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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	64.5	Resigned	Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Manado, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	52.5	Died	Égide Marie (Donat) Roy, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kagoshima, Japan
1 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	Franco Gualdrini †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux †	Priest of Marseille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
	28.6	Ordained Priest	António dos Reis Rodrigues †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Fussala	Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Cammarata †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Jedwabski †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
	80.9	Died	Leopold Prečan †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
3 Mar		Born	Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.		Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
4 Mar		Born	Edward Michael Deliman		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Mar		Born	John Ha Tiong Hock		Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
7 Mar	34.0	Appointed	Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia
		Born	Giuseppe Zenti		Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
8 Mar	58.1	Resigned	Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Juan Vargas Aruquipa		Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia
9 Mar	86.9	Died	Cyrillo de Paula Freitas †	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
10 Mar		Born	John Okeoghene Afareha †		Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
	51.9	Appointed	José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
	35.2	Appointed	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	35.2	Appointed	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	41.6	Appointed	Pasquale Quaremba †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
	56.5	Appointed	Angelo Rossini †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
	60.4	Appointed	Paolo Rota †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
	60.4	Appointed	Paolo Rota †	Titular Bishop of Memphis	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
	69.3	Appointed	Antonin Alois Weber †	Titular Archbishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of Litoměřice, Czechia
	69.3	Resigned	Antonin Alois Weber †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	46.9	Appointed	Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop Emeritus
	46.9	Appointed	Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
	37.8	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
	37.8	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Attuda	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
		Born	Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón †		Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
		Born	Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.		Prelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru
	50.7	Appointed	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Manado, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
	50.7	Appointed	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Hermonthis	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
15 Mar	49.7	Installed	Germiniano Esorto †	Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
	46.5	Appointed	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
16 Mar	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Secondo Chiocca †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Karol Pękala †	Titular Bishop of Trocmades	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
17 Mar	25.8	Ordained Priest	Caesar Gatimu †	Priest of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop
	65.6	Died	Thomas Henry McLaughlin †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
		Born	Želimir Puljić		Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
18 Mar		Born	John Clayton Nienstedt		Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
19 Mar	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
	57.1	Appointed	Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez †	Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
	70.0	Appointed	Alexandre Evreinoff †	Titular Archbishop of Parium
	21.9	Perpetual Vows	Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Riohacha, Colombia
	31.3	Ordained Bishop	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Lercaro †	Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Masterson †	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	30.7	Ordained Priest	Karl-August Siegel †	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar		Born	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez		Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
21 Mar	56.9	Appointed	Mario Zanin †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
22 Mar	24.7	Ordained Priest	Luis Baldo Riva, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
	56.6	Succeeded	Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Vizagapatnam, India	Bishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
	45.1	Appointed	Floyd Lawrence Begin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
	45.1	Appointed	Floyd Lawrence Begin †	Titular Bishop of Sala	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
	70.5	Died	Joaquim Mamede da Silva Leite †	Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
	56.2	Appointed	José Hascher, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	56.2	Appointed	José Hascher, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Aeliae	Prelate Emeritus of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Salvador Lazo Lazo †	Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Otmar Mäder †	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Appointed	Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
	72.5	Died	Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Vizagapatnam, India
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Priest of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
23 Mar	52.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	52.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Caffa	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Mar		Born	Marin Barišić		Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
		Born	Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot		Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
25 Mar	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel, Ist. del Prado †	Titular Bishop of Myrina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Allen James Babcock †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	John Edward Petit †	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	34.1	Appointed	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Garoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
	65.4	Appointed	Thomas Asagoro Wakida (Wakita) †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar		Born	Richard Gerard Lennon †		Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
27 Mar		Born	Ivo Baldi Gaburri †		Bishop of Huarí, Peru
	58.9	Appointed	Joseph Ferche †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
28 Mar	38.2	Appointed	Zdzisław Goliński †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	38.2	Appointed	Zdzisław Goliński †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	36.6	Appointed	Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †	Prefect of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
29 Mar	74.2	Died	Ignaz (Josef Thomas) Staub, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	36.0	Appointed	Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	36.0	Appointed	Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves †	Titular Bishop of Parnassus	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 Mar		Born	Jaime Vieira Rocha		Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
31 Mar		Born	Domenico Mogavero		Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
		Born	Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
1 Apr	78.6	Died	Joaquim Antônio de Almeida †	Bishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil
2 Apr	66.4	Appointed	Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana †	Titular Bishop of Eressus
3 Apr	66.4	Died	Ferdinando Ricca †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
4 Apr		Born	Janvier Kataka Luvete		Bishop Emeritus of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Luigi Amaducci †	Priest of Forli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan
	22.2	Ordained Deacon	Alfredo Battisti †	Deacon of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli †	Priest of Pisa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France
	31.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Dino Trabalzini †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
6 Apr		Born	Domenico Cancian, F.A.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
7 Apr	64.5	Died	Aristides de Araújo Porto †	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
8 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Connolly †	Priest of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA
	59.2	Appointed	Ernesto Ruffini †	Apostolic Administrator of Trapani, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
		Born	Giovanni Tani		Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
10 Apr	47.1	Appointed	Claudius-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Laos	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	47.1	Appointed	Claudius-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cidyessus	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
	50.8	Appointed	Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caquetá, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sibundoy, Colombia
	50.8	Appointed	Camilo Plácido Crous y Salichs, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Cratia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sibundoy, Colombia
	47.0	Appointed	Leo Ferdinand Dworschak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	56.7	Appointed	Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèvre, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
	56.7	Appointed	Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèvre, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
	57.6	Appointed	William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Leonard Joseph Raymond †	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
		Born	Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Autlán, Jalisco, México
	57.9	Appointed	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	57.9	Appointed	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Gibba	Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	74.0	Resigned	Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
12 Apr	25.5	Ordained Priest	Louis Antoine Marie Boffet †	Priest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France	Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
13 Apr	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Michal Klepacz †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Melas †	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
		Born	Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †		Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Paweł Czesław Rydzewski †	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Savarese †	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
		Born	Oscar Urbina Ortega		Archbishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
14 Apr		Born	Boniface Lele †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
	49.3	Appointed	Antonio Taffi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Apostolic Nuncio
15 Apr	50.0	Selected	Benno (Walter) Gut, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
	68.3	Resigned	Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Apr	28.1	Ordained Priest	Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Shillong, India
		Born	Markijan Trofym’yak		Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
18 Apr		Born	Manuel Sánchez Monge		Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain
19 Apr	50.6	Appointed	Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	50.6	Appointed	Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot †	Titular Bishop of Cassandria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
		Born	Terence John Gerard Brady		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
20 Apr	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Leopold Brellinger, S.J. †	Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
		Born	Giorgio Corbellini †		President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	51.3	Installed	Philippe Côté, S.J. †	Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
21 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Gerstner †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina
22 Apr		Born	Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré		Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
	79.9	Retired	Etienne Fourcadier, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
		Born	Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.		Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
		Born	Paweł Stobrawa		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
		Born	Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.		Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
23 Apr	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Mark Kenny Carroll †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Carroll McCormick †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
		Born	Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
24 Apr		Born	João Bráz de Aviz		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	58.3	Appointed	Aurelio del Pino Gómez †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	André-Pierre-François Fauvel †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Richard John Garcia †		Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
	45.5	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	45.5	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Titular Archbishop of Lemnus	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	60.3	Appointed	Ángel Herrera Oria †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	51.0	Appointed	Manuel Hurtado y García †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
	54.4	Appointed	Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
	51.3	Appointed	Alfonso Ródenas García †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
25 Apr	57.3	Appointed	Joseph du Bouchet, S.J. †	Prefect of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Prefect Emeritus
		Born	Mariano José Parra Sandoval		Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
26 Apr	65.0	Resigned	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Apostolic Delegate to México
	50.0	Confirmed	Benno (Walter) Gut, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
	39.5	Resigned	Louis Wach, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Prefect Emeritus
27 Apr	24.6	Ordained Priest	Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla †	Priest	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †	Titular Bishop of Aspendus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
		Born	Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
30 Apr	63.4	Died	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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