Year 1983, March, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title Mar66.3ResignedIgino Eugenio Cardinale †Permanent Observer to Council of EuropeApostolic Nuncio to Belgium 1 Mar49.5AppointedStanley Girard SchlarmanBishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus 25.7ProfessedJorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D.Member of Society of the Divine WordBishop of Valparaíso, Chile 51.5AppointedThomas Anthony White †Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to EthiopiaApostolic Nuncio 69.1DiedSaverio Zupi †Apostolic Nuncio 2 Mar43.0AppointedLuigi BressanPermanent Observer to Council of EuropeArchbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy 95.9DiedGiuseppe Rossi †Titular Bishop of Palmyra 3 Mar75.0RetiredRomán Acevedo Rojas †Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 77.8DiedÉmilien Frenette †Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada 4 Mar53.9AppointedAntônio Possamai, S.D.B. †Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, BrazilBishop Emeritus 5 Mar78.2DiedJoseph Michael McGee †Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain 6 Mar32.9Perpetual VowsLode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O.Member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict ObservanceBishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium 7 Mar84.2DiedBuenaventura Jáuregui Prieto †Bishop Emeritus of Zipaquirá, Colombia 50.1AppointedEugenio Ravignani †Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy 8 Mar26.6Solemn VowsYosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U.Member of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine 62.9InstalledJosé María Montes †Bishop of Chascomús, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus 9 Mar61.6Ordained BishopRaymund Wang Chong Lin †Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], ChinaBishop Emeritus 12 Mar85.4ExcommunicatedPierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục †Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam 24.0Ordained PriestPablo Virgilio Siongco DavidPriest of San Fernando, PhilippinesCardinal, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines 13 Mar47.9InstalledLorenzo Chiarinelli †Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy 53.2InstalledJózef Glemp †Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in TrastevereCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland 42.8Ordained BishopAntoine NtalouBishop of Yagoua, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon 14 Mar46.2AppointedAlcides Jorge Pedro CasarettoCoadjutor Bishop of San Isidro, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus 15 Mar58.5Ordained BishopJosyf Holovach †BishopAuxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine 66.9RetiredRubén Isaza Restrepo †Archbishop of Cartagena, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus 16 Mar67.3Ordained BishopStephen Li Xinzheng †Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China 17 Mar55.9ResignedLeo Rajendram Antony †Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus 72.3ResignedRaimundo Cesare Bergamin, S.X. †Bishop of Padang, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus 40.6AppointedJoseph Vianney FernandoBishop of Kandy, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus 41.8AppointedPeter Joseph KairoBishop of Muranga, KenyaArchbishop Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya 45.9AppointedFerdinand Maemba LiwokeAuxiliary Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus 45.9AppointedFerdinand Maemba LiwokeTitular Bishop of BalianaBishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 44.3AppointedVicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. †Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, PhilippinesVicar Apostolic Emeritus 44.3AppointedVicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. †Titular Bishop of AlbulaeVicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines 69.3RetiredAppasinghe Paul Perera †Bishop of Kandy, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus 53.9AppointedMichael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †Bishop of Dundee, South AfricaBishop Emeritus 36.9AppointedMartinus Dogma Situmorang, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Padang, Indonesia 46.2AppointedJoseph Kingsley SwampillaiBishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka 54.8AppointedPierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. †Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, CameroonBishop Emeritus 62.2AppointedLambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Bertoua, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Bertoua, Cameroon 18 Mar26.0Ordained PriestJosé Reginaldo AndriettaPriest of Limeira, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil 64.7InstalledJorge Manuel López †Archbishop of Rosario, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus 61.1AppointedEnrico Manfredini †Archbishop of Bologna, Italy 59.0AppointedSilvano Piovanelli †Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 19 Mar25.9Ordained DeaconMariusz LeszczyńskiDeacon of Lviv, UkraineAuxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland 47.9Ordained BishopJosé Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira †Titular Bishop of ElvasBishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo, Portugal 25.7Ordained PriestMarco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.Priest of Order of Friars Minor ConventualArchbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy 20 Mar57.1InstalledEstanislao Esteban KarlicCoadjutor Archbishop of Paraná, ArgentinaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 21 Mar72.0DiedFrancesco Sanmartino †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy 61.2InstalledThomas Jerome Welsh †Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus 22 Mar51.5AppointedTadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, PolandArchbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland 51.5AppointedTadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †Titular Bishop of BeneventumArchbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland 23 Mar60.8AppointedGiovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. †Bishop of Ales e Terralba, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy 52.5DiedPhilip James Anthony Kennedy †Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia 24 Mar66.4DiedIgino Eugenio Cardinale †Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium 73.0DiedJosé Adelino Dantas †Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil 89.5DiedAurelio Marena †Bishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy 45.1Ordained BishopRaul José Quimpo Martirez †Bishop of San Jose de Antique, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 59.1Ordained PriestDamase Zhang Hanmin †PriestBishop of Jilin [Kirin], China 25 Mar54.2Ordained BishopOscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †Bishop of Tacna, PeruBishop Emeritus of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru 44.5AppointedRobert Henry Brom †Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USABishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA 29.8Ordained PriestFernando Miguel Gil Eisner †Priest of Morón, ArgentinaBishop of Salto, Uruguay 52.5AppointedLawrence Joyce Kenney †Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military 52.5AppointedLawrence Joyce Kenney †Titular Bishop of HólarAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military 46.7AppointedWilliam Joseph Levada †Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USACardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 46.7AppointedWilliam Joseph Levada †Titular Bishop of CapreaeCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 48.8Ordained BishopSlavomir Miklovš †Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), CroatiaBishop Emeritus 59.8AppointedDonald William Montrose †Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USABishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA 59.8AppointedDonald William Montrose †Titular Bishop of Forum NovumBishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA 77.2RetiredJohn Aloysius Murphy †Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus 23.0First VowsSimeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of MaryBishop of Ahiara, Nigeria 50.4AppointedGabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado †Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), AlgeriaBishop Emeritus 69.9ResignedJean Baptiste Joseph Scotto †Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), AlgeriaBishop Emeritus 43.7AppointedMichael Jarboe Sheehan †Bishop of Lubbock, Texas, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 44.0AppointedJosé Mário StroeherAuxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 44.0AppointedJosé Mário StroeherTitular Bishop of NicivesBishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 54.1AppointedJohn Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great BritainArchbishop Emeritus 26 Mar74.8RetiredLionel Audet †Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, CanadaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 72.9DiedStanislaw Jakiel †Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland 50.5AppointedPedro Rubiano Sàenz †Coadjutor Archbishop of Cali, ColombiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia 69.3DiedLouis Van Steene, M. Afr. †Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 28 Mar27.7Ordained DeaconAlojzij Cvikl, S.J.Deacon of Society of JesusArchbishop of Maribor, Slovenia 77.5DiedMartien Antoon Jansen †Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands 29 Mar72.4DiedRémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti 60.2AppointedJoseph Thomas Dimino †Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, MilitaryArchbishop Emeritus 60.2AppointedJoseph Thomas Dimino †Titular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military 54.4AppointedFrancis Xavier Roque †Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, MilitaryAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 54.4AppointedFrancis Xavier Roque †Titular Bishop of BagaiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military 31 Mar72.9DiedAugustin Farah †Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon 75.0RetiredBernard Joseph Flanagan †Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USABishop Emeritus 38.6IncardinatedTommaso GhirelliPriest of Bologna, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy 27.1Ordained PriestJózef Piotr KupnyPriest of Katowice, PolandArchbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland 39.5ConvertedPaul Joseph Swain †Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA 33.0Ordained PriestJorge VázquezPriest of Lomas de Zamora, ArgentinaBishop of Morón, Argentina