Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Mar | 65.6 | Resigned | Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
1 Mar | 24.0 | Ordained Priest | Salvador Flores Huerta † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México |
79.8 | Died | Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru | ||
26.7 | Ordained Priest | Augustus Peters † | Priest of Aachen, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop | |
Born | José Slaby, C.SS.R. | Prelate of Esquel, Argentina | |||
70.5 | Appointed | Samuel Alphonsus Stritch † | Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith | Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
2 Mar | 70.4 | Died | Víctor Álvarez Huapaya, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru | |
54.0 | Appointed | Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † | Titular Bishop of Tentyris | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos | |
54.0 | Appointed | Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos | |
Born | Antonis Bara | Bishop of Ambikapur, India | |||
47.4 | Appointed | Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J. † | Bishop of Belize | Bishop Emeritus | |
70.7 | Died | Joseph McCormack † | Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain | ||
27.5 | Ordained Priest | Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. | Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary | Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
77.5 | Succeeded | Ferenc Rogács † | Bishop of Pécs, Hungary | ||
88.5 | Died | Ferenc Virág † | Bishop of Pécs, Hungary | ||
3 Mar | Born | Michael William Fisher | Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA | ||
55.1 | Died | Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † | Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | ||
4 Mar | Born | Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia | ||
5 Mar | 72.2 | Died | Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † | Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile | |
53.8 | Succeeded | Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. † | Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile | ||
52.2 | Ordained Bishop | Victor Joseph Reed † | Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA | ||
Born | Franz Scharl | Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria | |||
6 Mar | 57.5 | Died | Hubert James Cartwright † | Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA | |
7 Mar | Selected | [ Li De-hua] † | Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China | ||
8 Mar | 31.0 | Ordained Priest | John Edward Heaps † | Priest of Sydney, Australia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
44.3 | Succeeded | José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. † | Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil | |
58.8 | Died | Louis Arthur Venadam, S.F.M. † | Pro-Prefect Emeritus of Lishui [Lishui], China | ||
9 Mar | 83.1 | Died | Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M. † | Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil | |
11 Mar | 21.2 | Entered | Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. | Member of Society of Jesus | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
12 Mar | 46.1 | Ordained Bishop | Hyakinthos Gad † | Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek) |
Born | Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |||
70.2 | Resigned | Otto Raible, S.A.C. † | Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
13 Mar | 56.0 | Died | Joseph Formby Halsall † | Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | |
14 Mar | Born | Jan Niemiec † | Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine | ||
16 Mar | 84.9 | Died | Ljudevit Lajčo Budanović † | Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia | |
25.1 | Ordained Priest | Mario Cecchini † | Priest of Senigallia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy | |
52.1 | Ordained Bishop | Pio Agostino Crivellari, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Trivento, Italy | ||
46.0 | Ordained Bishop | Enrique Principe † | Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae | Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina | |
50.5 | Ordained Bishop | Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † | Titular Bishop of Arethusa | Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile | |
18 Mar | 40.9 | Selected | [Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. † | Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China | Archbishop |
28.7 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Kureethara † | Priest of Cochin, India | Bishop | |
40.8 | Incardinated | Juvenal Porcayo Uribe † | Priest of Acapulco, Guerrero, México | Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México | |
19 Mar | 23.0 | Ordained Priest | Mario Busquets Jordá | Priest of Girona, Spain | Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibamba, Peru |
28.3 | Ordained Priest | Ramón Echarren Istúriz † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain | |
46.6 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Ferreira Arreola † | Titular Bishop of Arycanda | Bishop of Texcoco, México, México | |
Selected | [ Tcheng Yu-sin (Cheng Yu Sin)] † | Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China | Former Bishop-Elect | ||
49.8 | Ordained Bishop | Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † | Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France | Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France | |
20 Mar | Born | Dieudonné Espoir Atangana | Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon | ||
Born | Raymond Michel René Centène | Bishop of Vannes, France | |||
44.6 | Appointed | Alfonso Tóriz Cobián † | Bishop of Querétaro, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
21 Mar | 50.3 | Appointed | Alberto Rencoret Donoso † | Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile |
22 Mar | 24.1 | Ordained Priest | Felipe Aguirre Franco | Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México |
27.9 | Ordained Priest | Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda † | Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines | Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines | |
25.2 | Ordained Priest | Arduino Bertoldo † | Priest of Civita Castellana, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy | |
Born | Jan Geerits, S.D.S. | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Comores | |||
26.9 | Ordained Priest | Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India | |
25.5 | Ordained Priest | Blaise-Ernest Morand | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
23.3 | Ordained Priest | Alberto Jover Piamonte † | Priest of Jaro, Philippines | Archbishop | |
25.7 | Ordained Priest | Karl Josef Romer | Priest | Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life | |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
69.6 | Died | René van Heusden, S.D.B. † | Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
23 Mar | Born | Willybard Kitogho Lagho | Bishop of Malindi, Kenya | ||
28.0 | Ordained Priest | Salvador Trane Modesto † | Priest | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines | |
Born | Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B. | Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy | |||
24.2 | Ordained Priest | Severino Miguel Pelayo † | Priest | Bishop of Philippines, Military | |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | Gaudencio Borbon Rosales | Priest of Lipa, Philippines | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines | |
24 Mar | 30.7 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. † | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Jamshedpur, India |
34.5 | Ordained Priest | George Victor Saupin, S.J. † | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop of Bhagalpur, India | |
25 Mar | Born | Adolfo Ramón Canecín | Bishop of Goya, Argentina | ||
45.2 | Appointed | David John Cashman † | Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain | Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain | |
45.2 | Appointed | David John Cashman † | Titular Bishop of Cantanus | Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain | |
Born | Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin | Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France | |||
44.4 | Appointed | Carlo Martini † | Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay | Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy | |
53.2 | Appointed | Nicola Riezzo † | Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy | |
26 Mar | 78.1 | Died | Juan Vicente Araña y Idígoras, O.C.D. † | Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram, India | |
55.1 | Appointed | Ramón José Castellano † | Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus | |
67.1 | Died | Patrick O’Neill † | Bishop of Limerick, Ireland | ||
69.2 | Appointed | Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. † | Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict | Abbot Emeritus | |
27 Mar | Born | Roberto Calara Mallari | Bishop of San Jose, Philippines | ||
28 Mar | 44.9 | Appointed | Johannes Schütte, S.V.D. † | Superior General of Society of the Divine Word | Superior General Emeritus |
29 Mar | 93.0 | Died | Alessandro Verde † | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Cosmedin | Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} |
30 Mar | 25.0 | Ordained Priest | Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † | Priest of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA | Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine |
3 Apr | Selected | Wang Ju-guang (Wong Juguang) † | Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China | ||
5 Apr | Born | Wilson Luís Angotti Filho | Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
87.6 | Died | Josef Ludwig Brems, O. Praem. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Denmark | ||
23.4 | Ordained Priest | José Sánchez González | Priest of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain | |
6 Apr | 29.2 | Ordained Priest | Zéphyrin Toé † | Priest of Nouna, Burkina Faso | Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso |
70.2 | Selected | [Lucas Wang Shou-qian (Shou Shien)] † | Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China | ||
7 Apr | 23.5 | Ordained Priest | João Maria Messi, O.S.M. | Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary | Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
8 Apr | Born | Jean Salomon Lezoutié | Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire | ||
9 Apr | 60.4 | Appointed | Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap. † | Prelate of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | |
45.3 | Ordained Bishop | Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Margum | Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil | |
10 Apr | 43.3 | Appointed | Paul Francis Leibold † | Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Archbishop |
43.3 | Appointed | Paul Francis Leibold † | Titular Bishop of Trebenna | Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | |
Born | Victor Hugo Palma Paúl | Bishop of Escuintla, Guatemala | |||
11 Apr | 46.9 | Ordained Bishop | Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica |
55.7 | Appointed | Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Palmas, Brazil | ||
27.6 | Ordained Priest | Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé | Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | Bishop Emeritus of Diébougou, Burkina Faso | |
12 Apr | Born | [Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X. | Bishop | ||
26.6 | Ordained Priest | James Patrick Keleher | Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA | |
25.5 | Ordained Priest | Thomas Joseph Murphy † | Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA | Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA | |
24.7 | Ordained Priest | Paul-Emile Saadé † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon | |
13 Apr | 37.9 | Ordained Bishop | José de Aquino Pereira † | Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
40.3 | Ordained Bishop | Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † | Bishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad | Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad | |
41.0 | Ordained Bishop | [Bernardin Dong Guang-qing], O.F.M. † | Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China | Archbishop | |
44.6 | Ordained Bishop | Laurentius Satoshi Nagae † | Bishop of Urawa, Japan | Bishop Emeritus | |
79.4 | Died | Charles Vogel, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China | ||
53.7 | Ordained Bishop | [Marc Yuan Wen-hua], O.F.M. † | Bishop of Wuchang [Wuchang], China | ||
14 Apr | Born | Peter Iorzuul Adoboh † | Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria | ||
