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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Martin Luluga	Lodonga	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda
2 Mar		Born	Arthur Nicholas Tafoya	Alameda	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
3 Mar	55.5	Appointed	Matthieu Ly-iun-ho †	Vicar Apostolic of Yachow, China
	71.4	Died	Giuseppe Rovetta †	Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
		Born	Isidro Sala Ribera	Bergús	Bishop of Abancay, Peru
5 Mar		Born	Walter Kasper	Heidenheim/Brenz, Germany	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
6 Mar	75.3	Died	Andrea Karlin †	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
9 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni da Fivizzano, O.F.M. Cap. †	Superior of Trabzon, Turkey
		Born	Reinhard Lettmann	Datteln	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
	47.1	Appointed	Gaudenzio Giacinto Stanchi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China
10 Mar	66.4	Died	Norberto Klein, O.T. †	Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czech Republic
11 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	José García Villas, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Opilio Rossi †	Priest of Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
13 Mar	45.5	Appointed	Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes †	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	69.6	Confirmed	Antonio Pietro Arida †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	76.9	Confirmed	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	48.3	Appointed	Filippo Bernardini †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	48.3	Appointed	Filippo Bernardini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	70.2	Appointed	Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	70.2	Appointed	Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	60.7	Appointed	Bonaventura Cerretti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri e Segni	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	60.8	Appointed	Elia Dalla Costa †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	60.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Elia Dalla Costa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	49.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Debernardi †	Bishop of Pistoia-Prato, Italy
	65.7	Appointed	Angelo Maria Dolci †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Romania
	65.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Angelo Maria Dolci †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Romania
	65.7	Resigned	Angelo Maria Dolci †	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Maurilio Fossati †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	56.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Maurilio Fossati †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	60.5	Appointed	Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	60.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	46.0	Appointed	Luigi Maria Grassi, B. †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Theodor Innitzer †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	57.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Theodor Innitzer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	72.4	Appointed	Isacco Koudabache †	Archbishop of Urmya {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
	48.4	Appointed	Luigi Martinelli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	48.4	Appointed	Luigi Martinelli †	Titular Bishop of Tium	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	83.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Mori †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Nicola in Carcere	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Council
	44.2	Confirmed	Dionisio Habib Naassani †	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria
	39.2	Confirmed	Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
	47.1	Confirmed	Paolo Salman †	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite), Jordan
	62.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Salotti †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
	63.0	Appointed	Luigi Sincero †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	59.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Federico Tedeschini †	In Pectore	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
	50.3	Appointed	Pietro Tesauri †	Bishop of Isernia e Venafro, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
	49.4	Appointed	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	49.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada
	74.0	Appointed	Leo Walega †	Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus	Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
15 Mar		Born	Edward Peter Cullen	Philadelphia	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
	57.8	Died	António Maria Teixeira †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
16 Mar	57.9	Appointed	Ercole Attuoni †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	47.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	66.2	Died	François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Nagpur, India
	60.5	Appointed	Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	44.1	Appointed	James Thomas Gibbons Hayes, S.J. †	Bishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
	49.2	Appointed	Krizosztom Kelemen, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
	55.5	Appointed	Matthieu Ly-iun-ho †	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Vicar Apostolic of Yachow, China
		Born	Bernard Mohlalisi, O.M.I.	Ha'Malijeng	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
	42.3	Appointed	Pietro Doimo Munzani †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Luis Del Rosario, S.J. †	Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
	47.2	Appointed	Gaudenzio Giacinto Stanchi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Pharbaethus	Vicar Apostolic of Changsha [Changsha], China
	55.6	Appointed	Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün †	Titular Bishop of Tanais	Bishop of Yüngnien [Weixian], China
	55.6	Appointed	Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün †	Vicar Apostolic of Yüngnien [Weixian], China	Bishop of Yüngnien [Weixian], China
17 Mar	50.1	Appointed	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	50.1	Appointed	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Apostolic Delegate to United States of America	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	66.2	Appointed	Jenaro Méndez del Río †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
18 Mar		Born	Helmut Bauer	Schimborn	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
		Born	Severino Poletto	Salgareda	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
19 Mar	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Della Vedova †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Eltschkner †	Titular Bishop of Zephyrium	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Józef Gawlina †	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Bishop Emeritus of Poland, Military
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Gomez de Santiago, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.		Prefect Emeritus of Vichada, Colombia
		Born	Michel Sabbah	Nazareth	Patriarch Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
20 Mar	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Vasada	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
	58.9	Appointed	Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
		Born	Henryk Muszynski	Koscierzyna	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
21 Mar	76.3	Died	Grégoire Pierre Habra †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
22 Mar		Born	Florian Kuntner †	Kirchberg-Wechsel	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
23 Mar		Born	Brian James Barnes, O.F.M.	Wingham, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
		Born	Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. †	Québec, Canada	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
	60.6	Died	Giuseppe Petrone †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
	74.0	Died	Leo Walega †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
25 Mar	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Arad	Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana-Cayenne, French Guyana, Antilles
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Martinelli †	Titular Bishop of Tium	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
		Born	Philip Francis Murphy †	Cumberland	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
26 Mar	54.9	Installed	Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. †	Archbishop of Panamá
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Rousset †	Bishop of Ventimiglia, Italy
27 Mar	72.5	Died	Charles-Marie-Félix de Gorostarzu, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China
	83.4	Died	Karl Reth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
28 Mar	62.6	Died	Augusto Curi †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
	72.3	Retired	Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Elmer Ritter †	Titular Bishop of Hippos	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
		Born	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Yahualica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
1 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Escobar Vélez †	Priest of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Sergio Pignedoli †	Priest of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Angelo Scapecchi †	Priest of Cortona, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
	37.2	Ordained Priest	Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
	34.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Marie Trinh-nhu-Khuê †	Priest of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam
3 Apr		Born	Mariano Vivanco Valiente †	San Antonio de los Baños	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
5 Apr		Born	Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I.	Sault Sainte Marie	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
	71.9	Died	Anatol Novak (Nowak) †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
6 Apr		Born	Gerard Francis Loft, S.M. †	Wellington, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus of Auki, Solomon Islands
8 Apr	66.4	Died	Pietro Mankowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
9 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Julian Groblicki †	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Apr	63.3	Appointed	Isidro Gomá y Tomás †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
		Born	Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre	Gauna	Bishop of Malanje, Angola
13 Apr		Born	Eurico dos Santos Veloso	Sanandira	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 Apr	61.9	Died	Giordano Corsini †	Bishop Emeritus of Guastalla, Italy
		Born	Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R.	Calvario	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia
15 Apr	22.3	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti †	Priest of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
	22.9	Ordained Priest	André-Georges Bontems †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France
	85.5	Died	Giacinto Gaggia †	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Leo Lemay, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Parteli Keller †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Poma †	Priest of Pavia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Sante Portalupi †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
17 Apr	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Debernardi †	Bishop of Pistoia-Prato, Italy
18 Apr		Born	Soane Lilo Foliaki, S.M.	Ma'ufanga	Bishop Emeritus of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
	58.4	Appointed	Leopoldo Lara y Torres †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
	58.4	Resigned	Leopoldo Lara y Torres †	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Rafael Eleuterio Rey	Maipú	Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
19 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Chiaretti	Leonessa	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
20 Apr		Born	Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. †	Naples, Italy	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
		Born	Clément Fecteau	Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
	66.2	Appointed	James Anthony Walsh, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Syene	Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
21 Apr	48.5	Appointed	John Aloysius Duffy †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	48.4	Appointed	Jeremiah Kinane †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	65.1	Appointed	Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
23 Apr	36.5	Appointed	Antoine Abed †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Capasso †	Bishop of Acerra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	George Francis Daniel	Pretoria	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa
		Born	Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani	Villa Concepción del Tío	Bishop Emeritus of Catamarca, Argentina
		Born	Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku	Kipushi	Bishop of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr	44.2	Appointed	Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.2	Appointed	Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
	86.1	Died	Maurice-Charles-Alfred de Cormont †	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
	39.0	Appointed	Edgar Anthony Haering, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Anthedon	Bishop of Shohchow [Shuoxian], China
	39.0	Appointed	Edgar Anthony Haering, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shohchow [Shuoxian], China	Bishop of Shohchow [Shuoxian], China
	49.9	Appointed	Enrico Leven, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Enrico Leven, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Isole della Piccola Sonda, Indonesia
	52.1	Appointed	Pacifico Tiziano Micheloni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen
	52.1	Appointed	Pacifico Tiziano Micheloni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen
	23.6	Ordained Priest	João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque †	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	45.9	Appointed	William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana
	45.9	Appointed	William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana
		Born	Philip Francis Straling	San Bernardino	Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA
	43.0	Appointed	William Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tabora, Tanzania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
	43.0	Appointed	William Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Noba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Corone	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Apr	42.5	Appointed	Martin Joseph-Honoré LaJeunesse, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	42.5	Appointed	Martin Joseph-Honoré LaJeunesse, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada
28 Apr		Born	Ramón Búa Otero	Isla de Arosa	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Alberto Deane, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
		Born	Petero Mataca	Cawaci	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
	53.2	Appointed	Philip George Scher †	Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA
29 Apr	51.6	Appointed	Ettore Baranzini †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
30 Apr	49.2	Died	Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B. †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
	63.0	Died	Ludovico Van Hoeck, S.J. †	Bishop of Ranchi, India

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