Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
2 Mar | | Born | Bernard Agré † | | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire |
3 Mar | | Born | Joseph Anthony Ferrario † | | Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
| Born | Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. † | | Bishop Emeritus of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil |
| Born | Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu † | | Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| Born | Mario Rizzi † | | Apostolic Nuncio |
4 Mar | 56.0 | Succeeded | Noël (Natal-Pierre-Marie) de Cleene, C.I.C.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
63.4 | Resigned | François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
5 Mar | 64.0 | Died | Ramón Calvó y Martí, O.F.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia |
6 Mar | 67.3 | Appointed | Jean-Pierre Rey, M.E.P. † | Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia | Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan |
67.3 | Retired | Jean-Pierre Rey, M.E.P. † | Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan | Archbishop Emeritus |
7 Mar | | Born | Rafael Bello Ruiz † | | Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México |
8 Mar | 35.1 | Appointed | John Francis Norton † | Coadjutor Bishop of Bathurst, Australia | Bishop |
35.1 | Appointed | John Francis Norton † | Titular Bishop of Lunda | Bishop of Bathurst, Australia |
42.8 | Appointed | Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. † | Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China | Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China |
9 Mar | 75.2 | Appointed | Francesco Ragonesi † | Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura |
| Born | Enrique San Pedro, S.J. † | | Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA |
10 Mar | 39.4 | Appointed | Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. † | Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri, Kenya | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
44.6 | Appointed | Richard Ryan, C.M. † | Bishop of Sale, Australia |
11 Mar | | Born | Antonio Deig Clotet † | | Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain |
49.0 | Appointed | Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. † | Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation |
49.0 | Appointed | Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. † | Titular Bishop of Citrus | Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Born | Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. † | | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru |
12 Mar | 53.2 | Appointed | Rambert-Irénée Faure † | Bishop of Saint-Claude, France |
55.2 | Appointed | Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † | Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles, France | Bishop Emeritus |
| Born | Mario José Serra † | | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
52.1 | Appointed | Jozef-Ernest van Roey † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium |
13 Mar | 86.2 | Died | Henri-Louis-Alfred Bouquet † | Bishop of Chartres, France |
75.9 | Died | Hermann Joseph (Thomas) Esser, O.P. † | Titular Bishop of Sinis |
62.1 | Died | Jean-Paul Forbes, M. Afr. † | Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Uganda |
15 Mar | 63.0 | Appointed | Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Echinus | Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece |
63.0 | Resigned | Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Crete {Candia}, Greece | Bishop Emeritus |
42.8 | Appointed | Enrico Pascal Valtorta, P.I.M.E. † | Titular Bishop of Lerus | Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China |
16 Mar | 38.0 | Appointed | Anton Sebastian Grossrubatscher (Großrubatscher), O.F.M. † | Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China |
17 Mar | 57.6 | Appointed | Agostino Maria León, O.P. † | Prefect of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador | Prefect Emeritus of Canelos, Ecuador |
56.7 | Resigned | Alvaro Valladares, O.P. † | Prefect of Canelos e Macas, Ecuador | Prefect Emeritus |
19 Mar | 26.3 | Ordained Priest | Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. † | Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions | Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar |
17.1 | Entered | Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. † | Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile |
19.4 | Professed | Maurino Rast, S.D.S. † | Member of Society of the Divine Savior | Superior General |
23.1 | Ordained Priest | Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † | Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | Archbishop |
20 Mar | 63.3 | Died | Americo Bevilacqua † | Bishop Emeritus of Alatri, Italy |
24.3 | Ordained Priest | Danio Bolognini † | Priest | Bishop of Cremona, Italy |
24.5 | Ordained Priest | Claude Marie Joseph Dupuy † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France |
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Arturo Duque Villegas † | Priest | Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia |
25.9 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Hasler † | Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus |
23.6 | Ordained Priest | Inácio Martinez Madrid, O.A.R. † | Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects | Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil |
21 Mar | | Born | Desiderio Elso Collino † | | Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina |
59.3 | Appointed | Carlo Cremonesi † | Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy | Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities |
22 Mar | 24.0 | Ordained Priest | Pedro Cantero Cuadrado † | Priest of Palencia, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain |
39.3 | Appointed | Francis Martin Kelly † | Auxiliary Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
39.3 | Appointed | Francis Martin Kelly † | Titular Bishop of Mylasa | Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA |
23 Mar | 64.5 | Appointed | Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. † | Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis | Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania |
64.5 | Resigned | Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. † | Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania | Bishop Emeritus |
22.3 | Professed | Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. † | Member of Order of Saint Benedict | Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy |
24 Mar | | Born | Desmond Connell † | | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland |
25 Mar | 24.4 | Ordained Priest | Miguel Acebedo y Flores † | Priest | Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines |
56.9 | Ordained Bishop | Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier, M.E.P. † | Titular Bishop of Lipara | Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viet Nam |
| Born | José Rodrigues de Souza, C.SS.R. † | | Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil |
26 Mar | 68.0 | Died | Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Marocco o Marruecos, Morocco |
65.2 | Died | Edward Denis Kelly † | Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
58.2 | Appointed | José Guadalupe Ortíz y López † | Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Archbishop Emeritus |
58.2 | Appointed | José Guadalupe Ortíz y López † | Titular Bishop of Ancusa | Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México |
27 Mar | 56.5 | Appointed | Ferenc Virág † | Bishop of Pécs, Hungary |
29 Mar | 45.8 | Ordained Bishop | Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J. † | Titular Bishop of Ilium | Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other |
30 Mar | 42.3 | Appointed | Giuseppe Fietta † | Titular Archbishop of Serdica | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio |
31 Mar | | Born | Jeremiah Newman † | | Bishop of Limerick, Ireland |
57.3 | Appointed | Louis-Marie Ricard † | Bishop of Nice, France |
55.4 | Appointed | James J. Roche † | Bishop of Ross, Ireland | Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland |
| Born | Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. † | | Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan |
2 Apr | | Born | Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † | | Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania |
3 Apr | 24.1 | Ordained Priest | André Jacques Marie Jacquemin † | Priest of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France | Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France |
24.3 | Ordained Priest | Jean-Emmanuel Marquès † | Priest of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France | Archbishop |
26.7 | Ordained Priest | Peter Thomas McKeefry † | Priest of Auckland, New Zealand | Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand |
23.7 | Ordained Priest | Sidney Matthew Metzger † | Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA | Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA |
23.8 | Ordained Priest | Francesco Pieri † | Priest | Bishop of Orvieto, Italy |
23.1 | Ordained Priest | Alfredo Vicente Scherer † | Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
4 Apr | 55.2 | Installed | Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † | Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles, France | Bishop Emeritus |
5 Apr | 70.1 | Appointed | Anton Karaś (Karosas) † | Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania |
53.1 | Appointed | Juozapas Kukta † | Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania |
50.4 | Appointed | Kazimieras Paltarokas † | Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania |
42.1 | Appointed | Mečislovas Reinys † | Coadjutor Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania | Auxiliary Bishop |
42.1 | Appointed | Mečislovas Reinys † | Titular Bishop of Tiddi | Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania |
52.5 | Appointed | Juozapas Skvireckas † | Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania |
59.3 | Appointed | Justinas Staugaitis † | Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania |
59.3 | Appointed | Justinas Staugaitis † | Prelate of Klaipeda, Lithuania | Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania |
| Born | Antanas Vaičius † | | Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania |
6 Apr | 85.4 | Died | Juan Martín Janiz (Yáñez) y Paz † | Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
9 Apr | 64.3 | Appointed | Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin † | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France |
64.3 | Appointed | Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin † | Titular Bishop of Tralles in Asia | Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France |
