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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	60.7	Appointed	Denis Brennan	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
	59.7	Resigned	Julien Mawule Kouto	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Appointed	Raúl Martín	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	48.4	Appointed	Raúl Martín	Titular Bishop of Troyna	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
2 Mar	42.9	Appointed	Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	42.9	Confirmed	Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
3 Mar	46.2	Appointed	Felix Lian Khen Thang	Auxiliary Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar
	46.2	Appointed	Felix Lian Khen Thang	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Auxiliary Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar
4 Mar	51.0	Appointed	Bernardo Bastres Florence, S.D.B.	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
	53.0	Appointed	George Beluso Rimando	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines
	53.0	Appointed	George Beluso Rimando	Titular Bishop of Vada	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Tadeusz Bronakowski	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	70.9	Retired	Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B.	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Martin Tetsuo Hiraga	Bishop of Sendai, Japan
	62.9	Appointed	Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J.	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
	75.7	Retired	Jesus B. Tuquib	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Mar	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E.	Titular Bishop of Puppi	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	87.6	Died	John Joseph Paul †	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	78.9	Died	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
8 Mar	75.6	Died	Ramón Artemio Staffolani †	Bishop Emeritus of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
10 Mar	88.5	Died	Jean Hermil †	Bishop Emeritus of Viviers, France
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Orozco Montoya	Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia
11 Mar	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Girasoli	Titular Archbishop of Egnazia Appula	Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia
	76.0	Retired	Stephen Fumio Hamao †	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	51.1	Installed	Jorge Eduardo Lozano	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
	73.3	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
	75.5	Appointed	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
12 Mar	58.2	Installed	John Thomas Kattrukudiyil	Bishop of Itanagar, India
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Benedetto Tuzia	Titular Bishop of Nepeta	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
14 Mar	43.0	Appointed	Stephan Ackermann	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop
	43.0	Appointed	Stephan Ackermann	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto	Bishop of Trier, Germany
	71.0	Died	João José Burke, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
	75.2	Died	Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
	74.4	Retired	Leo Schwarz	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	50.0	Appointed	Johannes Bündgens	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	50.0	Appointed	Johannes Bündgens	Titular Bishop of Árd Carna	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	86.7	Died	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
	71.0	Appointed	Kévork Khazoumian	Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
	75.5	Retired	Karl Reger	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.9	Appointed	Dirceu Vegini	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
	53.9	Appointed	Dirceu Vegini	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
16 Mar	84.1	Died	André Nguyên Van Nam †	Bishop Emeritus of My Tho, Viêt Nam
	82.3	Died	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Iran
17 Mar	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Remídio José Bohn	Titular Bishop of Uchi Maius	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	49.2	Ordained Bishop	José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	51.8	Appointed	Heiner Koch	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	51.8	Appointed	Heiner Koch	Titular Bishop of Ros Cré	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S.	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
18 Mar	57.3	Appointed	Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
	57.3	Appointed	Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
	76.1	Retired	Pedro Rosales Dean	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
	42.9	Resigned	Aleksandr Kan, S.J.	Superior of Kyrgyzstan	Superior Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	Nikolaus Messmer, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
	51.2	Appointed	Nikolaus Messmer, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
	59.9	Installed	José Luis Mollaghan	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina
	56.0	Appointed	Jose Serofia Palma	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
20 Mar	56.3	Appointed	Gerardo Rocconi	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
	76.5	Retired	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Jesi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Gary Gordon	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
	78.0	Died	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
23 Mar	58.9	Appointed	Victor Kindo †	Bishop of Jashpur, India
	48.7	Appointed	Paul Toppo	Bishop of Raigarh, India
24 Mar	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Georges Michel Bakar	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine
	67.8	Appointed	Carlo Caffarra	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	67.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Carlo Caffarra	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	60.4	Appointed	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	60.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	74.3	Appointed	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea	Cardinal, Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
	74.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Cardinal, Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
	80.6	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	80.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	87.9	Appointed	Peter Poreku Dery †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
	87.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Peter Poreku Dery †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
	66.9	Appointed	Stanislaw Dziwisz	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	66.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Stanislaw Dziwisz	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	69.8	Appointed	William Joseph Levada	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	69.8	Elevated to Cardinal	William Joseph Levada	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	61.7	Appointed	Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	61.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	61.5	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	61.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	71.5	Appointed	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	71.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	73.6	Appointed	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria in Via Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	73.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	63.6	Appointed	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	65.9	Appointed	Agostino Vallini	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	65.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Agostino Vallini	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	82.7	Appointed	Albert Vanhoye, S.J.	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
	82.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Albert Vanhoye, S.J.	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
	74.2	Appointed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	74.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
25 Mar	54.7	Appointed	Charles Daniel Balvo	Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	61.2	Appointed	Philip Banchong Chaiyara, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	77.0	Retired	Michael Bunluen Mansap	Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Chirayath	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabarese), India
	60.1	Ordained Bishop	William D'Souza, S.J.	Bishop of Buxar, India	Archbishop of Patna, India
	52.9	Appointed	Elenito de los Reyes Galido	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
	59.9	Ordained Bishop	André Gazaille	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Lionel Gendron, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Tagase	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
	76.7	Retired	Alberto Jara Franzoy	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	58.9	Succeeded	Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães	Titular Bishop of Galtelli	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	47.7	Appointed	Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D.	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum-Bure	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Benjamin Marc Ramaroson, C.M.	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
	71.4	Retired	Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba	Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Mar	69.8	Installed	William Joseph Levada	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Smaragde Mbonyintege	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
27 Mar	86.2	Retired	Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. †	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Calara Mallari	Titular Bishop of Erdonia	Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines
28 Mar	87.9	Installed	Peter Poreku Dery †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
30 Mar	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Del Río Sendino	Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Machado	Bishop of Belgaum, India
	94.2	Died	Joseph Merhi, C.M.L. †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
	71.1	Appointed	Antonios Naguib	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
31 Mar	59.8	Appointed	Bruno Grua	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Mario Mendoza Peralta	Coadjutor Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines	Bishop
	58.2	Appointed	Adolfo Tito Yllana	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
1 Apr	46.7	Appointed	Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	46.7	Appointed	Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.	Titular Bishop of Horta	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	54.8	Appointed	Charles Daniel Balvo	Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid	Titular Bishop of San Leone	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
	52.5	Appointed	Francisco Montecillo Padilla	Titular Archbishop of Nebbio	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	52.5	Appointed	Francisco Montecillo Padilla	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	52.5	Appointed	Francisco Montecillo Padilla	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
2 Apr	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Kympat	Bishop of Jowai, India
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Victor Lyngdoh	Bishop of Nongstoin, India
3 Apr	57.9	Appointed	Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré	Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
	75.6	Retired	Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé	Bishop of Diébougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
4 Apr	59.0	Appointed	Richard Gerard Lennon	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	73.4	Resigned	Anthony Michael Pilla	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	94.7	Died	Sebastian Valloppilly †	Bishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India
5 Apr	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Alois Lakra	Bishop of Gumla, India
	64.0	Appointed	Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S.	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	82.4	Died	Pasquale Macchi †	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
	76.2	Retired	Arnaldo Ribeiro	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Apr	49.1	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	49.1	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Titular Bishop of Noba	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	60.7	Died	Longinus Da Cunha †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
	47.6	Appointed	John Baptist Lee Keh-mien	Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan
	67.8	Appointed	Dieter Scholz, S.J.	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
7 Apr	62.5	Appointed	Andrej Glavan	Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
	69.5	Appointed	Franc Kramberger	Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia
	63.3	Appointed	Anton Stres, C.M.	Bishop of Celje, Slovenia	Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia
	50.7	Appointed	Marjan Turnšek	Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia
8 Apr	50.2	Appointed	Ramón Castro Castro	Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México
	51.6	Appointed	Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
	45.0	Appointed	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	45.0	Appointed	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	76.3	Retired	Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	82.0	Died	Charles Joseph Henderson †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
12 Apr	51.3	Appointed	Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum	Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana
13 Apr	64.9	Appointed	Luigi Conti	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	53.1	Appointed	Leopoldo Girelli	Titular Archbishop of Capreae	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
	53.1	Appointed	Leopoldo Girelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
15 Apr	85.1	Died	José Méndez Asensio †	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
18 Apr	74.3	Died	Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil
19 Apr	50.9	Ordained Bishop	John Barwa, S.V.D.	Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela, India	Bishop
	76.4	Retired	José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	50.6	Appointed	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	81.9	Died	Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
20 Apr	88.3	Died	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
22 Apr	55.3	Succeeded	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Bastres Florence, S.D.B.	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
	56.6	Appointed	Gianfranco De Luca	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy
	59.0	Appointed	António Augusto dos Santos Marto	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
	68.4	Resigned	Anthony Ekezia Ilonu	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	64.3	Resigned	Hervé Itoua	Bishop of Ouesso, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Appointed	Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania
	55.3	Appointed	José María Ortega Trinidad	Prelate of Juli, Peru
	61.1	Appointed	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
	64.2	Appointed	Ignazio Sanna	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
	75.8	Retired	Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	76.9	Retired	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
23 Apr	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Denis Brennan	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Scharl	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo, S.C.V.	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Vincentius Sensi Potokota	Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Clement Tirkey	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
24 Apr	57.0	Appointed	Óscar González Villa	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia	Former Bishop-Elect
25 Apr	52.2	Ordained Bishop	José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda	Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato, Philippines
	56.1	Appointed	Frank Joseph Dewane	Coadjutor Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA	Bishop
	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Peter Joseph Hundt	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	55.5	Appointed	Casimiro López Llorente	Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain
26 Apr	69.3	Appointed	Benedito Beni dos Santos	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.7	Appointed	João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.7	Appointed	João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	49.7	Appointed	François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Apr	88.3	Died	Dominic J. Khumalo, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
29 Apr	53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Titular Archbishop of Ostra	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
	53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
	53.1	Appointed	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Ghizzoni	Titular Bishop of Ottana	Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D.	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Rocconi	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
30 Apr	93.6	Died	Charles Garrett Maloney †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	74.9	Installed	Lucian Mureşan	Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	51.6	Installed	Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

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