The Year of Our Lord 2010

Bishop Events

March

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

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

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
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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