The Year of Our Lord 1990

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 75.0 Retired Paul Heinrich Nordhues † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

42.5 Incardinated Romano Rossi Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy

2 Mar 64.0 Appointed Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo † Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 63.0 Ordained Bishop Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Ceramussa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

56.8 Installed Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani † Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

64.1 Ordained Bishop Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Cissi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

6 Mar 87.3 Died Giovanni Battista Dal Prà † Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy

50.5 Ordained Bishop Michael Patrick Driscoll † Titular Bishop of Maxita Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA

55.7 Resigned Rubén López Ardón Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

43.7 Appointed Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

7 Mar 63.3 Appointed Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta † Bishop of Jaca, Spain

63.9 Appointed Antonio Deig Clotet † Bishop of Solsona, Spain Bishop Emeritus

74.1 Died José Miguel Medina † Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina

45.5 Appointed Eamonn Oliver Walsh Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

45.5 Appointed Eamonn Oliver Walsh Titular Bishop of Elmhama Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

10 Mar 75.2 Retired Angelo Palmas † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada Apostolic Nuncio

11 Mar 24.1 Ordained Deacon Fintan Gavin Deacon of Dublin, Ireland Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland

13 Mar 52.0 Appointed Luis Robles Díaz † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

74.9 Died Lorenzo Vivaldo † Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy

83.8 Died [Joseph Ye Yin-yun] † Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China

14 Mar 60.6 Appointed Lajos Bálint † Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

81.4 Appointed Adalbert (Bela) Boros † Titular Archbishop of Ressiana Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania

78.5 Appointed Ioan Chertes † Titular Archbishop of Cantanus

51.6 Appointed Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. † Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

49.7 Appointed Petru Gherghel Bishop of Iaşi, Romania Bishop Emeritus

65.9 Appointed Gheorghe Guţiu † Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania Bishop Emeritus

70.8 Appointed Vasile Hossu † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

81.0 Retired Antal Jakab † Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Bishop Emeritus

44.0 Appointed György-Miklós Jakubínyi Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

44.0 Appointed György-Miklós Jakubínyi Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

67.2 Appointed Sebastian Kräuter † Bishop of Timişoara, Romania Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Elias James John Manning, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

58.8 Appointed Lucian Mureşan Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

78.3 Appointed Ioan Ploscaru † Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop Emeritus

47.1 Appointed Pál Reizer † Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

45.3 Appointed Ioan Robu Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania Archbishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed József Tempfli † Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania Bishop Emeritus

77.7 Appointed Alexandru Todea † Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

15 Mar 48.5 Appointed Giacinto Berloco Titular Archbishop of Fidenae Apostolic Nuncio

48.5 Appointed Giacinto Berloco Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe Apostolic Nuncio

48.5 Appointed Giacinto Berloco Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique Apostolic Nuncio

65.2 Appointed Francesco Colasuonno † Apostolic Delegate to Russian Federation Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

52.5 Appointed Erwin Josef Ender † Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia Apostolic Nuncio

52.5 Appointed Erwin Josef Ender † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sudan Apostolic Nuncio

52.5 Appointed Erwin Josef Ender † Apostolic Delegate to Red Sea Region Apostolic Nuncio

74.5 Retired José Nicomedes Grossi † Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

16 Mar 76.6 Retired Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino † Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

17 Mar 60.1 Succeeded Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic † Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

78.0 Retired Gerald Emmett Carter † Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Maurice Couture, R.S.V. † Archbishop of Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed Vladimír Filo † Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia

50.1 Appointed Vladimír Filo † Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia

41.5 Appointed Jan Bosco Graubner Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

41.5 Appointed Jan Bosco Graubner Titular Bishop of Tagaria Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

78.3 Retired Paul Grégoire † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Josef Hrdlička Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Josef Hrdlička Titular Bishop of Thunudruma Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia

42.1 Appointed František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia

42.1 Appointed František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. † Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia

29.4 Ordained Priest José Mazuelos Pérez Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

45.3 Appointed Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

50.4 Appointed František Radkovský Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Bishop Emeritus of Plzeň, Czechia

50.4 Appointed František Radkovský Titular Bishop of Aggar Bishop Emeritus of Plzeň, Czechia

56.0 Ordained Bishop Alojz Tkáč † Bishop of Košice, Slovakia Archbishop Emeritus of Košice, Slovakia

64.6 Appointed Dominik Tóth † Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia

64.6 Appointed Dominik Tóth † Titular Bishop of Ubaba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia

53.7 Appointed Jean-Claude Turcotte † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

78.1 Retired Louis-Albert Vachon † Archbishop of Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

18 Mar 53.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria

43.1 Ordained Bishop Julio César Bonino Bonino † Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay

56.5 Ordained Bishop Eduard Kojnok † Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

66.4 Died Alfonso Nava Carreón † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia

30.7 Ordained Priest Alfonso Raimo Priest of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

19 Mar 53.1 Ordained Bishop Prospero Nale Arellano † Prelate of Libmanan, Philippines Prelate Emeritus

49.3 Ordained Bishop Rudolf Baláž † Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

27.8 Ordained Priest Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S. Priest of Nagasaki, Japan Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan

20 Mar 60.2 Appointed Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. † Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.3 Retired Jerome Joseph Hastrich † Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. † Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

44.9 Succeeded Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. † Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Died Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil

58.9 Resigned Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

23 Mar 63.4 Appointed Ricardo María Carles Gordó † Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Narciso Jubany Arnau † Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

93.0 Died Joseph Francis Ryan † Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

24 Mar 72.6 Died Colin Aloysius MacPherson † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

63.1 Ordained Bishop Alfredo Magarotto † Bishop of Chioggia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy

80.6 Died John Louis Morkovsky † Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

61.0 Ordained Bishop Leopold Nowak Titular Bishop of Cissa Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany

31.1 Ordained Priest Giovane Pereira de Melo Priest of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil

24.3 Ordained Priest José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre Priest of Cuenca, Ecuador Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador

29.9 Perpetual Vows Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela

73.9 Professed José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

52.7 Ordained Bishop Marin Srakić Titular Bishop of Cercina Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia

27.4 Ordained Priest Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara Priest of Manila, Philippines Bishop of Pasig, Philippines

25 Mar 22.8 Professed João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

23.9 Professed Algacir Munhak, C.S. Member of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

28.9 Ordained Priest Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. Priest of Order of the Holy Cross Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan

26 Mar 73.7 Died Filipe Tiago Broers, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Caravelas, Brazil

65.1 Appointed Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola Bishop Emeritus of Mbanza Congo, Angola

45.1 Appointed Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia Bishop Emeritus of Mbanza Congo, Angola

28 Mar 64.5 Appointed Angelo Acerbi Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

66.4 Appointed Carlo Curis † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada Apostolic Nuncio

29 Mar 55.3 Appointed Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Arauca, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia

47.0 Ordained Bishop Braulio Rafael León Villegas Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

50.2 Appointed Ivan Prendja † Coadjutor Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Archbishop

30 Mar 75.6 Retired Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín † Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

63.1 Appointed Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. † Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

31 Mar 70.4 Died Jerzy Karol Ablewicz † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

43.6 Ordained Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle Bishop of Brno, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

83.4 Died Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

38.2 Ordained Priest Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A. Priest of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

63.2 Appointed Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. † Coadjutor Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

