The Year of Our Lord 2017

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 64.6 Died Joseph Vũ Duy Thống † Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam

2 Mar 48.5 Appointed Matthäus Karrer Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

48.5 Appointed Matthäus Karrer Titular Bishop of Tunnuna Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

70.7 Resigned Johannes Kreidler Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

4 Mar 69.9 Resigned John Ha Tiong Hock Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus

53.8 Appointed Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia

50.1 Appointed Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica

76.4 Retired José Francisco Ulloa Rojas Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

6 Mar 76.3 Died Rudolf Deng Majak † Bishop of Wau, South Sudan

84.6 Died James Michael Moynihan † Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

7 Mar 55.4 Appointed Mark Steven Rivituso Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA

55.4 Appointed Mark Steven Rivituso Titular Bishop of Turuzi Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA

87.3 Died Tadeusz Rybak † Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland

63.4 Installed Oscar Azarcon Solis Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

8 Mar 69.3 Appointed Roy Edward Campbell, Jr. Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

69.3 Appointed Roy Edward Campbell, Jr. Titular Bishop of Ucres Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

46.3 Appointed Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R. Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil

46.3 Appointed Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Castra Nova Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil

62.6 Appointed Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil

9 Mar 57.4 Appointed Charles John Brown Apostolic Nuncio to Albania Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

63.9 Appointed José Luis Retana Gozalo Bishop of Plasencia, Spain Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

10 Mar 56.5 Appointed Daniel Joseph Miehm Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

11 Mar 54.9 Ordained Bishop José Antonio Canales Motiño Bishop of Danlí, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

64.7 Appointed Enrique Díaz Díaz Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México

53.1 Ordained Bishop Abilio Martínez Varea Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain

75.5 Retired José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 94.8 Died Luigi Barbarito † Apostolic Nuncio

85.4 Died Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey † Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France

13 Mar 89.8 Died Eamon Casey † Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland

14 Mar 55.4 Appointed John Kim Son-Tae Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)

75.1 Appointed Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm Apostolic Administrator of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam

76.0 Retired Vincent Ri Pyung-ho Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

16 Mar 57.9 Appointed Steven Robert Biegler Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

60.9 Appointed Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana

68.3 Appointed John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr. Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria Bishop Emeritus

17 Mar 58.4 Ordained Bishop Jeffrey Robert Haines Titular Bishop of Thagamuta Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

75.1 Retired Carlo Mazza Bishop of Fidenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Ordained Bishop James Thomas (Ty) Schuerman Titular Bishop of Girba Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

61.2 Appointed Ovidio Vezzoli Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

18 Mar 56.3 Ordained Bishop Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda Titular Bishop of Tulana Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

51.2 Installed Giovanni Intini Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy

52.1 Appointed Andrzej Józwowicz Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

52.1 Appointed Andrzej Józwowicz Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

48.1 Appointed Orlando Olave Villanoba Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia

53.4 Appointed Robertus Rubiyatmoko Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia

84.8 Died Miloslav Vlk † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

19 Mar 64.2 Installed Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F. Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

59.5 Ordained Bishop Daniele Gianotti Bishop of Crema, Italy

82.2 Died John Jeremiah McRaith † Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

20 Mar 66.7 Ordained Bishop Michael Joseph Boulette Titular Bishop of Hieron Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA

53.9 Installed Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia

51.8 Ordained Bishop Edilson Soares Nobre Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil

21 Mar 52.5 Appointed Santiago De Wit Guzmán Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

52.5 Appointed Santiago De Wit Guzmán Titular Archbishop of Gabala Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

68.8 Resigned Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F. Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Installed Francisco Ozoria Acosta Bishop of Dominican Republic, Military Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

22 Mar 48.1 Appointed Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva Coadjutor Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop

62.2 Ordained Bishop Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia

23 Mar 86.0 Died William Henry Keeler † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

47.5 Appointed Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

47.5 Appointed Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco Titular Bishop of Hospita Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

25 Mar 44.9 Ordained Bishop Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P. Coadjutor Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic Bishop

76.0 Retired Béla Balás Bishop of Kaposvár, Hungary Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Centeno Baquero, S.D.B. Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea

45.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi Titular Bishop of Amudarsa Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon

48.6 Ordained Bishop Cristiano Bodo Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

69.7 Installed Jozef De Kesel Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

45.7 Ordained Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

52.5 Appointed Santiago De Wit Guzmán Apostolic Nuncio to Chad Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

66.4 Ordained Bishop Horst Eberlein Titular Bishop of Tisedi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

88.8 Died Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira † Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil

60.6 Appointed László Varga Bishop of Kaposvár, Hungary

71.2 Installed Mario Zenari Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

26 Mar 53.5 Installed Pedro Collar Noguera Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

28 Mar 59.1 Appointed Kenneth Michael Howell Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia

59.1 Appointed Kenneth Michael Howell Titular Bishop of Thamugadi Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia

58.2 Appointed Santiago Olivera Bishop of Argentina, Military

75.0 Retired Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.3 Appointed Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina

29 Mar 54.9 Appointed Edivalter Andrade Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	64.6	Died	Joseph Vũ Duy Thống †	Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam
2 Mar	48.5	Appointed	Matthäus Karrer	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
48.5	Appointed	Matthäus Karrer	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
70.7	Resigned	Johannes Kreidler	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
4 Mar	69.9	Resigned	John Ha Tiong Hock	Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng	Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia
50.1	Appointed	Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós	Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica
76.4	Retired	José Francisco Ulloa Rojas	Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	76.3	Died	Rudolf Deng Majak †	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
84.6	Died	James Michael Moynihan †	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
7 Mar	55.4	Appointed	Mark Steven Rivituso	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
55.4	Appointed	Mark Steven Rivituso	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
87.3	Died	Tadeusz Rybak †	Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
63.4	Installed	Oscar Azarcon Solis	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
8 Mar	69.3	Appointed	Roy Edward Campbell, Jr.	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
69.3	Appointed	Roy Edward Campbell, Jr.	Titular Bishop of Ucres	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
46.3	Appointed	Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil
46.3	Appointed	Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Castra Nova	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil
62.6	Appointed	Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil
9 Mar	57.4	Appointed	Charles John Brown	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
63.9	Appointed	José Luis Retana Gozalo	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
10 Mar	56.5	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Miehm	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
11 Mar	54.9	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Canales Motiño	Bishop of Danlí, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
64.7	Appointed	Enrique Díaz Díaz	Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Abilio Martínez Varea	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
75.5	Retired	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	94.8	Died	Luigi Barbarito †	Apostolic Nuncio
85.4	Died	Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey †	Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
13 Mar	89.8	Died	Eamon Casey †	Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
14 Mar	55.4	Appointed	John Kim Son-Tae	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)
75.1	Appointed	Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm	Apostolic Administrator of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Bà Rịa, Viet Nam
76.0	Retired	Vincent Ri Pyung-ho	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar	57.9	Appointed	Steven Robert Biegler	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
60.9	Appointed	Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D.	Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana
68.3	Appointed	John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Jeffrey Robert Haines	Titular Bishop of Thagamuta	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
75.1	Retired	Carlo Mazza	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Ordained Bishop	James Thomas (Ty) Schuerman	Titular Bishop of Girba	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
61.2	Appointed	Ovidio Vezzoli	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
18 Mar	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
51.2	Installed	Giovanni Intini	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
52.1	Appointed	Andrzej Józwowicz	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
52.1	Appointed	Andrzej Józwowicz	Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran
48.1	Appointed	Orlando Olave Villanoba	Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
53.4	Appointed	Robertus Rubiyatmoko	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
84.8	Died	Miloslav Vlk †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
19 Mar	64.2	Installed	Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F.	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Daniele Gianotti	Bishop of Crema, Italy
82.2	Died	John Jeremiah McRaith †	Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
20 Mar	66.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Joseph Boulette	Titular Bishop of Hieron	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
53.9	Installed	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng	Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Edilson Soares Nobre	Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil
21 Mar	52.5	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
52.5	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Titular Archbishop of Gabala	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
68.8	Resigned	Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F.	Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Installed	Francisco Ozoria Acosta	Bishop of Dominican Republic, Military	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
22 Mar	48.1	Appointed	Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva	Coadjutor Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia
23 Mar	86.0	Died	William Henry Keeler †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
47.5	Appointed	Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
47.5	Appointed	Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco	Titular Bishop of Hospita	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
25 Mar	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic	Bishop
76.0	Retired	Béla Balás	Bishop of Kaposvár, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Centeno Baquero, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Miabesue Bibi	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Cristiano Bodo	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
69.7	Installed	Jozef De Kesel	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Geovane Luís da Silva	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.5	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Chad	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
66.4	Ordained Bishop	Horst Eberlein	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
88.8	Died	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
60.6	Appointed	László Varga	Bishop of Kaposvár, Hungary
71.2	Installed	Mario Zenari	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
26 Mar	53.5	Installed	Pedro Collar Noguera	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
28 Mar	59.1	Appointed	Kenneth Michael Howell	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
59.1	Appointed	Kenneth Michael Howell	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
58.2	Appointed	Santiago Olivera	Bishop of Argentina, Military
75.0	Retired	Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.3	Appointed	Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC.	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
29 Mar	54.9	Appointed	Edivalter Andrade	Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

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