The Year of Our Lord 1962

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar Born Francesco Lomanto Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

3 Mar Born Dieudonné Datonou Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

Born Luis José Rueda Aparicio Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

58.1 Selected Hermann Volk † Bishop of Mainz, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

4 Mar 87.7 Died Domenico Fiori † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy

32.6 Ordained Priest Alberto Jara Franzoy † Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of Chillán, Chile

5 Mar 51.9 Appointed Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. † Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina Archbishop

51.9 Appointed Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Oreus Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

6 Mar 44.0 Ordained Bishop Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka † Titular Bishop of Cariana Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

7 Mar Born James Raphael Anaparambil Bishop of Alleppey, India

9 Mar 60.6 Succeeded Ermenegildo Florit † Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Born José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil

10 Mar 56.8 Appointed Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Hamhŭng, Korea (North) Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)

50.1 Appointed John A. Choi Jae-seon † Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

45.3 Appointed James Corboy, S.J. † Bishop of Monze, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

36.4 Appointed Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron † Archbishop of Lomé, Togo Archbishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Peter Han Kong-ryel † Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South) Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)

52.6 Appointed Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. † Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) Apostolic Administrator of Cheju-Do, Korea (South)

55.4 Appointed Francis Hong Yong-ho † Bishop of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)

79.0 Appointed Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. † Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ségou, Mali Bishop Emeritus

35.2 Appointed William John McNaughton, M.M. † Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. † Titular Archbishop of Gabala Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea

49.7 Resigned Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea Archbishop Emeritus

35.2 Incardinated Michael Pak Jeong-il † Priest of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)

64.0 Appointed James Vincent Pardy, M.M. † Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Appointed Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. † Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Paul Marie Kinam Ro † Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

36.7 Appointed Luc Auguste Sangaré † Archbishop of Bamako, Mali

50.8 Appointed John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil † Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

41.5 Appointed Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea Archbishop Emeritus

Born Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria

11 Mar 75.8 Died Jozef Čársky † Apostolic Administrator of Košice, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop

46.6 Installed Manuel Platon Del Rosario † Bishop of Malolos, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

17 Mar 28.1 Ordained Priest Enzo Dieci Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

29.2 Ordained Priest Jesus Castro Galang † Priest of San Fernando, Philippines Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines

25.4 Ordained Priest John Magee, S.P.S. Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions Bishop Emeritus of Cloyne, Ireland

24.9 Ordained Priest Paul Marchand, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

25.1 Ordained Priest Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan

25.6 Ordained Priest José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco

18 Mar 38.6 Ordained Bishop Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu † Bishop of Masaka, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

Born Guido Gallese Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

23.0 Ordained Priest Adam Lepa † Priest of Łódź, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

21.0 Solemn Vows Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya

Born Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

24.1 Ordained Priest Antonio Maria Vegliò Priest of Pesaro, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

19 Mar 70.0 Elevated to Cardinal Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda y Ramoneda, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine

75.1 Appointed Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Archbishop of Anchialus Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

75.1 Retired Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

63.6 Elevated to Cardinal Ildebrando Antoniutti † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes

63.6 Resigned Ildebrando Antoniutti † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes

71.8 Appointed Giulio Barbetta † Titular Bishop of Pharan

82.0 Appointed Oddo Bernacchia † Titular Bishop of Sebela Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy

82.0 Retired Oddo Bernacchia † Bishop of Termoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy

67.6 Appointed Alfredo Bontempi † Titular Bishop of Palmyra Rector

74.8 Elevated to Cardinal Michael David Browne, O.P. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola

74.8 Resigned Michael David Browne, O.P. † Master General of Order of Friars Preachers Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola

53.6 Appointed James Joseph Byrne † Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

40.9 Ordained Bishop Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González † Bishop of Melo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

42.8 Ordained Bishop Marco Caliaro, C.S. † Titular Bishop of Tamiathis Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy

Born José Antonio Canales Motiño Bishop of Danlí, Honduras

64.6 Elevated to Cardinal Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

82.0 Elevated to Cardinal José da Costa Nunes † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

82.0 Resigned José da Costa Nunes † Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

44.5 Appointed José Antonio Dammert Bellido † Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru Bishop Emeritus

73.1 Elevated to Cardinal Efrem Forni † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

58.2 Appointed Bolesław Kominek † Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

48.2 Appointed Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

48.2 Elevated to Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

43.0 Appointed José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

25.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Atsumi Misue † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan

66.9 Appointed Giovanni Panico † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

66.9 Elevated to Cardinal Giovanni Panico † Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

54.4 Appointed Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

54.4 Elevated to Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

57.6 Elevated to Cardinal Leo Jozef Suenens † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

47.1 Appointed Francesco Tortora, O.M. † Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

47.1 Appointed Francesco Tortora, O.M. † Titular Bishop of Livias Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

61.9 Appointed Giovanni Urbani † Cardinal-Priest of San Marco Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

21 Mar Born Peter Michiaki Nakamura Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan

22 Mar 70.0 Appointed Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda y Ramoneda, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine

74.8 Appointed Michael David Browne, O.P. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola

54.6 Appointed Paolo Carta † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

64.6 Appointed Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

82.0 Appointed José da Costa Nunes † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

81.8 Appointed Gaetano De Cicco † Titular Bishop of Aezani Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy

81.8 Retired Gaetano De Cicco † Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop Emeritus

44.3 Appointed Gerardus Henricus De Vet † Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

73.1 Appointed Efrem Forni † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Born Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Born Gary Wayne Janak Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

Born Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire

57.6 Appointed Leo Jozef Suenens † Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

48.7 Appointed José Thurler † Titular Bishop of Capitolias Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

48.7 Appointed José Thurler † Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

48.7 Resigned José Thurler † Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

43.4 Appointed Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa † Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines Archbishop of Palo, Philippines

24 Mar 64.6 Appointed Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Born Carmelo Cuttitta Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy

25 Mar 24.9 Ordained Priest Ad Abi Karam Priest Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia

24.1 Ordained Priest Louis-Marie Billé † Priest of Luçon, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

44.3 Ordained Bishop Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. † Titular Bishop of Hadrianotherae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

23.1 Ordained Priest Alfonso Milián Sorribas † Priest of Zaragoza, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain

23.2 Professed Paul Kazuhiro Mori † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

58.2 Confirmed Hermann Volk † Bishop of Mainz, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

74.1 Appointed Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Strasbourg, France Bishop Emeritus

26 Mar 54.0 Ordained Bishop Antoni Léon Louis Caillot † Titular Bishop of Bononia Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France

48.6 Ordained Bishop Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. † Bishop of Oita, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan

42.7 Appointed João Aloysio Hoffmann † Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

28 Mar 58.5 Appointed Rudolf Graber † Bishop of Regensburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

Born Martin (Stephan) Werlen, O.S.B. Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

29 Mar 50.9 Installed Paul John Hallinan † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

62.4 Died James Michael Hill † Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

30 Mar 57.7 Appointed Alden John Bell † Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar		Born	Francesco Lomanto		Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Dieudonné Datonou		Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
	Born	Luis José Rueda Aparicio		Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
58.1	Selected	Hermann Volk †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
4 Mar	87.7	Died	Domenico Fiori †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy
32.6	Ordained Priest	Alberto Jara Franzoy †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Chillán, Chile
5 Mar	51.9	Appointed	Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina	Archbishop
51.9	Appointed	Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Oreus	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
6 Mar	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Titular Bishop of Cariana	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
7 Mar		Born	James Raphael Anaparambil		Bishop of Alleppey, India
9 Mar	60.6	Succeeded	Ermenegildo Florit †	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V.		Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil
10 Mar	56.8	Appointed	Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Hamhŭng, Korea (North)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)
50.1	Appointed	John A. Choi Jae-seon †	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
45.3	Appointed	James Corboy, S.J. †	Bishop of Monze, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
36.4	Appointed	Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron †	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo	Archbishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Peter Han Kong-ryel †	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
52.6	Appointed	Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. †	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)	Apostolic Administrator of Cheju-Do, Korea (South)
55.4	Appointed	Francis Hong Yong-ho †	Bishop of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)
79.0	Appointed	Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ségou, Mali	Bishop Emeritus
35.2	Appointed	William John McNaughton, M.M. †	Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Gabala	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
49.7	Resigned	Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
35.2	Incardinated	Michael Pak Jeong-il †	Priest of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
64.0	Appointed	James Vincent Pardy, M.M. †	Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Appointed	Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
36.7	Appointed	Luc Auguste Sangaré †	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
50.8	Appointed	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
41.5	Appointed	Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
11 Mar	75.8	Died	Jozef Čársky †	Apostolic Administrator of Košice, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
46.6	Installed	Manuel Platon Del Rosario †	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar	28.1	Ordained Priest	Enzo Dieci	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29.2	Ordained Priest	Jesus Castro Galang †	Priest of San Fernando, Philippines	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
25.4	Ordained Priest	John Magee, S.P.S.	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Cloyne, Ireland
24.9	Ordained Priest	Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
25.1	Ordained Priest	Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan
25.6	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
18 Mar	38.6	Ordained Bishop	Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu †	Bishop of Masaka, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Guido Gallese		Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
23.0	Ordained Priest	Adam Lepa †	Priest of Łódź, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
21.0	Solemn Vows	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
	Born	Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo		Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
24.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Priest of Pesaro, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
19 Mar	70.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda y Ramoneda, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
75.1	Appointed	Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Anchialus	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
75.1	Retired	Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
63.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Ildebrando Antoniutti †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
63.6	Resigned	Ildebrando Antoniutti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
71.8	Appointed	Giulio Barbetta †	Titular Bishop of Pharan
82.0	Appointed	Oddo Bernacchia †	Titular Bishop of Sebela	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
82.0	Retired	Oddo Bernacchia †	Bishop of Termoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Larino, Italy
67.6	Appointed	Alfredo Bontempi †	Titular Bishop of Palmyra	Rector
74.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Michael David Browne, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola
74.8	Resigned	Michael David Browne, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola
53.6	Appointed	James Joseph Byrne †	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González †	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Marco Caliaro, C.S. †	Titular Bishop of Tamiathis	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	Born	José Antonio Canales Motiño		Bishop of Danlí, Honduras
64.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
82.0	Elevated to Cardinal	José da Costa Nunes †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
82.0	Resigned	José da Costa Nunes †	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
44.5	Appointed	José Antonio Dammert Bellido †	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
73.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Efrem Forni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
58.2	Appointed	Bolesław Kominek †	Titular Archbishop of Euchaitae	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
48.2	Appointed	Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
48.2	Elevated to Cardinal	Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
43.0	Appointed	José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †	Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
25.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Atsumi Misue †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan
66.9	Appointed	Giovanni Panico †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
66.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni Panico †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
54.4	Appointed	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
54.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
57.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
47.1	Appointed	Francesco Tortora, O.M. †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
47.1	Appointed	Francesco Tortora, O.M. †	Titular Bishop of Livias	Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
61.9	Appointed	Giovanni Urbani †	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
21 Mar		Born	Peter Michiaki Nakamura		Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
22 Mar	70.0	Appointed	Joaquín Anselmo María Albareda y Ramoneda, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
74.8	Appointed	Michael David Browne, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola
54.6	Appointed	Paolo Carta †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
64.6	Appointed	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
82.0	Appointed	José da Costa Nunes †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
81.8	Appointed	Gaetano De Cicco †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy
81.8	Retired	Gaetano De Cicco †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
44.3	Appointed	Gerardus Henricus De Vet †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
73.1	Appointed	Efrem Forni †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
	Born	Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.		Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	Born	Gary Wayne Janak		Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
	Born	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi		Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
57.6	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
48.7	Appointed	José Thurler †	Titular Bishop of Capitolias	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
48.7	Appointed	José Thurler †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
48.7	Resigned	José Thurler †	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
43.4	Appointed	Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Archbishop of Palo, Philippines
24 Mar	64.6	Appointed	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	Born	Carmelo Cuttitta		Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy
25 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Ad Abi Karam	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
24.1	Ordained Priest	Louis-Marie Billé †	Priest of Luçon, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianotherae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
23.1	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Milián Sorribas †	Priest of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
23.2	Professed	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
58.2	Confirmed	Hermann Volk †	Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
74.1	Appointed	Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Strasbourg, France	Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Léon Louis Caillot †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop Emeritus of Évreux, France
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Oita, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
42.7	Appointed	João Aloysio Hoffmann †	Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28 Mar	58.5	Appointed	Rudolf Graber †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Martin (Stephan) Werlen, O.S.B.		Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
29 Mar	50.9	Installed	Paul John Hallinan †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
62.4	Died	James Michael Hill †	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
30 Mar	57.7	Appointed	Alden John Bell †	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus

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