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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	53.1	Died	Joseph Wan Tsu-Chang, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hengchow [Hengyang], China
2 Mar	48.1	Appointed	Gabriel Bukatko †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Gabriel Bukatko †	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
3 Mar	71.5	Died	John Collins, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
5 Mar	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Marcelo González Martín †	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
	74.2	Died	Joseph Ansgarius Julien, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyassa, Malawi	Vicar Apostolic
6 Mar	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Gaston-Marie Jacquier †	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Bishop Emeritus
	78.6	Died	Marcello Mimmi †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Valentino Vailati †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy
7 Mar	53.3	Appointed	Gabriel Abou-Saada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
	75.2	Appointed	Antonio Farage †	Titular Archbishop of Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti
	50.8	Appointed	Augustin Farah †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite), Lebanon
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen †	Titular Bishop of Eumenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
	51.0	Appointed	Pius Kerketta, S.J. †	Archbishop of Ranchi, India	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Mar	45.3	Appointed	Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
	45.3	Appointed	Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
10 Mar	55.4	Appointed	George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. †	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	53.8	Appointed	Henry Joseph Soenneker †	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Enrique A. Angelelli Carletti †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Han Kong-ryel †	Titular Bishop of Sagalassus	Archbishop of Kwangju, Korea (South)
14 Mar	67.6	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
16 Mar	67.7	Appointed	Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Theuzi	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
	67.7	Resigned	Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba
	72.3	Appointed	Agostino Saba †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
18 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Audrys Juozas Backis	Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Fortunato Baldelli	Priest of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to France
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Canalini	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Fernando R. Capalla	Priest of Jaro, Philippines	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Priest	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
	32.5	Ordained Priest	George Kinzie Fitzsimons	Priest of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot	Priest	Titular Bishop of Parthenia
	40.0	Appointed	José Gomes †	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo	Priest of Dumaguete, Philippines	Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines
	44.6	Appointed	William Zephyrine Gomes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
	44.6	Appointed	William Zephyrine Gomes †	Titular Bishop of Parlais	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Józef Kowalczyk	Deacon of Warmia, Poland	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez	Priest of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Sincero Barcenilla Lucero †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Raul José Quimpo Martirez	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Velasio De Paolis, C.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Paolo Romeo	Priest of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	52.0	Installed	Cirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Illapel, Chile	Prelate Emeritus
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Albert Zipfel	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
19 Mar	27.9	Ordained Priest	Ramón Búa Otero	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Daddi †	Bishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Moietta †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Napoletano, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Niangoran Teky	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Christian Vicente F. Noel	Priest	Bishop of Talibon, Philippines
	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Abdul-Ahad Sana †	Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	42.5	Appointed	Miguel González Ibarra †	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
	80.3	Retired	Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Djuro Hranic	Vinkovci	Auxiliary Bishop of Djakovo-Osijek, Croatia
	48.2	Succeeded	Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia
	41.1	Appointed	Carlos Quintero Arce	Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
21 Mar	42.0	Appointed	Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Niamey, Niger	Bishop Emeritus
	38.7	Appointed	Joseph Cheng Tien-Siang, O.P. †	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
	48.8	Appointed	John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar
	50.2	Appointed	Stanislaus Lokuang †	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	43.2	Appointed	Sebastian U Shwe Yauk †	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
	50.0	Appointed	Petrus Pao-Zin Tou †	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	50.4	Installed	John Joseph Krol †	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23 Mar		Born	Jorge Solórzano Pérez	San Andrés de la Palanca	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
25 Mar	25.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Marinelli	Priest	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	39.3	Appointed	Walfrido Teixeira Vieira †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
	39.3	Appointed	Walfrido Teixeira Vieira †	Titular Bishop of Laranda	Bishop Emeritus of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
26 Mar	25.8	Ordained Priest	Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
	62.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
28 Mar	76.2	Died	Cesare Marie Guerrero †	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando, Philippines
29 Mar	50.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Bonfigioli †	Bishop of Nicotera-Tropea, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	59.8	Appointed	Guglielmo Bosetti †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
