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Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
28 Jun 2025- Father Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M.Bishop-Elect of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
28 May 2025- Father Pierre Charland, O.F.M.Bishop-Elect of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada
25 May 2025- Father Josaphat Jackson BududuAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Tabora, Tanzania
25 May 2025- Father Riccardo BattocchioBishop-Elect of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
24 May 2025- Father David KoudougouBishop-Elect of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
18 May 2025- Father Giuseppe Luigi SpigaBishop-Elect of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil
17 May 2025- Father Antônio Ranis Rosendo Dos Santos, C.Ss.R.Bishop-Elect of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
14 May 2025- Father Charles Duval, C.Ss.R.Coadjutor Archbishop-Elect of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
14 May 2025- Father Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, O.S.A.Bishop-Elect of Timika, Indonesia
11 May 2025- Father John CarvalhoBishop-Elect of Ajmer, India
11 May 2025- Father Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà, O.C.D.Archbishop-Elect of Pisa, Italy
10 May 2025- Father Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I.Bishop-Elect of Leribe, Lesotho
10 May 2025- Father Estêvão Ângelo FernandoBishop-Elect of Alto Molócuè, Mozambique
10 May 2025- Father Marcelo Benítez Martínez, O.F.M.Bishop-Elect of Caazapá, Paraguay
9 May 2025- Father Gregg Michael CaggianelliAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of United States of America, Military
3 May 2025- Father Ángel Román IdígorasBishop-Elect of Albacete, Spain
2 May 2025- Father Anthony Gerard PercyAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Sydney, Australia
1 May 2025- Father Fabian ToppoBishop-Elect of Jalpaiguri, India
1 May 2025- Father Eloy Alberto Santiago SantiagoBishop-Elect of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
1 May 2025- Father John Edward Keehner, Jr.Bishop-Elect of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
1 May 2025- Father Johannes FreitagAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Graz-Seckau, Austria
1 May 2025- Father Giancarlo DellagiovannaApostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
1 May 2025- Father Herman Guinto Abcede, R.C.J.Bishop-Elect of Daet, Philippines
29 Apr 2025- Father Richard Francis ReidyBishop-Elect of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
27 Apr 2025- Father Augustine Thang Zawm HungBishop-Elect of Mindat, Myanmar
27 Apr 2025- Father Joselito Ramalho NogueiraAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27 Apr 2025- Father Romanus Elamu MihalièBishop-Elect of Iringa, Tanzania
26 Apr 2025- Father Hiansen Vieira FrancoAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 Apr 2025- Father Guy Mukasa SanonBishop-Elect of Nouna, Burkina Faso
12 Apr 2025- Father José Maria PereiraAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12 Apr 2025- Father Léonidas NiterekaBishop-Elect of Rutana, Burundi
9 Apr 2025- Father Paul Prakash SaginalaBishop-Elect of Cuddapah, India
5 Apr 2025- Father Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P.Bishop-Elect of Bubanza, Burundi
5 Apr 2025- Father Armand KonéArchbishop-Elect of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Apr 2025- Father Peter Chao Yung-ChiAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Taipei, Taiwan
30 Mar 2025- Father Bernard LalooAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Shillong, India
25 Mar 20250.01 Bishop Víctor Melchor Quintana QuezadaBishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
25 Mar 20250.01 Bishop Anthony Adoun HongsaphongVicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
25 Mar 20250.01 Bishop Selvarajan DasanCoadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara, India
25 Mar 20250.01 Bishop Jaime Alberto Cabrera ArcosBishop of Garzón, Colombia
22 Mar 20250.01 Bishop François GourdonBishop of Saint-Dié, France
19 Mar 20250.02 Bishop Raymond Wai Lin HtunAuxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
19 Mar 20250.02 Bishop Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr.Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
19 Mar 20250.02 Archbishop Samuele SangalliAdjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Roman Curia
19 Mar 20250.02 Bishop Jackson Murugara, I.M.C.Coadjutor Bishop of Meru, Kenya
19 Mar 20250.02 Bishop George (Jerzy) Joseph Kołodziej, S.D.S.Bishop of Bunbury, Australia
16 Mar 20250.03 Bishop José Miguel Barata PereiraBishop of Guarda, Portugal
8 Mar 20250.05 Bishop Romeo (Romy) Duetao ConvocarBishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
1 Mar 20250.07 Bishop Franck Henri JavaryBishop of Châlons, France
1 Mar 20250.07 Bishop Bernardino GiordanoBishop of Grosseto, Italy
