Chile

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
16 Oct 2004	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
26 Nov 2004	75.1	Retired	Patricio Infante Alfonso	Archbishop of Antofagasta	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Nov 2004	63.5	Succeeded	Pablo Lizama Riquelme	Archbishop of Antofagasta
2 Apr 2005	77.4	Ceased	Angelo Sodano	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
21 Apr 2005	77.4	Confirmed	Angelo Sodano	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
23 Apr 2005	77.4	Appointed	Angelo Sodano	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
30 Apr 2005	77.4	Confirmed	Angelo Sodano	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
10 Jul 2005	77.6	Installed	Angelo Sodano	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
15 Sep 2005	46.6	Succeeded	Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M.	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud
15 Sep 2005	75.4	Retired	Juan Luis Ysern de Arce	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud	Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan 2006	57.6	Appointed	Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de)
7 Jan 2006	75.9	Retired	Miguel Caviedes Medina	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de)	Bishop Emeritus
4 Mar 2006	51.0	Appointed	Bernardo Bastres Florence, S.D.B.	Bishop of Punta Arenas
4 Mar 2006	70.9	Retired	Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B.	Bishop of Punta Arenas	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar 2006	76.7	Retired	Alberto Jara Franzoy	Bishop of Chillán	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar 2006	47.7	Appointed	Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D.	Bishop of Chillán
6 Apr 2006	49.1	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
6 Apr 2006	49.1	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Titular Bishop of Noba	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
22 Apr 2006	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Bastres Florence, S.D.B.	Bishop of Punta Arenas
29 Apr 2006	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D.	Bishop of Chillán
9 May 2006	97.2	Died	Cirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Illapel
3 Jun 2006	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Titular Bishop of Noba	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
15 Sep 2006	78.8	Retired	Angelo Sodano	Secretary of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
23 Oct 2006	42.0	Appointed	Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández	Bishop of Iquique
18 Nov 2006	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández	Bishop of Iquique
27 Dec 2006	65.0	Appointed	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
27 Dec 2006	79.5	Retired	Antonio Moreno Casamitjana	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr 2007	69.8	Died	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
14 Sep 2007	91.4	Died	José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
29 Oct 2007	61.0	Appointed	Aldo Cavalli	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
6 Dec 2007	55.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Pinto	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
1 Mar 2008	81.2	Appointed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez	Cardinal-Priest of S. Saba	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
29 Jun 2008	97.1	Died	Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt
21 Sep 2008	87.3	Died	Carlos González Cruchaga †	Bishop Emeritus of Talca

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