		Born	Mieczysław Mokrzycki	Majdan Lukawiecki	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
31 Mar	68.9	Died	Giiuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Campagna, Italy
	91.4	Appointed	Octave-Louis Pasquet †	Titular Bishop of Eriza	Bishop Emeritus of Sées, France
	91.4	Retired	Octave-Louis Pasquet †	Bishop of Sées, France	Bishop Emeritus
	63.9	Appointed	André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger †	Bishop of Sées, France	Bishop Emeritus
	69.0	Died	José Weimann, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
3 Apr		Born	Ricardo Lingan Baccay	Tuguegarao	Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Cecchi †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
	65.2	Died	Jacques Pessers, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Atambua, Indonesia
	29.3	Ordained Priest	René Lucien Picandet †	Priest	Bishop of Orléans, France
7 Apr	58.5	Appointed	Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín †	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba
		Born	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.	Tokmak	Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
8 Apr	42.5	Appointed	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
9 Apr	43.0	Appointed	François Abraha †	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Appointed	Hailé Mariam Cahsai †	Bishop of Adigrat, Ethiopia
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Henry Ganda	Priest of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Philae	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P.	Priest of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico
	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Hadriania	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tinista	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia
	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
	30.8	Ordained Priest	André Wouking †	Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
	57.0	Appointed	Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †	Archbishop of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Apr	68.6	Appointed	Alfonso María Buteler †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
	59.4	Appointed	Felix Guiller †	Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Maeandrum	Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers, France
	59.4	Resigned	Felix Guiller †	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Bishop Emeritus
	66.1	Appointed	Francisco Vicentín †	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Apr	54.1	Installed	Joseph Mark McShea †	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
13 Apr		Born	Adam Bałabuch	Świdnica	Auxiliary Bishop of Świdnica, Poland
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Jan Purwinski	Priest	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
14 Apr		Born	Gaston Kashala Ruwezi, S.D.B.	Lubumbashi	Bishop of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	71.8	Died	Mario Toccabelli †	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
15 Apr	27.8	Ordained Priest	Michael Augustine	Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.0	Died	Cletus Joseph Benjamin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Michel-Louis Vial †	Titular Bishop of Agnus	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
16 Apr	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	33.5	Ordained Bishop	Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero	Titular Bishop of Sanavus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
18 Apr	40.2	Appointed	Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C.	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	40.2	Appointed	Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
	39.9	Appointed	Caesar Gatimu †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop
	39.9	Appointed	Caesar Gatimu †	Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
	38.3	Appointed	Louis Nganga a Ndzando	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	38.3	Appointed	Louis Nganga a Ndzando	Titular Bishop of Athyra	Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	41.8	Appointed	Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	41.8	Appointed	Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Balbura	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
		Born	Jose Pandarassery	Ettumanoor	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
22 Apr	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
23 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Karmelo Zazinovic †	Titular Bishop of Lebessus	Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
24 Apr	57.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Almici †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
	57.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Almici †	Titular Bishop of Arcadia	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
		Born	José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez	Bogotá	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
	81.2	Died	Angelo Cesare Vigiani, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chaco, Bolivia
25 Apr	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies †	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
	53.1	Installed	Leo Christopher Byrne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Ghiga †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Charles Alexander Grant †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
	40.9	Appointed	Jan Mazur †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
	40.9	Appointed	Jan Mazur †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel Duran Moreno †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Quintino Carlo Bertamo Olwell, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Justin Francis Rigali	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Henry Joseph Soenneker †	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr	53.4	Appointed	Gabriel Abou-Saada †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina dei Greco-Melkiti	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine
	53.4	Confirmed	Gabriel Abou-Saada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine
	51.0	Confirmed	Augustin Farah †	Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite), Lebanon
	59.6	Appointed	Corrado Mingo †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Apr	68.6	Died	Georges-Louis-Camille Debray †	Bishop of Meaux, France
30 Apr	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

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