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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	57.8	Resigned	Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) †	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	William John Brennan †	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	54.2	Appointed	Eduardo Vicente Mirás †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
	54.2	Appointed	Eduardo Vicente Mirás †	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
	52.4	Appointed	Joseph Edward Troy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	54.3	Appointed	José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa †	Apostolic Administrator of Escuintla, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
	51.9	Resigned	Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. †	Prelate of Escuintla, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
4 Mar	66.1	Installed	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	44.1	Appointed	Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
	44.1	Appointed	Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
8 Mar	63.1	Appointed	Felixberto Camacho Flores †	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
	48.9	Appointed	Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Bishop
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Geoffrey James Robinson †	Titular Bishop of Rusuca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
9 Mar	45.2	Appointed	Patrick Altham Kelly	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
10 Mar	27.3	Solemn Vows	Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
	46.0	Appointed	Louis-Marie Billé †	Bishop of Laval, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	75.9	Retired	Paul-Louis Carrière †	Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop Emeritus
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Ulcinium	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11 Mar	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Gerard Francis Loft, S.M. †	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands	Bishop Emeritus
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Meram	Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Mar	91.5	Died	Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
14 Mar	53.7	Appointed	Walter Bini, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	73.3	Resigned	Gentil Diniz Barreto †	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	52.9	Appointed	Robert William Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.9	Appointed	Robert William Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Garba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
	56.0	Succeeded	José Freire de Oliveira Neto †	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	42.0	Appointed	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	42.0	Appointed	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha †	Titular Bishop of Thelepte	Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	60.3	Appointed	Carlos Talavera Ramírez †	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	74.8	Died	Francis Ekka †	Bishop of Raigarh, India
16 Mar	44.3	Appointed	John Buckley	Auxiliary Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	44.3	Appointed	John Buckley	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
	54.7	Installed	José Manuel Lorenzo †	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
17 Mar	60.3	Appointed	Demetrius Martin Greschuk †	Apostolic Administrator of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada	Bishop
	81.4	Died	Ángel Hidalgo Ibáñez †	Bishop Emeritus of Jaca, Spain
	71.1	Resigned	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.2	Ceased	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	65.1	Installed	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B.	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Succeeded	Christian Wiyghan Tumi †	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
18 Mar	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
19 Mar	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Barroso Filho	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	64.1	Installed	John Joseph O’Connor †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Justin Saw Min Thide	Priest of Yangon, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus of Hpa-an, Myanmar
20 Mar	52.7	Appointed	Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte †	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	70.9	Resigned	João José da Mota e Albuquerque †	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Yoshinao Otsuka	Priest of Kyōto, Japan	Bishop
21 Mar	69.0	Appointed	Felice Leonardo †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
22 Mar	25.7	Ordained Priest	James Athikalam, M.S.T.	Priest of Missionary Society of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Syro-Malabar)	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
	65.4	Appointed	Giovanni Canestri †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Barry James Hickey	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
	72.1	Died	Wacław Wycisk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
23 Mar	52.3	Installed	Bernard Francis Law †	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	48.5	Appointed	Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Montería, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
24 Mar	27.3	Ordained Priest	Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile
	74.9	Retired	Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	24.4	Perpetual Vows	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Mar	83.9	Died	Gaetano Briani, F.S.C.J. †	Superior General Emeritus of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior General Emeritus of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
	50.3	Appointed	Denis William Hanrahan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop
	59.6	Installed	Héctor Gabino Romero †	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
	80.7	Died	Pietro Severi †	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
26 Mar	87.8	Died	Biagio d’Agostino †	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
	61.8	Appointed	Pio Laghi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to United States of America	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	46.4	Appointed	Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	55.5	Appointed	George Kinzie Fitzsimons †	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	28.6	Ordained Priest	Stephen Tjephe †	Priest of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
29 Mar	45.4	Appointed	Fabio Betancur Tirado †	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
	29.0	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Huang Min-Cheng, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan
30 Mar	45.4	Appointed	Luis Miguel Cantón Marín †	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
	63.2	Appointed	Manuel Pérez-Gil y González †	Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
31 Mar	60.5	Installed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	74.4	Died	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
	53.7	Appointed	Jesus Balaso Tuquib †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
1 Apr	27.6	Ordained Priest	Basilio Athai	Priest of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Archbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
3 Apr	58.4	Died	Anthyme Bayala †	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Altham Kelly	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
4 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
	46.9	Appointed	Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
		Born	Giuseppe Chang Yanfeng		Bishop of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China
