21st day of December

Living Bishop Events

1980 and Later

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

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Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1980	25.4	Alberto Germ�n 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 R�o 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 Fern�ndez	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Villa de la Concepci�n del R�o 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
	44.2	Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D.	Appointed	Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Maumere, Indonesia
	43.5	Norberto Rivera Carrera	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tehuac�n, Puebla, M�xico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of M�xico, Federal District
	23.9	Florencio Rosell� Avellanas, O. de M.	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	49.6	Luis Teodorico St�ckler	Installed	Bishop of Goya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina
	54.7	Jean Alix Verrier	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Les Cayes, Ha�ti	Bishop Emeritus
	43.6	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
1986	26.4	Jos� Aparecido Gon�alves de Almeida	Ordained Priest	Priest of S�o Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
	26.5	Adair Jos� Guimar�es	Ordained Priest	Priest of Urua�u (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Formosa, Goias, Brazil
	28.1	Fran�ois 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	G�rard 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	M�rio Ant�nio da Silva	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiab�, Mato Grosso, Brazil
1992	60.7	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R.	Succeeded	Bishop of A�atuya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
	52.1	Woldetensa� Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	52.1	Woldetensa� Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
1995	57.3	Georges Kahhal� Zouha�raty, B.A.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
1995	40.1	Mauro Meacci, O.S.B.	Selected	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
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	�tienne Emmanuel Vet�, I.C.N.	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Chemin Neuf Institute	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
	32.0	�tienne Emmanuel Vet�, I.C.N.	Perpetual Vows	Member of Chemin Neuf Institute	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
1997	28.9	Mikael Bassal�, I.C.P.B.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Institut du Clerg� Patriarcal de Bzommar	Apostolic Administrator of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
1999	68.5	Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J.	Appointed	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
2000	46.5	Juan-Jos� Aguirre Mu�oz, 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 Mar�a Laxague, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
2003	41.7	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Abengourou, C�te d’Ivoire	Bishop of San Pedro-en-C�te d’Ivoire
	57.6	Juan Jos� Omella Omella	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
	48.9	Jes�s Sanz Montes, O.F.M.	Installed	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
2004	57.1	Manuel da Rocha Fel�cio	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop
2004	59.8	Maurice Marcel Gard�s	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	J�zef Piotr Kupny	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	49.8	J�zef 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 S�o Jo�o Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Bishop of Imaculada Concei��o in Prudent�polis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
	43.8	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Simitthu	Bishop of Imaculada Concei��o in Prudent�polis (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-Lubacz�w, Poland
	50.6	Marian Rojek	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop of Zamość-Lubacz�w, Poland
2006	54.2	Pedro Mar�a Laxague	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana	Bishop of Z�rate-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	Jos� Lizares Estrada	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.5	Dennis Marion Schnurr	Succeeded	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2011	75.6	Matias Patr�cio de Mac�do	Retired	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	44.9	Jo�o Justino de Medeiros Silva	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Goi�nia, Goias, Brazil
	44.9	Jo�o Justino de Medeiros Silva	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Archbishop of Goi�nia, 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 Vit�ria, 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 Vit�ria, 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 Marab�, 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 G�bara	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Para�so em S�o 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 Jos� K�hn Hergenreder, O.F.M.	Retired	Prelate of De�n Funes, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
	51.1	Ailton Menegussi	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Crate�s, 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 De�n Funes, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
2014	70.8	Vicente Jim�nez Zamora	Installed	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.0	Milton Kenan J�nior	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 Caacup�, Paraguay
2016	45.5	Geovane Lu�s da Silva	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Divin�polis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	45.5	Geovane Lu�s da Silva	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Bishop of Divin�polis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	56.0	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Guanh�es, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	56.0	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Bishop of Guanh�es, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	62.0	Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap.	Appointed	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia
2018	67.9	Jes�s 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	Jos� Albuquerque de Ara�jo	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	Ant�nio Aparecido de Marcos Filho	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bras�lia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	56.3	Ant�nio Aparecido de Marcos Filho	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Auxiliary Bishop of Bras�lia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	52.2	F�licien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop

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