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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
2 Mar67.9AppointedRoger Paul MorinBishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USABishop Emeritus
54.6ResignedGerhard Maria WagnerAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Linz, AustriaPriest
54.6ResignedGerhard Maria WagnerTitular Bishop-Elect of ZuriPriest of Linz, Austria
3 Mar51.4Ordained BishopEdward James BurnsBishop of Juneau, Alaska, USABishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
88.8DiedLuis Mena ArroyoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
4 Mar50.1AppointedGiovane Pereira de MeloBishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, BrazilBishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil
67.8ResignedJosé Song Sui-Wan, S.D.B. †Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, BrazilBishop Emeritus
61.0AppointedEdson Tasquetto (Taschetto) DamianBishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, BrazilBishop Emeritus
5 Mar75.0RetiredAusten Robin Crapp, O.F.M. †Bishop of Aitape, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus
6 Mar76.9DiedSilvio Cesare BonicelliBishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
7 Mar43.6Ordained BishopLászló BőcskeiBishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
70.1AppointedDermot CliffordApostolic Administrator of Cloyne, IrelandArchbishop Emeritus of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
52.6Ordained BishopJorge Anibal Quintero ChacónBishop of Margarita, VenezuelaBishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
61.6AppointedJuan Antonio Reig PlaBishop of Alcalá de Henares, SpainBishop Emeritus
8 Mar73.9DiedRobert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. †
65.8Ordained BishopKarl GolserBishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, ItalyBishop Emeritus
51.6Ordained BishopVicente Carlos Kiaziku, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
9 Mar67.1AppointedGuire PoulardBishop of Les Cayes, HaïtiArchbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
78.0RetiredJean Alix VerrierBishop of Les Cayes, HaïtiBishop Emeritus
10 Mar51.9AppointedPascal Michel Ghislain DelannoyBishop of Saint-Denis, FranceArchbishop of Strasbourg, France
11 Mar59.8InstalledJean-Pierre BlaisBishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada
12 Mar76.0RetiredSalvador Martínez PérezBishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
62.8AppointedSalvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M.Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
14 Mar60.7AppointedLuigi BonazziApostolic Nuncio to LithuaniaApostolic Nuncio to Albania
60.7AppointedLuigi BonazziApostolic Nuncio to EstoniaApostolic Nuncio to Albania
48.8Ordained BishopStanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E.Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa
68.0CeasedWilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu, South AfricaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
52.6InstalledJorge Anibal Quintero ChacónBishop of Margarita, VenezuelaBishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
51.0AppointedJosé Slaby, C.SS.R.Prelate of Esquel, Argentina
15 Mar77.7DiedPaulo Eduardo Andrade PonteArchbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
57.6InstalledFrancesco BeschiBishop of Bergamo, Italy
53.8Ordained BishopPhilippe MoussetBishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), FranceBishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
16 Mar83.6DiedRamón Mantilla Duarte, C.SS.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
17 Mar59.6AppointedWasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), UkraineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar48.3AppointedJan Romeo PawłowskiTitular Archbishop of SejnyApostolic Nuncio to Greece
48.3AppointedJan Romeo PawłowskiApostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic ofApostolic Nuncio to Greece
48.3AppointedJan Romeo PawłowskiApostolic Nuncio to GabonApostolic Nuncio to Greece
91.7DiedLuis Rojas MenaBishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
19 Mar82.8DiedFelipe Santiago Benitez AvalosArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
56.0SucceededMarian BuczekBishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, UkraineBishop Emeritus
50.7Ordained BishopJoão José da Costa, O. Carm.Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
60.7Ordained BishopCirilo Bustamante FloresTitular Bishop of QuizaBishop of San Diego, California, USA
48.4AppointedJosé Mazuelos PérezBishop of Jerez de la Frontera, SpainBishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
