The Year of Our Lord 1966

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 55.6 Resigned Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

2 Mar 43.8 Appointed Raphaël I Bidawid † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

59.5 Appointed Gabriel Ganni † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop

59.5 Appointed Gabriel Ganni † Titular Archbishop of Pessinus Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

Born Désiré Lenge Mukwenye Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

22.1 Professed John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. † Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)

45.2 Appointed André Sana † Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

3 Mar 75.3 Died Alfonso Castaldo † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

46.0 Appointed Carlos Quintero Arce † Coadjutor Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México Archbishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed Carlos Quintero Arce † Titular Archbishop of Thysdrus Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

4 Mar 60.4 Appointed Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey † Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Appointed Peter Leo Gerety † Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

53.6 Appointed Peter Leo Gerety † Titular Bishop of Crepedula Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

52.3 Appointed Edward John Herrmann † Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

52.3 Appointed Edward John Herrmann † Titular Bishop of Lamzella Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

58.2 Appointed Joseph Carroll McCormick † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

47.9 Appointed Joseph Gregory Vath † Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

47.9 Appointed Joseph Gregory Vath † Titular Bishop of Novaliciana Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

5 Mar 64.3 Appointed Gabriel-Marie Garrone † Titular Archbishop of Turres in Numidia Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture

26.1 Ordained Priest Octavio Villegas Aguilar Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

6 Mar 78.4 Died Charles Francis Buddy † Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

57.2 Appointed Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg † Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Succeeded Francis James Furey † Bishop of San Diego, California, USA Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

38.2 Ordained Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter † Titular Bishop of Tamada Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

50.2 Ordained Bishop Luigi Maffeo † Titular Archbishop of Castellum in Numidia Archbishop of Italy, Military

44.5 Ordained Bishop Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado † Titular Bishop of Utimma Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France

57.8 Appointed Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges, France Archbishop Emeritus

57.8 Appointed Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

7 Mar 53.7 Appointed Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

8 Mar 58.0 Installed John Kwao Amuzu Aggey † Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

Born Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. Archbishop of Huambo, Angola

9 Mar 37.9 Appointed Joseph Louis Bernardin † Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

37.9 Appointed Joseph Louis Bernardin † Titular Bishop of Lugura Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

50.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe † Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

52.7 Died Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard † Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

10 Mar 74.1 Died Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I. † Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy

74.1 Died Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. † Bishop of Laohekou [Laohokow], China

12 Mar 26.0 Ordained Priest Alejandro Goić Karmelić † Priest of Punta Arenas, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

51.7 Succeeded Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. † Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

63.7 Resigned Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R. † Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

Born John Joale Tlhomola, S.C.P. Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho

13 Mar Born Paul Tawat Singsa Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

14 Mar 26.8 Ordained Priest Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. † Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Archbishop of Verapoly, India

37.3 Appointed Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez † Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

Born Pierre-Antoine Étienne Marie Bozo Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

Born Dagoberto Campos Salas Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador

71.5 Died Vincenzo Lojali † Bishop of Amelia, Italy

Born Marek Ochlak, O.M.I. Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar

47.4 Appointed Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † Apostolic Administrator of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

47.4 Appointed Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † Titular Bishop of Nova Germania Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

47.4 Appointed Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † Apostolic Administrator of Dominican Republic, Military Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

Born Engelberto Polino Sánchez Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México

44.5 Appointed Boleslaw Pylak † Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland

44.5 Appointed Boleslaw Pylak † Titular Bishop of Midica Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland

56.5 Died James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. † Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan

15 Mar 44.1 Appointed Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. † Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

19.3 Simple Vows Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

60.6 Appointed Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Absa Salla Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan

37.7 Appointed Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi † Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

37.7 Appointed Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi † Titular Bishop of Atenia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

49.6 Appointed Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. † Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

17 Mar Born José Francisco González González Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México

61.9 Appointed Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. † Apostolic Administrator of Kuwait Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

18 Mar Born Paolo Borgia Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

Born Jesús Castro Marte Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

19 Mar 69.6 Ordained Bishop Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Idicra Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

24.5 Ordained Priest Giacinto Berloco Priest of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Apostolic Nuncio

Born Ernesto José Fernández Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

54.8 Appointed Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. † Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Ordained Bishop José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana Bishop Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

50.1 Installed José Miguel Medina † Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Priest Beniamino Stella Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

