28th day of February

Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1929		Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.	Born	Apizaco	Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
1930		Robert John Rose	Born	Grand Rapids	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
1933		Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R.	Born	Paramaribo	Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
1936		Joseph Oyanga	Born	Omoro	Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda
1942		Roman Adam Marcinkowski	Born	Szczutowo	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
1944		Manfred Melzer	Born	Solingen	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
1952		Marek Szkudło	Born	Tychy	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
1953	24.8	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheria	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
	26.7	Georges Rol	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
	26.4	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
1954	23.2	José Siro González Bacallao	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
1957		José Ronaldo Ribeiro	Born	Uberaba	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
1959	24.8	Karl-Josef Rauber	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
1959		Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Born	Arboledas	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
1960		Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Born	Caracas	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
1964		Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta	Born	Rosario	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
1965	17.4	Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
1971	44.5	Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto	Installed	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
1974	39.1	Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D.	Appointed	Bishop of Sambalpur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
1974	42.3	Sergio Obeso Rivera	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Archbishop Emeritus
1976	49.5	Agostino Cacciavillan	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Amiternum	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
1977	42.9	Mario Joseph Conti	Appointed	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
1978	50.3	Frank Joseph Rodimer	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Peter Anthony Rosazza	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Peter Anthony Rosazza	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Novum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	40.5	Philip Sulumeti	Appointed	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
1981	39.9	Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
1982	26.0	Józef Piotr Kupny	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
1987	34.8	Pedro Carlos Cipolini	Incardinated	Priest of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	55.9	José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru
	51.8	Gerardo Pierro	Appointed	Bishop of Avellino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
	24.6	José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Solemn Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Singapore	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	59.5	Alberto Tricarico	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
1988	46.9	Carlos Stetter	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
1989	48.7	Gilles Lussier	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Augurus	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
1991	59.7	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
1991	59.7	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
1995	61.4	Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier	Appointed	Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
	43.8	William Edward Lori	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	43.8	William Edward Lori	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bulla	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1998	61.1	Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.	Succeeded	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
1998	61.8	Mario Milano	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2003	76.0	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.	Retired	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
2004	69.2	Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano, C.SS.R.	Resigned	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Piero Coccia	Appointed	Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy
	50.6	Pavel Posád	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
2006	56.7	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Succeeded	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
	75.0	Joseph Anthony Fiorenza	Retired	Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.2	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
2007	57.6	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado	Appointed	Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
	43.3	Shelton Joseph Fabre	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
	66.5	Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.SS.R.	Resigned	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	53.4	Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R.	Succeeded	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
2009	58.3	Florencio Armando Colin Cruz	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	76.2	Renato Raffaele Martino	Retired	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
	71.0	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Appointed	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
2010	60.2	Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M.	Installed	Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	49.3	Wolfgang Bischof	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nebbi	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	44.9	Edmar Perón	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
2011	75.0	Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla	Retired	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
2013	74.7	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Ceased	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
	78.2	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Ceased	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
	65.8	João Bráz de Aviz	Ceased	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	69.2	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Ceased	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
	69.2	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Ceased	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
	64.6	Raymond Leo Burke	Ceased	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	70.0	Domenico Calcagno	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	67.3	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	46.2	Oscar Cantú	Installed	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
	71.6	Claudio Maria Celli	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
	74.9	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	69.4	Angelo Comastri	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
	65.8	Giorgio Corbellini	Ceased	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	67.9	Joseph Dinh Duc Dao	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam
	67.9	Joseph Dinh Duc Dao	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam
	66.8	Fernando Filoni	Ceased	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
	61.5	Salvatore Fisichella	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
	73.3	Zenon Grocholewski	Ceased	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
	55.7	Samuel Jofré Giraudo	Appointed	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina
	62.9	Kurt Koch	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
	65.1	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Ceased	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.1	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.1	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Ceased	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.1	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	68.7	Marc Ouellet, P.S.S.	Ceased	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
	67.8	Vincenzo Paglia	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	68.4	Mauro Piacenza	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	85.8	Joseph Ratzinger	Resigned	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)	Pope Emeritus
	70.3	Gianfranco Ravasi	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	70.3	Gianfranco Ravasi	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	76.3	José Ángel Rovai	Retired	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	67.6	Stanisław Ryłko	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	67.7	Robert Sarah	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
	69.8	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
	64.3	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
	75.0	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
	69.5	Giuseppe Versaldi	Ceased	Cardinal, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
	63.8	Zygmunt Zimowski	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
2014	47.5	Stefan Heße (Hesse)	Appointed	Administrator of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
2014	80.1	Joachim Meisner	Retired	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
2015	56.1	José María Baliña	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Theudalis	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	66.5	Nunzio Galantino	Resigned	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Marek Marczak	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	46.0	Marek Marczak	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Leontium	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
	60.2	Francesco Savino	Appointed	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	50.4	Piotr Wojciech Turzyński	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Usula	Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland