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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	53.2	Died	Eugene Venance Guichard, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
		Born	Pierre Trân Ðinh Tu	Thái Bình	Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cuong, Viet Nam
3 Mar	70.2	Died	Augustyn Łosiński †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
4 Mar	86.2	Died	José Álvarez y Miranda †	Bishop of León, Spain
6 Mar		Born	Peter Joseph Connors	Mordialloc	Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat, Australia
	59.8	Appointed	Luciano Geraci †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	59.8	Appointed	Luciano Geraci †	Titular Bishop of Methone	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
7 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Canino †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Josip Antun Ujcic †	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
8 Mar		Born	Anthony Thannikot †	Koonemmave	Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India
9 Mar		Born	Paciano Basilio Aniceto	Santa Ana	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
		Born	Josef Voß (Voss) †	Langenberg-Benteler	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
11 Mar		Born	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Kobe	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
13 Mar	41.9	Appointed	Juliusz Bieniek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
	41.9	Appointed	Juliusz Bieniek †	Titular Bishop of Dascylium	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Paul Bui Chu Tao †	Priest of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Doroteo Fernández y Fernández †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Badajoz, Spain
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon †	Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Franz Hengsbach †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
	63.1	Died	Francis Johannes †	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Angel Morta Figuls †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Angelo Pedroni †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Alfred Pichler †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	54.3	Appointed	Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
		Born	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Manila	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
14 Mar	28.4	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. †	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Johannes Höhne, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	70.5	Died	Eugène-Stanislas Le Senne †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
	48.3	Appointed	Luciano Marcante †	Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	65.4	Died	Severiano Sainz y Bencamo †	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
15 Mar	56.5	Resigned	Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos †	Apostolic Administrator of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
	53.3	Appointed	Guillaume-Marius Sembel †	Bishop of Dijon, France
		Born	Gabriel Simo	Bapa	Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
16 Mar		Born	Salvatore Di Cristina	Palermo	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Attilio Nicora	Varese	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
18 Mar	25.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. †	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret, Kenya
		Born	Michelangelo Riccardo M. Tiribilli, O.S.B.	Firenze	Abbot Emeritus of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
19 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	George Joseph Biskup †	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
	48.4	Appointed	Patrick James Byrne, M.M. †	Prefect of Kyoto, Japan	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Carroll Thomas Dozier †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Loras Thomas Lane †	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
20 Mar	60.2	Appointed	José de Haas, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
	49.8	Appointed	Jorge Antonio Larraín Cotapos †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
		Born	Anthony Lee Kok Hin	Miri	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
21 Mar	72.5	Died	Jan Pacificus Bos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dutch Borneo {Borneo Olandese}, Indonesia
		Born	Hanna Markho †	Maguèche	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
23 Mar		Born	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín	Ciudad Victoria	Bishop Emeritus of Papantla, Puebla, México
24 Mar		Born	Antonio Franco	Puglianello, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
25 Mar	48.9	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Perge	Official of the Secretariat of State
	48.9	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Official of the Secretariat of State
	48.9	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Official of the Secretariat of State
		Born	Onésimo Cepeda Silva	México	Bishop Emeritus of Ecatepec, México, México
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Iuliu Hirtea †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	41.8	Appointed	Luigi Santa, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Metelis	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
	41.8	Appointed	Luigi Santa, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
26 Mar		Born	Roger William Gries, O.S.B.	Cleveland	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
27 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	José Alves de Sà Trindade †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Brazil
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Priest	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Pius Anthony Benincasa †	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni M. Bernasconi, B. †	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Superior General Emeritus
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Zaya Dachtou †	Priest	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Agustín Adolfo Herrera †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Paul Nguyên Van Binh †	Priest	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril †	Priest of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Poledrini †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Lesotho
