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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Mar41.8IncardinatedJoseph Ndembu MbatiaPriest of Nyahururu, KenyaBishop
1 Mar49.8Ordained BishopJoachim NtahondereyeBishop of Muyinga, Burundi
46.5Ordained BishopJorge Alberto Ossa SotoBishop of Florencia, ColombiaArchbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
2 Mar60.4Ordained BishopMathew AnikuzhikattilBishop of Idukki (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus
75.7DiedAntonio Arellano DuránBishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Venezuela
51.3InstalledMichel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A.Bishop of Niamey, NigerArchbishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
80.0DiedLeonard Hsu Ying-Fa (Xu Yingfa), O.F.M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
57.3InstalledCarlos López HernándezBishop of Salamanca, SpainBishop Emeritus
71.3DiedJorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
52.1Ordained BishopPascal Marie RolandBishop of Moulins, FranceBishop of Belley-Ars, France
30.3Ordained PriestAlexis Aly TagbinoPriest of Kankan, GuineaBishop
45.1Ordained BishopKindane YebioBishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea
3 Mar75.3RetiredSergio Valech AldunateAuxiliary Bishop of Santiago de ChileAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar88.7DiedSaba Youakim, B.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
7 Mar61.5SucceededGerald Frederick KicanasBishop of Tucson, Arizona, USABishop Emeritus
59.5AppointedJoseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp.Prefect of Makokou, GabonVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Makokou, Gabon
65.3Ordained BishopJoseph Nunzio LatinoBishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USABishop Emeritus
72.2ResignedManuel Duran MorenoBishop of Tucson, Arizona, USABishop Emeritus
92.8DiedMartin WiesendAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
8 Mar94.3DiedHarry Anselm ClinchBishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
61.4AppointedDomenico Umberto D’AmbrosioArchbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Lecce, Italy
81.7DiedAbel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. †Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
55.9AppointedAlfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
9 Mar53.3InstalledGílio FelícioBishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus
10 Mar49.3AppointedJean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis BouilleretBishop of Amiens, FranceArchbishop of Besançon, France
75.8RetiredJacques Moïse Eugène NoyerBishop of Amiens, FranceBishop Emeritus
11 Mar53.7AppointedMichael Richard CoteBishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USABishop Emeritus
62.6AppointedGuillermo José GarlattiArchbishop of Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
75.5RetiredDaniel Anthony HartBishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USABishop Emeritus
70.9ResignedJulio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, PeruVicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.7SucceededAnton (Gerardo Antonio) Žerdín Bukovec, O.F.M.Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
12 Mar52.9InstalledPatricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B.Bishop of Kabankalan, PhilippinesBishop of Bacolod, Philippines
15 Mar81.2DiedLeonard James CrowleyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
76.1RetiredRobert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †Bishop of Kabale, UgandaBishop Emeritus
74.8RetiredUrbanus Joseph KiokoBishop of Machakos, KenyaBishop Emeritus
51.0AppointedMartin Kivuva MusondeBishop of Machakos, KenyaArchbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
47.4InstalledTomislav Koljatic MaroevicBishop of Linares, Chile
55.2AppointedFrancisco Javier Martínez FernándezArchbishop of Granada, SpainArchbishop Emeritus
69.3ResignedLibardo Ramírez GómezBishop of Garzón, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
53.1AppointedCallistus RubaramiraBishop of Kabale, Uganda
61.9Ordained BishopFausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of SullectumArchbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
45.4Ordained BishopTomás Jesús Zárraga ColmenaresBishop of San Carlos de VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
16 Mar87.4DiedEduardo Tomás Boza MasvidalAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
75.9InstalledJoseph RatzingerCardinal-Bishop of OstiaPope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
70.3InstalledAugusto José Zini FilhoBishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Mar85.0DiedCharles Alexander Kazimieras SalatkaArchbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
18 Mar85.3DiedEugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. †Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
45.7AppointedGeorges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.Apostolic Administrator of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), IsraelArchbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
92.0DiedBruno Bernard HeimApostolic Nuncio
76.0RetiredPaul Lokiru KalandaBishop of Fort Portal, UgandaBishop Emeritus
90.3DiedTheodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
44.4AppointedRobert MuhiirwaBishop of Fort Portal, Uganda
51.7Ordained BishopHarold Anthony PereraBishop of Ratnapura, Sri LankaBishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
19 Mar81.0DiedJoseph Chen Xu (Chen Chu)Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
51.6Ordained BishopMichael Charles EvansBishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
46.2Ordained BishopGustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.Titular Bishop of OescusArchbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
60.3Ordained BishopFrancis Joseph KaneTitular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie in MichiganAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
