The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 41.8 Incardinated Joseph Ndembu Mbatia Priest of Nyahururu, Kenya Bishop

1 Mar 49.8 Ordained Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi

46.5 Ordained Bishop Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto Bishop of Florencia, Colombia Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

2 Mar 60.4 Ordained Bishop Mathew Anikuzhikattil † Bishop of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Died Antonio Arellano Durán † Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Venezuela

51.3 Installed Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. Bishop of Niamey, Niger Archbishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger

80.0 Died Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

57.3 Installed Carlos López Hernández Bishop of Salamanca, Spain Bishop Emeritus

71.3 Died Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. † Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

52.1 Ordained Bishop Pascal Marie Roland Bishop of Moulins, France Bishop of Belley-Ars, France

30.3 Ordained Priest Alexis Aly Tagbino Priest of Kankan, Guinea Bishop

45.1 Ordained Bishop Kindane Yebio Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea

3 Mar 75.3 Retired Sergio Valech Aldunate † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

6 Mar 88.7 Died Saba Youakim, B.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

7 Mar 61.5 Succeeded Gerald Frederick Kicanas Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.5 Appointed Joseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp. Prefect of Makokou, Gabon Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Makokou, Gabon

65.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Nunzio Latino † Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus

72.2 Resigned Manuel Duran Moreno † Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

92.8 Died Martin Wiesend † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

8 Mar 94.3 Died Harry Anselm Clinch † Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

61.4 Appointed Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy

81.7 Died Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. † Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil

55.9 Appointed Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea

9 Mar 53.3 Installed Gílio Felício Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

10 Mar 49.3 Appointed Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret Bishop of Amiens, France Archbishop of Besançon, France

75.8 Retired Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer † Bishop of Amiens, France Bishop Emeritus

11 Mar 53.7 Appointed Michael Richard Cote Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Guillermo José Garlatti Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Daniel Anthony Hart † Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus

70.9 Resigned Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.7 Succeeded Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru

12 Mar 52.9 Installed Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B. Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines

15 Mar 81.2 Died Leonard James Crowley † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

76.1 Retired Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. † Bishop of Kabale, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

74.8 Retired Urbanus Joseph Kioko † Bishop of Machakos, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Martin Kivuva Musonde Bishop of Machakos, Kenya Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya

47.4 Installed Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic Bishop of Linares, Chile

55.2 Appointed Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández Archbishop of Granada, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

69.3 Resigned Libardo Ramírez Gómez † Bishop of Garzón, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Callistus Rubaramira Bishop of Kabale, Uganda

61.9 Ordained Bishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Sullectum Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

45.4 Ordained Bishop Tomás Jesús Zárraga Colmenares Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

16 Mar 87.4 Died Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

75.9 Installed Joseph Ratzinger † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

70.3 Installed Augusto José Zini Filho † Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

17 Mar 85.0 Died Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka † Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

18 Mar 85.3 Died Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

45.7 Appointed Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P. Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

92.0 Died Bruno Bernard Heim † Apostolic Nuncio

76.0 Retired Paul Lokiru Kalanda † Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

90.3 Died Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia

44.4 Appointed Robert Muhiirwa Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda

51.7 Ordained Bishop Harold Anthony Perera Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

19 Mar 81.0 Died Joseph Chen Xu (Chen Chu) † Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China

51.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Charles Evans † Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain

46.2 Ordained Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. Titular Bishop of Oescus Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

60.3 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Kane Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

51.5 Appointed Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon) Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South) Bishop

51.5 Appointed Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon) Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)

68.2 Ordained Bishop Assis Lopes Titular Bishop of Zaraï Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

42.7 Appointed Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan Bishop of Port-Gentil, Gabon Bishop of Mouila, Gabon

52.5 Ordained Bishop Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia † Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

68.9 Appointed Néstor Hugo Navarro Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Ordained Bishop Thomas John Joseph Paprocki Titular Bishop of Vulturaria Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA

28.3 Ordained Deacon Aurélio Pinto de Sousa Deacon of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil

77.6 Retired Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. † Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

20 Mar 62.4 Appointed Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando † Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain Bishop Emeritus

59.5 Appointed Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz Bishop of Arauca, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

76.0 Retired Rafael Torija de la Fuente † Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 78.0 Retired Antonio José González Zumárraga † Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

