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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	70.0	Resigned	John Reesinck, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
2 Mar	68.9	Appointed	Philippe Servulo Desranleau †	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	59.9	Appointed	Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro †	Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
	48.9	Appointed	Charles Eugène Parent †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Mar	23.8	Ordained Priest	László Paskai, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
4 Mar	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Angel Hidalgo Ibáñez †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar	37.6	Appointed	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Larantuka, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
	37.6	Appointed	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
	50.5	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Coropissus	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
	50.5	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ambanja, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Ambanja, Madagascar
	47.5	Appointed	Antonio Pott, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Sinyang [Xinyang], China	Bishop-Elect Emeritus
	44.8	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Endeh, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	44.8	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
	37.9	Appointed	Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abercorn, Zambia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	41.0	Appointed	Willem van Bekkum, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ruteng, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
	41.0	Appointed	Willem van Bekkum, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
9 Mar	68.4	Died	Petrus Legge †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
	62.1	Appointed	Aloysius Joseph Muench †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
	68.1	Succeeded	Heinrich Wienken †	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	26.9	Ordained Priest	Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans †	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Dallat †	Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida	Priest of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
	71.9	Appointed	Jorge García Cabalieros †	Apostolic Administrator of San Marcos, Guatemala	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
	71.9	Appointed	Jorge García Cabalieros †	Apostolic Administrator of Sololá, Guatemala	Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Patricio Maqui Lopez †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
	40.2	Appointed	Andrew J. Roborecki †	Vicar Apostolic of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
	67.0	Appointed	Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant †	Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
11 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
	44.5	Appointed	Imre Kisberk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Imre Kisberk †	Titular Bishop of Christianopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	29.4	Ordained Priest	John Perumattam, M.S.T.A.	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabarese), India
	49.5	Appointed	Imre Szabó †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Apostolic Administrator
	49.5	Appointed	Imre Szabó †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary
12 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	John Carmel Heenan †	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
13 Mar	69.4	Appointed	Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
14 Mar	89.4	Died	Antonio Tommaso Videmari †	Bishop Emeritus of Ogliastra, Italy
15 Mar	56.6	Appointed	Thomas John McDonnell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
	39.4	Appointed	Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Doumé, Cameroon	Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon
16 Mar	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Vartana	Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
	67.4	Died	Karol Miecislao Radonski †	Bishop of Włocławek, Poland
		Born	Hansjörg Vogel	Bern	Bishop Emeritus of Basel, Switzerland
18 Mar	80.1	Died	Abel Zayia (Zaya), C.M. †	Archbishop of Urmya {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
19 Mar	22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
20 Mar		Born	Piotr Libera	Szopienice	Bishop of Płock, Poland
	51.5	Appointed	Enrique Rau †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	51.5	Appointed	Enrique Rau †	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	46.8	Died	Laurent Tétrault, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bukoba, Tanzania
21 Mar		Born	Abraham Desta	Medea-Sebea	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
23 Mar	61.0	Appointed	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Apostolic Administrator of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
	37.7	Appointed	João Cláudio Colling †	Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	47.0	Installed	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Mar	25.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hitti	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Hoang Min Syeng †	Priest	Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Rafael Muñoz Núñez	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Próspero Penados del Barrio †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Clemente Riva, I.C. †	Priest of Institute of Charity	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	25.5	Ordained Priest	Antoine Torbey †	Priest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar	68.9	Died	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Cuba
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Dossena †	Priest of Crema, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
26 Mar		Born	Justin Saw Min Thide	Thaung, Twante	Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
27 Mar	51.1	Appointed	Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	Prelate of Cotabato, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	51.1	Appointed	Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	52.3	Appointed	Emile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
	48.7	Appointed	Emilio Pizzoni †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.9	Appointed	Ilario Roatta †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
28 Mar	60.6	Appointed	Ciril Banic †	Apostolic Administrator of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop
	60.6	Appointed	Ciril Banic †	Titular Bishop of Corone	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
	80.7	Died	Jules-Marie-Victor Courcoux †	Bishop of Orléans, France
29 Mar	20.4	Ordained Priest	Janis Pujats	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
31 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hunkeler †	Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
1 Apr	42.6	Ordained Bishop	János Bárd †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Agostino D'Arco †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Titular Bishop of Barata	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	41.8	Ordained Priest	José Armando Gutiérrez Granier †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
