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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	52.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	65.2	Resigned	Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet †	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
1 Mar	63.4	Died	Eugenio Corecco †	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
2 Mar	67.2	Died	James Patrick Mahoney †	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
3 Mar	45.4	Appointed	Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin	Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
	30.6	Incardinated	Francis Obafemi Adesina	Priest of Osogbo, Nigeria	Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
	33.6	Incardinated	Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo	Priest of Osogbo, Nigeria	Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria
	67.9	Appointed	Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	Zacarias Kamwenho	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubango, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.0	Appointed	Thomas Kwaku Mensah †	Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana
	40.5	Appointed	Agapiti Ndorobo	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
	47.0	Appointed	Joseph Osei-Bonsu	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
	40.1	Incardinated	John Yaw Afoakwah	Priest of Obuasi, Ghana	Bishop
	39.4	Appointed	Joseph Mukasa Zuza †	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
4 Mar	57.3	Selected	Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B.	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
5 Mar	61.8	Died	Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. †	Bishop Emeritus of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Mar	62.8	Ordained Bishop	John Martin Dougherty †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
	79.7	Died	Stephen John Kocisko †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	82.0	Died	Stefan László †	Bishop Emeritus of Eisenstadt, Austria
	75.0	Retired	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	69.6	Died	George To Bata †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
8 Mar	68.2	Died	Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia
11 Mar	40.9	Appointed	Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
	40.9	Appointed	Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
12 Mar	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia degli Armeni	Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
	89.3	Died	Karl Gnädinger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	87.8	Died	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
13 Mar	25.8	Ordained Priest	Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit	Priest of Lipa, Philippines	Bishop of Boac, Philippines
	88.1	Died	Marko Mihayo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
14 Mar	61.3	Appointed	Thomas Ludger Dupré †	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	69.2	Appointed	Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Mar	55.3	Appointed	Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán	Archbishop of Yucatán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.3	Retired	Manuel Castro Ruiz †	Archbishop of Yucatán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	83.2	Died	Barthélémy Malunga †	Bishop Emeritus of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	62.6	Resigned	Tiago Postma †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar	79.5	Died	José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. †	Prelate Emeritus of Humahuaca, Argentina
18 Mar	54.6	Ordained Bishop	José Gonzalez Alonso	Titular Bishop of Baliana	Bishop Emeritus of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil
	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Josef Grünwald	Titular Bishop of Fronta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
	72.1	Appointed	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	72.1	Appointed	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Delegate to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
	75.7	Retired	Antonio Magnoni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Noel Saw Naw Aye	Priest of Yangon, Myanmar	Auxiliary Bishop
	26.8	Ordained Priest	John Saw Yaw Han	Priest of Yangon, Myanmar	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
19 Mar	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Aind, S.D.B.	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
	73.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Chen Xu (Chen Chu) †	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
	67.2	Installed	Giovanni (João) Zerbini, S.D.B.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	73.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Zhu Baoyu †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China	Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar	84.9	Died	Michael Arattukulam †	Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Edwin Michael Conway †	Titular Bishop of Augurus	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	83.6	Died	Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †	Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Frederick Kicanas	Titular Bishop of Bela	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
	46.2	Ordained Bishop	George Vance Murry, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
21 Mar	50.7	Succeeded	Robert James Carlson	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	75.6	Retired	Alan Charles Clark †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	68.3	Retired	Paul Vincent Dudley †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	34.4	Incardinated	Gregory William Gordon	Priest of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
	51.4	Appointed	Peter David Gregory Smith †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	61.9	Appointed	Phillip Francis Straling	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	57.4	Appointed	Daniel Francis Walsh	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
22 Mar	54.5	Succeeded	Gentil Delázari †	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	75.3	Retired	Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	43.3	Appointed	Czeslaw Kozon	Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
	71.7	Resigned	Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.6	Resigned	Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. †	Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
	60.4	Appointed	João Maria Messi, O.S.M.	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Mar	51.9	Appointed	Frederick Bernard Henry	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
25 Mar	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton †	Bishop of Kandi, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Bemile	Bishop of Wa, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	64.2	Appointed	Karl Heinrich Braun	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
	60.0	Ordained Bishop	João José Burke, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil	Bishop
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Bux †	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
	55.5	Appointed	Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Otto Georgens	Titular Bishop of Gubaliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
	68.1	Appointed	Paolo Giglio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	51.0	Appointed	Juliusz Janusz	Titular Archbishop of Caprulae	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
	51.0	Appointed	Juliusz Janusz	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
	34.1	Solemn Vows	Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S.	Titular Bishop of Libertina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
	34.5	Ordained Priest	Oscar Eduardo Miñarro	Priest of Morón, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
	37.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé	Priest of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Archbishop
