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7th day of May

Living Bishop Events

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1931	93.8	Aldo Gerna, F.S.C.J.	Born	Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
1939	85.8	Raymond Mpezele	Born	Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, Zambia
1944	80.8	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J.	Born	Archbishop Emeritus of Alger, Algeria
1946	78.8	Jes?s Carlos Cabrero Romero	Born	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potos?, México
1946	78.8	William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P.	Born	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
1951	73.8	Burchell Alexander McPherson	Born	Bishop Emeritus of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles
1951	73.8	Robert Francis Vasa	Born	Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
1959	65.8	Alphonsus Cullinan	Born	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
1961	25.5	Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger	Ordained Priest	Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA
1963	61.8	Teodoro G?mez Rivera	Born	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
1963	61.8	Aleksandr Kan, S.J.	Born	Superior Emeritus of Kyrgyzstan
1968	56.8	Fernando Garc?a Cadi?anos	Born	Bishop of Mondo?edo-Ferrol, Spain
1970	26.3	William Francis Malooly	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
1972	42.0	Juan Luis Ysern de Arce	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
1974	26.7	Manolo Alarcon de los Santos	Ordained Priest	Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Virac, Philippines
1975	26.4	Eliseo Antonio Ariotti	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cremona, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
1977	26.6	Joseph Richard Kopacz	Ordained Priest	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
1977	26.6	Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
1978	41.1	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregull?n	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Bishop Emeritus of Papantla, Puebla, México
1979	26.8	Stephen Antony Pillai	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vellore, India	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
1983	25.9	Biagio Colaianni	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Matera e Irsina, Italy	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
	25.8	Robert Anthony Daniels	Ordained Priest	Priest of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
	25.8	Jos? Aparecido Hergesse, C.R.	Professed	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Priest
	46.4	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
1987	56.8	Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
1988	51.2	Pier Luigi Celata	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
	28.0	Joseph Arumachadath, M.C.B.S.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar), India
	36.1	Jacinto Inácio Flach	Ordained Priest	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Crici?ma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	27.9	Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	24.0	Janusz Edward Mastalski	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Krak?w {Cracow}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
1992	50.3	Thomas Nguyễn Văn Trâm	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hilta	Bishop Emeritus of B? Rịa, Viet Nam
1994	45.6	Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S.	Installed	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
	26.2	Adrian J?zef Galbas, S.A.C.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	26.9	Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	27.4	Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop
	54.9	Diego Rafael Padr?n Sánchez	Appointed	Bishop of Matur?n, Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cuman?, Venezuela
	Varghese Vinayanand Vekkal, O.I.C.	Professed	Member of Order of Imitation of Christ	Priest
1995	43.4	Czeslaw Kozon	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of K?benhavn {Copenhagen}, Denmark
	51.9	Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
	41.0	Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
1996	65.8	ƒmmile Marcus, P.S.S.	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
1997	53.6	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Appointed	Archbishop of Maring?, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
2000	49.9	Jorge Pedro Carri?n Pavlich	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Puno, Peru
	48.3	Jes?s Mar?a Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R.	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Camet?, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Par?, Brazil
	39.8	Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon
	31.6	Luc Ren? Michel Meyer	Ordained Priest	Priest of Laval, France	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
	60.5	Michel Pierre Marie Mou?sse	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
	40.2	Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oyem, Gabon
	30.6	Fernando Prado Ayuso, C.M.F.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
	66.2	Joseph Zhao Fengchang	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China
	53.2	Eduardo Zielski	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
2001	54.2	Yves Jean Marie Arsène Boivineau	Appointed	Bishop of Annecy, France	Bishop Emeritus
2001	47.9	Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka, M.S.F.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
2003	63.9	Antonio Arregui Yarza	Appointed	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
2004	40.4	Matthias Du Jiang	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]
	60.2	Richard Brendan Higgins	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.2	Richard Brendan Higgins	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
2005	61.1	Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y Garc?a Menocal	Appointed	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
2005	59.0	Luigi Pezzuto	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
2006	51.9	Heiner Koch	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ros Cr?	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
2006	37.2	Paul Pei Junmin	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China	Bishop
