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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	58.1	Installed	Luis Vallejos Santoni †	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
1 Mar	77.8	Retired	Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †	Prelate of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil
2 Mar	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco José Cox Huneeus	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey
	21.8	Professed	Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 Mar	68.4	Resigned	Alfredo Bruniera †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	69.4	Appointed	Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
5 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Angel T. Hobayan	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	81.7	Died	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Mar	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean Cuminal †	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Bishop of Blois, France
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Justo Oscar Laguna †	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
9 Mar	53.6	Resigned	Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Januário Machaze Nhangumbe	Bishop of Porto Amélia, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Pemba, Mozambique
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique
	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Werner Scheele	Titular Bishop of Druas	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
11 Mar	45.3	Installed	Angel T. Hobayan	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	90.7	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa †	Bishop Emeritus of Ajaccio, France
	51.8	Appointed	Georg Moser †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
15 Mar	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Gregory E. Kpiebaya	Bishop of Wa, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
	60.9	Appointed	Angelo Pedroni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Alexander Pyone Cho	Priest of Prome, Myanmar	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Gregory Taik Maung	Priest of Prome, Myanmar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar
17 Mar	63.5	Appointed	Emilio Cinense y Abera †	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
	47.1	Appointed	Klaus Dick	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	47.1	Appointed	Klaus Dick	Titular Bishop of Guzabeta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	41.2	Appointed	Joachim Meisner	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	41.2	Appointed	Joachim Meisner	Titular Bishop of Vina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	60.6	Appointed	Peter Nettekoven †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	60.6	Appointed	Peter Nettekoven †	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Barthélémy Nguyên Son Lâm, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viet Nam	Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viet Nam
	39.6	Appointed	Félix Paul †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
	80.5	Died	Alfredo Silva Santiago †	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
18 Mar	49.8	Appointed	Enzio d’Antonio	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	49.8	Appointed	Enzio d’Antonio	Coadjutor Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	68.8	Resigned	Achille Palmerini †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
19 Mar	26.6	Ordained Priest	Paul Sueo Hamaguchi	Priest of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop of Oita, Japan
	47.9	Appointed	Nicolas Huynh Van Nghi	Apostolic Administrator of Phan Thiêt, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda	Priest of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan
	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Roger Michael Mahony	Titular Bishop of Tamascani	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J.	Titular Bishop of Santa Giusta	Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Rafael Zornoza Boy	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
21 Mar	73.4	Died	Wunibald (Godehard) Talleur, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
22 Mar	40.6	Appointed	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	40.6	Appointed	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
25 Mar	87.3	Died	Thomas Leo Parker †	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
27 Mar	56.0	Appointed	Alexis Pham Van Lôc †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	56.0	Appointed	Alexis Pham Van Lôc †	Titular Bishop of Respecta	Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Alexis Pham Van Lôc †	Titular Bishop of Respecta	Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam
30 Mar	29.0	Ordained Priest	Julio Parrilla Díaz	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador
31 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Mario Mendoza Peralta	Priest of Urdaneta, Philippines	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines
1 Apr	82.5	Died	Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo	Priest of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Bishop
2 Apr	40.4	Appointed	Fernando R. Capalla	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.4	Appointed	Fernando R. Capalla	Titular Bishop of Grumentum	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
	60.5	Resigned	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	53.8	Appointed	Norbert Felix Gaughan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
	53.8	Appointed	Norbert Felix Gaughan †	Titular Bishop of Taraqua	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
3 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Viana, Maranho, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
5 Apr	52.5	Appointed	Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	53.0	Appointed	Luigi Barbarito	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
	53.0	Appointed	Luigi Barbarito	Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
	53.0	Appointed	Luigi Barbarito	Apostolic Delegate to Mali	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
	53.0	Appointed	Luigi Barbarito	Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
	53.0	Appointed	Luigi Barbarito	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sénégal	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
	47.8	Appointed	Horacio Alberto Bózzoli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
	41.1	Appointed	Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Medan, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.1	Appointed	Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Novi	Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
	52.3	Appointed	Miguel Esteban Hesayne	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	54.1	Appointed	Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nguyên Van Hòa	Bishop of Phan Thiêt, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Anselme Titianma Sanon	Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
