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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1917		Luigi Poggi	Born	Piacenza, Italy	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
1928		Giuseppe Agostino	Born	Reggio Calabria	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
1932		Franz Grave	Born	Essen	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
1933		George Riashi, B.C.	Born	Kaael-Rim	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite), Lebanon
1935		Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.	Born	Montebello	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
1935		Leonard Zamora Legaspi, O.P.	Born	Meycauayan	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
1936		Kenneth Donald Steiner	Born	David City, NE	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
1940		Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina	Born	Puerto Pinasco	Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay
1941		Jean-Michel di Falco	Born	Marseille	Bishop of Gap (-Embrun), France
1945		Joseph Francis Kweku Essien	Born	Apowa	Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana
1945		Luiz Antônio Guedes	Born	Mogi Mirim	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1946		Luigi Gatti	Born	Castiglione Tinella, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
1947		Noël Simard	Born	Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
1951	26.4	José Pedro Pozzi, S.D.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
1952		Daniel Adwok	Born	Atar	Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan
1959		Ivan Tilak Jayasundera	Born	Kandy	Bishop-Elect Emeritus of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
1964	39.7	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S.	Appointed	Prefect of Minna, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
	41.9	Louis Nganga a Ndzando	Appointed	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	33.7	James Odongo	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tororo, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
	33.7	James Odongo	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
1970	42.0	Juan Martí Alanis	Appointed	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
1971	46.1	José Freire Falcão	Appointed	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
1972	29.5	Héctor Rubén Aguer	Ordained Priest	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
	27.0	Piero Coccia	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy
	26.1	Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Ordained Priest	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
1973	42.4	Guido Breña López, O.P.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ica, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
1973	44.9	Zéphyrin Toé	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
1975	53.2	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray	Appointed	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
1976	47.8	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Utimmira	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
1978	46.0	Adam Dyczkowski	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
	57.0	Carlo Furno	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	31.0	Mario Aurelio Poli	Ordained Priest	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
1979	48.7	José Carlos de Oliveira, C.SS.R.	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil
1981	54.6	Joseph Ratzinger	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	54.6	Joseph Ratzinger	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	54.6	Joseph Ratzinger	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	27.8	Juda Thadaeus Ruwa'ichi, O.F.M. Cap.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
1984	53.8	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1984	49.4	Stanislaw Nowak	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland
1985	50.1	John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai	Appointed	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
	40.9	Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
	40.9	Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sinnuara	Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
1986	48.0	Louis Kébreau, S.D.B.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	48.0	Louis Kébreau, S.D.B.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Selendeta	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
	48.9	Joseph Lafontant	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	48.9	Joseph Lafontant	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gilba	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
1987	60.9	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez	Appointed	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
1988	63.9	Cesar C. Raval, S.V.D.	Appointed	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
1988	60.9	Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M.	Appointed	Prelate of Juli, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
1991	61.5	Serafino Sprovieri	Appointed	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
1992	53.8	Carlito J. Cenzon, C.I.C.M.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Scebatiana	Bishop of Baguio, Philippines
1993	65.2	John Adel Elya, B.S.	Appointed	Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite), USA	Bishop Emeritus
1996	35.4	Mauro Parmeggiani	Incardinated	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
1997	50.6	Richard John Garcia	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
	50.6	Richard John Garcia	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bapara	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
	57.3	Filippo Strofaldi	Appointed	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
2000	51.0	Eugenijus Bartulis	Appointed	Bishop of Lithuania, Military	Bishop of Šiauliai, Lithuania
	75.5	Enzio d'Antonio	Retired	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	70.2	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	55.0	Rubén Oscar Frassia	Appointed	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina	Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
	66.6	Carlo Ghidelli	Appointed	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
	75.1	Arturo Lona Reyes	Retired	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus
	47.8	Juan Rubén Martinez	Appointed	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina
	55.6	Felipe Padilla Cardona	Succeeded	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
	62.7	Juan Horacio Suárez	Appointed	Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina
2001	61.5	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Bishop of Linz, Austria
2002	58.6	René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M.	Appointed	Bishop of Abomey, Benin	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
	53.6	Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Rusticiana	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
	53.6	Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
	53.6	Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
2003	63.9	Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr.	Resigned	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	56.4	Josef Clemens	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Segermes	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	56.4	Josef Clemens	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	66.2	Erwin Josef Ender	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	54.3	Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Bishop of Emdeber, Ethiopia
	57.4	John Michael Miller, C.S.B.	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Vertara	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	57.4	John Michael Miller, C.S.B.	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	56.8	Thomas James Olmsted	Appointed	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
	75.1	Giuseppe Pittau, S.J.	Retired	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)	Secretary Emeritus
	64.4	Michael Jarboe Sheehan	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
	62.4	Antonio Realubin Tobias	Appointed	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines
	51.9	Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B.	Appointed	Bishop of Arica (San Marcos de), Chile
2004	58.2	Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loayza	Appointed	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador
2005	59.8	Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Serrinha, Baia, Brazil
2006	73.4	Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz	Appointed	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.8	Rogelio Cabrera López	Appointed	Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
	60.8	Joseph Karikkassery	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India
	60.8	Joseph Karikkassery	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Buxentum	Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly, India
	52.8	Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C.	Appointed	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya
	71.1	José Guadalupe Martín Rábago	Appointed	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
	64.9	Evariste Ngoyagoye	Appointed	Archbishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
	77.8	Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C.	Retired	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	66.0	Rafael Romo Muñoz	Appointed	Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
	58.9	Paul R. Ruzoka	Appointed	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
	42.9	Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop

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