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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	51.7	Died	Alfredo Banluta Baquial †	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines
	28.4	Professed	Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.	Member of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
	63.9	Appointed	José Crisologo Sorra †	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Hilton Forrest Deakin †	Titular Bishop of Murthlacum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
	67.4	Died	Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez †	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
4 Mar	64.9	Appointed	Peter Henrici, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	64.9	Appointed	Peter Henrici, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Absorus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles Michael Jarrell	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
	77.5	Retired	Antonio López Aviña †	Archbishop of Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.7	Appointed	José Trinidad Medel Pérez †	Archbishop of Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Paul Vollmar, S. M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Paul Vollmar, S. M. †	Titular Bishop of Missua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
6 Mar	53.9	Succeeded	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	78.1	Retired	Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	25.1	Entered	Venedykt (Valeriy) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U.	Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph D’Silva †	Bishop of Bellary, India
	85.1	Died	[Stephen Li Side] †	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	27.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Peragine, B.	Priest of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	James Anthony Tamayo	Titular Bishop of Ita	Bishop Emeritus of Laredo, Texas, USA
12 Mar	89.2	Died	Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea †	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
	29.7	Ordained Priest	José Carlos Brandão Cabral	Priest of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.6	Succeeded	James Kim Ji-seok	Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	71.5	Died	Daniel Tji Hak Soun †	Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)
13 Mar	67.7	Installed	Ennio Appignanesi †	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.6	Resigned	Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
	64.6	Resigned	Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Netherlands, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina
	24.4	Ordained Deacon	Dražen Kutleša	Deacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
14 Mar	84.0	Died	John Shojiro Ito †	Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Niangoran Teky	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
	68.1	Ordained Bishop	Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Djibouti	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	75.2	Retired	Luciano Angeloni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio
	65.5	Appointed	Edoardo Rovida †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio
16 Mar	73.3	Died	Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa
	58.9	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	58.9	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
17 Mar	67.7	Died	Francis Michaelappa †	Bishop of Mysore, India
	95.2	Died	John Joyce Russell †	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
18 Mar	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China	Bishop
19 Mar	32.2	Perpetual Vows	Ettore Dotti, C.S.F.	Member of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo	Bishop of Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	79.8	Died	Sebastiano Baggio †	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
	73.0	Died	René Toussaint, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vacca †	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	31.4	Incardinated	François Achille Eyabi	Priest of Edéa, Cameroon	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
	62.7	Appointed	Carmelo Juan Giaquinta †	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.9	Appointed	Jean-Bosco Ntep	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Edéa, Cameroon
	65.4	Appointed	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste (Gioan Baotixita) Phạm Minh Mẫn †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
	44.6	Appointed	Raymond Saw Po Ray †	Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot	Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
23 Mar	75.2	Retired	Bernard Ferdinand Popp †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24 Mar	52.8	Appointed	James Terry Steib, S.V.D.	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar	25.8	Solemn Vows	João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	28.2	Ordained Priest	Edward Baretto	Priest of Darjeeling, India	Coadjutor Bishop
	29.3	Ordained Deacon	Nolly Camingue Buco	Deacon of Antipolo, Philippines	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Bushu	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Roman Danylak †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
	62.9	Appointed	Donato De Bonis †	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
	76.3	Retired	José Joaquín Flórez Hernández †	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hii Teck Kwong	Priest of Sibu, Malaysia	Bishop
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Ambrose Pitchaimuthu	Priest of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Bishop of Vellore, India
	58.5	Appointed	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	28.3	Perpetual Vows	Pavol Šajgalík, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Slovakia, Military
	54.6	Appointed	Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. †	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
	56.5	Installed	Fabriciano Sigampa †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
26 Mar	85.5	Died	Carmelo Canzonieri †	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
	75.8	Retired	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.7	Appointed	Antonio Dorado Soto †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	63.2	Appointed	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
27 Mar	57.9	Died	István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	58.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Chiarinelli †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
	68.6	Resigned	João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
28 Mar	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
	63.9	Ordained Bishop	James McLoughlin †	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	20.4	First Vows	Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru
31 Mar	67.0	Died	Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu †	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Apr	68.9	Installed	Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas †	Bishop of Imus, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	60.4	Appointed	Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen †	Titular Bishop of Traiectum ad Mosam	Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
4 Apr	66.7	Installed	Giulio Nicolini †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
5 Apr	60.2	Died	Joseph Akichi †	Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
	84.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Casoria †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship
	43.5	Appointed	Maixent Coly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Bishop
	55.2	Appointed	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba †	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	55.6	Appointed	Yulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
