31st day of March

Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1924		Peter Takaaki Hirayama	Born	Seoul	Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan
1927		Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Born	Baños de Río Tobía, Spain	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
1928		Peter Henrici, S.J.	Born	Zürich	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
1930		Julián Herranz Casado	Born	Baena, Spain	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
1937		Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C.	Born	Ponte Serrada	Bishop Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranho, Brazil
1938		Benjamín Jiménez Hernández	Born	Pénjamo	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
1938		Silvano Montevecchi	Born	Villa San Giorgio	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
1940		Piergiorgio Debernardi	Born	Feletto	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
1944		José Hernán Sánchez Porras	Born	Palmira	Bishop of Venezuela, Military
1947		Domenico Mogavero	Born	Castelbuono	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
1957		Franco Coppola	Born	Maglie, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
1968	25.6	Adriano Bernardini	Ordained Priest	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
1968	42.2	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
1970	38.8	Antonio Dorado Soto	Appointed	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
1974	40.3	Edward Kevin Daly	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Derry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	28.1	Jean-Yves Riocreux	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	39.5	Bernard Rooney, O.S.B.	Confirmed	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia	Abbot Emeritus
1975	24.8	Mario Mendoza Peralta	Ordained Priest	Priest of Urdaneta, Philippines	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines
1977	48.5	Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
1979	29.7	Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1979	51.9	László Paskai, O.F.M.	Appointed	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
1982	53.3	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I.	Appointed	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1983	27.1	Józef Piotr Kupny	Ordained Priest	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
1983	39.6	Paul Joseph Swain	Converted	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
1984	60.6	Moisés Julio Blanchoud	Installed	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
1984	53.8	Jesus B. Tuquib	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
1988	55.3	Franz Grave	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1988	55.3	Franz Grave	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tingaria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
1989	55.6	Dominique Kimpinde Amando	Appointed	Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
1990	43.6	Vojtěch Cikrle	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic
	63.2	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D.	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Miloslav Vlk	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
1995	61.1	Alojz Tkáč	Appointed	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus
1997	45.8	Jesse Eugenio Mercado	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines
1999	59.2	Diego Causero	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
2000	59.9	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Appointed	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
2001	41.8	Matthew Ishaya Audu	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lafia, Nigeria
	42.3	Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	55.4	Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B.	Succeeded	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
2004	62.0	Francis Xavier DiLorenzo	Appointed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
	73.1	William Henry Keeler	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	58.0	Richard Joseph Malone	Installed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
	65.1	Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia
2005	75.1	Robert Edward Mulvee	Retired	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2005	57.0	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Appointed	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
2006	59.8	Bruno Grua	Appointed	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
	55.8	Mario Mendoza Peralta	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines	Bishop
	58.2	Adolfo Tito Yllana	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of
2007	74.2	Thomas Bhalerao, S.J.	Resigned	Bishop of Nashik, India	Bishop Emeritus
	49.2	Claudio Giuliodori	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	46.7	Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D.	Installed	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines
	42.3	Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp.	Appointed	Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2008	66.5	Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	48.5	James Vann Johnston, Jr.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
	61.7	Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
2009	59.2	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Installed	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
2009	49.8	Antonio Staglianò	Installed	Bishop of Noto, Italy
2010	59.9	William Hanna Shomali	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
2010	59.9	William Hanna Shomali	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
2011	80.5	Hubert Coppenrath	Retired	Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.9	Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe	Removed	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	62.9	Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop