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Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1932		Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.	Born	Boyle, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
1934		Francesco Monterisi	Born	Barletta, Italy	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops
1935		William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D.	Born	Kepa, Poland	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
1940		Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D.	Born	Medellín	Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia
1941		Emilio Z. Marquez	Born	Lopez	Bishop of Lucena, Philippines
1941		Fernando Sabogal Viana	Born	Mariquita	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
1942		Jesús García Burillo	Born	Alfamén	Bishop of Avila, Spain
1946		Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez	Born	San Luis Potosi	Bishop of Orizaba, México
1947		Ralph Walker Nickless	Born	Denver, CO	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
1953		José Câmnate na Bissign	Born	Mansoa	Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
1953		Ján Orosch	Born	Bratislava	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia
1954		Paul-André Durocher	Born	Windsor	Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
1955	26.8	Bernard William Schmitt	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
1959	27.7	Joseph Edward Troy	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
1960	27.1	Harry Joseph Flynn	Ordained Priest	Priest of Albany, New York, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	26.0	James Anthony Griffin	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	27.4	Michael Angelo Saltarelli	Ordained Priest	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
1961	25.7	Egidio Nkaijanabwo	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of Kasese, Uganda
1964	29.6	Jacques Sarr	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of Thiès, Senegal
1964	27.5	Théodore-Adrien Sarr	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dakar, Senegal	Cardinal, Archbishop
1966	27.8	Ignatius Anthony Catanello	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	26.7	Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Ozamis, Philippines
	27.7	Robert Fealey Morneau	Ordained Priest	Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
1968	40.3	Friedrich Wetter	Appointed	Bishop of Speyer, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
1972	27.7	Bronislaw Bernacki	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
	24.5	Noël Simard	Ordained Priest	Priest of Québec, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
	34.8	Philip Sulumeti	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya
	34.8	Philip Sulumeti	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Urci	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya
1973	51.0	Pio Laghi	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
1975	61.9	Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1975	61.9	Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Theudalis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1977	53.2	Luigi Amaducci	Appointed	Bishop of Cesena, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
	53.2	Luigi Amaducci	Appointed	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
	40.2	Attilio Nicora	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor	Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	27.5	Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal	Ordained Priest	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
	50.1	Joseph Ratzinger	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	25.7	Gabino Zavala	Ordained Priest	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
1980	30.2	Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers	Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
1982	58.3	Silvano Piovanelli	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	58.3	Silvano Piovanelli	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
	21.9	Taras Senkiv, O.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1983	24.9	Everardus Johannes de Jong	Ordained Priest	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop
1983	25.9	Wlodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of St. Basil the Great	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
1986	50.2	Francesco Canalini	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Valeria	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
1986	50.2	Francesco Canalini	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
1987	50.1	José María Arancibia	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pumentum	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
1987	47.5	Martin Gächter	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Betagbarar	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
1988	42.9	Antonio José López Castillo	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Theuzi	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
1989	34.4	Nikolaus Messmer, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
	53.3	Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky	Appointed	Bishop of Berlin, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
	35.9	Martin Vidovic	Ordained Priest	Priest of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus
1990	64.8	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cyprus	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
1990	50.8	David Eugene Fellhauer	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Victoria in Texas, USA
1991	59.4	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.	Appointed	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
	41.2	Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arba	Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	63.5	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.5	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hortanum (Horta)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
1993	56.1	José María Arancibia	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop
	37.9	Paul Alois Lakra	Incardinated	Priest of Gumla, India	Bishop
	55.9	Anthony Theodore Lobo	Appointed	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
	60.6	Joseph Minj	Appointed	Bishop of Simdega, India	Bishop Emeritus
	41.9	Pero Sudar	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	41.9	Pero Sudar	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Selia	Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	52.0	Antonio Realubin Tobias	Appointed	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines
1995	55.0	Anthony Kwami Adanuty	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana
	47.8	Gabriel Akwasi Abiabo Mante	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana
	60.3	Thomas Kwaku Mensah	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana	Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana
	46.7	Philip Naameh	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
	47.3	Joseph Osei-Bonsu	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
1997	47.4	Carlos Aguiar Retes	Appointed	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
	45.2	Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez	Appointed	Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México
	47.5	Eugenijus Bartulis	Appointed	Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
	52.6	Jonas Boruta, S.J.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
	52.6	Jonas Boruta, S.J.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
	53.4	Martin Drennan	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	53.4	Martin Drennan	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
	53.0	Raymond W. Field	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
	53.0	Raymond W. Field	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Árd Mór	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
	39.5	Rimantas Norvila	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
	39.5	Rimantas Norvila	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
2000	49.4	Jean-Luc Brunin	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
2000	62.5	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso	Appointed	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile
2004	66.3	John Cunningham	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
2005	54.4	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria	Bishop
2005	55.4	John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
2006	52.4	Eduardo Eliseo Martín	Installed	Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
	66.1	Agostino Vallini	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	82.8	Albert Vanhoye, S.J.	Installed	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
2007	45.2	Carmelo Cuttitta	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
2007	45.2	Carmelo Cuttitta	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Novi	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy
2008	44.6	Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena	Appointed	Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil
	65.5	Irineu Gassen, O.F.M.	Appointed	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	66.1	William Joseph Justice	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
	53.7	Francisco Moreno Barrón	Installed	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México

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