The Year of Our Lord 1968

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 54.0 Appointed João (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil

62.4 Appointed Franjo Šeper † Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

2 Mar 63.0 Appointed Coleman Francis Carroll † Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

47.0 Appointed Terence James Cooke † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

44.1 Appointed René Fernández Apaza † Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

56.1 Appointed Georges Benoit Gassongo † Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

35.3 Incardinated Joseph Keith Symons Priest of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

65.1 Appointed Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Gibba Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

65.1 Resigned Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 49.3 Appointed Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa † Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

41.1 Ordained Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas † Bishop of Copiapó, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile

46.6 Ordained Bishop Curiacos Moussess † Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq

4 Mar 49.7 Ordained Bishop Anthony Joseph Emery † Titular Bishop of Tamallula Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

54.3 Installed George Henry Guilfoyle † Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Aloysius John Wycislo † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

5 Mar 52.7 Installed Stephen John Kocisko † Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

74.2 Died Joseph Malouf, S.M.S.P. † Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Born Simon Ok Hyun-jjn Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)

Born Dennis Edward Spies Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

6 Mar 86.4 Died Ettore Baranzini † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

57.3 Succeeded Giuseppe Bonfiglioli † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

47.3 Appointed Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

61.7 Appointed John Joseph Scanlan † Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Bishop Emeritus

69.7 Appointed James Joseph Sweeney † Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

69.7 Resigned James Joseph Sweeney † Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Bishop Emeritus

68.5 Appointed Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. † Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

68.5 Resigned Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

26.4 Perpetual Vows Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

7 Mar 52.3 Appointed Joseph Babana † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

59.2 Appointed Gabriel Koda † Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

8 Mar 38.1 Appointed Thomas John Gumbleton † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

38.1 Appointed Thomas John Gumbleton † Titular Bishop of Ululi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Born João Carlos Hatoa Nunes Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique

48.0 Appointed Walter Joseph Schoenherr † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Appointed Walter Joseph Schoenherr † Titular Bishop of Timidana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

39.6 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

9 Mar 23.0 Ordained Priest Michael Aidan Courtney † Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

24.0 Ordained Priest Richard Brendan Higgins Priest of Sacramento, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

54.8 Appointed Thomas Joseph Mardaga † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

10 Mar 57.4 Selected Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

57.4 Selected Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

46.9 Ordained Bishop John McCormack † Bishop of Meath, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

11 Mar 52.1 Appointed Christophe Adimou † Bishop of Lokossa, Benin Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

40.8 Appointed Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. † Prefect of Yagoua, Cameroon Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon

40.6 Appointed Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. † Prefect of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon

54.7 Appointed Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Bamaccora Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

59.0 Appointed Félix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan

46.9 Succeeded Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. † Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam

56.2 Appointed Benjamin de Souza Gomes † Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 59.3 Appointed John Joseph Cassata † Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

59.3 Appointed John Joseph Cassata † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

42.1 Appointed Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop

42.1 Appointed Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

Born Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo Bishop-Elect of Surabaya, Indonesia

70.0 Appointed Benjamin Ibberson Webster † Titular Bishop of Tigamibena Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

70.0 Resigned Benjamin Ibberson Webster † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

13 Mar 42.8 Appointed Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida † Prelate of Calama, Chile Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile

42.8 Appointed Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida † Titular Bishop of Burca Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile

14 Mar 60.8 Succeeded Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † Bishop of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

53.3 Ordained Bishop Dennis Walter Hickey † Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

84.1 Retired Achille Liénart † Bishop of Lille, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

Born Paolo Ricciardi Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

15 Mar 56.4 Died Edward Jan Muszyński † Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

16 Mar 55.1 Appointed Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sufes Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France

45.5 Appointed Serafín Vásquez Elizalde † Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

76.0 Died Emmet Michael Walsh † Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

17 Mar 29.0 Ordained Priest Youhanna Fouad El-Hage † Priest of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

Born Paul He Zinqing Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China

18 Mar Born Rafael Valdivieso Miranda Bishop of Chitré, Panama

19 Mar 60.0 Ordained Bishop Román Acevedo Rojas † Titular Bishop of Thamugadi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

31.0 Ordained Priest Raymundo Damasceno Assis Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

64.7 Ceased William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. † Apostolic Administrator of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

64.6 Ordained Bishop Pietro Gazzoli † Titular Bishop of Forum Flaminii Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

47.5 Ordained Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

57.5 Ordained Bishop André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

24.3 Ordained Priest Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Apostolic Nuncio

38.5 Ordained Bishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

20 Mar Born António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique

57.5 Confirmed Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

57.5 Confirmed Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

31.0 Ordained Priest Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan

22 Mar 65.7 Appointed James Buis, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

23 Mar 28.4 Ordained Priest Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. Priest of Ahmedabad, India Archbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India

73.2 Appointed Jan Nowicki † Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine

73.2 Appointed Jan Nowicki † Titular Bishop of Pupiana Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine

24 Mar 48.3 Ordained Bishop Luigi Bongianino † Titular Bishop of Vulturia Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy

53.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Sipendi † Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania

37.0 Ordained Bishop Bienvenido Solon Tudtud † Titular Bishop of Thimida Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

27.1 Ordained Priest Carlo Maria Viganò Priest of Pavia, Italy Apostolic Nuncio

25 Mar 63.6 Installed John Joseph Carberry † Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

45.2 Ordained Bishop Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

26.0 Ordained Priest Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

50.0 Installed Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka † Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

51.6 Ordained Bishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

82.5 Died Ignacy Swirski † Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

26 Mar 63.8 Appointed Gabriel Auguste François Marty † Archbishop of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

27 Mar 48.6 Appointed Silvio Maria Dário † Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

70.8 Appointed Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Lilybaeum Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

70.8 Resigned Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

56.9 Died Paul John Hallinan † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

56.2 Appointed Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni † Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

66.3 Appointed Alfredo Rubio Diaz † Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

29 Mar 73.7 Died James Black † Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain

63.8 Appointed Gabriel Auguste François Marty † Vicar Apostolic of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

50.1 Ordained Bishop Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar 22.9 Ordained Priest Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

24.5 Ordained Priest Valentino Di Cerbo Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy

58.8 Ordained Bishop Francis Ekka † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India Bishop of Raigarh, India

59.4 Appointed Aníbal Muñoz Duque † Titular Archbishop of Cariana Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

25.0 Ordained Priest Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos † Priest Bishop of Butuan, Philippines

24.5 Ordained Priest Sergio Lasam Utleg Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

25.3 Ordained Priest Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz Priest of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

31 Mar 25.6 Ordained Priest Adriano Bernardini Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Apostolic Nuncio

42.1 Ordained Bishop Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	54.0	Appointed	João (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Brazil
62.4	Appointed	Franjo Šeper †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
2 Mar	63.0	Appointed	Coleman Francis Carroll †	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
47.0	Appointed	Terence James Cooke †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
44.1	Appointed	René Fernández Apaza †	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
56.1	Appointed	Georges Benoit Gassongo †	Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
35.3	Incardinated	Joseph Keith Symons	Priest of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
65.1	Appointed	Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Gibba	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
65.1	Resigned	Émile Élie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	49.3	Appointed	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas †	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Curiacos Moussess †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Mar	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Joseph Emery †	Titular Bishop of Tamallula	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
54.3	Installed	George Henry Guilfoyle †	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar	52.7	Installed	Stephen John Kocisko †	Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
74.2	Died	Joseph Malouf, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	Born	Simon Ok Hyun-jjn		Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
	Born	Dennis Edward Spies		Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
6 Mar	86.4	Died	Ettore Baranzini †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
57.3	Succeeded	Giuseppe Bonfiglioli †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
47.3	Appointed	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
61.7	Appointed	John Joseph Scanlan †	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Bishop Emeritus
69.7	Appointed	James Joseph Sweeney †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii	Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
69.7	Resigned	James Joseph Sweeney †	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Bishop Emeritus
68.5	Appointed	Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
68.5	Resigned	Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
26.4	Perpetual Vows	Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
7 Mar	52.3	Appointed	Joseph Babana †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
59.2	Appointed	Gabriel Koda †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Mar	38.1	Appointed	Thomas John Gumbleton †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
38.1	Appointed	Thomas John Gumbleton †	Titular Bishop of Ululi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	Born	João Carlos Hatoa Nunes		Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique
48.0	Appointed	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Appointed	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †	Titular Bishop of Timidana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
39.6	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
9 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Michael Aidan Courtney †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
24.0	Ordained Priest	Richard Brendan Higgins	Priest of Sacramento, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
54.8	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Mardaga †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
10 Mar	57.4	Selected	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
57.4	Selected	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
46.9	Ordained Bishop	John McCormack †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	52.1	Appointed	Christophe Adimou †	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
40.8	Appointed	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Yagoua, Cameroon	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
40.6	Appointed	Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
54.7	Appointed	Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Bamaccora	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
59.0	Appointed	Félix Alvin D. Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla	Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Ryukyus), Japan
46.9	Succeeded	Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. †	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
56.2	Appointed	Benjamin de Souza Gomes †	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	59.3	Appointed	John Joseph Cassata †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
59.3	Appointed	John Joseph Cassata †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
42.1	Appointed	Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop
42.1	Appointed	Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
	Born	Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo		Bishop-Elect of Surabaya, Indonesia
70.0	Appointed	Benjamin Ibberson Webster †	Titular Bishop of Tigamibena	Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
70.0	Resigned	Benjamin Ibberson Webster †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	42.8	Appointed	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida †	Prelate of Calama, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
42.8	Appointed	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida †	Titular Bishop of Burca	Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
14 Mar	60.8	Succeeded	Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand †	Bishop of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Walter Hickey †	Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
84.1	Retired	Achille Liénart †	Bishop of Lille, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
	Born	Paolo Ricciardi		Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
15 Mar	56.4	Died	Edward Jan Muszyński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
16 Mar	55.1	Appointed	Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
45.5	Appointed	Serafín Vásquez Elizalde †	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
76.0	Died	Emmet Michael Walsh †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
17 Mar	29.0	Ordained Priest	Youhanna Fouad El-Hage †	Priest of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
	Born	Paul He Zinqing		Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
18 Mar		Born	Rafael Valdivieso Miranda		Bishop of Chitré, Panama
19 Mar	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Román Acevedo Rojas †	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
31.0	Ordained Priest	Raymundo Damasceno Assis	Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
64.7	Ceased	William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Gazzoli †	Titular Bishop of Forum Flaminii	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
57.5	Ordained Bishop	André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
24.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Apostolic Nuncio
38.5	Ordained Bishop	Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
20 Mar		Born	António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo		Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique
57.5	Confirmed	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
57.5	Confirmed	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
31.0	Ordained Priest	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka, Japan
22 Mar	65.7	Appointed	James Buis, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
23 Mar	28.4	Ordained Priest	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Priest of Ahmedabad, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India
73.2	Appointed	Jan Nowicki †	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
73.2	Appointed	Jan Nowicki †	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
24 Mar	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Bongianino †	Titular Bishop of Vulturia	Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sipendi †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Bienvenido Solon Tudtud †	Titular Bishop of Thimida	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
27.1	Ordained Priest	Carlo Maria Viganò	Priest of Pavia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
25 Mar	63.6	Installed	John Joseph Carberry †	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
26.0	Ordained Priest	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
50.0	Installed	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
82.5	Died	Ignacy Swirski †	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
26 Mar	63.8	Appointed	Gabriel Auguste François Marty †	Archbishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
27 Mar	48.6	Appointed	Silvio Maria Dário †	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.8	Appointed	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Lilybaeum	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.8	Resigned	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
56.9	Died	Paul John Hallinan †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
56.2	Appointed	Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni †	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Alfredo Rubio Diaz †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Mar	73.7	Died	James Black †	Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
63.8	Appointed	Gabriel Auguste François Marty †	Vicar Apostolic of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
24.5	Ordained Priest	Valentino Di Cerbo	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Francis Ekka †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India	Bishop of Raigarh, India
59.4	Appointed	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Titular Archbishop of Cariana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
25.0	Ordained Priest	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos †	Priest	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
24.5	Ordained Priest	Sergio Lasam Utleg	Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
25.3	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	Adriano Bernardini	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

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