57.8 Ordained Bishop Miloslav Vlk † Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	75.0	Retired	Paul Heinrich Nordhues †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
42.5	Incardinated	Romano Rossi	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy
2 Mar	64.0	Appointed	Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo †	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Ceramussa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
56.8	Installed	Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Cissi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
6 Mar	87.3	Died	Giovanni Battista Dal Prà †	Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Michael Patrick Driscoll †	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA
55.7	Resigned	Rubén López Ardón	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
43.7	Appointed	Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	63.3	Appointed	Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
63.9	Appointed	Antonio Deig Clotet †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
74.1	Died	José Miguel Medina †	Bishop Emeritus of Jujuy, Argentina
45.5	Appointed	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
45.5	Appointed	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Titular Bishop of Elmhama	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
10 Mar	75.2	Retired	Angelo Palmas †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio
11 Mar	24.1	Ordained Deacon	Fintan Gavin	Deacon of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
13 Mar	52.0	Appointed	Luis Robles Díaz †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
74.9	Died	Lorenzo Vivaldo †	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
83.8	Died	[Joseph Ye Yin-yun] †	Bishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
14 Mar	60.6	Appointed	Lajos Bálint †	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
81.4	Appointed	Adalbert (Bela) Boros †	Titular Archbishop of Ressiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
78.5	Appointed	Ioan Chertes †	Titular Archbishop of Cantanus
51.6	Appointed	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
49.7	Appointed	Petru Gherghel	Bishop of Iaşi, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
65.9	Appointed	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
70.8	Appointed	Vasile Hossu †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
81.0	Retired	Antal Jakab †	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
44.0	Appointed	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
44.0	Appointed	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
67.2	Appointed	Sebastian Kräuter †	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Elias James John Manning, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
58.8	Appointed	Lucian Mureşan	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
78.3	Appointed	Ioan Ploscaru †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
47.1	Appointed	Pál Reizer †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
45.3	Appointed	Ioan Robu	Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	József Tempfli †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
77.7	Appointed	Alexandru Todea †	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Mar	48.5	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Titular Archbishop of Fidenae	Apostolic Nuncio
48.5	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe	Apostolic Nuncio
48.5	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique	Apostolic Nuncio
65.2	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Apostolic Delegate to Russian Federation	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
52.5	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender †	Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio
52.5	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sudan	Apostolic Nuncio
52.5	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender †	Apostolic Delegate to Red Sea Region	Apostolic Nuncio
74.5	Retired	José Nicomedes Grossi †	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
16 Mar	76.6	Retired	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino †	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
17 Mar	60.1	Succeeded	Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
78.0	Retired	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Maurice Couture, R.S.V. †	Archbishop of Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Vladimír Filo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
50.1	Appointed	Vladimír Filo †	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
41.5	Appointed	Jan Bosco Graubner	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
41.5	Appointed	Jan Bosco Graubner	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
78.3	Retired	Paul Grégoire †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Josef Hrdlička	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Josef Hrdlička	Titular Bishop of Thunudruma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia
42.1	Appointed	František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
42.1	Appointed	František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
29.4	Ordained Priest	José Mazuelos Pérez	Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
45.3	Appointed	Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette	Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
50.4	Appointed	František Radkovský	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus of Plzeň, Czechia
50.4	Appointed	František Radkovský	Titular Bishop of Aggar	Bishop Emeritus of Plzeň, Czechia
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Alojz Tkáč †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus of Košice, Slovakia
64.6	Appointed	Dominik Tóth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
64.6	Appointed	Dominik Tóth †	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia
53.7	Appointed	Jean-Claude Turcotte †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
78.1	Retired	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Archbishop of Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
18 Mar	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria
43.1	Ordained Bishop	Julio César Bonino Bonino †	Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Eduard Kojnok †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
66.4	Died	Alfonso Nava Carreón †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
30.7	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Raimo	Priest of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
19 Mar	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Prospero Nale Arellano †	Prelate of Libmanan, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Baláž †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
27.8	Ordained Priest	Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S.	Priest of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan
20 Mar	60.2	Appointed	Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. †	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Jerome Joseph Hastrich †	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
44.9	Succeeded	Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. †	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Died	Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
58.9	Resigned	Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	63.4	Appointed	Ricardo María Carles Gordó †	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Narciso Jubany Arnau †	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
93.0	Died	Joseph Francis Ryan †	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
24 Mar	72.6	Died	Colin Aloysius MacPherson †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
63.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo Magarotto †	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
80.6	Died	John Louis Morkovsky †	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Leopold Nowak	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
31.1	Ordained Priest	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Priest of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins, Brazil
24.3	Ordained Priest	José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre	Priest of Cuenca, Ecuador	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador
29.9	Perpetual Vows	Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
73.9	Professed	José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Marin Srakić	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
27.4	Ordained Priest	Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop of Pasig, Philippines
25 Mar	22.8	Professed	João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
23.9	Professed	Algacir Munhak, C.S.	Member of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo	Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28.9	Ordained Priest	Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C.	Priest of Order of the Holy Cross	Auxiliary Bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
26 Mar	73.7	Died	Filipe Tiago Broers, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Caravelas, Brazil
65.1	Appointed	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola	Bishop Emeritus of Mbanza Congo, Angola
45.1	Appointed	Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia	Bishop Emeritus of Mbanza Congo, Angola
28 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Angelo Acerbi	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
66.4	Appointed	Carlo Curis †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Mar	55.3	Appointed	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Braulio Rafael León Villegas	Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
50.2	Appointed	Ivan Prendja †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop
30 Mar	75.6	Retired	Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
63.1	Appointed	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31 Mar	70.4	Died	Jerzy Karol Ablewicz †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
43.6	Ordained Bishop	Vojtěch Cikrle	Bishop of Brno, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
83.4	Died	Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
38.2	Ordained Priest	Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A.	Priest of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
63.2	Appointed	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Miloslav Vlk †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

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