1 Mar 20250.07 Bishop Justin Georges EbengueBishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon
28 Feb 20250.08 Bishop Iyad Akram TwalAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
27 Feb 20250.08 Bishop Alan Edward CampeauBishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
26 Feb 20250.09 Bishop Lawrence John SullivanAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Feb 20250.09 Bishop John Steven SiemianowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Feb 20250.09 Bishop Timothy James O’MalleyAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Feb 20250.09 Bishop Jose Maria Garcia MaldonadoAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Feb 20250.09 Bishop Robert Miroslaw FedekAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 Feb 20250.09 Bishop Rufino Coronel Sescon Jr.Bishop of Balanga, Philippines
22 Feb 20250.10 Archbishop Alberto TorrianiArchbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy
22 Feb 20250.10 Bishop Peter Tin WaiBishop of Pyay, Myanmar
22 Feb 20250.10 Bishop Constantine RupinyBishop of Nebbi, Uganda
22 Feb 20250.10 Bishop Alexander Matiz AtencioBishop of Buga, Colombia
22 Feb 20250.10 Bishop José Roberto dos Reis, C.P.Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
22 Feb 20250.10 Bishop João Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D.Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
22 Feb 20250.10 Bishop Prokop BrožAuxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
22 Feb 20250.10 Archbishop Maurizio Claudio BraviApostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
22 Feb 20250.10 Bishop Anthonypillai GnanapragasamBishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
21 Feb 20250.10 Bishop Jean TailleurAuxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada
19 Feb 20250.11 Bishop Filippo CiampanelliUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Roman Curia
16 Feb 20250.11 Bishop Rui Augusto Jardim GouveiaAuxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
16 Feb 20250.11 Bishop Étienne Patrick Christian Marie GuilletBishop of Saint-Denis, France
14 Feb 20250.12 Archbishop Carlo Maria PolvaniSecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Roman Curia
9 Feb 20250.13 Bishop Merhakristos Gobezayehu Getachew YilmaVicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
9 Feb 20250.13 Bishop Mario FarciBishop of Iglesias, Italy
8 Feb 20250.14 Bishop Philip Adisak Phorn-NgamBishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand
8 Feb 20250.14 Bishop Rubén Gregorio Delgado CarmonaBishop of San Felipe, Venezuela
2 Feb 20250.15 Bishop Stephan Lipke, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2 Feb 20250.15 Bishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I.Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
2 Feb 20250.15 Bishop Andreas GeßmannAuxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
1 Feb 20250.16 Bishop Thinh Xuan NguyenAuxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
1 Feb 20250.16 Bishop Rene Ramirez, R.C.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
1 Feb 20250.16 Bishop Samuel Ferreira de Lima, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
28 Jan 20250.16 Bishop Artur Olexandrovych BubnevychBishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
26 Jan 20250.17 Bishop Sérgio Manuel Ribeiro DinisBishop of Portugal, Military
25 Jan 20250.17 Bishop Nereudo Freire HenriqueAuxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
22 Jan 20250.18 Bishop Agustinus Tri Budi UtomoBishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
20 Jan 20250.19 Bishop Anthony Ji WeizhongBishop of Lüliang, China
18 Jan 20250.19 Bishop Fredrik HansenCoadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway
12 Jan 20250.21 Bishop John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F.Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar
11 Jan 20250.21 Archbishop Simón Bolívar Sánchez CarriónApostolic Nuncio to Honduras
11 Jan 20250.21 Bishop Fernando Enrique Ramón CasasAuxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
11 Jan 20250.21 Bishop Arturo Javier García PérezAuxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
11 Jan 20250.21 Fabio Cardinal Baggio, C.S.Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Roman Curia
9 Jan 20250.22 Bishop Anthony Das PilliCoadjutor Bishop of Nellore, India
8 Jan 20250.22 Bishop Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C.Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
6 Jan 20250.22 Bishop Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M.Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
6 Jan 20250.22 Bishop Josivaldo José BezerraAuxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
4 Jan 20250.23 Bishop Renato Tarantelli BaccariVicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
28 Dec 20240.25 Bishop Euginius Longakit Cañete, M. J.Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines

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