Papua New Guinea

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jun 2006	49.1	Appointed	Bernard Unabali	Auxiliary Bishop of Bougainville
1 Jun 2006	49.1	Appointed	Bernard Unabali	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Auxiliary Bishop of Bougainville
17 Jul 2006	80.9	Installed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	77.7	Retired	Michael Meier, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Mount Hagen	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	Douglas William Young, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Mount Hagen
6 Sep 2006	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Unabali	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Auxiliary Bishop of Bougainville
15 Jan 2007	65.2	Appointed	Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M.	Bishop of Lae
15 Jan 2007	74.8	Retired	Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M.	Bishop of Lae	Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr 2007	50.2	Appointed	John Ribat, M.S.C.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby	Archbishop
5 May 2007	65.5	Ordained Bishop	Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M.	Bishop of Lae
5 Jun 2007	43.5	Appointed	Anton Bal	Auxiliary Bishop of Kundiawa	Bishop
5 Jun 2007	43.5	Appointed	Anton Bal	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma	Bishop of Kundiawa
2 Jul 2007	49.9	Appointed	Otto Separy	Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape	Bishop
2 Jul 2007	49.9	Appointed	Otto Separy	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Bishop of Aitape
10 Sep 2007	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Anton Bal	Titular Bishop of Tamalluma	Bishop of Kundiawa
30 Oct 2007	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Otto Separy	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Bishop of Aitape
29 Nov 2007	45.2	Appointed	Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C.	Bishop of Bereina
6 Dec 2007	57.8	Appointed	John Doaninoel, S.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul
	57.8	Appointed	John Doaninoel, S.M.	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul
	51.6	Appointed	Patrick Taval, M.S.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Kerema
19 Jan 2008	48.5	Resigned	Alphonse Liguori Chaupa	Bishop of Kimbe	Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar 2008	58.0	Ordained Bishop	John Doaninoel, S.M.	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul
26 Mar 2008	75.0	Retired	Brian James Barnes, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Port Moresby	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Mar 2008	51.1	Succeeded	John Ribat, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Port Moresby
30 Jun 2008	53.0	Succeeded	Arnold Orowae	Bishop of Wabag
30 Jun 2008	74.2	Retired	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Wabag	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jul 2008	67.4	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania
12 Jan 2009	45.1	Appointed	Anton Bal	Bishop of Kundiawa
12 Jan 2009	75.4	Retired	Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D.	Bishop of Kundiawa	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb 2009	71.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
5 Mar 2009	75.0	Retired	Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M.	Bishop of Aitape	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun 2009	51.8	Appointed	Otto Separy	Bishop of Aitape
3 Jul 2009	83.9	Retired	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus
9 Oct 2009	75.4	Died	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Wabag
18 Nov 2009	49.2	Appointed	Jean (John) Bosco Baremes, S.M.	Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)

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