76.5RetiredStanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, UkraineBishop Emeritus
49.7Ordained BishopAntonio StaglianòBishop of Noto, ItalyPresident of the Pontifical Academy of Theology
51.7Ordained BishopRichard Frank StikaBishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USABishop Emeritus
20 Mar66.7Ordained BishopSéamus CunninghamBishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
21 Mar77.8RetiredLorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I.Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, EthiopiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
61.2Ordained BishopMario Fiandri, S.D.B.Titular Bishop of MadarsumaVicar Apostolic of El Petén, Guatemala
66.5AppointedGiovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
66.5AppointedGiovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †Titular Bishop of AmbiaVicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
61.1Ordained BishopSebastián Taltavull AngladaTitular Bishop of GabiiBishop of Mallorca, Spain
51.0AppointedMateus Feliciano Augusto TomásBishop of Namibe, Angola
22 Mar61.1Ordained BishopDerek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
70.3Ordained BishopElio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I.Bishop of Lichinga, MozambiqueBishop Emeritus
54.6Ordained BishopLiro Vendelino MeurerTitular Bishop of Thucca in NumidiaBishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23 Mar52.7AppointedSalvatore Joseph CordileoneBishop of Oakland, California, USAArchbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
93.7DiedManuel Platon Del RosarioBishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
25 Mar60.7AppointedLuigi BonazziApostolic Nuncio to LatviaApostolic Nuncio to Albania
61.6InstalledClaude Champagne, O.M.I.Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
63.2Ordained BishopRobert Eric GuglielmoneBishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USABishop Emeritus
45.8SucceededJorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia
44.9AppointedWalter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M.Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en EcuadorBishop of Loja, Ecuador
44.9AppointedWalter Jehová Heras Segarra, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of VazariBishop of Loja, Ecuador
50.4AppointedFrançois Michel Pierre KalistBishop of Limoges, FranceArchbishop of Clermont, France
53.1Ordained BishopAugustinus Kim Jong SooTitular Bishop of SufasarBishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
62.2Ordained BishopSalvatore MuratoreBishop of Nicosia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
52.6AppointedJosé Rojas Rojas, Jr.Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines
75.1RetiredAdalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M. †Prelate of Aiquile, BoliviaPrelate Emeritus
57.1Ordained BishopJosé Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F.Titular Bishop of TubusuptuVicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru
26 Mar46.6Ordained BishopJorge Alberto Cavazos ArizpeTitular Bishop of IsolaArchbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
27 Mar62.4Ordained BishopLuis Alberto Fernández AlaraTitular Bishop of CarpiBishop Emeritus of Rafaela, Argentina
28 Mar49.1Ordained BishopBerislav GrgićPrelate of Tromsø, NorwayPrelate Emeritus
61.2Ordained BishopJan de Groef, M. Afr.Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa
45.0Ordained BishopGrzegorz KaszakBishop of Sosnowiec, PolandBishop Emeritus
62.2InstalledSalvatore MuratoreBishop of Nicosia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
49.8Ordained BishopBonaventure NahimanaBishop of Rutana, BurundiArchbishop of Gitega, Burundi
62.9AppointedAdriano TessarolloBishop of Chioggia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
29 Mar59.0InstalledFelix GennBishop of Münster, Germany
49.1InstalledBerislav GrgićPrelate of Tromsø, NorwayPrelate Emeritus
56.0Ordained BishopJosé Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, BrazilBishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30 Mar61.2ResignedPaul Choi Deok-kiBishop of Suwon, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus
57.5SucceededMathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon)Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
93.4DiedLoras Joseph WattersBishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
31 Mar59.2InstalledCarlos Aguiar RetesArchbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, MéxicoCardinal, Archbishop of México, Federal District
49.7InstalledAntonio StaglianòBishop of Noto, ItalyPresident of the Pontifical Academy of Theology
1 Apr87.0DiedUmberto Betti, O.F.M. †Cardinal, Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University
