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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Mar85.5AppointedLorenzo AntonettiCardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in AgoneCardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
78.6AppointedDarío Castrillón HoyosCardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro TraianoCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
89.4AppointedGiovanni CheliCardinal-Priest of Santi Cosma e DamianoCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
73.6ResignedFrantz Colímon, S.M.M. †Bishop of Port-de-Paix, HaïtiBishop Emeritus
76.4RetiredHubert Constant, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, HaïtiArchbishop Emeritus
57.6DiedKevin John DunnBishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
45.9Ordained BishopPrasad GallelaBishop of Cuddapah, IndiaBishop Emeritus
51.6AppointedLéon Kalenga BadikebeleApostolic Nuncio to GhanaApostolic Nuncio to Argentina
51.6AppointedLéon Kalenga BadikebeleTitular Archbishop of MagnetumApostolic Nuncio to Argentina
69.3AppointedLouis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B.Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, HaïtiArchbishop Emeritus
80.1RetiredFrançois-Wolff LigondéArchbishop of Port-au-Prince, HaïtiArchbishop Emeritus
81.1AppointedJorge Arturo Augustin Medina EstévezCardinal-Priest of San SabaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
61.2SucceededJoseph Serge MiotArchbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
54.7InstalledFrancesco MoragliaBishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, ItalyPatriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
63.9SucceededPierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. †Bishop of Port-de-Paix, HaïtiBishop Emeritus
75.5AppointedJames Francis StaffordCardinal-Priest of San Pietro in MontorioCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
2 Mar50.7Ordained BishopJesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B. †Bishop of Lwena, Angola
79.8DiedUrbanus Joseph KiokoBishop Emeritus of Machakos, Kenya
52.8Ordained BishopMichael Akasius ToppoBishop of Tezpur, India
47.5InstalledKarl-Heinz WiesemannBishop of Speyer, Germany
5 Mar93.5DiedGastone Mojaisky-PerrelliBishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
6 Mar89.8DiedPeter Poreku DeryCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
76.3RetiredHelmut KrätzlAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, AustriaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
43.7AppointedStephan TurnovszkyAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
43.7AppointedStephan TurnovszkyTitular Bishop of AncusaAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
7 Mar59.0InstalledRichard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.Archbishop of Benin City, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus
8 Mar45.1Ordained BishopGaspard Béby GnébaBishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
58.0Ordained BishopJohn Doaninoel, S.M. †Titular Bishop of Girus TarasiiAuxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
59.7Ordained BishopFelix Anthony MachadoBishop of Nashik, IndiaBishop of Vasai, India
65.3DiedPaulos Faraj RahhoArchbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
49.3InstalledStanislav ZvolenskýArchbishop of Bratislava, Slovakia
9 Mar44.8Ordained BishopNicodème Anani Barrigah-BenissanBishop of Atakpamé, TogoArchbishop of Lomé, Togo
50.7InstalledJesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B. †Bishop of Lwena, Angola
69.5Ordained BishopMariano Anastasio Moreno García, O.S.A. †Prelate of Cafayate, ArgentinaPrelate Emeritus
57.5InstalledPeter RusnákBishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
51.6Ordained BishopEnrico SolmiBishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
10 Mar91.4DiedRomeu BrigentiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Mar53.6AppointedXolelo Thaddaeus KumaloBishop of Eshowe, South AfricaBishop of Witbank, South Africa
55.2AppointedEusebio Ramos MoralesBishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto RicoBishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
67.4AppointedFelipe Salazar VillagranaBishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
12 Mar61.6AppointedFernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R.Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Brazil, Military
54.0AppointedGuido ZendronBishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
13 Mar91.6DiedDenis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. †Bishop Emeritus of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
55.5InstalledJosé María de la Torre MartínBishop of Aguascalientes, México
14 Mar88.0DiedPierre MamieBishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
15 Mar58.5AppointedHenry D’SouzaBishop of Bellary, India
57.2InstalledTomáš GalisBishop of Žilina, Slovakia
66.1AppointedMario GiordanaApostolic Nuncio to SlovakiaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
58.2AppointedMartín Pablo Pérez ScreminiBishop of Florida, Uruguay
76.9RetiredRaúl Horacio Scarrone CarreroBishop of Florida, UruguayBishop Emeritus
51.9AppointedEdward Tamba CharlesArchbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra LeoneArchbishop of Freetown, Sierra Leone
18 Mar75.0RetiredHelmut BauerAuxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.9AppointedEtienne Ung’eyowun BediwegiBishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Mar46.9AppointedAdam BałabuchAuxiliary Bishop of Świdnica, Poland
46.9AppointedAdam BałabuchTitular Bishop of AurusulianaAuxiliary Bishop of Świdnica, Poland
68.8ResignedJosé Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. †Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus
65.6AppointedOswaldo Brenes ÁlvarezBishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa RicaBishop Emeritus
52.8AppointedDominic Ryōji MiyaharaBishop of Fukuoka, JapanBishop Emeritus
69.5SucceededAugustinho PetryBishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus
20 Mar62.3AppointedGiuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M.Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
87.9DiedJohn Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. †Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
47.7AppointedJohn Namaza Niyiring, O.S.A.Bishop of Kano, Nigeria
75.8RetiredPatrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. †Bishop of Kano, NigeriaBishop Emeritus
21 Mar65.8DiedLeonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
45.8DiedPaulin Kouabénan N`GnaméBishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
22 Mar81.2DiedAdolfo Antonio Suárez RiveraCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
25 Mar76.5RetiredGregory Obinna OchiaghaBishop of Orlu, NigeriaBishop Emeritus
80.3DiedWolfgang RollyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
54.5AppointedAugustine Tochukwu UkwuomaBishop of Orlu, Nigeria
26 Mar75.0RetiredBrian James Barnes, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New GuineaArchbishop Emeritus
51.8AppointedRamón Alfredo DusBishop of Reconquista, ArgentinaArchbishop of Resistencia, Argentina
73.1AppointedThomas Kwaku MensahArchbishop of Kumasi, GhanaArchbishop Emeritus
51.1SucceededJohn Ribat, M.S.C.Cardinal, Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
75.0RetiredPeter Kwasi SarpongArchbishop of Kumasi, GhanaArchbishop Emeritus
47.8AppointedGabriel Justice Yaw AnokyeBishop of Obuasi, GhanaArchbishop of Kumasi, Ghana
27 Mar68.2Ordained BishopGerald Nicholas DinoBishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USABishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
72.5ResignedJesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha SusoBishop of Babahoyo, EcuadorBishop Emeritus
67.0AppointedFausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.Bishop of Babahoyo, EcuadorArchbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
28 Mar47.9Ordained BishopEdmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
75.0RetiredReinhard LettmannBishop of Münster, GermanyBishop Emeritus
53.4AppointedFrancisco Moreno BarrónBishop of Tlaxcala, MéxicoArchbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
29 Mar46.7Ordained BishopFabio Reynaldo Colindres AbarcaBishop of El Salvador, MilitaryBishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
59.2Ordained BishopEnemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. †Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
42.7AppointedPetru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, UkraineBishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
42.7AppointedPetru Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of MediaBishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
55.1Ordained BishopJoseph Salvador MarinoTitular Archbishop of NatchitochesPresident Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
41.6Ordained BishopIvan ŠaškoTitular Bishop of RotariaAuxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
56.5AppointedLaurent Bernard Marie UlrichArchbishop of Lille, FranceArchbishop of Paris, France
54.2Ordained BishopDominic Nyarko YeboahBishop of Techiman, Ghana
30 Mar60.0Ordained BishopJoaquim Augusto da Silva Mendes, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of CaliabriaAuxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
49.7InstalledHilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M.Bishop of Quelimane, MozambiqueAuxiliary Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
51.6InstalledEnrico SolmiBishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
56.5InstalledLaurent Bernard Marie UlrichArchbishop of Lille, FranceArchbishop of Paris, France
31 Mar66.4Ordained BishopMichael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A.Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
48.4Ordained BishopJames Vann Johnston, Jr.Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USABishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
61.6Ordained BishopFernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R.Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Brazil, Military
1 Apr55.8AppointedMichael Gerard DucaBishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USABishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
2 Apr61.0AppointedIvo Baldi GaburriBishop of Huarí, Peru
76.5RetiredOscar Hugh LipscombArchbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USAArchbishop Emeritus
59.0AppointedThomas John RodiArchbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
5 Apr51.6Ordained BishopValter Dario MaggiTitular Bishop of BossaBishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador
74.5InstalledRaffaele Farina, S.D.B.Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni della PignaCardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
77.1InstalledAgustín García-Gasco y VicenteCardinal-Priest of San MarcelloCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
6 Apr58.5InstalledGiovanni Paolo BenottoArchbishop of Pisa, Italy
71.3InstalledThéodore-Adrien SarrCardinal-Priest of Santa Lucia a Piazza d’ArmiCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
7 Apr60.9AppointedLino FumagalliApostolic Administrator of Tivoli, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
40.5Ordained BishopJosaphat Oleh HoveraTitular Bishop of CaesarianaArchiepiscopal Exarch of Lutsk (Ukrainian), Ukraine
82.3DiedThomas Francis LittleArchbishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
10 Apr41.3AppointedOscar CantúAuxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USABishop of San Jose in California, USA
41.3AppointedOscar CantúTitular Bishop of DardanusBishop of San Jose in California, USA
53.0AppointedJames Douglas ConleyAuxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USABishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
53.0AppointedJames Douglas ConleyTitular Bishop of CissaBishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
88.7DiedErnesto Corripio y AhumadaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
86.7DiedPeter Dubovský, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
42.0Ordained BishopJosé Francisco González GonzálezTitular Bishop of Feradi MaiusBishop of Campeche, México
66.7Ordained BishopJuan Humberto Gutiérrez ValenciaTitular Bishop of Iunca in ByzacenaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
65.9AppointedWilliam Joseph JusticeAuxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.9AppointedWilliam Joseph JusticeTitular Bishop of Mathara in ProconsulariAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
65.1AppointedRichard Edmund PatesBishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USABishop Emeritus
53.9AppointedAnthony Basil TaylorBishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
11 Apr45.6AppointedNicolas Jean René BrouwetAuxiliary Bishop of Nanterre, FranceBishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
45.6AppointedNicolas Jean René BrouwetTitular Bishop of SimidiccaBishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
69.7InstalledRicardo Manuel Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. †Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
12 Apr57.0AppointedJuan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de ChinchetruTitular Bishop of CivitateSecretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
75.4RetiredLawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. †Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, AntillesArchbishop Emeritus
35.7Ordained PriestSaulius BužauskasPriest of Vilnius, LithuaniaAuxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
67.0AppointedFrans Daneels, O. Praem.Titular Bishop of BitaSecretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
67.0AppointedFrans Daneels, O. Praem.Secretary of the Apostolic SignaturaSecretary Emeritus
43.0Ordained BishopMario Iceta GavicagogeascoaTitular Bishop of AlavaArchbishop of Burgos, Spain
65.6AppointedOsvaldo PadillaApostolic Nuncio to KoreaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
72.5AppointedVelasio De Paolis, C.S. †Titular Archbishop of ThelepteCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
72.5AppointedVelasio De Paolis, C.S. †President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy SeeCardinal, President Emeritus
73.9SucceededDonald James ReeceArchbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, AntillesArchbishop Emeritus
77.0RetiredSergio SebastianiPresident of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy SeeCardinal, President Emeritus