51.5AppointedMathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon)Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)Bishop
51.5AppointedMathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon)Titular Bishop of Catabum CastraBishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
68.2Ordained BishopAssis LopesTitular Bishop of ZaraïAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
42.7AppointedMathieu Madega LebouankehanBishop of Port-Gentil, GabonBishop of Mouila, Gabon
52.5Ordained BishopJulien Andavo Bule Ahuba MbiaBishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
68.9AppointedNéstor Hugo NavarroBishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
50.6Ordained BishopThomas John Joseph PaprockiTitular Bishop of VulturariaBishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
28.3Ordained DeaconAurélio Pinto de SousaDeacon of Tianguá, Ceara, BrazilBishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
77.6RetiredGiuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. †Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
20 Mar62.4AppointedAntonio Ángel Algora HernandoBishop of Ciudad Real, SpainBishop Emeritus
59.5AppointedCarlos Germán Mesa RuizBishop of Arauca, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
76.0RetiredRafael Torija de la FuenteBishop of Ciudad Real, SpainBishop Emeritus
21 Mar78.0RetiredAntonio José González ZumárragaArchbishop of Quito, EcuadorCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
71.3AppointedAndraos SalamaBishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
69.2AppointedRaúl Eduardo Vela ChiribogaArchbishop of Quito, EcuadorCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 Mar46.8AppointedPhilip Arnold Subira AnyoloBishop of Homa Bay, KenyaArchbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
75.5RetiredMarianus ArokiasamyArchbishop of Madurai, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
64.0AppointedPeter FernandoArchbishop of Madurai, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
49.2Ordained BishopJohn Hsane HgyiTitular Bishop of PuppiBishop of Pathein, Myanmar
60.3AppointedEmmanuel Okombo WanderaBishop of Kericho, KenyaBishop Emeritus
63.9AppointedJean-Claude PérissetApostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic ofApostolic Nuncio
62.5AppointedYannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus
62.5AppointedYannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
79.2RetiredAntónios Varthalítis, A.A. †Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus
79.2RetiredAntónios Varthalítis, A.A. †Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, GreeceArchbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
36.1Ordained PriestVíctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R.Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsPrelate of Chota, Peru
24 Mar83.4DiedHans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
25 Mar68.3InstalledRafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R. †Bishop of Líbano-Honda, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
51.6AppointedFrancesco BeschiAuxiliary Bishop of Brescia, ItalyBishop of Bergamo, Italy
51.6AppointedFrancesco BeschiTitular Bishop of VindaBishop of Bergamo, Italy
55.6AppointedClaude Champagne, O.M.I.Auxiliary Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaBishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
55.6AppointedClaude Champagne, O.M.I.Titular Bishop of SufasarBishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
75.4RetiredBronisław Jan Maria DembowskiBishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), PolandBishop Emeritus
55.2Ordained BishopAlonso Gerardo Garza TreviñoBishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
57.2AppointedWiesław Alojzy MeringBishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), PolandBishop Emeritus
61.7Ordained BishopJosé Victoriano Naranjo TovarBishop of Latacunga, EcuadorBishop Emeritus
75.6RetiredVigilio Mario OlmiAuxiliary Bishop of Brescia, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.5Ordained BishopLuigi PaiaroBishop of Nyahururu, KenyaBishop Emeritus
61.0AppointedRichard Stephen SeminackBishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
76.2DiedMori Julien-Marie SidibéBishop of Ségou, Mali
62.9Ordained BishopThomas Anthony VazhapillyBishop of Mysore, IndiaBishop Emeritus
70.8CeasedMichael Wiwchar, C.SS.R.Apostolic Administrator of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USABishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
26 Mar30.4Ordained PriestCarlos Washington Yépez NaranjoPriest of Riobamba, EcuadorBishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
27 Mar75.0RetiredFerenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. †Bishop of Vác, HungaryBishop Emeritus
29 Mar70.2AppointedLeonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, BoliviaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
75.1RetiredGeevarghese Timotheos ChundevalelBishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), IndiaBishop Emeritus
30.0Ordained PriestKolio Tumanuvao EtualePriest of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop
51.0Ordained BishopPietro Maria FragnelliBishop of Castellaneta, ItalyBishop of Trapani, Italy
27.8Ordained PriestJuan Fernando Franco SánchezPriest of Caldas, ColombiaBishop
46.6InstalledJorge Alberto Ossa SotoBishop of Florencia, ColombiaArchbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
45.5InstalledTomás Jesús Zárraga ColmenaresBishop of San Carlos de VenezuelaBishop Emeritus
30 Mar62.4InstalledJosé María ArancedoArchbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
79.5CeasedMoisés Julio BlanchoudApostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
66.2DiedVincent DePaul BreenBishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
46.6Ordained BishopRainer Maria WoelkiTitular Bishop of ScampaCardinal, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
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