45.9AppointedHenrique Soares da CostaAuxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, BrazilBishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
45.9AppointedHenrique Soares da CostaTitular Bishop of AcufidaBishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
75.0RetiredJosephus Tethool, M.S.C. †Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina, IndonesiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr53.8SucceededJohn Barwa, S.V.D.Bishop of Rourkela, IndiaArchbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
75.8RetiredAlphonse Bilung, S.V.D. †Bishop of Rourkela, IndiaBishop Emeritus
51.4InstalledEdward James BurnsBishop of Juneau, Alaska, USABishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
58.8InstalledJosé Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez EspinosaArchbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
97.6DiedAlbert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
3 Apr59.8Ordained BishopIgnatius Loyola Ivan MascarenhasBishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India
76.6RetiredCormac Murphy-O’ConnorArchbishop of Westminster, England, Great BritainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
63.4AppointedVincent Gerard NicholsCardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
4 Apr63.4AppointedThomas DabreBishop of Poona, IndiaBishop Emeritus
75.5RetiredValerian D’SouzaBishop of Poona, IndiaBishop Emeritus
56.3InstalledAndrzej DzięgaArchbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
53.4AppointedHyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.N.Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, NigeriaBishop of Bomadi, Nigeria
69.0ResignedJoseph Oforishe EgeregaVicar Apostolic of Bomadi, NigeriaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.3AppointedSilvio Siripong CharatsriBishop of Chanthaburi, ThailandBishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
77.3RetiredLawrence Thienchai SamanchitBishop of Chanthaburi, ThailandBishop Emeritus
52.2AppointedJames Maria Wainaina KunguBishop of Muranga, Kenya
58.3AppointedEdmund Woga, C.SS.R.Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia
6 Apr63.4AppointedPaul Joseph BradleyBishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus
76.7RetiredJames Albert MurrayBishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus
7 Apr55.7AppointedSebastian KallupuraBishop of Buxar, IndiaArchbishop of Patna, India
51.6AppointedGérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, CanadaCardinal, Archbishop
51.6AppointedGérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.Titular Bishop of HiltaCardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
65.0AppointedPaul LortieAuxiliary Bishop of Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
65.0AppointedPaul LortieTitular Bishop of HierpinianaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
38.9Ordained BishopSviatoslav ShevchukTitular Bishop of Castra GalbaeMajor Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
8 Apr46.0AppointedStephan AckermannBishop of Trier, Germany
9 Apr50.9AppointedSilvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
50.9AppointedSilvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.Titular Bishop of ZicaAuxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
12 Apr72.5DiedEphraim Silas ObotBishop of Idah, Nigeria
15 Apr59.1InstalledTimothy Michael DolanCardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
52.5AppointedJosé Daniel Falla RoblesAuxiliary Bishop of Cali, ColombiaBishop of Soacha, Colombia
52.5AppointedJosé Daniel Falla RoblesTitular Bishop of CalamaBishop of Soacha, Colombia
66.7AppointedCaetano Ferrari, O.F.M.Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
57.3AppointedMichael Joseph McKennaBishop of Bathurst, Australia
67.6AppointedGregory O’Kelly, S.J.Bishop of Port Pirie, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
69.7SucceededJohn Tong HonBishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], ChinaCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
77.2RetiredJoseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], ChinaCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr67.5AppointedDomenico Umberto D’AmbrosioArchbishop of Lecce, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
52.7AppointedYosyf Milan, M.S.U.Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
52.7AppointedYosyf Milan, M.S.U.Titular Bishop of DrusilianaAuxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
92.3DiedMichel Louis Marie Joseph MondésertAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
65.2AppointedBraulio Rodríguez PlazaArchbishop of Toledo, SpainArchbishop Emeritus
