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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	67.7	Appointed	Antonio Iannucci †	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Mar	51.7	Appointed	José Carlos Castanho de Almeida	Auxiliary Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.7	Appointed	José Carlos Castanho de Almeida	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop Emeritus of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	33.7	Ordained Priest	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop
4 Mar	80.3	Died	Anthony Jordan, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
	41.8	Appointed	Donal Brendan Murray	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
	41.8	Appointed	Donal Brendan Murray	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Kazimierz Romaniuk	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
5 Mar	57.4	Died	Francisco Antunes Santana †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	59.8	Appointed	Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. †	Prelate of Calama, Chile	Prelate Emeritus
		Appointed	Luís Carlos Riveros Lavado, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Ariari, Colombia
6 Mar	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Trevico	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus †	Titular Bishop of Benda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Virgilio Noè	Titular Archbishop of Voncaria	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	28.2	Ordained Priest	John Hsane Hgyi	Priest of Pathein, Myanmar	Bishop
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim	Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA
8 Mar	77.7	Died	Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
	47.8	Appointed	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	58.6	Installed	Thomas Victor Dolinay †	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
10 Mar	51.5	Appointed	Teodoro de Faria	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	71.7	Died	Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.3	Installed	Manuel Duran Moreno †	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	54.3	Succeeded	Roberto Pinarello de Almeida †	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	77.1	Retired	Maurice Roy †	Bishop of Canada, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Québec, Canada
	72.3	Resigned	Joseph Lawrence Wilhelm †	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Mar	55.8	Appointed	Francis John Spence	Bishop of Canada, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
15 Mar	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Roberto Calara Mallari	Deacon of San Fernando, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop
16 Mar	43.0	Appointed	Ramon B. Villena	Auxiliary Bishop of Tagum, Philippines	Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines
	43.0	Appointed	Ramon B. Villena	Titular Bishop of Tucci	Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines
17 Mar	70.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
18 Mar	70.1	Appointed	George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
	74.6	Retired	Paolo Carta †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.7	Appointed	Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	65.6	Appointed	Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Salvatore Isgró †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	41.2	Appointed	Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	69.1	Appointed	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.8	Appointed	Simon Tonyé †	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	Paul Verdzekov	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.8	Resigned	Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	26.8	Ordained Priest	Dominic Ryoji Miyahara	Priest	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
	76.5	Died	Christopher Joseph Weldon †	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
20 Mar	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Leges	Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Lanneau	Titular Bishop of Tusuros	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
21 Mar	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Vazari	Abbot Emeritus of Subiaco, Italy
	29.2	Ordained Deacon	Patrick Le Gal	Deacon	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Basile Tapsoba	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Rémy Victor Vancottem	Titular Bishop of Unizibira	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
22 Mar	70.6	Died	Pericle Felici †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
23 Mar	49.4	Appointed	Lucilo B. Quiambao	Auxiliary Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
	49.4	Appointed	Lucilo B. Quiambao	Titular Bishop of Nabala	Auxiliary Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
24 Mar	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Héctor González Martínez	Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México	Archbishop of Durango, México
25 Mar	21.9	Professed	Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.	Member of Order of Cistercians	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville †	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Jerzy Dabrowski †	Titular Bishop of Tamascani	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	62.3	Appointed	Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela
	61.7	Appointed	Luigi Maverna †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
	61.7	Appointed	Luigi Maverna †	Bishop of Comacchio (-Pomposa), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Jan Wiktor Nowak †	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
	56.1	Appointed	Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Installed	Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang Weider	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Berlin, Germany
27 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V.	Priest of Society of Divine Vocations	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
28 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Domnach Sechnaill	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
	69.2	Died	Geraldo Fernandes Bijos, C.M.F. †	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Séamus Hegarty	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	80.5	Died	Malcolm A. MacEachern †	Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Ambrose Madtha	Priest of Lucknow, India	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
	70.8	Died	Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas †	Bishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Leo Schwarz	Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
30 Mar	72.5	Resigned	Victorio Manuel Bonamín, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.3	Appointed	José Siro González Bacallao	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	66.2	Appointed	José Miguel Medina †	Bishop of Argentina, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
	70.4	Retired	Adolfo Servando Tortolo †	Bishop of Argentina, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
