The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 68.5 Installed Leslie Rogers Tomlinson Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia Bishop Emeritus

2 Mar 75.4 Died José Adolfo Mojica Morales † Bishop Emeritus of Sonsonate, El Salvador

75.0 Retired José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

3 Mar 50.5 Ordained Bishop Julio Murat Titular Archbishop of Orange Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden

74.2 Died Stephen M. Tiru † Bishop of Khunti, India

4 Mar 54.3 Ordained Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

89.8 Died John Charles Reiss † Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

52.6 Ordained Bishop Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Phelbes Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay

5 Mar 48.1 Appointed Binay Kandulna Apostolic Administrator of Khunti, India Bishop

6 Mar 53.0 Appointed Kuriakose Bharanikulangara Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop

7 Mar 71.4 Appointed Lorenzo Baldisseri Secretary of the College of Cardinals Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops

61.0 Appointed Paulo Mendes Peixoto Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

75.7 Retired Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. † Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

8 Mar 64.5 Appointed Liam Stephen Cary Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA

78.0 Ceased William Stephen Skylstad Apostolic Administrator of Baker, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

9 Mar 91.9 Died José Tomás Sánchez † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

10 Mar 55.7 Appointed Francesco Alfano Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa Apostolic Nuncio

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana Apostolic Nuncio

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia Apostolic Nuncio

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland Apostolic Nuncio

75.9 Retired Felice Cece † Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

74.3 Died Hermín Negrón Santana † Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

11 Mar 52.7 Installed Hervé Gaschignard Bishop of Aire et Dax, France Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 69.1 Died Augustin Misago † Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda

67.4 Died Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil † Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

13 Mar 84.5 Died Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

14 Mar 41.9 Appointed Eduardo José Castillo Pino Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador Archbishop

41.9 Appointed Eduardo José Castillo Pino Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena Archbishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador

60.6 Appointed Adalberto Martínez Flores Bishop of Paraguay, Military Cardinal, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay

15 Mar 67.9 Installed Paul Lortie Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

72.9 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus

78.5 Appointed Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Santo Domingo en Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador

16 Mar 71.7 Laicized Raymond John Lahey †

17 Mar 72.0 Appointed Rufin Anthony † Apostolic Administrator of Faisalabad, Pakistan Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho Apostolic Nuncio

50.5 Ordained Bishop Santo Rocco Gangemi Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

47.8 Ordained Bishop Jozef Hal’ko Titular Bishop of Serra Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava, Slovakia

50.2 Installed João Santos Cardoso Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

18 Mar 74.5 Died Anárghyros Printesis † Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)

52.4 Ordained Bishop Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. Titular Bishop of Idassa Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil

20 Mar 76.0 Retired Thomas George Doran † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

89.8 Died Ante Jurić † Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

60.5 Appointed Christian Lépine Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

60.5 Installed Christian Lépine Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

60.8 Appointed William Edward Lori Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

56.1 Appointed David John Malloy Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA

47.9 Appointed Gregory Lawrence Parkes Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

75.7 Retired Jean-Claude Turcotte † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

21 Mar 88.7 Died John George Chedid † Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

62.7 Appointed Adriano Ciocca Vasino Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

58.1 Installed Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. Archbishop of Perth, Australia

53.4 Appointed Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

53.4 Appointed Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. Titular Bishop of Accia Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

48.8 Appointed José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

48.8 Appointed José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos Titular Bishop of Canapium Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

24 Mar 63.8 Ordained Bishop Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz Bishop of Neiva, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Appointed Santo Rocco Gangemi Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

49.5 Ordained Bishop Vincent Harolimana Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda

89.2 Died Edward Henryk Materski † Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland

50.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya

43.2 Appointed Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

43.2 Appointed Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel Titular Bishop of Beatia Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

25 Mar 58.8 Installed Francesco Moraglia Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

44.8 Ordained Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp Titular Bishop of Frequentium Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

26 Mar 62.3 Installed Joseph-Luc-André Bouchard Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

29 Mar 88.1 Died Paulino Reale Chirina † Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina

30 Mar 62.9 Appointed Luis Artemio Flores Calzada Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	68.5	Installed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	75.4	Died	José Adolfo Mojica Morales †	Bishop Emeritus of Sonsonate, El Salvador
75.0	Retired	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
3 Mar	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Julio Murat	Titular Archbishop of Orange	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
74.2	Died	Stephen M. Tiru †	Bishop of Khunti, India
4 Mar	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
89.8	Died	John Charles Reiss †	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
5 Mar	48.1	Appointed	Binay Kandulna	Apostolic Administrator of Khunti, India	Bishop
6 Mar	53.0	Appointed	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
7 Mar	71.4	Appointed	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
61.0	Appointed	Paulo Mendes Peixoto	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.7	Retired	Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. †	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Liam Stephen Cary	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA
78.0	Ceased	William Stephen Skylstad	Apostolic Administrator of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
9 Mar	91.9	Died	José Tomás Sánchez †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
10 Mar	55.7	Appointed	Francesco Alfano	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa	Apostolic Nuncio
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia	Apostolic Nuncio
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio
75.9	Retired	Felice Cece †	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
74.3	Died	Hermín Negrón Santana †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
11 Mar	52.7	Installed	Hervé Gaschignard	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	69.1	Died	Augustin Misago †	Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda
67.4	Died	Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil †	Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
13 Mar	84.5	Died	Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
14 Mar	41.9	Appointed	Eduardo José Castillo Pino	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador	Archbishop
41.9	Appointed	Eduardo José Castillo Pino	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena	Archbishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
60.6	Appointed	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Bishop of Paraguay, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
15 Mar	67.9	Installed	Paul Lortie	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
72.9	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus
78.5	Appointed	Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Santo Domingo en Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador
16 Mar	71.7	Laicized	Raymond John Lahey †
17 Mar	72.0	Appointed	Rufin Anthony †	Apostolic Administrator of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Santo Rocco Gangemi	Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Jozef Hal’ko	Titular Bishop of Serra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava, Slovakia
50.2	Installed	João Santos Cardoso	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
18 Mar	74.5	Died	Anárghyros Printesis †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Mar	76.0	Retired	Thomas George Doran †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
89.8	Died	Ante Jurić †	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
60.5	Appointed	Christian Lépine	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
60.5	Installed	Christian Lépine	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
60.8	Appointed	William Edward Lori	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
56.1	Appointed	David John Malloy	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
47.9	Appointed	Gregory Lawrence Parkes	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
75.7	Retired	Jean-Claude Turcotte †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21 Mar	88.7	Died	John George Chedid †	Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
62.7	Appointed	Adriano Ciocca Vasino	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
58.1	Installed	Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
53.4	Appointed	Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
53.4	Appointed	Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
48.8	Appointed	José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
48.8	Appointed	José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
24 Mar	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Appointed	Santo Rocco Gangemi	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Harolimana	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
89.2	Died	Edward Henryk Materski †	Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ndembu Mbatia	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya
43.2	Appointed	Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel	Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
43.2	Appointed	Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel	Titular Bishop of Beatia	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
25 Mar	58.8	Installed	Francesco Moraglia	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Dominik Schwaderlapp	Titular Bishop of Frequentium	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Mar	62.3	Installed	Joseph-Luc-André Bouchard	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
29 Mar	88.1	Died	Paulino Reale Chirina †	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
30 Mar	62.9	Appointed	Luis Artemio Flores Calzada	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México

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