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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	64.6	Resigned	Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Mar		Born	John Doaninoel, S.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
		Born	Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I.		Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	49.9	Appointed	José Clemente Maurer, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
	49.9	Appointed	José Clemente Maurer, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Cea	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
3 Mar	29.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
4 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Valentino Giacomo Lazzari, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Luigi Scuppa †	Priest	Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy
		Born	Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón		Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
5 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Figueroa Medina †	Priest	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
6 Mar		Born	Felix Genn		Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
		Born	Arthur Roche		Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
7 Mar	40.6	Installed	John Joseph Wright †	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
8 Mar	47.1	Appointed	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Bishop of Sale, Australia
	47.1	Appointed	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Titular Bishop of Cabasa	Bishop of Sale, Australia
9 Mar		Born	Frank Joseph Dewane		Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA
	54.6	Appointed	André-Maurice Parenty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.6	Appointed	André-Maurice Parenty †	Titular Bishop of Sitifis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
		Born	Ireneusz Józef Pękalski		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
10 Mar	72.9	Appointed	Hermann Wilhelm Berning †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop
	45.1	Resigned	Killian Flynn, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Victoria Falls, Zambia	Prefect Emeritus
	67.4	Died	Marcus Sigala †	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
12 Mar	38.3	Appointed	Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
	38.3	Appointed	Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Aegeae	Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
	37.3	Appointed	Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam	Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
	37.3	Appointed	Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Saccaea	Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
	42.1	Appointed	Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
	42.1	Appointed	Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Bishop Emeritus of Bethlehem, South Africa
	42.7	Appointed	Owen McCann †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Town, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
	42.7	Appointed	Owen McCann †	Titular Bishop of Stectorium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
	56.0	Appointed	Francisco Javier Santos Santiago, I.E.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia
	56.0	Appointed	Francisco Javier Santos Santiago, I.E.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides	Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia
13 Mar		Born	Jorge Vázquez		Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
14 Mar		Born	Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B.		Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	John Joyce Russell †	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
	76.0	Died	Manoel da Silva Gomes †	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
15 Mar		Born	Kurt Koch		Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. †	Priest of Vincentian Congregation (Syro-Malabar)	Bishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
16 Mar	59.1	Appointed	Mario Bondini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	48.1	Appointed	Giacomo Cannonero †	Coadjutor Bishop of Asti, Italy	Bishop
	48.1	Appointed	Giacomo Cannonero †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Bishop of Asti, Italy
	62.8	Appointed	Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia	Apostolic Nuncio
	56.5	Appointed	Aurelio Marena †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O.		Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
17 Mar	89.3	Died	Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
	37.2	Appointed	Maurice Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Kankan, Guinea	Prefect Emeritus
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Augustin Sagna †	Priest of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Bishop Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Zenobias	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
18 Mar		Born	José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel		Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
		Born	Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D. †		Bishop of Francistown, Botswana
19 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Briva Mirabent †	Priest	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Podalia	Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †	Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nousseir †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Javier Osés Flamarique †	Priest of Pamplona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Huesca, Spain
		Born	Jose Serofia Palma		Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
20 Mar	45.7	Ordained Bishop	George William Ahr †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Victorinus Youn Kong-hi	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)
23 Mar	86.8	Died	Jules Girard, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Delta of the Nile, Egypt
	42.2	Succeeded	André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Delta of the Nile, Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
	51.5	Appointed	Georges Xenopulos, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
24 Mar	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Joseph Weldon †	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Angelo Vincenzo Zani		Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
25 Mar	28.2	Ordained Priest	Austin-Emile Burke †	Priest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Celestino Rojo Enverga †	Priest	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
	23.1	Ordained Priest	José María Hernández González †	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Bishop Emeritus of Ségou, Mali
	45.9	Appointed	Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Jean Rémond †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
26 Mar	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Ladislav Hlad †	Titular Bishop of Cediae
		Born	Antony Kariyil, C.M.I.		Archiepiscopal Vicar Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Ndalatando, Angola
		Born	Ambrogio Spreafico		Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
27 Mar		Born	Clément-Joseph Hannouche †		Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
28 Mar		Born	Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S.		Bishop Emeritus of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India
		Born	Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C.		Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	44.6	First Vows	Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, S.M.O.M. †	Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	55.6	Appointed	Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
	43.7	Appointed	Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski †	Titular Bishop of Lyrbe	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
30 Mar	29.9	Appointed	Karel Otčenášek †	Apostolic Administrator of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
	29.9	Appointed	Karel Otčenášek †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta	Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia
31 Mar	51.6	Died	Leo Fabian Fahey †	Coadjutor Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA
	43.5	Appointed	Alfons Van Buggenhout, C.I.C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Datong [Tatung], China
Apr	58.9	Resigned	Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. †	Apostolic Delegate to Indochina	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
1 Apr	82.9	Died	Christopher Edward Byrne †	Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA
	50.2	Succeeded	Wendelin Joseph Nold †	Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	53.1	Appointed	Johannes Albert von Rudloff †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	53.1	Appointed	Johannes Albert von Rudloff †	Titular Bishop of Busiris	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
2 Apr	28.5	Ordained Priest	Alfred Bengsch †	Priest of Berlin, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop
		Born	Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) †		Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Franciszek Antoni Macharski †	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
5 Apr	49.3	Appointed	David Frederick Cunningham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	49.3	Appointed	David Frederick Cunningham †	Titular Bishop of Lampsacus	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
	81.3	Died	Edward Doorly †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
6 Apr	92.0	Died	Joseph Franciskus Marie Sweens, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Victoria-Nyanza, Tanzania
8 Apr	24.8	Ordained Priest	Ennio Appignanesi †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
	44.7	Succeeded	Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Léon Hégelé †	Priest of Strasbourg, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Koaik †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
	91.5	Died	Théophile-Marie Louvard †	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Giulio Salimei †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
9 Apr	75.2	Died	Ludovicus Lombard, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Djibouti (Gibuti)
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Luis Reynoso Cervantes †	Priest	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
10 Apr	27.6	Ordained Priest	Luis Aponte Martínez †	Priest of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver †	Priest of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	68.0	Died	Ático Eusébio da Rocha †	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
12 Apr	75.1	Appointed	Domenico Della Vedova †	Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	75.1	Retired	Domenico Della Vedova †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	79.1	Died	Joseph Francis McGrath †	Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA
		Born	Donal McKeown		Bishop of Derry, Ireland
13 Apr	58.7	Succeeded	John Roderick MacDonald †	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
	88.7	Died	James Morrison †	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
14 Apr	76.0	Died	José Alves Martins †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
	76.2	Retired	Adalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	73.4	Died	Louis Janssens, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jinzhou [Jehol], China
	71.0	Died	Jean Marie van Cauwenbergh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium
15 Apr		Born	Salvador Cristau Coll		Bishop of Terrassa, Spain
		Born	Declan Ronan Lang		Bishop Emeritus of Clifton, England, Great Britain
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph McEleney, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
16 Apr	56.2	Installed	Antonio Bergamaschi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Mario Bondini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Enciso Viana †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Armando Lombardi †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Philippi	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	José Clemente Maurer, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Cea	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro †	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Samorè †	Titular Archbishop of Ternobus	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Francis John Spence †	Priest of Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Apr	42.1	Appointed	Policarpo da Costa Vaz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
	42.1	Appointed	Policarpo da Costa Vaz †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
18 Apr	41.6	Appointed	Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Bela	Bishop Emeritus of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
	41.6	Appointed	Bernardo Arango Henao, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Barrancabermeja, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
	39.2	Appointed	Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Tamale, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
	59.3	Appointed	Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
	44.5	Appointed	Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Keta, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Francis Han Tingbi (Ting-pi) †	Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China
	59.2	Appointed	Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	45.8	Appointed	Edward Michael Joyce †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
	49.8	Appointed	Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
	55.6	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	46.9	Appointed	James Moynagh, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Appointed	Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Accra, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
	68.4	Appointed	Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	62.9	Appointed	William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.6	Appointed	Peter Rogan, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Appointed	Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.3	Appointed	Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê †	Vicar Apostolic of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
	51.3	Appointed	Joseph Marie Trịnh Như Khuê †	Titular Bishop of Synaus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
	40.8	Appointed	Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	72.3	Died	John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	47.2	Appointed	Antoni Pawłowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
23 Apr	23.4	Ordained Priest	Josef Koukl †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus of Litoměřice, Czechia
24 Apr	46.3	Appointed	Godefroid Dayez, O.S.B. †	Abbot	Abbot Emeritus
25 Apr		Born	François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.		Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
	71.9	Died	João Irineu Joffily (Joffly) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
	42.5	Appointed	Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
	42.5	Appointed	Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
26 Apr	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Muthu Muthappa †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
		Born	Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
	84.3	Died	Jules-Victor-Marie Pichon †	Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
28 Apr		Born	Fidencio López Plaza		Bishop of Querétaro, México
29 Apr	28.7	Ordained Priest	Benedict Charles Franzetta †	Priest of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Anthony Edward Pevec †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Anton Richter †	Bishop
30 Apr	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Llopis Ivorra †	Bishop of Coria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
	30.0	Ordained Bishop	Karel Otčenášek †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta	Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia
	30.6	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Tarma, Peru

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