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21st day of December

Living Bishop Events

1979 and Earlier

St. Peter Canisius, priest and doctor (Opt. Memorial)

See Also: 1980 and Later | Diocese Events

YearAgeBishopEventTitleCurrent Title
1928 Lucas Liu Hsien-tangBornTung Shung TanBishop Emeritus of Hsinchu, Taiwan
1930 Raymond William LessardBornGraftonBishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
1931 Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap.BornSt. Johan in Tirol, AustriaBishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
1932 Joseph Niangoran TekyBornBonouaBishop Emeritus of Man, Côte d’Ivoire
1933 Orlando Romero CabreraBornFaginaBishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
1934 Eugenio BininiBornTraversetoloBishop Emeritus of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy
193523.1Bernard Joseph McLaughlinOrdained PriestPriest of Buffalo, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1944 José Octavio Ruiz ArenasBornBogotáSecretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
1948 Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.BornManaguaBishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua
194929.8Simon Ignatius PimentaOrdained PriestPriest of Bombay, IndiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
195023.6John Joseph GerryOrdained PriestPriest of Brisbane, AustraliaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23.5Raul Nicolau GonsalvesOrdained PriestPriest of Goa e Damão, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
195126.2Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-AnyronOrdained PriestPriest of Lomé, TogoArchbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
27.9Duraisamy Simon LourdusamyOrdained PriestPriest of Pondicherry, IndiaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
26.8Joseph Mahn ErieOrdained PriestPriest of Bassein, MyanmarBishop Emeritus
24.3Raymond Ken’ichi TanakaOrdained PriestPriestBishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan
24.3Gabriel Thohey Mahn-GabyOrdained PriestPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Yangon, Myanmar
1952 Renato BoccardoBornS. AmbrogioArchbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
25.2Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) DellyOrdained PriestPriest of Mossul (Chaldean), IraqCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
195524.5Laurence ForristalOrdained PriestPriest of Ossory, IrelandBishop Emeritus
27.3Kuriakose KunnacherryOrdained PriestPriest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
28.0Maurice Rigobert Marie-SainteOrdained PriestPriest of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, AntillesArchbishop Emeritus
25.8Robert John RoseOrdained PriestPriest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus
1956 Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.BornSan Luis Potosí, MéxicoArchbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27.3Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I.Ordained PriestPriest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
195728.8Nestor AssogbaOrdained PriestPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
25.5Joseph Cheng Tsai-faOrdained PriestPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
30.0Joseph Abangite GasiOrdained PriestPriest of Mupoi, SudanBishop Emeritus of Tombura-Yambio, Sudan
30.8Paul Lokiru KalandaOrdained PriestPriestBishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
25.7Izidoro Kosinski, C.M.Ordained PriestPriest of Congregation of the MissionBishop Emeritus of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
22.7Gerardo PierroOrdained PriestPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
31.0Emmanuel WamalaOrdained PriestPriest of Masaka, UgandaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
25.1Wolfgang WeiderOrdained PriestPriest of Berlin, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Berlin, Germany
23.2Damian ZimońOrdained PriestPriest of Katowice, PolandArchbishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland
196022.8William John BrennanOrdained PriestPriest of Wilcannia-Forbes, AustraliaBishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia
23.4Teodoro J. Buhain, Jr.Ordained PriestPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
25.0Percival Joseph FernandezOrdained PriestPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
28.0Elmo Noel Joseph PereraOrdained PriestPriestBishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka
23.4Geoffrey James RobinsonOrdained PriestPriest of Sydney, AustraliaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
196131.6Pius Suh AwaOrdained PriestPriestBishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
27.3Paul Josef CordesOrdained PriestPriest of Paderborn, GermanyCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
26.3Emile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P.Ordained PriestPriest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
196223.4Agnelo Rufino GraciasOrdained PriestPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
32.8Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryongOrdained PriestPriest of Seoul, Korea (South)Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
196327.0Emile Aiti Waro Leru’aOrdained PriestPriestBishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23.7José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R.Ordained PriestPriest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsPrelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil
25.8Florentino Ferrer CinenseOrdained PriestPriestBishop of Tarlac, Philippines
27.2Paulinus CostaOrdained PriestPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
