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Canonizations

Beatifications

• Saint Alphonsa of India

Venerations

• Blessed Alberto Marvelli
• Blessed Antony Page
• Blessed Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz
• Blessed Edward Joannes Maria Poppe
• Blessed George Beesley
• Blessed Thomas Hunt
• Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales
• Saint Giovanni Calabria
• Saint Teresa of the Andes

Births

Deaths

Ordinations

• Bishop Bonaventure Nahimana
• Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández

Professions

Consecrations

• Archbishop Khalil Abi-Nader
• Bishop Isidro Sala Ribera
• Cardinal William Joseph Levada

Founded

Elevated

Published

• Pope John Paul II: The Curé of Ars, 16 March 1986

Other Events

• Pope John Paul II meets Rome’s Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at a Roman synagogue
• concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel awarded Nobel Peace Prize
• Donald E Pelotte, the first Native American bishop, is ordained in Gallup, New Mexico
• the Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India