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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	37.4	Appointed	Leonello Berti, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Luang Prabang, Laos
	39.7	Appointed	Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	46.1	Appointed	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
	52.5	Appointed	Johannes Höhne, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	52.5	Appointed	Johannes Höhne, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Urima	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
	55.5	Appointed	Eduard Macheiner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop
	55.5	Appointed	Eduard Macheiner †	Titular Bishop of Selia	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
		Born	Peter Ebere Okpaleke		Cardinal, Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria
	39.9	Appointed	Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †	Bishop of Wankie, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe
	65.3	Appointed	André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Hwalien, Taiwan	Bishop of Yingkou [Yingkow], China
2 Mar		Born	Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P.		Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
	84.0	Died	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	87.0	Appointed	Josip Srebrnić †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Krk (Veglia), Croatia	Bishop
	56.3	Appointed	Gennaro Verolino †	Secretary of the Congregation of Ceremonies	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
3 Mar	74.3	Died	Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	36.0	Ordained Bishop	José Lamartine Soares †	Titular Bishop of Fussala	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
	45.7	Installed	Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
4 Mar	47.0	Appointed	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Auxiliary Bishop of Talca, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	47.0	Appointed	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Titular Bishop of Columnata	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
5 Mar		Born	Wilhelm Krautwaschl		Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
6 Mar		Born	Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C.		Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
7 Mar	39.5	Installed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
		Born	Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C.		Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
	92.7	Appointed	Angelo Paino †	Titular Archbishop of Serrae	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
	92.7	Retired	Angelo Paino †	Archbishop of Messina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Mar	40.5	Appointed	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
	44.8	Appointed	Jesus Juan Acosta Sison †	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	24.7	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Boccaccio †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Petr Esterka †	Priest of Brno, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	31.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Faber MacDonald †	Priest of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Moretti, B.	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Superior Emeritus of Afghanistan
		Born	Jean Bernard Claude Pelletier		Bishop of Mende, France
	75.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Rossi †	Titular Bishop of Palmyra
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Smith	Priest of Meath, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	48.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Zambarbieri, F.D.P. †	Superior General of Sons of Divine Providence	Superior General Emeritus
10 Mar	71.5	Died	Domenico Bornigia †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Malanje, Angola
		Born	Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L.		Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
11 Mar		Born	Paul Kariuki Njiru		Bishop Emeritus of Wote, Kenya
		Born	Corrado Melis		Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
	55.6	Died	Lawrence Frederik Schott †	Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
12 Mar	67.1	Ordained Bishop	Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Corone	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
13 Mar	58.8	Appointed	Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	45.2	Appointed	Heinrich Theissing †	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany
	45.2	Appointed	Heinrich Theissing †	Titular Bishop of Mina	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Schwerin, Germany
15 Mar		Born	Pius Moon Chang-woo		Bishop of Jeju, Korea (South)
	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nguyễn Ðình Nhiên †	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
17 Mar	33.0	Ordained Priest	Guy Étienne Germain Gaucher, O.C.D. †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
		Born	Douglas John Lucia		Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA
19 Mar	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Clemente Carranza y López †	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
		Born	Victor Hugo Castillo Matarrita, M.C.C.I.		Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
		Born	Marcel Damphousse		Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. †	Priest of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio D’Erchia †	Titular Bishop of Podalia	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
	89.2	Died	Adalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
		Born	John Joseph McDermott		Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano †	Bishop of Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Rosina †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy
20 Mar		Born	Stephan Ackermann		Bishop of Trier, Germany
	83.2	Died	Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt †	Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	61.0	Succeeded	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Mar	47.5	Resigned	Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Antonio Cunial †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	41.0	Appointed	Salvatore Nicolosi †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
23 Mar	61.1	Resigned	David James Mathew †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	56.1	Appointed	François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau †	Titular Bishop of Colonia in Cappadocia	Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
	56.1	Resigned	François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Albert Jean-Marie Rouet	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
24 Mar	44.6	Ordained Bishop	José María Carrizo Villarreal †	Bishop of Chitré, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Maria Gottardi †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	42.9	Ordained Bishop	John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. †	Titular Bishop of Raphia	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire †	Titular Bishop of Maura	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Kazimierz Jan Majdański †	Titular Bishop of Zorolus	Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Félix Niza Ribeiro †	Bishop of Tete, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of João Belo, Mozambique
25 Mar	30.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Akichi †	Priest	Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
	59.0	Succeeded	Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Bolaños Quesada †	Titular Bishop of Andropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Anthony de Saram †	Titular Bishop of Tacapae	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Stanisław Dziwisz	Deacon of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo †	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
	81.0	Died	Clément Joseph Mathieu †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Robert Mikhail Moskal †	Priest of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA
	50.8	Ordained Bishop	George Henry Speltz †	Titular Bishop of Claneus	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
28 Mar		Born	Željko Majić		Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	26.8	Perpetual Vows	Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
29 Mar	34.2	Ordained Priest	Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