76.8RetiredCosmo Francesco RuppiArchbishop of Lecce, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
18 Apr49.1AppointedRóbert Bezák, C.SS.R.Archbishop of Trnava, SlovakiaArchbishop Emeritus
37.2Ordained PriestLuis Eduardo González CedrésPriest of Maldonado-Punta del Este, UruguayBishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
36.8Ordained DeaconAntuan Ilgit, S.J.Deacon of Society of JesusAuxiliary Bishop of Anatolia, Turkey
43.0Ordained PriestStrahil Veselinov KavalenovPriest of Nicopoli, BulgariaBishop
76.2RetiredJavier Lozano BarragánPresident of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care WorkersCardinal, President Emeritus
75.2RetiredPaulo Mandlate, S.S.S. †Bishop of Tete, MozambiqueBishop Emeritus
55.1Ordained BishopTarcísio Nascentes dos SantosBishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
63.9InstalledCarlos Osoro SierraArchbishop of Valencia, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
73.2AppointedBeda (Umberto) Paluzzi, O.S.B. †Abbot of Montevergine, ItalyAbbot Emeritus
47.9Ordained BishopJosé Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C.Titular Bishop of MaturbaBishop of Manzini, eSwatini
75.5RetiredJán SokolArchbishop of Trnava, SlovakiaArchbishop Emeritus
56.1InstalledJosé Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, BrazilBishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.0AppointedZygmunt ZimowskiPresident of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
60.0AppointedZygmunt ZimowskiArchbishop (Personal Title)President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
19 Apr44.7Ordained BishopGuillermo Martín Abanto GuzmánTitular Bishop of PinhelBishop Emeritus of Peru, Military
56.2Ordained BishopJosé Moreira Bastos NetoBishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
41.5Ordained BishopRaúl Antonio Chau QuispeTitular Bishop of AveiaAuxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
54.8Ordained BishopMatthias HeinrichTitular Bishop of ThibarisAuxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
77.2InstalledJosé Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.Cardinal-Bishop of PalestrinaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
46.9Ordained BishopFrancisco Javier Stegmeier SchmidlinBishop of Villarrica, Chile
58.8InstalledOrani João Tempesta, O. Cist.Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Apr53.5AppointedLuis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M.Archbishop of Cuenca, EcuadorArchbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
75.1RetiredVicente Rodrigo Cisneros DuránArchbishop of Cuenca, EcuadorArchbishop Emeritus
21 Apr64.8AppointedRobert James CarlsonArchbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USAArchbishop Emeritus
65.8AppointedRobert Joseph CunninghamBishop of Syracuse, New York, USABishop Emeritus
68.1AppointedThéophile Kaboy RubonekaCoadjutor Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
76.7RetiredJames Michael MoynihanBishop of Syracuse, New York, USABishop Emeritus
23 Apr44.5Ordained BishopJames Sean WallBishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
25 Apr49.1Ordained BishopLuigi BiancoTitular Archbishop of FaleroneApostolic Nuncio to Uganda
66.9AppointedPietro FarinaBishop of Caserta, Italy
75.3RetiredRaffaele NogaroBishop of Caserta, ItalyBishop Emeritus
61.7InstalledJuan Antonio Reig PlaBishop of Alcalá de Henares, SpainBishop Emeritus
42.4Ordained BishopValentine Tsamma SeaneBishop of Gaborone, BotswanaBishop Emeritus
51.4Ordained BishopSebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of TinumArchbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
48.6Ordained BishopKrzysztof ZadarkoTitular Bishop of CavaillonAuxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
26 Apr52.5Ordained BishopPhilippe Gabriel Marie Augustin BallotArchbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), FranceBishop of Metz, France
27 Apr68.1InstalledRoger Paul MorinBishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USABishop Emeritus
29 Apr41.1AppointedStanislaus Tobias MagomboAuxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
41.1AppointedStanislaus Tobias MagomboTitular Bishop of Caesarea in MauretaniaAuxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
30 Apr34.3Ordained PriestAtanasius Firas Mundher DardarPriest of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), LebanonPatriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq
48.4Ordained BishopJan Romeo PawłowskiTitular Archbishop of SejnyApostolic Nuncio to Greece
85.6DiedDavid PicãoBishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
75.0RetiredJames Mwewa SpaitaArchbishop of Kasama, ZambiaArchbishop Emeritus
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