	50.0	Appointed	John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung †	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
6 Apr	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Isaac Danu	Priest of Toungoo, Myanmar	Bishop of Taungngu, Myanmar
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Abangite Gasi	Bishop of Tombura, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus of Tombura-Yambio, Sudan
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Casimiro López Llorente	Priest of Osma-Soria, Spain	Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain
	30.5	Ordained Priest	Vincent Rakotozafy	Priest of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
	37.5	Appointed	Joseph Chhmar Salas †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic
	37.5	Appointed	Joseph Chhmar Salas †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Pio Yukwan Deng †	Bishop of Malakal, Sudan
	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Zubeir Wako	Bishop of Wau, Sudan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
7 Apr	39.5	Appointed	Alano Maria Pena, O.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	39.5	Appointed	Alano Maria Pena, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 Apr	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Gérard Dionne	Titular Bishop of Garba	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
	45.0	Appointed	Francis Joseph Gossman	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Appointed	James Daniel Niedergeses †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	41.8	Appointed	Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz	Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
	44.3	Appointed	Peter Yariyok Jatau	Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
	72.8	Resigned	John MacCarthy, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Francis Pappin †	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
12 Apr	51.8	Installed	Georg Moser †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
	30.1	Professed	Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. †	Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop of Manzini, Swaziland
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Ambrogio Spreafico	Priest	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
13 Apr	49.7	Ordained Bishop	José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Dermot Patrick O’Mahony	Titular Bishop of Thiava	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Raymond Saw Po Ray	Priest of Rangoon, Myanmar	Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
14 Apr	47.0	Appointed	Giovanni De Andrea †	Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva	Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	47.0	Appointed	Giovanni De Andrea †	Apostolic Delegate to Angola	Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Chhmar Salas †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
15 Apr	46.8	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân	Coadjutor Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	46.8	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân	Titular Bishop of Tabunia	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
	84.2	Died	Charles Journet †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Pedro Vázquez Villalobos	Priest of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México
18 Apr	48.3	Appointed	José Delicado Baeza	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Apr	26.2	Ordained Priest	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
20 Apr	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Guillermo Disandro †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris	Bishop Emeritus of Villa María, Argentina
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
	65.1	Died	Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault), P.M.E. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
21 Apr	63.2	Appointed	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	86.2	Retired	Antonio Caggiano †	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	64.8	Resigned	José Filípe do Carmo Colaço †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	63.2	Succeeded	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	65.5	Resigned	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	86.2	Retired	Antonio Caggiano †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	57.8	Resigned	Manuel Augusto Cárdenas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites
	65.7	Succeeded	John Louis Morkovsky †	Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Wendelin Joseph Nold †	Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	87.2	Retired	Antonio Rocca †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23 Apr	75.6	Retired	Hugo Bressane de Araújo †	Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	60.7	Died	Peter Nettekoven †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	51.8	Succeeded	Daniel Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	47.0	Appointed	François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
	47.0	Appointed	François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán †	Titular Archbishop of Vadesi	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
25 Apr	80.7	Retired	Francesco Cogoni †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Salvatore Isgró †	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina, Italy	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	44.5	Appointed	Salvatore Isgró †	Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	43.8	Appointed	Paul Nguyên Van Hòa	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	58.9	Appointed	Giovanni Pes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oristano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
	58.9	Appointed	Giovanni Pes †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
27 Apr	27.9	Ordained Priest	Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
28 Apr	59.2	Appointed	Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul †	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
	42.0	Appointed	George Francis Daniel	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.6	Resigned	John Colburn Garner †	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
	77.1	Appointed	Dominique Marie Lê-Huu-Cung †	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
	41.7	Appointed	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.7	Appointed	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
29 Apr	49.9	Appointed	José Gabriel Diaz Cueva	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
	49.9	Resigned	José Gabriel Diaz Cueva	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
	41.3	Appointed	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
30 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân	Titular Bishop of Tabunia	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
	70.8	Resigned	Giovanni Battista Pardini †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus