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Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1935		Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
1937		Salvatore Di Cristina	Born		Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
1939		Ramon Barrera Villena	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
1942		Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
1943		Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro	Born		Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
1946		Virgilio Pante, I.M.C.	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Maralal, Kenya
1950		Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O.	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
1951		Hansjörg Vogel	Born
1952		Emmanuel Kerketta	Born		Bishop of Jashpur, India
1953		Vincent Coulibaly	Born		Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
1953		Mariano Crociata	Born		Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
1956		Luis Mariano Montemayor	Born		Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
1957	22.8	Francesco Monterisi	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie), Italy	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
1957	25.1	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
1965		Giuseppe Mengoli	Born		Bishop of San Severo, Italy
1968		Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona	Born		Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela
1974		Mario León Dorado, O.M.I.	Born		Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}
1974	29.7	Konrad Zdarsa	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
1978		Alejandro Daniel Pardo	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1979		Ivan Kulyk	Born		Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1982	43.0	Ramon Barrera Villena	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tagum, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
1982	43.0	Ramon Barrera Villena	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tucci	Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
1984	44.3	John Buckley	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
1984	44.3	John Buckley	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
1986	44.7	Pablo Lizama Riquelme	Installed	Prelate of Illapel, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
1989	45.0	Flavio Calle Zapata	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Alto Sinú, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ibagué, Colombia
1994	58.9	Justin Francis Rigali	Installed	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1996	47.3	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Lashio, Myanmar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
	58.1	Giuseppe Molinari	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	24.9	Joseph Tobji	Ordained Priest	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop
1999	54.2	Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D.	Appointed	Bishop of Yendi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
	42.8	Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines
	66.0	Walter Kasper	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	41.2	Jacob Venance Koda	Appointed	Bishop of Same, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
	56.7	Josaphat Louis Lebulu	Appointed	Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.7	Rafael Masahiro Umemura	Appointed	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan
2002	50.0	Gilberto Gómez González	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Bishop of Abancay, Peru
	58.0	Ernest Léger	Resigned	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.7	André Richard, C.S.C.	Appointed	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.0	Joseph Anthony Zziwa	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda	Bishop
2011	50.8	Thomas Anthony Daly	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
2011	50.8	Thomas Anthony Daly	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tabalta	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
2013	64.8	Ilario Antoniazzi	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Archbishop Emeritus
	78.2	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Confirmed	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
	65.8	João Bráz de Aviz	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	69.3	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Confirmed	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive	Archivist Emeritus
	69.3	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Confirmed	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
	64.7	Raymond Leo Burke	Confirmed	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	70.1	Domenico Calcagno	Confirmed	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	67.4	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	71.6	Claudio Maria Celli	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication
	75.0	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	69.4	Angelo Comastri	Confirmed	President of the Fabric of St. Peter	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	66.9	Fernando Filoni	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	61.5	Salvatore Rino Fisichella	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
	58.7	Heiner Koch	Installed	Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
	63.0	Kurt Koch	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
	51.6	Valdir Mamede	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	65.2	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	65.2	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.2	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Confirmed	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.2	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	68.7	Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S.	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops
	67.9	Vincenzo Paglia	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
	68.5	Mauro Piacenza	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	70.4	Gianfranco Ravasi	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for Culture	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
	70.4	Gianfranco Ravasi	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	67.6	Stanisław Marian Ryłko	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	69.3	Leonardo Sandri	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	67.7	Robert Sarah	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	64.4	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
	75.1	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	69.6	Giuseppe Versaldi	Confirmed	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
2014	53.9	Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.	Installed	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	46.7	Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y.	Installed	Vicar Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia
	55.1	Joseph-Marie-Edouard de Metz-Noblat	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Langres, France
2016	47.7	José Albuquerque de Araújo	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
	47.7	José Albuquerque de Araújo	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
	51.5	Luiz Carlos Dias	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.5	Luiz Carlos Dias	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tunes	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.7	Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F.	Appointed	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
2017	57.9	Steven Robert Biegler	Appointed	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
	60.9	Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D.	Appointed	Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana
	68.3	John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr.	Appointed	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	76.3	Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.	Retired	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
2018	51.0	Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.Ss.R.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
	54.5	Célestin Hakizimana	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Cyangugu, Rwanda	Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda
	46.5	Marcelo Julián Margni	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum	Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
2022	67.9	Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil	Bishop
2022	57.1	Zbigniew Jan Zieliński	Installed	Coadjutor Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
2023	52.6	Călin Ioan Bot	Appointed	Archiepiscopal Administrator of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop
	63.6	Antonio Luca Fallica, O.S.B.	Installed	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
	61.5	Julio Murat	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
	66.2	Donato Ogliari, O.S.B.	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
2024	59.3	Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
	48.0	Grégoire François Bruno Drouot	Appointed	Bishop of Nevers, France
	49.4	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.	Installed	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
	52.4	Bruno Varriano, O.F.M.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Astigi	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
2025	53.3	José Miguel Barata Pereira	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
2025	68.9	Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo	Installed	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy

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