2 Apr	23.0	Ordained Priest	Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist.	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	47.1	Ordained Bishop	René-Louis-Marie Stourm †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
3 Apr		Born	Guillermo Dela Vega Afable	Davao	Bishop of Digos, Philippines
		Born	Jean-Bosco Ntep	Hikoamaen	Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon
	57.3	Appointed	Alphonse Streit †	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	53.1	Appointed	Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
	53.1	Appointed	Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Attaea	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
		Appointed	Dominic Chen Te-mien, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Suihsien [Suixian], China
		Born	José Vicente Conejero Gallego	Plasencia, Spain	Bishop of Formosa, Argentina
	78.8	Died	Giovanni Rosi †	Bishop of Montefiascone, Italy
6 Apr	77.7	Died	Augusto Sieffert, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
7 Apr	65.6	Appointed	Thomas Edmund Molloy †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop
8 Apr	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Alphonsus Beretta, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Hyderabad, India	Bishop Emeritus of Warangal, India
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Carpino †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Endre Kovács, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary
	42.5	Appointed	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
10 Apr		Born	Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru	Vitoria, Spain	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
		Born	Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr.	Pontiac, MI	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
11 Apr		Born	Joseph Yapo Aké	Memni	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
	55.0	Appointed	Nicola Canino †	Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
	55.0	Resigned	Nicola Canino †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lennox Federal †	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Bishop Emeritus of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
	39.5	Appointed	Miguel Angel García y Aráuz †	Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	24.7	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Glynn †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
	42.6	Ordained Bishop	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ingila	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	30.1	Ordained Priest	Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Vélez Martínez †	Bishop of Toluca, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr		Born	José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I.	Caniço, Portugal	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
	38.8	Appointed	Pietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand
	38.8	Appointed	Pietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Zenobias	Bishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand
	43.3	Appointed	Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan †	Bishop of Paoting [Baoding], China
	62.0	Appointed	Joseph Alexander Fernandes †	Archbishop of Delhi and Simla, India	Archbishop of Delhi, India
		Born	Peter Liu Cheng-chung	Hushuei	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
13 Apr	75.6	Appointed	Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to México
15 Apr	22.5	Ordained Priest	António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Pasquale Venezia †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
18 Apr	61.6	Appointed	Raffaele Baratta †	Bishop of Rieti, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
	65.4	Died	Henri-Marie-Joseph Pinson †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
19 Apr		Born	Enrique Pérez Lavado	Maracaibo	Bishop of Maturín, Venezuela
20 Apr		Appointed	Illuminato Colombo, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Misurata, Libya
21 Apr	53.3	Appointed	Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
	53.3	Appointed	Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Lamus	Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
	67.2	Died	Saverio Ritter †	Official of the Secretariat of State
22 Apr	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Cesar Benedetti, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tiddi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cuevo, Bolivia
	42.3	Appointed	Zdzislaw Golinski †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Biagio Musto †	Titular Bishop of Bassiana	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
	36.1	Ordained Bishop	José Rincón Bonilla †	Titular Bishop of Tamasus	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Bausardo, S.D.B.	Le Caire	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
		Born	Roberto Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M.	Hamrun, Malta	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
25 Apr	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Archbishop Emeritus of Endeh, Indonesia
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Dino Luigi Romoli, O.P. †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	47.3	Appointed	Antonio Baraniak, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
	47.3	Appointed	Antonio Baraniak, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
	48.1	Appointed	Teodoro Bensch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	48.1	Appointed	Teodoro Bensch †	Titular Bishop of Tabuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	61.4	Appointed	Jules Georges Kandela †	Auxiliary Bishop	Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
	47.3	Appointed	Bolesław Kominek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop
	47.3	Appointed	Bolesław Kominek †	Titular Bishop of Sophene	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	50.6	Appointed	Edmund Nowicki †	Coadjutor Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland	Bishop
	50.6	Appointed	Edmund Nowicki †	Titular Bishop of Hadriane	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
27 Apr	59.8	Appointed	Kyril Stefan Kurteff †	Exarch of Sofia (Byzantine), Bulgaria
28 Apr	61.7	Appointed	Josef Hiltl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	61.7	Appointed	Josef Hiltl †	Titular Bishop of Constantina	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
	77.5	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
29 Apr	132.5	Beatified	St. José María Díaz Sanjurjo, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viêt Nam
	130.0	Beatified	St. Melchor García Sanpedro, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Tonking {Tonkino Centrale}, Viêt Nam
		Born	Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M.	Pedregón	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela
	81.6	Died	Martin Kheberich †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Spiš, Slovakia
	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Imre Szabó †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary

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