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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	68.3	Resigned	Giovanni Coppa	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Czech Republic
	72.7	Resigned	Edgar Carício de Gouvêa †	Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	68.8	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
3 Mar	50.5	Resigned	Angelo Comastri	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
	65.7	Died	Miloslaw-Jan Kolodziejczyk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
4 Mar	91.8	Died	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India
	59.2	Died	Joseph Lin Thien-chu †	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan
	91.5	Died	Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gilbert Islands {Isole Gilbert}, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
5 Mar	59.5	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Delegate to Nambia	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
	59.5	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Delegate to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
	42.7	Appointed	Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez	Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay	Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacek Jezierski	Titular Bishop of Liberalia	Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia, Poland
	44.8	Appointed	Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
	71.1	Appointed	Jorge María Mejía	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
	80.9	Died	Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil
6 Mar	54.0	Installed	Giovanni De Vivo	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
7 Mar	65.6	Died	James Hannigan †	Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain
9 Mar	47.9	Appointed	Orlando Brandes	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
	56.2	Appointed	Gino Malvestio, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
	75.9	Resigned	Gregório Warmeling †	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Sylvester Monteiro †	Titular Bishop of Scampa	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
	57.1	Appointed	Paolo De Nicolò	Official of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
11 Mar	64.3	Installed	Eduardo Vicente Mirás	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Mar	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Bürcher	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
	84.8	Died	Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire
	44.3	Appointed	Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
	70.7	Died	Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub, S.J. †	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
14 Mar	55.2	Appointed	Lucas Abadamloora	Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
	71.5	Retired	Rudolph A. Akanlu †	Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
	41.2	Appointed	Richard Domba Mady	Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	59.2	Appointed	Bonifatius Haushiku, I.C.P. †	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
	64.7	Died	Tarcisio Pisani, O.M. †	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
	45.7	Appointed	Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Rundu, Namibia
	45.7	Appointed	Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Capra	Vicar Apostolic of Rundu, Namibia
15 Mar	48.4	Appointed	Carlos López Hernández	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	65.7	Appointed	Charles James McDonnell	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	65.7	Appointed	Charles James McDonnell	Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	46.5	Appointed	José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona	Auxiliary Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop
	46.5	Appointed	José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona	Titular Bishop of Obba	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru
16 Mar	58.9	Installed	Justin Francis Rigali	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
18 Mar	64.1	Installed	Miguel Caviedes Medina	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
19 Mar	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Fallaba	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas John Curry	Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Rubén Martinez	Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R.	Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Martin Sartoris	Titular Bishop of Oliva	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
	32.7	Ordained Priest	Juarez Sousa Da Silva	Priest of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil
	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Gabino Zavala	Titular Bishop of Tamascani	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
20 Mar	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Mar	65.8	Died	Alfred James Jolson, S.J. †	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
22 Mar	64.1	Appointed	David Edward Foley	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	63.8	Appointed	José Carlos Castanho de Almeida	Bishop of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	80.0	Died	Alvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano †	Prelate of Opus Dei
	75.8	Appointed	Paul Lê Dac Trong	Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.8	Appointed	Paul Lê Dac Trong	Titular Bishop of Igilgili	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam
	48.5	Succeeded	Joseph Marie Nguyên Quang Tuyên †	Bishop of Bac Ninh, Viêt Nam
	64.6	Appointed	Barthélémy Nguyên Son Lâm, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam
	56.0	Succeeded	Pierre Nguyên Van Nhon	Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam
	74.8	Appointed	Paul Joseph Pham Ðình Tung	Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	José Clemente Weber	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	56.5	Appointed	José Clemente Weber	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
24 Mar	57.3	Resigned	Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	72.0	Died	John Lawrence May †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J.	Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines
25 Mar	52.2	Appointed	Armando Brambilla	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	52.2	Appointed	Armando Brambilla	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Choi Chang-mou	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Archbishop of Kwangju, Korea (South)
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana	Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia
	40.3	Appointed	Crisostomo A. Yalung	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
	40.3	Appointed	Crisostomo A. Yalung	Titular Bishop of Ficus	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
26 Mar	75.9	Retired	Peter Poreku Dery †	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	76.3	Retired	Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono †	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	76.4	Retired	Eugene Louis D'Souza, M.S.F.S. †	Archbishop of Bhopal, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.4	Appointed	Patrick Ebosele Ekpu	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
