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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	Simon Ignatius Pimenta	Marol	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
	75.2	Died	René-François Renou †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
2 Mar	54.2	Appointed	Francesco Cherubini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
		Born	Ivo Gugic †	Vela Luka	Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
3 Mar		Born	Michele Cecchini †	Lammari	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
4 Mar		Born	Pierre Mamie †	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
5 Mar	45.5	Appointed	Domenico Comin, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez y Gualaquiza, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
	45.5	Appointed	Domenico Comin, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Obba	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador
	53.6	Appointed	Goffredo Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kansu {Kansu Settentrionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
		Born	René Toussaint, O.M.I. †	Ochamps, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Mar		Born	José Capmany Casamitjana †	Sabadell	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	43.1	Died	Michael Fintan Power †	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	61.9	Resigned	Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	66.5	Appointed	Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
8 Mar	38.4	Appointed	Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México
	39.4	Appointed	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	39.4	Appointed	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	47.9	Appointed	Luigi Barlassina †	Patriarch of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
	75.9	Appointed	Ulisse Carlo Bascherini †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
	75.9	Retired	Ulisse Carlo Bascherini †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Jules-Alexandre Cusin †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop
	50.5	Appointed	Jules-Alexandre Cusin †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Mende, France
	53.6	Appointed	Goffredo Frederix, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Vicar Apostolic of Ninghsia, China
	38.4	Appointed	Marcos Sergio Godoy †	Bishop of Zulia, Venezuela	Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	52.1	Appointed	Edmond Heelan †	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
	49.8	Appointed	Karel Boromejský Kaspar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	49.8	Appointed	Karel Boromejský Kaspar †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
		Born	James William Malone †	Youngstown	Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
	32.4	Appointed	Gustavo Matteoni †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Archbishop of Siena, Italy
	49.2	Appointed	James Paul McCloskey †	Bishop of Jaro, Philippines
	55.2	Appointed	Petrus Nommesch †	Bishop of Luxembourg
	52.4	Appointed	Ernesto Maria Piovella †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
	55.1	Appointed	Antonio Podlaha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	55.1	Appointed	Antonio Podlaha †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	44.6	Appointed	Maximino Ruiz y Flores †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
	44.6	Appointed	Maximino Ruiz y Flores †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
	44.6	Resigned	Maximino Ruiz y Flores †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México	Bishop Emeritus
	48.5	Appointed	Karl Joseph Schulte †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	52.1	Appointed	Walentyn Wojciech †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	52.1	Appointed	Walentyn Wojciech †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	48.3	Appointed	Geoffrey Zaccherini †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
	77.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Trapezus	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	77.1	Retired	Giuseppe Antonio Zucchetti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Mar	45.4	Appointed	Stanislao Kostka Lukomski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
	45.4	Appointed	Stanislao Kostka Lukomski †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
10 Mar		Born	Victorino Alvarez Tena †	Puruándiro	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
	70.4	Died	Emile Joseph Legal, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
11 Mar		Born	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Pesterzsébet	Bishop Emeritus of Győr, Hungary
14 Mar	36.2	Appointed	Atanasio Khoriaty, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy
17 Mar		Born	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †	Cotahuasi	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
		Born	José Tomás Sánchez	Pandan	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
18 Mar	67.9	Died	Filippo Giustini †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
19 Mar		Born	Victor Guazzelli †	London	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Dionisio Pietro Hindié †	Priest	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel Moll y Salord †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tortosa, Spain
		Born	Laurent Noël	Saint-Just-de-Bretenières	Bishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
	59.0	Died	Eduardo Solar Vicuña †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile
20 Mar	29.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Louis Marie Audren, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yünnanfu, China
	27.9	Ordained Priest	João Batista Cavati, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	60.2	Appointed	Michele Lega †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Carlo Re, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
	73.7	Appointed	Augusto Silj †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viêt Nam
21 Mar	24.3	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
22 Mar		Born	José María Montes	Almirante Brown	Bishop Emeritus of Chascomús, Argentina
23 Mar	58.4	Died	Joseph Darian †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti
		Born	Miguel Maria Giambelli, B.	Flero, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Para, Brazil
		Born	Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski †	Poznan	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	35.8	Appointed	Stefano Uzdóczy-Zadravecz, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis
	35.8	Appointed	István Zadravecz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hungary, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	35.8	Appointed	István Zadravecz, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dometiopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military
24 Mar		Born	Jan Gurda †	Ksiaznice Wielkie	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
25 Mar	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Nommesch †	Bishop of Luxembourg
