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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	56.2	Resigned	Paolino Limongi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
1 Mar	76.2	Retired	Giuseppe Angrisani †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.7	Appointed	Carlo Cavalla †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Francis James Harrison †	Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Francis James Harrison †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
2 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy	Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
3 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.A.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	74.2	Resigned	Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ammoniace	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
4 Mar	69.0	Resigned	Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Mar	63.6	Died	Alberto Castelli †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	67.3	Installed	José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares †	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. †	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	55.2	Appointed	Carlo Urru †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
8 Mar	68.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Martinoli †	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	79.6	Died	Kyril Stefan Kurteff †	Exarch of Sofia (Byzantine), Bulgaria
	55.2	Succeeded	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia (Byzantine), Bulgaria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 Mar	70.5	Died	Edmund Nowicki †	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	68.2	Resigned	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Titular Archbishop of Tituli in Proconsulari	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
11 Mar	50.7	Appointed	Constantino Amstalden †	Coadjutor Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	50.7	Appointed	Constantino Amstalden †	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	70.6	Resigned	Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
	32.7	Appointed	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job	Auxiliary Bishop of Ibadan, Nigeria	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
	32.7	Appointed	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
	68.2	Appointed	Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Appointed	Noël Kokora-Tekry †	Bishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
	59.2	Appointed	Barthélémy Malunga †	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
	55.1	Appointed	Luis María Blas Maestu Ojanguren, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ammoniace	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
	42.0	Appointed	Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
	49.5	Appointed	Gilbert Blaize Rego	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
	39.4	Appointed	Diógenes da Silva Matthes	Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	53.2	Appointed	Dominic Joseph Conway †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Jakob Mayr	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Jakob Mayr	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Marie Nguyen Van Nang †	Bishop of Vinh, Viêt Nam
13 Mar	26.3	Ordained Priest	Mathew Arackal	Priest	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabarese), India
	50.3	Appointed	Eugênio de Araújo Sales	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	46.8	Appointed	Ernesto Gallina †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum	Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
	43.0	Appointed	Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
14 Mar	40.9	Succeeded	Michael George Bowen	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	58.2	Died	David John Cashman †	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
	87.8	Died	Evasio Colli †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
15 Mar	28.5	Ordained Priest	Mathew Anikuzhikattil	Priest	Bishop of Idukki (Syro-Malabarese), India
	40.8	Appointed	Basil Harry Losten	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
	40.8	Appointed	Basil Harry Losten	Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
16 Mar	85.1	Resigned	Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	51.5	Resigned	José Dalvit, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Sullectum	Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	73.8	Resigned	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Lilybaeum	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	58.7	Resigned	Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Bishop Emeritus of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	80.5	Resigned	Antônio Mazzarotto †	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
	71.2	Resigned	João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Velefi	Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil
	54.8	Resigned	Wilson Laus Schmidt †	Titular Bishop of Synnada in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	52.1	Resigned	Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufar	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	69.8	Resigned	Floréncio Cicinho (Sisinio) Vieira †	Titular Bishop of Macomades Rusticiana	Bishop Emeritus of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil
18 Mar	23.5	Ordained Priest	Domenico Caliandro	Priest	Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Aldo Cavalli	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
19 Mar	54.5	Appointed	Guerino Grimaldi †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
	24.9	Ordained Priest	José Luis Mollaghan	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina
	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
20 Mar	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Adrianus Johannes Simonis	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
24 Mar	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Leonard James Crowley †	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	49.5	Appointed	Jacques Landriault	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	49.5	Appointed	Jacques Landriault	Apostolic Administrator of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
	64.5	Resigned	Maxime Tessier †	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Juan Alfredo Arzube †	Titular Bishop of Civitate	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
	33.5	Ordained Priest	Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano †	Priest of Lima, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop
	58.8	Appointed	Avelar Brandão Vilela †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
	41.8	Appointed	José Gea Escolano	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
	41.8	Appointed	José Gea Escolano	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	William Robert Johnson †	Titular Bishop of Blera	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso López Trujillo †	Titular Archbishop of Boseta	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	55.3	Appointed	Jesús Pla Gandía †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	55.3	Appointed	Jesús Pla Gandía †	Titular Bishop of Bareta	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	52.2	Appointed	Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	25.3	Ordained Priest	Pierre Bürcher	Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L'Heureux †	Titular Bishop of Celene	Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
	87.0	Retired	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	87.0	Retired	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
28 Mar	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond	Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitanae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Urru †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
29 Mar	61.0	Died	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
30 Mar	76.3	Retired	James Charles McGuigan †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	64.7	Succeeded	Philip Francis Pocock †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak	Priest of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Philippines, Military
31 Mar	83.9	Died	Michael Browne, O.P. †	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Idebessus
1 Apr	65.8	Died	Luigi Barbero †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
3 Apr	26.2	Ordained Priest	Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
4 Apr	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Cornelius Elanjikal	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kelanthara †	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
5 Apr	45.1	Appointed	Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap.	Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Appointed	Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
6 Apr	61.3	Resigned	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cenculiana	Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
9 Apr	65.7	Died	Biagio Musto †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
15 Apr	66.5	Resigned	Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Zucchabar	Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	30.1	Ordained Priest	Roger Paul Morin	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
17 Apr	75.3	Retired	Ildefonso Rea, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
	57.1	Appointed	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Ferentium	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
18 Apr	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Cavalla †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Ferenc Cserháti	Priest of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Tomislav Jablanovic †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia	Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. †	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Benedict Singh	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
	75.1	Died	Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. †	Bishop of Cuttack, India
20 Apr	72.5	Resigned	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Titular Bishop of Patara	Bishop Emeritus of Lamezia Terme, Italy
21 Apr	46.0	Succeeded	Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Royappan Antony Muthu †	Bishop of Vellore, India
	45.3	Appointed	Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
	72.3	Died	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
22 Apr	84.6	Died	Stanislas Courbe †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis James Harrison †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Gatan Purugganan	Titular Bishop of Egnatia	Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
23 Apr	81.4	Died	Saturnino Rubio y Montiél †	Bishop Emeritus of Osma-Soria, Spain
24 Apr	55.6	Appointed	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	55.6	Appointed	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	61.9	Appointed	Francis Ekka †	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India	Bishop of Raigarh, India
	50.3	Appointed	Felixberto Camacho Flores †	Bishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
	59.6	Resigned	Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. †	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret, Kenya
	37.3	Appointed	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †	Coadjutor Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
	37.3	Appointed	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †	Titular Bishop of Cenculiana	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	44.1	Appointed	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.1	Appointed	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
	79.9	Died	Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
	41.0	Appointed	James Anthony Toppo †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
	33.9	Appointed	Joseph Edra Ukpo	Auxiliary Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria	Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria
	33.9	Appointed	Joseph Edra Ukpo	Titular Bishop of Chullu	Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Vo Duc Minh	Priest of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam
25 Apr	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Mwanyika	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	71.2	Resigned	Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. †	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	64.7	Appointed	Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. †	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	64.7	Appointed	Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil
	75.8	Retired	Francis Peter Leipzig †	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Died	Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral †	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
	49.5	Appointed	Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †	Bishop of Itabira, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Apr	52.5	Appointed	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Vincent Madeley Harris †	Coadjutor Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Vincent Madeley Harris †	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Montiano Lim †	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines	Bishop of Boac, Philippines
	78.3	Resigned	Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
28 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
	65.0	Resigned	Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	43.1	Appointed	Érico Ferrari †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
30 Apr	92.4	Died	Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	47.2	Resigned	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	39.5	Appointed	Sergio Obeso Rivera	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
	59.6	Appointed	Miguel Peinado Peinado †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Bishop Emeritus

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