Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May 2002	67.4	Resigned	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
1 May 2002	67.4	Resigned	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
15 May 2002	59.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
18 May 2002	59.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
22 Feb 2003	60.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
9 Apr 2003	67.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
9 Apr 2003	67.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
12 Apr 2003	67.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
15 Apr 2005	77.2	Died	Joakim Herbut †	Bishop of Skopje
24 May 2005	70.5	Died	Marian Oles †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
20 Jul 2005	46.3	Appointed	Kiro Stojanov	Bishop of Skopje
20 Jul 2005	46.3	Appointed	Kiro Stojanov	Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia (Macedonian)	Bishop of Skopje
26 Jul 2005	72.2	Appointed	Edmond Y. Farhat	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
21 Nov 2005	70.2	Resigned	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
23 Nov 2005	42.9	Appointed	Dodë Gjergji	Bishop of Sapë, Albania	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
5 Jan 2006	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Dodë Gjergji	Bishop of Sapë, Albania	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
11 Jan 2006	67.9	Died	Marko Sopi †	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
12 Dec 2006	43.3	Appointed	Lucjan Avgustini	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
12 Dec 2006	43.9	Appointed	Dodë Gjergji	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
5 Jan 2007	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Lucjan Avgustini	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
22 Feb 2008	65.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
24 May 2008	69.5	Appointed	Janusz Bolonek	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
14 Jan 2009	75.7	Retired	Edmond Y. Farhat	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
9 Jan 2011	75.3	Retired	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
9 Jan 2011	75.3	Retired	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
22 Jan 2011	75.3	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
4 May 2011	72.4	Appointed	Janusz Bolonek	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
15 Sep 2011	68.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
21 Nov 2011	76.2	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
18 Feb 2012	76.4	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
18 Feb 2012	76.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
20 May 2012	76.7	Installed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}