The Year of Our Lord 2004

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 48.3 Ordained Bishop Gregory John Mansour Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

53.7 Appointed José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

53.7 Appointed José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa Titular Bishop of Ambia Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

3 Mar 75.1 Retired Vito Schlickmann † Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

4 Mar 64.9 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Eugene Brandt Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U. Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

50.0 Appointed Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U. Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

97.0 Died Artemio Prati † Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy

48.7 Appointed Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina

5 Mar 55.4 Appointed Ramón José Aponte Fernández Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

71.9 Died Nicholas Carmen Dattilo † Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

87.5 Died William Zephyrine Gomes † Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India

64.3 Appointed Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France Bishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S. † Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France Bishop Emeritus

6 Mar 59.9 Appointed Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira † Bishop of Minas, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Basílio do Nascimento † Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste

52.8 Installed Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. Bishop of Carora, Venezuela Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

54.3 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Lorca Planes Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín, Spain Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

66.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista Morandini † Apostolic Nuncio to Syria Apostolic Nuncio

54.1 Appointed Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop of Florida, Uruguay

54.1 Appointed Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini Titular Bishop of Vazari Bishop of Florida, Uruguay

75.8 Retired Edoardo Ricci † Bishop of San Miniato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Fausto Tardelli Bishop of San Miniato, Italy Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

7 Mar 28.9 Ordained Priest Cicero Alves de França Priest of São Paulo, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

57.8 Ordained Bishop André Marceau Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

64.3 Installed Edoardo Menichelli Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

79.6 Died Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

8 Mar 80.2 Died Józef Gucwa † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

9 Mar 60.7 Appointed Robert Joseph Cunningham Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

51.7 Installed Péter Erdő Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

50.9 Appointed Robert William Finn Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.2 Appointed Timothy Anthony McDonnell Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed Robert Joseph McManus Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

75.8 Retired Daniel Patrick Reilly † Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

10 Mar 70.2 Died Helmut Reckter, S.J. † Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

13 Mar 50.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Richard Gallagher Titular Archbishop of Hodelm Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State

98.6 Died Franz König † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

14 Mar 48.3 Ordained Bishop Augustin Traoré Bishop of Ségou, Mali

16 Mar 80.0 Died Rafael Bellido Caro † Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

17 Mar 75.0 Retired Leopold Nowak Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

99.3 Appointed Joakim Segedi † Titular Archbishop of Gypsaria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

18 Mar 47.3 Appointed Joseph Kallarangatt Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India

53.2 Succeeded Salesius Mugambi Bishop of Meru, Kenya

75.4 Retired Silas Silvius Njiru † Bishop of Meru, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

76.9 Retired Joseph Pallikaparampil Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Appointed José Porunnedom Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India

52.2 Appointed Andrews Thazhath Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop

52.2 Appointed Andrews Thazhath Titular Bishop of Aptuca Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

19 Mar 42.5 Appointed Ignace Bessi Dogbo Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

86.9 Died Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru

37.9 Ordained Priest José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Coadjutor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina

54.7 Installed Joseph Fred Naumann Coadjutor Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA Archbishop

61.8 Appointed Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan † Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

61.8 Appointed Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan † Titular Bishop of Vagrauta Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

20 Mar 75.9 Retired Giacomo Barabino † Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

66.3 Appointed Alberto Maria Careggio Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

88.7 Died Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

31.1 Ordained Priest Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos Priest of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil

55.4 Appointed Salvatore Ligorio Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

50.6 Appointed Vincenzo Carmine Orofino Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy

99.3 Died Joakim Segedi † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

49.0 Ordained Bishop Stanislav Stolárik Titular Bishop of Barica Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia

58.6 Appointed Alberto Tanasini † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 50.9 Ordained Bishop Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M. Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

57.3 Ordained Bishop Roland Minnerath Archbishop of Dijon, France Archbishop Emeritus

51.1 Installed Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India

22 Mar 75.0 Retired Vinzenz Guggenberger † Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

98.5 Died Michael Huang Woze † Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China

23 Mar 75.0 Retired Thomas Joseph Costello † Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.7 Appointed Joseph Anthony Galante † Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Ordained Bishop Juan Navarro Castellanos Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla Bishop Emeritus of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México

53.8 Appointed George Leo Thomas Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

24 Mar 69.3 Installed Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

75.1 Retired Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.2 Retired José Ivo Lorscheiter † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

58.8 Appointed Hélio Adelar Rubert Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

25 Mar 60.9 Ordained Bishop Luigi Antonio Cantafora Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy Bishop Emeritus

67.1 Installed Raymundo Damasceno Assis Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

59.6 Ordained Bishop Ignacy Dec Bishop of Świdnica, Poland Bishop Emeritus

64.1 Appointed Jean-Charles Marie Descubes Archbishop of Rouen, France Archbishop Emeritus

75.2 Ordained Bishop Raffaello Funghini † Titular Archbishop of Nova Petra Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota

26 Mar 54.8 Installed Daniel Nicholas DiNardo Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

53.7 Appointed Kevin John Dunn † Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

75.3 Retired Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. † Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Installed Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

62.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. † Titular Bishop of Lete Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

89.2 Died Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo † Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

53.8 Ordained Bishop José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa Titular Bishop of Ambia Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

85.8 Died Jesus Juan Acosta Sison † Bishop Emeritus of Tarlac, Philippines

27 Mar 56.9 Installed João Bráz de Aviz Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

53.4 Appointed Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba Bishop of Łowicz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. † Bishop of Łowicz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