31 Mar	53.3	Appointed	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	76.4	Resigned	George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. †	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
2 Apr	64.3	Appointed	Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono †	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	70.8	Resigned	Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M. †	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	53.3	Appointed	Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	53.3	Appointed	Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
	48.0	Appointed	Josephus Tethool, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Josephus Tethool, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
4 Apr	30.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Louis Cakü	Priest of Kengtung, Myanmar	Bishop
	31.9	Ordained Priest	François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.	Priest of Bourges, France	Bishop of Mende, France
	45.4	Appointed	Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez	Bishop of Dominican Republic, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	64.6	Appointed	Oscar Félix Villena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina
5 Apr	70.5	Appointed	Gellért Belon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	70.5	Appointed	Gellért Belon †	Titular Bishop of Elis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
	54.9	Appointed	László Paskai, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	66.0	Appointed	György Póka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	66.0	Appointed	György Póka †	Titular Bishop of Cubda	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	65.7	Appointed	Gyula Szakos †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	József Szendi	Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
	60.4	Appointed	József Szendi	Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum	Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
8 Apr	60.0	Appointed	Dante Bernini	Bishop of Albano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	26.8	Ordained Deacon	Paul Stagg Coakley	Deacon of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA
	79.1	Died	José Abraham Martínez Betancourt †	Bishop Emeritus of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
10 Apr	43.1	Appointed	Zdzislaw Fortuniak	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	43.1	Appointed	Zdzislaw Fortuniak	Titular Bishop of Tamagrista	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
11 Apr	61.8	Died	Silvio Luoni †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Thailand
13 Apr	75.3	Retired	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.7	Appointed	Charles Victor Grahmann	Bishop of Victoria in Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
	69.0	Appointed	Jan Wladyslaw Oblak †	Bishop of Warmia, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Anthony Edward Pevec	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Anthony Edward Pevec	Titular Bishop of Mercia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14 Apr	52.0	Appointed	Emilio Bianchi di Cárcano	Bishop of Azul, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Jorge Carlos Carreras †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	76.2	Retired	Manuel Marengo †	Bishop of Azul, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	34.4	Ordained Priest	Felix Toppo, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India
	45.8	Appointed	Jean-Claude Turcotte	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop
	45.8	Appointed	Jean-Claude Turcotte	Titular Bishop of Suas	Cardinal, Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
15 Apr	51.8	Appointed	Emile Marcus, P.S.S.	Bishop of Nantes, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
	76.1	Retired	Michel-Louis Vial †	Bishop of Nantes, France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Rodolfo Bufano †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
17 Apr	25.8	Ordained Priest	Francesco Alfano	Priest of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy
	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. †	Prelate of Calama, Chile	Prelate Emeritus
	30.4	Ordained Priest	Antal Majnek, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Mukacheve, Ukraine
18 Apr	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Salapia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S.	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Donal Brendan Murray	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
20 Apr	50.3	Died	Manfred Gottschalk, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
21 Apr	70.6	Ordained Bishop	Gellért Belon †	Titular Bishop of Elis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
	81.0	Died	Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
	52.4	Appointed	Edmund Michal Piszcz	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
	52.4	Appointed	Edmund Michal Piszcz	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
	66.1	Ordained Bishop	György Póka †	Titular Bishop of Cubda	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	József Szendi	Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum	Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
	66.3	Appointed	Carlo Urru †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	31.5	Ordained Priest	Florencio Armando Colin Cruz	Priest of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop
	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Kevin Carl Rhoades	Deacon of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
23 Apr	89.2	Died	Paul Achkar †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite), Syria
	86.3	Died	Henri Audrain †	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
	59.0	Appointed	Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	59.6	Resigned	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
24 Apr	64.1	Appointed	Bernard Henri René Jacqueline †	Titular Archbishop of Abbir Maius	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
	64.1	Appointed	Bernard Henri René Jacqueline †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
	75.6	Died	Imre Kisberk †	Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	85.7	Died	Pierre François Jean-Baptiste Salmon, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Iucundiana
	55.9	Appointed	Francis John Spence	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Apr	74.3	Died	John Patrick Cody †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 Apr	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Lucilo B. Quiambao	Titular Bishop of Nabala	Auxiliary Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
29 Apr	66.2	Died	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	50.3	Appointed	Gian Vincenzo Moreni †	Titular Archbishop of Turris in Mauretania	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
	50.3	Appointed	Gian Vincenzo Moreni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
30 Apr	52.8	Appointed	Alberto Jara Franzoy	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	45.7	Appointed	Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo †	Bishop of Orán, Argentina	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

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