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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	53.9	Appointed	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Archbishop
	53.9	Appointed	Eugeniusz Baziak †	Titular Archbishop of Parium	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
2 Mar	78.8	Died	Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
3 Mar	80.8	Died	Giosuè Cattarossi †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
	54.0	Appointed	Endre Hamvas †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
	50.7	Appointed	Sándor Kovács †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	József Mindszenty †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom, Hungary
4 Mar	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Pedro Boxler †	Deacon of Paraná, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Gualeguaychú, Argentina
	30.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio Yapsutco Fortich †	Priest of Bacolod, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	27.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Felix Sanchez Zafra †	Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar		Born	Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga		Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
6 Mar	18.4	Entered	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
7 Mar		Born	John Joseph Jenik		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
9 Mar	57.6	Appointed	Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphrae	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
	57.6	Appointed	Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yütze [Yuci], China	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
	49.7	Appointed	Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Camille Zaidan †		Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
10 Mar		Born	Jean Marie Vũ Tất		Bishop Emeritus of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
	43.3	Appointed	Johann Wember, M.S.F. †	Prefect of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}
	53.5	Appointed	Cyprian Witte, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]
11 Mar	44.0	Appointed	George Alapatt †	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal		Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba
	54.5	Appointed	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
	54.5	Appointed	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Titular Bishop of Linoë	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
	48.1	Appointed	Eugene O’Doherty †	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	41.8	Appointed	Charles Eugène Parent †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rimouski (St. Germain of), Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
	41.8	Appointed	Charles Eugène Parent †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
	37.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Siri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Genova, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
	37.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Siri †	Titular Bishop of Livias	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
12 Mar	25.9	Ordained Priest	François Abraha †	Priest of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Lino Aguirre Garcia †	Bishop of Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	25.9	Ordained Priest	Bernard Henri René Jacqueline †	Priest of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Paulos Tzadua †	Priest of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Mar		Born	Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
	72.6	Died	John Bertram Peterson †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
16 Mar	41.1	Appointed	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop of Sale, Australia
17 Mar		Born	Alan Stephen Hopes		Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
		Born	Juliusz Janusz		Apostolic Nuncio
		Born	Paul Lortie		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
18 Mar	58.6	Appointed	James Boyle †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
	44.7	Appointed	Edward Ellis †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Died	William Richard Griffin †	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
19 Mar	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Della Cioppa †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Bishop Emeritus of Alife, Italy
	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
	27.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Lê Văn Ấn †	Priest	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
20 Mar	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México	Archbishop of Durango, México
22 Mar		Born	Luis Alberto Parra Mora †		Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
23 Mar		Born	Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. †		Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
24 Mar	37.4	Appointed	Francis Hong Yong-ho †	Vicar Apostolic of Pyong-Yang, Korea (North)	Bishop of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)
	37.4	Appointed	Francis Hong Yong-ho †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)
25 Mar	27.7	Ordained Priest	Stefan Bareła †	Priest of Częstochowa, Poland	Bishop
	24.0	Ordained Priest	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †	Priest of Tacna, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Philippe Boutros Chebaya †	Priest of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
	24.4	Ordained Priest	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Priest of Laoag, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. †	Priest	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
	30.3	Ordained Priest	George Henry Guilfoyle †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Endre Hamvas †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Sándor Kovács †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	József Mindszenty †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom, Hungary
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Luis Munive Escobar †	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Peter Bernard Pereira †	Priest	Bishop of Trivandrum, India
	25.6	Ordained Priest	André Rousset †	Priest of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Rogelio Sánchez González †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Vincentas Sladkevičius, M.I.C. †	Priest of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
		Born	Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
26 Mar		Born	Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira †		Bishop Emeritus of Minas, Uruguay
28 Mar		Born	Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta †		Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
29 Mar	64.6	Appointed	Manuel Arce y Ochotorena †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	50.1	Appointed	Jaime Font y Andreu †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
	55.5	Appointed	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain	Archbishop of Spain, Military
		Born	Rino Passigato		Apostolic Nuncio
	58.3	Appointed	León Villuendas Polo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
30 Mar	76.8	Died	Nicola Monterisi †	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
31 Mar		Born	José Hernán Sánchez Porras †		Bishop of Venezuela, Military
Apr	45.9	Died	Bl. Wladyslaw Goral †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Anthony Tu Shi-hua, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Puqi [Puchi], China
1 Apr		Born	Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
3 Apr		Born	Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.		Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Apr	39.0	Appointed	Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	39.0	Appointed	Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
5 Apr	59.3	Appointed	Vittorio D’Alessi †	Titular Bishop of Lyrbe	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. †	Priest of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
6 Apr		Born	Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †		Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
7 Apr		Born	François Charles Garnier †		Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	37.7	Appointed	Philip Francis Pocock †	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8 Apr	24.6	Ordained Priest	João d’Avila Moreira Lima †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Servílio Conti, I.M.C. †	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil
	67.4	Died	Albert Maria Fuchs †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
		Born	Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, I.V.Dei		Cardinal, Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Luis Mena Arroyo †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	23.5	Ordained Priest	José Humberto Paparoni †	Priest of Mérida, Venezuela	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Quintero Arce †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
	22.0	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet †	Deacon of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
9 Apr		Born	Marcello Bartolucci		Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	23.6	Perpetual Vows	José (Joseph) Bulber, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Priest
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Pranciskus Ramanauskas †	Titular Bishop of Carpasia	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
10 Apr		Born	Philip Leo O’Reilly		Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland
12 Apr		Born	René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. †		Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
14 Apr	57.5	Died	Giuseppe Perrachon, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
15 Apr	41.9	Appointed	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Apostolic Nuncio
16 Apr	36.1	Ordained Priest	John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †	Priest of Lagos, Nigeria	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Ruiz y Solózarno †	Archbishop of Yucatán, México
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Jerzy Jan Tomziński, O.S.P.P.E. †	Priest of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Prior General Emeritus
	26.4	Ordained Priest	[Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian], O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
17 Apr	59.3	Resigned	William Francis O’Shea, M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Heijo, Korea (North)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	59.0	Died	Teodoro Pallaroni †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy
18 Apr		Born	Arthur Joseph Serratelli		Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
19 Apr		Born	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
20 Apr	29.2	Ordained Priest	Simon An Shi’en †	Priest	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Peter Li Hongye †	Priest	Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
22 Apr	53.0	Appointed	Diego María Gómez Tamayo †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	84.3	Died	William Henry O’Connell †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
23 Apr	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignacy Krause, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Binda	Bishop Emeritus of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Zaffonato †	Titular Bishop of Elatea	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
24 Apr		Born	Thumma Bala †		Archbishop Emeritus of Hyderabad, India
25 Apr		Born	Renzo Fratini		Apostolic Nuncio
30 Apr	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Antiphrae	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Priest of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	28.4	Ordained Priest	Godofredo Pedernal Pisig †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Borongan, Philippines

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