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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1927		Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B.	Born		Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
1941		Frans Daneels, O. Praem.	Born		Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
1949	22.7	Emanuele Catarinicchia	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
1949	28.1	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
1953		Robert William Finn	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
1955		Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia	Born		Bishop of Teotihuacán, México, México
1956		Johannes Bündgens	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	24.7	Pablo Puente Buces	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santander, Spain	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
		José Francisco Rezende Dias	Born		Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1957		Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy	Born		Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
1957		Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
1960	23.3	Ennio Antonelli	Ordained Priest	Priest of Todi, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	28.8	Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
	27.4	Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao	Ordained Priest	Priest of Legazpi, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1964		Gregory Lawrence Parkes	Born		Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
1965		Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F.	Born		Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
1966	24.5	Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
1972	28.5	José Trinidad González Rodríguez	Ordained Priest	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
1975	40.4	Fernando Robles Capalla	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
1975	40.4	Fernando Robles Capalla	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Grumentum	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
1976	52.9	Bruno Foresti	Appointed	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
1977	32.0	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
1978	48.5	Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	27.8	Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop of Mavelikara (Syro-Malankara), India
	26.9	Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kagoshima, Japan	Bishop
1979	44.7	Fernando José Penteado	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
1979	44.7	Fernando José Penteado	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
1981	28.1	Varghese Chakkalakal	Ordained Priest	Priest of Calicut, India	Bishop
1982	53.2	Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
1982	53.2	Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
1985	51.7	José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.	Appointed	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
1986	54.5	Joseph Edward Troy	Succeeded	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
1989	25.9	Nazarene Soosai	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kottar, India	Bishop
1990	44.4	Thomas Dabre	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India	Bishop of Poona, India
	44.4	Thomas Dabre	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Bishop of Poona, India
	29.8	Fortunatus Nwachukwu	Incardinated	Priest of Aba, Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	44.3	Fulgence Rabeony, S.J.	Appointed	Bishop of Toliara, Madagascar	Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar
	38.2	Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji	Appointed	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
1992	26.5	Jaya Rao Polimera	Ordained Priest	Priest of Warangal, India	Bishop of Eluru, India
	48.8	Crescenzio Sepe	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Gradum	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	48.8	Crescenzio Sepe	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
1995	52.5	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
1996	53.4	Francis Joseph Christian	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Francis Joseph Christian	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Quincy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
	46.3	Mario Espinosa Contreras	Appointed	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
2000	54.9	Vincenzo Paglia	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy	President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
2000	56.9	Francesco Guido Ravinale	Installed	Bishop of Asti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2001	52.7	Dennis Marion Schnurr	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2002	65.5	Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B.	Succeeded	Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
2004	60.9	Luigi Antonio Cantafora	Installed	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	48.1	Ramón Castro Castro	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
	48.1	Ramón Castro Castro	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
	51.6	Ernesto Mandara	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	51.6	Ernesto Mandara	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania	Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
	50.8	Ján Orosch	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia
	50.8	Ján Orosch	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Semina	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia
	48.5	José Rafael Palma Capetillo	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, México	Auxiliary Bishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
	48.5	José Rafael Palma Capetillo	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vallis	Auxiliary Bishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
	45.3	Stanislav Zvolenský	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop of Bratislava, Slovakia
	45.3	Stanislav Zvolenský	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna	Archbishop of Bratislava, Slovakia
2005	64.2	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton	Installed	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
	72.4	Francis Arinze	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	70.5	Paul Josef Cordes	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	51.0	Giambattista Diquattro	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Giru Mons	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	51.0	Giambattista Diquattro	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	67.6	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
	46.6	Julio Hernando García Peláez	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
	75.0	Julián Herranz Casado	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	72.9	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.	Appointed	Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
	72.9	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Adana degli Armeni	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
	72.0	Walter Kasper	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	47.5	Ryszard Kasyna	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dices	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
	72.1	Javier Lozano Barragán	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	72.3	Renato Raffaele Martino	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	58.9	Luigi Pezzuto	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina
	51.5	Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Belali	Official of the Pontifical Council for Culture
	74.5	Paul Joseph Jean Poupard	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for Culture	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	77.9	Joseph Ratzinger	Ceased	President of the International Theological Commission	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	77.9	Joseph Ratzinger	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	77.9	Joseph Ratzinger	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	71.1	Giovanni Battista Re	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	71.1	Giovanni Battista Re	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	70.5	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	59.7	Stanisław Ryłko	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
	73.2	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	73.9	Sergio Sebastiani	Ceased	President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	61.8	Crescenzio Sepe	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	77.3	Angelo Sodano	Ceased	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
	60.0	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Appointed	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.9	Agostino Vallini	Ceased	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	46.8	Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop
2006	50.2	Victor Lyngdoh	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nongstoin, India	Archbishop of Shillong, India
2007	47.2	Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France	Archbishop
2007	47.2	Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusadus	Archbishop of Poitiers, France
2008	61.0	Ivo Baldi Gaburri	Appointed	Bishop of Huarí, Peru
2008	59.0	Thomas John Rodi	Appointed	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
2009	53.8	John Barwa, S.V.D.	Succeeded	Bishop of Rourkela, India	Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
	75.8	Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D.	Retired	Bishop of Rourkela, India	Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Edward James Burns	Installed	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
	58.8	José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa	Installed	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México
2011	44.3	Rolando José Álvarez Lagos	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
	63.4	Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno	Installed	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
	56.2	François Marie Aimé Marius Fonlupt	Appointed	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	66.5	Mauro Piacenza	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	64.4	Atilano Rodríguez Martínez	Installed	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
	57.2	Tomo Vukšić	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Military	Coadjutor Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012	63.5	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Appointed	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
2012	74.3	Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
2013	58.8	Stephen Arthur Jensen	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
	52.4	Alexander King Sample	Installed	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
	62.5	David Prescott Talley	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2014	57.0	Franco Coppola	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Chad	Apostolic Nuncio to México
	41.4	Bohdan Manyshyn	Confirmed	Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	41.4	Bohdan Manyshyn	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	53.7	Taras Senkiv, O.M.	Confirmed	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	46.5	Vasyl Volodymyr Tuchapets, O.S.B.M.	Confirmed	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	46.5	Vasyl Volodymyr Tuchapets, O.S.B.M.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Centuriones	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2016	59.9	Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy
	53.6	Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe	Appointed	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	57.6	Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi	Appointed	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	52.9	John Akinkunmi Oyejola	Appointed	Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria
	47.8	Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.SS.R.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate
	75.5	Felipe Salazar Villagrana	Retired	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
	54.7	Juarez Sousa Da Silva	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
	69.1	Eduardo Zielski	Installed	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
2017	48.6	Cristiano Bodo	Installed	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	59.5	Daniele Gianotti	Installed	Bishop of Crema, Italy
	53.1	Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M.	Installed	Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
	59.8	Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V.	Installed	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
2019	72.6	Joseph Edward Kurtz	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	50.1	Marvyn Abrea Maceda	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
	55.6	Joel Ocampo Gorostieta	Appointed	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
	68.5	David Prescott Talley	Installed	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2020	49.2	Bulus Dauwa Yohanna	Appointed	Bishop of Kontagora, Nigeria
	45.8	Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.	Appointed	Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
	45.8	Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana	Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
	65.3	Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral	Appointed	Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru
	77.1	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.	Retired	Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus

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