15th day of February

Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1922		Jožef Smej	Born	Bogojina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
1928		Pietro Bottaccioli	Born	Umbertide	Bishop Emeritus of Gubbio, Italy
1930		Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.	Born	Montpellier	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
		Robert Edward Mulvee	Born	Boston, MA	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
		Giorgio Zur	Born	Görlitz, Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
1932		Alexius Obabu Makozi	Born	Okene	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
1933		Kelvin Edward Felix	Born	Roseau	Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
1937		Raymundo Damasceno Assis	Born	Capela Nova	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1943		Heinz Josef Algermissen	Born	Hermeskeil	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
1946		Joaquín Mariano Sucunza	Born	Pamplona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1950		Demetrio Fernández González	Born	Puente del Arzobispo	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
1950		Stephanus Tri Buu Thiên	Born	Tra Long	Bishop of Cân Tho, Viet Nam
1952		George Antonysamy	Born	Tiruchy, India	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
1955		Zbigņev Stankevičs	Born	Lejasciema	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
1959	25.2	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
1960		Berislav Grgić	Born	Novo Selo	Prelate of Tromsø, Norway
1970	45.8	Settimio Todisco	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bigastro	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
1975	41.6	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado	Appointed	Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
	19.5	Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B.	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prefect of Azerbaijan
	47.7	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
	47.7	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
1977	47.0	Robert Edward Mulvee	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1977	47.0	Robert Edward Mulvee	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Summa	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1978	49.0	Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Velefi	Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
	43.6	Luciano Giovannetti	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
	43.6	Luciano Giovannetti	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
	48.8	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J.	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Santa Giusta	Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
1980	44.0	Roger Michael Mahony	Appointed	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
1982	54.8	Joseph Ratzinger	Resigned	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	38.6	Rémy Victor Vancottem	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
	38.6	Rémy Victor Vancottem	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Unizibira	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
1984	58.3	José Freire Falcão	Appointed	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
1987	40.6	Piotr Skucha	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Segisama	Auxiliary Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
1992	46.8	Felipe Padilla Cardona	Appointed	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
1993	51.6	Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp.	Succeeded	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
1995	55.3	Michael John Malone	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
1997	67.7	Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.7	Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamsorti	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	49.4	José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
	49.4	José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
	65.8	Francesco Zerrillo	Appointed	Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2000	66.0	Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán	Appointed	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.2	Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D.	Retired	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.5	Cormac Murphy-O’Connor	Appointed	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	54.3	Vincent Gerard Nichols	Appointed	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
2001	49.5	Tomash Peta	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Benda	Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
2001	63.7	Robert Joseph Shaheen	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
2002	52.2	Héctor Cubillos Peña	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
	52.2	Héctor Cubillos Peña	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
	52.5	Stephan Meniok, C.SS.R.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Acarassus	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2004	65.7	Carlo Caffarra	Installed	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	61.7	Afonso Fioreze, C.P.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop
	54.6	Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Installed	Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
	53.3	Gil Antônio Moreira	Installed	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2005	53.1	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Installed	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
2005	53.7	Harold Anthony Perera	Appointed	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
2006	38.9	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	68.5	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	69.7	George Hugh Niederauer	Installed	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
2007	55.8	Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	71.3	Bruno Bertagna	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Drivastum	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	71.3	Bruno Bertagna	Appointed	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts	Vice President Emeritus
	68.9	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Appointed	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	68.9	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Coeliana	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	76.9	Julián Herranz Casado	Retired	President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	45.2	Jean Claude Randrianarisoa	Appointed	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
	79.2	Raymond Razakarinvony	Retired	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
2008	75.0	Kelvin Edward Felix	Retired	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
2008	61.7	Robert Rivas, O.P.	Succeeded	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
2009	44.9	Neri José Tondello	Installed	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
2009	64.3	Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan	Installed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
2010	48.7	Jude Ayodeji Arogundade	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop
2011	43.5	Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I.	Appointed	Bishop of Mongu, Zambia
2012	55.6	Airton José dos Santos	Appointed	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2012	55.1	José Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.SS.R.	Appointed	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil