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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.	Rio do Sul	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil
2 Mar	28.2	Ordained Priest	Manuel S. Salvador †	Priest of Cebu, Philippines	Coadjutor Archbishop
4 Mar	55.6	Appointed	Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
6 Mar		Born	Thomas Aquinas Lephonse	Pillaithope	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
	66.6	Appointed	Gustavo Testa †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
7 Mar	53.1	Appointed	Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ubon, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
	46.2	Appointed	Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. †	Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia
	46.2	Appointed	Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia
10 Mar	44.8	Appointed	Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	77.9	Died	Ignacy Maria Dubowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
	39.8	Appointed	Othon Motta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	39.8	Appointed	Othon Motta †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11 Mar	52.2	Appointed	Noël Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
	52.2	Appointed	Noël Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Bagai	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
	39.4	Appointed	Marius Macrionitis, S.J. †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
	65.1	Appointed	Pietro Sfair †	Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Maroniti
13 Mar	41.0	Appointed	Richard Finn, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Ibadan, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Ibadan, Nigeria
		Born	Leopoldo Girelli	Predore	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
		Appointed	John Baptist Tokisuke Noda †	Prefect of Niigata, Japan
14 Mar		Born	Marian Buczek	Cieszanów, Poland	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
15 Mar	31.3	Ordained Priest	Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
16 Mar		Born	Vincent Coulibaly	Kéniéran	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
		Born	Mariano Crociata	Castelvetrano	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
17 Mar	54.5	Appointed	Pierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la Chanonie †	Bishop of Clermont, France	Bishop Emeritus
	54.1	Appointed	Marco Antonio García y Suárez †	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Sophene	Prelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
19 Mar	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Marino Bergonzini †	Titular Bishop of Medeli	Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Cipriano Calderón Polo †	Priest	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Arthur Carvalho †	Titular Bishop of Demetrias	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Anacleto Cazzaniga †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	33.7	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Titular Bishop of Zapara	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Gallego Pérez †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
	41.3	Ordained Bishop	John Francis Hackett †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Titular Bishop of Badiae	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Vellore, India
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Adriani Mkoba †	Priest of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †	Bishop of Tanjore, India	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa †	Bishop of Sapporo, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Truong-cao-Dai, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sila	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam
20 Mar		Born	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Bolghatty	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
21 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Edmundo M. Abaya	Priest of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Victorino Cristobal Ligot †	Priest of Laoag, Philippines	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Dundee, South Africa
24 Mar	50.2	Appointed	John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	52.3	Appointed	Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	52.3	Appointed	Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Zoara	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
		Appointed	Louis Dettmer †	Prefect of De Aar, South Africa
	50.1	Appointed	Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Quibdó, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.1	Appointed	Pedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Pella	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quibdó, Colombia
	55.8	Appointed	Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	55.8	Appointed	Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	40.2	Appointed	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Doliche	Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
	40.2	Appointed	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Garoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
	36.1	Appointed	Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic of Istmina, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
	36.1	Appointed	Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †	Titular Bishop of Zaliche	Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
	35.6	Appointed	Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †	Titular Bishop of Rhesaina	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
	35.6	Appointed	Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
25 Mar	52.0	Appointed	Attilio Beltramino, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
	48.9	Appointed	Vincent Billington, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Kampala, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Appointed	Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mwanza, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
	45.1	Resigned	Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. †	Apostolic Administrator of Maswa, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
	48.1	Appointed	Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
	72.9	Appointed	Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Rubaga, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Castelli †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	44.2	Appointed	Charles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
	53.9	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Gulu, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	55.5	Appointed	John Francis Greif, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
	50.3	Appointed	Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	57.2	Appointed	Bernhard Gerhard Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	42.4	Appointed	James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Karema, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