		Born	Josef Holtkotte		Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
30 Mar	26.2	Ordained Priest	Prospero Nale Arellano †	Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Prelate Emeritus of Libmanan, Philippines
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe †	Priest of Bangued, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	29.3	Ordained Priest	John of the Cross Chang-yik †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica
	28.6	Ordained Priest	Robert Joseph Hermann	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Hughes Kenny †	Priest of Santa Rosa (in California), USA	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA
	26.8	Ordained Deacon	Karl Lehmann †	Deacon of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Leonardo Yuzon Medroso	Priest of Palo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. †	Priest of Congregation of Saint Joseph	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Anthony Joseph O’Connell †	Priest of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
		Born	Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R.		Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	44.7	Ordained Bishop	André Rousset †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier †	Priest of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Ramon Barrera Villena	Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Daniel Francis Walsh	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
31 Mar	60.6	Died	Mario Ghiga †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
		Ordained Bishop	[ Shi Ming-liang] †	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
1 Apr	49.9	Died	Vittorio Moietta †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
	68.1	Died	Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
2 Apr		Born	Jeevanandam Amalanathan		Bishop of Kumbakonam, India
4 Apr	46.8	Appointed	Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro †	Bishop of Barra do Piraí, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
5 Apr	62.4	Appointed	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Tadamata	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	62.4	Resigned	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	61.9	Appointed	Noël Mala †	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	67.1	Appointed	Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Dausara	Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
	67.1	Resigned	Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
	36.8	Appointed	Lucien Monsi-Agboka †	Bishop of Abomey, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
	43.8	Appointed	Paul Joseph Phạm Ðình Tụng †	Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
	41.0	Succeeded	Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Ducange Sylvain, S.D.B. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
7 Apr	62.4	Appointed	Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Chota, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
		Born	Gregory Charles Bennet		Bishop of Sale, Australia
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Diego Causero †	Priest of Udine, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
		Ordained Bishop	[ Fan Dao-jiang] †	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Jože Pogačnik †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
		Born	Daniel Oca Presto		Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
8 Apr		Born	Anthony Gerard Percy		Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
	73.9	Appointed	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Pedachtoë	Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	73.9	Retired	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Apr	65.5	Succeeded	Alejandro Schell †	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
11 Apr	68.6	Died	Josef Freundorfer †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
		Born	Henrique Soares da Costa †		Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
12 Apr		Born	Marcellin Randriamamonjy		Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
13 Apr		Born	Nazarene Soosai		Bishop of Kottar, India
14 Apr		Born	Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento		Bishop of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Luis Robles Díaz †	Priest of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Balasore, India
15 Apr		Born	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng		Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Jan Pietraszko †	Titular Bishop of Turrisblanda	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
16 Apr	40.6	Appointed	Luis Aponte Martínez †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
	54.9	Appointed	Filemón Francisco Castellano †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Pisidia	Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
	54.9	Resigned	Filemón Francisco Castellano †	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	47.6	Appointed	Lawrence Michael De Falco †	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	John Louis Morkovsky †	Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	John Louis Morkovsky †	Titular Bishop of Tigava	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
		Born	Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics		Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria
17 Apr	58.8	Appointed	Franco Costa †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Joseph Xing Wenzhi		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
18 Apr	78.4	Died	Raffaele De Giuli †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
	43.5	Appointed	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of England and Wales {Inghilterra e Galles} (Ukrainian), Great Britain	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
		Born	Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I.		Archbishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
19 Apr	28.0	Ordained Priest	Youssef Mohsen Béchara †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
		Born	Anthony James Corcoran, S.J.		Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Asia	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
20 Apr		Born	Gianfranco Gallone		Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay
21 Apr	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Alvear Urrutia †	Titular Bishop of Columnata	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Priest of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Nicolosi †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
	59.8	Appointed	Francesco Rossi †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Rossi †	Titular Bishop of Palmyra
	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Wacław Skomorucha †	Titular Bishop of Zoara	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
23 Apr	61.6	Appointed	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
	61.6	Resigned	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	53.9	Succeeded	Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †	Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus
	89.5	Died	Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond †	Bishop of Nice, France
		Born	Carlos Alberto Sánchez		Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
25 Apr	45.1	Appointed	Nivaldo Monte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
	45.1	Appointed	Nivaldo Monte †	Titular Bishop of Eluza	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo José Nolker, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	58.4	Died	Johann Werner Lesinski, O.P. †	Bishop of Changting [Tingchow], China
27 Apr		Born	Felice Ba Htoo		Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar
	59.5	Appointed	Arturo Mery Beckdorf †	Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena, Chile	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
	68.6	Appointed	Alfredo Silva Santiago †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
	68.6	Resigned	Alfredo Silva Santiago †	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Apr	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †	Bishop of Wankie, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe
	47.2	Appointed	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †	Coadjutor Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	47.2	Appointed	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Thracia	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria

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