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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Mar84.2DiedPaul Kim Ok-kyunAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
2 Mar56.5AppointedCharles Martin WamikaBishop of Jinja, Uganda
79.3RetiredJoseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. †Bishop of Jinja, UgandaBishop Emeritus
3 Mar76.2RetiredGeorge Riashi, B.C. †Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)Archbishop Emeritus
4 Mar82.1DiedHilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
49.9InstalledAnthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.Bishop of Parramatta, AustraliaArchbishop of Sydney, Australia
43.5Ordained BishopArūnas PoniškaitisTitular Bishop of SinnaAuxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
81.3RetiredJuozas TunaitisAuxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, LithuaniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar67.4InstalledCamilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B.Bishop of Barrancabermeja, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
66.4AppointedValentino Di CerboBishop of Alife-Caiazzo, ItalyBishop Emeritus
56.3InstalledJosé Luiz Majella Delgado, C.SS.R.Bishop of Jataí, Goias, BrazilArchbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Mar63.1InstalledVicente CostaBishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
8 Mar52.6InstalledJoe Steve VásquezBishop of Austin, Texas, USA
10 Mar85.6DiedVincent MensahBishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
11 Mar58.1AppointedJohn Douglas DeshotelAuxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USABishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
58.1AppointedJohn Douglas DeshotelTitular Bishop of CovaBishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
76.4RetiredBernardo Hombach LütkermeierBishop of Granada, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus
56.1AppointedMark Joseph SeitzAuxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USABishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
56.1AppointedMark Joseph SeitzTitular Bishop of CozylaBishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
48.9AppointedJorge Solórzano PérezBishop of Granada, Nicaragua
12 Mar65.0AppointedJean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste BoulangerBishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), FranceBishop Emeritus
75.0RetiredPierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. †Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), FranceBishop Emeritus
13 Mar67.9AppointedRicardo Blázquez PérezArchbishop of Valladolid, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.8Ordained BishopSamuel Irenios KattukallilTitular Bishop of TamallumaBishop of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India
46.1Ordained BishopVincent Paulos KulapuravilaiBishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India
75.0RetiredPaul John Marx, M.S.C. †Bishop of Kerema, Papua New GuineaBishop Emeritus
51.3AppointedEugene Martin NugentApostolic Nuncio to MauritiusApostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
51.3AppointedEugene Martin NugentApostolic Nuncio to SeychellesApostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
53.8SucceededPatrick Taval, M.S.C. †Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
57.8Ordained BishopPhilippos Stephanos ThottathilTitular Bishop of Sozopolis in HaemimontoBishop of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace (Syro-Malankara), USA
54.3Ordained BishopThomas Antonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C.Titular Bishop of IgilgiliBishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
50.9ResignedRamón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. †Bishop of Puerto Cabello, VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
14 Mar46.1InstalledVincent Paulos KulapuravilaiBishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India
63.8InstalledAntonio LanfranchiArchbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
15 Mar57.7AppointedVicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
57.7AppointedVicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M.Titular Bishop of SummaBishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
66.6AppointedStanislav LipovšekBishop of Celje, SloveniaBishop Emeritus
62.9AppointedŽelimir PuljićArchbishop of Zadar (Zara), CroatiaArchbishop Emeritus
17 Mar76.6RetiredAugusto Alves da RochaBishop of Floriano, Piaui, BrazilBishop Emeritus
49.9AppointedValdemir Ferreira dos SantosBishop of Floriano, Piaui, BrazilBishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
57.5AppointedMilan Šašik, C.M. †Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
18 Mar57.7AppointedJacques Raymond Germain Benoit-Gonnin, Comm. l'Emm.Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
77.4RetiredCharles CaruanaBishop of GibraltarBishop Emeritus
57.0AppointedRalph Heskett, C.SS.R.Bishop of GibraltarBishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain
69.0SucceededThéophile Kaboy RubonekaBishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
47.2SelectedPaul Lei Shiyin (Chiyin)Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China
75.2RetiredFaustin NgabuBishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
51.4Ordained BishopEugene Martin NugentTitular Archbishop of Domnach SechnaillApostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
