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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1942		Guilherme Porto	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1945		Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1947		Hilary Paul Odili Okeke	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Nnewi, Nigeria
1947		Thomas James Olmsted	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
1954		José Augusto Traquina Maria	Born		Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
1959		Miguel Romano Gómez	Born		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
1960		Vasyl Ivasyuk	Born		Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1961		Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I.	Born		Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
1963		Peter Feng Xinmao	Born		Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
1966		Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo	Born		Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia
1967		Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Born		Bishop of Le Mans, France
1968	27.2	Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
1970		Radosław Orchowicz	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
1971		Paul Ma Cunguo	Born		Bishop of Shuoxian [Shohchow], China
1972		Vicente de Paula Tavares	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
1974		Marek Forgáč	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
1975	26.0	Johannes Liku Ada’	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Makassar, Indonesia
1977		Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C.	Born		Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
1977	25.7	Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I.	Perpetual Vows	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
1978	40.2	Vittorio Luigi Mondello	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
1978	27.2	Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
1984	44.1	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1984	44.1	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ulcinium	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1986	53.1	Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Bishop Emeritus
1988	49.8	Florentino Ferrer Cinense	Succeeded	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
1989	48.3	Klaus Küng	Appointed	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
1990	27.8	José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V.	Professed	Member of Society of Divine Vocations	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil
1990	24.8	Edmar Perón	Ordained Priest	Priest of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
1991	45.4	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Appointed	Bishop of Poland, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	45.4	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	49.5	Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
1994	27.4	John Moon Hee Jong	Ordained Priest	Priest of Suwon, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop
1996	35.0	Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles
1997	57.8	Giuseppe Orlandoni	Appointed	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
1998	48.1	Gílio Felício	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	48.1	Gílio Felício	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Illiberi	Bishop Emeritus of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	43.7	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	43.7	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caliabria	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	58.2	Gerald Eugene Wilkerson	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vincennes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
1999	30.6	John Wong Soo Kau	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2001	52.0	Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
2003	63.8	Joseph Louis Jean Boishu	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.8	Joseph Louis Jean Boishu	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	46.4	Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto	Appointed	Bishop of Florencia, Colombia	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
	40.7	John Baptist Tan Yanquan	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China	Bishop
2004	57.5	Armando Bucciol	Appointed	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2006	68.8	Antonio Franco	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel	Apostolic Nuncio
	68.8	Antonio Franco	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus	Apostolic Nuncio
	68.8	Antonio Franco	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Apostolic Nuncio
	26.3	Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop
	63.0	Bohdan Benjamin Lysykanych	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Priest of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
	58.9	Smaragde Mbonyintege	Appointed	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
2014	75.1	Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley	Retired	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
2014	54.9	Joseph-Marie-Edouard de Metz-Noblat	Appointed	Bishop of Langres, France
2015	54.3	Daniel Elias Garcia	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
2015	54.3	Daniel Elias Garcia	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
2016	53.5	Marco Brunetti	Appointed	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	80.2	José Guadalupe Martín Rábago	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
	72.7	Francesco Guido Ravinale	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy
	49.6	Giuseppe Russo	Appointed	Under Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
	68.7	Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M.	Installed	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
2017	62.8	Giambattista Diquattro	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to India	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	62.8	Giambattista Diquattro	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
	60.6	Antonio Gómez Cantero	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín, Spain	Bishop of Almería, Spain
	64.5	Celestino Migliore	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Apostolic Nuncio to France
	66.3	José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tubia	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
2018	71.7	Juan José Omella Omella	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
2020	56.3	Dominique-Marie Jean Michel David, Comm. l'Emm.	Appointed	Archbishop of Monaco
2022	55.9	Azad Sabri Shaba	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq
2023	58.2	Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
	72.7	Donal McKeown	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
	46.1	Henry Juma Odonya	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kitale, Kenya
	45.6	Vito Piccinonna	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
	59.6	Domenico Pompili	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
2024	72.9	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
	57.6	Giuseppe Russo	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
	51.3	Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R.	Installed	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

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