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Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1928		Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I.	Born	Killaly	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1933		Adam Smigielski, S.D.B.	Born	Przemysl	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
1937		Kazimierz Górny	Born	Lubien	Bishop of Rzeszów, Poland
1941		Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria	Born	San Andrés	Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
1941		Andrzej Wojciech Suski	Born	Plock	Bishop of Toruń, Poland
1942		Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta	Born		Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia
1944		Oswald Gracias	Born	Mumbai	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
1944	23.1	József Szendi	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
1948		Menghistear Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I.	Born	Berakit	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
1952		Peter Forsyth Christensen	Born	Pasadena, CA	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
		Luíz Carlos Eccel	Born	Brusque	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
		Anastase Mutabazi	Born	Birenga	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
1953		Adam Szal	Born	Wysoka Lancucka	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
1955	24.7	Joseph Wang Yu-jung	Ordained Priest	Priest of Taipei, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
1956		José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.	Born	Chitré	Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá
1957		Jérôme Daniel Beau	Born	Paris	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
1960		Emmanuel Félémou	Born	Kolouma	Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
1960	31.4	Matthias Joseph Isuja	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dodoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
1961	25.8	Claude Feidt	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France
1961	25.4	Guido Plante, P.M.E.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
1965	24.6	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
1966	28.5	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job	Ordained Priest	Priest	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
1967	25.7	Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia
1974	45.5	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
1974	45.5	Pier Giuliano Tiddia	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Minturnae	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
1978	31.3	Kevin Joseph Farrell	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
1980	27.5	Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa	Ordained Priest	Priest of Alep (Armenian), Syria	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
1982	33.3	Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
	48.6	Francesco Monterisi	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops
	48.6	Francesco Monterisi	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Korea	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops
1991	54.9	Audrys Juozas Backis	Appointed	Cardinal, Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	53.8	Juozapas Matulaitis-Labukas	Appointed	Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
	65.1	Juozas Preikšas	Appointed	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
	65.3	Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C.	Appointed	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
1992	63.5	Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B.	Appointed	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	39.1	Csaba Ternyák	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	39.1	Csaba Ternyák	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Eminentiana	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
1993	41.9	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela	Archbishop
1993	41.9	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Altava	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
2003	77.1	Josef Koukl	Retired	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh	Bishop
	47.5	Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh
	50.5	Pavel Posád	Appointed	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
2007	58.8	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Appointed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
2007	58.8	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Warri, Nigeria	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria

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