The Year of Our Lord 2025

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
Jan	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión	Titular Archbishop of Rosella	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
4 Jan	58.4	Installed	Euginius Longakit Cañete, M. J.	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Renato Tarantelli Baccari	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
		Ceased	Ramón D. Uriarte	Administrator of Gumaca, Philippines
6 Jan	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Josivaldo José Bezerra	Titular Bishop of Patara	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	59.9	Ceased	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M.	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
7 Jan	68.5	Installed	Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
7 Jan	83.1	Ceased	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
8 Jan	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C.	Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
9 Jan	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Das Pilli	Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore, India	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
11 Jan	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Baggio, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Urusi	Cardinal, Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Javier García Pérez	Titular Bishop of Tamazeni	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Valencia, Spain
	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Enrique Ramón Casas	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Valencia, Spain
12 Jan	51.7	Ordained Bishop	John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F.	Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Bishop-Elect
14 Jan	63.8	Installed	Jeffrey Scott Grob	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
15 Jan	61.1	Installed	Nolly Camingue Buco	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines
18 Jan	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Fredrik Hansen	Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
22 Jan	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia	Bishop-Elect
25 Jan	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Nereudo Freire Henrique	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
26 Jan	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Sérgio Manuel Ribeiro Dinis	Bishop of Portugal, Military	Bishop-Elect
26 Jan	60.0	Ceased	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Portugal, Military	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
28 Jan	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Artur Olexandrovych Bubnevych	Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop-Elect
	69.2	Ceased	Kurt Richard Burnette	Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
	58.3	Installed	Ruben Caballero Labajo	Bishop of Prosperidad, Philippines
1 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Ferreira de Lima, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Rene A. Ramirez, R.C.J.	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Melbourne, Australia
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Thinh Xuan Nguyen	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Melbourne, Australia
2 Feb	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Geßmann	Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Essen, Germany
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Cleopatris	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Lipke, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Arena	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
8 Feb	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona	Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela	Bishop-Elect
8 Feb	70.2	Ordained Bishop	Philip Adisak Phorn-Ngam	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand	Bishop-Elect
9 Feb	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Farci	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop-Elect
15 Feb	54.5	Installed	Daniele Salera	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
16 Feb	57.7	Installed	Mario Farci	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop-Elect
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Étienne Guillet	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France	Bishop-Elect
	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	82.5	Ceased	Arrigo Miglio	Apostolic Administrator of Iglesias, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
21 Feb	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean Tailleur	Titular Bishop of Abora	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Québec, Canada
22 Feb	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Prokop Brož	Titular Bishop of Litomyšl	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hradec Králové, Czechia
	65.1	Installed	Ernesto Giobando, S.J.	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	66.0	Ceased	Claudio Maniago	Apostolic Administrator of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
	64.0	Ceased	Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Nebbi, Uganda	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Constantine Rupiny	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda	Bishop-Elect
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Tin Wai	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar	Bishop-Elect
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Torriani	Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop-Elect
24 Feb	69.0	Installed	John Gregory Kelly	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
24 Feb	67.6	Ceased	Joe Steve Vásquez	Apostolic Administrator of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA
8 Mar	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Romeo (Romy) Duetao Convocar	Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop-Elect
16 Mar	53.3	Ordained Bishop	José Miguel Barata Pereira	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop-Elect

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