The Year of Our Lord 2011

Bishop Events

March

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	59.7	Confirmed	Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
76.8	Retired	Iwannis Louis Awad †	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
54.6	Appointed	Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah	Titular Bishop of Phaena	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
65.2	Appointed	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
65.2	Appointed	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
80.5	Resigned	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus
72.3	Appointed	Basile Georges Casmoussa	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
67.2	Resigned	Martin William Currie	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
53.7	Appointed	Robert Anthony Daniels	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
59.1	Succeeded	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
54.5	Appointed	Peter Joseph Hundt	Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
75.0	Retired	Roger Michael Mahony	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
79.3	Resigned	Flavien Joseph Melki	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus
67.2	Confirmed	Youhanna Boutros Moshe	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
66.4	Appointed	Antoine Vũ Huy Chương	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Jean Marie Vũ Tất	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Christopher James Coyne	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
3 Mar	52.4	Appointed	Jan Vokál	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
5 Mar	71.4	Resigned	Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A.	Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
81.0	Died	Oswald Georg Hirmer †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
80.0	Retired	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	Dominic Kimengich	Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
48.1	Ceased	Péter Fülöp Kocsis	Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
80.0	Appointed	Giovanni Marra †	Apostolic Administrator of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
41.7	Appointed	José Luís Mumbiela Sierra	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
48.3	Installed	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid	Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia	Bishop of Colombia, Military
50.8	Appointed	Atanáz Orosz	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
50.8	Appointed	Atanáz Orosz	Titular Bishop of Panium	Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
71.2	Resigned	Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Appointed	Dieudonné Watio	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
6 Mar	82.1	Installed	Walter Brandmüller	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
59.9	Installed	Carlo Ciattini	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
54.1	Installed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
59.8	Installed	Robert Francis Vasa	Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA	Bishop
7 Mar	61.2	Installed	Juan Alberto Puiggari	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
8 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Rolando José Álvarez Lagos	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
9 Mar	94.2	Died	Andreas Hao Jinli (Hao Zhenli) †	Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
11 Mar	64.8	Ceased	José Figueroa Gómez	Apostolic Administrator of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop of Granada en Colombia
62.4	Installed	Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa	Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop of Engativá, Colombia
71.0	Resigned	John Huston Ricard, S.S.J.	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	74.6	Resigned	Claudio Baggini †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.8	Appointed	Thumma Bala	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India	Archbishop Emeritus
59.2	Succeeded	Vincenzo Di Mauro	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Thomas D’Souza	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop
78.1	Died	Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz †	Bishop Emeritus of Guadix, Spain
75.2	Retired	Emmanuel A. Mapunda †	Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Appointed	Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa	Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania
50.4	Appointed	John Chrisostom Ndimbo	Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania
82.7	Installed	Elio Sgreccia †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
14 Mar	52.4	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước	Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Bishop
15 Mar	71.0	Selected	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Mar	50.8	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Daly	Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
50.8	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Daly	Titular Bishop of Tabalta	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
82.6	Died	Thomas Nkuissi †	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
17 Mar	66.5	Installed	Antoine Vũ Huy Chương	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	54.5	Appointed	Augustine Obiora Akubeze	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
79.3	Ceased	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji	Apostolic Administrator of Benin City, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
45.6	Appointed	Malachy John Goltok †	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
64.3	Appointed	Jonás Guerrero Corona	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
72.9	Resigned	Benjamín Jiménez Hernández †	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	92.0	Died	Patrick Vincent Ahern †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Abel Gabuza	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gonzaga Féchio	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
66.6	Ordained Bishop	Eusebio Ignacio Hernández Sola, O.A.R.	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania	Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Wilmar Santin, O. Carm.	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Mate Uzinić	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia
20 Mar	80.3	Died	Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
21 Mar	44.4	Appointed	Anthony Fallah Borwah	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
22 Mar	52.5	Appointed	Michael Jude Byrnes	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
52.5	Appointed	Michael Jude Byrnes	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
63.4	Appointed	Donald Francis Hanchon	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
63.4	Appointed	Donald Francis Hanchon	Titular Bishop of Horreomargum	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
67.0	Installed	Jean Marie Vũ Tất	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	47.3	Appointed	Benedito Araújo	Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop
47.4	Appointed	Antonio Guido Filipazzi	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia	Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria
40.8	Selected	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Mar	68.3	Died	Julian Gbur, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Giudice	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
75.6	Retired	Gioacchino Illiano †	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
79.0	Died	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
71.0	Confirmed	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Mar	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
64.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P.	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
76.1	Retired	Antonio Ciliberti †	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Rosalvo Cordeiro de Lima	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil
54.6	Appointed	Valter Dario Maggi	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Died	Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
62.6	Appointed	Paul Sueo Hamaguchi †	Bishop of Oita, Japan
53.6	Installed	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Linus Lee Seong-hyo	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
76.0	Retired	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
71.0	Installed	Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
67.5	Installed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
40.8	Appointed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Archbishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
40.8	Confirmed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Geremias Steinmetz	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
63.7	Appointed	John Eijiro Suwa	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan
77.6	Retired	Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J.	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
77.6	Retired	Francis Tong Hui †	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China
26 Mar	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Victor Abagna Mossa	Bishop of Owando, Congo	Archbishop of Owando, Congo
69.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Charles Émile Gardin, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Impfondo, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
79.5	Installed	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Pellegrini	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
69.2	Installed	Guire Poulard †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
90.6	Died	Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Glandas Marie Erick Toussaint	Titular Bishop of Senez	Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti
27 Mar	40.8	Installed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 Mar	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Ling Jiansen	Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China
31 Mar	80.4	Retired	Hubert Coppenrath	Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
56.8	Removed	Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

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