| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|
| Mar | 75.0 | Retired | André Pierre Louis Dupuy | Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 2 Mar | 64.8 | Appointed | Fidencio López Plaza | Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México | Bishop of Querétaro, México |
| 3 Mar | 54.5 | Ordained Bishop | Daniel Elias Garcia | Titular Bishop of Capsus | Bishop of Monterey in California, USA |
| 61.0 | Appointed | Robert Walter McElroy | Cardinal, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA |
| 4 Mar | 58.3 | Installed | Emmanuel Hanna Shaleta (Challita) | Bishop of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada | Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA |
| 47.9 | Appointed | Jorge Cuapio Bautista | Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México | Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México |
| 47.9 | Appointed | Jorge Cuapio Bautista | Titular Bishop of Bisarcio | Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México |
| 57.3 | Appointed | Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias | Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 75.6 | Retired | Francisco Ramírez Navarro | Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 5 Mar | 82.9 | Died | Edward Michael Egan † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA |
| 58.0 | Appointed | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France | Bishop of Viviers, France |
| 58.0 | Appointed | Hervé Jean Robert Giraud | Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France | Bishop of Viviers, France |
| 75.1 | Retired | Yves François Patenôtre | Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 75.1 | Retired | Yves François Patenôtre | Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France |
| 57.4 | Appointed | Novatus Rugambwa | Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras | Apostolic Nuncio |
| 6 Mar | 50.6 | Appointed | Augusto Paolo Lojudice | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy |
| 50.6 | Appointed | Augusto Paolo Lojudice | Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima | Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy |
| 50.6 | Appointed | Augusto Paolo Lojudice | Vicar General of Ostia, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy |
| 75.5 | Retired | Paolino Schiavon | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 7 Mar | 56.4 | Ordained Bishop | César Alcides Balbín Tamayo | Bishop of Caldas, Colombia | Bishop of Cartago, Colombia |
| 45.3 | Ordained Bishop | Adelar Baruffi | Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil |
| 45.3 | Appointed | David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P. | Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles |
| 79.0 | Retired | Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville | Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 48.1 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Obanyi Sagwe | Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya |
| 64.8 | Ordained Bishop | Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I. | Titular Bishop of Abthugni | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador |
| 9 Mar | 71.9 | Installed | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † | Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue |
| 12 Mar | 45.8 | Solemn Vows | Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay |
| 54.8 | Appointed | Thomas Anthony Daly | Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA |
| 41.1 | Appointed | Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U. | Auxiliary Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Archbishop |
| 41.1 | Appointed | Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U. | Titular Bishop of Mopta | Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
| 48.9 | Appointed | John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv. | Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
| 13 Mar | 45.8 | Ordained Bishop | Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit | Bishop of Boac, Philippines | Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines |
| 14 Mar | 78.1 | Retired | Simon Atallah, O.A.M. | Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.1 | Appointed | Antoine Chbeir | Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria |
| 63.7 | Ordained Bishop | José Crispiano Clavijo Méndez | Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia |
| 59.7 | Appointed | Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. | Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia |
| 48.6 | Ordained Bishop | Stefan Heße (Hesse) | Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany |
| 44.9 | Appointed | Joseph Emile Mouawad | Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon |
| 54.6 | Selected | Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M. | Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon |
| 63.5 | Resigned | Elias Khoury Sleman | Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria | Bishop Emeritus |
| 43.9 | Selected | Joseph Tobji | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria |
| 15 Mar | 50.0 | Installed | Onécimo Alberton | Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| 45.4 | Installed | Adelar Baruffi | Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil |
| 69.8 | Ceased | Hélio Adelar Rubert | Apostolic Administrator of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| 55.8 | Ordained Bishop | Franc Šuštar | Titular Bishop of Ressiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 64.7 | Installed | Mario Toso, S.D.B. | Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy |
| 17 Mar | 83.7 | Died | Antonio Dorado Soto † | Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain |
| 54.9 | Appointed | Giorgio Lingua | Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba | Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia |
| 45.8 | Installed | Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit | Bishop of Boac, Philippines | Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines |
| 18 Mar | 65.7 | Appointed | Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado | Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 65.7 | Appointed | Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado | Titular Bishop of Summula | Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| 75.2 | Retired | Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. † | Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland | Abbot Emeritus |
| 19 Mar | 56.5 | Installed | César Alcides Balbín Tamayo | Bishop of Caldas, Colombia | Bishop of Cartago, Colombia |
| 59.3 | Ceased | Rafael Biernaski | Administrator of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| 60.1 | Appointed | José Leopoldo González González | Bishop of Nogales, Sonora, México | Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México |
