13th day of December

Living Bishop Events

St. Lucy, virgin and martyr (Memorial)

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1919		Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B.	Born	Ryszkowa Wole, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
1923		Edward Bede Clancy	Born	Lithgow	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
1924		Gaetano Bonicelli	Born	Vilminore di Scalve	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
1925		João Alves	Born	Torres Novas	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
1926		Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M.	Born	Selva di Volpago del Montello, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
1930		Karl Heinrich Braun	Born	Kempten	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
		Dominic Carmon, S.V.D.	Born	Opelousas	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
		Jacob Thoomkuzhy	Born	Vilakumadam	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
1931		James Henry Garland	Born	Wilmington	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
1932		Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm.	Born	Ambarawa	Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
1938		Rainer Klug	Born	Konstanz	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
1951		Andrews Thazhath	Born	Pudukad	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
1954		Ricardo Valenzuela Rios	Born	Asunción	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
1957		Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Born	Naples	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
1961	25.0	Peter James Cullinane	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wellington, New Zealand	Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand
1964	26.8	José Doth de Oliveira	Ordained Priest	Priest of Iguatú, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop
	23.5	Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues	Ordained Priest	Priest of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	42.7	Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
1967	27.7	Rayappu Joseph	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
1969	33.0	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	24.4	José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
	31.3	Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia
	28.2	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Coadjutor Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia
1970	49.0	Ignazio Cannavò	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Octava	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	45.1	Michael Atul D'Rozario, C.S.C.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
	28.9	José Dolores Grullón Estrella	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
1971	51.7	José Tomás Sánchez	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
1972	47.9	Alfredo Battisti	Appointed	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.7	John Raphael Quinn	Appointed	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
	47.1	John Joseph Snyder	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
	47.1	John Joseph Snyder	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
1975	24.8	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
	48.7	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thagora	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	55.7	Laurent Noël	Installed	Bishop of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
1976	42.8	Raymundo Joseph Peña	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
1980	48.4	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Noba	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
1980	37.0	Matthias U Shwe	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Uzippari	Archbishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
1981	31.5	Manuel Chuanguira Machado	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
	32.7	Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	29.5	Stephen Rotluanga, C.S.C.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Aizawl, India
1983	36.0	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Oliva	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	64.7	Timothy Joseph Lyne	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vamalla	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	43.2	Plácido Rodriguez, C.M.F.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop of Lubbock, Texas, USA
	46.8	John George Vlazny	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Stagnum	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
1984	47.3	Paul Henry Walsh	Incardinated	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
1985	50.8	Paul John Marx, M.S.C.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
1986	34.2	Emmanuel Obbo, A.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Other	Bishop of Soroti, Uganda
1986	50.1	Martin Veillette	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Valabria	Bishop of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
1987	24.8	Damián Santiago Bitar	Ordained Priest	Priest of Villa María, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	44.3	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Pontoise, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
	60.7	Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus
1988	51.1	John Charles Dunne	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abercornia	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	25.7	Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R.	Ordained Priest	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	57.6	Emil Aloysius Wcela	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Filaca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
1990	69.2	Jacques Landriault	Resigned	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
1994	55.3	Seán Baptist Brady	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop
1994	59.0	Edwin Regan	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain
1996	64.7	Silvio Cesare Bonicelli	Appointed	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1996	56.8	Jean-Charles Marie Descubes	Appointed	Bishop of Agen, France	Archbishop of Rouen, France
1997	43.5	Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I.	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic	Bishop
	65.8	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale	Official of the Secretariat of State
	65.8	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan	Official of the Secretariat of State
	65.8	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M.	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Somalia	Official of the Secretariat of State
	52.3	Mieczyslaw Cislo	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	52.3	Mieczyslaw Cislo	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Auca	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	64.2	Angelo Daniel	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
	57.0	Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D.	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
	49.6	Wiktor Skworc	Appointed	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
	63.6	Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario	Resigned	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
1999	61.9	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
2000	56.4	Alfonso Badini Confalonieri	Appointed	Bishop of Susa, Italy
2000	52.8	Luigi Martella	Appointed	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
2001	46.2	Claudio Gugerotti	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan	Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia
	66.5	Wilhelm Schraml	Appointed	Bishop of Passau, Germany
	53.9	Adolfo Tito Yllana	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Montecorvino	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
	53.9	Adolfo Tito Yllana	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
2002	55.9	Vicente Costa	Installed	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
	76.0	Vincenzo Cozzi	Retired	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	55.3	Ronald William Gainer	Appointed	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
	66.2	Donald Lapointe	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
	71.1	Bernard Francis Law	Resigned	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	55.7	Richard Gerard Lennon	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	56.7	Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R.	Appointed	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy
	68.8	Ignatius Chung Wang	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
	68.8	Ignatius Chung Wang	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sitipa	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
2003	66.7	Attilio Nicora	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia	Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
2004	65.6	William Joseph Dendinger	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
2005	74.0	James Henry Garland	Resigned	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Alexander King Sample	Appointed	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
	56.4	Rafael Zornoza Boy	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain
	56.4	Rafael Zornoza Boy	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain
2006	61.7	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés	Resigned	Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Dominic Carmon, S.V.D.	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.1	Shelton Joseph Fabre	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	43.1	Shelton Joseph Fabre	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	76.0	José Siro González Bacallao	Retired	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	53.7	Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.	Succeeded	Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
	78.0	Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M.	Retired	Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	56.2	Wilfredo Pino Estévez	Appointed	Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
	64.7	Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez	Appointed	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
	60.0	Carlos Suárez Cázares	Resigned	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus

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