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Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1918		Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P.	Born	Espelette, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
1923		Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M.	Born	Zolocziw	Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1926		Giuseppe Fabiani	Born	Bertinoro	Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy
1927		José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S.	Born	San Francisco	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
1929		Hans-Reinhard Koch	Born	Leinefelde	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany
1932		Marco Ferrari	Born	Bergamo	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
1933		Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp.	Born	Strasbourg, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
1938		Theodor Kettmann	Born	Besten bei Ankum	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
1942		Henryk Hoser, S.A.C.	Born	Varsavia, Poland	Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
1945		Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M.	Born	Paola	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
1945		Anthony Mancini	Born	Mignano Monte Lungo, Italy	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1946		Roland Minnerath	Born	Sarreguemines	Archbishop of Dijon, France
1952	42.7	Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
1952	42.7	Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
1969	47.1	William Aquin Carew	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Telde	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
	47.1	William Aquin Carew	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
	47.1	William Aquin Carew	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
1971	25.8	Joaquín Mariano Sucunza	Ordained Priest	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
1976	31.1	Joseph Aind, S.D.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India
1976	50.6	Franz Josef Kuhnle	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sorres	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
1977	37.1	Michael Nnachi Okoro	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
1978	64.5	José Eugênio Corrêa	Resigned	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	49.0	Ramón Echarren Istúriz	Appointed	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	43.5	Hélio Gonçalves Heleno	Appointed	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	40.0	Theodor Kettmann	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	40.0	Theodor Kettmann	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Busiris	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
1980	52.9	Jesus Y. Varela	Appointed	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
1981	47.9	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
1982	53.8	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R.	Appointed	Exarch of France, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
	53.8	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zygris	Exarch of France, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
	24.7	Roberto Calara Mallari	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Fernando, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop
1988	49.8	Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite), Lebanon	Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA
	61.9	Jean Assaad Haddad	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.6	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
1993	58.3	Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B.	Appointed	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands
	39.0	Ricardo Valenzuela Rios	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
	39.0	Ricardo Valenzuela Rios	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
	35.0	Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto	Ordained Priest	Priest of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
1995	52.7	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos	Appointed	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
1996	52.8	Ernest Léger	Appointed	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
1996	65.8	Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P.	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Secretary Emeritus
1997	64.1	Angelo Daniel	Appointed	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	42.2	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Bishop of Linares, Chile
	42.2	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Bishop of Linares, Chile
1998	50.0	Joseph Angelo Grech	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
	50.0	Joseph Angelo Grech	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belesasa	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
	58.6	Daniel Eugene Hurley	Appointed	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
1999	68.3	Roland Pierre DuMaine	Resigned	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio to European Community
	54.5	Patrick Joseph McGrath	Succeeded	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
2001	61.1	Nereo P. Odchimar	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tandag, Philippines
2002	65.5	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.	Appointed	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	75.6	Joseph Ratzinger	Elected	Dean of the College of Cardinals	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	75.0	Angelo Sodano	Elected	Vice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
2004	75.0	Hans-Reinhard Koch	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2005	43.5	Georges Bacaouni (Bakouny)	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon
2006	49.4	Sarat Chandra Nayak	Appointed	Bishop of Berhampur, India
2007	72.0	John Patrick Foley	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Sebastiano al Palatino	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
2008	58.1	Florencio Armando Colin Cruz	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
2008	58.1	Florencio Armando Colin Cruz	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

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