66.6 Died Kenneth Edward Untener † Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

28 Mar 55.3 Installed Jan Karol Tyrawa Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

29 Mar 89.2 Died Joseph Salamé † Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

30 Mar 55.7 Appointed Luigi Bonazzi Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

31 Mar 61.9 Appointed Francis Xavier DiLorenzo † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

73.0 Ceased William Henry Keeler † Apostolic Administrator of Richmond, Virginia, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

58.0 Installed Richard Joseph Malone Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA

59.9 Died Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. † Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

65.1 Ordained Bishop Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. Titular Bishop of Zaba Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Gregory John Mansour	Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
53.7	Appointed	José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
53.7	Appointed	José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
3 Mar	75.1	Retired	Vito Schlickmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
4 Mar	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Eugene Brandt	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
50.0	Appointed	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
97.0	Died	Artemio Prati †	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
48.7	Appointed	Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P.	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
5 Mar	55.4	Appointed	Ramón José Aponte Fernández	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
71.9	Died	Nicholas Carmen Dattilo †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
87.5	Died	William Zephyrine Gomes †	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
64.3	Appointed	Michel Pierre Marie Mouïsse	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France	Bishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	59.9	Appointed	Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Basílio do Nascimento †	Bishop of Baucau, Timor-Leste
52.8	Installed	Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M.	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela	Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
54.3	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Lorca Planes	Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
66.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Morandini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio
54.1	Appointed	Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop of Florida, Uruguay
54.1	Appointed	Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini	Titular Bishop of Vazari	Bishop of Florida, Uruguay
75.8	Retired	Edoardo Ricci †	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Fausto Tardelli	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
7 Mar	28.9	Ordained Priest	Cicero Alves de França	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
57.8	Ordained Bishop	André Marceau	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
64.3	Installed	Edoardo Menichelli	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
79.6	Died	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
8 Mar	80.2	Died	Józef Gucwa †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
9 Mar	60.7	Appointed	Robert Joseph Cunningham	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
51.7	Installed	Péter Erdő	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
50.9	Appointed	Robert William Finn	Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.2	Appointed	Timothy Anthony McDonnell	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	Robert Joseph McManus	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
75.8	Retired	Daniel Patrick Reilly †	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	70.2	Died	Helmut Reckter, S.J. †	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
13 Mar	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Richard Gallagher	Titular Archbishop of Hodelm	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
98.6	Died	Franz König †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Mar	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Traoré	Bishop of Ségou, Mali
16 Mar	80.0	Died	Rafael Bellido Caro †	Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
17 Mar	75.0	Retired	Leopold Nowak	Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
99.3	Appointed	Joakim Segedi †	Titular Archbishop of Gypsaria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
18 Mar	47.3	Appointed	Joseph Kallarangatt	Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
53.2	Succeeded	Salesius Mugambi	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
75.4	Retired	Silas Silvius Njiru †	Bishop of Meru, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
76.9	Retired	Joseph Pallikaparampil	Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Appointed	José Porunnedom	Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India
52.2	Appointed	Andrews Thazhath	Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop
52.2	Appointed	Andrews Thazhath	Titular Bishop of Aptuca	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
19 Mar	42.5	Appointed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
86.9	Died	Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
37.9	Ordained Priest	José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Coadjutor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
54.7	Installed	Joseph Fred Naumann	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop
61.8	Appointed	Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan †	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
61.8	Appointed	Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan †	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
20 Mar	75.9	Retired	Giacomo Barabino †	Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Alberto Maria Careggio	Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
88.7	Died	Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
31.1	Ordained Priest	Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos	Priest of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
55.4	Appointed	Salvatore Ligorio	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
50.6	Appointed	Vincenzo Carmine Orofino	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy
99.3	Died	Joakim Segedi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Stanislav Stolárik	Titular Bishop of Barica	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
58.6	Appointed	Alberto Tanasini †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Roland Minnerath	Archbishop of Dijon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
51.1	Installed	Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão	Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
22 Mar	75.0	Retired	Vinzenz Guggenberger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
98.5	Died	Michael Huang Woze †	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
23 Mar	75.0	Retired	Thomas Joseph Costello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.7	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Galante †	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Navarro Castellanos	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla	Bishop Emeritus of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México
53.8	Appointed	George Leo Thomas	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
24 Mar	69.3	Installed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
75.1	Retired	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.2	Retired	José Ivo Lorscheiter †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
58.8	Appointed	Hélio Adelar Rubert	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25 Mar	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Antonio Cantafora	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
67.1	Installed	Raymundo Damasceno Assis	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Ignacy Dec	Bishop of Świdnica, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
64.1	Appointed	Jean-Charles Marie Descubes	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
75.2	Ordained Bishop	Raffaello Funghini †	Titular Archbishop of Nova Petra	Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
26 Mar	54.8	Installed	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
53.7	Appointed	Kevin John Dunn †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
75.3	Retired	Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Installed	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
89.2	Died	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
53.8	Ordained Bishop	José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
85.8	Died	Jesus Juan Acosta Sison †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarlac, Philippines
27 Mar	56.9	Installed	João Bráz de Aviz	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
53.4	Appointed	Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba	Bishop of Łowicz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Łowicz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Died	Kenneth Edward Untener †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
28 Mar	55.3	Installed	Jan Karol Tyrawa	Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
29 Mar	89.2	Died	Joseph Salamé †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
30 Mar	55.7	Appointed	Luigi Bonazzi	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania
31 Mar	61.9	Appointed	Francis Xavier DiLorenzo †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
73.0	Ceased	William Henry Keeler †	Apostolic Administrator of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
58.0	Installed	Richard Joseph Malone	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
59.9	Died	Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
65.1	Ordained Bishop	Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia

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