71.3 Appointed Andraos Salama † Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt

69.2 Appointed Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga † Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

22 Mar 46.8 Appointed Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya

75.5 Retired Marianus Arokiasamy † Archbishop of Madurai, India Archbishop Emeritus

64.0 Appointed Peter Fernando † Archbishop of Madurai, India Archbishop Emeritus

49.2 Ordained Bishop John Hsane Hgyi † Titular Bishop of Puppi Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar

60.3 Appointed Emmanuel Okombo Wandera Bishop of Kericho, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed Jean-Claude Périsset Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of Apostolic Nuncio

62.5 Appointed Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

79.2 Retired Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. † Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

79.2 Retired Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. † Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

36.1 Ordained Priest Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R. Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate of Chota, Peru

24 Mar 83.4 Died Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

25 Mar 68.3 Installed Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Francesco Beschi Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

51.6 Appointed Francesco Beschi Titular Bishop of Vinda Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

55.6 Appointed Claude Champagne, O.M.I. Auxiliary Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

55.6 Appointed Claude Champagne, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Sufasar Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

75.4 Retired Bronisław Jan Maria Dembowski † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Ordained Bishop Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño Bishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Wiesław Alojzy Mering Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Bishop Emeritus

61.7 Ordained Bishop José Victoriano Naranjo Tovar Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

75.6 Retired Vigilio Mario Olmi † Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.5 Ordained Bishop Luigi Paiaro Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Richard Stephen Seminack † Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

76.2 Died Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé † Bishop of Ségou, Mali

62.9 Ordained Bishop Thomas Anthony Vazhapilly Bishop of Mysore, India Bishop Emeritus

70.8 Ceased Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. Apostolic Administrator of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

26 Mar 30.4 Ordained Priest Carlos Washington Yépez Naranjo Priest of Riobamba, Ecuador Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador

27 Mar 75.0 Retired Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. † Bishop of Vác, Hungary Bishop Emeritus

29 Mar 70.2 Appointed Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

75.1 Retired Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel † Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop Emeritus

30.0 Ordained Priest Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale Priest of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop

51.0 Ordained Bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy Bishop of Trapani, Italy

27.8 Ordained Priest Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez Priest of Caldas, Colombia Bishop

46.6 Installed Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto Bishop of Florencia, Colombia Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

45.5 Installed Tomás Jesús Zárraga Colmenares Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar 62.4 Installed José María Arancedo Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

79.5 Ceased Moisés Julio Blanchoud † Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina

66.2 Died Vincent DePaul Breen † Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

46.6 Ordained Bishop Rainer Maria Woelki Titular Bishop of Scampa Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	41.8	Incardinated	Joseph Ndembu Mbatia	Priest of Nyahururu, Kenya	Bishop
1 Mar	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Joachim Ntahondereye	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto	Bishop of Florencia, Colombia	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
2 Mar	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Mathew Anikuzhikattil †	Bishop of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Died	Antonio Arellano Durán †	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Venezuela
51.3	Installed	Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A.	Bishop of Niamey, Niger	Archbishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
80.0	Died	Leonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
57.3	Installed	Carlos López Hernández	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
71.3	Died	Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Pascal Marie Roland	Bishop of Moulins, France	Bishop of Belley-Ars, France
30.3	Ordained Priest	Alexis Aly Tagbino	Priest of Kankan, Guinea	Bishop
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Kindane Yebio	Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea
3 Mar	75.3	Retired	Sergio Valech Aldunate †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	88.7	Died	Saba Youakim, B.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
7 Mar	61.5	Succeeded	Gerald Frederick Kicanas	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.5	Appointed	Joseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp.	Prefect of Makokou, Gabon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Makokou, Gabon
65.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Nunzio Latino †	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
72.2	Resigned	Manuel Duran Moreno †	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
92.8	Died	Martin Wiesend †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
8 Mar	94.3	Died	Harry Anselm Clinch †	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
61.4	Appointed	Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
81.7	Died	Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
55.9	Appointed	Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
9 Mar	53.3	Installed	Gílio Felício	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	49.3	Appointed	Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop of Besançon, France
75.8	Retired	Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	53.7	Appointed	Michael Richard Cote	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Guillermo José Garlatti	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Daniel Anthony Hart †	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
70.9	Resigned	Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.7	Succeeded	Anton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
12 Mar	52.9	Installed	Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
15 Mar	81.2	Died	Leonard James Crowley †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
76.1	Retired	Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
74.8	Retired	Urbanus Joseph Kioko †	Bishop of Machakos, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Martin Kivuva Musonde	Bishop of Machakos, Kenya	Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
47.4	Installed	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic	Bishop of Linares, Chile
55.2	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández	Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
69.3	Resigned	Libardo Ramírez Gómez †	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Callistus Rubaramira	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda
61.9	Ordained Bishop	Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Sullectum	Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Jesús Zárraga Colmenares	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar	87.4	Died	Eduardo Tomás Boza Masvidal †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
75.9	Installed	Joseph Ratzinger †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
70.3	Installed	Augusto José Zini Filho †	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Mar	85.0	Died	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
18 Mar	85.3	Died	Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
45.7	Appointed	Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
92.0	Died	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Apostolic Nuncio
76.0	Retired	Paul Lokiru Kalanda †	Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
90.3	Died	Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
44.4	Appointed	Robert Muhiirwa	Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Harold Anthony Perera	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
19 Mar	81.0	Died	Joseph Chen Xu (Chen Chu) †	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Charles Evans †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.	Titular Bishop of Oescus	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
60.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Kane	Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
51.5	Appointed	Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon)	Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop
51.5	Appointed	Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon)	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
68.2	Ordained Bishop	Assis Lopes	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
42.7	Appointed	Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan	Bishop of Port-Gentil, Gabon	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
68.9	Appointed	Néstor Hugo Navarro	Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas John Joseph Paprocki	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
28.3	Ordained Deacon	Aurélio Pinto de Sousa	Deacon of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
77.6	Retired	Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	62.4	Appointed	Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando †	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
59.5	Appointed	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
76.0	Retired	Rafael Torija de la Fuente †	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	78.0	Retired	Antonio José González Zumárraga †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
71.3	Appointed	Andraos Salama †	Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
69.2	Appointed	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 Mar	46.8	Appointed	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
75.5	Retired	Marianus Arokiasamy †	Archbishop of Madurai, India	Archbishop Emeritus
64.0	Appointed	Peter Fernando †	Archbishop of Madurai, India	Archbishop Emeritus
49.2	Ordained Bishop	John Hsane Hgyi †	Titular Bishop of Puppi	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar
60.3	Appointed	Emmanuel Okombo Wandera	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Jean-Claude Périsset	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
62.5	Appointed	Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
79.2	Retired	Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. †	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
79.2	Retired	Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
36.1	Ordained Priest	Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Chota, Peru
24 Mar	83.4	Died	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
25 Mar	68.3	Installed	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Francesco Beschi	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
51.6	Appointed	Francesco Beschi	Titular Bishop of Vinda	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
55.6	Appointed	Claude Champagne, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
55.6	Appointed	Claude Champagne, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
75.4	Retired	Bronisław Jan Maria Dembowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño	Bishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Wiesław Alojzy Mering	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Ordained Bishop	José Victoriano Naranjo Tovar	Bishop of Latacunga, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
75.6	Retired	Vigilio Mario Olmi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.5	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Paiaro	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Richard Stephen Seminack †	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
76.2	Died	Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé †	Bishop of Ségou, Mali
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Anthony Vazhapilly	Bishop of Mysore, India	Bishop Emeritus
70.8	Ceased	Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
26 Mar	30.4	Ordained Priest	Carlos Washington Yépez Naranjo	Priest of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
27 Mar	75.0	Retired	Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
29 Mar	70.2	Appointed	Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus
30.0	Ordained Priest	Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale	Priest of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Maria Fragnelli	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
27.8	Ordained Priest	Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez	Priest of Caldas, Colombia	Bishop
46.6	Installed	Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto	Bishop of Florencia, Colombia	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
45.5	Installed	Tomás Jesús Zárraga Colmenares	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	62.4	Installed	José María Arancedo	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
79.5	Ceased	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
66.2	Died	Vincent DePaul Breen †	Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Rainer Maria Woelki	Titular Bishop of Scampa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

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