Year | Age | Bishop | Event | Title | Current Title |
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1931 | Joseph Willy Romélus | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Jérémie, Haïti | ||
1936 | Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Balasore, India | ||
1943 | Thomas John Curry | Born | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA | ||
Nikola Nino Kekić | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia | |||
1947 | Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A. | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain | ||
1948 | Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. | Born | Bishop Emeritus of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil | ||
1955 | Pietro Parolin | Born | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | ||
1958 | Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. | Born | Archbishop of Lubango, Angola | ||
1959 | Andrés Arteaga Manieu | Born | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | ||
Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama | Born | Bishop of Oita, Japan | |||
1970 | Michael Gerber | Born | Bishop of Fulda, Germany | ||
21.7 | Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. | Professed | Member of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite) | Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite) | |
Kevin James Sweeney | Born | Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA | |||
1971 | Alexandre Awi Mello, P. Schönstatt | Born | Superior General of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers | ||
1972 | Ivan Brient | Born | Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France | ||
1976 | 27.1 | Heriberto Cavazos Pérez | Ordained Priest | Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
1978 | 23.5 | Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap. | Professed | Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil |
23.1 | Paul Rouhana, O.L.M. | Perpetual Vows | Member of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite) | Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon | |
20.9 | Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap. | Professed | Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Archbishop Emeritus of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil | |
1979 | 24.3 | Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez | Ordained Priest | Priest of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México | Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México |
1981 | 39.7 | Joachim Wanke | Succeeded | Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany | Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany |
1982 | 49.0 | Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Linz, Austria | Bishop Emeritus |
28.6 | José Moreira da Silva | Ordained Priest | Priest of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil | Bishop | |
1985 | 36.8 | Isaac Danu | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Bonusta | Bishop Emeritus of Taungngu, Myanmar |
1991 | 59.9 | Camillo Ruini | Appointed | Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus |
59.9 | Camillo Ruini | Appointed | Pro-Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica} | Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
59.9 | Camillo Ruini | Appointed | President of the Italian Episcopal Conference | Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
59.9 | Camillo Ruini | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy | Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
1992 | 49.0 | Ciriaco Benavente Mateos | Appointed | Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain |
1994 | 53.3 | Paul Stephen Loverde | Installed | Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Arlington, Virginia, USA |
1995 | 48.7 | Michael Neary | Appointed | Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland | Archbishop Emeritus |
1996 | 54.4 | José Moreira de Melo | Appointed | Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
1998 | 60.6 | Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
60.6 | Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Thignica | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola | |
46.6 | Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M. | Appointed | Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
46.6 | Alberto Campos Hernández, O.F.M. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Vicus Augusti | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San José del Amazonas, Peru | |
50.8 | John Ha Tiong Hock | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching, Malaysia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
50.8 | John Ha Tiong Hock | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Canapium | Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia | |
2001 | 54.7 | Fernando Filoni | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Volturnum | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
54.7 | Fernando Filoni | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | |
54.7 | Fernando Filoni | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan | Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | |
42.1 | Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro | Appointed | Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil | Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
55.7 | Diarmuid Martin | Appointed | Titular Archbishop of Glenndálocha | Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland | |
55.7 | Diarmuid Martin | Appointed | Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva | Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland | |
2002 | 68.8 | Peter Kwasi Sarpong | Appointed | Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana | Archbishop Emeritus |
2003 | 47.3 | Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic | Appointed | Bishop of Linares, Chile | |
2004 | 31.2 | John Bosco Auram | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea | Bishop |
44.4 | Karl Borsch | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Crepedula | Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany | |
75.7 | Allan Chamgwera | Retired | Bishop of Zomba, Malawi | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.8 | Dominique François Joseph Mamberti | Resigned | Apostolic Delegate to Somalia | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura | |
64.5 | Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Tullia | Bishop Emeritus of Chalatenango, El Salvador | |
