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Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1921		Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I.	Born	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
1926		Desmond Connell	Born	Dublin	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
1931		William Leonard D'Mello	Born	Mangalore	Bishop Emeritus of Karwar, India
1934		Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D.	Born	Ponzano	Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
1937		Antonio Franco	Born	Puglianello, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
1938		Vittorino Girardi, M.C.C.I.	Born	Lendinaria, Italy	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica
1938		Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Born	Maroantsetra	Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar
1940		François Marie Joseph Pascal Louis Blondel	Born	Limoges	Bishop of Viviers, France
1940		Giovanni De Vivo	Born	Siena	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
1943		Nestor Ngoy Katahwa	Born	Nonge	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1944	37.4	Francis Hong Yong-ho	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Pyong-Yang, Korea (South)	Bishop of P’yong-yang, Korea (South)
1944	37.4	Francis Hong Yong-ho	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of P’yong-yang, Korea (South)
1947		Marin Barišic	Born	Vidonje	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
1947		Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot	Born	Eséka	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
1951	25.5	Joseph Hitti	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
1951	26.2	Rafael Muñoz Núñez	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
1955	25.7	Henri Antoine Marie Teissier	Ordained Priest	Priest of Alger, Algeria	Archbishop Emeritus
1956		Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D.	Born	Accra	Prefect of Donkorkrom, Ghana
1957	40.7	Jaime Luiz Coelho	Installed	Bishop of Maringá, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
1958	30.8	Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Jamshedpur, India
1962		Carmelo Cuttitta	Born	Godrano	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
1964		Neri José Tondello	Born	Antônio Prado	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
1968	27.2	Carlo Maria Viganò	Ordained Priest	Priest	Secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
1969	34.6	Charles Soreng, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
1971	49.5	Jacques Landriault	Appointed	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
1971	49.5	Jacques Landriault	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
1973	41.1	Miguel C. Cinches, S.V.D.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
1973	55.2	Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
1974	50.0	Urbano José Allgayer	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Bishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	23.3	Alessandro D'Errico	Ordained Priest	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina
	24.9	Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Ordained Priest	Priest of Phú Cuong, Viêt Nam	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
	27.8	Simon Ntamwana	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
	27.0	Zelimir Puljic	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
1977	49.9	Joseph Ratzinger	Appointed	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
1979	47.2	John Joseph Nevins	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rusticiana	Bishop Emeritus of Venice, Florida, USA
1979	50.9	Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sertei	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
1980	53.9	Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M.	Appointed	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabozo, Venezuela
1981	49.2	François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
1981	49.2	François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sarda	Bishop Emeritus of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
1982	43.0	Héctor González Martínez	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México	Archbishop of Durango, México
1983	45.1	Raul José Quimpo Martirez	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
1984	27.4	Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile
1985	48.6	Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1986	53.9	Rubén Héctor di Monte	Appointed	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
1990	63.1	Alfredo Magarotto	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	61.0	Leopold Nowak	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
	31.2	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
	52.7	Marin Srakić	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Archbishop of Djakovo-Osijek, Croatia
	27.4	Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara	Ordained Priest	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop of San Jose, Philippines
1992	56.5	Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz	Appointed	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
1992	58.2	Edmond Carmody	Appointed	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
1993	52.9	James Terry Steib, S.V.D.	Appointed	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1994	57.3	Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a	Resigned	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
1994	61.2	Honesto Chaves Pacana, S.J.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines
1995	52.0	Frederick Bernard Henry	Appointed	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1998	62.1	José da Cruz Policarpo	Succeeded	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa, Portugal
1998	69.8	Alphonsus Mathias	Resigned	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
1999	54.8	Bruno Pedron, S.D.B.	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
	77.3	Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist.	Retired	Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
	48.8	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2000	66.9	Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia
2000	59.7	Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop
2001	75.3	João Alves	Retired	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	55.2	Hernán Alvarado Solano	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
	66.1	Mario Busquets Jordá	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
	54.4	Gustavo Arturo Help	Installed	Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
	66.1	Albino Mamede Cleto	Succeeded	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
2004	69.3	Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
	75.2	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	58.9	Hélio Adelar Rubert	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2005	55.2	Joaquim Justino Carreira	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	55.2	Joaquim Justino Carreira	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	75.6	Eduardo Davino	Retired	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	62.8	Domenico Sigalini	Appointed	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
2006	59.9	Georges Michel Bakar	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine
	67.8	Carlo Caffarra	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	67.8	Carlo Caffarra	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	60.4	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	60.4	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	74.3	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
	74.3	Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea	Cardinal, Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
	80.6	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	80.6	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	66.9	Stanislaw Dziwisz	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	66.9	Stanislaw Dziwisz	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
	69.8	William Joseph Levada	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	69.8	William Joseph Levada	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	61.7	Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	61.7	Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	61.5	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	61.5	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	71.5	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	71.5	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	73.6	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	73.6	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria in Via Latina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
	63.6	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	63.6	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	65.9	Agostino Vallini	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	65.9	Agostino Vallini	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	82.7	Albert Vanhoye, S.J.	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
	82.7	Albert Vanhoye, S.J.	Appointed	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
	74.2	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Elevated to Cardinal	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	74.2	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
2007	47.2	Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
	43.8	Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia	Prelate
	60.0	Domenico Mogavero	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	45.2	David Motiuk	Installed	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada

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