40.6 | Appointed | José Antonio Dammert Bellido † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru | |
40.6 | Appointed | José Antonio Dammert Bellido † | Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina | Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru | |
15 Apr | 52.0 | Appointed | Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J. † | Prefect of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México | Prefect Emeritus |
19.8 | Professed | Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. | Member of Society of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe | |
27.8 | Ordained Priest | John Baptist Sequeira † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Chikmagalur, India | |
81.1 | Died | Teofil Skalski † | Apostolic Administrator of Zytomir, Ukraine | ||
16 Apr | 39.9 | Appointed | Jackson Berenguer Prado † | Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil |
Born | Claudio Pablo Castricone | Auxiliary Bishop of Orán, Argentina | |||
Born | Francis Aquirinus Kibira | Bishop of Kasese, Uganda | |||
41.4 | Appointed | Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil | ||
Born | Rafał Markowski | Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland | |||
Born | Donal Roche | Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland | |||
17 Apr | 67.2 | Appointed | Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy | Bishop |
18 Apr | Born | Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias | Archbishop of Luanda, Angola | ||
Born | Joseph Kollamparampil, C.M.I. | Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India | |||
26.2 | Ordained Priest | François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang † | Priest of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam | |
42.9 | Appointed | Nikollë Troshani † | Apostolic Administrator of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus | |
42.9 | Appointed | Nikollë Troshani † | Apostolic Administrator of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania | |
42.9 | Appointed | Nikollë Troshani † | Titular Bishop of Cisamus | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania | |
19 Apr | 45.4 | Appointed | Luis do Amaral Mousinho † | Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
60.8 | Appointed | Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
55.7 | Appointed | Cornelius Lucey † | Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.6 | Appointed | Paulo de Tarso Campos † | Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
67.7 | Appointed | Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta † | Administrator of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop | |
20 Apr | 46.3 | Ordained Bishop | [Stanislav Chang Shou-yi] † | Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China | |
61.2 | Appointed | Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Apostolic Administrator | |
61.2 | Appointed | Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Batnae | Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |
49.3 | Ordained Bishop | [Peter Lan Bo-lu (Lan Pai Lu)] † | Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China | ||
56.6 | Installed | Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † | Bishop of San Felipe, Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
Ordained Bishop | [ Pan Shao-qing] † | Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China | |||
42.8 | Ordained Bishop | Fernando Romo Gutiérrez † | Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.5 | Ordained Bishop | Alejandro Schell † | Titular Bishop of Birtha | Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | |
Born | Alex Tharamangalam | Auxiliary Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabar), India | |||
51.6 | Ordained Bishop | Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Sufetula | Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
70.3 | Ordained Bishop | [Lucas Wang Shou-qian (Shou Shien)] † | Bishop of Yongnian [Yüngnien], China | ||
21 Apr | Born | Francis Duffy | Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland | ||
22 Apr | Born | Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. | Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador | ||
25.2 | Solemn Vows | Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J. † | Member of Society of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Malaybalay, Philippines | |
24 Apr | 57.4 | Died | Basil Salvador Theodore Peres † | Bishop of Mangalore, India | |
25 Apr | Born | Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt | Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA | ||
26 Apr | Born | John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. | Archbishop of Accra, Ghana | ||
27 Apr | 50.8 | Ordained Bishop | William Richard Field, S.M.A. † | Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus |
75.5 | Died | Peter Leo Ireton † | Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA | ||
42.5 | Ordained Bishop | Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo † | Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium | Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile | |
40.2 | Ordained Bishop | José Joaquim Ribeiro † | Titular Bishop of Aegeae | Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste | |
28 Apr | Born | Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D. | Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua | ||
30.1 | Appointed | Alcides Mendoza Castro † | Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru | Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru | |
30.1 | Appointed | Alcides Mendoza Castro † | Titular Bishop of Metrae | Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru | |
40.6 | Selected | [Matthew Yu Cheng-cai] † | Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China | ||
29 Apr | Born | Adriano Cevolotto | Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy | ||
Born | Gerardo Villalonga Hellín | Bishop of Menorca, Spain | |||
30 Apr | 38.3 | Appointed | Marijan Oblak † | Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus |
38.3 | Appointed | Marijan Oblak † | Titular Bishop of Flavias | Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia | |
Born | Luigi Michele de Palma | Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences | |||
Born | Raymond Poisson | Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada |
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