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Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1926		Massimo Giustetti	Born	Riva di Pinerolo	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
1926		Antonio Vilaplana Molina	Born	Alcoy	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
1929		Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.	Born	Apizaco	Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
1930		Oswald Georg Hirmer	Born	Amberg	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
1930		Robert John Rose	Born	Grand Rapids	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
1933		Aloysius Ferdinandus (Luigi) Zichem, C.SS.R.	Born	Paramaribo	Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
1936		Joseph Oyanga	Born	Omoro	Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda
1938		Mogale Paul Nkhumishe	Born	Warmbaths	Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa
1942		Roman Adam Marcinkowski	Born	Szczutowo	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
1944		Manfred Melzer	Born	Solingen	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
1953	24.8	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheria	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
	26.8	Georges Rol	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
	26.4	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
1954	23.2	José Siro González Bacallao	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
1957		José Ronaldo Ribeiro	Born	Uberaba	Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1959	24.9	Karl-Josef Rauber	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
1965	17.5	Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
1971	44.5	Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto	Installed	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
1974	39.2	Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D.	Appointed	Bishop of Sambalpur, India	Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
	42.3	Sergio Obeso Rivera	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	41.5	René Joseph Rakotondrabé	Appointed	Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
	39.9	James Mwewa Spaita	Appointed	Bishop of Mansa, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
1977	42.9	Mario Joseph Conti	Appointed	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
	55.5	James Joseph Daly	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	55.5	James Joseph Daly	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Castra Nova	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
1978	50.3	Frank Joseph Rodimer	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Peter Anthony Rosazza	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	43.0	Peter Anthony Rosazza	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Novum	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	40.5	Philip Sulumeti	Appointed	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya
1981	40.0	Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
1987	55.9	José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru
	51.8	Gerardo Pierro	Appointed	Bishop of Avellino, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
	24.6	José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Singapore	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
1988	47.0	Carlos Stetter	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
1989	48.7	Gilles Lussier	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Augurus	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
1991	59.8	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
	59.8	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
	65.0	Mario Rizzi	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
	65.0	Mario Rizzi	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
1995	61.5	Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier	Appointed	Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
	43.8	William Edward Lori	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
	43.8	William Edward Lori	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bulla	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
1996	59.7	Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J.	Appointed	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1996	75.4	Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira	Retired	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
1998	61.2	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	Succeeded	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998	61.8	Mario Milano	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy	Bishop
2003	43.2	Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso	Appointed	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria
2003	76.0	Senan Louis O'Donnell, O.S.A.	Retired	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
2004	69.3	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R.	Resigned	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Piero Coccia	Appointed	Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy
	50.7	Pavel Posád	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
	75.3	Riccardo Ruotolo	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2006	56.8	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Succeeded	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	75.1	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza	Retired	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.3	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
2007	57.6	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Appointed	Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil
	43.3	Shelton Joseph Fabre	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	66.5	Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.SS.R.	Resigned	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	53.5	Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R.	Succeeded	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
2009	58.3	Florencio Armando Colin Cruz	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	76.3	Renato Raffaele Martino	Retired	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
	71.1	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

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