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Living Bishop Events

1980 and Later

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1980	39.5	Jesus Aputen Cabrera	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thisiduo	Bishop Emeritus of Alaminos, Philippines
1983	27.4	David John Malloy	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
1984	27.1	Joseph Gontrand Décoste, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
	29.5	Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia
	47.1	Luiz Soares Vieira	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
1985	43.5	Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo	Appointed	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
1985	24.0	William Raymond McFadden	Ordained Priest	Priest of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
1989	27.0	John Patrick Dolan	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Diego, California, USA	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
	30.0	Hervé Gaschignard	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nantes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
	29.8	Bernard Anthony Hebda	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	27.2	Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
	51.3	Sam Joseph Galip Jacobs	Appointed	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
	24.2	Giuseppe Mengoli	Ordained Priest	Priest of Otranto, Italy	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	24.6	Orazio Pepe	Ordained Priest	Priest of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy	Secretary of the Fabric of St. Peter
1990	27.3	Wilhelm Krautwaschl	Ordained Priest	Priest of Graz-Seckau, Austria	Bishop
	30.3	Pierre-Yves Michel	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
	25.8	Nuno Isidro Nunes Cordeiro	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop
	30.4	Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene	Ordained Priest	Priest of Franceville, Gabon	Bishop of Oyem, Gabon
	38.4	Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria	Archbishop of Owerri, Nigeria
1991	60.3	Camillo Ruini	Appointed	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
1993	59.6	Andrew Aaron Chisha	Appointed	Bishop of Mansa, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
	62.2	Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B.	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	62.2	Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Taparura	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
	41.9	Giuseppe Marciante	Incardinated	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
	47.0	Anthony John Valentine Obinna	Appointed	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
1994	57.5	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R.	Appointed	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	43.2	Peter Liu Cheng-chung	Appointed	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
	32.9	Jacques Danka Longa	Incardinated	Priest of Kara, Togo	Bishop
	24.8	Christopher John Whitehead	Ordained Priest	Priest of Clifton, England, Great Britain	Former Bishop-Elect of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
1995	30.7	Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.N.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
	28.3	Udo Markus Bentz	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mainz, Germany	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
	29.0	Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
	49.4	Jozef Marianus Punt	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998	51.5	Vicente Costa	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	51.5	Vicente Costa	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	53.3	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Appointed	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
2000	60.2	Felice di Molfetta	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	33.4	Geraldo Freire Soares, C.Ss.R.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
	38.3	Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P.	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
	52.8	José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
2001	55.7	Jacob Angadiath	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar), Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	27.6	Milan Lach, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
	64.7	Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	28.3	Getahun Fanta Shikune, C.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
2002	75.3	Dominic Anthony Marconi	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2003	53.4	Gerald Michael Barbarito	Appointed	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
	59.0	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	57.5	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Appointed	Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.7	Thomas Gerard Wenski	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
2005	62.6	Louis Chamniern Santisukniram	Appointed	Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus
2005	33.6	Jack Youssef, C.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
2006	51.5	Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana
	56.8	Gianfranco De Luca	Installed	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy
	27.0	Fredrik Hansen	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Oslo, Norway	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
	54.8	João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
	55.5	José María Ortega Trinidad	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Juli, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
	63.0	Crescenzio Sepe	Installed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
2007	66.5	Jesus Aputen Cabrera	Resigned	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	31.3	Grégoire François Bruno Drouot	Ordained Priest	Priest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop of Nevers, France
	56.9	Marlo Mendoza Peralta	Succeeded	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
2009	57.6	Jacinto Bergmann	Appointed	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	76.0	José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.	Retired	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	76.9	Jayme Henrique Chemello	Retired	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	49.4	Marcellin Yao Kouadio	Appointed	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
	58.7	Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay	Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay
	62.0	Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.	Appointed	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.2	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
	59.5	Gbaya Boniface Ziri	Appointed	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
2010	77.3	Walter Kasper	Retired	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	60.2	Kurt Koch	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
	60.2	Kurt Koch	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
2011	53.2	Wilson Luís Angotti Filho	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tabae	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2012	56.3	Donato Oliverio	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
2013	68.1	Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Porto, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2013	43.2	Giordano Rota, O.S.B.	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
2014	55.0	Bernardito Cleopas Auza	Appointed	Permanent Observer to United Nations	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
	58.6	Rafael Biernaski	Appointed	Administrator of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	61.2	Francis Assisi Chullikatt	Resigned	Permanent Observer to United Nations	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina
	63.2	Alan Stephen Williams, S.M.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
2016	55.2	Georg Bätzing	Appointed	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
2017	68.2	Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	68.2	Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	51.2	Jesús Castro Marte	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
	51.2	Jesús Castro Marte	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
	73.2	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	73.2	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	73.2	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	73.2	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	69.5	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	69.5	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	69.5	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Ceased	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	69.5	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.0	Giuseppe Pinto	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia	Apostolic Nuncio
2018	57.2	Vincenzo Buonomo	Installed	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University	Rector Emeritus
2018	66.0	Alois Schwarz	Installed	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
2019	69.4	Kazimierz Nycz	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Płock, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
2020	66.0	Severino Clasen, O.F.M.	Appointed	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
2020	50.4	Kevin James Sweeney	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
2021	69.8	Bruno Marie Duffé	Resigned	Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development	Secretary Emeritus
	53.1	Fernando García Cadiñanos	Appointed	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
	70.4	Francesco Oliva	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
	74.0	Luigi Renzo	Resigned	Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2022	67.0	William Amove Avenya	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria	Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria
	51.2	Isaac Bundepuun Dugu	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
	55.4	Geraldo Freire Soares, C.Ss.R.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
	57.5	Thomas Warren Powers	Installed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
2023	59.1	Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero (Valerio)	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
	61.1	Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum	Installed	Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala
	71.0	Péter Erdő	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	60.9	Victor Manuel Fernández	Appointed	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	60.9	Victor Manuel Fernández	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	60.9	Victor Manuel Fernández	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	70.9	Hanna Jallouf, O.F.M.	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	79.2	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Retired	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	79.2	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Retired	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	79.2	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Retired	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	60.7	Martín Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B.	Appointed	Bishop of Lwena, Angola
	63.5	Luis Alberto Migone Repetto	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Amaura	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	65.4	José Vicente Pinto de Alencar da Silva	Installed	Bishop of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil
	56.7	Anthony Randazzo	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia	Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia
	72.5	Carl Leonard Reid	Resigned	Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia	Ordinary Emeritus
2024	83.7	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
	50.6	Kryspin Witold Dubiel	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola
	50.6	Kryspin Witold Dubiel	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Vannida	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola
		Richard Allen Gyhra	Appointed	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Vienna
	74.6	James Michael Harvey	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	76.5	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese in Agone	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	63.8	Reinhold Nann	Resigned	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
	62.0	Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

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