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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	58.4	Appointed	José Cobo Cano	Ordinary of Spain, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
	58.4	Appointed	Mauro Lalli	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	58.4	Appointed	Mauro Lalli	Titular Archbishop of Pausulae	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	78.7	Retired	Carlos Osoro Sierra	Ordinary of Spain, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
2 Mar	60.7	Appointed	Giovanni Gaspari	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
	60.7	Appointed	Giovanni Gaspari	Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
	57.0	Installed	Herwig Gössl	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
	75.1	Retired	Joseph Kariyil	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
	64.5	Installed	Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez	Prelate of Illapel, Chile
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan Ignacio Liébana	Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina
	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Željko Majić	Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Stanislav Přibyl, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia
	65.7	Ceased	Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis	Apostolic Administrator of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Carlos Zacarías López	Bishop of Canindeyú, Paraguay
3 Mar	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Bhaskar Jesuraj	Bishop of Meerut, India
	59.6	Installed	Jamal Boulos Sleiman Daibes	Bishop of Djibouti
4 Mar	84.7	Died	Francisco González Valer, S.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	87.7	Died	Piotr Krupa †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pelplin, Poland
5 Mar	56.3	Appointed	Peter Antony Wyman Croos	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
	63.5	Appointed	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Titular Archbishop of Ursona	Cardinal, Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
	76.4	Retired	Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	65.8	Appointed	Donal Roche	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
	65.8	Appointed	Donal Roche	Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
6 Mar	90.0	Died	Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
	48.8	Appointed	Edmar José da Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	48.8	Appointed	Edmar José da Silva	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Mar	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Keith James Chylinski	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Randall Cooke	Titular Bishop of Malliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Efren Veridiano Esmilla	Titular Bishop of Ottana	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Mar	57.5	Appointed	Michel Jalakh, O.A.M.	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Maroniti	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
9 Mar	55.6	Installed	Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
	66.7	Installed	Biagio Colaianni	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis McAnally Dougan	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Matthieu Henri Fabien Dupont	Bishop of Laval, France
	73.4	Resigned	Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba	Bishop of Łowicz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga	Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
	48.0	Appointed	Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
	53.3	Appointed	Wojciech Tomasz Osial	Apostolic Administrator of Łowicz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
	54.9	Appointed	Hironimus Pakaenoni	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
	69.4	Installed	Joel Portella Amado	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	52.4	Appointed	Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
	77.0	Retired	Peter Turang	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Turturro	Titular Archbishop of Rebellum	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
10 Mar	57.0	Installed	Udo Markus Bentz	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
	51.2	Installed	Francis McAnally Dougan	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
	50.2	Installed	Matthieu Henri Fabien Dupont	Bishop of Laval, France
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	François Hervé Marie Durand	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Désiré Lenge Mukwenye	Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	62.7	Ceased	William Raymond McFadden	Administrator of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Priest
11 Mar	86.4	Died	Marian Gołębiewski †	Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	58.7	Appointed	Ivo Martinović, T.O.R.	Bishop of Požega, Croatia
	64.7	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
	64.7	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
	76.8	Retired	Antun Škvorčević	Bishop of Požega, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	77.1	Retired	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	77.1	Retired	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
13 Mar	54.6	Appointed	Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
	74.6	Resigned	Adriano Ciocca Vasino	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	67.0	Appointed	Hervé Jean Robert Giraud	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viviers, France	Bishop
	63.9	Resigned	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.	Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	76.2	Retired	Peter Lee Ki-heon	Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	65.1	Appointed	Josafá Menezes da Silva	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
	51.5	Appointed	Lucio Nicoletto	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	67.1	Appointed	Benedictus Son Hee-Song	Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)
14 Mar	93.5	Died	Francis Patrick Carroll †	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
	73.9	Resigned	Declan Ronan Lang	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	60.6	Appointed	John Bosco MacDonald	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain
15 Mar	56.8	Appointed	Luis Manuel Alí Herrera	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	77.3	Died	Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
	89.5	Died	Paul Josef Cordes †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	86.2	Died	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba †	Bishop Emeritus of Sokodé, Togo
	55.9	Ceased	Andrew Small, O.M.I.	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors	Secretary Emeritus
16 Mar	48.0	Appointed	Grégoire François Bruno Drouot	Bishop of Nevers, France
	49.4	Installed	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Varriano, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Astigi	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
17 Mar	50.5	Ordained Bishop	João de Ceita Nazaré	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
	50.2	Ceased	António Lungieki Pedro Bengui	Apostolic Administrator of São Tomé e Príncipe	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola
18 Mar	75.0	Retired	Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Napoleon Balili Sipalay, Jr., O.P.	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines
	46.4	Appointed	Mirko Štefković	Bishop of Zrenjanin, Serbia
19 Mar	69.1	Installed	Vincent Aind	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
