24th day of December

Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1925		Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A.	Born	Vittoriosa (Birgu), Malta	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
1928		Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I.	Born	Killaly	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1937		Kazimierz Górny	Born	Lubien	Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland
1941		Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria	Born	San Andrés	Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
1941		Andrzej Wojciech Suski	Born	Plock	Bishop of Toruń, Poland
1942		Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta	Born	Bogotá	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia
1944		Oswald Gracias	Born	Mumbai	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
1944	23.1	József Szendi	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
1948		Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I.	Born	Berakit	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
1952		Peter Forsyth Christensen	Born	Pasadena, CA	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
1952		Anastase Mutabazi	Born	Birenga	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
1953		Adam Szal	Born	Wysoka Lancucka	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
1955	24.7	Joseph Wang Yu-jung	Ordained Priest	Priest of Taipei, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
1956		José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.	Born	Chitré	Archbishop of Panamá
1957		Jérôme Daniel Beau	Born	Paris	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
1960		Emmanuel Félémou	Born	Kolouma	Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
	31.4	Matthias Joseph Isuja	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dodoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
		Yves Le Saux, Comm. l'Emm.	Born	Hennebont	Bishop of Le Mans, France
1961	25.8	Claude Feidt	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
1961	25.4	Guido Plante, P.M.E.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras
1965	24.6	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
1966	28.5	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
1967	25.7	Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia
1970	18.8	Hugh (Edward) Gilbert, O.S.B.	Converted	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
1971	26.5	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
1974	45.5	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
1974	45.5	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Minturnae	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
1978	31.3	Kevin Joseph Farrell	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
1980	27.5	Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa	Ordained Priest	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
1982	33.3	Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
	48.6	Francesco Monterisi	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	48.6	Francesco Monterisi	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
1991	54.9	Audrys Juozas Bačkis	Appointed	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	55.8	Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas	Appointed	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	65.1	Juozas Preikšas	Appointed	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.	Appointed	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
1992	63.5	Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B.	Appointed	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	39.1	Csaba Ternyák	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	39.1	Csaba Ternyák	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Eminentiana	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
1993	41.9	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Archbishop
1993	41.9	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Altava	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
2003	47.5	Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh	Bishop
	47.5	Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh
	50.5	Pavel Posád	Appointed	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
2007	58.8	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Appointed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
2007	58.8	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
2008	60.9	Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.	Appointed	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	66.1	Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes	Appointed	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
	47.8	Marek Mendyk	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica, Poland
	47.8	Marek Mendyk	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru	Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica, Poland
2009	39.5	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic
2009	39.5	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
2011	46.5	Joseph Hii Teck Kwong	Appointed	Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia
	50.6	Joseph Ndembu Mbatia	Appointed	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya
	77.3	Luigi Paiaro	Retired	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	72.6	Dominic Su Haw Chiu	Resigned	Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
2012	58.2	Thomas Vu Dình Hiêu	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam