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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
24 Oct 202272.0AppointedSavio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
4 Nov 202249.6Ordained BishopKolio Tumanuvao EtualeCoadjutor Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American SamoaBishop
30 Dec 202294.6DiedJohn Quinn Weitzel, M.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
28 Mar 202364.5ResignedMichael Jude ByrnesArchbishop of Agaña, GuamArchbishop Emeritus
AppointedRomeo (Romy) Duetao ConvocarApostolic Administrator of Agaña, GuamPriest
25 Apr 202370.3DiedAlapati Lui Mata’eliga †Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
29 Apr 202375.4RetiredPeter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American SamoaBishop Emeritus
50.1SucceededKolio Tumanuvao EtualeBishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
18 May 202372.5AppointedSavio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.Apostolic Nuncio to LibyaApostolic Nuncio to Malta
26 Jul 202375.7AppointedPeter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.Apostolic Administrator of Samoa-ApiaBishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
75.7AppointedPeter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.Apostolic Administrator of TokelauBishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
8 Dec 202364.3AppointedReynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P.Coadjutor Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook IslandsBishop
19 Apr 202467.4AppointedMartin KrebsApostolic Nuncio to MonacoApostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
27 Apr 202464.7Ordained BishopReynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P.Coadjutor Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook IslandsBishop
2 May 202455.0AppointedSimon Samendra Mani, M.S.C.Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati
3 Jun 202458.9AppointedEliseo Napiere, M.S.P.Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu
12 Jun 202462.5AppointedMosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B.Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
29 Jun 202475.4RetiredPaul Patrick Donoghue, S.M.Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook IslandsBishop Emeritus
64.8SucceededReynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P.Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
6 Jul 202452.5AppointedRyan Pagente JimenezArchbishop of Agaña, Guam
27 Jul 202455.3Ordained BishopSimon Samendra Mani, M.S.C.Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati
60.3AppointedGábor PintérApostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to New ZealandApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Delegate to Pacific OceanApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to FijiApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to PalauApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to Marshall IslandsApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to KiribatiApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to NauruApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to TongaApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to SamoaApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to Cook IslandsApostolic Nuncio
66.8ResignedNovatus RugambwaApostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States ofApostolic Nuncio
15 Aug 2024AppointedCharlie A. BorjaApostolic Administrator of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands
CeasedRomeo (Romy) Duetao ConvocarApostolic Administrator of Agaña, GuamPriest
52.6InstalledRyan Pagente JimenezArchbishop of Agaña, Guam
22 Aug 202476.7CeasedPeter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.Apostolic Administrator of Samoa-ApiaBishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
62.7Ordained BishopMosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B.Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
29 Aug 202460.4AppointedGábor PintérApostolic Nuncio to FijiApostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
1 Sep 202486.9DiedDenis George Browne †Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in New Zealand
8 Sep 202459.2InstalledEliseo Napiere, M.S.P.Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu
7 Dec 202499.2AppointedAngelo AcerbiCardinal-DeaconApostolic Nuncio
99.2Elevated to CardinalAngelo AcerbiApostolic Nuncio

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