The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 54.1 Appointed Guilherme Porto Administrator of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

1 Mar 31.4 Appointed Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso Official of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

71.1 Resigned Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel † Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

2 Mar 54.4 Ordained Bishop Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop

72.2 Confirmed Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz Prelate of Tibú, Colombia Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia

70.3 Appointed Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

77.9 Retired Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. † Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

3 Mar 62.2 Installed Pietro Brollo † Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy

56.7 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. † Coadjutor Bishop of Saurimo, Angola Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola

85.3 Died John Joseph Krol † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

64.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan

85.5 Died Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa

4 Mar 83.6 Died Gerhard Schaffran † Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany

5 Mar 50.3 Ordained Bishop John Raymond Manz † Titular Bishop of Mulia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 Mar 71.3 Appointed Lajos Kada † Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra Apostolic Nuncio

70.0 Appointed Luigi de Magistris † Titular Bishop of Nova Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

7 Mar 57.8 Appointed James Vernon Weisgerber Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

8 Mar 51.2 Appointed José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization

51.2 Appointed José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Titular Bishop of Troyna Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization

54.7 Appointed Fernando Sabogal Viana † Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

54.7 Appointed Fernando Sabogal Viana † Titular Bishop of Muteci Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

93.0 Died Alfredo Vicente Scherer † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

48.9 Appointed Oscar Urbina Ortega Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

48.9 Appointed Oscar Urbina Ortega Titular Bishop of Forconium Archbishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

9 Mar 28.1 Ordained Priest Elias Lumayog Ayuban Jr., C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop-Elect of Cubao, Philippines

88.6 Died Paolo Carta † Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy

33.6 Ordained Priest Dominic Ðặng Văn Cầu Priest of Thái Bình, Viet Nam Bishop

69.1 Ordained Bishop Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. † Bishop of Kabale, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Constantin Guirma † Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

38.6 Appointed Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya Bishop of Kericho, Kenya

38.6 Appointed Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum Bishop of Kericho, Kenya

53.4 Appointed Thaddée Ntihinyurwa Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda Archbishop Emeritus

54.2 Appointed Giovanni Tonucci Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

10 Mar 38.2 Ordained Priest Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei Priest of Opus Dei Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

62.9 Ordained Bishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre † Coadjutor Bishop of Malanje, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola

11 Mar 76.0 Retired Ivo Gugić † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Ilija Janjić Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop Emeritus

62.2 Ordained Bishop Robert Patrick Maginnis † Titular Bishop of Siminina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

49.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Francis Martino Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

75.8 Retired Ciriaco Scanzillo † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 50.7 Installed Gerald Richard Barnes Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA Bishop Emeritus

13 Mar 47.3 Appointed Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar

43.2 Appointed Anastase Mutabazi Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Appointed Servilien Nzakamwita Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

15 Mar 64.2 Appointed Eugene Jerome Cooney Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

66.6 Died Czesław Domin † Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

76.1 Retired José Antonio Infantes Florido † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández Bishop of Córdoba, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

25.6 Ordained Priest Gustavo Alejandro Montini Priest of Rafaela, Argentina Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina

16 Mar 43.2 Ordained Bishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. † Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

47.3 Appointed Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. Apostolic Administrator of Lashio, Myanmar Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar

58.1 Appointed Giuseppe Molinari Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Tobji Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria Archbishop

17 Mar 31.4 Solemn Vows Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D. Member of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile

165.0 Beatified St. Daniele Comboni, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan

130.9 Beatified St. Guido Maria Conforti † Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

46.7 Ordained Bishop José Nambi † Coadjutor Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola Bishop

18 Mar 61.5 Appointed Ambrose Battista De Paoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

51.9 Appointed Rino Passigato Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Apostolic Nuncio

27.3 Solemn Vows Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X. Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers Bishop of Padang, Indonesia

19 Mar 63.8 Installed John Jerome Cunneen † Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

27.4 Ordained Deacon Zenildo Lima da Silva Deacon of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

84.0 Died Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria

27.8 Ordained Priest Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador

45.9 Ordained Bishop Clément-Joseph Hannouche † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

55.0 Ordained Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.2 Installed Robert William Muench Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

24.1 Ordained Priest Roberto Yenny García Priest of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México

20 Mar 59.0 Ordained Bishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

21 Mar 60.5 Died João Bergese † Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23 Mar 25.1 Ordained Priest Paul Ma Cunguo Priest Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China

54.9 Ordained Bishop Walter Mixa Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

24 Mar 86.2 Died Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi

57.0 Installed Enrico Masseroni † Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

25 Mar 58.9 Succeeded José María Arancibia Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

28.5 Solemn Vows Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia

46.2 Appointed Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Bishop of Málaga, Spain

46.2 Appointed Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez Titular Bishop of Urusi Bishop of Málaga, Spain

64.3 Installed Antons Justs † Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Jan Mazur † Bishop of Siedlce, Poland Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Ordained Bishop José Moreira de Melo Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed Jesús Murgui Soriano Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

49.9 Appointed Jesús Murgui Soriano Titular Bishop of Lete Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

64.4 Appointed Jan Wiktor Nowak † Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

56.9 Ordained Bishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien Titular Bishop of Thizica Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

75.5 Retired Cándido Genaro Rubiolo † Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

27 Mar 45.8 Appointed Alberto Taveira Corrêa Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

29 Mar 40.7 Appointed John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA

58.0 Appointed Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar

44.3 Appointed Stefan Soroka Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

44.3 Appointed Stefan Soroka Titular Bishop of Acarassus Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

30 Mar 73.7 Retired Joseph Candolfi † Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Priest Ladislav Hučko Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)

72.9 Ordained Bishop Ivan Ljavinec † Titular Bishop of Acalissus Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)

85.5 Died Angelo Scapecchi † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

55.1 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) † Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	54.1	Appointed	Guilherme Porto	Administrator of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Mar	31.4	Appointed	Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso	Official of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
71.1	Resigned	Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel †	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
2 Mar	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop
72.2	Confirmed	Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Quintero Díaz	Prelate of Tibú, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
70.3	Appointed	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
77.9	Retired	Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Mar	62.2	Installed	Pietro Brollo †	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saurimo, Angola	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
85.3	Died	John Joseph Krol †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
64.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
85.5	Died	Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa
4 Mar	83.6	Died	Gerhard Schaffran †	Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
5 Mar	50.3	Ordained Bishop	John Raymond Manz †	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 Mar	71.3	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra	Apostolic Nuncio
70.0	Appointed	Luigi de Magistris †	Titular Bishop of Nova	Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
7 Mar	57.8	Appointed	James Vernon Weisgerber	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
8 Mar	51.2	Appointed	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
51.2	Appointed	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas	Titular Bishop of Troyna	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
54.7	Appointed	Fernando Sabogal Viana †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
54.7	Appointed	Fernando Sabogal Viana †	Titular Bishop of Muteci	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
93.0	Died	Alfredo Vicente Scherer †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
48.9	Appointed	Oscar Urbina Ortega	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
48.9	Appointed	Oscar Urbina Ortega	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Archbishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
9 Mar	28.1	Ordained Priest	Elias Lumayog Ayuban Jr., C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop-Elect of Cubao, Philippines
88.6	Died	Paolo Carta †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
33.6	Ordained Priest	Dominic Ðặng Văn Cầu	Priest of Thái Bình, Viet Nam	Bishop
69.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Constantin Guirma †	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
38.6	Appointed	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
38.6	Appointed	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich	Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
53.4	Appointed	Thaddée Ntihinyurwa	Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda	Archbishop Emeritus
54.2	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
10 Mar	38.2	Ordained Priest	Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei	Priest of Opus Dei	Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre †	Coadjutor Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola
11 Mar	76.0	Retired	Ivo Gugić †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Ilija Janjić	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Patrick Maginnis †	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis Martino	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
75.8	Retired	Ciriaco Scanzillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	50.7	Installed	Gerald Richard Barnes	Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	47.3	Appointed	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
43.2	Appointed	Anastase Mutabazi	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Appointed	Servilien Nzakamwita	Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	64.2	Appointed	Eugene Jerome Cooney	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Died	Czesław Domin †	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
76.1	Retired	José Antonio Infantes Florido †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
25.6	Ordained Priest	Gustavo Alejandro Montini	Priest of Rafaela, Argentina	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina
16 Mar	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
47.3	Appointed	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Lashio, Myanmar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
58.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Molinari	Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Tobji	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop
17 Mar	31.4	Solemn Vows	Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.	Member of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
165.0	Beatified	St. Daniele Comboni, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan
130.9	Beatified	St. Guido Maria Conforti †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
46.7	Ordained Bishop	José Nambi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola	Bishop
18 Mar	61.5	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
51.9	Appointed	Rino Passigato	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio
27.3	Solemn Vows	Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X.	Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Bishop of Padang, Indonesia
19 Mar	63.8	Installed	John Jerome Cunneen †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
27.4	Ordained Deacon	Zenildo Lima da Silva	Deacon of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
84.0	Died	Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria
27.8	Ordained Priest	Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Clément-Joseph Hannouche †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.2	Installed	Robert William Muench	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
24.1	Ordained Priest	Roberto Yenny García	Priest of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
20 Mar	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Mar	60.5	Died	João Bergese †	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Paul Ma Cunguo	Priest	Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Walter Mixa	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
24 Mar	86.2	Died	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
57.0	Installed	Enrico Masseroni †	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Mar	58.9	Succeeded	José María Arancibia	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
28.5	Solemn Vows	Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
46.2	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
46.2	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
64.3	Installed	Antons Justs †	Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Jan Mazur †	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Ordained Bishop	José Moreira de Melo	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
49.9	Appointed	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
64.4	Appointed	Jan Wiktor Nowak †	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Titular Bishop of Thizica	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
75.5	Retired	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Mar	45.8	Appointed	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
29 Mar	40.7	Appointed	John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean	Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA
58.0	Appointed	Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar
44.3	Appointed	Stefan Soroka	Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
44.3	Appointed	Stefan Soroka	Titular Bishop of Acarassus	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
30 Mar	73.7	Retired	Joseph Candolfi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Priest	Ladislav Hučko	Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
72.9	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Ljavinec †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
85.5	Died	Angelo Scapecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
55.1	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso

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