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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	26.3	Professed	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
1 Mar	55.7	Appointed	Fernando Iório Rodrigues	Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	61.6	Died	Carlos Esteban Cremata †	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina
3 Mar	30.0	Ordained Priest	James Kazuo Koda	Priest of Tokyo, Japan	Auxiliary Bishop
5 Mar	67.3	Resigned	Roberto Carniello †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	78.1	Died	André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse †	Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
	49.3	Appointed	Pio Vittorio Vigo	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
8 Mar	57.7	Appointed	Alberto Lee López, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guapi, Colombia
	51.2	Succeeded	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	76.4	Retired	Simon N'Zita Wa Ne Malanda †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	52.4	Resigned	Francis Arinze	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	55.1	Appointed	Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
	54.0	Resigned	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
	63.9	Appointed	Stephen Nweke Ezeanya †	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	John Shojiro Ito †	Bishop of Niigata, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	59.3	Appointed	Paul Kim Ok-kyun	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	59.3	Appointed	Paul Kim Ok-kyun	Titular Bishop of Girba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
	54.2	Appointed	Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
	78.2	Retired	Marc Mihayo †	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.5	Died	Amado Paulino y Hernandez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
	56.9	Appointed	Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Niigata, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	48.5	Appointed	Fabriciano Sigampa	Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina
	48.4	Appointed	Matthias Ssekamaanya	Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda	Bishop of Lugazi, Uganda
	48.4	Appointed	Matthias Ssekamaanya	Titular Bishop of Iziriana	Bishop of Lugazi, Uganda
12 Mar	94.8	Died	George Leo Leech †	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Mar	70.6	Appointed	Elias Shaheen (Chahine) †	Archbishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Mar	54.9	Appointed	Desmond A. Williams †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.9	Appointed	Desmond A. Williams †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
16 Mar	59.8	Appointed	Dominik Kalata, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Semta
	71.4	Succeeded	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Mar	70.7	Died	Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
19 Mar	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm.	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
20 Mar	54.1	Appointed	Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	54.1	Appointed	Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente	Titular Bishop of Nona	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	37.3	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	37.3	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández	Titular Bishop of Voli	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	54.1	Appointed	Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
	54.1	Appointed	Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin †	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
	75.1	Retired	Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba †	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
24 Mar	76.2	Died	Norbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem. †	Official to Morocco
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O.	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Mar	71.9	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	77.1	Retired	Paolo Bertoli †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus
	69.0	Died	Antonio Corso †	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Muszynski	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	77.3	Died	Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
	48.9	Appointed	Metod Pirih	Coadjutor Bishop of Koper, Slovenia	Bishop
	84.9	Died	Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pescia, Italy
	71.4	Installed	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D.	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
	32.8	Ordained Priest	Rafael Masahiro Umemura	Priest of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop
27 Mar	65.1	Died	Joseph Alain Leroy, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kilwa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Mar	46.8	Appointed	Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.	Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
	59.2	Appointed	Henry Sebastian D'Souza	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Joseph Atsumi Misue	Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan
	75.4	Retired	Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi †	Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	60.3	Appointed	Diarmaid (Dermot) O'Súilleabháin (O'Sullivan) †	Bishop of Kerry, Ireland
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge Solórzano Pérez	Priest of Managua, Nicaragua	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
	55.7	Appointed	James Stephen Sullivan †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr	53.0	Appointed	Edward Michael Egan	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop
	53.0	Appointed	Edward Michael Egan	Titular Bishop of Allegheny	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
2 Apr	51.8	Appointed	José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	76.2	Retired	Helder Pessoa Câmara †	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	José Lamartine Soares †	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
3 Apr	40.5	Appointed	Adam Odzimek	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
	40.5	Appointed	Adam Odzimek	Titular Bishop of Tadamata	Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
4 Apr	46.9	Appointed	Angel Gelmi Bertocchi	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	46.9	Appointed	Angel Gelmi Bertocchi	Titular Bishop of Forum Clodii	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	59.8	Appointed	Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
	59.8	Appointed	Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
6 Apr	73.8	Died	Edgar Godin †	Bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
8 Apr	28.5	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Carrasco Rouco	Priest of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
9 Apr	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Luis Robles Díaz †	Titular Archbishop of Stephaniacum	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
10 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Isaías Duarte Cancino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia
	46.2	Appointed	Isaías Duarte Cancino †	Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia
	60.5	Appointed	Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
13 Apr	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	64.5	Appointed	Robert-Joseph Coffy †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	62.6	Resigned	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
	64.7	Appointed	Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Bishop Emeritus
	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Roman Adam Marcinkowski	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
14 Apr	29.9	Ordained Priest	John Barwa, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela, India
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Jonas Ivanauskas	Priest of Kaunas, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop
15 Apr	42.4	Appointed	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.	Prelate of Tibú, Colombia	Bishop of Magangué, Colombia
16 Apr	75.3	Retired	Nicholas Thomas Elko †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	68.1	Retired	George Edward Lynch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Donald Walter Trautman	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
17 Apr	67.0	Appointed	Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Vice President Emeritus
	67.0	Appointed	Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi †	Titular Bishop of Vico Equense	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	73.9	Died	Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo †	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	88.0	Died	Ferdinando Fulgenzio Pasini, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sanyüan [Sanyuan], China
20 Apr	48.8	Installed	Luis Morales Reyes	Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México
21 Apr	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Desmond A. Williams †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
22 Apr	44.4	Appointed	Jesus Aputen Cabrera	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	84.7	Died	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
	60.0	Appointed	Pedro G. Magugat, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
	66.6	Died	Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa †	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
23 Apr	64.2	Appointed	Antony Padiyara †	Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabarese), India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
	89.7	Died	Juan Tarsicio Senner, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
24 Apr	57.0	Appointed	Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Silli	Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	57.0	Appointed	Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops	Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	61.1	Appointed	Jozef Tomko	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
25 Apr	57.7	Appointed	Roger Louis Kaffer	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.7	Appointed	Roger Louis Kaffer	Titular Bishop of Dusa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Kim Ok-kyun	Titular Bishop of Girba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
	53.4	Appointed	Fernando Legal, S.D.B.	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Apr	51.9	Appointed	Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara	Titular Bishop of Thysdrus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
27 Apr	80.0	Died	René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
	45.4	Appointed	Roberto Lückert León	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela
	97.3	Died	Pierre Kamel Medawar, S.M.S.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
28 Apr	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro	Titular Bishop of Dumium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J.	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
29 Apr	49.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Titular Archbishop of Tamada	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
	49.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
	42.1	Appointed	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
	42.1	Appointed	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
	70.1	Died	Joseph Sipendi †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
30 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Agostino Cacciavillan	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nepal	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

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