29.1 Ordained Priest John Baptist Thakur, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Muzaffarpur, India

24.2 Ordained Priest Giovanni Tonucci Priest of Fano, Italy Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

42.8 Ordained Bishop Dino Trabalzini † Titular Bishop of Munatiana Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

67.8 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Violardo † Titular Archbishop of Satafi Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

51.0 Ordained Bishop Oscar Zanera † Titular Bishop of Surista Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

20 Mar 82.5 Died John William Heffernan, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

44.2 Ordained Bishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

22 Mar 55.1 Appointed Armand François Marie Robert Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. † Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France Bishop Emeritus

70.0 Appointed Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun † Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

70.0 Resigned Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun † Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France Bishop Emeritus

Born Gianpiero Palmieri Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

23 Mar 44.0 Appointed Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Gaguari Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil

50.0 Appointed José Fernandes Veloso † Auxiliary Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed José Fernandes Veloso † Titular Bishop of Aquae in Proconsulari Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

51.7 Appointed Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. † Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

53.5 Appointed Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. † Titular Bishop of Gigthi Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil

25 Mar 53.4 Ordained Bishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa † Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India Archbishop Emeritus

51.1 Appointed Salvatore Asta † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran Apostolic Nuncio

60.0 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Batta † Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

55.9 Ordained Bishop Thomas Michel Bidawid † Archbishop of Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

48.9 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. † Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru

Born Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

57.2 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Koda † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

Born Witold Mroziewski Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

49.4 Appointed Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia, Italy Bishop of Ischia, Italy

49.4 Resigned Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Prelate of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop of Ischia, Italy

50.1 Ordained Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † Titular Bishop of Tingaria Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

52.3 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

26 Mar 25.6 Ordained Priest Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil

24.9 Ordained Priest Frans Daneels, O. Praem. Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

25.3 Ordained Priest Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya

31.1 Ordained Priest Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. Priest of Society of the Divine Savior Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia

25.1 Ordained Priest Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya

Born Zsolt Marton Bishop of Vác, Hungary

24.5 Ordained Priest Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

25.8 Ordained Priest Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M. Priest of Society of Mary Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands

26.7 Ordained Priest Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil

27 Mar 26.4 Ordained Deacon Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse Deacon of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France

29.0 Ordained Priest Gabriel Simo † Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28 Mar 29.3 Ordained Deacon Philippe Jean Louis Breton † Deacon of Nanterre, France Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France

22.5 Ordained Deacon Thierry Romain Camille Jordan Deacon of Versailles, France Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France

24.0 Professed Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

29 Mar 62.0 Appointed James Hagan, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria

62.0 Resigned James Hagan, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar Born Daniel Batalha Henriques † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

