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Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1922		Francis Leo Braganza, S.J.	Born	Mumbai	Bishop Emeritus of Baroda, India
1934		Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist.	Born	Bregenz	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
1939		Jesús Moliné Labarte	Born	Puebla de Alfindén, Spain	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
1944		John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Born	Kabba	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
1945		Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.	Born	Bezeros	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
1949		Prakash Mallavarapup	Born	Jadi-Jamalpur	Bishop of Vijayawada, India
1958	16.5	Héctor Julio López Hurtado, S.D.B.	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
1959	27.2	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chantaburi, Thailand	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand
1967	29.8	Toribio Ticona Porco	Ordained Priest	Priest of Potosí, Bolivia	Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia
1968	23.2	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
1971	35.2	Anthony Hampden Dickson	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bridgetown-Kingstown, Barbados, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
1971	25.0	Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
1973	42.7	Pius Suh Awa	Succeeded	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	56.5	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	56.5	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
	44.6	Thomas Nkuissi	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	44.6	Thomas Nkuissi	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Bishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
1975	55.6	Gérard Dionne	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
1975	55.6	Gérard Dionne	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Garba	Bishop Emeritus of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
1979	49.3	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
1979	49.3	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
1980	50.8	Jude Speyrer	Appointed	Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
1981	55.9	Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
	55.9	Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
	55.7	Zekarias Yohannes	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea	Bishop Emeritus
	55.7	Zekarias Yohannes	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Barca	Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
1984	43.6	Michael Smith	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Leges	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
1985	43.7	Emilio Z. Marquez	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines	Bishop of Lucena, Philippines
1985	51.4	Alfio Rapisarda	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
1987	56.7	William Edwin Franklin	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
1987	56.7	William Edwin Franklin	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Surista	Bishop Emeritus of Davenport, Iowa, USA
1989	56.6	Cosmo Francesco Ruppi	Installed	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
1993	43.5	Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
1994	48.1	Pierre Bürcher	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
1994	48.1	Pierre Bürcher	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
1995	55.0	Yves François Patenôtre	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
1996	63.2	Francis Arinze	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni della Pigna	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	71.9	Andrzej Maria Deskur	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
	80.4	Antonio Innocenti	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	72.0	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	84.7	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B.	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
	65.4	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	71.9	Jozef Tomko	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
1997	51.5	Antony Anandarayar	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
	51.2	Luiz Antônio Guedes	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.2	Luiz Antônio Guedes	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maturba	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.9	Ernest Léger	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
1998	52.7	Salvadore Lobo	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Baruipur, India
2000	59.0	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton	Appointed	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
	76.0	John Bukovsky, S.V.D.	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	58.8	Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro	Appointed	Bishop of Ipiales, Colombia
	46.0	Clet Feliho	Appointed	Bishop of Kandi, Benin
	52.1	José Luis Fletes Santana	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.1	José Luis Fletes Santana	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	57.3	Marampudi Joji	Appointed	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
	75.5	Vincent Mensah	Retired	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
	52.9	Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
	52.9	Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
	62.7	Salvatore Giovanni Rinaldi	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
	65.0	Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	65.0	Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	70.0	Giorgio Zur	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
2003	51.9	Abraham Desta	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
	51.9	Abraham Desta	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
	51.6	Harold Anthony Perera	Appointed	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
	61.5	Gabriel Villaruz Reyes	Installed	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines
	54.1	Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F.	Appointed	Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
2005	63.5	Mario Ceccobelli	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
2006	63.4	Paul Kenjiro Koriyama	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan
2006	63.3	Lino Pizzi	Installed	Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy
2008	51.7	William Charles Skurla	Installed	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

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