13 Apr47.8Ordained BishopProtase RugambwaBishop of Kigoma, TanzaniaCardinal, Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
14 Apr57.9AppointedAlain CastetBishop of Luçon, FranceBishop Emeritus
15 Apr77.0RetiredPietro Gabrielli, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, EcuadorVicar Apostolic Emeritus
50.9AppointedNéstor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
50.9AppointedNéstor Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of Cellae in MauretaniaVicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
16 Apr45.8AppointedFelix Femi AjakayeCoadjutor Bishop of Ekiti, NigeriaBishop
76.4RetiredJosé María Libório Camino SarachoBishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
49.8AppointedBenedito Gonçalves dos SantosBishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.5AppointedCharles Michael HammawaBishop of Jalingo, Nigeria
17 Apr62.6AppointedSławoj Leszek GłódźArchbishop of Gdańsk, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
76.5RetiredTadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †Archbishop of Gdańsk, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
18 Apr75.0RetiredSoane Lilo Foliaki, S.M. †Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop Emeritus
46.3SucceededSoane Patita Paini MafiCardinal, Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
62.0AppointedJulio Parrilla DíazBishop of Loja, EcuadorBishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador
48.0AppointedRoger Victor RakotondrajaoCoadjutor Bishop of Mahajanga, MadagascarBishop
19 Apr57.8AppointedHubert BerenbrinkerAuxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.8AppointedHubert BerenbrinkerTitular Bishop of PanatoriaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
80.2RetiredJoseph Abangite GasiBishop of Tombura-Yambio, South SudanBishop Emeritus
66.9AppointedPeter Joseph KairoArchbishop of Nyeri, KenyaArchbishop Emeritus
44.0AppointedEdward Hiiboro KussalaBishop of Tombura-Yambio, South Sudan
72.4DiedAlfonso López TrujilloCardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
46.4Ordained BishopAnthony PoolaBishop of Kurnool, IndiaCardinal, Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
45.7Ordained BishopJosé Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of ForatianaBishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
57.5Ordained BishopTarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of SegiaBishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Apr48.0InstalledEdmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Apr84.0DiedAlphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius CastermansAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
22 Apr57.3AppointedHugo Nicolás BarbaroBishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
61.9InstalledMarcelino Hernández RodríguezBishop of Orizaba, Veracruz, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Colima, México
75.9RetiredJosé Lorenzo SartoriBishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
23 Apr46.7AppointedJacques Danka LongaCoadjutor Bishop of Kara, TogoBishop
51.6AppointedLadislav Nemet, S.V.D.Bishop of Zrenjanin, SerbiaArchbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
70.6RetiredAnárghyros PrintesisApostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
68.8AppointedDimitrios SalachasApostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
68.8AppointedDimitrios SalachasTitular Bishop of CarcabiaApostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
25 Apr66.5InstalledGerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D.Bishop of Maumere, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus
26 Apr64.7InstalledRafael Ramón Conde AlfonzoBishop of Maracay, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
62.7InstalledSławoj Leszek GłódźArchbishop of Gdańsk, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
65.7AppointedOsvaldo PadillaApostolic Nuncio to MongoliaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Korea
51.2Ordained BishopLuciano SurianiTitular Archbishop of AmiternumApostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
27 Apr34.5Ordained PriestRobert Saeed JarjisPriestBishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
81.8DiedLucien Monsi-AgbokaBishop Emeritus of Abomey, Benin
65.4InstalledAndré Armand Vingt-TroisCardinal-Priest of San Luigi dei FrancesiCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
28 Apr62.2AppointedGuy Charbonneau, P.M.E.Superior General of Société des Missions-ÉtrangèresBishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
29 Apr57.0InstalledEarl Alfred Boyea, Jr.Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
30 Apr85.7DiedBenedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
63.0ResignedDonald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. †Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USABishop Emeritus
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