	48.6	Appointed	Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	61.8	Appointed	Alberto Bovone †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	48.4	Appointed	John Patrick Foley †	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	48.4	Appointed	John Patrick Foley †	Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
7 Apr	50.6	Appointed	William Leo Higi †	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	41.4	Appointed	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Luang Prabang, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
	41.4	Succeeded	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M. †	Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
	74.5	Died	Thomas Nantha †	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
8 Apr	51.4	Appointed	Francis Arinze	Pro-Prefect of the Secretariat for Non-Christians	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	70.8	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	61.8	Appointed	Alberto Bovone †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	69.3	Resigned	Agostino Casaroli †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	75.5	Retired	Giuseppe Casoria †	Prefect of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	69.5	Appointed	Luigi Dadaglio †	Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
	60.1	Retired	Andrzej Maria Deskur †	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	61.5	Appointed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	61.5	Appointed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	66.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Fagiolo †	Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
	61.9	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	61.9	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	61.9	Resigned	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	61.9	Resigned	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	67.8	Appointed	Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	74.3	Retired	Jean Jadot †	Pro-President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians	Pro-President Emeritus
	59.3	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Sacraments	Apostolic Nuncio
	72.8	Appointed	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Sacraments	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
	77.1	Retired	Giuseppe Paupini †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
	63.3	Appointed	Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	60.2	Appointed	Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	70.9	Appointed	Agnelo Rossi †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	73.9	Appointed	Opilio Rossi †	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	59.7	Appointed	Dermot Joseph Ryan †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
	75.9	Retired	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Apr	61.4	Appointed	Salvatore Di Salvo †	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy
	61.4	Resigned	Salvatore Di Salvo †	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Lin Yuntuan	Priest of Fuzhou [Foochow], China	Auxiliary Bishop
	37.5	Incardinated	José Francisco Oliveros †	Priest of Gumaca, Philippines	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
	78.9	Died	Pierre Charles (Paul) Philippe, O.P. †	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	46.3	Appointed	Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. †	Superior of Nepal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal
10 Apr		Born	[Michel Poinsinet de Sivry], S.S.P.X.		Bishop
11 Apr	57.7	Appointed	William Russell Houck †	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Cruz Bacani Jr.	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
13 Apr	84.4	Died	John Benjamin Grellinger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Lê Văn Mẫn †	Auxiliary Bishop of Huế, Viet Nam
14 Apr	64.3	Appointed	Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Victor Barnuevo Bendico	Priest of Capiz, Philippines	Archbishop
	53.7	Succeeded	Joseph Raoul Réal Corriveau, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	70.9	Retired	Marcelo Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Krupa †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pelplin, Poland
	89.0	Died	Francisco Vicentín †	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Henryk Wejman	Priest of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	47.6	Appointed	James Kendrick Williams	Auxiliary Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
	47.6	Appointed	James Kendrick Williams	Titular Bishop of Catula	Bishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
17 Apr	53.3	Appointed	Karl Heinrich Braun	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
	77.9	Ceased	Alois Brems †	Apostolic Administrator of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr	55.8	Appointed	Giacomo Biffi †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Stefano Manetti	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Claudio Maniago	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Deacon	Giuseppe Satriano	Deacon of Brindisi, Italy	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
20 Apr	49.3	Appointed	Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Vilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C.	Priest of Congregation of Christian Doctrine	Bishop Emeritus of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Apr	54.8	Appointed	John Aloysius Mone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
	54.8	Appointed	John Aloysius Mone †	Titular Bishop of Abercornia	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
	56.7	Appointed	James Clifford Timlin †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr	73.7	Died	Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.C. †	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
	52.1	Appointed	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Prakash Sagili	Priest of Cuddapah, India	Bishop of Khammam, India
	46.9	Appointed	Luiz Soares Vieira	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
27 Apr	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Vicente Mirás †	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
	74.6	Died	João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque †	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	52.3	Succeeded	Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.3	Died	John Nicholas Wurm †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
28 Apr	74.0	Retired	Michael Arattukulam †	Bishop of Alleppey, India	Bishop Emeritus
	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Antun Bogetić †	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	71.1	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
	54.3	Succeeded	Peter Michael Chenaparampil †	Bishop of Alleppey, India	Bishop Emeritus
	49.3	Appointed	Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J.	Bishop of Indonesia, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Walenty Gryk, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Pasquale Iacobone	Priest of Andria, Italy	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Appointed	Pio Vittorio Vigo †	Apostolic Administrator of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Acireale, Italy
29 Apr	44.4	Ordained Bishop	John Buckley	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Louis Jean Dufaux †	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
30 Apr	29.2	Ordained Priest	Vincent Aind	Priest of Jalpaiguri, India	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
	75.0	Retired	Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †	Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.3	Succeeded	François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary †	Bishop of Nice, France	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

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