The Year of Our Lord 2011

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 59.7 Confirmed Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

76.8 Retired Iwannis Louis Awad † Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

54.6 Appointed Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah Titular Bishop of Phaena Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

65.2 Appointed Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)

65.2 Appointed Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni Titular Bishop of Sabrata Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)

80.5 Resigned Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Curial Bishop Emeritus

72.3 Appointed Basile Georges Casmoussa Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

67.2 Resigned Martin William Currie Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

53.7 Appointed Robert Anthony Daniels Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

59.1 Succeeded José Horacio Gómez Velasco Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

54.5 Appointed Peter Joseph Hundt Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

75.0 Retired Roger Michael Mahony Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

79.3 Resigned Flavien Joseph Melki Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Curial Bishop Emeritus

67.2 Confirmed Youhanna Boutros Moshe Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

66.4 Appointed Antoine Vũ Huy Chương Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Jean Marie Vũ Tất Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

2 Mar 52.7 Ordained Bishop Christopher James Coyne Titular Bishop of Mopta Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

3 Mar 52.4 Appointed Jan Vokál Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia

5 Mar 59.9 Installed Carlo Ciattini Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy

71.4 Resigned Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A. Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

81.0 Died Oswald Georg Hirmer † Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

80.0 Retired Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan Bishop Emeritus

49.8 Appointed Dominic Kimengich Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya

48.1 Ceased Péter Fülöp Kocsis Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

80.0 Appointed Giovanni Marra † Apostolic Administrator of Orvieto-Todi, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

41.7 Appointed José Luís Mumbiela Sierra Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan

48.3 Installed Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid † Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia Bishop of Colombia, Military

50.8 Appointed Atanáz Orosz Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary

50.8 Appointed Atanáz Orosz Titular Bishop of Panium Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary

54.1 Ordained Bishop Julián Ruiz Martorell Bishop of Huesca, Spain Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

71.2 Resigned Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A. Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.9 Appointed Dieudonné Watio Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

6 Mar 82.1 Installed Walter Brandmüller Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

54.1 Installed Julián Ruiz Martorell Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

59.8 Installed Robert Francis Vasa Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA Bishop

7 Mar 61.2 Installed Juan Alberto Puiggari Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

8 Mar 44.2 Appointed Rolando José Álvarez Lagos Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua

9 Mar 94.2 Died Andreas Hao Jinli (Hao Zhenli) † Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

11 Mar 64.8 Ceased José Figueroa Gómez Apostolic Administrator of San José del Guaviare, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Granada en Colombia

62.4 Installed Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia

71.0 Resigned John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 74.6 Resigned Claudio Baggini † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

66.8 Appointed Thumma Bala † Archbishop of Hyderabad, India Archbishop Emeritus

59.2 Succeeded Vincenzo Di Mauro Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Thomas D’Souza Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India Archbishop Emeritus

78.1 Died Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz † Bishop Emeritus of Guadix, Spain

75.2 Retired Emmanuel Alex Mapunda † Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Appointed Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania

50.4 Appointed John Chrisostom Ndimbo Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania

82.7 Installed Elio Sgreccia † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life

14 Mar 52.4 Appointed Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam Bishop

15 Mar 71.0 Selected Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M. Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

16 Mar 50.8 Appointed Thomas Anthony Daly Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose in California, USA Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA

50.8 Appointed Thomas Anthony Daly Titular Bishop of Tabalta Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA

82.6 Died Thomas Nkuissi † Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

17 Mar 66.5 Installed Antoine Vũ Huy Chương Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

18 Mar 54.5 Appointed Augustine Obiora Akubeze Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria

79.3 Ceased Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji Apostolic Administrator of Benin City, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria

45.6 Appointed Malachy John Goltok † Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

64.3 Appointed Jonás Guerrero Corona Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México Bishop Emeritus

72.9 Resigned Benjamín Jiménez Hernández † Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México Bishop Emeritus

19 Mar 92.0 Died Patrick Vincent Ahern † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

55.9 Ordained Bishop Abel Doctor Gabuza † Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa

45.2 Ordained Bishop Luis Gonzaga Féchio Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

66.6 Ordained Bishop Eusebio Ignacio Hernández Sola, O.A.R. Bishop of Tarazona, Spain Bishop Emeritus

44.3 Ordained Bishop Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

58.4 Ordained Bishop Wilmar Santin, O. Carm. Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil

43.5 Ordained Bishop Mate Uzinić Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia

20 Mar 80.3 Died Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil

21 Mar 44.4 Appointed Anthony Fallah Borwah Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia

22 Mar 52.5 Appointed Michael Jude Byrnes † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

52.5 Appointed Michael Jude Byrnes † Titular Bishop of Eguga Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

63.4 Appointed Donald Francis Hanchon Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Donald Francis Hanchon Titular Bishop of Horreomargum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

67.0 Installed Jean Marie Vũ Tất Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

23 Mar 47.3 Appointed Benedito Araújo Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop

47.4 Appointed Antonio Guido Filipazzi Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

40.8 Selected Sviatoslav Shevchuk Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

24 Mar 68.3 Died Julian Gbur, S.V.D. † Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine

54.5 Appointed Giuseppe Giudice Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

75.6 Retired Gioacchino Illiano † Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

79.0 Died Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. † Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

71.0 Confirmed Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M. Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

25 Mar 49.3 Ordained Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier Bishop of Damongo, Ghana

64.3 Appointed Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

63.4 Ordained Bishop Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Antonio Ciliberti † Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

49.1 Ordained Bishop Rosalvo Cordeiro de Lima Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil

54.6 Appointed Valter Dario Maggi Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Died Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala

59.1 Ordained Bishop Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil

62.6 Appointed Paul Sueo Hamaguchi † Bishop of Oita, Japan

53.6 Installed Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

53.7 Ordained Bishop Linus Lee Seong-hyo Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)

76.0 Retired Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. † Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan Bishop Emeritus

71.0 Installed Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M. Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

67.5 Installed Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

40.8 Appointed Sviatoslav Shevchuk Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

40.8 Confirmed Sviatoslav Shevchuk Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

46.0 Ordained Bishop Geremias Steinmetz Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil

63.7 Appointed John Eijiro Suwa Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan Bishop Emeritus

77.6 Retired Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

77.6 Retired Francis Tong Hui † Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China

26 Mar 64.7 Ordained Bishop Victor Abagna Mossa Bishop of Owando, Congo Archbishop Emeritus of Owando, Congo

69.4 Ordained Bishop Jean Charles Émile Gardin, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Impfondo, Congo Bishop Emeritus

79.5 Installed Medardo Joseph Mazombwe † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

57.3 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Pellegrini Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

69.2 Installed Guire Poulard † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

90.6 Died Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea

45.8 Ordained Bishop Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint Titular Bishop of Senez Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti

27 Mar 40.8 Installed Sviatoslav Shevchuk Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

30 Mar 46.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Ling Jiansen Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China

31 Mar 80.4 Retired Hubert Coppenrath † Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus

56.8 Removed Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. Apostolic Administrator of Pointe-Noire, Congo Archbishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	59.7	Confirmed	Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
76.8	Retired	Iwannis Louis Awad †	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
54.6	Appointed	Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah	Titular Bishop of Phaena	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
65.2	Appointed	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
65.2	Appointed	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
80.5	Resigned	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus
72.3	Appointed	Basile Georges Casmoussa	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
67.2	Resigned	Martin William Currie	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
53.7	Appointed	Robert Anthony Daniels	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
59.1	Succeeded	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
54.5	Appointed	Peter Joseph Hundt	Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
75.0	Retired	Roger Michael Mahony	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
79.3	Resigned	Flavien Joseph Melki	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus
67.2	Confirmed	Youhanna Boutros Moshe	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
66.4	Appointed	Antoine Vũ Huy Chương	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Jean Marie Vũ Tất	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Christopher James Coyne	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
3 Mar	52.4	Appointed	Jan Vokál	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
5 Mar	59.9	Installed	Carlo Ciattini	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
71.4	Resigned	Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A.	Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
81.0	Died	Oswald Georg Hirmer †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
80.0	Retired	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	Dominic Kimengich	Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
48.1	Ceased	Péter Fülöp Kocsis	Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
80.0	Appointed	Giovanni Marra †	Apostolic Administrator of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
41.7	Appointed	José Luís Mumbiela Sierra	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
48.3	Installed	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid †	Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia	Bishop of Colombia, Military
50.8	Appointed	Atanáz Orosz	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
50.8	Appointed	Atanáz Orosz	Titular Bishop of Panium	Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Huesca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
71.2	Resigned	Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Appointed	Dieudonné Watio	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	82.1	Installed	Walter Brandmüller	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
54.1	Installed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
59.8	Installed	Robert Francis Vasa	Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA	Bishop
7 Mar	61.2	Installed	Juan Alberto Puiggari	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Rolando José Álvarez Lagos	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
9 Mar	94.2	Died	Andreas Hao Jinli (Hao Zhenli) †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
11 Mar	64.8	Ceased	José Figueroa Gómez	Apostolic Administrator of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Granada en Colombia
62.4	Installed	Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa	Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia
71.0	Resigned	John Huston Ricard, S.S.J.	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	74.6	Resigned	Claudio Baggini †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.8	Appointed	Thumma Bala †	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India	Archbishop Emeritus
59.2	Succeeded	Vincenzo Di Mauro	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Thomas D’Souza	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
78.1	Died	Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz †	Bishop Emeritus of Guadix, Spain
75.2	Retired	Emmanuel Alex Mapunda †	Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Appointed	Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa	Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania
50.4	Appointed	John Chrisostom Ndimbo	Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania
82.7	Installed	Elio Sgreccia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
14 Mar	52.4	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước	Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Bishop
15 Mar	71.0	Selected	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Mar	50.8	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Daly	Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
50.8	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Daly	Titular Bishop of Tabalta	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
82.6	Died	Thomas Nkuissi †	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
17 Mar	66.5	Installed	Antoine Vũ Huy Chương	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	54.5	Appointed	Augustine Obiora Akubeze	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
79.3	Ceased	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji	Apostolic Administrator of Benin City, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
45.6	Appointed	Malachy John Goltok †	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
64.3	Appointed	Jonás Guerrero Corona	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus
72.9	Resigned	Benjamín Jiménez Hernández †	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	92.0	Died	Patrick Vincent Ahern †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Abel Doctor Gabuza †	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gonzaga Féchio	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
66.6	Ordained Bishop	Eusebio Ignacio Hernández Sola, O.A.R.	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania	Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Wilmar Santin, O. Carm.	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Mate Uzinić	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
20 Mar	80.3	Died	Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
21 Mar	44.4	Appointed	Anthony Fallah Borwah	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
22 Mar	52.5	Appointed	Michael Jude Byrnes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
52.5	Appointed	Michael Jude Byrnes †	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
63.4	Appointed	Donald Francis Hanchon	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Donald Francis Hanchon	Titular Bishop of Horreomargum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
67.0	Installed	Jean Marie Vũ Tất	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	47.3	Appointed	Benedito Araújo	Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop
47.4	Appointed	Antonio Guido Filipazzi	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
40.8	Selected	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Mar	68.3	Died	Julian Gbur, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Giudice	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
75.6	Retired	Gioacchino Illiano †	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
79.0	Died	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
71.0	Confirmed	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Mar	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
64.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P.	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Antonio Ciliberti †	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Rosalvo Cordeiro de Lima	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil
54.6	Appointed	Valter Dario Maggi	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Died	Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
62.6	Appointed	Paul Sueo Hamaguchi †	Bishop of Oita, Japan
53.6	Installed	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Linus Lee Seong-hyo	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)
76.0	Retired	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
71.0	Installed	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
67.5	Installed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
40.8	Appointed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
40.8	Confirmed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Geremias Steinmetz	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
63.7	Appointed	John Eijiro Suwa	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
77.6	Retired	Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J.	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
77.6	Retired	Francis Tong Hui †	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
26 Mar	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Victor Abagna Mossa	Bishop of Owando, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus of Owando, Congo
69.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Charles Émile Gardin, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Impfondo, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
79.5	Installed	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Pellegrini	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
69.2	Installed	Guire Poulard †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
90.6	Died	Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint	Titular Bishop of Senez	Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti
27 Mar	40.8	Installed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 Mar	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Ling Jiansen	Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
31 Mar	80.4	Retired	Hubert Coppenrath †	Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
56.8	Removed	Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

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