	66.0	Appointed	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus
	47.3	Appointed	Telesphore Richard Mkude	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Appointed	Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	65.9	Appointed	Joseph Ratzinger †	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	80.4	Appointed	Aurelio Sabattani †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
	76.7	Retired	Aloysius Nobuo Soma †	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	44.3	Appointed	Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia	Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
6 Apr	53.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Titular Archbishop of Selsea	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo	Apostolic Nuncio
	59.0	Resigned	Robert Fortune Sanchez †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.7	Appointed	Michael Jarboe Sheehan †	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Apr	49.9	Appointed	Francesco Cacucci	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
	55.0	Appointed	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	55.0	Appointed	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	75.8	Retired	Vincenzo Franco †	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Apr	81.5	Died	George Albert Hammes †	Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
12 Apr	36.5	Solemn Vows	Marcelo Benítez Martínez, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Caazapá, Paraguay
13 Apr	70.9	Appointed	Luigi Barbarito †	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio
	66.0	Appointed	William Henry Bullock †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Resigned	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	69.7	Died	Thomas Victor Dolinay †	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	90.9	Died	Roger André Marcel Johan †	Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
14 Apr	26.6	Ordained Priest	Angelo Raffaele Panzetta	Priest of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
	49.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Alberto Sy Uy	Priest of Talibon, Philippines	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
16 Apr	28.7	Ordained Priest	Henry Aruna	Priest of Kenema, Sierra Leone	Bishop
	34.5	Ordained Priest	Fernando Isern	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
	66.3	Appointed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	64.1	Appointed	Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	75.5	Retired	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	58.6	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
	30.8	Ordained Priest	César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
	33.0	Ordained Priest	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.	Priest of Clerics of Saint Viator	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Francesco Massara	Priest of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche-Matelica, Italy
	51.9	Appointed	Józef Michalik †	Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.2	Appointed	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus	Apostolic Nuncio
	48.5	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	48.5	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	75.2	Retired	Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk †	Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr	29.0	Ordained Priest	Neri José Tondello	Priest of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
20 Apr	41.0	Incardinated	Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia	Priest of Tarma, Peru	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
	86.4	Died	Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	58.0	Died	Antonio Bello †	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
	19.7	Incardinated	Petro Holinej (Holiney)	Deacon of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	25.6	Incardinated	Josaphat Oleh Hovera	Priest of Ternopil (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Lutsk (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	33.2	Incardinated	Vasyl Ivasyuk	Priest of Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	44.0	Appointed	Mykhailo Koltun, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	52.4	Appointed	Mykhaylo Sabryha, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Ternopil (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	43.7	Incardinated	Vasyl Semeniuk	Priest of Ternopil (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop Emeritus of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	66.6	Appointed	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	33.4	Incardinated	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Priest of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	56.9	Appointed	Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Archiepiscopal Administrator of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
21 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Bhaskar Jesuraj	Priest of Agra, India	Bishop of Meerut, India
	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Maccarone †	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
23 Apr	45.6	Appointed	Domenico Caliandro	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
	30.6	Ordained Priest	Elias Frank	Priest of Calcutta, India	Archbishop
	47.8	Appointed	James Charles Gould, S.J.	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
	73.1	Appointed	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
	60.8	Ceased	Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †	Apostolic Administrator of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
24 Apr	26.6	Ordained Priest	Eraldo Bispo da Silva	Priest of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
	90.9	Died	Jules Victor Daem †	Bishop Emeritus of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
	31.9	Ordained Priest	Celestino Ocampo Gaona	Priest of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay	Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay
25 Apr	74.6	Ordained Bishop	Robert Ashta, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pult (Pulati), Albania
	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Donato De Bonis †	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
	75.1	Ordained Bishop	Frano Franush Illia †	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Rrok Kola Mirdita †	Archbishop of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania	Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
	64.3	Ordained Bishop	Zef Simoni †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
26 Apr	85.2	Died	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Gerardo Fortich Saco, Jr.	Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Administrator
27 Apr	86.2	Died	Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
29 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Kamal Hanna Bathish †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.3	Appointed	Kamal Hanna Bathish †	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	56.4	Appointed	Joseph Khoury †	Auxiliary Bishop	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
	56.4	Appointed	Joseph Khoury †	Titular Bishop of Chonochora	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
	48.0	Appointed	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
	63.2	Appointed	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy	Apostolic Nuncio
	76.5	Retired	Ioánnis Perrís †	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.5	Retired	Ioánnis Perrís †	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	52.1	Appointed	Nikólaos Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Nikólaos Printezis	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
30 Apr	75.3	Retired	Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †	Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus

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