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Living Bishop Events

1980 and Later

Assumption (Solemnity)

See Also: 1979 and Earlier | Diocese Events

Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1980	29.7	Hugo Nicolás Barbaro	Ordained Priest	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
	26.8	Patrick Christopher Pinder	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles	Archbishop
	25.4	Gustavo Rodriguez Vega	Ordained Priest	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México
1981	23.7	Christopher Cardone, O.P.	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands
1981	52.3	Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B.	Succeeded	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
1982	42.9	Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Budua	Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
1982	23.4	José Luis Escobar Alas	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Vicente, El Salvador	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
1983	26.2	Joseph Banga Bane	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1984	31.3	Pierre d’Ornellas	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	55.8	Michael Meier, S.V.D.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
	29.3	Benjamin Marc Ramaroson, C.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
1985	53.2	Jan Bagiński	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tagarata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Opole, Poland
	47.2	Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
	37.8	Frumencio Escudero Arenas	Ordained Priest	Priest of Puyo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.2	André Gaumond	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	45.8	Gerard Alfons Kusz	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala	Auxiliary Bishop of Gliwice, Poland
1986	43.0	Frederick Drandua	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Arua, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
1986	52.6	Fabián Marulanda López	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pederodiana	Bishop Emeritus of Florencia, Colombia
1987	39.0	Amando Samo	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Libertina	Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
1989	26.0	Lucjan Avgustini	Ordained Priest	Priest of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
	39.6	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Ordained Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	26.6	Dodë Gjergji	Ordained Priest	Priest of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Serbia
	37.4	Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J.	Solemn Professed	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Azul, Argentina
1991	55.5	Luis Gleisner Wobbe	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mididi	Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena, Chile
1992	30.7	Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tamale, Ghana	Bishop of Damongo, Ghana
	28.4	Walter Jehowá Heras Segarra, O.F.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
	36.0	Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar
	29.3	Henrique Soares da Costa	Ordained Priest	Priest of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
1994	58.4	Christopher Jones	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
1995	53.3	André Rivest	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
1996	23.2	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
1998	52.3	Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kitale, Kenya
1999	41.6	Akio Johnson Mutek	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Suava	Bishop of Torit, Sudan
	61.1	Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vicus Caesaris	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
	28.9	Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
	26.2	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
2000	69.2	Arthé Guimond	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
2000	59.6	Thomas Nguyên Van Tan	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam	Bishop
2001	50.3	Roberto Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
	51.5	Timothy Michael Dolan	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Natchesium	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
	61.2	Rogelio Esquivel Medina	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	65.7	Francisco Clavel Gil	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Macomades	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
	54.7	Jonás Guerrero Corona	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Assava	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	42.2	Baselios Cleemis (Isaac) Thottunkal	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Chaialum	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India
	61.2	Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop
2002	51.8	Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
2003	49.8	Patrick Christopher Pinder	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Archbishop of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles
2007	63.8	Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo
	60.5	Ferenc Cserháti	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	61.0	Joseph Edward Kurtz	Installed	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2008	45.6	Philip E. R. Dickmans	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
2008	61.6	Romualdo Matias Kujawski	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop
2009	51.1	José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2010	51.6	Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan
	51.6	Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan	Coadjutor Bishop
	64.1	Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira	Installed	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
	78.9	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I.	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
2011	67.8	Joseph Chennoth	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
	59.4	Hugh (Edward) Gilbert, O.S.B.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
	52.7	Chibly Langlois	Appointed	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti