Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Mar | 80.6 | Retired | Francesco Maria Franzi † | Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
2 Mar | 78.8 | Ordained Bishop | Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. † | Titular Bishop of Dura | Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine |
24.3 | Perpetual Vows | Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap. | Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | |
72.1 | Ordained Bishop | Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. † | Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine | Bishop Emeritus | |
26.7 | Ordained Priest | János Székely | Priest of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary | |
43.8 | Ordained Bishop | Markijan Trofym’yak | Titular Bishop of Auzia | Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine | |
3 Mar | 55.0 | Installed | Renato Corti † | Bishop of Novara, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
4 Mar | 65.4 | Installed | Joseph Habib Hitti | Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia | Bishop Emeritus |
56.2 | Ordained Bishop | Jan Purwinski | Bishop of Zytomir, Ukraine | Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine | |
67.2 | Appointed | Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † | Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus | |
6 Mar | 51.8 | Appointed | José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. | Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
75.7 | Retired | Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.1 | Appointed | Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R. | Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
7 Mar | 50.8 | Ordained Bishop | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel | Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México |
78.3 | Died | Raymond Joseph Gallagher † | Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA | ||
8 Mar | 59.8 | Retired | José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez † | Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México | Bishop Emeritus |
9 Mar | 61.0 | Resigned | Albert Edward Baharagate | Bishop of Hoima, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus |
49.4 | Succeeded | Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire † | Bishop of Hoima, Uganda | ||
65.1 | Selected | John Huo Cheng | Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China | ||
61.1 | Installed | Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Mar | 57.3 | Installed | Julián García Centeno, O.S.A. | Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
27.1 | Ordained Priest | Launay Saturné | Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti | Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti | |
12 Mar | 48.0 | Appointed | Cristián Caro Cordero | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile |
48.0 | Appointed | Cristián Caro Cordero | Titular Bishop of Arcavica | Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile | |
13 Mar | 59.1 | Appointed | Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
79.2 | Died | Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † | Bishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
73.9 | Appointed | Augustin Zheng Shouduo † | Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China | ||
15 Mar | 54.5 | Ordained Bishop | Dadeus Grings | Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
16 Mar | 76.8 | Died | Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbu † | Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France | |
83.3 | Died | James Darcy Freeman † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia | ||
17 Mar | 23.9 | Ordained Priest | Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R. | Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Apostolic Exarch of Deutschland und Skandinavien {Germany and Scandinavia} (Ukrainian) |
54.5 | Appointed | Thomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S. | Superior of Bomadi, Nigeria | Superior Emeritus | |
27.5 | Ordained Priest | Paul Lontsié-Keuné | Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon | Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon | |
53.4 | Installed | Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L. | Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
18 Mar | 50.5 | Appointed | Lajos Pápai | Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary | Bishop Emeritus |
71.0 | Resigned | Kornél Pataky (Pataki) † | Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary | Bishop Emeritus | |
45.1 | Appointed | Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B. | Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary | Abbot Emeritus | |
59.9 | Appointed | Patrick Joseph Walsh | Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus | |
19 Mar | 66.5 | Ordained Bishop | Herberto Celso Angelo † | Titular Bishop of Coeliana | Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina |
32.0 | Ordained Priest | Charles Jason Gordon | Priest of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles | Archbishop | |
25.4 | Ordained Priest | Peter Li Huiyuan | Priest | Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China | |
27.1 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Li Lian Gui | Priest | Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China | |
32.7 | Ordained Priest | Paul Su Yongda | Priest | Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China | |
20 Mar | 61.1 | Appointed | Bruno Tommasi † | Archbishop of Lucca, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
22 Mar | 47.3 | Appointed | John Francis Brown, S.M.A. | Superior of Kano, Nigeria | Superior Emeritus |
27.1 | Ordained Priest | Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon | Priest of Kumbo, Cameroon | Bishop of Kumba, Cameroon | |
23 Mar | 26.2 | Ordained Priest | Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. | Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary | Bishop of Portugal, Military |
25 Mar | 49.7 | Appointed | Gerard Clifford † | Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
49.7 | Appointed | Gerard Clifford † | Titular Bishop of Hieron | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland | |
63.5 | Appointed | Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.9 | Succeeded | François Charles Garnier † | Bishop of Luçon, France | Archbishop of Cambrai, France | |
85.3 | Died | Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France | ||
75.1 | Retired | Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † | Bishop of Luçon, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
27 Mar | 47.5 | Appointed | Bernardino Marchió | Coadjutor Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil |
91.7 | Retired | František Tomášek † | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
58.8 | Appointed | Miloslav Vlk † | Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
31 Mar | 30.8 | Professed | Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M. | Member of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Huánuco, Peru |
1 Apr | 82.7 | Died | Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † | Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia | |
2 Apr | 76.4 | Retired | Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus |
49.3 | Appointed | César Bosco Vivas Robelo † | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
4 Apr | 49.8 | Appointed | Pablo Lizama Riquelme | Bishop of Melipilla, Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile |
32.5 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước | Priest of Phú Cường, Viet Nam | Bishop | |
32.8 | Incardinated | Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto | Priest of Melipilla, Chile | Bishop of Iquique, Chile | |
5 Apr | 26.5 | Ordained Priest | Luiz Carlos Dias | Priest of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil |
6 Apr | 34.0 | Ordained Priest | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib | Priest of Santiago de Chile | Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile |
62.3 | Appointed | Franco Festorazzi | Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
67.4 | Resigned | Michel Joseph Kuehn † | Bishop of Chartres, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.6 | Ordained Bishop | Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. † | Titular Bishop of Ath Truim | Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa | |
54.3 | Succeeded | Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier | Bishop of Chartres, France | Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France | |
25.9 | Ordained Priest | Edilson Soares Nobre | Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil | |
57.0 | Resigned | Dionigi Tettamanzi † | Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy | |
27.2 | Ordained Priest | Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende | Priest of Groningen, Netherlands | Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
7 Apr | 59.5 | Ordained Bishop | Hubert Constant, O.M.I. † | Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti | Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti |
26.6 | Ordained Priest | Ignatius D’Souza | Priest of Lucknow, India | Bishop of Bareilly, India | |
27.2 | Ordained Priest | Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali | Priest of El Obeid, Sudan | Bishop | |
8 Apr | 79.4 | Died | [Joseph Huang Zi-yu] † | Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China | |
72.2 | Installed | Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. † | Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine | Bishop Emeritus | |
11 Apr | 52.0 | Appointed | Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda | Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador | Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military |
46.5 | Appointed | Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger | Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France | Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France | |
51.9 | Appointed | Juraj Jezerinac | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia | Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military | |
51.9 | Appointed | Juraj Jezerinac | Titular Bishop of Strumnitza | Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military | |
70.0 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu † | Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam | ||
12 Apr | 62.1 | Appointed | Luigi Conti † | Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta |
53.0 | Resigned | Manuel Monteiro de Castro | Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
13 Apr | 45.2 | Ordained Bishop | Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda | Bishop of Dapaong, Togo | Bishop Emeritus |
65.6 | Appointed | Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † | Titular Archbishop of Tuscania | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica} | |
31.2 | Incardinated | Antoni Dziemianko | Priest of Grodno, Belarus | Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus | |
41.5 | Appointed | Aleksander Kaszkiewicz | Bishop of Grodno, Belarus | ||
45.2 | Appointed | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz | Apostolic Administrator of European Russia {Russia Europea} | Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | |
41.0 | Appointed | Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. | Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan | Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan | |
41.0 | Appointed | Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. | Titular Bishop of Arba | Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan | |
58.6 | Appointed | Pier Luigi Mazzoni † | Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy | |
76.0 | Retired | Marcello Morgante † | Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.4 | Appointed | Kazimierz Świątek † | Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.4 | Appointed | Kazimierz Świątek † | Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk, Belarus | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | |
26.7 | Ordained Deacon | Brian Udaigwe | Deacon of Orlu, Nigeria | Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka | |
38.5 | Appointed | Joseph Werth, S.J. | Apostolic Administrator of Siberia, Russian Federation | Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation | |
38.5 | Appointed | Joseph Werth, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Bulna | Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation | |
14 Apr | 48.1 | Ordained Bishop | Cristián Caro Cordero | Titular Bishop of Arcavica | Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile |
49.9 | Ordained Bishop | Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt | Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France | Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France | |
50.9 | Ordained Bishop | André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard | Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium | Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium | |
55.1 | Installed | Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. † | Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
15 Apr | 64.8 | Appointed | Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles |
64.8 | Appointed | Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † | Titular Bishop of Canapium | Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | |
56.7 | Appointed | Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R. | Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | |
56.7 | Appointed | Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R. | Titular Bishop of Budua | Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | |
53.1 | Appointed | Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. | Coadjutor Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
49.4 | Appointed | Peter Takeo Okada † | Bishop of Urawa, Japan | Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan | |
67.7 | Resigned | Josef Plöger † | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Apr | 75.2 | Retired | Leo Joseph Brust † | Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
17 Apr | 27.5 | Ordained Priest | [Simon Li Zhigang] † | Priest | Bishop-Elect of Chengdu [Chengtu], China |
18 Apr | 91.5 | Died | Thomas Arthur Connolly † | Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA | |
20 Apr | 55.7 | Appointed | Fortunato Baldelli † | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary |
55.7 | Appointed | Fortunato Baldelli † | Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
56.6 | Ordained Bishop | Domenico Crusco † | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy | |
76.4 | Died | Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda | ||
65.1 | Ordained Bishop | Mario Rizzi † | Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria | |
29.6 | Ordained Priest | Stefano Russo | Priest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy | |
21 Apr | 27.2 | Ordained Priest | Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla | Priest of Torit, South Sudan | Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan |
49.8 | Ordained Bishop | Gerard Clifford † | Titular Bishop of Hieron | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland | |
59.2 | Ordained Bishop | Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
93.3 | Died | Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia | ||
22 Apr | 83.2 | Died | Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. † | Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
23 Apr | 59.4 | Appointed | Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. † | Bishop of San Justo, Argentina | |
24 Apr | 40.9 | Appointed | Alberto Taveira Corrêa | Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil |
40.9 | Appointed | Alberto Taveira Corrêa | Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa | Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil | |
78.1 | Died | Matija Zvekanovic † | Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia | ||
25 Apr | 52.3 | Ordained Bishop | Terence John Brain | Titular Bishop of Amudarsa | Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain |
26 Apr | 86.8 | Died | [Antônio de Castro Mayer] † | Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
76.1 | Retired | Henry Joseph Kennedy † | Bishop of Armidale, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.4 | Appointed | Kevin Michael Manning | Bishop of Armidale, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia | |
66.0 | Died | Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda † | Bishop of Monterey in California, USA | ||
27 Apr | 59.0 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R. | Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military |
50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Lajos Pápai | Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary | Bishop Emeritus | |
31.1 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I. | Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho | |
79.8 | Died | Pasquale Venezia † | Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy | ||
28 Apr | 56.6 | Installed | Domenico Crusco † | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy |
34.7 | Ordained Priest | José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | |
29 Apr | 29.7 | Ordained Priest | Niranjan Sual Singh | Priest of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India | Bishop of Sambalpur, India |
30 Apr | 40.6 | Appointed | Emilio Aranguren Echeverria | Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba | Bishop of Holguín, Cuba |
40.6 | Appointed | Emilio Aranguren Echeverria | Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari | Bishop of Holguín, Cuba | |
79.3 | Died | Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. † | Bishop Emeritus of Tuléar, Madagascar | ||
52.1 | Appointed | James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA | ||
48.4 | Appointed | Vincenzo Manzella | Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy | |
42.1 | Appointed | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |
42.1 | Appointed | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Titular Bishop of Bossa | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |
71.7 | Appointed | Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla † | Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.9 | Appointed | Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez † | Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus |
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