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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	70.4	Appointed	Giovanni Cheli	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	26.9	Ordained Priest	Prasad Gallela	Priest of Kurnool, India	Bishop of Cuddapah, India
	51.5	Appointed	Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M.	Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
	61.3	Appointed	Angelo Sodano	Official of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	48.3	Installed	Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop
4 Mar	76.0	Resigned	Marceliano Eduardo Canyes Santacana, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Leticia, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Rocco Favale	Bishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy
	37.2	Appointed	Alfonso Yepes Rojo †	Prefect of Leticia, Colombia
5 Mar	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Edward Marian Frankowski	Titular Bishop of Tigamibena	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Klaus Küng	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	49.4	Installed	Baldomero Carlos Martini	Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
6 Mar	44.7	Appointed	Paul K. Bakyenga	Coadjutor Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda
	65.8	Resigned	Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	48.2	Appointed	Fortunatus M. Lukanima	Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania
	53.5	Appointed	Egidio Nkaijanabwo	Bishop of Kasese, Uganda
	44.1	Appointed	Michele Russo, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Doba, Chad
7 Mar	59.6	Appointed	Giacomo Capuzzi	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar	58.7	Appointed	Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J.	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
	74.8	Retired	Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies †	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	75.0	Retired	Raphaël Bayan †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	51.0	Appointed	Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas	Apostolic Administrator of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania	Bishop
	51.0	Appointed	Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
	64.8	Resigned	Vladas Michelevicius	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
	76.1	Retired	Marcello Rosina †	Bishop of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	68.6	Appointed	Vincentas Sladkevicius, M.I.C. †	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	77.4	Appointed	Julijonas Steponavicius †	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	62.9	Appointed	Antanas Vaicius	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
	58.1	Appointed	Divo Zadi	Bishop of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy
	62.5	Appointed	Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	62.5	Appointed	Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara	Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
11 Mar	53.4	Appointed	Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
	76.8	Died	Carl Schmidt †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
	75.3	Retired	Francis Raymond Shea †	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Sanus Abad	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
14 Mar	65.9	Died	Joseph Marie Dinh-Binh †	Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
	53.3	Appointed	John Clement Favalora	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
	75.4	Retired	Joseph Albertus Martin †	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	53.0	Succeeded	Raymond Saint-Gelais	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
15 Mar	49.3	Appointed	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	57.2	Appointed	Fernando Legal, S.D.B.	Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	85.4	Died	Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
	77.1	Retired	José Melgoza Osorio †	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México	Bishop Emeritus
	76.5	Retired	Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	58.8	Appointed	Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Emílio Pignoli	Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	63.7	Appointed	Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.4	Appointed	Francisco Manuel Vieira	Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Flavio Calle Zapata	Prelate of Alto Sinú, Colombia	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia
	56.0	Appointed	Severino Poletto	Bishop of Asti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	65.9	Resigned	Franco Sibilla †	Bishop of Asti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Bishop of Moroto, Uganda
	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara	Bishop Emeritus of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
23 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Artur Grzegorz Mizinski	Priest of Lublin, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	68.8	Appointed	Ciriaco Scanzillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	68.8	Appointed	Ciriaco Scanzillo †	Titular Bishop of Polymartium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	48.9	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	48.9	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Titular Bishop of Tortibulum	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
24 Mar	93.3	Died	James Fergus †	Bishop Emeritus of Achonry, Ireland
26 Mar	78.1	Died	Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa †	Bishop Emeritus of Sapporo, Japan
27 Mar	68.3	Died	Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
28 Mar	85.1	Died	Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies †	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
29 Mar	48.8	Appointed	Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A.	Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru
	71.6	Died	Albert-Leo Bundervoet, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	77.4	Died	Artemio G. Casas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Fernandes	Bishop of Bareilly, India
	58.3	Appointed	Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	60.6	Appointed	Bernard William Schmitt	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	76.9	Retired	Celestin Bezmalinovic, O.P. †	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Appointed	Slobodan Štambuk	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
31 Mar	55.6	Appointed	Dominique Kimpinde Amando	Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Apr	59.3	Died	Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	26.7	Ordained Priest	José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador
2 Apr	62.4	Appointed	Juozas Preikšas	Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	49.2	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Titular Archbishop of Severiana	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
	49.2	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Tod David Brown	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius D'Cunha †	Bishop of Aurangabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
4 Apr	54.2	Appointed	Mario de Gasperín Gasperín	Bishop of Querétaro, Querétaro, México
5 Apr	56.3	Installed	José Belvino do Nascimento	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Apr	75.5	Retired	William Donald Borders	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.5	Appointed	Józef Wysocki	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
	48.5	Appointed	Józef Wysocki	Titular Bishop of Praecausa	Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
7 Apr	83.2	Died	Willem van Kester, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Apr	56.3	Appointed	Jeremiah Joseph Coffey	Bishop of Sale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Bishop Emeritus of San José del Guaviare, Colombia
	57.6	Appointed	Roger Lucien Meindre †	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Divo Zadi	Bishop of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy
11 Apr	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
	58.1	Appointed	William Henry Keeler	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Apr	80.6	Died	Herbert Bednorz †	Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
13 Apr	94.4	Died	Carlo Bandini †	Bishop Emeritus of Sarsina, Italy
	82.4	Died	Paul II Cheikho †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	82.9	Died	António Ferreira Gomes †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
	96.3	Died	Philip Joseph Furlong †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
14 Apr	61.0	Appointed	Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Crispin Barrete Varquez	Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Bishop of Borongan, Philippines
15 Apr	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop
16 Apr	97.3	Died	Giuseppe Franciolini †	Bishop Emeritus of Cortona, Italy
17 Apr	52.0	Appointed	Innayya Chinna Addagatla	Bishop of Nalgonda, India	Bishop of Srikakulam, India
	45.2	Appointed	Warlito Cajandig y Itcuas	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines
	45.2	Appointed	Warlito Cajandig y Itcuas	Titular Bishop of Ausafa	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines
	42.5	Appointed	Jean-Noël Diouf	Bishop of Tambacounda, Senegal
	56.1	Appointed	Walter Kasper	Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
20 Apr	80.9	Died	Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	75.2	Retired	Bruno Frattegiani †	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Apr	57.6	Appointed	Fernando Charrier	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Appointed	Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Bishop Emeritus
	75.2	Retired	Ferdinando Maggioni †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	74.4	Resigned	Jan Michalski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint)	Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
	44.7	Appointed	Nicholas James Samra	Auxiliary Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	44.7	Appointed	Nicholas James Samra	Titular Bishop of Gerasa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA
	65.9	Appointed	David Bernard Thompson	Coadjutor Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira	Auxiliary Bishop of Portugal, Military	Bishop
	51.2	Appointed	Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira	Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba	Bishop of Portugal, Military
24 Apr	82.5	Died	Charles Alexander Grant †	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
25 Apr	45.7	Appointed	János Pénzes	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
	76.2	Retired	Matija Zvekanovic †	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	61.2	Appointed	Pietro Bottaccioli	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	69.1	Died	Michele Cecchini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
29 Apr	87.5	Died	József Ijjas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Józef Wysocki	Titular Bishop of Praecausa	Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
30 Apr	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Capuzzi	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Slobodan Štambuk	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

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