	53.8	Appointed	Joseph Kiwánuka, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Masaka, Uganda	Archbishop of Rubaga, Uganda
	68.2	Appointed	François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	40.9	Appointed	Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
	56.2	Appointed	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.9	Appointed	John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus
	44.6	Appointed	Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. †	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose Rayappan †	Titular Bishop of Sidon	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
	40.7	Appointed	Laurean Rugambwa †	Bishop of Rutabo, Tanzania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Sedlmeier †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
	54.2	Appointed	Anthony van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
	66.9	Appointed	John van Sambeek, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Patrick Winters, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	36.6	Appointed	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.	Prefect of Mitú, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	50.0	Installed	Francisco Gallego Pérez †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
		Born	Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.	Mandaguaçu	Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
29 Mar		Born	Fidelis Uga Orgah †	Adim Akpa	Bishop of Otukpo, Nigeria
30 Mar	67.6	Died	Alexandre Vachon †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1 Apr	67.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Della Cioppa †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Alife, Italy
	67.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Della Cioppa †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	86.4	Appointed	Giuseppe de Nardis †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
	86.4	Retired	Giuseppe de Nardis †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr		Born	Robert William Finn	Saint Louis	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
4 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Desiderio Elso Collino †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Vicente García Bernal	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Carmelo Juan Giaquinta	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
	28.6	Ordained Priest	Nicolas M. Mondejar	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Yves-Georges-René Ramousse, M.E.P.	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Charles McDonald Renfrew †	Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
5 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Donato De Bonis †	Priest	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Sergio Goretti	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Michel Marie Paul Saudreau †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Le Havre, France
6 Apr	46.4	Appointed	Luigi Cicuttini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Udine, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	46.4	Appointed	Luigi Cicuttini †	Titular Bishop of Amyzon	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
	23.8	Ordained Priest	François-Mathurin Gourvès	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
8 Apr	42.5	Appointed	Rémy Augustin, S.M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
	42.5	Appointed	Rémy Augustin, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
9 Apr	53.2	Appointed	James Aloysius McNulty †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
11 Apr	47.4	Appointed	Ettore Cunial †	Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	47.4	Appointed	Ettore Cunial †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
12 Apr	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	72.8	Died	John Dignan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
	71.5	Appointed	Josef Freusberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	71.5	Appointed	Josef Freusberg †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Epiro	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Daniel Joseph Mullins	Priest of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Prusa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Rüth, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
14 Apr	51.4	Appointed	Jean-Emmanuel Marquès †	Auxiliary Bishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France	Archbishop
	51.4	Appointed	Jean-Emmanuel Marquès †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
	42.4	Appointed	Jean-Ernest Ménard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	42.4	Appointed	Jean-Ernest Ménard †	Titular Bishop of Alia	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
15 Apr		Born	Leo Boccardi	San Martino in Pensilis	Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan
		Born	Paul Hwang Cheol-soo	Miryang	Bishop of Pusan, Korea (South)
	76.4	Died	Moses Elias Kiley †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	58.2	Appointed	Paolo Marella †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
17 Apr	79.8	Died	Henri-Edouard Dutoit †	Bishop Emeritus of Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus of Arras, France
18 Apr		Born	Elenito de los Reyes Galido	Managok	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
	61.3	Died	Giovanni Groen, M.S.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia
		Born	Ludger Schepers	Oberhausen	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
21 Apr	27.3	Ordained Priest	Marcel Bam'ba Gongoa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Apr	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.	Bishop of Accra, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Bita	Apostolic Administrator of Pando, Bolivia
	45.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Pullano †	Coadjutor Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop
	45.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Pullano †	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop of Patti, Italy
	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Sanguon Souvannasri †	Titular Bishop of Oenoanda	Bishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand
23 Apr	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Archbishop Emeritus of Djakarta, Indonesia
25 Apr	22.7	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Grillo	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
26 Apr	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
27 Apr	61.6	Appointed	Ivan Bucko †	Titular Archbishop of Leucas	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	61.6	Appointed	Ivan Bucko †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
	38.9	Appointed	Zacarias Rolim de Moura †	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	57.3	Appointed	Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †	Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
30 Apr	50.1	Appointed	Vincenzo De Chiara †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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