| 56.9 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt | Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA |
| 53.8 | Appointed | Vlastimil Kročil | Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia |
| 70.2 | Ordained Bishop | Joël Michel Marie Luc Mercier | Titular Archbishop of Rota | Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy |
| 54.9 | Installed | José Antônio Peruzzo | Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil |
| 45.7 | Incardinated | Mauricio Urrea Carrillo | Priest of Nogales, Sonora, México | Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México |
| 20 Mar | 54.3 | Appointed | Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez † | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA |
| 54.3 | Appointed | Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez † | Titular Bishop of Kearney | Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA |
| 52.1 | Appointed | Péter Fülöp Kocsis | Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary |
| 54.8 | Appointed | Atanáz Orosz | Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary |
| 54.8 | Appointed | Atanáz Orosz | Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary | Bishop of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary |
| 21 Mar | 58.6 | Installed | Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid | Bishop of Osorno, Chile | Bishop Emeritus |
| 54.0 | Appointed | Hovsep Joseph Bezazian (Bezouzou) | Apostolic Administrator of Greece (Armenian) |
| 68.4 | Appointed | Aldo Cavalli | Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) |
| 58.0 | Ceased | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib | Apostolic Administrator of Osorno, Chile | Archbishop of Santiago de Chile |
| 75.1 | Retired | Vladimír Filo † | Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 49.6 | Died | Malachy John Goltok † | Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria |
| 82.9 | Retired | Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. † | Apostolic Administrator of Greece (Armenian) | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus |
| 56.7 | Appointed | Charles Phillip Richard Moth | Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain |
| 49.7 | Ordained Bishop | Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril, O.P. | Bishop of Ambato, Ecuador |
| 52.4 | Appointed | Javier Gerardo Román Arias | Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica |
| 55.8 | Installed | Charles Jude Scicluna | Archbishop of Malta |
| 60.0 | Appointed | Stanislav Stolárik | Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia |
| 95.9 | Retired | Hovhannes Tcholakian † | Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 71.4 | Appointed | Boghos Lévon Zékiyan | Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 71.4 | Ceased | Boghos Lévon Zékiyan | Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey | Archbishop Emeritus |
| 22 Mar | 52.8 | Ordained Bishop | Atanasio Amisse Canira | Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique |
| 51.5 | Ordained Bishop | Ivica Petanjak, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia |
| 23 Mar | 63.1 | Ordained Bishop | Fernand Joseph Cheri III, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Membressa | Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 24 Mar | 60.0 | Appointed | Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler | Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador |
| 25 Mar | 61.0 | Installed | Guglielmo Borghetti | Coadjutor Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy | Bishop |
| 47.6 | Ordained Bishop | Leomar Antônio Brustolin | Titular Bishop of Tigava | Archbishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| 57.0 | Ordained Bishop | Adolfo Ramón Canecín | Coadjutor Bishop of Goya, Argentina | Bishop |
| 57.0 | Appointed | Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.SS.R. | Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia | Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia |
| 26 Mar | 54.3 | Appointed | Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. † | Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India |
| 89.7 | Died | Ennio Appignanesi † | Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy |
| 83.7 | Died | Alonso Llano Ruiz † | Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia |
| 59.3 | Appointed | Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C. | Apostolic Exarch of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India | Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India |
| 28 Mar | 49.9 | Succeeded | Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F. | Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria |
| 63.7 | Installed | José Crispiano Clavijo Méndez | Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia |
| 68.1 | Ceased | Orlando Antonio Corrales García | Apostolic Administrator of Sincelejo, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia |
| 53.3 | Ordained Bishop | François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A. | Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin |
| 72.9 | Retired | Athanasius Atule Usuh † | Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus |
| 29 Mar | 66.6 | Installed | Adelio Dell’Oro | Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
| 74.4 | Died | Juan Carlos Maccarone † | Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
| 62.5 | Appointed | Michael Gorō Matsuura | Bishop of Nagoya, Japan |
| 77.3 | Retired | Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura | Bishop of Nagoya, Japan | Bishop Emeritus |
| 30 Mar | 57.9 | Appointed | Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique | Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique |
| 57.9 | Appointed | Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M. | Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara | Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique |
| 31 Mar | 54.2 | Appointed | Jean-Christophore Amade Aloma, M. Afr. | Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 52.3 | Appointed | Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 52.3 | Appointed | Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena | Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 67.2 | Appointed | Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro | Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy | Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches |
| 75.4 | Retired | Zenon Grocholewski † | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus |
| 54.6 | Appointed | Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi | Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 54.6 | Appointed | Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi | Titular Bishop of Naratcata | Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
| 71.6 | Appointed | Giuseppe Versaldi | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education |
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