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2026.04.18: Fr. Assandé Darius Ekou (57) was consecrated as Bishop of Agboville (Cote d’Ivoire)
2026.04.18: Fr. Michele Morandi (50), Priest of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy), was elected Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy)
2026.04.18: Bishop Mario Toso, S.D.B. (75), resigned as Bishop of Faenza–Modigliana (Italy)
2026.04.18: Bishop Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas (62), Bishop of Machiques (Venezuela), was appointed as Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela)
2026.04.16: Fr. Nelson Po (57) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aguntum and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia)
2026.04.16: Fr. Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro (53) was consecrated as Bishop of Sindhudurg (India)
2026.04.15: Fr. Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas (51), Priest of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa), was elected Titular Bishop of Satafis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)
2026.04.15: Cardinal Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼) (80), Cardinal-Bishop of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio and Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)
2026.04.14: Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr. (78), resigned as Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)
2026.04.14: Fr. Motlatsi Meshack Phomane (50), Priest of Mthatha (South Africa), was elected Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

Necrology

2026.04.14: Bishop Bernardine Francis Mfumbusa, Bishop of Kondoa (Tanzania), passed away at 64
2026.04.13: Bishop José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, Bishop emeritus of Celaya (Mexico), passed away at 80
2026.04.12: Bishop Leopold Nowak, Bishop emeritus of Magdeburg (Germany), passed away at 97
2026.04.10: Bishop Peter Nworie Chukwu, Bishop of Abakaliki (Nigeria), passed away at 60
2026.04.10: Bishop William Edwin Franklin, Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA), passed away at 95
2026.04.05: Bishop Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M., Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Escuintla (Guatemala) and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at 94
2026.03.26: Bishop William Francis Murphy, Bishop emeritus of Rockville Centre (USA), passed away at 85
2026.03.25: Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson, Bishop emeritus of Montego Bay (Jamaica), passed away at 74

Papal Audiences

2026.04.11: Archbishop Ciro Miniero, Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, Bishop Antonino Raspanti, Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan
2026.04.10: Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., Dr. Elena Beccalli
2026.04.09: Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Dr. Federico Antellini Russo
2026.04.08: Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Fr. Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M.
2026.04.01: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.

Feasts

2026.04.17:	Friday in the 2ⁿᵈ 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: Low Sunday (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) The Holy Robe (Trier)
2026.04.18:	Saturday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Cefalù, Saint Andrews and Edinburgh) Blessed Andrés Hibernón, religious (Albacete, Cartagena) Blessed Idesbald of the Dunes, abbot (Brugge) Blessed Luca Passi, priest (Venezia) Blessed Marie of the Incarnation Acarie, religious (Nanterre, Paris) Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin, religious (Canada) Our Lady of Pueyo (Barbastro–Monzón) Our Lady of the Valley (Argentina) Saint Galdinus della Sala, bishop (Ambrosian) Saint Laserian of Leighlin, bishop (Ireland) Saint Ursmar of Lobbes, bishop (Tournai) Saint William of Maleval, hermit (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday (Extraordinary Form)
2026.04.19:	3ʳᵈ Sunday of Easter
2026.04.20:	Monday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Coria–Cáceres, Lafayette in Louisiana, Pueblo) Blessed Dominic Vernagalli, priest (Pisa) Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after Easter (Extraordinary Form) Our Lady of Piety (Civitavecchia–Tarquinia) Our Lady of Sorrows of the College (Ecuador) Our Lady of Succour (Bologna) Saint Beuno, abbot (Wales) Saint Géraud de Sales, prêtre (Périgueux) Saint Marcellinus of Embrun, bishop (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Digne, Gap–Embrun)
2026.04.21:	Tuesday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Easter Saint Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Santiago de Compostela) Our Lady of Gulfi (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Conrad of Parzham, religious (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone) Saint Maelrubha, abbot and martyr (Aberdeen)
2026.04.22:	Wednesday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Easter Blessed Gabriella Sagheddu, virgin (Frascati, Viterbo) Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr (Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Solsona, Tarragona, Terrassa, Tortosa, Urgell, Vic) Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr (Tarragona) Saint Senorina of Basto, religious (Braga) Saints Soter and Cajus, popes and martyrs (Extraordinary Form)
2026.04.23:	Thursday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Easter Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr Saint George, martyr Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Nola, Wien) Blessed Giles of Assisi, religious (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after Easter (Extraordinary Form) Our Lady of the Plain (Gaeta) Saint Gerard of Toul, bishop (Köln) Saint Joseph the Hymnographer, priest (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Martyrology

2026.04.17:	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
2026.04.18:	Saints Hermogenes and Elpidius, martyrs Saint Pusicius, martyr of Persia Saint Eusebio, bishop of Fano Saint Molaise, abbot of Leighlin Saint Ursmer, bishop abbot of Lobbes Saint Antusa, virgin at Constantinople Saint Athanasia, widow Saint John Isaurus, monk Saint Perfecto, priest and martyr Blessed Idesbald, abbot Saint Galdino, archbishop of Milan and cardinal Blessed Andrea da Montereale, Augustinian priest Blessed Andrés Hibernón Real, Franciscan religious Blessed Marie de l’Incarnation Acarie Avrillot, widow, Discalced Carmelite nun Blessed Joseph Moreau, priest and martyr of France Blessed Savina Petrilli, virgin, founder of the Poor Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena Blessed Roman Archutowski, priest and martyr of Poland
2026.04.19:	Saints Mappalicus, Bassus, Fortunius, Paul, Fortunata, Victorinus, Victor, Eremius, Credula, Ereda, Donatus, Fermus, Venustus, Frutus, Julia, Martial and Aristo, martyrs at Carthage Saint Martha, virgin and martyr in Persia Saint George, bishop of Antioch of Pisidia Saint Gerold, hermit Saint Ælfheah, bishop of Canterbury and martyr at Greenwich Saint Leo IX, pope Blessed Bernard, penitent Blessed James Duckett, martyr of England
2026.04.20:	Saint Anicetus, pope and martyr Saints Sulpicio and Serviziano, martyrs at Rome Saint Secundino, martyr at Cordoba Saint Marcellin, first bishop of Embrun Saint Marien, monk Saint Theodore Trichinas, monk Saint Anastasius, bishop of Antioch and martyr Saint Eliena, virgin Saint Wiho, bishop of Osnabrück Blessed Géraud de Salles, canon and later hermit Blessed Domenico Vernagalli, Camaldolese priest Saint Agnese, virgin, prioress of Dominican monastery of Montepulciano Blessed Simone da Todi Rinalducci, Augustinian priest Blesseds James Bell, priest, and John Finch, martyrs of England Blesseds Richard Sergeant and William Thomson, priests and martyrs of England Blessed Maurice Mackenraghty, priest and martyr of Ireland Blessed Antony Page, priest and martyr of England Blesseds Francis Page and Robert Watkinson, priests and martyrs of England Blessed Chiara Bosatta, virgin, founder of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Divine Providence Blessed Anastazy Pankiewicz, Franciscan priest and martyr at Dachau
2026.04.21:	Saint Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, doctor of the Church Saint Apollonio, philosopher and martyr Saint Aristo, priest and martyr at Alexandria of Egypt Saint Anastasius, hegumen Saint Máel Ruba, abbot of Applecross, martyr of Scotland Blessed Giovanni Saziari, religious of the Third Order of Saint Francis Blessed Bartolomeo Cerveri, Dominican priest and martyr of Italy Saint Konrad von Parzham, Capuchin religious Saint Román Adame Rosales, priest and martyr of Mexico
2026.04.22:	Saint Soter, pope Saint Épipode, martyr Saint Leonides, martyr at Alexandria of Egypt Saint Caius, pope Saint Maryahb, chorbishop and martyr Saint Agapetus I, pope Saint Léon, bishop of Sens Saint Teodoro il Siceota, bishop of Anastasiopolis and hegumen Saint Opportune, abbess Saint Senhorinha, abbess Blessed Francesco Venimbeni, Franciscan priest
2026.04.23:	Saint George, martyr Saint Adalbert, bishop of Prague and martyr Saint Eulogius, bishop of Edessa Saint Marolo, bishop of Milan Saint Gérard, bishop of Toul Saint Giorgio, bishop of Suelli Blessed Egidio d’Assisi, Franciscan religious Blessed Elena Valentinis, widow Blessed Teresa Maria della Croce Manetti, virgin, founder of the Carmelites of Saint Teresa Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu, Trappist virgin

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
2026.04.15 – 2026.04.18: Apostolic Journey to Cameroon
2026.04.18 – 2026.04.21: Apostolic Journey to Angola
2026.04.21 – 2026.04.23: Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea
2026.04.26: World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2026
2026.05.08: Pastoral Visit to Pompei and Napoli
2026.05.17: World Communications Day 2026
2026.05.23: Pastoral Visit to Acerra
2026.05.24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China 2026
2026.06.06 – 2026.06.12: Apostolic Journey to Spain

Commemorations

2026.04.18: 850ᵗʰ anniversary, Death of Saint Galdino (1176)
2026.04.19: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Francisco Ortega Espejo (1876)
2026.04.23: 3ʳᵈ centenary, Birth of Blessed Eustache Félix (1726)
2026.04.23: 10ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Martyrs in the Spanish Civil War (2016)
2026.04.23: 5ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Marytrs of Quiché (2021)
2026.04.24: 5ᵗʰ anniversary, Canonisation of Margherita da Città di Castello (2021)
2026.04.26: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Saint Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan (1876)
2026.04.26: 40ᵗʰ anniversary, Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (1986)
2026.04.27: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed José López Pérez (1876)
2026.04.29: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Rafael Contreras Leva (1901)

Jubilarians

2026.04.18: Bishop Peter Remigius (86), Bishop emeritus of Kottar (India), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.04.20: Bishop Toma Adly Zaki (59), Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.04.21: Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres, S.E.M.V. (55), Titular Bishop of Korčula and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (USA), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.04.21: Bishop Gjergj Meta (49), Bishop of Rrëshen (Albania) and President of Episcopal Conference of Albania, celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.04.21: Bishop Percival Joseph Fernandes (90), Titular Bishop of Bulla and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bombay (India), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.04.21: Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias (86), Titular Bishop of Molicunza and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Bombay (India), celebrates 25 years as bishop