31 Mar 51.8 Succeeded Antonio Cece † Bishop of Aversa, Italy

51.2 Appointed Alejandro Durán Moreira † Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

91.5 Appointed Antonio Teutonico † Titular Bishop of Satafis Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

91.5 Retired Antonio Teutonico † Bishop of Aversa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	55.6	Resigned	Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Mar	43.8	Appointed	Raphaël I Bidawid †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
59.5	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop
59.5	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
	Born	Désiré Lenge Mukwenye		Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22.1	Professed	John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. †	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
45.2	Appointed	André Sana †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
3 Mar	75.3	Died	Alfonso Castaldo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
46.0	Appointed	Carlos Quintero Arce †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Carlos Quintero Arce †	Titular Archbishop of Thysdrus	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
4 Mar	60.4	Appointed	Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Appointed	Peter Leo Gerety †	Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
53.6	Appointed	Peter Leo Gerety †	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
52.3	Appointed	Edward John Herrmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
52.3	Appointed	Edward John Herrmann †	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
58.2	Appointed	Joseph Carroll McCormick †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
47.9	Appointed	Joseph Gregory Vath †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
47.9	Appointed	Joseph Gregory Vath †	Titular Bishop of Novaliciana	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
5 Mar	64.3	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Titular Archbishop of Turres in Numidia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
26.1	Ordained Priest	Octavio Villegas Aguilar	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	78.4	Died	Charles Francis Buddy †	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
57.2	Appointed	Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Succeeded	Francis James Furey †	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
38.2	Ordained Bishop	José Ivo Lorscheiter †	Titular Bishop of Tamada	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Maffeo †	Titular Archbishop of Castellum in Numidia	Archbishop of Italy, Military
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado †	Titular Bishop of Utimma	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
57.8	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
57.8	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
7 Mar	53.7	Appointed	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
8 Mar	58.0	Installed	John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
	Born	Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D.		Archbishop of Huambo, Angola
9 Mar	37.9	Appointed	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
37.9	Appointed	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Titular Bishop of Lugura	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe †	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
52.7	Died	Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
10 Mar	74.1	Died	Isidoro Croce, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
74.1	Died	Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Laohekou [Laohokow], China
12 Mar	26.0	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Goić Karmelić †	Priest of Punta Arenas, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
51.7	Succeeded	Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †	Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
63.7	Resigned	Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R. †	Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	Born	John Joale Tlhomola, S.C.P.		Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
13 Mar		Born	Paul Tawat Singsa		Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
14 Mar	26.8	Ordained Priest	Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
37.3	Appointed	Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez †	Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Pierre-Antoine Étienne Marie Bozo		Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
	Born	Dagoberto Campos Salas		Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador
71.5	Died	Vincenzo Lojali †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
	Born	Marek Ochlak, O.M.I.		Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar
47.4	Appointed	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Apostolic Administrator of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
47.4	Appointed	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Titular Bishop of Nova Germania	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
47.4	Appointed	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Apostolic Administrator of Dominican Republic, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
	Born	Engelberto Polino Sánchez		Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
44.5	Appointed	Boleslaw Pylak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
44.5	Appointed	Boleslaw Pylak †	Titular Bishop of Midica	Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
56.5	Died	James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
15 Mar	44.1	Appointed	Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. †	Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
19.3	Simple Vows	Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
60.6	Appointed	Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. †	Titular Bishop of Absa Salla	Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan
37.7	Appointed	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
37.7	Appointed	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
49.6	Appointed	Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar		Born	José Francisco González González		Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
61.9	Appointed	Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kuwait	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
18 Mar		Born	Paolo Borgia		Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
	Born	Jesús Castro Marte		Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
19 Mar	69.6	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Idicra	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
24.5	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Berloco	Priest of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Ernesto José Fernández		Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
54.8	Appointed	Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Ordained Bishop	José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana	Bishop Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
50.1	Installed	José Miguel Medina †	Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Priest	Beniamino Stella	Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
29.1	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Thakur, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Muzaffarpur, India
24.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Tonucci	Priest of Fano, Italy	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Dino Trabalzini †	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
67.8	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Violardo †	Titular Archbishop of Satafi	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Zanera †	Titular Bishop of Surista	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
20 Mar	82.5	Died	John William Heffernan, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Mar	55.1	Appointed	Armand François Marie Robert Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus
70.0	Appointed	Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †	Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
70.0	Resigned	Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Gianpiero Palmieri		Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
23 Mar	44.0	Appointed	Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Gaguari	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
50.0	Appointed	José Fernandes Veloso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	José Fernandes Veloso †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
51.7	Appointed	Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus	Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
53.5	Appointed	Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Gigthi	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
25 Mar	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Archbishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	Salvatore Asta †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Batta †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Archbishop of Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. †	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
	Born	Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov		Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Koda †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
	Born	Witold Mroziewski		Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
49.4	Appointed	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia, Italy	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
49.4	Resigned	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †	Prelate of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Titular Bishop of Tingaria	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
52.3	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
26 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil
24.9	Ordained Priest	Frans Daneels, O. Praem.	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
25.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya
31.1	Ordained Priest	Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S.	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia
25.1	Ordained Priest	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
	Born	Zsolt Marton		Bishop of Vác, Hungary
24.5	Ordained Priest	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
25.8	Ordained Priest	Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands
26.7	Ordained Priest	Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil
27 Mar	26.4	Ordained Deacon	Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse	Deacon of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France	Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
29.0	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Simo †	Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	29.3	Ordained Deacon	Philippe Jean Louis Breton †	Deacon of Nanterre, France	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
22.5	Ordained Deacon	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Deacon of Versailles, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
24.0	Professed	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
29 Mar	62.0	Appointed	James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria
62.0	Resigned	James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar		Born	Daniel Batalha Henriques †		Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
31 Mar	51.8	Succeeded	Antonio Cece †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
51.2	Appointed	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
91.5	Appointed	Antonio Teutonico †	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
91.5	Retired	Antonio Teutonico †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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