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Living Bishop Events

1980 and Later

St. Peter Canisius, priest and doctor (Opt. Memorial)

See Also: 1979 and Earlier | Diocese Events

Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1980	25.4	Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A.	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
	44.2	Franc Kramberger	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
	24.6	Raphael Thattil	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
1983	55.2	Francisco Barroso Filho	Appointed	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
1984	24.7	Hugo Ricardo Araya	Ordained Priest	Priest of Río Cuarto, Argentina	Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina
1984	29.0	Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Saitama, Japan
1985	23.4	Victor Manuel Fernández	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	40.1	Peter Kang U-il	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)
	40.1	Peter Kang U-il	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)
	27.7	Willybard Kitogho Lagho	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Mombasa, Kenya	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
	43.5	Norberto Rivera Carrera	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	23.9	Florencio Roselló Avellanas, O. de M.	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	49.6	Luis Teodorico Stöckler	Installed	Bishop of Goya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina
	43.6	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
1986	26.4	José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
	26.5	Adair José Guimarães	Ordained Priest	Priest of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
	28.1	François Michel Pierre Kalist	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bourges, France	Archbishop of Clermont, France
	55.9	Peter Zhuang Jianjian	Ordained Priest	Priest of Shantou [Swatow], China	Bishop Emeritus
1988	58.5	William Joseph Winter	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1988	58.5	William Joseph Winter	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1989	24.8	Joseph Li Shan	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
1989	54.6	Justin Francis Rigali	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1990	59.9	Gérard Denis Auguste Defois	Succeeded	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
	56.6	Fernand Franck	Appointed	Archbishop of Luxembourg	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.1	Pier Giorgio Micchiardi	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
	48.1	Pier Giorgio Micchiardi	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior	Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy
1991	51.2	Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E.	Appointed	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
1991	25.1	Mário Antônio da Silva	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
1992	60.7	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R.	Succeeded	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	52.1	Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	52.1	Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
1995	57.3	Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
	40.1	Mauro Meacci, O.S.B.	Selected	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
	37.9	Kindane Yebio	Incardinated	Priest of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea	Bishop
1996	31.3	Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
	30.4	Antonino Spadaro, S.J.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
	32.0	Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N.	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Chemin Neuf Institute	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
	32.0	Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N.	Perpetual Vows	Member of Chemin Neuf Institute	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
1997	28.9	Mikael Bassalé, I.C.P.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar
1999	68.5	Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J.	Appointed	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
2000	46.5	Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I.	Succeeded	Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic
	43.2	Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	43.2	Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tigimma	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
2001	57.2	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Appointed	Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
2002	47.8	Antonios Aziz Mina	Confirmed	Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	47.8	Antonios Aziz Mina	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mareotes	Bishop Emeritus of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
	45.7	Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
2003	41.7	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
	57.6	Juan José Omella Omella	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
	48.9	Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.	Installed	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
2004	57.1	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
2004	59.8	Maurice Marcel Gardès	Appointed	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
2005	38.7	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
	38.7	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vagada	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
	49.8	Józef Piotr Kupny	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	49.8	Józef Piotr Kupny	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vanariona	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	59.4	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Appointed	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
	59.4	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Egnatia	Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
	43.8	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
	43.8	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Simitthu	Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
	50.4	Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard	Appointed	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
	50.6	Marian Rojek	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
	50.6	Marian Rojek	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
2006	54.2	Pedro María Laxague	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
2007	57.5	William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	62.5	James Charles Gould, S.J.	Resigned	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
	39.0	Joseph Li Jing	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China	Bishop
2009	48.8	Donald Joseph Bolen	Appointed	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
	75.5	José Lizares Estrada	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.5	Dennis Marion Schnurr	Succeeded	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2011	75.6	Matias Patrício de Macêdo	Retired	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	44.9	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	44.9	João Justino de Medeiros Silva	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	54.4	Nicola Girasoli	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
	54.4	Nicola Girasoli	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
	54.1	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	54.1	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.2	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	52.2	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	64.7	Jaime Vieira Rocha	Appointed	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
2012	53.0	Vital Corbellini	Installed	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil
	61.0	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Appointed	Bishop of Udaipur, India
	61.0	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Jhabua, India	Bishop of Udaipur, India
2013	62.4	Charles Daniel Balvo	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
	48.5	Joseph Gébara	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
	53.3	Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
	75.0	Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M.	Retired	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
	51.1	Ailton Menegussi	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Crateús, Ceara, Brazil
	52.1	Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Archbishop of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
	54.0	Wiesław Szlachetka	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	54.0	Wiesław Szlachetka	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vageata	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	50.0	Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen	Succeeded	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
2014	70.8	Vicente Jiménez Zamora	Installed	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.0	Milton Kenan Júnior	Installed	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	67.6	Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
	60.0	Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay
2016	45.5	Geovane Luís da Silva	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	45.5	Geovane Luís da Silva	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	56.0	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	56.0	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	62.0	Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia
2018	67.9	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela
2018	52.1	Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga	Appointed	Archbishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
2020	60.2	Giuseppe Satriano	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Rossano-Cariati, Italy	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
2021	56.0	Jeffrey Joseph Walsh	Appointed	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA
2022	54.5	José Albuquerque de Araújo	Appointed	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
	75.4	Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E.	Retired	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	67.5	Marcel Madila Basanguka	Resigned	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.3	Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	56.3	Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	52.2	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop
2024	77.1	Peter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
	47.6	José Roberto dos Reis, C.P.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
	47.6	José Roberto dos Reis, C.P.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	67.4	Linus Lee Seong-hyo	Appointed	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)
	54.1	Fernando Daniel Rodríguez	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
	63.1	Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B.	Appointed	Superior of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

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