The Year of Our Lord 1967

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar Born Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B. Abbot of Montevergine, Italy

3 Mar Born Udo Markus Bentz Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

4 Mar 47.5 Appointed Joseph Vincent Sullivan † Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

47.5 Appointed Joseph Vincent Sullivan † Titular Bishop of Thagamuta Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

48.9 Died José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda † Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

5 Mar 26.9 Ordained Priest Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain

Born Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

39.7 Ordained Bishop Raul Nicolau Gonsalves † Titular Bishop of Rapidum Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

52.9 Ordained Bishop Julián Mendoza Guerrero † Bishop of Buga, Colombia

Born Emile Mushosho Matabaro Bishop of Dungu-Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

46.8 Ordained Bishop Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe † Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

52.4 Ceased Bernhard Schilling, S.V.D. † Apostolic Administrator of Lae, Papua New Guinea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea

47.8 Ordained Bishop Hovhannes Tcholakian † Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

34.9 Ordained Bishop Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. † Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

8 Mar 50.1 Appointed Edwin Bernard Broderick † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA

50.1 Appointed Edwin Bernard Broderick † Titular Bishop of Thizica Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA

10 Mar 69.0 Died Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya

77.0 Appointed Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez † Titular Archbishop of Thapsus Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

77.0 Retired Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez † Archbishop of La Serena, Chile Archbishop Emeritus

Born Reinaldo Sorto Martínez Bishop of El Salvador, Military

11 Mar 59.2 Ordained Bishop John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. † Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

23.4 Ordained Priest Angelo Comastri Priest of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

24.9 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda

49.4 Appointed Michael Joseph Green † Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus

27.9 Ordained Priest Manfred Grothe Priest of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27.6 Ordained Priest Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R. Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles

50.6 Appointed Olimpo Santiago Maresma † Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop

28.2 Ordained Priest Paul Kazuhiro Mori † Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

24.3 Ordained Priest George Panikulam Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India Apostolic Nuncio

49.9 Ordained Bishop Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Gor Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile

25.0 Ordained Priest Ignazio Sanna Priest of Nuoro, Italy President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology

12 Mar 74.5 Appointed Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan

74.5 Retired Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Ordained Bishop Costante Maltoni † Titular Archbishop of Thugga Apostolic Nuncio

52.0 Succeeded Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

23.7 Ordained Priest Crescenzio Sepe Priest of Aversa, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

13 Mar 85.9 Died Vincenzo Del Signore † Bishop of Fano, Italy

23.9 Ordained Priest Angelo Fagiani † Priest of Fermo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy

14 Mar 60.3 Appointed Charles Alexander Grant † Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

38.4 Appointed José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Carmona e São Salvador, Angola Bishop Emeritus of Uije, Angola

Born Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

15 Mar 83.1 Died George Laurence Craven † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

43.8 Appointed Chucrallah Harb † Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

85.7 Died Pedro Francisco Luna Pachón, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

52.2 Appointed Joseph Salamé † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

17 Mar Born Ignacio Damián Medina Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

Born Wiston Mosquera Moreno Bishop of Quibdó, Colombia

18 Mar Born Cerilo "Allan" Uy Casicas Bishop of Marbel, Philippines

49.6 Ordained Bishop Agostino Ferrari Toniolo † Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

Born Ángel José Macín Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina

27.8 Ordained Priest Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Rrëshen, Albania

92.0 Died Bartolomé Pascual Marroig † Bishop of Menorca, Spain

38.5 Ordained Bishop Jaime Lachica Sin † Titular Bishop of Obba Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

74.6 Appointed Vicente Juan Solís Fernández † Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica

74.6 Retired Vicente Juan Solís Fernández † Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

19 Mar 23.0 Ordained Priest Juliusz Janusz Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Apostolic Nuncio

58.1 Appointed Raffaele Pellecchia † Coadjutor Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy Archbishop

58.1 Appointed Raffaele Pellecchia † Titular Bishop of Arpi Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

58.1 Appointed Raffaele Pellecchia † Apostolic Administrator of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

20 Mar Born Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

63.8 Appointed Jan Jaroszewicz † Bishop of Kielce, Poland

21 Mar Born Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C. Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Peter Kohlgraf Bishop of Mainz, Germany

22 Mar 77.3 Appointed Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Sereddeli Bishop Emeritus of Jalpaiguri, India

77.3 Retired Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Died Jean Karroum † Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

23 Mar Born Sergi Gordo Rodríguez Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

64.2 Appointed Paul Marie Kinam Ro † Titular Archbishop of Tituli in Proconsulari Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

64.2 Resigned Paul Marie Kinam Ro † Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

Born Ronilton Souza de Araújo, S.C.I. Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil

24 Mar 87.3 Died Francesco Bracci † Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

Born René Leigue Cesari Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

25 Mar Born Patrick S. Eluke Auxiliary Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

54.7 Appointed Giovanni Stamati † Apostolic Administrator of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Bishop

54.7 Appointed Giovanni Stamati † Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

27 Mar 49.3 Died Gerardus Henricus De Vet † Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

56.9 Ordained Bishop Martin Wiesend † Titular Bishop of Migirpa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

28 Mar 24.2 Professed Anton Stres, C.M. Member of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

39.2 Appointed Jesus Yu Varela † Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines

39.2 Appointed Jesus Yu Varela † Titular Bishop of Tatilti Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines

29 Mar 39.9 Appointed Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. † Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B. † Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

Born Sebastian Vaniyapurackal Archbishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India

31 Mar 39.1 Appointed Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza † Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela

39.1 Appointed Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza † Titular Bishop of Villa Regis Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela

42.1 Appointed Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce † Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military

42.1 Appointed Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce † Titular Bishop of Columnata Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar		Born	Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B.		Abbot of Montevergine, Italy
3 Mar		Born	Udo Markus Bentz		Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
4 Mar	47.5	Appointed	Joseph Vincent Sullivan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
47.5	Appointed	Joseph Vincent Sullivan †	Titular Bishop of Thagamuta	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
48.9	Died	José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda †	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
5 Mar	26.9	Ordained Priest	Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
	Born	Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M.		Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
39.7	Ordained Bishop	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Titular Bishop of Rapidum	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Julián Mendoza Guerrero †	Bishop of Buga, Colombia
	Born	Emile Mushosho Matabaro		Bishop of Dungu-Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe †	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Ceased	Bernhard Schilling, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Lae, Papua New Guinea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Hovhannes Tcholakian †	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
34.9	Ordained Bishop	Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Lae, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar	50.1	Appointed	Edwin Bernard Broderick †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
50.1	Appointed	Edwin Bernard Broderick †	Titular Bishop of Thizica	Bishop Emeritus of Albany, New York, USA
10 Mar	69.0	Died	Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
77.0	Appointed	Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez †	Titular Archbishop of Thapsus	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
77.0	Retired	Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez †	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Reinaldo Sorto Martínez		Bishop of El Salvador, Military
11 Mar	59.2	Ordained Bishop	John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
23.4	Ordained Priest	Angelo Comastri	Priest of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
24.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda
49.4	Appointed	Michael Joseph Green †	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus
27.9	Ordained Priest	Manfred Grothe	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.6	Ordained Priest	Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R.	Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles
50.6	Appointed	Olimpo Santiago Maresma †	Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop
28.2	Ordained Priest	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
24.3	Ordained Priest	George Panikulam	Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Apostolic Nuncio
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Gor	Bishop Emeritus of Arica, Chile
25.0	Ordained Priest	Ignazio Sanna	Priest of Nuoro, Italy	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Theology
12 Mar	74.5	Appointed	Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
74.5	Retired	Marcel Roger Buyse, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Costante Maltoni †	Titular Archbishop of Thugga	Apostolic Nuncio
52.0	Succeeded	Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
23.7	Ordained Priest	Crescenzio Sepe	Priest of Aversa, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
13 Mar	85.9	Died	Vincenzo Del Signore †	Bishop of Fano, Italy
23.9	Ordained Priest	Angelo Fagiani †	Priest of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
14 Mar	60.3	Appointed	Charles Alexander Grant †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
38.4	Appointed	José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Carmona e São Salvador, Angola	Bishop Emeritus of Uije, Angola
	Born	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
15 Mar	83.1	Died	George Laurence Craven †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
43.8	Appointed	Chucrallah Harb †	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
85.7	Died	Pedro Francisco Luna Pachón, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
52.2	Appointed	Joseph Salamé †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Mar		Born	Ignacio Damián Medina		Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	Born	Wiston Mosquera Moreno		Bishop of Quibdó, Colombia
18 Mar		Born	Cerilo "Allan" Uy Casicas		Bishop of Marbel, Philippines
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Ferrari Toniolo †	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena	Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
	Born	Ángel José Macín		Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina
27.8	Ordained Priest	Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Rrëshen, Albania
92.0	Died	Bartolomé Pascual Marroig †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain
38.5	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Lachica Sin †	Titular Bishop of Obba	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
74.6	Appointed	Vicente Juan Solís Fernández †	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
74.6	Retired	Vicente Juan Solís Fernández †	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Juliusz Janusz	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Apostolic Nuncio
58.1	Appointed	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Archbishop
58.1	Appointed	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Titular Bishop of Arpi	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
58.1	Appointed	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Apostolic Administrator of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
20 Mar		Born	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.		Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
63.8	Appointed	Jan Jaroszewicz †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
21 Mar		Born	Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C.		Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Peter Kohlgraf		Bishop of Mainz, Germany
22 Mar	77.3	Appointed	Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Sereddeli	Bishop Emeritus of Jalpaiguri, India
77.3	Retired	Amerigo (Ambrogio) Galbiati, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Died	Jean Karroum †	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
23 Mar		Born	Sergi Gordo Rodríguez		Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
64.2	Appointed	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Titular Archbishop of Tituli in Proconsulari	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
64.2	Resigned	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Ronilton Souza de Araújo, S.C.I.		Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
24 Mar	87.3	Died	Francesco Bracci †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	Born	René Leigue Cesari		Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
25 Mar		Born	Patrick S. Eluke		Auxiliary Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
54.7	Appointed	Giovanni Stamati †	Apostolic Administrator of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Bishop
54.7	Appointed	Giovanni Stamati †	Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
27 Mar	49.3	Died	Gerardus Henricus De Vet †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Martin Wiesend †	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
28 Mar	24.2	Professed	Anton Stres, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
39.2	Appointed	Jesus Yu Varela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
39.2	Appointed	Jesus Yu Varela †	Titular Bishop of Tatilti	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
29 Mar	39.9	Appointed	Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. †	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
	Born	Sebastian Vaniyapurackal		Archbishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India
31 Mar	39.1	Appointed	Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela
39.1	Appointed	Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza †	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Bishop Emeritus of La Guaira, Venezuela
42.1	Appointed	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military
42.1	Appointed	Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce †	Titular Bishop of Columnata	Bishop Emeritus of Venezuela, Military

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