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The Year of Our Lord 1983

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Mar66.3ResignedIgino Eugenio CardinalePermanent Observer to Council of EuropeApostolic Nuncio to Belgium
1 Mar49.5AppointedStanley Girard SchlarmanBishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus
25.7ProfessedJorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D.Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Valparaíso, Chile
51.5AppointedThomas Anthony WhiteApostolic Pro-Nuncio to EthiopiaApostolic Nuncio
69.1DiedSaverio ZupiApostolic Nuncio
2 Mar43.0AppointedLuigi BressanPermanent Observer to Council of EuropeArchbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy
95.9DiedGiuseppe RossiTitular Bishop of Palmyra
3 Mar75.0RetiredRomán Acevedo RojasAuxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
77.8DiedÉmilien FrenetteBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
4 Mar53.9AppointedAntônio Possamai, S.D.B. †Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, BrazilBishop Emeritus
5 Mar78.2DiedJoseph Michael McGeeBishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
6 Mar32.9Perpetual VowsLode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O.Member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict ObservanceBishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
7 Mar84.2DiedBuenaventura Jáuregui PrietoBishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia
50.1AppointedEugenio RavignaniBishop of Vittorio Veneto, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy
8 Mar26.6Solemn VowsYosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U.Member of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
62.9InstalledJosé María MontesBishop of Chascomús, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
9 Mar61.6Ordained BishopRaymund Wang Chong LinBishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], ChinaBishop Emeritus
12 Mar85.4ExcommunicatedPierre Martin Ngô Ðình ThụcArchbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
24.0Ordained PriestPablo Virgilio Siongco DavidPriest of San Fernando, PhilippinesCardinal, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
13 Mar47.9InstalledLorenzo ChiarinelliBishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
53.2InstalledJózef GlempCardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in TrastevereCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
42.8Ordained BishopAntoine NtalouBishop of Yagoua, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
14 Mar46.2AppointedAlcides Jorge Pedro CasarettoCoadjutor Bishop of San Isidro, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
15 Mar58.5Ordained BishopJosyf HolovachBishopAuxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
66.9RetiredRubén Isaza RestrepoArchbishop of Cartagena, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus
16 Mar67.3Ordained BishopStephen Li XinzhengBishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
17 Mar55.9ResignedLeo Rajendram AntonyBishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus
72.3ResignedRaimundo Cesare Bergamin, S.X. †Bishop of Padang, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus
40.6AppointedJoseph Vianney FernandoBishop of Kandy, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus
41.8AppointedPeter Joseph KairoBishop of Muranga, KenyaArchbishop Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
45.9AppointedFerdinand Maemba LiwokeAuxiliary Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
45.9AppointedFerdinand Maemba LiwokeTitular Bishop of BalianaBishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.3AppointedVicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, PhilippinesVicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.3AppointedVicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of AlbulaeVicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
69.3RetiredAppasinghe Paul PereraBishop of Kandy, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus
53.9AppointedMichael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †Bishop of Dundee, South AfricaBishop Emeritus
36.9AppointedMartinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Padang, Indonesia
46.2AppointedJoseph Kingsley SwampillaiBishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
54.8AppointedPierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. †Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, CameroonBishop Emeritus
62.2AppointedLambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Bertoua, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon
18 Mar26.0Ordained PriestJosé Reginaldo AndriettaPriest of Limeira, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
64.7InstalledJorge Manuel LópezArchbishop of Rosario, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
61.1AppointedEnrico ManfrediniArchbishop of Bologna, Italy
59.0AppointedSilvano PiovanelliArchbishop of Firenze {Florence}, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
19 Mar25.9Ordained DeaconMariusz LeszczyńskiDeacon of Lviv, UkraineAuxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
47.9Ordained BishopJosé Augusto Martins Fernandes PedreiraTitular Bishop of ElvasBishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
25.7Ordained PriestMarco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.Priest of Order of Friars Minor ConventualArchbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
20 Mar57.1InstalledEstanislao Esteban KarlicCoadjutor Archbishop of Paraná, ArgentinaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21 Mar72.0DiedFrancesco SanmartinoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
61.2InstalledThomas Jerome WelshBishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus
22 Mar51.5AppointedTadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, PolandArchbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
51.5AppointedTadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †Titular Bishop of BeneventumArchbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
23 Mar60.8AppointedGiovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. †Bishop of Ales e Terralba, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
52.5DiedPhilip James Anthony KennedyAuxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
24 Mar66.4DiedIgino Eugenio CardinaleApostolic Nuncio to Belgium
73.0DiedJosé Adelino DantasBishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
89.5DiedAurelio MarenaBishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
45.1Ordained BishopRaul José Quimpo MartirezBishop of San Jose de Antique, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
59.1Ordained PriestDamase Zhang HanminPriestBishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
25 Mar54.2Ordained BishopOscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †Bishop of Tacna, PeruBishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
44.5AppointedRobert Henry BromBishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USABishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
29.8Ordained PriestFernando Miguel Gil EisnerPriest of Morón, ArgentinaBishop of Salto, Uruguay
52.5AppointedLawrence Joyce KenneyAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
52.5AppointedLawrence Joyce KenneyTitular Bishop of HólarAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
46.7AppointedWilliam Joseph LevadaAuxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USACardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
46.7AppointedWilliam Joseph LevadaTitular Bishop of CapreaeCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
48.8Ordained BishopSlavomir MiklovšBishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), CroatiaBishop Emeritus
59.8AppointedDonald William MontroseAuxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USABishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
59.8AppointedDonald William MontroseTitular Bishop of Forum NovumBishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
77.2RetiredJohn Aloysius MurphyArchbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus
23.0First VowsSimeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of MaryBishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
50.4AppointedGabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado †Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), AlgeriaBishop Emeritus
69.9ResignedJean Baptiste Joseph ScottoBishop of Constantine (-Hippone), AlgeriaBishop Emeritus
43.7AppointedMichael Jarboe SheehanBishop of Lubbock, Texas, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
44.0AppointedJosé Mário StroeherAuxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
44.0AppointedJosé Mário StroeherTitular Bishop of NicivesBishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
54.1AppointedJohn Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus
26 Mar74.8RetiredLionel AudetAuxiliary Bishop of Québec, CanadaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
72.9DiedStanislaw JakielAuxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
50.5AppointedPedro Rubiano SàenzCoadjutor Archbishop of Cali, ColombiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
69.3DiedLouis Van Steene, M. Afr. †Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Mar27.7Ordained DeaconAlojzij Cvikl, S.J.Deacon of Society of JesusArchbishop of Maribor, Slovenia
77.5DiedMartien Antoon JansenBishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
29 Mar72.4DiedRémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
60.2AppointedJoseph Thomas DiminoAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus
60.2AppointedJoseph Thomas DiminoTitular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
54.4AppointedFrancis Xavier RoqueAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, MilitaryAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.4AppointedFrancis Xavier RoqueTitular Bishop of BagaiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
31 Mar72.9DiedAugustin FarahArchbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
75.0RetiredBernard Joseph FlanaganBishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USABishop Emeritus
38.6IncardinatedTommaso GhirelliPriest of Bologna, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
27.1Ordained PriestJózef Piotr KupnyPriest of Katowice, PolandArchbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
39.5ConvertedPaul Joseph SwainBishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
33.0Ordained PriestJorge VázquezPriest of Lomas de Zamora, ArgentinaBishop of Morón, Argentina
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