Year 1961, March, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 2 Mar48.0AppointedGabriel Bukatko †Coadjutor Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), SerbiaArchbishop Emeritus 48.0AppointedGabriel Bukatko †Titular Archbishop of MocissusArchbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia 3 Mar71.5DiedJohn M. Collins, S.M.A. †Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia 4 Mar BornLuis Dario MartínAuxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina 5 Mar BornGregory John BittmanBishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 43.1Ordained BishopMarcelo González Martín †Bishop of Astorga, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain 74.2DiedJoseph Oscar Julien, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyassa, MalawiVicar Apostolic 6 Mar57.0Ordained BishopGaston-Marie Jacquier †Titular Bishop of SufasarAuxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria 50.8Ordained BishopFrançois-Louis-Marie Kervèadou †Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), FranceBishop Emeritus 78.6DiedMarcello Mimmi †Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation 46.6Ordained BishopValentino Vailati †Bishop of San Severo, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy 7 Mar53.2SelectedGabriel Abou-Saada †Titular BishopPatriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine 46.1Ordained BishopThomas Patrick Collins, M.M. †Titular Bishop of SufetulaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia 75.1AppointedAntonio Farage (Faraj) †Titular Archbishop of Damiata dei Greco-MelkitiPatriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) 50.8SelectedAugustin Farah †Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek)Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon 53.6Ordained BishopTheodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen †Titular Bishop of EumeniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands 50.9AppointedPius Kerketta, S.J. †Archbishop of Ranchi, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus BornYvan Mathieu, S.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada BornMarcos Pirán GómezAuxiliary Bishop of Holguín, Cuba 9 Mar45.3AppointedAlbert-Georges-Yves Malbois †Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, FranceBishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France 45.3AppointedAlbert-Georges-Yves Malbois †Titular Bishop of AltavaBishop Emeritus of Corbeil, France 10 Mar55.3AppointedGeorge Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. †Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 53.7AppointedHenry Joseph Soenneker †Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USABishop Emeritus 11 Mar BornGrégoire Marie CadorBishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France 12 Mar37.6Ordained BishopBl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti †Titular Bishop of LystraBishop of La Rioja, Argentina 48.1Ordained BishopPeter Han Kong-ryel †Titular Bishop of SagalassusArchbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) BornFrancisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria CoelhoArchbishop of Évora, Portugal 13 Mar BornVincent Zhan SiluBishop of Xiapu [Funing], China 14 Mar67.6AppointedCarlo Confalonieri †Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial CongregationCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals 16 Mar67.7AppointedEduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †Titular Bishop of TheuziBishop Emeritus of Cienfuegos, Cuba 67.7ResignedEduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. †Bishop of Cienfuegos, CubaBishop Emeritus 72.3AppointedAgostino Saba †Archbishop of Sassari, Italy 17 Mar BornDerio OliveroBishop of Pinerolo, Italy 18 Mar24.1Ordained PriestAudrys Juozas BačkisPriest of Kaunas, LithuaniaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania 24.6Ordained PriestFrancis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Malindi, Kenya 25.6Ordained PriestFortunato Baldelli †Priest of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, ItalyCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary 24.9Ordained PriestFrancesco CanaliniPriest of Osimo e Cingoli, ItalyApostolic Nuncio 26.3Ordained PriestFernando Robles Capalla †Priest of Jaro, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines 29.2Ordained PriestNicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 26.3Ordained PriestJesús María de Jesús MoyaPriest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic 32.5Ordained PriestGeorge Kinzie Fitzsimons †Priest of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USABishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA 25.5Ordained PriestJacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot †Priest of Langres, FranceTitular Bishop of Parthenia 39.9AppointedJosé Gomes †Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil 26.0Ordained PriestOnesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo †Priest of Dumaguete, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus of Capiz, Philippines 44.5AppointedWilliam Zephyrine Gomes †Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Poona, India 44.5AppointedWilliam Zephyrine Gomes †Titular Bishop of ParlaisBishop Emeritus of Poona, India 22.5Ordained DeaconJózef KowalczykDeacon of Warmia (Ermland), PolandArchbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland 24.3Ordained PriestNicolás de Jesús López RodríguezPriest of La Vega, Dominican RepublicCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 25.2Ordained PriestSincero Barcenilla Lucero †PriestBishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines 23.1Ordained PriestRaul José Quimpo Martirez †Priest of Capiz, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines BornMarek MendykBishop of Świdnica, Poland 25.4Ordained PriestVelasio De Paolis, C.S. †Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles BorromeoCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See 23.0Ordained PriestPaolo RomeoPriest of Acireale, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy 52.0InstalledCirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. †Apostolic Administrator of Illapel, ChilePrelate Emeritus 25.4Ordained PriestPaul Albert Zipfel †Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USABishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA 19 Mar24.8Ordained DeaconHugo Barrantes Ureña †Deacon of San Isidro de El General, Costa RicaArchbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica 27.8Ordained PriestRamón Búa Otero †PriestBishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain 66.3Ordained BishopEmmanuel Daddi †Bishop of Mossul (Chaldean), IraqArchbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq BornJeffrey Scott GrobArchbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA BornTitus Joseph MdoeBishop of Mtwara, Tanzania 47.9Ordained BishopVittorio Moietta †Bishop of Nicastro, Italy 23.7Ordained PriestAntonio Napoletano, C.Ss.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop Emeritus of Sessa Aurunca, Italy 28.2Ordained PriestJoseph Niangoran TekyPriest of Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireBishop Emeritus of Man, Côte d’Ivoire 23.3Ordained PriestChristian Vicente Fernandez Noel †PriestBishop Emeritus of Talibon, Philippines 38.2Ordained BishopAbdul-Ahad Sana †Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), IraqBishop Emeritus 20 Mar BornHovsep Joseph Bezazian (Bezouzou)Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian) 42.4AppointedMiguel González Ibarra †Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México 80.2RetiredJoseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek, NamibiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus BornĐuro HranićArchbishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia 48.1SucceededRudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek, NamibiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia 41.1AppointedCarlos Quintero Arce †Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México 21 Mar57.5ResignedJoseph Arregui y Yparaguirre, O.P. †Prefect of Kaohsiung, TaiwanPrefect Emeritus 42.0AppointedMarie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Niamey, NigerBishop Emeritus 38.7AppointedJoseph Cheng Tien-siang (Zheng Tianxiang), O.P. †Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan 48.8AppointedJohn Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. †Bishop of Taunggyi, MyanmarBishop Emeritus 32.2IncardinatedLucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang)Priest of Hsinchu, TaiwanBishop Emeritus 50.2AppointedStanislaus Lokuang †Bishop of Tainan, TaiwanArchbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan 67.8ResignedConstant Quillard, C.Ss.R. †Prefect of Niamey, NigerPrefect Emeritus 43.1AppointedSebastian U Shwe Yauk †Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar 50.0AppointedPeter Pao Zin Tou (Tou Pao-zin) †Bishop of Hsinchu, TaiwanBishop Emeritus 22 Mar BornIsauro Ilises Covili Linfati, O.F.M.Bishop of Iquique, Chile 55.6DiedFrancesco Font Garcia, I.E.M.E. †Prefect Emeritus of Wankie, Zimbabwe 50.4InstalledJohn Joseph Krol †Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USACardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 23 Mar BornJorge Solórzano PérezBishop of Granada, Nicaragua 24 Mar BornShyamal BoseBishop of Baruipur, India 25 Mar BornMarek Andrzej Inglot, S.J.President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences 25.4Ordained PriestFrancesco Marinelli †Priest of Ascoli Piceno, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy 25.5Ordained PriestBenigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinArchbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy 39.2AppointedWalfrido Teixeira Vieira †Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil 39.2AppointedWalfrido Teixeira Vieira †Titular Bishop of LarandaBishop Emeritus of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil 53.1DiedJoseph Wang Cizhang (Wan Tsu-chang) †Bishop of Hengyang [Hengchow], China 26 Mar72.6Died[Carlos Duarte Costa] † 25.8Ordained PriestLuis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars PreachersVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala 62.0AppointedGiuseppe Antonio Ferretto †Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio MirtetoCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary BornJosef StübiAuxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland 27 Mar BornMarcelo Daniel ColomboArchbishop of Mendoza, Argentina 76.1DiedCesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez †Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando, Philippines 29 Mar50.3AppointedGiuseppe Bonfiglioli †Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy 59.7AppointedGuglielmo Bosetti †Bishop of Fidenza, Italy BornMieczysław MokrzyckiArchbishop of Lviv, Ukraine 30 Mar68.9DiedJosé Weimann, C.Ss.R. †Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina 31 Mar68.9DiedGiuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Campagna, Italy 91.3AppointedOctave-Louis Pasquet †Titular Bishop of ErizaBishop Emeritus of Sées {Séez}, France 91.3RetiredOctave-Louis Pasquet †Bishop of Sées {Séez}, FranceBishop Emeritus 63.8AppointedAndré-Jean-Baptiste Pioger †Bishop of Sées {Séez}, FranceBishop Emeritus