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Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
23 Nov 2002	74.7	Resigned	Georg Eder	Archbishop of Salzburg	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Nov 2002	65.5	Appointed	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Salzburg
8 Dec 2002	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau
19 Jan 2003	65.6	Installed	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Salzburg
24 Mar 2003	83.4	Died	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
21 Oct 2003	48.2	Appointed	Manfred Scheuer	Bishop of Innsbruck
14 Dec 2003	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Manfred Scheuer	Bishop of Innsbruck
28 Jan 2004	86.6	Died	Franz Žak †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten
9 Feb 2004	93.7	Died	Opilio Rossi †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
13 Mar 2004	98.6	Died	Franz König †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
7 Oct 2004	75.4	Retired	Heinrich Fasching	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	68.3	Resigned	Kurt Krenn	Bishop of Sankt Pölten	Bishop Emeritus
	64.1	Appointed	Klaus Küng	Bishop of Sankt Pölten
18 May 2005	72.4	Resigned	Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B.	Bishop of Linz	Bishop Emeritus
24 May 2005	68.6	Appointed	Elmar Fischer	Bishop of Feldkirch
3 Jul 2005	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Elmar Fischer	Bishop of Feldkirch
6 Jul 2005	65.1	Appointed	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Linz
26 Jul 2005	72.2	Appointed	Edmond Y. Farhat	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
26 Jul 2005	75.4	Retired	Giorgio Zur	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
18 Sep 2005	65.3	Installed	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Linz
23 Oct 2005	145.5	Canonized	St. Józef Bilczewski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
9 Feb 2006	47.9	Appointed	Franz Scharl	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
9 Feb 2006	47.9	Appointed	Franz Scharl	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
5 Mar 2006	78.9	Died	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
23 Apr 2006	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Scharl	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
21 Nov 2006	39.5	Appointed	Anton Leichtfried	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
21 Nov 2006	39.5	Appointed	Anton Leichtfried	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
25 Feb 2007	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Anton Leichtfried	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
28 Apr 2007	88.3	Died	Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
31 May 2007	67.4	Appointed	Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
14 Jul 2007	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
28 Sep 2007	96.5	Died	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
12 Dec 2007	97.3	Died	Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
6 Mar 2008	76.4	Retired	Helmut Krätzl	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Stephan Turnovszky	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
	43.7	Appointed	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
12 May 2008	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}

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