The Year of Our Lord 2026

Bishop Events

March to April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	86.0	Retired	Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
86.0	Retired	Vartán Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)	Bishop Emeritus of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
79.8	Retired	Orlando Brandes	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
59.3	Appointed	Mário Antônio da Silva	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
57.8	Appointed	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva	Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
76.4	Appointed	Odilo Pedro Scherer	Apostolic Administrator of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
66.6	Appointed	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
3 Mar	86.5	Died	David Eugene Fellhauer †	Bishop Emeritus of Victoria in Texas, USA
54.0	Appointed	Sean Buslig Mejía	Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines
4 Mar	90.7	Died	Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
88.1	Died	Timothy Anthony McDonnell †	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
59.7	Installed	John Mario Mesa Palacio	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
6 Mar	52.3	Appointed	Milan Lach, S.J.	Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
52.3	Appointed	Milan Lach, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop
75.5	Retired	Peter Rusnák	Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	68.0	Appointed	Gabriele Giordano Caccia	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
62.3	Installed	Marco Aurélio Gubiotti	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Relwendé Kisito Ouédraogo	Titular Archbishop of Hilta	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of
80.1	Retired	Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
10 Mar	69.3	Resigned	Emmanuel Hanna Shaleta (Challita)	Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
76.6	Retired	Louis Raphaël I Sako	Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Louis Raphaël I Sako	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
68.3	Appointed	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
53.5	Appointed	Saad Hanna Sirop	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
12 Mar	62.2	Appointed	Konrad Krajewski	Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
64.5	Appointed	Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A.	Almoner of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
64.5	Appointed	Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A.	Titular Archbishop of Suliana	Almoner of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
64.5	Appointed	Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A.	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity	Almoner
84.8	Died	Joachim Wanke †	Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany
13 Mar	73.0	Appointed	Leopoldo Girelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
60.1	Appointed	Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B.	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
52.8	Appointed	Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
49.6	Appointed	Jefferson Santos Pinheiro	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
49.6	Appointed	Jefferson Santos Pinheiro	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
14 Mar	69.4	Ceased	Stephen Brislin	Apostolic Administrator of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
51.7	Ceased	Farly Yovany Gil Betancur	Apostolic Administrator, Sede Vacante of Montería, Colombia	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia
59.5	Installed	Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Osmany Massó Cuesta	Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba
53.0	Appointed	Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Umtata, South Africa	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
65.8	Installed	Sithembele Sipuka	Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
15 Mar	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Joshy George Pottackal, O. Carm.	Titular Bishop of Ceramussa	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
18 Mar	59.7	Appointed	José Dionisio Gómez Gouveia	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
59.7	Appointed	José Dionisio Gómez Gouveia	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
59.3	Appointed	José Manuel León, C.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
59.3	Appointed	José Manuel León, C.P.	Titular Bishop of Gigthi	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
19 Mar	57.6	Appointed	Alfonso María Bauer Ormazábal, S.D.B.	Bishop of Florida, Uruguay
61.0	Installed	John Samuel Bonnici	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
60.3	Appointed	Luigi Roberto Cona	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
49.2	Appointed	Noël Bernard Coulibaly	Bishop of Sikasso, Mali
66.5	Ordained Bishop	Mark William Freeman	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
58.4	Installed	Alexandre Ineichen, C.R.A.	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
57.9	Appointed	Joseph Maluki Mwongela	Apostolic Administrator of Kitui, Kenya	Coadjutor Bishop of Machakos, Kenya
57.9	Installed	Joseph Maluki Mwongela	Coadjutor Bishop of Machakos, Kenya
76.2	Retired	Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini	Bishop of Florida, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Ordained Bishop	José Eugenio Ramos Delgado	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
50.2	Ordained Bishop	John Berinyuy Tatah	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
20 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Roberto Bosco	Titular Bishop of Cissi	Auxiliary Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
73.0	Resigned	Ralph Heskett, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Marcus Nigel Ralph Stock	Apostolic Administrator of Hallam, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