26.9Francis Eugene George, O.M.I.Ordained PriestPriest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateCardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
23.6Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos ReisOrdained PriestPriest of Vila Real, PortugalBishop of Setúbal, Portugal
24.5Joseph KaithatharaOrdained PriestPriestBishop of Gwalior, India
26.1Guillermo Loría GaritaOrdained PriestPriest of San José de Costa RicaBishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
28.0Ignatius MenezesOrdained PriestPriestBishop Emeritus of Ajmer, India
24.2Laurent Monsengwo PasinyaOrdained PriestPriest of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29.0Faustin NgabuOrdained PriestPriestBishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28.2Francisco Capiral San DiegoOrdained PriestPriest of Manila, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Pasig, Philippines
25.4Thomas SavundaranayagamOrdained PriestPriest of Jaffna, Sri LankaBishop
27.1Henry Apaloryamam SsentongoOrdained PriestPriest of Masaka, UgandaBishop of Moroto, Uganda
24.8José Mário StroeherOrdained PriestPriest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25.7Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.Ordained PriestPriest of Consolata MissionariesBishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
196427.6Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I.Ordained PriestPriest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA
196525.9Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr.Ordained PriestPriest of Iba, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
24.5Antonio Realubin TobiasOrdained PriestPriest of Manila, PhilippinesBishop of Novaliches, Philippines
1966 Ettore BalestreroBornGenova, ItalyApostolic Nuncio to Colombia
24.4Joseph Vianney FernandoOrdained PriestPriestBishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
26.1Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I.Ordained PriestPriest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateVicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
196729.7Pierre Nguyên Văn NhonOrdained PriestPriest of Ðà Lat, Viet NamArchbishop of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam
26.7Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv.Ordained PriestPriest of Order of Friars Minor ConventualBishop of Naha, Japan
196829.5Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B.Ordained PriestPriest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoArchbishop of Ispahan, Iran
26.5Luis Guillermo EichhornOrdained PriestPriest of Gualeguaychú, ArgentinaBishop of Morón, Argentina
26.6Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC.Ordained PriestPriest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryArchbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
27.0Carlo MazzaOrdained PriestPriest of Bergamo, ItalyBishop of Fidenza, Italy
34.7Néstor Hugo NavarroOrdained PriestPriest of Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
32.0Pierre Nguyên SoanOrdained PriestPriest of Quy Nhon, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
27.4Gabriel Villaruz ReyesOrdained PriestPriest of Manila, PhilippinesBishop of Antipolo, Philippines
28.3Felipe Salazar VillagranaOrdained PriestPriest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
25.9Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.Ordained PriestPriest of Order of St. AugustineBishop of Chulucanas, Peru
26.7Rodolfo Pedro Wirz KraemerOrdained PriestPriest of Montevideo, UruguayBishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
196925.1Ramon Cabrera ArgüellesOrdained PriestPriestArchbishop of Lipa, Philippines
28.8David Dias PimentelOrdained PriestPriest of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25.4Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X.Ordained PriestPriest of Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis XavierBishop of Port Blair, India
40.1Ramón Echarren IstúrizOrdained BishopTitular Bishop of DianoBishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
29.5François Xavier Lê Văn HôngOrdained PriestPriest of Huê, Viet NamArchbishop
29.0Thomas Nguyên Văn TânOrdained PriestPriest of Vinh Long, Viet NamBishop
25.3Mauro PiacenzaOrdained PriestPriest of Genova, ItalyCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
197026.7Thumma BalaOrdained PriestPriest of Warangal, IndiaArchbishop of Hyderabad, India
197126.4Antony AnandarayarOrdained PriestPriestArchbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
197345.1Giuseppe AgostinoAppointedArchbishop of Santa Severina, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
45.1Giuseppe AgostinoAppointedBishop of Crotone (Cotrone), ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
45.5Estanislau Amadeu KreutzAppointedBishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus
26.7Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.Ordained PriestPriest of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabarese), India
197430.9Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B.Ordained PriestPriest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop of Krishnagar, India
197530.7Cyprian MonisOrdained PriestPriestBishop of Asansol, India
197750.8Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.SucceededBishop of Bafia, CameroonBishop Emeritus
45.3Cormac Murphy-O’ConnorOrdained BishopBishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great BritainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
197824.1Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.ProfessedMember of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina

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