	63.8	Appointed	Gerard William Battersby	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	73.7	Resigned	William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	55.6	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Correa Martínez	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
	69.1	Appointed	José Leopoldo González González	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	54.1	Installed	Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
	55.3	Ceased	Fidelis Bautista Layog	Apostolic Administrator of Alaminos, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
	73.9	Ceased	Donal McKeown	Apostolic Administrator of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	61.4	Ordained Bishop	Michel Moura	Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Cosmas Mwagala	Bishop of Mafinga, Tanzania
	53.5	Appointed	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	51.5	Appointed	Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
	53.4	Installed	Napoleon Balili Sipalay, Jr., O.P.	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines
	52.1	Appointed	Vicente de Paula Tavares	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	52.1	Appointed	Vicente de Paula Tavares	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	63.5	Ceased	Luc René Young Chen Yin, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Rodrigues, Mauritius	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
20 Mar	52.1	Appointed	Rolandas Makrickas	Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Ifeanyichukwu Obiatuegwu	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria
	87.3	Laicized	Roger Joseph Vangheluwe
21 Mar	74.5	Resigned	José João dos Santos Marcos	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Madathikunnel	Bishop of Khandwa, India
	61.3	Appointed	Fernando Maio de Paiva	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
	66.5	Appointed	John Opoku-Agyemang	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
	77.5	Retired	Guillermo Orozco Montoya	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	76.1	Retired	Joseph Osei-Bonsu	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	64.8	Appointed	Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia
22 Mar	90.0	Died	Franz Dietl †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	76.7	Retired	John Baptist Odama	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.1	Appointed	Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I.	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
	54.5	Resigned	Christopher John Whitehead	Bishop-Elect of Plymouth, England, Great Britain	Former Bishop-Elect
23 Mar	75.7	Retired	Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez	Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	54.3	Appointed	Cristián Castro Toovey	Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
	79.6	Installed	Oswald Joseph Lewis	Apostolic Administrator of Ajmer, India	Bishop Emeritus of Jaipur, India
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Tawat Singsa	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
24 Mar	96.8	Died	José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui †	Bishop Emeritus of Valledupar, Colombia
25 Mar	60.9	Appointed	Felice Ba Htoo	Coadjutor Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar
	76.5	Retired	Ulrich Boom	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.7	Appointed	José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
	76.4	Retired	Saúl Figueroa Albornoz	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Appointed	Paul Reder	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	52.5	Appointed	Paul Reder	Titular Bishop of Petina	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
26 Mar	49.8	Appointed	Alejandro Díaz García	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	49.8	Appointed	Alejandro Díaz García	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
	50.0	Appointed	Francis Than Htun	Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
	50.0	Appointed	Francis Than Htun	Titular Bishop of Strongoli	Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
27 Mar	53.7	Appointed	Eddy René Calvillo Díaz	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
	53.7	Appointed	Eddy René Calvillo Díaz	Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
	65.6	Appointed	John Kiplimo Lelei	Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
	65.6	Appointed	John Kiplimo Lelei	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
	93.5	Died	Karl Reger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
28 Mar	59.4	Appointed	Vicente Sanombo	Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola
31 Mar	72.3	Died	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
1 Apr	80.5	Died	José Trinidad González Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
2 Apr	67.8	Resigned	José Antonio Eguren Anselmi, S.C.V.	Archbishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
	70.3	Appointed	Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares	Apostolic Administrator of Piura, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
3 Apr	41.1	Appointed	Robert (Krikor) Badichah, I.C.P.B.	Titular Bishop of Artvin degli Armeni	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
	41.1	Confirmed	Robert (Krikor) Badichah, I.C.P.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
	49.1	Appointed	Parsegh (Manuel) Baghdassarian, I.C.P.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA
	49.1	Appointed	Parsegh (Manuel) Baghdassarian, I.C.P.B.	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA
	58.5	Succeeded	Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
	60.7	Appointed	Víctor Carabés Chávez, M.N.M.	Bishop of Tenancingo, México, México
	81.9	Died	Vitus Huonder †	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	71.6	Resigned	Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm.	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Apr	75.9	Retired	Ilario Antoniazzi	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Archbishop Emeritus
	94.1	Died	Thomas John Gumbleton †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	49.0	Appointed	Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia
	55.4	Installed	Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis Tirkey	Bishop of Purnea, India
5 Apr	60.4	Appointed	Henry Joseph Balzan	Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile
	60.4	Appointed	Henry Joseph Balzan	Titular Bishop of La Imperial	Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile
	48.8	Appointed	Uladzimir Huljaj (Huliai, Gulyai))	Coadjutor Bishop of Grodno, Belarus
	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal	Bishop of Indore, India
6 Apr	55.9	Ceased	Roberto Pío Álvarez	Apostolic Administrator of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop of Rawson, Argentina
	70.2	Appointed	Angelo De Donatis	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	56.2	Appointed	Simiao Purificaçao Fernandes	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa e Damão, India
	56.2	Appointed	Simiao Purificaçao Fernandes	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa e Damão, India
	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Simon Peter Kamomoe	Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
	70.8	Appointed	Daniele Libanori, S.J.	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Danival Milagres Coelho	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
	79.5	Retired	Mauro Piacenza	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Lancy Pinto	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