	48.5	Installed	Karl Joseph Schulte †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Mar	49.6	Appointed	Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Gerasa	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie-Marquette, Michigan, USA
	49.6	Resigned	Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P. †	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie-Marquette, Michigan, USA
27 Mar	77.6	Died	Lajos Rajner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
28 Mar		Born	Marko Jozinovic †	Devetine	Archbishop Emeritus of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Nousseir †	Priest of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop
29 Mar	82.3	Died	Nicolas Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
31 Mar		Born	José Carranza Chévez †	Comayagua	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
3 Apr	25.0	Ordained Priest	José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Francis John Brennan †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Donald Alphonsus Campbell †	Priest of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Jacques Mangers, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
5 Apr	22.1	Professed	Joachim (Alois) Ammann, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Ndanda, Tanzania
		Born	John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O. †	Bergen	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
6 Apr	58.4	Died	Carlo Taccetti †	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
9 Apr		Born	Alphonse Daniel Nsabi †	Ilobi Nzega	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
10 Apr	43.5	Appointed	Eduard Graf O'Rourke †	Titular Bishop of Canea	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	43.5	Resigned	Eduard Graf O'Rourke †	Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
11 Apr	26.3	Ordained Priest	Nicasio Balisa y Melero, O.A.R. †	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	71.6	Died	Louis-Jean Dechelette †	Bishop of Evreux, France
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Karel Boromejský Kaspar †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Martin Joseph-Honoré LaJeunesse, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Podlaha †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
13 Apr	59.4	Died	Giuseppe Dallepiane †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy
		Born	Karel Otcenášek	Ceské Meziricí	Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
14 Apr		Born	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N.	Cipotânea	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	43.5	Appointed	Antonijs Springovics †	Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
16 Apr	59.4	Died	Francisco de Paula Mas y Oliver †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
17 Apr	24.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Peter Leipzig †	Priest of Oregon City, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA
18 Apr	43.1	Ordained Bishop	John Gregory Murray †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
19 Apr		Born	Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Beizama, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
20 Apr	84.1	Died	François-Joseph-Edwin Bonnefoy †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
21 Apr	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Jules-Alexandre Cusin †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Bishop of Mende, France
	47.5	Appointed	Giuseppe di Girolamo †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy
22 Apr	44.9	Appointed	Antonio Akšmovic †	Bishop of Sirmio, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	José de Aquino Pereira	Andrães	Bishop Emeritus of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	50.5	Appointed	Santos Ballesteros López, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Santos Ballesteros López, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Capharnaum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
	36.4	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tanganika, Tanzania	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
	36.4	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Ombi	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
	39.5	Appointed	Alexandru Theodor Cisar †	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
	49.3	Appointed	Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
	43.2	Appointed	Bl. Manuel González y García †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
	64.1	Appointed	Ramón Guillamet y Coma †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	42.3	Appointed	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
	42.3	Appointed	Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Europus	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
	43.8	Appointed	Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Selge	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea
	43.8	Appointed	Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Guinea Francese, Guinea	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea
	39.0	Appointed	James Michael Liston †	Coadjutor Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
	39.0	Appointed	James Michael Liston †	Titular Bishop of Olympus	Bishop Emeritus of Auckland, New Zealand
	60.3	Appointed	Désiré-Marie-Joseph-Antelne-Martin Paget †	Bishop of Valence (, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
	61.3	Appointed	Enrique Reig y Casanova †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	43.5	Appointed	Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
	48.9	Appointed	Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
	48.9	Appointed	Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	32.6	Appointed	Ranulfo da Silva Farias †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
	46.9	Appointed	St. Luis Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
	46.9	Appointed	St. Luis Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
	51.5	Appointed	James Whyte †	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
24 Apr		Born	Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †	Ilebo	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr	51.5	Appointed	Etienne Soukkarie †	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Melkite), Egypt
	51.5	Appointed	Etienne Soukkarie †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Melkite), Egypt
	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Etienne Soukkarie †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Melkite), Egypt
27 Apr		Born	Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †	Nicolaevo	Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
		Born	Robert Francis Garner †	Jersey City	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
		Born	Luis Mena Arroyo	Churintzio	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
30 Apr	54.7	Appointed	Kaspar (Gaspare) Klein †	Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
		Born	Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe †	Walungu	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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