	50.0	Appointed	Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta †	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
	55.8	Appointed	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
	61.2	Appointed	Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya	Archbishop of Tamale, Ghana
	86.7	Died	Owen McCann †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
	49.0	Appointed	Cyprian Monis	Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta, India	Bishop of Asansol, India
	49.0	Appointed	Cyprian Monis	Titular Bishop of Molicunza	Bishop of Asansol, India
	52.8	Appointed	Zithulele Patrick Mvemve	Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa
	47.8	Appointed	Anthony John Valentine Obinna	Archbishop of Owerri, Nigeria
	50.2	Appointed	John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
	61.8	Appointed	Paschal Topno, S.J.	Archbishop of Bhopal, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	69.7	Resigned	Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I.	Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Gentil Delázari	Coadjutor Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop
30 Mar	55.4	Appointed	Barry Francis Collins †	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
	51.4	Appointed	Julian Gbur, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Bareta	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	51.4	Confirmed	Julian Gbur, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	61.0	Died	Florian Kuntner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	44.7	Appointed	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	44.7	Appointed	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Hadriane	Vicar Apostolic of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	57.9	Appointed	Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U.	Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	75.0	Retired	Douglas Joseph Warren	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar	72.1	Resigned	Elmar Maria Kredel †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
	69.7	Appointed	Abelardo Francisco Silva †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	88.2	Died	Ignace Ziadé †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
1 Apr	85.5	Died	Patrick Winters, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania
4 Apr	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Hansjörg Vogel	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	55.8	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Galante	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	91.8	Died	Emilio Pizzoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
	53.5	Appointed	Plácido Rodriguez, C.M.F.	Bishop of Lubbock, Texas, USA
6 Apr	47.0	Appointed	João Bráz de Aviz	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	47.0	Appointed	João Bráz de Aviz	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
7 Apr	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S.	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
	42.0	Appointed	Mario Antonio Cargnello	Bishop of Orán, Argentina	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina
	75.2	Retired	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.7	Retired	Oscar Félix Villena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina
8 Apr	48.2	Appointed	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan María Leonardi Villasmil	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela
	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Sye Cheong-duk †	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
9 Apr	59.3	Appointed	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
	59.3	Appointed	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
	59.3	Appointed	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
10 Apr	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Cases Andreu	Titular Bishop of Timici	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Bishop of Jayapura, Indonesia
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão	Titular Bishop of Vanariona	Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
12 Apr	80.0	Died	József Cserháti †	Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
13 Apr	66.6	Installed	William George Curlin	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	69.4	Installed	John Aloysius O'Mara	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Edward Peter Cullen	Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
16 Apr	63.6	Died	Charles Aimé Halpin †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
	38.8	Appointed	Piotr Jarecki	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	38.8	Appointed	Piotr Jarecki	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	75.2	Retired	Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
18 Apr	43.5	Appointed	László Bíró	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
	43.5	Appointed	László Bíró	Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
	60.7	Appointed	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado	Archbishop of Panamá
	41.8	Appointed	Gáspár Ladocsi	Bishop of Hungary, Military	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	41.8	Appointed	Gáspár Ladocsi	Titular Bishop of Sebarga	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	75.5	Retired	Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. †	Coadjutor Bishop of David, Panama	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	70.2	Retired	Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †	Archbishop of Panamá	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Apr	60.3	Appointed	Alexander Joseph Brunett	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
	58.2	Appointed	Thomas George Doran	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
	76.3	Retired	Arthur Joseph O'Neill	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Apr	61.8	Appointed	Javier Echevarría Rodríguez	Prelate of Opus Dei
	96.8	Died	Bertrand Lacaste †	Bishop Emeritus of Oran, Algeria
21 Apr	61.1	Appointed	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
23 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Fortunato Baldelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru	Apostolic Nuncio to France
	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Jarecki	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	66.5	Appointed	Armando Trindade †	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
24 Apr	61.0	Installed	Harry Joseph Flynn	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.9	Died	Jorge Gottau, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina
26 Apr	75.1	Retired	Patrick Vincent Ahern	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	71.8	Died	John Joseph Mulcahy †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
27 Apr	39.4	Appointed	Fernando María Bargalló	Auxiliary Bishop of Morón, Argentina	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
	39.4	Appointed	Fernando María Bargalló	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
	54.3	Appointed	Octavio Villegas Aguilar	Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
30 Apr	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Philip Lasap Za Hawng	Titular Bishop of Avioccala	Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar

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