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Agnelo Rossi †	Priest of Campinas, Brazil	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Aleksandar Tokic †	Priest	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa †	Priest of Kyōto, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Matthias Duan In-min (Tuan In-Min) †	Priest of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China	Bishop
28 Mar		Born	Ad Abi Karam	Kornet Chehwan, Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
		Born	Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier	Alban, France	Bishop Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
30 Mar	61.4	Died	Christopherus (Edmund) Becker, S.D.S. †	Prefect Emeritus of Assam, India
		Born	Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E.	Quaregnon	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
31 Mar		Born	Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C.	Ponte Serrada	Bishop Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil
3 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Romeo Roy Blanchette †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
	49.3	Died	Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
4 Apr	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Schu, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
5 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Antonio Fustella †	Priest	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
8 Apr	70.6	Resigned	Jules Elmire Douénel, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Sikkim, India	Prefect Emeritus
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Alphonse Marie Evrard †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
9 Apr		Born	Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †	Quezaltenango	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
		Born	Gastone Simoni	Castelfranco di Sopra	Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
10 Apr	84.0	Died	Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
	46.0	Appointed	Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
	61.0	Appointed	Carlos de Sá Fragoso †	Titular Bishop of Pitanae	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
	61.0	Resigned	Carlos de Sá Fragoso †	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr		Born	José María Arancibia	Buenos Aires	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Cipriano Cassini, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Bishop of Bengbu [Pengpu], China
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Federico Pezzullo †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Wienken †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
13 Apr	52.0	Appointed	Ignatius Arnoz, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Busiris	Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	52.0	Appointed	Ignatius Arnoz, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	47.6	Appointed	Theodor (Hermann) Breher, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hieron	Bishop of Yanji [Yenki], China
	47.6	Appointed	Theodor (Hermann) Breher, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yenki [Yanji], China	Bishop of Yanji [Yenki], China
	49.7	Appointed	Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Bezwada, India	Bishop of Vijayawada, India
	55.3	Appointed	Emmanuel Hanisch, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Gor	Vicar Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa
	55.3	Appointed	Emmanuel Hanisch, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa
		Appointed	Stefano Kim †	Prefect of Zenshu, Korea (South)
		Appointed	Eugenio MacPolin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Kwoszu, Korea (South)
	62.1	Appointed	Sylvester Patrick Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Delhi and Simla, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Gabula	Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
14 Apr		Born	Guy Claude Bagnard	Montceau-les-Mines	Bishop Emeritus of Belley-Ars, France
	52.5	Installed	John Aloysius Duffy †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	51.5	Appointed	José Fogued y Gil, C.M.F. †	Prefect of Tunxi [Tunki], China
	55.8	Installed	Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
15 Apr	72.4	Died	Patrick Thomas Ryan †	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
16 Apr		Appointed	Agostino Guérin, M. Afr. †	Prefect of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
17 Apr		Born	Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †	Lafontaine	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
18 Apr	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Bartolomeo Mangino †	Bishop of Muro Lucano, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Ersilio Tonini	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
19 Apr		Born	Jan De Bie	Olen	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
20 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Józef Benedykt Kurpas †	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	56.7	Appointed	Jean Nissan †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop
21 Apr		Born	Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv.	Roma, Italy	Regent Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
22 Apr	70.8	Died	Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
23 Apr	86.0	Died	François-Xavier-Marie-Jules Gieure †	Bishop Emeritus of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
24 Apr	30.1	Ordained Priest	Raymond D’Mello †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
25 Apr	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Juliusz Bieniek †	Titular Bishop of Dascylium	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Antonio Larraín Cotapos †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Innocenzo Alfredo Russo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Toribio Ticona Porco	Atocha	Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia
26 Apr	54.9	Appointed	Alfred Couderc †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	26.1	Ordained Priest	Petrus Pao-Zin Tou †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Hsinchu, Taiwan
28 Apr	40.3	Died	Karl Albert Wollgarten, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
29 Apr		Born	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Barcelona	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain