The Year of Our Lord 2009

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 67.9 Appointed Roger Paul Morin † Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Resigned Gerhard Maria Wagner Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Linz, Austria Priest

54.6 Resigned Gerhard Maria Wagner Titular Bishop-Elect of Zuri Priest of Linz, Austria

3 Mar 51.4 Ordained Bishop Edward James Burns Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA

88.8 Died Luis Mena Arroyo † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

4 Mar 50.1 Appointed Giovane Pereira de Melo Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil

67.8 Resigned José Song Sui-Wan, S.D.B. † Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Edson Tasquetto (Taschetto) Damian Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

5 Mar 75.0 Retired Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. † Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

6 Mar 76.9 Died Silvio Cesare Bonicelli † Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

7 Mar 43.6 Ordained Bishop László Bőcskei Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania

70.1 Appointed Dermot Clifford Apostolic Administrator of Cloyne, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland

52.6 Ordained Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela

61.6 Appointed Juan Antonio Reig Pla Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain Bishop Emeritus

8 Mar 73.9 Died Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. †

65.8 Ordained Bishop Karl Golser † Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Ordained Bishop Vicente Carlos Kiaziku, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

9 Mar 67.1 Appointed Guire Poulard † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

78.0 Retired Jean Alix Verrier † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

10 Mar 51.9 Appointed Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy Bishop of Saint-Denis, France Archbishop of Strasbourg, France

11 Mar 59.8 Installed Jean-Pierre Blais Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 76.0 Retired Salvador Martínez Pérez † Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México

14 Mar 60.7 Appointed Luigi Bonazzi † Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania Apostolic Nuncio

60.7 Appointed Luigi Bonazzi † Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia Apostolic Nuncio

48.8 Ordained Bishop Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E. Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa

68.0 Ceased Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu, South Africa Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

52.6 Installed Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela

51.0 Appointed José Slaby, C.Ss.R. Prelate of Esquel, Argentina

15 Mar 77.7 Died Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte † Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

57.6 Installed Francesco Beschi Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

53.8 Ordained Bishop Philippe Mousset Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France

16 Mar 83.6 Died Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia

17 Mar 59.6 Appointed Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

18 Mar 48.3 Appointed Jan Romeo Pawłowski Titular Archbishop of Sejny Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

48.3 Appointed Jan Romeo Pawłowski Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

48.3 Appointed Jan Romeo Pawłowski Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

91.7 Died Luis Rojas Mena † Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

19 Mar 82.8 Died Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos † Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

56.0 Succeeded Marian Buczek Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Ordained Bishop João José da Costa, O. Carm. Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil

60.7 Ordained Bishop Cirilo Bustamante Flores † Titular Bishop of Quiza Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

48.4 Appointed José Mazuelos Pérez Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

76.5 Retired Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Ordained Bishop Antonio Staglianò Bishop of Noto, Italy President of the Pontifical Academy of Theology

51.7 Ordained Bishop Richard Frank Stika † Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus

20 Mar 66.7 Ordained Bishop Séamus Cunningham Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 77.8 Retired Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

61.2 Ordained Bishop Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Madarsuma Vicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala

66.5 Appointed Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia

66.5 Appointed Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Ambia Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia

61.1 Ordained Bishop Sebastián Taltavull Anglada Titular Bishop of Gabii Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

51.0 Appointed Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás † Bishop of Namibe, Angola

22 Mar 61.1 Ordained Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

70.3 Ordained Bishop Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I. Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Ordained Bishop Liro Vendelino Meurer Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

23 Mar 52.7 Appointed Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Bishop of Oakland, California, USA Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

93.7 Died Manuel Platon Del Rosario † Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

25 Mar 60.7 Appointed Luigi Bonazzi † Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia Apostolic Nuncio

61.6 Installed Claude Champagne, O.M.I. Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

63.2 Ordained Bishop Robert Eric Guglielmone Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Succeeded Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M. Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia

44.9 Appointed Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

44.9 Appointed Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Vazari Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

50.4 Appointed François Michel Pierre Kalist Bishop of Limoges, France Archbishop of Clermont, France

53.1 Ordained Bishop Augustinus Kim Jong Soo Titular Bishop of Sufasar Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)

62.2 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Muratore Bishop of Nicosia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed José Rojas Rojas Jr. Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines

75.1 Retired Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M. † Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia Prelate Emeritus

57.1 Ordained Bishop José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F. Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru

26 Mar 46.6 Ordained Bishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe Titular Bishop of Isola Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México

27 Mar 62.4 Ordained Bishop Luis Alberto Fernández Alara Titular Bishop of Carpi Bishop Emeritus of Rafaela, Argentina

28 Mar 49.1 Ordained Bishop Berislav Grgić Prelate of Tromsø, Norway Prelate Emeritus

61.2 Ordained Bishop Jan de Groef, M. Afr. Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

45.0 Ordained Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland Bishop Emeritus

62.2 Installed Salvatore Muratore Bishop of Nicosia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.8 Ordained Bishop Bonaventure Nahimana Bishop of Rutana, Burundi Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi

62.9 Appointed Adriano Tessarollo Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

29 Mar 59.0 Installed Felix Genn Bishop of Münster, Germany Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Installed Berislav Grgić Prelate of Tromsø, Norway Prelate Emeritus

56.0 Ordained Bishop José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B. Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

30 Mar 61.2 Resigned Paul Choi Deok-ki Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Succeeded Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon) Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)

93.4 Died Loras Joseph Watters † Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA

31 Mar 59.2 Installed Carlos Aguiar Retes Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District

49.7 Installed Antonio Staglianò Bishop of Noto, Italy President of the Pontifical Academy of Theology

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	67.9	Appointed	Roger Paul Morin †	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Resigned	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Linz, Austria	Priest
54.6	Resigned	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Titular Bishop-Elect of Zuri	Priest of Linz, Austria
3 Mar	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Edward James Burns	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
88.8	Died	Luis Mena Arroyo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
4 Mar	50.1	Appointed	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil
67.8	Resigned	José Song Sui-Wan, S.D.B. †	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Edson Tasquetto (Taschetto) Damian	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar	75.0	Retired	Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	76.9	Died	Silvio Cesare Bonicelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
7 Mar	43.6	Ordained Bishop	László Bőcskei	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
70.1	Appointed	Dermot Clifford	Apostolic Administrator of Cloyne, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
61.6	Appointed	Juan Antonio Reig Pla	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar	73.9	Died	Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. †
65.8	Ordained Bishop	Karl Golser †	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Carlos Kiaziku, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
9 Mar	67.1	Appointed	Guire Poulard †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
78.0	Retired	Jean Alix Verrier †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	51.9	Appointed	Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
11 Mar	59.8	Installed	Jean-Pierre Blais	Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	76.0	Retired	Salvador Martínez Pérez †	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M.	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
14 Mar	60.7	Appointed	Luigi Bonazzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania	Apostolic Nuncio
60.7	Appointed	Luigi Bonazzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia	Apostolic Nuncio
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E.	Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa
68.0	Ceased	Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
52.6	Installed	Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
51.0	Appointed	José Slaby, C.Ss.R.	Prelate of Esquel, Argentina
15 Mar	77.7	Died	Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte †	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
57.6	Installed	Francesco Beschi	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Mousset	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
16 Mar	83.6	Died	Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
17 Mar	59.6	Appointed	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	48.3	Appointed	Jan Romeo Pawłowski	Titular Archbishop of Sejny	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
48.3	Appointed	Jan Romeo Pawłowski	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
48.3	Appointed	Jan Romeo Pawłowski	Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
91.7	Died	Luis Rojas Mena †	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
19 Mar	82.8	Died	Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos †	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
56.0	Succeeded	Marian Buczek	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Ordained Bishop	João José da Costa, O. Carm.	Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
60.7	Ordained Bishop	Cirilo Bustamante Flores †	Titular Bishop of Quiza	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
48.4	Appointed	José Mazuelos Pérez	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
76.5	Retired	Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Staglianò	Bishop of Noto, Italy	President of the Pontifical Academy of Theology
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Richard Frank Stika †	Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Séamus Cunningham	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	77.8	Retired	Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Mario Fiandri, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Madarsuma	Vicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala
66.5	Appointed	Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
66.5	Appointed	Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
61.1	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Taltavull Anglada	Titular Bishop of Gabii	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
51.0	Appointed	Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás †	Bishop of Namibe, Angola
22 Mar	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
70.3	Ordained Bishop	Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I.	Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Liro Vendelino Meurer	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23 Mar	52.7	Appointed	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
93.7	Died	Manuel Platon Del Rosario †	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
25 Mar	60.7	Appointed	Luigi Bonazzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia	Apostolic Nuncio
61.6	Installed	Claude Champagne, O.M.I.	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
63.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Eric Guglielmone	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Succeeded	Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.	Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia
44.9	Appointed	Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
44.9	Appointed	Walter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Vazari	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
50.4	Appointed	François Michel Pierre Kalist	Bishop of Limoges, France	Archbishop of Clermont, France
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Augustinus Kim Jong Soo	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Muratore	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	José Rojas Rojas Jr.	Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines
75.1	Retired	Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia	Prelate Emeritus
57.1	Ordained Bishop	José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru
26 Mar	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe	Titular Bishop of Isola	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
27 Mar	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alberto Fernández Alara	Titular Bishop of Carpi	Bishop Emeritus of Rafaela, Argentina
28 Mar	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Berislav Grgić	Prelate of Tromsø, Norway	Prelate Emeritus
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan de Groef, M. Afr.	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Grzegorz Kaszak	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Installed	Salvatore Muratore	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Bonaventure Nahimana	Bishop of Rutana, Burundi	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
62.9	Appointed	Adriano Tessarollo	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29 Mar	59.0	Installed	Felix Genn	Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Installed	Berislav Grgić	Prelate of Tromsø, Norway	Prelate Emeritus
56.0	Ordained Bishop	José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30 Mar	61.2	Resigned	Paul Choi Deok-ki	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Succeeded	Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon)	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
93.4	Died	Loras Joseph Watters †	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
31 Mar	59.2	Installed	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District
49.7	Installed	Antonio Staglianò	Bishop of Noto, Italy	President of the Pontifical Academy of Theology

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