| Born | Andrew Tsien Chih-ch’un (Tsien Zhichun) † | | Bishop Emeritus of Hwalien, Taiwan |
10 Apr | | Born | Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) † | | Bishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands |
11 Apr | 39.5 | Ordained Bishop | Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. † | Titular Bishop of Centuria | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya |
| Born | Angelo Rizzo † | | Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy |
13 Apr | 52.5 | Appointed | Serafino Cimino, O.F.M. † | Apostolic Nuncio to Peru |
14 Apr | 69.3 | Died | Natale Bruni † | Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy |
70.0 | Died | Ramón Guillamet y Coma † | Bishop of Barcelona, Spain |
65.5 | Succeeded | José Miralles y Sbert † | Bishop of Barcelona, Spain | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain |
47.3 | Appointed | Oscar Morin, M. Afr. † | Prefect of Navrongo, Ghana | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana |
61.3 | Appointed | Antonino Zecchini, S.J. † | Apostolic Internuncio to Latvia | Apostolic Nuncio |
16 Apr | 38.2 | Succeeded | James Leen, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius |
71.8 | Died | John Baptist Tuohill Murphy, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius |
17 Apr | | Born | Sydney Anicetus Charles † | | Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles |
86.9 | Died | Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar † | Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador |
18 Apr | 28.3 | Solemn Vows | Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. † | Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) | Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
70.6 | Ordained Bishop | Salvatore Meo † | Titular Bishop of Methone | Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
49.0 | Installed | Giacomo Montanelli † | Bishop of Crema, Italy | Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy |
35.2 | Ordained Bishop | John Francis Norton † | Titular Bishop of Lunda | Bishop of Bathurst, Australia |
73.4 | Died | Karel Wisnar † | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia |
21 Apr | 49.1 | Ordained Bishop | Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu, A.A. † | Titular Bishop of Citrus | Apostolic Administrator of Moscow, Russian Federation |
22 Apr | | Born | Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. † | | Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo, Venezuela |
23 Apr | 54.2 | Appointed | Franjo Salis-Seewis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia |
54.2 | Appointed | Franjo Salis-Seewis † | Titular Bishop of Corycus | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia |
24 Apr | 59.8 | Installed | José María Caro Rodríguez † | Bishop of La Serena, Chile | Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile |
64.6 | Professed | Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. † | Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary | Bishop Emeritus of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania |
61.6 | Died | Angelico Antonio Zannetti, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Bosa, Italy |
25 Apr | 58.6 | Died | Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos † | Bishop of Paraná, Argentina |
56.0 | Ordained Bishop | Stanislaw Wojciech Okoniewski † | Titular Bishop of Podalia | Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland |
71.3 | Installed | Miguel León Prado † | Bishop of Linares, Chile |
47.7 | Ordained Bishop | Elie Rischa (Richa) † | Titular Archbishop of Nazareth per i Maroniti | Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon |
47.7 | Selected | Elie Rischa (Richa) † | Titular Archbishop of Nazareth per i Maroniti | Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon |
59.2 | Installed | Martín Rucker Sotomayor † | Bishop of Chillán, Chile |
59.4 | Ordained Bishop | Justinas Staugaitis † | Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania |
52.2 | Ordained Bishop | Jozef-Ernest van Roey † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium |
27 Apr | | Born | Vincenzo Cirrincione † | | Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy |
| Born | Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia † | | Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile |
51.7 | Appointed | Johannes Hillebrand † | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
51.7 | Appointed | Johannes Hillebrand † | Titular Bishop of Ceramus | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany |
| Born | Franz Josef Kuhnle † | | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany |
54.1 | Selected | Elie Chedid (Scedid) † | Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus per i Maroniti |
28 Apr | | Born | José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. † | | Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil |
50.8 | Ordained Bishop | Maurice Francis McAuliffe † | Titular Bishop of Dercos (Dercus) | Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
30 Apr | 59.1 | Installed | Eduardo Gimpert Paut † | Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile |
48.4 | Appointed | Edward Daniel Howard † | Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA |
54.0 | Appointed | Adolfo Luigi Pagani † | Bishop of Como, Italy |
21.0 | Entered | Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. † | Member of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries | Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |