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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Mar52.4AppointedGiuseppe BertelloPermanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in GenevaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
65.2ResignedPaul Fouad Naïm TabetPermanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in GenevaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
1 Mar63.4DiedEugenio CoreccoBishop of Lugano, Switzerland
2 Mar67.2DiedJames Patrick MahoneyBishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
3 Mar45.4AppointedGabriel ’Leke AbegunrinBishop of Osogbo, NigeriaArchbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
30.6IncardinatedFrancis Obafemi AdesinaPriest of Osogbo, NigeriaBishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
33.6IncardinatedEmmanuel Adetoyese BadejoPriest of Osogbo, NigeriaBishop of Oyo, Nigeria
67.9AppointedXavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. †Bishop of Port Victoria o SeychellesBishop Emeritus
60.4AppointedZacarias KamwenhoCoadjutor Archbishop of Lubango, AngolaArchbishop Emeritus
60.0AppointedThomas Kwaku MensahBishop of Obuasi, GhanaArchbishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana
40.5AppointedAgapiti NdoroboBishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
47.0AppointedJoseph Osei-BonsuBishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
40.1IncardinatedJohn Yaw AfoakwahPriest of Obuasi, GhanaBishop
39.4AppointedJoseph Mukasa ZuzaBishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
4 Mar57.3SelectedBenedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. †Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, ItalyAbbot Emeritus
5 Mar61.8DiedAntônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. †Bishop Emeritus of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Mar62.8Ordained BishopJohn Martin DoughertyTitular Bishop of SufetulaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
79.7DiedStephen John KociskoArchbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
82.0DiedStefan LászlóBishop Emeritus of Eisenstadt, Austria
75.0RetiredWalter Joseph SchoenherrAuxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.6DiedGeorge To BataAuxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
8 Mar68.2DiedFikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia
11 Mar40.9AppointedHoracio del Carmen Valenzuela AbarcaAuxiliary Bishop of Santiago de ChileBishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
40.9AppointedHoracio del Carmen Valenzuela AbarcaTitular Bishop of Gummi in ProconsulariBishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
12 Mar65.3Ordained BishopManuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. †Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia degli ArmeniEparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
89.3DiedKarl GnädingerAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
87.8DiedPetrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
13 Mar25.8Ordained PriestMarcelino Antonio Malabanan MaralitPriest of Lipa, PhilippinesBishop of Boac, Philippines
88.1DiedMarko MihayoArchbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
14 Mar61.3AppointedThomas Ludger DupréBishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USABishop Emeritus
69.2AppointedChristophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. †Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Mar55.3AppointedEmilio Carlos Berlie BelaunzaránArchbishop of Yucatán, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
76.3RetiredManuel Castro RuizArchbishop of Yucatán, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
83.2DiedBarthélémy MalungaBishop Emeritus of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
62.6ResignedTiago PostmaBishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, BrazilBishop Emeritus
17 Mar79.5DiedJosé María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. †Prelate Emeritus of Humahuaca, Argentina
18 Mar54.6Ordained BishopJosé Gonzalez AlonsoTitular Bishop of BalianaBishop Emeritus of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil
58.5Ordained BishopJosef GrünwaldTitular Bishop of FrontaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
72.1AppointedJosé Sebastián Laboa GallegoApostolic Nuncio to MaltaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
72.1AppointedJosé Sebastián Laboa GallegoApostolic Delegate to LibyaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
75.7RetiredAntonio MagnoniApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic ofApostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus
49.2AppointedÁngel Francisco Simón PiornoBishop of Cajamarca, PeruBishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
26.0Ordained PriestNoel Saw Naw AyePriest of Yangon, MyanmarAuxiliary Bishop
26.8Ordained PriestJohn Saw Yaw HanPriest of Yangon, MyanmarBishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
19 Mar49.3Ordained BishopJoseph Aind, S.D.B.Bishop of Dibrugarh, IndiaBishop Emeritus
73.0Ordained BishopJoseph Chen Xu (Chen Chu)Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
67.2InstalledGiovanni (João) Zerbini, S.D.B.Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, BrazilBishop Emeritus
73.7Ordained BishopJoseph Zhu BaoyuCoadjutor Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], ChinaBishop Emeritus
20 Mar84.9DiedMichael ArattukulamBishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India
61.0Ordained BishopEdwin Michael ConwayTitular Bishop of AugurusAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
83.6DiedAmadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
53.5Ordained BishopGerald Frederick KicanasTitular Bishop of BelaBishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA
46.2Ordained BishopGeorge Vance Murry, S.J. †Titular Bishop of FuerteventuraBishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
21 Mar50.7SucceededRobert James CarlsonBishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
75.6RetiredAlan Charles ClarkBishop of East Anglia, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
68.3RetiredPaul Vincent DudleyBishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USABishop Emeritus
34.4IncardinatedGregory William GordonPriest of Las Vegas, Nevada, USAAuxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
51.4AppointedPeter David Gregory SmithBishop of East Anglia, England, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
61.9AppointedPhillip Francis StralingBishop of Reno, Nevada, USABishop Emeritus
57.4AppointedDaniel Francis WalshBishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USABishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
22 Mar54.5SucceededGentil DelázariBishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, BrazilBishop Emeritus
75.3RetiredHenrique Froehlich, S.J. †Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, BrazilBishop Emeritus
43.3AppointedCzeslaw KozonBishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
71.7ResignedJoseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C. †Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, NetherlandsAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
67.6ResignedHans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. †Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, DenmarkBishop Emeritus
60.4AppointedJoão Maria Messi, O.S.M.Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Mar51.9AppointedFrederick Bernard HenryBishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
25 Mar54.1Ordained BishopMarcel Honorat Léon AgbotonBishop of Kandi, BeninArchbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
55.2Ordained BishopPaul BemileBishop of Wa, GhanaBishop Emeritus
64.2AppointedKarl Heinrich BraunArchbishop of Bamberg, GermanyArchbishop Emeritus
60.0Ordained BishopJoão José Burke, O.F.M. †Coadjutor Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, BrazilBishop
58.7Ordained BishopLuciano BuxTitular Bishop of AurusulianaBishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
55.5AppointedRamón Benito de La Rosa y CarpioBishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican RepublicArchbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
44.3Ordained BishopOtto GeorgensTitular Bishop of GubalianaAuxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
68.1AppointedPaolo GiglioApostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic ofApostolic Nuncio Emeritus
51.0AppointedJuliusz JanuszTitular Archbishop of CaprulaeApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
51.0AppointedJuliusz JanuszApostolic Nuncio to RwandaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
34.1Solemn VowsGustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F.Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of MaryAuxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
52.4Ordained BishopAndreas Laun, O.S.F.S.Titular Bishop of LibertinaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
34.5Ordained PriestOscar Eduardo MiñarroPriest of Morón, ArgentinaAuxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
37.3Ordained PriestJuan Nsue Edjang MayéPriest of Malabo, Equatorial GuineaArchbishop
76.4RetiredHugo Eduardo Polanco BritoBishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus
46.6SucceededAmando SamoBishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop Emeritus
66.2Ordained BishopVito SchlickmannTitular Bishop of GurzaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
50.2AppointedLuigi VenturaTitular Archbishop of EquiliumApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
50.2AppointedLuigi VenturaApostolic Nuncio to Côte d’IvoireApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
50.2AppointedLuigi VenturaApostolic Nuncio to Burkina FasoApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
50.2AppointedLuigi VenturaApostolic Nuncio to NigerApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
64.9Ordained BishopSeverian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. †Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), CanadaBishop Emeritus
26 Mar47.5Ordained BishopCarlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.Bishop of Mercedes, UruguayBishop Emeritus
27 Mar22.3First VowsDavid Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC.Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryAuxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
65.1InstalledRobert Edward MulveeCoadjutor Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USABishop Emeritus
27.2Ordained PriestRex Cullingham RamirezPriest of Palo, PhilippinesBishop of Naval, Philippines
28 Mar50.7AppointedEdward Kenneth BraxtonAuxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USABishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
50.7AppointedEdward Kenneth BraxtonTitular Bishop of Macomades RusticianaBishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
64.9SelectedIvo FürerBishop of Sankt Gallen, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
82.0DiedJanuarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India
29 Mar45.1InstalledPatrick James DunnBishop of Auckland, New ZealandBishop Emeritus
64.9ConfirmedIvo FürerBishop of Sankt Gallen, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
31 Mar61.0AppointedAlojz TkáčArchbishop of Košice, SlovakiaArchbishop Emeritus
1 Apr44.5AppointedEmilio Aranguren EcheverriaBishop of Cienfuegos, CubaBishop of Holguín, Cuba
52.7AppointedNorbert BrunnerBishop of Sion {Sitten}, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
57.4AppointedEdwin ColaçoBishop of Amravati, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India
58.5Ordained BishopVincent Michael ConcessaoTitular Bishop of MasculaArchbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
46.9AppointedJohn Atcherley DewAuxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New ZealandCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
46.9AppointedJohn Atcherley DewTitular Bishop of PrivataCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand
56.3AppointedMurphy Nicholas Xavier PakiamAuxiliary Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaArchbishop Emeritus
56.3AppointedMurphy Nicholas Xavier PakiamTitular Bishop of ChunaviaArchbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
67.4AppointedFernando Ramon Prego CasalBishop of Santa Clara, Cuba
49.2AppointedJozef Marianus PuntAuxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
49.2AppointedJozef Marianus PuntTitular Bishop of NasaiBishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
49.2AppointedJozef Marianus PuntApostolic Administrator of Netherlands, MilitaryBishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
79.8RetiredJoseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S. †Bishop of Amravati, IndiaBishop Emeritus
69.7Ordained BishopCharles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. †Titular Archbishop of AfricaSecretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
62.7ResignedHenri SchweryBishop of Sion {Sitten}, SwitzerlandCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
60.6AppointedCharles Soreng, S.J. †Bishop of Hazaribag, IndiaBishop Emeritus
57.3AppointedStephen M. TiruBishop of Khunti, India
49.0AppointedDieudonné WatioBishop of Nkongsamba, CameroonBishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon
2 Apr52.5Ordained BishopGonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.Titular Bishop of LamiggigaBishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
3 Apr69.0DiedJeremiah NewmanBishop of Limerick, Ireland
4 Apr92.8DiedJohannes Maria Hoeck (Höck), O.S.B. †Superior General Emeritus of Order of Saint BenedictSuperior General
51.2DiedAbraham KattumanaOfficial of the Roman Curia - Other
62.7AppointedJames Michael MoynihanBishop of Syracuse, New York, USABishop Emeritus
76.0RetiredJoseph Thomas O’KeefeBishop of Syracuse, New York, USABishop Emeritus
90.9DiedVictor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
5 Apr63.6DiedPaul Fan YufeiBishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
6 Apr54.5AppointedLorenzo BaldisseriApostolic Nuncio to ParaguayCardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
8 Apr76.0RetiredAlexis Phạm Văn LộcBishop of Kontum, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
67.4SucceededPierre Trần Thành ChungBishop of Kontum, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
59.4AppointedTeofil Józef WilskiAuxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.4AppointedTeofil Józef WilskiTitular Bishop of Castellum in MauretaniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
10 Apr60.2ResignedNoël DelaquisBishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, CanadaBishop Emeritus
55.8AppointedRaymond Olir Roussin, S. M. †Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12 Apr38.7AppointedJuan de la Cruz Barros MadridAuxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, ChileBishop Emeritus of Osorno, Chile
38.7AppointedJuan de la Cruz Barros MadridTitular Bishop of BiltaBishop Emeritus of Osorno, Chile
13 Apr62.5AppointedStanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, UkraineBishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
62.5AppointedStanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of TigiasBishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
50.2AppointedChristoph Schönborn, O.P.Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, AustriaCardinal, Archbishop
16 Apr72.0Died[Anthony Wang Zicheng (Huang Zichem)]Bishop of Lixian [Lichow], China
18 Apr59.9Ordained BishopJohn Kevin BolandBishop of Savannah, Georgia, USABishop Emeritus
75.7RetiredEdward Dennis HeadBishop of Buffalo, New York, USABishop Emeritus
57.5AppointedHenry Joseph MansellBishop of Buffalo, New York, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 Apr75.7RetiredJosé Gabriel Calderón ContrerasBishop of Cartago, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
72.4ResignedJean-Paul LabrieAuxiliary Bishop of Québec, CanadaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.4AppointedLuis Madrid MerlanoBishop of Cartago, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
85.4DiedAlojz TurkArchbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
20 Apr76.5RetiredGiovanni CanestriArchbishop of Genova {Genoa}, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.1DiedJosé Capmany CasamitjanaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
43.9Ordained BishopWilliam Edward LoriTitular Bishop of BullaArchbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
61.0AppointedDionigi TettamanziArchbishop of Genova {Genoa}, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
22 Apr28.9Ordained PriestJosé Eudes Campos do NascimentoPriest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
74.4RetiredRobert-Joseph CoffyArchbishop of Marseille, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
70.3AppointedFrancesco ColasuonnoApostolic Nuncio to San MarinoCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
61.6Ordained BishopBernardo Hombach LütkermeierBishop of Juigalpa, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
95.2DiedCharles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
40.9Ordained BishopJean-Claude Makaya LoembeBishop of Pointe-Noire, CongoBishop Emeritus
40.8Ordained PriestGiovanni NerbiniPriest of Fiesole, ItalyBishop of Prato, Italy
64.2SucceededBernard Louis Auguste Paul PanafieuArchbishop of Marseille, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.4AppointedFernando Sáenz LacalleArchbishop of San Salvador, El SalvadorArchbishop Emeritus
23 Apr49.4Ordained BishopGilles Côté, S.M.M.Titular Bishop of CissaBishop Emeritus of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
59.4ResignedAnthony Hampden DicksonBishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, AntillesBishop Emeritus
65.7AppointedMalcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, AntillesBishop Emeritus
36.7Ordained BishopIgnatius Ayau KaigamaBishop of Jalingo, NigeriaArchbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
57.3Ordained BishopMaurice Konan KouassiBishop of Odienné, Côte d’IvoireBishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
25 Apr51.1Ordained BishopTerrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.Titular Bishop of SlebteArchbishop Emeritus of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
27 Apr71.0DiedBienvenido Mercado LopezAuxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
29 Apr55.4InstalledEmilio Carlos Berlie BelaunzaránArchbishop of Yucatán, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
69.0AppointedSergio Otoniel Contreras NaviaApostolic Administrator of Valdivia, ChileBishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
71.3Ordained BishopHovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli ArmeniApostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
50.3Ordained BishopLuigi VenturaTitular Archbishop of EquiliumApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France
30 Apr55.0Ordained BishopJacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
26.7Ordained PriestPhilippe CurbeliéPriest of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), FranceUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
218.0BeatifiedBl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu GleitheimBishop of Trento, Italy
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