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Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1927		Júlio Duarte Langa	Born		Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
1941		Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Born		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
1944		Fernando Ocáriz Braña	Born		Prelate of Opus Dei
1946		Luis Madrid Merlano	Born		Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
1947		Frumencio Escudero Arenas	Born		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puyo, Ecuador
1949		Javier Navarro Rodríguez	Born		Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
1950		Florencio Armando Colín Cruz	Born		Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México
1953		Ruy Rendón Leal	Born		Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
1957	26.5	Víctor Manuel López Forero	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Bucaramanga, Colombia
1957	24.5	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Ordained Priest	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
1959		Michal Janocha	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
1963	21.6	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
1965		Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Born		Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
1968	25.9	André Armand Vingt-Trois	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
1969		Jean-Luc Gérard Garin	Born		Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
1970		Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R.	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1971	21.2	Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B.	Professed	Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
1973	26.9	Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Auxiliary Bishop of Chosica, Peru
1974	39.8	Faustin Ngabu	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
1975	41.1	Paul Josef Cordes	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
1975	41.1	Paul Josef Cordes	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
1979	28.6	Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador
1981	45.1	Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
1981	45.1	Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
1982	30.8	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Udaipur, India
1985	39.9	Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
1987	33.3	Joseph Mairura Okemwa	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kisii, Kenya	Bishop
1990	29.7	Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop
1991	33.8	Joseph Zhang Weizhu	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
1993	67.2	Heitor de Araújo Sales	Appointed	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
1994	27.6	Cerilo "Allan" Uy Casicas	Ordained Priest	Priest of Marbel, Philippines	Bishop
	54.6	Alejandro Goić Karmelić	Appointed	Bishop of Osorno, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
	54.4	Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B.	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.4	Daniel Patrick Reilly	Appointed	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	63.0	John Walter Yanta	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
	63.0	John Walter Yanta	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
1996	68.3	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp.	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
1999	57.7	Guilherme Porto	Succeeded	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2001	25.2	Hugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem.	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
2001	39.9	Anton Coşa	Appointed	Bishop of Chişinău, Moldova
2004	75.0	Antônio de Souza, C.S.S.	Retired	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2004	47.0	Maurício Grotto de Camargo	Succeeded	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2005	51.4	Francisco Carlos Bach	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
2007	38.0	Vasile Bizău	Confirmed	Curial Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	38.0	Vasile Bizău	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Appiaria	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
	67.1	Bernardo Fabio D’Onorio, O.S.B.	Installed	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	36.8	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Confirmed	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (Romanian), Romania
	36.8	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Novae	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (Romanian), Romania
	47.2	Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B.	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
2011	49.8	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez	Appointed	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
2011	48.5	Jaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R.	Succeeded	Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2012	54.9	Pasquale Cascio	Appointed	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy
	55.0	Ryszard Kasyna	Appointed	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
	48.2	Ernesto Maguengue	Resigned	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique	Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula, Mozambique
	53.6	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Appointed	Bishop of Montería, Colombia
2013	53.1	Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
2014	65.3	Bernardino Cruz Cortez	Appointed	Prelate of Infanta, Philippines
2014	57.6	Florentino Galang Lavarias	Installed	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
2015	53.0	Corrado Lorefice	Appointed	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
	50.1	Giacomo Morandi	Appointed	Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Secretary
	77.6	Paolo Romeo	Retired	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	60.0	Matteo Maria Zuppi	Appointed	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
2016	55.1	Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer	Appointed	Bishop of Menorca, Spain
2017	54.5	Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017	54.5	Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aguntum	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018	75.9	António Maria Bessa Taipa	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.6	Armando Esteves Domingues	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	61.6	Armando Esteves Domingues	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	52.2	Marco Mellino	Appointed	Adjunct Secretary of the Council of Cardinals	Secretary
	52.2	Marco Mellino	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cresima	Secretary of the Council of Cardinals
	53.8	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Appointed	Bishop of Portugal, Military
2020	57.3	Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Former Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
2021	60.9	José Luis Canto Sosa	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México	Bishop-Elect

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