	53.3	Appointed	Baldassare Reina	Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Janusz Stanisław Urbańczyk	Titular Archbishop of Voli	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
	57.2	Installed	Jorge Luis Wagner	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
7 Apr	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S.	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	69.7	Ceased	Moacir Silva	Apostolic Administrator of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
8 Apr	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Jesu Gaspar Valan Arasu	Bishop of Jabalpur, India
	78.0	Retired	Christo Proykov	Bishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Appointed	Petko Valov	Bishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
9 Apr	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Duming Dias	Bishop of Karwar, India
	71.8	Resigned	Ángel Fernández Collado	Bishop of Albacete, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	69.9	Ceased	Derek Fernandes	Apostolic Administrator of Karwar, India	Bishop of Belgaum, India
	67.0	Resigned	Peter Joseph Jugis	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	62.3	Appointed	Michael Thomas Martin, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
	69.8	Ceased	Udumala Bala Showreddy	Apostolic Administrator of Khammam, India	Bishop of Warangal, India
	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Prakash Sagili	Bishop of Khammam, India
10 Apr	59.8	Died	Martin James Chambers †	Bishop-Elect of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
	52.9	Appointed	Paul Dempsey	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
	52.9	Appointed	Paul Dempsey	Titular Bishop of Sita	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
	70.7	Appointed	Kevin Peter Doran	Apostolic Administrator of Achonry, Ireland	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
	65.9	Appointed	Francis Duffy	Apostolic Administrator of Killala, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
	76.1	Retired	John Fleming	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Kyung Sang Lee	Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
13 Apr	57.7	Installed	Josef Nuzík	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
14 Apr	67.1	Installed	Hervé Jean Robert Giraud	Bishop of Viviers, France
	71.1	Installed	Alexander Aloysius (Alan) McGuckian, S.J.	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Victor Ndione	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean Désiré Razafinirina	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar
15 Apr	51.3	Appointed	Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A.	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	45.7	Appointed	Filippo Ciampanelli	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	91.5	Died	Pedro Rubiano Sàenz †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
16 Apr	55.2	Appointed	Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
	55.2	Appointed	Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
	54.2	Appointed	Mitja Leskovar	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
18 Apr	77.1	Retired	Giuseppe Betori	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.8	Appointed	Gherardo Gambelli	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
19 Apr	60.4	Appointed	Ramiro Alejandro Herrera Herrera	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
	60.4	Appointed	Ramiro Alejandro Herrera Herrera	Titular Bishop of Medeli	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
	67.4	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
20 Apr	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Beneventi	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy
	59.5	Appointed	Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal	Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
	59.5	Appointed	Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
	55.4	Installed	François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea	Cardinal, Bishop of Ajaccio, France
	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Titular Archbishop of Ursona	Cardinal, Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
	63.6	Resigned	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Titular Archbishop of Ursona	Cardinal, Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.	Titular Archbishop of Gradisca	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
21 Apr	67.5	Ceased	Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot	Apostolic Administrator of Strasbourg, France	Bishop of Metz, France
	67.0	Installed	Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
	78.2	Installed	Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre	Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Edilson de Souza Silva	Titular Bishop of Badiae	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Octavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist.	Bishop of Girona, Spain
22 Apr	63.8	Appointed	James Paul Curry	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	63.8	Appointed	James Paul Curry	Titular Bishop of Ramsbiria	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23 Apr	48.7	Appointed	José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
	48.7	Appointed	José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
	54.6	Appointed	Vicente Martín Muñoz	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
	54.6	Appointed	Vicente Martín Muñoz	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
	57.5	Appointed	Artur Ważny	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
24 Apr	75.2	Retired	Francisco Canindé Palhano	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	62.4	Appointed	Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C.	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D.	Bishop of Kurnool, India
25 Apr	53.7	Appointed	Timothy Francis Menezes	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	53.7	Appointed	Timothy Francis Menezes	Titular Bishop of Thugga	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	63.5	Appointed	Richard Adrian Walker	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	63.5	Appointed	Richard Adrian Walker	Titular Bishop of Murthlacum	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
26 Apr	83.2	Died	Peter William Ingham †	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
27 Apr	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Martin James Chambers †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop-Elect
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra, O.F.M.	Bishop of David, Panama
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Moïse Tinguiano	Bishop of Boké, Guinea
	56.1	Ceased	Rafael Valdivieso Miranda	Apostolic Administrator of David, Panama	Bishop of Chitré, Panama
28 Apr	46.3	Installed	Moïse Tinguiano	Bishop of Boké, Guinea
29 Apr	72.0	Resigned	Keith Newton	Ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham, England, Great Britain	Ordinary Emeritus
	62.8	Appointed	David Arthur Waller	Ordinary of Our Lady of Walsingham, England, Great Britain
30 Apr	74.8	Retired	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Geraldo dos Reis Maia	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S.	Bishop of Nalgonda, India
	62.4	Ceased	Anthony Poola	Apostolic Administrator of Nalgonda, India	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
	64.8	Appointed	Alfonso Raimo	Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
	64.8	Appointed	Alfonso Raimo	Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae	Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

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