The Year of Our Lord 2019

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jan	48.4	Appointed	Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
	60.6	Appointed	John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Accra, Ghana
	69.9	Appointed	Prakash Mallavarapu	Apostolic Administrator of Srikakulam, India	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
	85.8	Died	Salvador Martínez Pérez †	Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
3 Jan	54.9	Appointed	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Bishop of Torit, South Sudan
	50.7	Appointed	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	72.0	Died	Michael Yeung Ming-cheung †	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
5 Jan	70.5	Installed	Dario Campos, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	92.6	Died	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Janusz Edward Mastalski	Titular Bishop of Noba	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Dumium	Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	79.4	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	74.4	Retired	Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X.	Bishop of Port Blair, India	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	80.4	Died	Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
7 Jan	49.8	Appointed	Marvyn Abrea Maceda	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
8 Jan	86.0	Died	José Belvino do Nascimento †	Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	92.3	Died	Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	51.9	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
	51.9	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Titular Bishop of Thérouanne	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
	88.8	Died	Giorgio Zur †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
9 Jan	95.3	Died	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
9 Jan	55.9	Appointed	Walter Jorge Pinto	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
10 Jan	58.5	Installed	Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.	Bishop of Veracruz, México
11 Jan	84.1	Died	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
11 Jan	84.3	Died	Charles Soreng, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag, India
12 Jan	62.6	Installed	Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo	Archbishop of Kisumu, Kenya
	55.6	Appointed	Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	77.1	Died	Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lae, Papua New Guinea
	76.7	Retired	António José Cavaco Carrilho	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Franco Moscone, C.R.S.	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
13 Jan	97.7	Died	Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González †	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay
	60.8	Appointed	Hency Martínez Vargas	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia
	76.3	Retired	Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	82.3	Died	Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bolivia, Military
16 Jan	61.1	Resigned	Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	76.6	Appointed	Jesús García Burillo	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
	78.5	Resigned	Francisco Gil Hellín	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
17 Jan	54.9	Appointed	Francis Obafemi Adesina	Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria	Bishop-Elect
	76.3	Retired	Yvon Ambroise	Bishop of Tuticorin, India	Bishop Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Benoît Bertrand	Bishop of Mende, France
	79.5	Retired	Albert Ayinde Fasina	Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	66.5	Appointed	Stephen Antony Pillai	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
18 Jan	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Jarjis	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
18 Jan	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P.	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
19 Jan	75.5	Retired	Benvenuto Italo Castellani	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis	Titular Archbishop of Rusellae	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
	55.0	Appointed	Paolo Giulietti	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
	74.7	Ceased	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	67.0	Ceased	Guido Pozzo	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Secretary Emeritus
20 Jan	70.6	Installed	Giovanni Angelo Becciu	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lino	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
20 Jan	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Paul Marie Valentin	Titular Bishop of Vaison	Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France
22 Jan	58.6	Appointed	Joseph Lawrence Coffey	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	58.6	Appointed	Joseph Lawrence Coffey	Titular Bishop of Arsacal	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of United States of America, Military
	61.5	Appointed	William James Muhm	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	61.5	Appointed	William James Muhm	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of United States of America, Military
	83.5	Died	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
23 Jan	57.3	Appointed	José Benedito Cardoso	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
23 Jan	57.3	Appointed	José Benedito Cardoso	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
24 Jan	89.1	Died	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
25 Jan	84.2	Died	Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
	68.9	Appointed	Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	75.0	Retired	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne	Archbishop of Lima, Peru	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	66.1	Appointed	José Antonio Fernández Hurtado	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
	63.3	Installed	Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P.	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
	91.4	Died	Vigilio Mario Olmi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
	91.3	Died	Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi †	Bishop Emeritus of Gaborone, Botswana
	84.5	Died	Jaume Traserra Cunillera †	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
26 Jan	54.4	Appointed	Henry Aruna	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
	80.6	Installed	Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone	Cardinal, Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
	75.0	Retired	Laurent Chu Văn Minh	Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.1	Installed	Franco Moscone, C.R.S.	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
	53.0	Ceased	Luigi Renna	Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
29 Jan	53.6	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
	58.4	Installed	Daniel Elias Garcia	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
	62.4	Installed	Peter Joseph Hundt	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	79.2	Ceased	Gerald Eugene Wilkerson	Apostolic Administrator of Monterey in California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
30 Jan	60.6	Installed	Romeo Saniel, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Jolo, Philippines
31 Jan	56.6	Appointed	Robert John Brennan	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	75.4	Retired	Frederick Francis Campbell	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	68.9	Installed	Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
1 Feb	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Elias Al-Debei	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
2 Feb	52.7	Installed	José Eudes Campos do Nascimento	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	80.2	Died	Walter James Edyvean †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	55.7	Appointed	Gianfranco Gallone	Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia
	55.7	Appointed	Gianfranco Gallone	Titular Archbishop of Motula	Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia
	52.0	Appointed	Ante Jozić	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
	52.0	Appointed	Ante Jozić	Titular Archbishop of Cissa	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Arturo Quintero Gómez	Bishop of Armenia, Colombia
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Kornelius Sipayung, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia
	62.6	Appointed	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
	62.6	Appointed	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine	Coadjutor Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
3 Feb	61.0	Installed	Robert Anthony Llanos	Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
3 Feb	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Titular Bishop of Thérouanne	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France
4 Feb	58.9	Appointed	Luigi Bianco	Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda
	62.3	Appointed	Robert Byrne, C.O.	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
	76.5	Retired	Séamus Cunningham	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
9 Feb	61.8	Installed	Sanctus Lino Wanok	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
10 Feb	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Duffy	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
	79.9	Died	Dinualdo Destajo Gutierrez †	Bishop Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre François Marie Joly	Titular Bishop of Privata	Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	94.4	Died	Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar †	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
11 Feb	56.7	Appointed	John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana
	69.3	Resigned	Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Viana, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
	53.2	Appointed	Renatus Leonard Nkwande	Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania
	74.0	Installed	Paul Nguyên Thái Hop, O.P.	Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam
	54.9	Appointed	Emílio Sumbelelo	Bishop of Viana, Angola
12 Feb	51.8	Appointed	Patrick Eluke	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	51.8	Appointed	Patrick Eluke	Titular Bishop of Photice	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
	66.0	Installed	Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long, P.S.S.	Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
	51.7	Appointed	Arkadiusz Okroj	Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
	51.7	Appointed	Arkadiusz Okroj	Titular Bishop of Cufruta	Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
	60.7	Appointed	Joseba Segura Etxezarraga	Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	60.7	Appointed	Joseba Segura Etxezarraga	Titular Bishop of Basti	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bilbao, Spain
	55.1	Installed	David William Valencia Antonio	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines
13 Feb	88.5	Laicized	Theodore Edgar McCarrick
13 Feb	55.1	Appointed	Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Morogoro, Tanzania
14 Feb	71.4	Appointed	Kevin Joseph Farrell	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
	48.7	Appointed	Wojciech Skibicki	Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	48.7	Appointed	Wojciech Skibicki	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Elbląg, Poland
15 Feb	89.9	Died	Thomas Joseph Costello †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
	48.3	Installed	Elias Al-Debei	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
	64.8	Appointed	Marco Salvi	Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	64.8	Appointed	Marco Salvi	Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
16 Feb	68.3	Appointed	Florencio Armando Colín Cruz	Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México
	47.1	Appointed	Salvador González Morales	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	47.1	Appointed	Salvador González Morales	Titular Bishop of Lacubaza	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of México, Federal District
	77.1	Retired	Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O.	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Appointed	Carlos Enrique Samaniego López	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	45.3	Appointed	Carlos Enrique Samaniego López	Titular Bishop of Cillium	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of México, Federal District
	87.1	Died	Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	57.3	Appointed	Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
17 Feb	55.7	Installed	Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
	50.9	Ordained Bishop	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique
	87.2	Died	Antons Justs †	Bishop Emeritus of Jelgava, Latvia
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Filbert Felician Mhasi	Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania
18 Feb	51.4	Appointed	Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Reyes, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop
	75.2	Retired	Carlos Bürgler, C.SS.R.	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	58.2	Appointed	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	64.9	Appointed	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)	Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
19 Feb	57.6	Appointed	Mauro Parmeggiani	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
20 Feb	49.9	Appointed	Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M.	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
	50.7	Appointed	Sebastián Chico Martínez	Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	50.7	Appointed	Sebastián Chico Martínez	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Cartagena (en España)
21 Feb	90.6	Died	Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
22 Feb	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Melzi	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
22 Feb	67.4	Appointed	Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia
23 Feb	73.5	Resigned	Joseph Trân Xuân Tiéu	Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	63.8	Succeeded	Joseph Trân Văn Toàn	Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
24 Feb	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Albert Hemrom	Coadjutor Bishop of Dibrugarh, India
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho	Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
	77.7	Ceased	George Pell	Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	66.6	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Antony Pillai	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
27 Feb	58.6	Appointed	Adair José Guimarães	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
28 Feb	92.6	Died	Elliott Griffin Thomas †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
1 Mar	45.2	Appointed	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	45.2	Appointed	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	46.9	Appointed	Algirdas Jurevičius	Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop
	60.8	Installed	John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Accra, Ghana
	57.6	Resigned	Lionginas Virbalas, S.J.	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Archbishop Emeritus
2 Mar	69.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
	53.0	Appointed	Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio	Bishop of Philippines, Military
	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Théophile Nare	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Arkadiusz Okroj	Titular Bishop of Cufruta	Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
	91.9	Died	Rafael Torija de la Fuente †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
3 Mar	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Bishop of Torit, South Sudan
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Benoît Bertrand	Bishop of Mende, France
	70.5	Installed	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini	Cardinal, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
4 Mar	65.6	Appointed	Pedro López Quintana	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
5 Mar	68.0	Appointed	Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	68.0	Appointed	Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan	Titular Bishop of Rusicade	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Los Angeles, California, USA
	64.9	Appointed	Joseph Vincent Brennan	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
	75.9	Retired	Armando Xavier Ochoa	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	68.4	Appointed	David Prescott Talley	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
8 Mar	51.7	Appointed	Andris Kravalis	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
8 Mar	51.7	Appointed	Andris Kravalis	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Riga, Latvia
10 Mar	75.0	Installed	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense	Cardinal, Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
	53.4	Installed	Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho	Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
	80.9	Ceased	Genival Saraiva de França	Apostolic Administrator of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
	88.5	Died	René Arnold Valero †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
11 Mar	54.2	Appointed	Ivan Ćurić	Auxiliary Bishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	54.2	Appointed	Ivan Ćurić	Titular Bishop of Tela	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
	60.6	Appointed	Ignatius Ayau Kaigama	Coadjutor Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
	60.6	Appointed	Ignatius Ayau Kaigama	Apostolic Administrator of Jos, Nigeria	Coadjutor Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
12 Mar	87.0	Died	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
13 Mar	75.5	Retired	Francesco Biasin	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	51.8	Appointed	Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14 Mar	85.7	Died	Godfried Danneels †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
15 Mar	57.5	Ordained Bishop	José Benedito Cardoso	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	84.5	Appointed	Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Machiques, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
	68.1	Installed	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela
18 Mar	76.1	Retired	Nikola Nino Kekić	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	Fidelis Bautista Layog	Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	50.3	Appointed	Fidelis Bautista Layog	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
	50.2	Confirmed	Youssef Matta	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop-Elect
	40.2	Appointed	Milan Stipić	Apostolic Administrator of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
19 Mar	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
	55.6	Appointed	Piergiorgio Bertoldi	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
	75.0	Retired	Flavio Calle Zapata	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Titular Bishop of Carinola	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Gianfranco Gallone	Titular Archbishop of Motula	Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia
	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan Gómez	Titular Bishop of Semta	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	50.2	Appointed	Leopoldo Ndakalako	Bishop of Menongue, Angola	Bishop-Elect
	48.6	Appointed	Joseph Eciru Oliach	Bishop of Soroti, Uganda	Bishop-Elect
	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlos José de Oliveira	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
	86.6	Died	Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia †	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
