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The Year of Our Lord 1968

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Mar54.0AppointedJoão (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern RitesBishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil
62.4AppointedFranjo ŠeperPrefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithCardinal, Prefect Emeritus
2 Mar63.0AppointedColeman Francis CarrollArchbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
47.0AppointedTerence James CookeCardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
44.1AppointedRené Fernández ApazaBishop of Oruro, BoliviaArchbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
56.1AppointedGeorges Benoit GassongoApostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, CongoApostolic Administrator Emeritus
35.3IncardinatedJoseph Keith SymonsPriest of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USABishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
65.1AppointedÉmile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of GibbaBishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
65.1ResignedÉmile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Fort-Rousset, CongoBishop Emeritus
3 Mar49.3AppointedEstanislao Alcaraz y FigueroaBishop of San Luis Potosí, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
41.1Ordained BishopCarlos Marcio Camus LarenasBishop of Copiapó, ChileBishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
46.6Ordained BishopCuriacos MoussessBishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Mar49.7Ordained BishopAnthony Joseph EmeryTitular Bishop of TamallulaBishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
54.3InstalledGeorge Henry GuilfoyleBishop of Camden, New Jersey, USABishop Emeritus
59.7AppointedAloysius John WycisloBishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USABishop Emeritus
5 Mar52.7InstalledStephen John KociskoBishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
74.2DiedJoseph Malouf, S.M.S.P. †Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
BornSimon Ok Hyun-jjnArchbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
6 Mar86.4DiedEttore BaranziniArchbishop of Siracusa, Italy
57.3SucceededGiuseppe BonfigioliArchbishop of Siracusa, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
47.3AppointedNéophytos Edelby, B.A. †Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
61.7AppointedJohn Joseph ScanlanBishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USABishop Emeritus
69.7AppointedJames Joseph SweeneyTitular Bishop of Vicus AteriiBishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
69.7ResignedJames Joseph SweeneyBishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USABishop Emeritus
68.5AppointedAthanasios ToutoungiTitular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-MelkitiArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
68.5ResignedAthanasios ToutoungiArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus
26.4Perpetual VowsLucas Van Looy, S.D.B.Member of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
7 Mar52.3AppointedJoseph BabanaBishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
59.2AppointedGabriel KodaArchbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), IraqArchbishop Emeritus
8 Mar38.1AppointedThomas John GumbletonAuxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
38.1AppointedThomas John GumbletonTitular Bishop of UluliAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
BornJoão Carlos Hatoa NunesArchbishop of Maputo, Mozambique
48.0AppointedWalter Joseph SchoenherrAuxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.0AppointedWalter Joseph SchoenherrTitular Bishop of TimidanaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
39.6Ordained BishopIgnacio Nazareno Trejos PicadoTitular Bishop of Aquae Albae in MauretaniaBishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
9 Mar23.0Ordained PriestMichael Aidan CourtneyPriestApostolic Nuncio to Burundi
24.0Ordained PriestRichard Brendan HigginsPriest of Sacramento, California, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
54.8AppointedThomas Joseph MardagaBishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
10 Mar57.4SelectedIgnace Antoine II HayekPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), LebanonPatriarch Emeritus
57.4SelectedIgnace Antoine II HayekBishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), LebanonPatriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
46.9Ordained BishopJohn McCormackBishop of Meath, IrelandBishop Emeritus
11 Mar52.1AppointedChristophe AdimouBishop of Lokossa, BeninArchbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
40.8AppointedLouis Charpenet, O.M.I. †Prefect of Yagoua, CameroonBishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
40.6AppointedJacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †Prefect of Maroua-Mokolo, CameroonBishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
54.7AppointedMariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
54.7AppointedMariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of BamaccoraVicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
24.0Ordained PriestErnest LégerPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
59.0AppointedFélix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Caput CillaApostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan
46.9SucceededPhilippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. †Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
56.2AppointedBenjamin de Souza GomesBishop of Paranavaí, Parana, BrazilBishop Emeritus
12 Mar59.3AppointedJohn Joseph CassataAuxiliary Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USABishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
59.3AppointedJohn Joseph CassataTitular Bishop of BidaBishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
42.1AppointedJohannes Joachim DegenhardtAuxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, GermanyCardinal, Archbishop
42.1AppointedJohannes Joachim DegenhardtTitular Bishop of Vicus PacatiCardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
70.0AppointedBenjamin Ibberson WebsterTitular Bishop of TigamibenaBishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
70.0ResignedBenjamin Ibberson WebsterBishop of Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus
13 Mar42.8AppointedOrozimbo Fuenzalida y FuenzalidaPrelate of Calama, ChileBishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
42.8AppointedOrozimbo Fuenzalida y FuenzalidaTitular Bishop of BurcaBishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
14 Mar60.8SucceededAdrien-Edmond-Maurice GandBishop of Lille, FranceBishop Emeritus of Lille, France
53.3Ordained BishopDennis Walter HickeyTitular Bishop of RusuccuruAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
84.1RetiredAchille LiénartBishop of Lille, FranceCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
BornPaolo RicciardiAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
15 Mar56.4DiedEdward Jan MuszyńskiAuxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
16 Mar55.1AppointedJean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, FranceAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.1AppointedJean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of SufesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
45.5AppointedSerafín Vásquez ElizaldeBishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
76.0DiedEmmet Michael WalshBishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
17 Mar29.0Ordained PriestYouhanna Fouad El-HagePriest of Zahleh (Maronite), LebanonArchbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
BornPaul He ZinqingBishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
18 Mar BornRafael Valdivieso MirandaBishop of Chitré, Panama
19 Mar60.0Ordained BishopRomán Acevedo RojasTitular Bishop of ThamugadiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
31.0Ordained PriestRaymundo Damasceno AssisPriest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, BrazilCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
64.7CeasedWilliam Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. †Apostolic Administrator of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, AntillesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.6Ordained BishopPietro GazzoliTitular Bishop of Forum FlaminiiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
47.5Ordained BishopEliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. †Titular Bishop of Tituli in NumidiaBishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
57.5Ordained BishopAndré Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Bafia, CameroonBishop Emeritus
24.3Ordained PriestFrancisco-Javier Lozano SebastiánPriest of Sevilla {Seville}, SpainApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Romania
38.5Ordained BishopGordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
20 Mar BornAntónio Juliasse Ferreira SandramoBishop of Pemba, Mozambique
57.5ConfirmedIgnace Antoine II HayekPatriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), LebanonPatriarch Emeritus
57.5ConfirmedIgnace Antoine II HayekBishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), LebanonPatriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
31.0Ordained PriestLeo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.Priest of Society of JesusArchbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
22 Mar65.7AppointedJames Buis, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, MalaysiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
23 Mar28.4Ordained PriestStanislaus Fernandes, S.J.Priest of Ahmedabad, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India
73.2AppointedJan NowickiApostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
73.2AppointedJan NowickiTitular Bishop of PupianaApostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
24 Mar48.3Ordained BishopLuigi BongianinoTitular Bishop of VulturiaBishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
53.0Ordained BishopJoseph SipendiBishop of Moshi, Tanzania
37.0Ordained BishopBienvenido Solon TudtudTitular Bishop of ThimidaPrelate of Marawi, Philippines
27.1Ordained PriestCarlo Maria ViganòPriest of Pavia, ItalyApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America
25 Mar63.6InstalledJohn Joseph CarberryArchbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USACardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
45.2Ordained BishopLuis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †Titular Bishop of Tubunae in MauretaniaAuxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
26.0Ordained PriestBraulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.Priest of Order of Discalced CarmelitesAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
50.0InstalledCharles Alexander Kazimieras SalatkaBishop of Marquette, Michigan, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
51.6Ordained BishopJorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of Gemellae in NumidiaBishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
82.5DiedIgnacy SwirskiBishop of Siedlce, Poland
26 Mar63.8AppointedGabriel Auguste François MartyArchbishop of Paris, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
27 Mar48.6AppointedSilvio Maria DárioBishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.8AppointedHenrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †Titular Archbishop of LilybaeumArchbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.8ResignedHenrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
56.9DiedPaul John HallinanArchbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
56.2AppointedVicente Angelo José Marchetti ZioniArchbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
66.3AppointedAlfredo Rubio DiazArchbishop of Nueva Pamplona, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus
29 Mar73.7DiedJames BlackBishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
63.8AppointedGabriel Auguste François MartyVicar Apostolic of France, Faithful of Eastern RitesCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
50.1Ordained BishopDonal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Makurdi, NigeriaBishop Emeritus
30 Mar22.9Ordained PriestCelestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap.Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
24.5Ordained PriestValentino Di CerboPriest of Roma {Rome}, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
58.8Ordained BishopFrancis EkkaBishop of Jalpaiguri, IndiaBishop of Raigarh, India
59.4AppointedAníbal Muñoz DuqueTitular Archbishop of CarianaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
25.0Ordained PriestJuan de Dios Mataflorida PueblosPriestBishop of Butuan, Philippines
24.5Ordained PriestSergio Lasam UtlegPriest of Tuguegarao, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus
25.3Ordained PriestFranciscus Jozef Maria WiertzPriest of Roermond, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus
31 Mar25.6Ordained PriestAdriano BernardiniPriest of Roma {Rome}, ItalyApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
42.1Ordained BishopMiguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of Putia in ByzacenaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
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