7th day of March

Living Bishop Events

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs (Memorial)

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1935		Giuseppe Anfossi	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Aosta, Italy
1940		Alejandro Goić Karmelić	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
1944		John Joseph Jenik	Born		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
1946		Gerald Almeida	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India
1947		Giuseppe Zenti	Born		Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
1949		Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano	Born		Cardinal, Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
1952		Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Born		Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
1952		Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J.	Born		Bishop of Azul, Argentina
1954		Guido Zendron	Born		Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
1955		Gustavo Rodriguez Vega	Born		Archbishop of Yucatán, México
1957		José Reginaldo Andrietta	Born		Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1959	24.4	Bernard Rooney, O.S.B.	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia
1960		Fernando Valera Sánchez	Born		Bishop of Zamora, Spain
1961		Yvan Mathieu, S.M.	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
1961		Marcos Pirán Gómez	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
1962		James Raphael Anaparambil	Born		Bishop of Alleppey, India
1963		Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C.	Born		Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
1964		Eusebio Samwel Kyando	Born		Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania
1964	27.2	Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
1969		Augusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B.	Born		Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru
1976	21.6	Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.	Simple Vows	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
1976		Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga	Born		Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
1981	53.5	Edoardo Rovida	Appointed	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva	Apostolic Nuncio
1982	44.4	Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit (Chaldean), USA
1987	39.7	Telesphore George Mpundu	Appointed	Bishop of Mbala, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
	47.6	Adalbert Ndzana	Succeeded	Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	59.5	Edoardo Rovida	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio
1990	45.5	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1990	45.5	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elmhama	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
1991	50.8	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
1992	51.4	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
1996	57.8	James Vernon Weisgerber	Appointed	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1997	25.9	Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M.	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
1998	49.6	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Belesasa	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
	55.8	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
	55.4	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
	52.5	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Bettonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
	45.6	Gáspár Ladocsi	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Sebarga	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
	61.7	Giuseppe Mani	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Zaba	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	63.7	Francesco Monterisi	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	63.7	Francesco Monterisi	Appointed	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
	59.9	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	58.9	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Thizica	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	56.8	José Francisco Sanches Alves	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
	56.8	José Francisco Sanches Alves	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
	58.5	Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B.	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
1999	26.4	Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M.	First Vows	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
2003	61.5	Gerald Frederick Kicanas	Succeeded	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2003	59.5	Joseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp.	Appointed	Prefect of Makokou, Gabon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Makokou, Gabon
2004	28.9	Cicero Alves de França	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
	57.8	André Marceau	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
	64.3	Edoardo Menichelli	Installed	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
2007	64.1	Angelo Bagnasco	Appointed	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
	62.1	Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	57.6	Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij	Appointed	Bishop of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
	76.0	Camillo Ruini	Ceased	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
2008	59.0	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Installed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
2009	43.6	László Bőcskei	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
	70.1	Dermot Clifford	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Cloyne, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	52.6	Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
	61.6	Juan Antonio Reig Pla	Appointed	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
2010	63.1	Vicente Costa	Installed	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2011	61.2	Juan Alberto Puiggari	Installed	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
2012	71.4	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Appointed	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops
2012	61.0	Paulo Mendes Peixoto	Appointed	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2014	54.8	Cristián Contreras Villarroel	Appointed	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile
2015	56.4	César Alcides Balbín Tamayo	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
	45.3	Adelar Baruffi	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
	45.3	David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P.	Appointed	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
	79.0	Gilbert Marie Michel Méranville	Retired	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.1	Joseph Obanyi Sagwe	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya
	64.8	Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
2017	55.4	Mark Steven Rivituso	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	55.4	Mark Steven Rivituso	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	63.4	Oscar Azarcon Solis	Installed	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2018	50.6	Eduardo Malaspina	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	50.6	Eduardo Malaspina	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	58.7	Joseph Spiteri	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Apostolic Nuncio to México
2020	48.7	Michael Andrew Gielen	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
	51.8	Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
	59.0	Gualtiero Sigismondi	Appointed	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
	75.2	Benedetto Tuzia	Retired	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2021	51.2	Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Uije, Angola
2022	76.5	Raymond Francis Chappetto	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2023	80.4	Giuseppe Bertello	Ceased	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	63.1	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	63.3	Sérgio da Rocha	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	78.2	Oswald Gracias	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
	64.5	Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of Luxembourg
	65.6	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
	69.4	Reinhard Marx	Ceased	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	56.5	Marco Mellino	Appointed	Secretary of the Council of Cardinals
	61.5	Julio Murat	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
	78.6	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	76.8	Juan José Omella Omella	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
	68.1	Pietro Parolin	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary of State
	80.1	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Ceased	Coordinator of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	78.0	Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
2024	52.6	Keith James Chylinski	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	50.3	Christopher Randall Cooke	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Malliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
	61.7	Efren Veridiano Esmilla	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ottana	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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