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2026.04.23: Fr. Cyril Buhayan Villareal (51) was consecrated as Bishop of Kalibo (Philippines)
2026.04.21: Bishop Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B. (75), resigned as Bishop of London (Canada)
2026.04.21: Bishop Daniel Joseph Miehm (65), Bishop of Peterborough (Canada), was appointed as Bishop of London (Canada)
2026.04.21: Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella (80), Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme and Metropolitan Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)
2026.04.20: Fr. Leslie Clifford D’Souza (63) was consecrated as Bishop of Udupi (India)
2026.04.20: Fr. Augusto Mascagna (62), Priest of Civita Castellana (Italy), was elected Bishop of Pescia (Italy) and Bishop of Pistoia (Italy)
2026.04.20: Bishop Fausto Tardelli (75) resigned as Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) and Bishop of Pescia (Italy)
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)

Necrology

2026.04.22: Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hermosillo (Mexico), passed away at 85
2026.04.21: Archbishop Henry Joseph Mansell, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA), passed away at 88
2026.04.20: Bishop Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, Bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río (Cuba), passed away at 84
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

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

2026.04.22:	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)
2026.04.24:	Friday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Easter Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Baker, Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands) Blessed Isabelle de France, virgin (Créteil) Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr (England, Lithuania) Saint Benedict Menni, priest (Getafe, Milano) Saint Deodat of Blois, abbot (Blois) Saint Egbert, priest (Argyll and The Isles) Saint Erkenwald and Saint Mellitus, bishops (Westminster) Saint George, martyr (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) Saint Gerard of Toul, bishop (Nancy) Saint Gregory of Elvira, bishop (Granada) Saint Justus and Saint Mellitus, bishops (Southwark) Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, religious (Angers, Saint Paul and Minneapolis) Saint Mary of Clopas and other holy disciples of Christ (Jerusalem) Saint Mellitus, bishop (Brentwood) Saint Pedro de Ermengol, religious (Tarragona) Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, religious (Guatemala, San Cristóbal de La Laguna) Saint Robert of Molesmes, abbot (Clermont, Le Puy-en-Velay, Saint-Flour)
2026.04.25:	Saint Mark, evangelist Our Lady of Cabeza (Jaén) Our Lady of Good Counsel (Palestrina) Saturday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Easter (Australia, New Zealand) ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand) Rogation Day (Extraordinary Form) The Greater Litanies (Extraordinary Form)
2026.04.26:	4ᵗʰ Sunday of Easter
2026.04.27:	Monday in the 4ᵗʰ Week of Easter Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Fréjus–Toulon, Monreale, San Severo) Blessed Catherine and Blessed Juliana of the Holy Mount of Varese (Ambrosian) Blessed Dominic and Blessed Gregory, priests (Barbastro–Monzón) Blessed Elisabetta Vendramini, virgin (Vicenza) Blessed Jakov of Zadar, religious (Zadar) Blessed María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui, religious (San Sebastián) Blessed Osanna of Kotor, virgin (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kotor, Srijem) Our Lady of Montserrat (Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Solsona, Tarragona, Terrassa, Tortosa, Urgell, Vic) Our Lady of Pietraquaria (Avezzano) Saint Asicus, bishop (Ireland) Saint Gerald of Corbie, abbot (Bordeaux) Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church (León, Sevilla) Saint Lawrence Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, priest and martyr (Hà Nôi) Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, priest (Australia, New Zealand, Bilbao, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño, San Sebastián) Saint María Guadalupe García Zavala, virgin (Mexico) Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor of the Church (Extraordinary Form, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone, Strasbourg) Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr (Bilbao, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño, San Sebastián) Saint Rafael Arnáiz Barón, religious (Burgos, Oviedo, Palencia) Saint Simeon of Jerusalem, bishop and martyr (Jerusalem) Saint Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop (Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Santander, Valladolid) Saint Valerius of Bierzo, monk (Astorga)
2026.04.28:	Tuesday in the 4ᵗʰ Week of Easter Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, priest Saint Peter Chanel, priest and martyr Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Glasgow, Mechelen–Brussel, Napoli, Šibenik) Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska (Kraków, Warszawa) Our Lady of the Blood of Re (Novara) Saint Aphrodisius of Béziers, bishop and martyr (Montpellier) Saint Cirinus, martyr (Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana) Saint Fermina, virgin and martyr (Viterbo) Saint Gianna Beretta Molla (Ambrosian, Taiwan, Gozo) Saint Pamphilus, bishop (Sulmona–Valva) Saint Paul of the Cross, confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint Peter Nguyễn Văn Hiếu, martyr (Hà Nôi) Saint Pius V, pope (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda) Saint Prudentius of Armentia, bishop (Bilbao, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño, Osma–Soria, Pamplona y Tudela, San Sebastián, Tarazona, Vitoria)