2007	62.6	Mauro Piacenza	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
2007	62.6	Mauro Piacenza	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Victoriana	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
2008	52.2	João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
2008	52.2	João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
2009	75.6	Bernard Joseph Harrington	Retired	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.6	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
	43.6	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
	63.3	John Michael Quinn	Succeeded	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
	44.0	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya	Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
	44.0	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
2011	50.2	Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bo, Sierra Leone
	53.2	Ciro Miniero	Appointed	Bishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	53.4	Juan Nsue Edjang May?	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea	Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
	52.6	Jan Vokál	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hradec Králov?, Czechia
2013	54.4	Antoine Kambanda	Appointed	Bishop of Kibungo, Rwanda	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
	52.6	Daniel Joseph Miehm	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gor	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
	49.9	Denis Nulty	Appointed	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
	43.2	Blasio Park Hyun-dong, O.S.B.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon {Tokugen}, Korea (North)
2014	64.6	Henry D’Souza	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Shimoga, India	Bishop of Bellary, India
2014	54.7	Francis Serrao, S.J.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Shimoga, India
2015	69.2	Esteban Escudero Torres	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2015	69.2	Esteban Escudero Torres	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Diano	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
2016	50.6	Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Macei?, Alagoas, Brazil
	47.3	Nelson Jair Cardona Ram?rez	Appointed	Bishop of San Jos? del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
	51.6	Luiz Carlos Dias	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tunes	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	71.1	Joseph Đ?nh Đ?c Đao	Succeeded	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Antoni J?zef Długosz	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	52.8	Luis ƒ`ngel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mondo?edo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop of Le?n, Spain
	68.3	John Michael Kudrick	Resigned	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	75.9	Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh	Retired	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	69.7	John Stephen Pažak, C.Ss.R.	Appointed	Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	69.7	John Stephen Pažak, C.Ss.R.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
	59.9	William Charles Skurla	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	73.0	Shlemon Warduni	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
	55.2	Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
	55.2	Krzysztof Stefan Włodarczyk	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Surista	Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
2019	54.0	Michael Router	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
2019	54.0	Michael Router	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lugmad	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
2020	65.0	Joseph Robert Binzer	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2020	65.3	Peter Jin Lugang	Succeeded	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
2021	75.0	William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P.	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2021	66.2	Giuseppe Mazzafaro	Appointed	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
2022	54.3	Francesco Airoldi	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Monze, Zambia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	75.2	Vincenzo Apicella	Retired	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	75.0	Domenico Cancian, F.A.M.	Retired	Bishop of Citt? di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.6	Jean-Sylvain Emien Mamb?	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Potentia in Piceno	Apostolic Nuncio to Mali
	65.2	Walenty Gryk, S.V.D.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
	60.8	Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt	Confirmed	Curial Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	60.8	Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Barcusus	Curial Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	57.4	Richard Kazadi Kamba	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	66.4	Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil	Confirmed	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	66.4	Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	47.3	George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Garissa, Kenya
	48.1	Raphael Mweempwa	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Monze, Zambia
	53.6	Luciano Paolucci Bedini	Appointed	Bishop of Citt? di Castello, Italy	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
	60.3	Serafino Parisi	Appointed	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy
	55.2	Roberto Repole	Ordained Bishop	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
	60.6	Stefano Russo	Appointed	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
	70.6	Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich	Appointed	Ordinary of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Archbishop of Paris, France
	66.4	Thomas Antonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C.	Appointed	Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
2023	55.4	Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alberto Magno	Cardinal, Archbishop of D?li, Timor-Leste
2024	61.5	James Mark Beckman	Appointed	Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2024	56.3	James Thomas Ruggieri	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

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