Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Mar | 84.2 | Died | Paul Kim Ok-kyun † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South) | |
2 Mar | 56.5 | Appointed | Charles Martin Wamika | Bishop of Jinja, Uganda | |
79.3 | Retired | Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. † | Bishop of Jinja, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus | |
3 Mar | 76.2 | Retired | George Riashi, B.C. † | Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek) | Archbishop Emeritus |
4 Mar | 82.1 | Died | Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México | |
49.9 | Installed | Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P. | Bishop of Parramatta, Australia | Archbishop of Sydney, Australia | |
43.5 | Ordained Bishop | Arūnas Poniškaitis | Titular Bishop of Sinna | Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania | |
81.3 | Retired | Juozas Tunaitis † | Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
6 Mar | 67.4 | Installed | Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B. | Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
66.4 | Appointed | Valentino Di Cerbo | Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.3 | Installed | José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil | Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
7 Mar | 63.1 | Installed | Vicente Costa | Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
8 Mar | 52.6 | Installed | Joe Steve Vásquez | Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA | |
10 Mar | 85.6 | Died | Vincent Mensah † | Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin | |
11 Mar | 58.1 | Appointed | John Douglas Deshotel | Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA | Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA |
58.1 | Appointed | John Douglas Deshotel | Titular Bishop of Cova | Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA | |
76.4 | Retired | Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier | Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.1 | Appointed | Mark Joseph Seitz | Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA | Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | |
56.1 | Appointed | Mark Joseph Seitz | Titular Bishop of Cozyla | Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA | |
48.9 | Appointed | Jorge Solórzano Pérez | Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua | ||
12 Mar | 65.0 | Appointed | Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger | Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France | Bishop Emeritus |
75.0 | Retired | Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France | Bishop Emeritus | |
13 Mar | 67.9 | Appointed | Ricardo Blázquez Pérez | Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
57.8 | Ordained Bishop | Samuel Irenios Kattukallil | Titular Bishop of Tamalluma | Bishop of Pathanamthitta (Syro-Malankara), India | |
46.1 | Ordained Bishop | Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai | Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India | ||
75.0 | Retired | Paul John Marx, M.S.C. † | Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.3 | Appointed | Eugene Martin Nugent | Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritius | Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait | |
51.3 | Appointed | Eugene Martin Nugent | Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles | Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait | |
53.8 | Succeeded | Patrick Taval, M.S.C. † | Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea | ||
57.8 | Ordained Bishop | Philippos Stephanos Thottathil | Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto | Bishop of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace (Syro-Malankara), USA | |
54.3 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C. | Titular Bishop of Igilgili | Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India | |
50.9 | Resigned | Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. † | Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus | |
14 Mar | 46.1 | Installed | Vincent Paulos Kulapuravilai | Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India | |
63.8 | Installed | Antonio Lanfranchi † | Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy | ||
15 Mar | 57.7 | Appointed | Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
57.7 | Appointed | Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. | Titular Bishop of Summa | Archbishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina | |
66.6 | Appointed | Stanislav Lipovšek | Bishop of Celje, Slovenia | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.9 | Appointed | Želimir Puljić | Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
17 Mar | 76.6 | Retired | Augusto Alves da Rocha | Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
49.9 | Appointed | Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos | Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil | Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil | |
57.5 | Appointed | Milan Šašik, C.M. † | Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine | ||
18 Mar | 57.7 | Appointed | Jacques Raymond Germain Benoit-Gonnin, Comm. l'Emm. | Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France | |
77.4 | Retired | Charles Caruana † | Bishop of Gibraltar | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.0 | Appointed | Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Gibraltar | Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain | |
69.0 | Succeeded | Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka | Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.2 | Selected | Paul Lei Shiyin (Chiyin) | Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China | ||
75.2 | Retired | Faustin Ngabu | Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.4 | Ordained Bishop | Eugene Martin Nugent | Titular Archbishop of Domnach Sechnaill | Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait | |
67.3 | Appointed | Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B. | Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea | Archbishop Emeritus | |
82.3 | Died | Zygmunt Józef Pawłowicz † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland | ||
49.4 | Ordained Bishop | Piero Pioppo | Titular Archbishop of Torcello | Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia | |
52.4 | Ordained Bishop | Novatus Rugambwa | Titular Archbishop of Tagaria | Apostolic Nuncio | |
19 Mar | 50.0 | Appointed | Vilson Basso, S.C.I. | Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil |
55.9 | Died | Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy | ||
76.0 | Retired | Luís d’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Salutaris Melchior Libena | Titular Bishop of Sutunurca | Bishop of Ifakara, Tanzania | |
54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea | Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
43.5 | Ordained Bishop | Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa | Titular Bishop of Mozotcori | Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania | |
43.7 | Ordained Bishop | Waldemar Passini Dalbello | Titular Bishop of Membressa | Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil | |
60.6 | Appointed | Joan Enric Vives Sicilia | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Urgell, Spain | Bishop | |
20 Mar | 50.0 | Ordained Bishop | Vjekoslav Huzjak | Bishop of Bjelovar-Križevci, Croatia | |
80.7 | Died | Fernando Iório Rodrigues † | Bishop Emeritus of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil | ||
48.9 | Appointed | Dominic Kimengich | Auxiliary Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya | Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya | |
48.9 | Appointed | Dominic Kimengich | Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa | Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya | |
56.7 | Ordained Bishop | Calogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy | ||
62.1 | Appointed | Gino Reali | Apostolic Administrator of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy | |
64.4 | Ordained Bishop | Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero | Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay | Bishop Emeritus | |
39.7 | Ordained Bishop | Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. | Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra | Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia | |
22 Mar | 86.7 | Died | Franco Gualdrini † | Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy | |
88.7 | Died | Leroy Theodore Matthiesen † | Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA | ||
23 Mar | 62.5 | Installed | Óscar Armando Campos Contreras | Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México |
41.2 | Appointed | Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde | Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia | ||
24 Mar | 65.8 | Appointed | Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. † | Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique | |
73.5 | Resigned | John Magee, S.P.S. | Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland | Bishop Emeritus | |
73.6 | Died | José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco | ||
25 Mar | 49.1 | Ordained Bishop | Donald Joseph Bolen | Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
73.5 | Resigned | Andreas Choi Chang-mou | Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
53.8 | Ordained Bishop | Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta | Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
63.0 | Succeeded | Hyginus Kim Hee-jong | Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
65.4 | Installed | Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe) | Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.5 | Ordained Bishop | William Michael Mulvey | Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | ||
46.6 | Appointed | Jean de Dieu Raoelison | Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar | Archbishop | |
46.6 | Appointed | Jean de Dieu Raoelison | Titular Bishop of Corniculana | Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
59.8 | Installed | Alberto Taveira Corrêa | Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil | ||
27 Mar | 49.9 | Appointed | Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P. | Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire | |
75.3 | Retired | Paul Dacoury-Tabley | Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.7 | Appointed | Petar Antun Rajič | Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen | Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | |
50.7 | Appointed | Petar Antun Rajič | Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates | Apostolic Nuncio to Italy | |
29 Mar | 63.0 | Appointed | John ’Oke Afareha | Bishop of Warri, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus |
61.1 | Ceased | Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. | Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria | |
62.3 | Succeeded | Christophe Dufour | Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
74.0 | Resigned | Claude Feidt † | Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
66.0 | Appointed | Jean Marie Vũ Tất | Auxiliary Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
66.0 | Appointed | Jean Marie Vũ Tất | Titular Bishop of Thisiduo | Bishop Emeritus of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam | |
30 Mar | 63.0 | Installed | John ’Oke Afareha | Bishop of Warri, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus |
80.6 | Died | Josef Homeyer † | Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany | ||
63.4 | Appointed | Luis Madrid Merlano | Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
31 Mar | 59.8 | Appointed | William Hanna Shomali | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine | |
59.8 | Appointed | William Hanna Shomali | Titular Bishop of Lydda | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine |
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