	63.7	Appointed	Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
	63.7	Appointed	Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich	Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
	57.4	Appointed	Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen	Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya
20 Mar	83.6	Died	Joseph Victor Adamec †	Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
	48.6	Installed	Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon	Bishop of Daet, Philippines
	58.0	Appointed	Luis Dario Martín	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	58.0	Appointed	Luis Dario Martín	Titular Bishop of Bisenzio	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Santa Rosa, Argentina
	87.5	Died	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
21 Mar	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Hency Martínez Vargas	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia
	97.5	Died	Francis Anthony Quinn †	Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA
	69.6	Died	Paul Kouassivi Vieira †	Bishop of Djougou, Benin
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
23 Mar	53.8	Installed	Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
24 Mar	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Susitino Sionepoe, S.M.	Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop-Elect
25 Mar	62.5	Installed	Robert Byrne, C.O.	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lawrence Coffey	Titular Bishop of Arsacal	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of United States of America, Military
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Salvador González Morales	Titular Bishop of Lacubaza	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of México, Federal District
	52.3	Installed	Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	William James Muhm	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of United States of America, Military
	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Enrique Samaniego López	Titular Bishop of Cillium	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of México, Federal District
29 Mar	56.8	Installed	Robert John Brennan	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
30 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Walter Jorge Pinto	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
31 Mar	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	49.2	Installed	Michael Gerber	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Marco Salvi	Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
2 Apr	72.6	Ceased	Joseph Edward Kurtz	Apostolic Administrator of Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Marvyn Abrea Maceda	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
	68.5	Installed	David Prescott Talley	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
3 Apr	53.1	Installed	Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio	Bishop of Philippines, Military
4 Apr	61.1	Installed	Hency Martínez Vargas	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia
6 Apr	51.4	Installed	Carlos José de Oliveira	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseba Segura Etxezarraga	Titular Bishop of Basti	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bilbao, Spain
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Wojciech Skibicki	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Elbląg, Poland
9 Apr	50.1	Installed	Marvyn Abrea Maceda	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
17 Apr	57.7	Installed	Mauro Parmeggiani	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
22 Apr	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Ćurić	Titular Bishop of Tela	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
25 Apr	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Obafemi Adesina	Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria	Bishop-Elect
27 Apr	95.7	Beatified	Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M.	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
	56.2	Installed	Walter Jorge Pinto	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
1 May	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Ante Jozić	Titular Archbishop of Cissa	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
2 May	65.1	Installed	Joseph Vincent Brennan	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
4 May	56.9	Ordained Bishop	John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana
4 May	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Andris Kravalis	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Riga, Latvia
8 May	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Fidelis Bautista Layog	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
9 May	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Eluke	Titular Bishop of Photice	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
11 May	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Sebastián Chico Martínez	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Cartagena (en España)
11 May	51.9	Installed	Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12 May	55.3	Installed	Paolo Giulietti	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
16 May	68.2	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan	Titular Bishop of Rusicade	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Los Angeles, California, USA
18 May	50.1	Installed	Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M.	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
22 May	67.6	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia
1 Jun	58.9	Installed	Adair José Guimarães	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
1 Jun	68.2	Ceased	Paulo Mendes Peixoto	Apostolic Administrator of Formosa, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Jun	119.9	Beatified	Vasile Aftenie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	139.3	Beatified	Ioan Balan †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
	114.4	Beatified	Titu Liviu Chinezu †	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
	144.1	Beatified	Valeriu Traian Frentiu †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
	134.3	Beatified	Iuliu Hossu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
	134.5	Beatified	Alexandru Rusu †	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	111.4	Beatified	Ioan Suciu †	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
4 Jun	58.5	Installed	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
4 Jun	43.6	Ceased	Andriy Rabiy	Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop

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