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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	77.2	Died	Ignatius Harsono †	Bishop Emeritus of Bogor, Indonesia
	75.3	Retired	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain
	76.9	Retired	Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier	Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France	Bishop Emeritus
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Richard Joseph Malone	Titular Bishop of Aptuca	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	61.9	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	61.9	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	56.3	Appointed	Leonardo Sandri	Apostolic Nuncio to México	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	60.1	Appointed	Claude Pierre Charles Schockert	Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
3 Mar	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Théophile Georges Kassab	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
4 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	75.2	Retired	Ubaldo Calabresi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Fletes Santana	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	76.7	Retired	Franco Gualdrini †	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Arnold Orowae	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
	54.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Paglia	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaki Sawaf	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S.	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
5 Mar	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley	Bishop of Langres, France
6 Mar	47.8	Ordained Bishop	James Peter Sartain	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
7 Mar	67.9	Appointed	Rubén Héctor di Monte	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	88.1	Died	John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Myitkyina, Myanmar
	77.1	Retired	Emilio Ogñénovich †	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Mar	76.0	Retired	Luigi Amaducci †	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.5	Appointed	François Paul Marie Maupu	Bishop of Verdun, France
	62.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Verucchi	Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Mar	60.4	Appointed	Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
	60.4	Appointed	Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
11 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Angelo Bagnasco	Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
	90.4	Died	Antonius Hofmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
	59.6	Appointed	Angel N. Lagdameo	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
	64.4	Appointed	Francesco Marinelli	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Mar	98.6	Died	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei †	Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	70.5	Died	Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
13 Mar	75.4	Retired	Samuel Ruiz García †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	59.2	Appointed	Alfredo Schäffler	Coadjutor Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop
17 Mar	66.2	Installed	Edmond Carmody	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	63.6	Appointed	Claudio Baggini	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	76.2	Retired	Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Appointed	Mansueto Bianchi	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	David Kamau Ng’ang’a	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Method Kilaini	Titular Bishop of Strumnitza	Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania
	75.5	Retired	Giovanni Locatelli †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.5	Retired	Rosario Mazzola	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	53.8	Appointed	Francesco Montenegro	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Francesco Montenegro	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy
	41.2	Appointed	Miguel Romano Gómez	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	41.2	Appointed	Miguel Romano Gómez	Titular Bishop of Vagal	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	65.9	Appointed	Francesco Sgalambro	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Angelo Spinillo	Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
19 Mar	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Carillo Gritti, I.M.C.	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia
20 Mar	56.3	Appointed	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Bishop of Angers, France	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro	Bishop of Ipiales, Colombia
	59.3	Ordained Bishop	José Haring, O.F.M.	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A.	Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Isaac Lobo	Bishop of Shimoga, India	Bishop of Udupi, India
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	José Francisco Oliveros	Bishop of Boac, Philippines	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
	76.3	Retired	Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt	Bishop of Angers, France	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	79.2	Died	James William Gleeson †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
22 Mar	50.7	Appointed	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
	67.6	Installed	Cormac Murphy-O’Connor	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	93.8	Died	Achille Palmerini †	Bishop Emeritus of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
	79.2	Died	Remigio Ragonesi †	Vicegerent Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23 Mar	79.1	Died	Antony Padiyara †	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
	44.2	Appointed	Jaime Soto	Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
	44.2	Appointed	Jaime Soto	Titular Bishop of Segia	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
24 Mar	66.9	Ordained Bishop	Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Carreño, Colombia
	59.7	Installed	Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop
25 Mar	49.8	Appointed	Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich	Bishop of Puno, Peru
	54.2	Appointed	Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M.	Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis Kweku Essien	Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana
	76.1	Retired	Alberto Giglioli †	Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia	Archbishop
	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M.	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Eduardo Lozano	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Guido Ravinale	Bishop of Asti, Italy
	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Max John Rodrigues	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
	47.6	Appointed	Tommaso Valentinetti	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy	Archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy
26 Mar	82.0	Died	François Abraha †	Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
	93.5	Died	Alfredo Bruniera †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	71.7	Ordained Bishop	Jorge García Isaza, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Budua	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Protógenes José Luft, S.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop
27 Mar	60.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
29 Mar	57.8	Appointed	Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	77.2	Retired	Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.0	Appointed	Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.	Coadjutor Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop
31 Mar	59.9	Appointed	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
	74.8	Resigned	Michael Dallat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr	40.5	Appointed	Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J.	Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia
2 Apr	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Jala, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Shillong, India
	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Paglia	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	57.0	Installed	Francesco Guido Ravinale	Bishop of Asti, Italy
3 Apr	68.1	Died	Raymundo López Mateos, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
4 Apr	44.9	Appointed	Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez	Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela	Archbishop of Calabozo, Venezuela
5 Apr	55.9	Appointed	Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	55.9	Appointed	Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L.	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	77.9	Died	François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
6 Apr	87.4	Died	Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
8 Apr	56.9	Appointed	Miklós Beer	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	56.9	Appointed	Miklós Beer	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	61.3	Installed	Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M.	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
	63.6	Installed	Rocco Talucci	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Apr	58.0	Resigned	John Stephen Knight	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	80.1	Died	James William Malone †	Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Gerald John Mathias	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop of Lucknow, India
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Romano Gómez	Titular Bishop of Vagal	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
11 Apr	64.1	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Kaising †	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
	81.9	Died	Salvador Lazo Lazo †	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
	63.8	Resigned	William Joseph Levada	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa in California, USA	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	62.5	Appointed	Daniel Francis Walsh	Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr	78.8	Died	Edgar Carício de Gouvêa †	Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Baia, Brazil
	63.6	Appointed	Dadeus Grings	Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop
	82.0	Died	Gerald Francis O’Keefe †	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V.	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabarese), India
13 Apr	70.8	Appointed	Darío Castrillón Hoyos	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	80.7	Retired	Angelo Felici †	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	74.2	Died	Antoine Hacault †	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
14 Apr	49.5	Appointed	Fidèle Agbatchi	Archbishop of Parakou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.3	Incardinated	Judes Bicaba	Priest of Dédougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop
	43.7	Appointed	Benyamin Yosef Bria †	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
	63.6	Appointed	Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D.	Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Damian Dalu	Bishop of Geita, Tanzania
	41.7	Appointed	Ignatius Ayau Kaigama	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
	77.7	Retired	Mario Lezana Vaca †	Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	74.8	Retired	Manuel Revollo Crespo, C.M.F.	Coadjutor Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Appointed	Joseph Sama	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
	63.6	Appointed	Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	71.3	Appointed	Zéphyrin Toé	Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Douglas William Young, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop
	50.2	Appointed	Douglas William Young, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
15 Apr	58.0	Appointed	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.	Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
	88.6	Died	Paul Dumouchel, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
	75.1	Retired	Guy Alexis Herbulot	Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France	Bishop Emeritus
	72.4	Died	Thomas Joseph Lobsinger, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
	50.4	Appointed	Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
	53.7	Appointed	Hipólito Reyes Larios	Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, México	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
16 Apr	55.0	Installed	Vincenzo Paglia	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
17 Apr	74.8	Died	Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
	49.6	Appointed	Denis Theurillat	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
	49.6	Appointed	Denis Theurillat	Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
18 Apr	75.2	Retired	Raymond Conway Benjamin	Bishop of Townsville, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr	67.3	Appointed	Angélico Sândalo Bernardino	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
20 Apr	49.3	Appointed	Jean-Luc Brunin	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Bishop of Le Havre, France
	49.3	Appointed	Jean-Luc Brunin	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Bishop of Le Havre, France
	50.7	Appointed	Diómedes Antonio Espinal de León	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
	50.7	Appointed	Diómedes Antonio Espinal de León	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
	45.5	Appointed	Józef Szamocki	Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland
	45.5	Appointed	Józef Szamocki	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland
	46.4	Appointed	Jan Franciszek Watroba	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	46.4	Appointed	Jan Franciszek Watroba	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
25 Apr	67.7	Appointed	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Evarist Pinto	Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
	76.3	Retired	Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.2	Retired	Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	85.4	Died	Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	57.7	Died	Pierre Koffi Seshie †	Bishop of Kpalimé, Togo
26 Apr	68.0	Installed	Rubén Héctor di Monte	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	86.3	Died	Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph-Marie-Henri Hanrion, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dapaong, Togo
	65.8	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Serbia
29 Apr	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Bassène	Bishop of Kolda, Senegal
	60.1	Appointed	Felice di Molfetta	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
	48.6	Appointed	Carlos María Franzini	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Marinelli	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Montenegro	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy
	52.3	Appointed	Donato Negro	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
30 Apr	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Baggini	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Bishop of Angers, France	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
	60.7	Ordained Bishop	François Paul Marie Maupu	Bishop of Verdun, France