Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
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1936 | Anthony Fernandes | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Bareilly, India | ||
1937 | Marin Srakić | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia | ||
1950 | Jozef Daniel Pravda, S.D.B. | Born | Superior Emeritus of Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
1953 | Anthony Bernard Paul | Born | Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia | ||
1954 | Giuseppe Pasotto, C.S.S. | Born | Apostolic Administrator of Caucaso, Armenia | ||
1956 | Yosyf Milan, M.S.U. | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine | ||
1957 | Linus Lee Seong-hyo | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South) | ||
1958 | 26.6 | José María Libório Camino Saracho | Ordained Priest | Priest of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
23.2 | Ovidio Poletto | Ordained Priest | Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy | |
Paul Su Yongda | Born | Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China | |||
Edmund James Whalen | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA | |||
1960 | Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan | Born | Bishop of Mouila, Gabon | ||
1961 | Lionginas Virbalas, S.J. | Born | Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania | ||
1963 | Thomas Halim Habib | Born | Bishop of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt | ||
1965 | 32.6 | Francis Arinze | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Onitsha, Nigeria | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
32.6 | Francis Arinze | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Fissiana | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
1966 | Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | ||
1967 | 26.0 | Pablo Lizama Riquelme | Ordained Priest | Priest of Santiago de Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile |
1968 | 25.1 | Isidro Barrio Barrio | Ordained Priest | Priest of Burgos, Spain | Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru |
26.0 | Norbert Brunner | Ordained Priest | Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus | |
23.5 | André de Witte | Ordained Priest | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil | |
1969 | 27.4 | Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia |
28.0 | Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | |
24.2 | Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects | Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil | |
Mauricio Urrea Carrillo | Born | Bishop-Elect of Parral, Chihuahua, México | |||
1973 | 27.2 | Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado | Ordained Priest | Priest of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) | Protosyncellus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek) |
1974 | 28.2 | Orlando Brandes | Ordained Priest | Priest of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
32.1 | Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
27.6 | Jonás Guerrero Corona | Ordained Priest | Priest of Autlán, Jalisco, México | Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México | |
43.0 | Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | |
43.0 | Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Abercornia | Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | |
1977 | 24.0 | Kevin Peter Doran | Ordained Priest | Priest of Dublin, Ireland | Bishop of Elphin, Ireland |
1978 | 24.8 | Gabriel Marchesi | Ordained Priest | Priest of Fiesole, Italy | Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil |
1980 | 25.6 | Justo Rodríguez Gallego | Ordained Priest | Priest of Toledo, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina |
1981 | 46.9 | Luciano Giovannetti | Installed | Bishop of Fiesole, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
1984 | 29.7 | Carlos Pedro Zilli, P.I.M.E. | Solemn Vows | Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions | Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau |
1985 | 25.3 | Giuseppe Favale | Ordained Priest | Priest of Castellaneta, Italy | Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy |
26.0 | Robert Philip Reed | Ordained Priest | Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Auxiliary Bishop | |
29.6 | Augustin Traoré | Ordained Priest | Priest of Ségou, Mali | Bishop | |
1986 | 27.1 | Almeida Kanda (Canda) | Ordained Priest | Priest of Uije, Angola | Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola |
28.7 | Novatus Rugambwa | Ordained Priest | Priest of Bukoba, Tanzania | Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand | |
1987 | 47.1 | Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. | Appointed | Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA |
1988 | 38.1 | Gheorghi Ivanov Jovčev | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Bishop |
38.1 | Gheorghi Ivanov Jovčev | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Lamphua | Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |
1989 | 44.8 | Nicholas James Samra | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Gerasa | Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA |
1991 | 54.0 | Félix del Blanco Prieto | Ordained Bishop | Titular Archbishop of Vannida | Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities |
46.7 | Cesare Nosiglia | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy | |
46.7 | Cesare Nosiglia | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Victoriana | Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy | |
29.3 | Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo | Ordained Priest | Priest of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso | Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | |
41.1 | Alberto Taveira Corrêa | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa | Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil | |
1992 | 37.5 | Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum | Incardinated | Priest of Koforidua, Ghana | Bishop |
65.4 | Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.2 | Rayappu Joseph | Appointed | Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.8 | Norbert Wendelin Mtega | Appointed | Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania | Archbishop Emeritus | |
42.0 | Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle | Appointed | Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana | Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana | |
53.9 | Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam | Appointed | Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus | |
1996 | 29.2 | Moses Chikwe | Ordained Priest | Priest of Owerri, Nigeria | Auxiliary Bishop |
50.9 | Alberto Tanasini | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy | Bishop of Chiavari, Italy | |
50.9 | Alberto Tanasini | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Suelli | Bishop of Chiavari, Italy | |
29.8 | Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S. | Ordained Priest | Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament | Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal | |
1997 | 50.7 | Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil | |
26.2 | Paul Dempsey | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | Bishop of Achonry, Ireland | |
60.0 | Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. | Succeeded | Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
28.2 | Xavier Novell Gomà | Ordained Priest | Priest of Solsona, Spain | Bishop | |
1998 | 56.7 | Cándido Cárdenas Villalba | Appointed | Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay | Bishop Emeritus |
1999 | 58.7 | Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. | Appointed | Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
2001 | 48.8 | Heinrich Timmerevers | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany | Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany |
48.8 | Heinrich Timmerevers | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Tulana | Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany | |
2002 | 69.5 | Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis | Appointed | Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka | Archbishop Emeritus |
33.4 | Gerhard Schneider | Ordained Priest | Priest of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop | |
2003 | 53.3 | Felix Genn | Installed | Bishop of Essen, Germany | Bishop of Münster, Germany |
2004 | 57.7 | Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. | Appointed | Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles | Bishop Emeritus |
60.2 | Arthur Joseph Serratelli | Installed | Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
2005 | 65.0 | Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. | Appointed | Bishop of Linz, Austria | Bishop Emeritus |
2006 | 56.9 | Markus Büchel | Appointed | Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland | |
46.6 | Ivan Tilak Jayasundera | Resigned | Bishop-Elect of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka | Former Bishop-Elect | |
64.9 | Gregory O’Kelly, S.J. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia | |
64.9 | Gregory O’Kelly, S.J. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Ath Truim | Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia | |
2007 | 55.2 | António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal |
55.2 | António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Azura | Bishop of Lamego, Portugal | |
2008 | 59.7 | Gerardo Melgar Viciosa | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain | Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain |
49.4 | Thierry Marie Scherrer | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Laval, France | ||
2010 | 56.4 | Robert Walter McElroy | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA | Bishop of San Diego, California, USA |
56.4 | Robert Walter McElroy | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena | Bishop of San Diego, California, USA | |
2011 | 57.0 | Severino Clasen, O.F.M. | Appointed | Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil |
69.1 | Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J. | Appointed | Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Bishop Emeritus | |
69.1 | Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Tyler, Texas, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
75.1 | Nei Paulo Moretto | Retired | Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
43.3 | Simon Ok Hyun-jjn | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Pederodiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) | |
67.8 | Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S. | Succeeded | Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
2012 | 45.7 | José Rico Pavés | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain | |
45.7 | José Rico Pavés | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Mentesa | Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain | |
66.5 | Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia | Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia | |
48.2 | Joseph Yue Fusheng | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China | ||
2013 | 68.4 | George Kocherry | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh | |
64.9 | Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente | Installed | Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal | ||
45.3 | Rafael Valdivieso Miranda | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Chitré, Panama | ||
2014 | 50.1 | José Trinidad Fernández Angulo | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Pumentum | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
2016 | 57.8 | Kenneth David Oswin Richards | Installed | Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles | |
78.2 | Genival Saraiva de França | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Paraíba, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil | |
2017 | 51.4 | Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Philippines, Military | Bishop |
2018 | 51.5 | Ettore Balestrero | Appointed | Administrator to Congo, Democratic Republic of | Apostolic Nuncio |
2019 | 58.7 | Andrea Bellandi | Ordained Bishop | Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy | |
65.6 | Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | |
75.3 | Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. | Retired | Bishop of Treviso, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
79.0 | Petru Gherghel | Retired | Bishop of Iaşi, Romania | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.9 | Serverus Jjumba | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Masaka, Uganda | ||
64.7 | Iosif Păuleţ | Appointed | Bishop of Iaşi, Romania | ||
53.6 | José Bolivar Piedra Aguirre | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Maronana | Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador | |
57.0 | Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Aeliae | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | |
61.4 | Giuseppe Schillaci | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy | ||
53.9 | Michele Tomasi | Appointed | Bishop of Treviso, Italy | ||
2020 | 75.7 | Francisco Cases Andreu | Retired | Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
59.7 | José Mazuelos Pérez | Appointed | Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain |
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