67.3AppointedFrancesco Panfilo, S.D.B.Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New GuineaArchbishop Emeritus
82.3DiedZygmunt Józef PawłowiczAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
49.4Ordained BishopPiero PioppoTitular Archbishop of TorcelloApostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
52.4Ordained BishopNovatus RugambwaTitular Archbishop of TagariaApostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
19 Mar50.0AppointedVilson Basso, S.C.I.Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, BrazilBishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
55.9DiedCarlo Chenis, S.D.B. †Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
76.0RetiredLuís d’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, BrazilBishop Emeritus
46.3Ordained BishopSalutaris Melchior LibenaTitular Bishop of SutunurcaBishop of Ifakara, Tanzania
54.0Ordained BishopPedro Daniel Martínez PereaCoadjutor Bishop of San Luis, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
43.5Ordained BishopEusebius Alfred NzigilwaTitular Bishop of MozotcoriBishop of Mpanda, Tanzania
43.7Ordained BishopWaldemar Passini DalbelloTitular Bishop of MembressaBishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
60.6AppointedJoan Enric Vives SiciliaArchbishop (Personal Title) of Urgell, SpainBishop
20 Mar50.0Ordained BishopVjekoslav HuzjakBishop of Bjelovar-Križevci, Croatia
80.7DiedFernando Iório RodriguesBishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
48.9AppointedDominic KimengichAuxiliary Bishop of Lodwar, KenyaBishop of Eldoret, Kenya
48.9AppointedDominic KimengichTitular Bishop of TanaramusaBishop of Eldoret, Kenya
56.7Ordained BishopCalogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
62.1AppointedGino RealiApostolic Administrator of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy
64.4Ordained BishopAlberto Francisco María Sanguinetti MonteroBishop of Canelones, UruguayBishop Emeritus
39.7Ordained BishopOlivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.Titular Bishop of Catabum CastraVicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
22 Mar86.7DiedFranco GualdriniBishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
88.7DiedLeroy Theodore MatthiesenBishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
23 Mar62.5InstalledÓscar Armando Campos ContrerasBishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, MéxicoBishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
41.2AppointedCharles Joseph Sampa KasondeBishop of Solwezi, Zambia
24 Mar65.8AppointedFrancisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. †Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
73.5ResignedJohn Magee, S.P.S.Bishop of Cloyne, IrelandBishop Emeritus
73.6DiedJosé Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
25 Mar49.1Ordained BishopDonald Joseph BolenBishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaArchbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
73.5ResignedAndreas Choi Chang-mouArchbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)Archbishop Emeritus
53.8Ordained BishopMarcelo Alejandro Cuenca RevueltaBishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
63.0SucceededHyginus Kim Hee-jongArchbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)Archbishop Emeritus
65.4InstalledLucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe)Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus
60.5Ordained BishopWilliam Michael MulveyBishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
46.6AppointedJean de Dieu RaoelisonAuxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, MadagascarArchbishop
46.6AppointedJean de Dieu RaoelisonTitular Bishop of CorniculanaArchbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
59.8InstalledAlberto Taveira CorrêaArchbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
27 Mar49.9AppointedRaymond Ahoua, F.D.P.Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
75.3RetiredPaul Dacoury-TableyBishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’IvoireBishop Emeritus
50.7AppointedPetar Antun RajičApostolic Nuncio to YemenApostolic Nuncio to Italy
50.7AppointedPetar Antun RajičApostolic Nuncio to United Arab EmiratesApostolic Nuncio to Italy
29 Mar63.0AppointedJohn ’Oke AfarehaBishop of Warri, NigeriaBishop Emeritus
61.1CeasedRichard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.Apostolic Administrator of Warri, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
62.3SucceededChristophe DufourArchbishop of Aix (-Arles), FranceArchbishop Emeritus
74.0ResignedClaude FeidtArchbishop of Aix (-Arles), FranceArchbishop Emeritus
66.0AppointedJean Marie Vũ TấtAuxiliary Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
66.0AppointedJean Marie Vũ TấtTitular Bishop of ThisiduoBishop Emeritus of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
30 Mar63.0InstalledJohn ’Oke AfarehaBishop of Warri, NigeriaBishop Emeritus
80.6DiedJosef HomeyerBishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
63.4AppointedLuis Madrid MerlanoArchbishop of Nueva Pamplona, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus
31 Mar59.8AppointedWilliam Hanna ShomaliAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
59.8AppointedWilliam Hanna ShomaliTitular Bishop of LyddaAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
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