The Year of Our Lord 2007

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 84.8 Died Marc Yuan Wen Zai † Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

1 Mar 44.8 Appointed Paulin Kouabénan N`Gnamé † Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire

3 Mar 65.4 Appointed Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B. Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México Prelate Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Kazimierz Nycz Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

4 Mar 54.6 Installed Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C. Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek) Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria

74.5 Installed Gaudencio Borbon Rosales Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

68.4 Ordained Bishop Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J. Titular Bishop of Vulturia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia

5 Mar 79.2 Died José Ivo Lorscheiter † Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

47.7 Installed Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

6 Mar 59.5 Appointed Kevin Joseph Farrell Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

75.6 Retired Charles Victor Grahmann † Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Glen John Provost Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

7 Mar 64.1 Appointed Angelo Bagnasco President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

62.1 Appointed Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Appointed Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand

76.0 Ceased Camillo Ruini President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

8 Mar 50.6 Installed Isabelo Caiban Abarquez Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines

64.9 Appointed António José Cavaco Carrilho Bishop of Funchal, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

66.9 Resigned Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí † Bishop of Lleida, Spain Bishop Emeritus

76.5 Retired Teodoro de Faria Bishop of Funchal, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Tarcisio Pillolla † Bishop of Iglesias, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.5 Appointed Giovanni Paolo Zedda Bishop of Iglesias, Italy Bishop Emeritus

10 Mar 46.2 Ordained Bishop Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. † Titular Bishop of Bapara Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India

60.3 Appointed Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

68.1 Resigned Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

48.6 Ordained Bishop Luis Urbanč Coadjutor Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina Bishop

11 Mar 48.2 Ordained Bishop Messias dos Reis Silveira Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

52.2 Installed Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P. Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

60.2 Ordained Bishop Ângelo Pignoli Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

13 Mar 56.6 Appointed Fabio Martínez Castilla † Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México

14 Mar 82.8 Died Miguel Ángel Rafael María de Santa Teresita del Nino Jesús Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia

51.8 Appointed Ludovikus Simanullang, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia

56.3 Installed John Charles Wester Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

15 Mar 38.8 Ordained Bishop Emigdio Duarte Figueroa Titular Bishop of Bilta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

89.2 Died [Bonaventura Luo Juan (Luo Jung)] † Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China

36.1 Succeeded Paul Ma Cunguo Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China

76.0 Retired István Seregély † Archbishop of Eger, Hungary Archbishop Emeritus

50.3 Resigned Tamás Szabó Bishop of Hungary, Military

53.2 Appointed Csaba Ternyák Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

17 Mar 46.2 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel Félémou † Bishop of Kankan, Guinea

94.2 Died Frane Franić † Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

18 Mar 53.9 Ordained Bishop Leo Boccardi Titular Archbishop of Bitettum Apostolic Nuncio

56.8 Ordained Bishop François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P. Bishop of Mende, France Bishop of Luçon, France

87.7 Died Antonio Magnoni † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of

46.9 Installed Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F. Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe Bishop Emeritus

86.3 Died Patrick Laurence Murphy † Bishop Emeritus of Broken Bay, Australia

81.1 Died Michael Rozario † Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

55.2 Installed Andrews Thazhath Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

19 Mar 52.9 Ordained Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

20 Mar 63.1 Appointed Josip Mrzljak Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 57.5 Appointed Odilo Pedro Scherer Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil

22 Mar 79.5 Died Marianus Arokiasamy † Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

75.0 Retired Joseph Henry Ganda † Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone Archbishop Emeritus

61.1 Appointed Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre Apostolic Nuncio to México Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

55.6 Ordained Bishop Gervas Rozario Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

47.9 Appointed Richard William Smith Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

23 Mar 52.3 Appointed Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) Archbishop

52.3 Appointed Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

47.2 Appointed José Luis Mendoza Corzo Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México

47.2 Appointed José Luis Mendoza Corzo Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México

24 Mar 47.1 Ordained Bishop Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S. Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

43.8 Ordained Bishop Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M. Coadjutor Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia Prelate

59.9 Ordained Bishop Domenico Mogavero Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Installed David Motiuk Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada

25 Mar 54.2 Ordained Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil

48.2 Installed Messias dos Reis Silveira Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

58.6 Installed Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente Bishop of Porto, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

48.7 Ordained Bishop Reinhard Pappenberger Titular Bishop of Aptuca Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

60.3 Installed Ângelo Pignoli Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

58.0 Died Eugenio Romero Pose † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

26 Mar 48.4 Appointed Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India

53.8 Succeeded Pierre Paul Oscar d’Ornellas, I.N.D.V. Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

46.6 Ordained Bishop Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D. Bishop of Bangued, Philippines

71.2 Died François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary † Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

44.3 Appointed Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

27 Mar 50.8 Appointed Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G. Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero, México Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

78.1 Died John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

28 Mar 60.7 Appointed Zeno Hastenteufel Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

58.2 Installed George Vance Murry, S.J. † Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

29 Mar 65.0 Succeeded John Choi Young-su † Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

71.5 Resigned Paul Ri Moun-hi † Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

31 Mar 74.1 Resigned Thomas Bhalerao, S.J. † Bishop of Nashik, India Bishop Emeritus

49.2 Ordained Bishop Claudio Giuliodori Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy

46.6 Installed Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D. Bishop of Bangued, Philippines

78.2 Retired Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe † Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

42.3 Appointed Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	84.8	Died	Marc Yuan Wen Zai †	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
1 Mar	44.8	Appointed	Paulin Kouabénan N`Gnamé †	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
3 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B.	Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México	Prelate Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Kazimierz Nycz	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Mar	54.6	Installed	Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C.	Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
74.5	Installed	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
68.4	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Vulturia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia
5 Mar	79.2	Died	José Ivo Lorscheiter †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
47.7	Installed	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
6 Mar	59.5	Appointed	Kevin Joseph Farrell	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
75.6	Retired	Charles Victor Grahmann †	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Glen John Provost	Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
7 Mar	64.1	Appointed	Angelo Bagnasco	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
62.1	Appointed	Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Appointed	Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
76.0	Ceased	Camillo Ruini	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
8 Mar	50.6	Installed	Isabelo Caiban Abarquez	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
64.9	Appointed	António José Cavaco Carrilho	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
66.9	Resigned	Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí †	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
76.5	Retired	Teodoro de Faria	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Tarcisio Pillolla †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.5	Appointed	Giovanni Paolo Zedda	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. †	Titular Bishop of Bapara	Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
60.3	Appointed	Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P.	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
68.1	Resigned	Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis Urbanč	Coadjutor Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Bishop
11 Mar	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Messias dos Reis Silveira	Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
52.2	Installed	Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P.	Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Ângelo Pignoli	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	56.6	Appointed	Fabio Martínez Castilla †	Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
14 Mar	82.8	Died	Miguel Ángel Rafael María de Santa Teresita del Nino Jesús Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
51.8	Appointed	Ludovikus Simanullang, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia
56.3	Installed	John Charles Wester	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
15 Mar	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Emigdio Duarte Figueroa	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
89.2	Died	[Bonaventura Luo Juan (Luo Jung)] †	Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China
36.1	Succeeded	Paul Ma Cunguo	Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China
76.0	Retired	István Seregély †	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus
50.3	Resigned	Tamás Szabó	Bishop of Hungary, Military
53.2	Appointed	Csaba Ternyák	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
17 Mar	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Félémou †	Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
94.2	Died	Frane Franić †	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
18 Mar	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Leo Boccardi	Titular Archbishop of Bitettum	Apostolic Nuncio
56.8	Ordained Bishop	François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop of Luçon, France
87.7	Died	Antonio Magnoni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
46.9	Installed	Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F.	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
86.3	Died	Patrick Laurence Murphy †	Bishop Emeritus of Broken Bay, Australia
81.1	Died	Michael Rozario †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
55.2	Installed	Andrews Thazhath	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
19 Mar	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Hugo Norberto Santiago	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
20 Mar	63.1	Appointed	Josip Mrzljak	Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	57.5	Appointed	Odilo Pedro Scherer	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
22 Mar	79.5	Died	Marianus Arokiasamy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
75.0	Retired	Joseph Henry Ganda †	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus
61.1	Appointed	Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre	Apostolic Nuncio to México	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Gervas Rozario	Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
47.9	Appointed	Richard William Smith	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
23 Mar	52.3	Appointed	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil	Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Archbishop
52.3	Appointed	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
47.2	Appointed	José Luis Mendoza Corzo	Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
47.2	Appointed	José Luis Mendoza Corzo	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
24 Mar	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.	Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia	Prelate
59.9	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Mogavero	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Installed	David Motiuk	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
25 Mar	54.2	Ordained Bishop	João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M.	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48.2	Installed	Messias dos Reis Silveira	Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
58.6	Installed	Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente	Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Reinhard Pappenberger	Titular Bishop of Aptuca	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
60.3	Installed	Ângelo Pignoli	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
58.0	Died	Eugenio Romero Pose †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
26 Mar	48.4	Appointed	Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal	Archbishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India
53.8	Succeeded	Pierre Paul Oscar d’Ornellas, I.N.D.V.	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D.	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines
71.2	Died	François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary †	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
44.3	Appointed	Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
27 Mar	50.8	Appointed	Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G.	Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero, México	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
78.1	Died	John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
28 Mar	60.7	Appointed	Zeno Hastenteufel	Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
58.2	Installed	George Vance Murry, S.J. †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
29 Mar	65.0	Succeeded	John Choi Young-su †	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
71.5	Resigned	Paul Ri Moun-hi †	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Mar	74.1	Resigned	Thomas Bhalerao, S.J. †	Bishop of Nashik, India	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Giuliodori	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Macerata, Italy
46.6	Installed	Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D.	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines
78.2	Retired	Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe †	Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
42.3	Appointed	Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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