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 |