21 Mar	52.3	Ceased	Milan Lach, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop
52.3	Installed	Milan Lach, S.J.	Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
52.4	Appointed	Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
65.8	Ordained Bishop	Milton Zonta, S.D.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
22 Mar	92.0	Died	Jean-Baptiste (Gioan Baotixita) Phạm Minh Mẫn †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
24 Mar	60.4	Appointed	Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho	Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil
62.6	Appointed	Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus	Bishop of Escuintla, Guatemala
68.3	Installed	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
74.4	Died	Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kuzhithurai, India
75.5	Retired	Carlos Verzeletti	Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar	66.3	Installed	Felice Accrocca	Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
52.3	Appointed	Moises Magpantay Cuevas	Bishop of Calapan, Philippines
59.5	Installed	James Robert Golka	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
63.5	Appointed	Paul Gomes	Bishop of Joypurhat, Bangladesh
63.0	Resigned	Paul Kariuki Njiru	Bishop of Wote, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
74.8	Died	Burchell Alexander McPherson †	Bishop Emeritus of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles
66.8	Appointed	Renzo Pegoraro	Titular Archbishop of Gabii	President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
59.4	Appointed	Anthony Randazzo	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
59.4	Appointed	Anthony Randazzo	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
60.4	Appointed	Gerardo Fortich Saco, Jr.	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Administrator
26 Mar	46.7	Appointed	Obed Muriungi Karobia, O.F.M. Conv.	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
46.7	Appointed	Obed Muriungi Karobia, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Thimida	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
53.1	Succeeded	Stanislaus Min Ko	Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar
85.8	Died	William Francis Murphy †	Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
75.0	Retired	Justin Saw Min Thide	Bishop of Hpa-an, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Appointed	Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I.	Bishop of Münster, Germany
27 Mar	48.8	Elected	Kyle Thomas Ingels	Administrator of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
28 Mar	66.3	Installed	Felice Accrocca	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
62.3	Installed	Konrad Krajewski	Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
57.6	Installed	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
59.3	Ceased	Benny Mario Travas	Apostolic Administrator of Lahore, Pakistan	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
30 Mar	66.0	Appointed	Edgar Robinson Peña Parra	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
66.0	Appointed	Edgar Robinson Peña Parra	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
66.7	Appointed	Petar Antun Rajič	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
55.7	Appointed	Paolo Rudelli	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
1 Apr	75.5	Retired	Michael Fabian McCarthy	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
64.3	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Meagher	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
4 Apr	65.6	Appointed	Alexander Matiz Atencio	Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura, Colombia	Bishop of Buga, Colombia
5 Apr	94.0	Died	Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
8 Apr	52.8	Appointed	Benoît Maria Jean Aubert	Bishop of Limoges, France
55.7	Installed	Paolo Rudelli	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State
9 Apr	63.6	Appointed	Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe	Apostolic Administrator of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
75.2	Retired	Nikola Eterović	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Apostolic Nuncio
60.0	Resigned	Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
68.1	Installed	Margarito Salazar Cárdenas	Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México
52.6	Appointed	Rumen Ivanov Stanev	Apostolic Administrator of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
52.5	Ceased	Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal	Apostolic Administrator of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
64.5	Appointed	Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
10 Apr	62.8	Appointed	Guy Boulanger	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
67.9	Appointed	Claudio Pablo Castricone	Coadjutor Bishop of Orán, Argentina
60.4	Died	Peter Nworie Chukwu †	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
53.9	Appointed	Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Beira, Mozambique	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique
59.1	Appointed	Andrea Roberto Ciucci	Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life
67.4	Resigned	Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I.	Archbishop of Beira, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus
95.9	Died	William Edwin Franklin †	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
67.5	Appointed	Isaac Jogues Agbémenya Kodjo Gaglo	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo
50.0	Appointed	Lawrence Ofentse Pheto	Bishop of Francistown, Botswana
11 Apr	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Simon Kofi Appiah	Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis Badji	Coadjutor Bishop of Kolda, Senegal
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Basile	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
67.1	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Edouard de Metz-Noblat	Bishop of Verdun, France
59.1	Appointed	Patrick Ngwenya	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
57.2	Appointed	John Baptist Nguyễn Quốc Hùng	Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
56.8	Appointed	John Baptist Nguyễn Quang Tuyến	Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
56.8	Appointed	John Baptist Nguyễn Quang Tuyến	Titular Bishop of Perdices	Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
57.0	Appointed	Rene Ramirez, R.C.J.	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
12 Apr	58.4	Elected	Paul III Amel (Shamon) Nona	Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
58.4	Elected	Paul III Amel (Shamon) Nona	Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
97.0	Died	Leopold Nowak †	Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
59.4	Appointed	Ernest Anaezichukwu Obodo	Apostolic Administrator of Abakaliki, Nigeria	Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Landry Philippe Rasamison, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
13 Apr	63.5	Installed	Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México
80.5	Died	José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia †	Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
73.3	Appointed	José Antonio Fernández Hurtado	Apostolic Administrator of Azcapotzalco, México, México	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
74.7	Ceased	Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez	Apostolic Administrator of Atlacomulco, México, México	Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México
14 Apr	78.2	Retired	Jan de Groef, M. Afr.	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
64.0	Died	Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa †	Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania
50.4	Appointed	Motlatsi Meshack Phomane	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
15 Apr	51.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas	Auxiliary Bishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.6	Appointed	Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Auxiliary Bishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Apr	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro	Bishop of Sindhudurg, India
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Nelson Abordo Po	Titular Bishop of Aguntum	Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia
17 Apr	84.0	Died	Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez †	Bishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
18 Apr	67.6	Appointed	Luis Augusto Campos Flórez	Apostolic Administrator of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia
67.6	Installed	Luis Augusto Campos Flórez	Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Darius Assandé Ekou	Bishop of Agboville, Côte d’Ivoire
50.0	Appointed	Michele Morandi	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy	Bishop-Elect
62.3	Appointed	Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
75.7	Retired	Mario Toso, S.D.B.	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.4	Ceased	Alexis Youlo Touabli	Apostolic Administrator of Agboville, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
20 Apr	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Leslie Clifford D’Souza	Bishop of Udupi, India
62.1	Appointed	Augusto Mascagna	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
62.1	Appointed	Augusto Mascagna	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
75.2	Retired	Fausto Tardelli	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Fausto Tardelli	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy
21 Apr	75.4	Retired	Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
88.5	Died	Henry Joseph Mansell †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
65.6	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Miehm	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
22 Apr	59.8	Installed	Domenico Basile	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
52.9	Appointed	Wilbroad Henry Kibozi	Apostolic Administrator of Kondoa, Tanzania	Auxiliary Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
85.4	Died	José Ulises Macías Salcedo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
23 Apr	66.2	Ceased	Victor Barnuevo Bendico	Apostolic Administrator of Kalibo, Philippines	Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Cyril Buhayan Villareal	Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines
24 Apr	58.4	Ecclesiastica Communio	Paul III Amel (Shamon) Nona	Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
25 Apr	61.5	Appointed	Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A.	Archbishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic
54.8	Appointed	José Magdaleno Álvarez Briceño	Bishop of Guasdualito, Venezuela	Bishop-Elect
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Valentín Castillo García	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
68.7	Appointed	Flavio Cavallini, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale}
64.6	Appointed	Giancarlo Dellagiovanna	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
59.3	Appointed	Joseph Obanyi Sagwe	Apostolic Administrator of Eldoret, Kenya	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya
54.4	Installed	Stanislav Přibyl, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
54.3	Appointed	Joseph Samedi, S.J.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
66.0	Appointed	Wojciech Załuski	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
26 Apr	62.8	Ceased	Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa	Apostolic Administrator of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
56.5	Installed	Alberto Valentín Castillo García	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
68.0	Installed	Francis Duffy	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
66.3	Installed	Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi, M. Afr.	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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