Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
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1931 | Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
1942 | Patrick Percival Power | Born | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canberra-Goulburn, Australia | ||
1955 | Claudio Cipolla | Born | Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy | ||
1960 | Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. | Born | Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier | ||
1961 | 20.3 | Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. | Professed | Member of Order of Saint Benedict | Bishop Emeritus of Nueve de Julio, Argentina |
29.0 | Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China | |
1962 | 27.5 | François Colímon, S.M.M. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary | Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti |
26.2 | Anthony Hampden Dickson | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles | |
1963 | 27.8 | Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile |
1964 | Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon | Born | Bishop of Kumba, Cameroon | ||
1965 | 25.8 | José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela |
1967 | 26.8 | José Vicente Huertas Vargas | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Garagoa, Colombia |
1968 | 18.5 | Paul Bernard Bird, C.SS.R. | Professed | Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop of Ballarat, Australia |
37.7 | José da Silva Chaves | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari | Bishop Emeritus of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil | |
1969 | 36.5 | Jayme Henrique Chemello | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
36.5 | Jayme Henrique Chemello | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Bisica | Bishop Emeritus of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
1973 | 38.2 | Julius Babatunde Adelakun | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Thunigaba | Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria |
19.8 | Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M. | Professed | Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) | Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil | |
1975 | 21.4 | Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. | Professed | Member of Society of Divine Vocations | Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA |
1978 | 30.1 | Gerhard Ludwig Müller | Ordained Priest | Priest of Mainz, Germany | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
1979 | 25.4 | Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. | Perpetual Vows | Member of Society of Divine Vocations | Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA |
1984 | 45.9 | Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador | Bishop Emeritus |
24.7 | Mark Davies | Ordained Priest | Priest of Salford, England, Great Britain | Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain | |
1988 | 47.2 | Donald William Wuerl | Appointed | Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
1989 | 62.1 | Paolo Magnani | Installed | Bishop of Treviso, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
48.0 | Mihály Mayer | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli | Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary | |
60.7 | Joseph Ti-kang | Succeeded | Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan | Archbishop Emeritus | |
60.7 | Joseph Ti-kang | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan | Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan | |
43.0 | Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Culusi | Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary | |
1992 | 49.3 | Rubén Salazar Gómez | Appointed | Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia |
1993 | 63.9 | Pier Giacomo De Nicolò | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Syria | Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland |
1995 | 27.9 | Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. | Professed | Member of Congregation of the Mission | Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil |
57.5 | Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez | Installed | Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama | Bishop Emeritus | |
54.2 | Heinrich Mussinghoff | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Aachen, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.4 | Pedro Rubiano Sàenz | Installed | Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
1996 | 28.0 | Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R. | Professed | Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil |
27.2 | Joseph Wu Qinjing | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China | |
1998 | 49.3 | Salvatore Ligorio | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Tricarico, Italy | Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy |
1999 | 42.3 | Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia | Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia |
57.4 | Beniamino Stella | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia | Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
2001 | 56.7 | Stephen Athipozhiyil | Ordained Bishop | Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India | Bishop Emeritus |
56.5 | Alfonso Badini Confalonieri | Installed | Bishop of Susa, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.7 | António Augusto dos Santos Marto | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Bladia | Cardinal, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal | |
44.0 | John Ribat, M.S.C. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor | Cardinal, Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |
2002 | 54.4 | Kevin Joseph Farrell | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life |
62.7 | Francisco González Valer, S.F. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Lamphua | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
56.1 | Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz | Appointed | Archbishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation | Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | |
48.5 | Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. | Appointed | Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation | Bishop of Ełk, Poland | |
40.4 | Clemens Pickel | Appointed | Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation | ||
49.3 | Joseph Werth, S.J. | Appointed | Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation | ||
2003 | 51.8 | Guillermo Dela Vega Afable | Succeeded | Bishop of Digos, Philippines | |
63.8 | Héctor González Martínez | Appointed | Archbishop of Durango, México | Archbishop Emeritus | |
60.9 | Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Respecta | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia | |
2004 | 53.0 | Nikola Eterović | Appointed | Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany |
76.8 | Eduardo Martínez Somalo | Retired | Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber | |
62.1 | Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
62.1 | Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Lete | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District | |
56.5 | Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Munatiana | Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia | |
69.3 | Franc Rodé, C.M. | Appointed | Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus | |
56.7 | Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte | Appointed | Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia | ||
2005 | 46.8 | Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias | Appointed | Bishop of Cabinda, Angola | Archbishop of Luanda, Angola |
52.1 | José Antonio Fernández Hurtado | Appointed | Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México | Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México | |
46.5 | Julio Hernando García Peláez | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia | Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia | |
46.5 | Julio Hernando García Peláez | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Bida | Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia | |
56.9 | Gilles Lemay | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada | Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada | |
56.9 | Gilles Lemay | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Eguga | Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada | |
62.2 | André Armand Vingt-Trois | Appointed | Archbishop of Paris, France | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
2006 | 69.0 | Simon Atallah, O.A.M. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon | Bishop Emeritus |
62.1 | Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. | Ordained Bishop | Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
46.2 | Tadeusz Bronakowski | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland | ||
46.2 | Tadeusz Bronakowski | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania | Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland | |
62.5 | François Eid, O.M.M. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus | |
59.7 | André Gazaille | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada | |
59.7 | André Gazaille | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Vaga | Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada | |
61.6 | Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada | |
61.6 | Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tagase | Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada | |
55.0 | Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. | Installed | Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada | ||
49.4 | Peter Joseph Hundt | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | |
49.4 | Peter Joseph Hundt | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena | Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | |
46.0 | Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
46.0 | Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Galtelli | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
45.2 | Elias Nassar | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.4 | Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria | ||
50.8 | Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
50.8 | Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Thubursicum-Bure | Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
75.2 | Jude Saint-Antoine | Retired | Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
48.5 | Andrzej Siemieniewski | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Theuzi | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland | |
63.4 | Norbert Trelle | Installed | Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
2007 | 52.1 | Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. | Installed | Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil | |
2008 | 54.3 | Vincent Barwa | Appointed | Bishop of Simdega, India | |
41.5 | Ivan Šaško | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia | ||
41.5 | Ivan Šaško | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Rotaria | Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia | |
2009 | 54.9 | Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos | Appointed | Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
2010 | 63.7 | Lucio Lemmo | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae | Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy |
2011 | 64.6 | Victor Abagna Mossa | Appointed | Bishop of Owando, Congo | Archbishop of Owando, Congo |
72.6 | Angelo Amato, S.D.B. | Installed | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | |
55.6 | John Barwa, S.V.D. | Appointed | Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India | ||
55.6 | Paul Stagg Coakley | Installed | Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | ||
69.2 | Jean Charles Émile Gardin, C.S.Sp. | Appointed | Bishop of Impfondo, Congo | Bishop Emeritus | |
2012 | 58.7 | Angelo Antolini, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Prefect of Robe, Ethiopia | |
49.4 | Nicolas Jean René Brouwet | Appointed | Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France | ||
77.2 | Fernando Robles Capalla | Retired | Archbishop of Davao, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus | |
60.5 | Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J. | Installed | Bishop of Fontibón, Colombia | ||
45.1 | João Justino de Medeiros Silva | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Tullia | Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
63.7 | Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Horta | Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka | |
51.9 | Jonas Ivanauskas | Appointed | Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania | ||
51.3 | Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. | Appointed | Bishop of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso | ||
58.6 | José Leonardo Lemos Montanet | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Orense, Spain | ||
60.3 | Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras | ||
57.4 | Pierre Claver Malgo | Appointed | Bishop of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso | ||
75.9 | Juozas Matulaitis | Retired | Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.1 | Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier | Retired | Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.3 | Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Lesina | Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka | |
60.5 | Romulo Geolina Valles | Appointed | Archbishop of Davao, Philippines | ||
38.6 | Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania | Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania | |
38.6 | Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Quiza | Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania | |
2013 | 48.3 | Robert Joseph Coyle | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military | Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA |
48.3 | Robert Joseph Coyle | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Zabi | Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
2014 | 75.3 | Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. | Retired | Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay | Archbishop Emeritus |
49.2 | John Francis Doerfler | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA | ||
75.2 | Howard James Hubbard | Retired | Bishop of Albany, New York, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
84.4 | Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. | Retired | Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus | |
65.7 | Edward Bernard Scharfenberger | Appointed | Bishop of Albany, New York, USA | ||
54.6 | Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. | Appointed | Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
47.9 | John Joale Tlhomola, S.C.P. | Appointed | Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho | ||
52.1 | Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | ||
52.1 | Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Nicives | Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
2015 | 57.2 | Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé | Appointed | Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | |
50.7 | Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M. | Appointed | Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
77.6 | Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. | Retired | Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.7 | Ildefonso Obama Obono | Retired | Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Archbishop Emeritus | |
2016 | 50.0 | Miguel Fernando González Mariño | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia | Bishop of Espinal, Colombia |
50.0 | Miguel Fernando González Mariño | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Boseta | Bishop of Espinal, Colombia | |
59.9 | John Gregory Kelly | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Jamestown | Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA | |
2017 | 47.5 | Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil | |
55.6 | Victor Emilio Masalles Pere | Installed | Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic | ||
88.3 | Ernest Simoni | Installed | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala | Cardinal, Priest of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania | |
2018 | 55.9 | James Raphael Anaparambil | Ordained Bishop | Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India | Bishop |
62.5 | Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Municipa | Prefect of Azerbaijan | |
54.2 | Mirosław Gucwa | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Bouar, Central African Republic | ||
71.7 | Brendan Kelly | Installed | Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland | ||
2019 | 56.7 | John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D. | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana | |
69.3 | Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. | Resigned | Bishop of Viana, Angola | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.2 | Ronald Ignacio (Bong) Lunas | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines | ||
53.2 | Renatus Leonard Nkwande | Appointed | Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania | ||
74.0 | Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P. | Installed | Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam | ||
54.9 | Emílio Sumbelelo | Appointed | Bishop of Viana, Angola | ||
2020 | 48.4 | Giorgio Barbetta Manzocchi | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Isola | Auxiliary Bishop of Huarí, Peru |
77.8 | Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. | Retired | Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
57.2 | Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán | Appointed | Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia | ||
76.5 | Jesús Juárez Párraga, S.D.B. | Retired | Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
56.3 | Robert John McClory | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA | ||
57.6 | Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos | Appointed | Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia | ||
2021 | 53.6 | Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Thiava | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
54.9 | Larry James Kulick | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Bishop-Elect | |
58.3 | Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M. | Installed | Vicar Apostolic of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia |
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