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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	59.7	Confirmed	Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
	76.9	Retired	Iwannis Louis Awad	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Jihad Mtanos Battah	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	54.7	Appointed	Jihad Mtanos Battah	Titular Bishop of Phaena	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	65.3	Appointed	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
	65.3	Appointed	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
	80.6	Resigned	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus
	72.4	Appointed	Basile Georges Casmoussa	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	67.2	Resigned	Martin William Currie	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	53.7	Appointed	Robert Anthony Daniels	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
	59.2	Succeeded	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	54.5	Appointed	Peter Joseph Hundt	Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada
	75.0	Retired	Roger Michael Mahony	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	67.3	Confirmed	Youhanna Boutros Moshe	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
	66.5	Appointed	Antoine Vu Huy Chuong	Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viet Nam
	67.0	Appointed	Jean Marie Vu Tât	Bishop of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
2 Mar	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Christopher James Coyne	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
3 Mar	52.4	Appointed	Jan Vokál	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
5 Mar	71.5	Resigned	Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A.	Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	81.0	Died	Oswald Georg Hirmer †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
	80.1	Retired	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M.	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan	Bishop Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Dominic Kimengich	Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya
	48.1	Resigned	Péter Fülöp Kocsis	Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
	80.1	Appointed	Giovanni Marra	Apostolic Administrator of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	41.8	Appointed	José Luís Mumbiela Sierra	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
	48.4	Installed	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid	Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia
	50.8	Appointed	Atanáz Orosz	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
	50.8	Appointed	Atanáz Orosz	Titular Bishop of Panium	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	71.2	Resigned	Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	65.0	Appointed	Dieudonné Watio	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
6 Mar	82.2	Installed	Walter Brandmüller	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	60.0	Installed	Carlo Ciattini	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
	54.1	Installed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
	59.8	Installed	Robert Francis Vasa	Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA	Bishop
7 Mar	61.3	Installed	Juan Alberto Puiggari	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
8 Mar	44.3	Appointed	Rolando José Álvarez Lagos	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
11 Mar	62.5	Installed	Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa	Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia
	71.0	Resigned	John Huston Ricard, S.S.J.	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	74.6	Resigned	Claudio Baggini	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	66.9	Appointed	Thumma Bala	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
	59.3	Succeeded	Vincenzo Di Mauro	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Appointed	Thomas D’Souza	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop
	78.2	Died	Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz †	Bishop Emeritus of Guadix, Spain
	75.3	Retired	Emmanuel A. Mapunda	Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa	Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania
	50.4	Appointed	John Chrisostom Ndimbo	Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania
	82.8	Installed	Elio Sgreccia	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, President Emeritus of Life, Roman Curia
14 Mar	52.5	Appointed	Joseph Nguyen Tan Tuoc	Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cuong, Viet Nam	Bishop
15 Mar	71.1	Selected	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Mar	50.9	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Daly	Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
	50.9	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Daly	Titular Bishop of Tabalta	Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
	82.7	Died	Thomas Nkuissi †	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
17 Mar	66.5	Installed	Antoine Vu Huy Chuong	Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viet Nam
18 Mar	54.6	Appointed	Augustine Obiora Akubeze	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
	79.4	Resigned	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji	Apostolic Administrator of Benin City, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
	45.7	Appointed	Malachy John Goltok	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
	64.3	Appointed	Jonás Guerrero Corona	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	73.0	Resigned	Benjamín Jiménez Hernández	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	92.0	Died	Patrick Vincent Ahern †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Abel Gabuza	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gonzaga Féchio	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	66.6	Ordained Bishop	Eusebio Ignacio Hernández Sola, O.A.R.	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Wilmar Santin, O. Carm.	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Mate Uzinić	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
20 Mar	80.3	Died	Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
21 Mar	44.5	Appointed	Anthony Fallah Borwah	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
22 Mar	52.6	Appointed	Michael Jude Byrnes	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	52.6	Appointed	Michael Jude Byrnes	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	63.5	Appointed	Donald Francis Hanchon	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	63.5	Appointed	Donald Francis Hanchon	Titular Bishop of Horreomargum	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	67.0	Installed	Jean Marie Vu Tât	Bishop of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
23 Mar	47.3	Appointed	Benedito Araújo	Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop
	47.5	Appointed	Antonio Guido Filipazzi	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
	40.9	Selected	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Mar	68.4	Died	Julian Gbur, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Giudice	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
	75.7	Retired	Gioacchino Illiano	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	79.1	Died	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	71.1	Confirmed	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Mar	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
	64.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P.	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
	76.2	Retired	Antonio Ciliberti	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Rosalvo Cordeiro de Lima	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	54.6	Appointed	Valter Dario Maggi	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
	75.8	Died	Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	62.6	Appointed	Paul Sueo Hamaguchi	Bishop of Oita, Japan
	53.7	Installed	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Archbishop of Québec, Canada
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Linus Lee Seong-hyo	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
	76.1	Retired	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	71.1	Installed	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	67.5	Installed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	40.9	Appointed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	40.9	Confirmed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Geremias Steinmetz	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
	63.7	Appointed	John Eijiro Suwa	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan
	77.6	Retired	Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J.	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Victor Abagna Mossa	Bishop of Owando, Congo
	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Charles Émile Gardin, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Impfondo, Congo
	79.5	Installed	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Pellegrini	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
	69.2	Installed	Guire Poulard	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	90.6	Died	Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint	Titular Bishop of Senez	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
27 Mar	40.9	Installed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
31 Mar	80.5	Retired	Hubert Coppenrath	Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.9	Removed	Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	62.9	Appointed	Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop