᵗʰ anniversary, Carnation Revolution in Lisbon (1974)

Jubilarians

2024.04.17: Bishop Christopher Kakooza (71), Bishop of Lugazi (Uganda), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2024.04.18: Bishop António Maria Bessa Taipa (81), Titular Bishop of Tabbora and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Porto (Portugal), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2024.04.19: Bishop Benny Varghese Edathattel (53), Bishop of Itanagar (India), celebrates 25 years as priest
2024.04.20: Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke (77), Bishop emeritus of Nnewi (Nigeria), celebrates 50 years as priest
2024.04.20: Bishop Thomas James Olmsted (77), Bishop emeritus of Phoenix (USA), celebrates 25 years as bishop