| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| Mar | 74.6 | Resigned | Claudio Maria Celli | President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications | President Emeritus |
| 2 Mar | 77.2 | Died | Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek † | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria |
| 69.0 | Appointed | Eduardo Zielski | Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil |
| 4 Mar | 98.7 | Died | Vincenzo Franco † | Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy |
| 5 Mar | 56.1 | Appointed | Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. | Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 60.7 | Appointed | Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte | Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands |
| 58.9 | Ordained Bishop | Célestin-Marie Gaoua | Bishop of Sokodé, Togo |
| 71.5 | Resigned | Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans | Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands | Bishop Emeritus |
| 55.1 | Ordained Bishop | João Muniz Alves, O.F.M. | Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil |
| 6 Mar | 91.0 | Died | Raymond Conway Benjamin † | Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia |
| 89.1 | Died | Paolo Giglio † | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of |
| 75.1 | Died | Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba † | Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 60.7 | Installed | Pierantonio Pavanello | Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy |
| 8 Mar | 75.6 | Retired | Paul Gregory Bootkoski | Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 49.8 | Appointed | James Francis Checchio | Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA |
| 9 Mar | 62.7 | Appointed | Georges Colomb, M.E.P. | Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France |
| 89.7 | Died | William Russell Houck † | Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA |
| 75.7 | Retired | Bernard Marie Fernand Housset | Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France | Bishop Emeritus |
| 56.8 | Appointed | Darci José Nicioli, C.SS.R. | Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 76.3 | Retired | João Bosco Oliver de Faria | Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 10 Mar | 80.7 | Died | Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. † | Bishop Emeritus of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia |
| 11 Mar | 54.2 | Appointed | Victor Hugo Basabe | Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela |
| 76.6 | Retired | Alexis Habiyambere, S.J. | Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda | Bishop Emeritus |
| 71.7 | Resigned | Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust | Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus |
| 59.2 | Appointed | Anaclet Mwumvaneza | Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda |
| 12 Mar | 58.5 | Ceased | Ignatius Chama | Apostolic Administrator of Mpika, Zambia | Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia |
| 59.5 | Appointed | Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri | Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam |
| 58.7 | Appointed | Joseph Đăng Đúc Ngân | Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam |
| 55.7 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal | Bishop of Vitoria, Spain |
| 50.1 | Ordained Bishop | Miguel Fernando González Mariño | Titular Bishop of Boseta | Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia |
| 54.1 | Ordained Bishop | William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera | Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador |
| 63.8 | Ordained Bishop | Luigi Mansi | Bishop of Andria, Italy |
| 61.0 | Ordained Bishop | Justin Mulenga | Bishop of Mpika, Zambia |
| 13 Mar | 53.6 | Ordained Bishop | Marco Brunetti | Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy |
| 14 Mar | 49.4 | Ordained Bishop | José Hiraís Acosta Beltrán | Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México |
| 15 Mar | 46.6 | Appointed | Emmanuel Abbo | Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon |
| 52.0 | Appointed | Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon | Bishop of Kumba, Cameroon |
| 60.0 | Succeeded | João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador | Bishop of Angra, Portugal |
| 75.0 | Retired | António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. | Bishop of Angra, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus |
| 16 Mar | 48.3 | Ordained Bishop | José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz † | Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México |
| 47.7 | Appointed | José Albuquerque de Araújo | Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil |
| 47.7 | Appointed | José Albuquerque de Araújo | Titular Bishop of Altava | Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil |
| 51.5 | Appointed | Luiz Carlos Dias | Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil |
| 51.5 | Appointed | Luiz Carlos Dias | Titular Bishop of Tunes | Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil |
| 52.7 | Appointed | Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F. | Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain |
| 17 Mar | 72.0 | Resigned | Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon | Archbishop of Clermont, France | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 18 Mar | 52.1 | Ordained Bishop | Aparecido Donizete de Souza | Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| 64.6 | Ordained Bishop | Claude Hamelin | Titular Bishop of Apollonia | Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada |
| 54.5 | Appointed | Stefano Russo | Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 75.6 | Retired | Giancarlo Vecerrica | Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 19 Mar | 63.7 | Ordained Bishop | Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. | Titular Bishop of Luperciana | President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue |
| 53.3 | Appointed | Michael Wallace Banach | Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal |
| 53.3 | Appointed | Michael Wallace Banach | Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania | Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal |
| 51.4 | Appointed | Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D. | Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile |
| 48.3 | Ordained Bishop | Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. | Bishop of Díli, Timor-Leste |
| 65.7 | Ceased | Basílio do Nascimento | Apostolic Administrator of Díli, Timor-Leste | Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste |
| 51.1 | Appointed | Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina | Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of |
| 51.1 | Appointed | Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina | Titular Archbishop of Gratiana | Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of |
| 50.2 | Installed | Luis Gonzaga Féchio | Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 47.5 | Ordained Bishop | Jacek Kiciński, C.M.F. | Titular Bishop of Margum | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland |
| 53.7 | Ordained Bishop | António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo | Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus | Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal |
| 56.8 | Appointed | Paul Fitzpatrick Russell | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey |
| 56.8 | Appointed | Paul Fitzpatrick Russell | Titular Archbishop of Novi | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey |
| 56.8 | Appointed | Paul Fitzpatrick Russell | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey |
| 52.8 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Bryan Wells | Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis | Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa |
| 20 Mar | 95.7 | Died | Odo Fusi Pecci † | Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy |
| 21 Mar | 56.6 | Died | Alphonse Liguori Chaupa † | Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea |
| 87.3 | Died | Joseph Mercieca † | Archbishop Emeritus of Malta |
| 24 Mar | 56.5 | Appointed | Bernard Anthony Hebda | Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| 66.2 | Died | Timothée Modibo-Nzockena † | Bishop of Franceville, Gabon |
| 26 Mar | 100.4 | Died | Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. † | Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia |
| 29 Mar | 78.5 | Died | Oscar Páez Garcete † | Bishop Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay |
| 31 Mar | 60.8 | Appointed | Basil Cho Kyu-man | Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South) |
| 78.0 | Retired | Florentino Ferrer Cinense | Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus |
| 93.9 | Died | Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto |
| 75.6 | Retired | James Kim Ji-seok | Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus |
| 60.2 | Appointed | Enrique de Vera Macaraeg | Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines |
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