The Year of Our Lord 1965

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar Born Joseph Li Shan Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China

1 Mar 57.2 Died Gabriel Abou-Saada † Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine

85.2 Died Joseph-Eugène Limoges † Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

2 Mar 59.2 Ordained Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix † Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico

3 Mar Born Fulgence Aloysius Tigga Bishop of Raiganj, India

4 Mar Born Edmar Perón Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

5 Mar Born Lucio Adrian Ruiz Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication

8 Mar 38.2 Appointed James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. † Prelate of Chimbote, Peru Prelate Emeritus

10 Mar 62.4 Appointed Rafael Alvarez Lara † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain Bishop Emeritus

11 Mar 85.2 Died Dionysios Kfoury † Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

85.2 Died Clemente Micara † Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

12 Mar Born Georges Bizimana Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi

52.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

52.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. † Titular Bishop of Vagal Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

13 Mar 24.5 Ordained Priest Anthony J. Farquhar † Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Priest Enrico Feroci Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva

28.1 Ordained Priest Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M. Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi

14 Mar 18.3 Entered Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

Born José Francisco Falcão de Barros Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Military

16 Mar Born Giuseppe Mengoli Bishop of San Severo, Italy

83.3 Died Thomas Asagoro Wakida (Wakita) † Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan

17 Mar Born Thomas John Kiangio Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania

43.5 Appointed Luis Clemente de la Vega Rodriguez † Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador

18 Mar Born Roberto José da Silva Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

31.2 Ordained Priest John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Prefect Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar

55.1 Appointed Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. † Titular Bishop of Luperciana Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama

Born Eduardo Vieira dos Santos Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

19 Mar 23.6 Ordained Priest Claudio Maria Celli Priest of Rimini, Italy President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication

24.0 Ordained Priest Ramiro Moliner Inglés Priest Apostolic Nuncio

50.8 Ordained Bishop Angel Morta Figuls † Titular Bishop of Gubaliana Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

20 Mar 28.8 Ordained Deacon François Jacques Bussini † Deacon of Besançon, France Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France

74.5 Appointed Antônio Mazzarotto † Titular Bishop of Octabia Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

74.5 Retired Antônio Mazzarotto † Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Succeeded Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. † Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

21 Mar 25.1 Ordained Priest Gerald Nicholas Dino † Priest of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA

Born Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

54.7 Ordained Bishop Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Babra Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya

43.1 Succeeded Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez † Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

22 Mar 49.8 Appointed Anthony de Saram † Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka

38.8 Appointed Basil Salvadore D’Souza † Bishop of Mangalore, India

63.4 Died Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw † Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

41.6 Appointed Peter Hoang Min Syeng † Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)

37.6 Appointed Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. † Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark Bishop Emeritus

67.1 Appointed Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. † Apostolic Administrator of Moroto, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Jacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang † Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam

51.7 Resigned José Thurler † Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

43.5 Appointed Daniel Tji Hak Soun † Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)

44.1 Appointed Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Nakhorn-Rajasima, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

44.1 Appointed Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Capra Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

55.0 Appointed Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. † Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

23 Mar 84.5 Died John Henry King † Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

24 Mar Born Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25 Mar 60.6 Installed John Joseph Carberry † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

60.8 Appointed Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26.5 Ordained Priest Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez Priest Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic

57.7 Ordained Bishop Michael Foylan † Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

54.6 Ceased Gordon Joseph Gray † Apostolic Administrator of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

37.5 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Herrera Riera † Titular Bishop of Sesta Bishop Emeritus of Carora, Venezuela

32.4 Ordained Priest Michael Minj, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Gumla, India

32.8 Ordained Priest Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic

26 Mar 69.6 Resigned Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born José Manuel Garita Herrera Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica

50.5 Appointed Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. † Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar 51.9 Appointed Gilberto Baroni † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

32.1 Ordained Priest Thomas Bhalerao, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Nashik, India

Born Simona Brambilla, M. C. Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

52.1 Appointed Joseph Louis André Ouellette † Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. † Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

50.0 Resigned Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. † Prelate of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

27.0 Ordained Priest Paul Zingtung Grawng † Priest of Myitkyina, Myanmar Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar

28 Mar 41.2 Ordained Bishop James Chiona † Titular Bishop of Bacanaria Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi

Born Aurelio García Macías Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

78.2 Installed Ángel Herrera Oria † Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Maria Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

26.1 Ordained Priest Jesús Moliné Labarte Priest of Piura, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Chiclayo, Peru

29 Mar 23.9 Ordained Priest Leon Augustine Tharmaraj † Priest of Kottar, India Bishop

30 Mar 88.8 Died Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

69.9 Appointed Luigi Traglia † Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

31 Mar 44.1 Ordained Bishop James Patrick Shannon † Titular Bishop of Lacubaza

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar		Born	Joseph Li Shan		Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
1 Mar	57.2	Died	Gabriel Abou-Saada †	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
85.2	Died	Joseph-Eugène Limoges †	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
2 Mar	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Grovas Felix †	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
3 Mar		Born	Fulgence Aloysius Tigga		Bishop of Raiganj, India
4 Mar		Born	Edmar Perón		Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
5 Mar		Born	Lucio Adrian Ruiz		Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication
8 Mar	38.2	Appointed	James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. †	Prelate of Chimbote, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
10 Mar	62.4	Appointed	Rafael Alvarez Lara †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	85.2	Died	Dionysios Kfoury †	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
85.2	Died	Clemente Micara †	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
12 Mar		Born	Georges Bizimana		Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi
52.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
52.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Titular Bishop of Vagal	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
13 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Anthony J. Farquhar †	Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Priest	Enrico Feroci	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
28.1	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M.	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
14 Mar	18.3	Entered	Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	Born	José Francisco Falcão de Barros		Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Military
16 Mar		Born	Giuseppe Mengoli		Bishop of San Severo, Italy
83.3	Died	Thomas Asagoro Wakida (Wakita) †	Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
17 Mar		Born	Thomas John Kiangio		Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania
43.5	Appointed	Luis Clemente de la Vega Rodriguez †	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
18 Mar		Born	Roberto José da Silva		Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
31.2	Ordained Priest	John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prefect Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar
55.1	Appointed	Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
	Born	Eduardo Vieira dos Santos		Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	Claudio Maria Celli	Priest of Rimini, Italy	President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication
24.0	Ordained Priest	Ramiro Moliner Inglés	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Angel Morta Figuls †	Titular Bishop of Gubaliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
20 Mar	28.8	Ordained Deacon	François Jacques Bussini †	Deacon of Besançon, France	Bishop Emeritus of Amiens, France
74.5	Appointed	Antônio Mazzarotto †	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
74.5	Retired	Antônio Mazzarotto †	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Succeeded	Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. †	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
21 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Gerald Nicholas Dino †	Priest of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
	Born	Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa		Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Babra	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
43.1	Succeeded	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
22 Mar	49.8	Appointed	Anthony de Saram †	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
38.8	Appointed	Basil Salvadore D’Souza †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
63.4	Died	Francis Edward Joseph Grimshaw †	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
41.6	Appointed	Peter Hoang Min Syeng †	Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
37.6	Appointed	Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. †	Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
67.1	Appointed	Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Moroto, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Jacques Nguyễn Ngọc Quang †	Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam
51.7	Resigned	José Thurler †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
43.5	Appointed	Daniel Tji Hak Soun †	Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)
44.1	Appointed	Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nakhorn-Rajasima, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
44.1	Appointed	Alain Sauveur Ferdinand van Gaver, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Capra	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
55.0	Appointed	Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	84.5	Died	John Henry King †	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
24 Mar		Born	Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Mar	60.6	Installed	John Joseph Carberry †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
60.8	Appointed	Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26.5	Ordained Priest	Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic
57.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Foylan †	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
54.6	Ceased	Gordon Joseph Gray †	Apostolic Administrator of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
37.5	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Herrera Riera †	Titular Bishop of Sesta	Bishop Emeritus of Carora, Venezuela
32.4	Ordained Priest	Michael Minj, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Gumla, India
32.8	Ordained Priest	Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic
26 Mar	69.6	Resigned	Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	José Manuel Garita Herrera		Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
50.5	Appointed	Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	51.9	Appointed	Gilberto Baroni †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
32.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Bhalerao, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Nashik, India
	Born	Simona Brambilla, M. C.		Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
52.1	Appointed	Joseph Louis André Ouellette †	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
50.0	Resigned	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Prelate of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
27.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Zingtung Grawng †	Priest of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
28 Mar	41.2	Ordained Bishop	James Chiona †	Titular Bishop of Bacanaria	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
	Born	Aurelio García Macías		Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
78.2	Installed	Ángel Herrera Oria †	Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Maria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
26.1	Ordained Priest	Jesús Moliné Labarte	Priest of Piura, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chiclayo, Peru
29 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Leon Augustine Tharmaraj †	Priest of Kottar, India	Bishop
30 Mar	88.8	Died	Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
69.9	Appointed	Luigi Traglia †	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
31 Mar	44.1	Ordained Bishop	James Patrick Shannon †	Titular Bishop of Lacubaza

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