35.1 | Joseph Tong Changping | Installed | Bishop of Tongzhou [Tungchow], China | ||
43.6 | Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania | Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana | |
2005 | 57.1 | Wilton Daniel Gregory | Installed | Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
56.6 | Hubert Marie Michel Marcel Herbreteau | Appointed | Bishop of Agen, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.6 | Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis | Appointed | Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka | Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka | |
2006 | 52.7 | Paul Hwang Chul-soo | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus |
52.7 | Paul Hwang Chul-soo | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati | Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) | |
51.3 | Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez | Ordained Bishop | Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México | Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México | |
59.4 | Guillermo Orozco Montoya | Appointed | Bishop of San José del Guaviare, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Girardota, Colombia | |
32.4 | Paul Sundu | Ordained Priest | Priest of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea | Bishop | |
2007 | 49.2 | Doraboina Moses Prakasam | Installed | Bishop of Nellore, India | |
2008 | 61.6 | Anselmo Guido Pecorari | Resigned | Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda | Apostolic Nuncio |
54.4 | Ivo Scapolo | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda | Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal | |
2009 | 55.6 | José Moreira da Silva | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil |
44.8 | Franco Mulakkal (Aippunny) | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, India | Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India | |
44.8 | Franco Mulakkal (Aippunny) | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Chullu | Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India | |
49.6 | Bonaventure Nahimana | Appointed | Bishop of Rutana, Burundi | Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi | |
2010 | 55.2 | Otacílio Luziano Da Silva | Installed | Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
2013 | 61.5 | Charles Daniel Balvo | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya | Apostolic Nuncio to Australia |
61.5 | Charles Daniel Balvo | Appointed | Permanent Observer to United Nations Environment Program and Human Settlements Program | Apostolic Nuncio to Australia | |
56.2 | Robert Herman Flock | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii | Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia | |
2015 | 45.8 | Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of San Marcos de Arica, Chile | |
52.7 | Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. | Installed | Bishop of Bolivia, Military | Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia | |
47.2 | Ariel Lascarro Tapia | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Magangué, Colombia | ||
49.7 | Jean-Philippe Paul Nault, S.J.M.V. | Ordained Bishop | Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France | Bishop of Nice, France | |
51.0 | Antônio Tourinho Neto | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Satafi | Bishop of Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil | |
2017 | 53.2 | Timothy Edward Freyer | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Strathernia | Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA |
52.5 | José Mauricio Vélez García | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia | ||
52.5 | José Mauricio Vélez García | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Lapda | Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia | |
2019 | 54.5 | Francis Obafemi Adesina | Appointed | Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria | |
76.3 | Yvon Ambroise | Retired | Bishop of Tuticorin, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.6 | Benoît Bertrand | Appointed | Bishop of Mende, France | Bishop of Pontoise, France | |
66.5 | Stephen Antony Pillai | Appointed | Bishop of Tuticorin, India | ||
2021 | 47.4 | Rumen Ivanov Stanev | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Simidicca | Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
2022 | 70.5 | Charles Daniel Balvo | Appointed | Apostolic Nuncio to Australia | |
63.6 | Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis | Installed | Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka | ||
63.6 | Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Chilaw, Sri Lanka | Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka | |
2023 | 51.8 | José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of El Banco, Colombia | Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia |
70.1 | José Antonio Fernández Hurtado | Ceased | Apostolic Administrator of Cuautitlán, México, México | Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México | |
63.1 | Efraín Mendoza Cruz | Installed | Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México | ||
69.6 | José Moreira da Silva | Installed | Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil | ||
78.2 | Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo | Appointed | Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
2024 | 64.0 | Ernesto Giobando, S.J. | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Bishop |
76.7 | Janvier Kataka Luvete | Retired | Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.7 | Janvier Kataka Luvete | Appointed | Apostolic Administrator of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.9 | Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F. | Resigned | Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina | |
62.9 | Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F. | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina | ||
62.9 | Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F. | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Buslacena | Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina | |
57.8 | Désiré Lenge Mukwenye | Appointed | Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
64.0 | Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi, M. Afr. | Appointed | Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) |
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