	76.4	Retired	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	46.6	Succeeded	Amando Samo †	Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Vito Schlickmann †	Titular Bishop of Gurza	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	50.2	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Titular Archbishop of Equilium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
	50.2	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
	50.2	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
	50.2	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	22.3	First Vows	David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
	65.1	Installed	Robert Edward Mulvee †	Coadjutor Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	27.2	Ordained Priest	Rex Cullingham Ramirez	Priest of Palo, Philippines	Bishop of Naval, Philippines
28 Mar	50.7	Appointed	Edward Kenneth Braxton	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
	50.7	Appointed	Edward Kenneth Braxton	Titular Bishop of Macomades Rusticiana	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
	64.9	Selected	Ivo Fürer †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	82.0	Died	Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India
29 Mar	45.1	Installed	Patrick James Dunn	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
	64.9	Confirmed	Ivo Fürer †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar	61.0	Appointed	Alojz Tkáč †	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus
1 Apr	44.5	Appointed	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
	52.7	Appointed	Norbert Brunner	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	57.4	Appointed	Edwin Colaço	Bishop of Amravati, India	Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India
	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Michael Concessao	Titular Bishop of Mascula	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
	46.9	Appointed	John Atcherley Dew	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	46.9	Appointed	John Atcherley Dew	Titular Bishop of Privata	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand
	56.3	Appointed	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Auxiliary Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	67.4	Appointed	Fernando Ramon Prego Casal †	Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba
	49.2	Appointed	Jozef Marianus Punt	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
	49.2	Appointed	Jozef Marianus Punt	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
	49.2	Appointed	Jozef Marianus Punt	Apostolic Administrator of Netherlands, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
	79.8	Retired	Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Amravati, India	Bishop Emeritus
	69.7	Ordained Bishop	Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †	Titular Archbishop of Africa	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	62.7	Resigned	Henri Schwery †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	60.6	Appointed	Charles Soreng, S.J. †	Bishop of Hazaribag, India	Bishop Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	Stephen M. Tiru †	Bishop of Khunti, India
	49.0	Appointed	Dieudonné Watio	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon
2 Apr	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
3 Apr	69.0	Died	Jeremiah Newman †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
4 Apr	92.8	Died	Johannes Maria Hoeck (Höck), O.S.B. †	Superior General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict	Superior General
	51.2	Died	Abraham Kattumana †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	62.7	Appointed	James Michael Moynihan †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Joseph Thomas O’Keefe †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	90.9	Died	Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
5 Apr	63.6	Died	Paul Fan Yufei †	Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
6 Apr	54.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
8 Apr	76.0	Retired	Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc †	Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	67.4	Succeeded	Pierre Trần Thành Chung †	Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	59.4	Appointed	Teofil Józef Wilski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	59.4	Appointed	Teofil Józef Wilski †	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
10 Apr	60.2	Resigned	Noël Delaquis	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	55.8	Appointed	Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. †	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12 Apr	38.7	Appointed	Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid	Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Osorno, Chile
	38.7	Appointed	Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Bishop Emeritus of Osorno, Chile
13 Apr	62.5	Appointed	Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	62.5	Appointed	Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Bishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
	50.2	Appointed	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop
16 Apr	72.0	Died	[Anthony Wang Zicheng (Huang Zichem)] †	Bishop of Lixian [Lichow], China
18 Apr	59.9	Ordained Bishop	John Kevin Boland	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.7	Retired	Edward Dennis Head †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	57.5	Appointed	Henry Joseph Mansell	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 Apr	75.7	Retired	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	72.4	Resigned	Jean-Paul Labrie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Appointed	Luis Madrid Merlano	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	85.4	Died	Alojz Turk †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
20 Apr	76.5	Retired	Giovanni Canestri †	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	75.1	Died	José Capmany Casamitjana †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	William Edward Lori	Titular Bishop of Bulla	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	61.0	Appointed	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
22 Apr	28.9	Ordained Priest	José Eudes Campos do Nascimento	Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	74.4	Retired	Robert-Joseph Coffy †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	70.3	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier	Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
	95.2	Died	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	40.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Nerbini	Priest of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop of Prato, Italy
	64.2	Succeeded	Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	62.4	Appointed	Fernando Sáenz Lacalle †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Apr	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop Emeritus of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
	59.4	Resigned	Anthony Hampden Dickson †	Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	65.7	Appointed	Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Ayau Kaigama	Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Konan Kouassi	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
25 Apr	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Slebte	Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
27 Apr	71.0	Died	Bienvenido Mercado Lopez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
29 Apr	55.4	Installed	Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán	Archbishop of Yucatán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	69.0	Appointed	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
	71.3	Ordained Bishop	Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Ventura	Titular Archbishop of Equilium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
30 Apr	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Philippe Curbelié	Priest of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	218.0	Beatified	Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim †	Bishop of Trento, Italy

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