Martyrology

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
2026.04.24:	Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Capuchin priest and martyr of Switzerland Saints Mary of Clopas and Mary Salome Saint Alexandre, martyr at Lyons Saints Anthimus, bishop of Nicomedia, and companions, martyrs Saint Gregorio, bishop of Elvira Saint Dié, deacon and abbot Saint Mellitus, bishop of Canterbury Saint Wilfrid, bishop of York Saint Egbert, priest and monk Saint Guillaume Firmat, hermit Saint Marie-Euphrasie Pelletier, virgin, founder of the Sisters of Good Shepherd Saint Benedict Menni, Hospitaller priest, founder of the Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Saint Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad, virgin, restorer of the Order of Saint Brigid
2026.04.25:	Saint Mark, evangelist Saint Aniano, bishop of Alexandria of Egypt Saints Pasicrates and Valentian, martyrs Saint Phébade, bishop of Agen Saint Stephen, bishop and martyr Saint Clarent, bishop of Vienne Saint Ermin, bishop abbot of Lobbes Saint Franca, Cistercian abbess Blessed Bonifacio di Valperga, bishop of Aosta Blesseds Robert Anderton and William Marsden, priests and martyrs of England Saint Pedro de San José de Betancur, Franciscan tertiary religious, founder of the Brothers of Bethlehem Saint Giovanni Battista Piamarta, priest, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth
2026.04.26:	Saint Anacletus (Cletus), pope Saint Primitivo, martyr at Gabi Saint Basil, bishop of Amasea and martyr Saint Riquier, priest Saint Paschase Radbert, abbot Saints Guglielmo and Pellegrino, hermits Blesseds Domenico and Gregorio, Dominican priests Saint Stephen, bishop of Perm Saint Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Trappist monk Blessed Julio Junyer Padern, Salesian priest and martyr of Spain Blesseds Stanisław Kubista, Verbite priest, and Władysław Goral, auxiliary bishop of Lublin, martyrs at Sachsenhausen concentration camp
2026.04.27:	Saint Simeon, bishop of Jerusalem and martyr Saint Polyon, lector and martyr Saint Theodore, abbot in Thebaide Saint Liberale, hermit Saint Mawgan, bishop of Man Saint John, hegumen Saint Zita, virgin Saint Pedro Armengol, mercedary Blessed Jakov Zadranin, Franciscan religious Blessed Ozana Kotorska, virgin and Dominican tertiary Blessed Nicolas Roland, priest, founder of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus Saint Laurensô Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, priest and martyr of Vietnam Blessed María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui, virgin of the Daughters of Jesus
2026.04.28:	Saint Peter Chanel, Marist priest, martyr on Futuna Island Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, priest, founder of the Company of Mary and Daughters of Wisdom Saint Aphrodise, first bishop of Béziers Saints Eusebius, Caralippus and companions, martyrs Saints Saint Vitale, Saint Valeria, Saint Gervaso, Saint Protaso and Saint Ursicino, martyrs at Ravenna Saints Maximus, Dadus and Quintilian, martyrs Saint Prudencio, bishop of Tarazona Saint Panfilo, bishop of Sulmona Blessed Lucchese Modestini da Poggibonsi, Franciscan tertiary Blessed Marie-Louise Trichet, virgin, first member of the Daughters of Wisdom Saints Phaolô Phạm Khắc Khoan, priest, Gioan Baotixita Ðinh Văn Thanh and Phêrô Nguyễn Văn Hiếu, catechists, martyrs of Vietnam Blessed Józef Cebula, priest and martyr at Mauthausen concentration camp Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, mother of family

Celebrations

2026.01.10 – 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
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
2026.06.12: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 2026
2026.06.20: Pastoral Visit to Pavia

Commemorations

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)
2026.04.29: 25ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Marie-Anne Blondin, Caterina Cittadini and Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago (2001)
2026.04.30: 20ᵗʰ anniversary, Beatification of Luigi Biraghi and Luigi Monza (2006)

Jubilarians

2026.04.23: Bishop Domenico Sigalini (83), Bishop emeritus of Palestrina (Italy), celebrates 60 years as priest
2026.04.24: Bishop Guillermo Dela Vega Afable (75), Bishop of Digos (Philippines), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.04.24: Bishop Domenico Cornacchia (76), Bishop emeritus of Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi (Italy), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.04.24: Bishop Patrick James Dunn (76), Bishop emeritus of Auckland (New Zealand), celebrates 50 years as priest
2026.04.25: Bishop Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B. Cam. (62), Bishop of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy), celebrates 25 years as priest
2026.04.25: Archbishop Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers, Opus Dei (83), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), celebrates 40 years as bishop