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Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
13 Aug 2025 Father Ronald Anthony Parco TimonerBishop-Elect of Pagadian, Philippines
29 Jul 2025 Father Glenn Montebon CorsigaBishop-Elect of Ipil, Philippines
13 Jul 2025 Father Miguel Fritz, O.M.I.Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
12 Jul 2025 Father Augustin Simmel NdiayeBishop-Elect of Saint-Louis du S�n�gal
6 Jul 2025 Father Marek Ochlak, O.M.I.Bishop-Elect of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar
5 Jul 2025 Father Evandro Luis BraunBishop-Elect of Campo Mour�o, Parana, Brazil
28 Jun 2025 Father V�ctor Lu�s Quematcha, O.F.M.Bishop-Elect of Bafat�, Guinea-Bissau
18 Jun 2025 Father Andr�s S�inz M�rquezPrelate of Jes�s Mar�a (del Nayar), Nayarit, M�xico
15 Jun 2025 Father �ric Bidot, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop-Elect of Tulle, France
14 Jun 2025 Father Ant�nio Carlos PaivaCoadjutor Bishop-Elect of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 Jun 2025 Father �smar Pedro L�pez Ben�tezBishop-Elect of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
14 Jun 2025 Father Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P.Bishop-Elect of Huesca, Spain
31 May 2025 Father Ignatius Kanmurum Anipu, M. Afr.Bishop-Elect of Maradi, Niger
28 May 2025 Father Pierre Charland, O.F.M.Bishop-Elect of Baie-Comeau, Qu�bec, Canada
27 May 2025 Father Paul Nguyễn Quang ÐĩnhAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hưng H�a, Viet Nam
25 May 2025 Father Josaphat Jackson BududuAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Tabora, Tanzania
25 May 2025 Father Riccardo BattocchioBishop-Elect of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
24 May 2025 Father David KoudougouBishop-Elect of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
18 May 2025 Bishop Giuseppe Luigi SpigaBishop of Graja�, Maranh�o, Brazil
17 May 2025 Bishop Wilder Alberto V�squez Salda�a, O.S.A.Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru
17 May 2025 Bishop Ant�nio Ranis Rosendo Dos Santos, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Caic�, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
14 May 2025 Archbishop Charles Duval, C.Ss.R.Coadjutor Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
14 May 2025 Bishop Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, O.S.A.Bishop of Timika, Indonesia
13 May 2025 Bishop Sahaya Thatheus ThomasBishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India
11 May 2025 Bishop John CarvalhoBishop of Ajmer, India
11 May 2025 Archbishop Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistr�, O.C.D.Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
10 May 2025 Bishop Vitalis Sekhonyana Marole, O.M.I.Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho
10 May 2025 Bishop Est�v�o �ngelo FernandoBishop of Alto Mol�cu�, Mozambique
10 May 2025 Bishop Marcelo Ben�tez Mart�nez, O.F.M.Bishop of Caazap�, Paraguay
9 May 2025 Bishop Gregg Michael CaggianelliAuxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
8 May 2025 Bishop Peter Mel MurphyBishop of Armidale, Australia
3 May 2025 Bishop Guy Mukasa SanonBishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
3 May 2025 Bishop �ngel Rom�n Id�gorasBishop of Albacete, Spain
2 May 2025 Bishop Anthony Gerard PercyAuxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
1 May 2025 Bishop Fabian ToppoBishop of Jalpaiguri, India
1 May 2025 Bishop Eloy Alberto Santiago SantiagoBishop of San Crist�bal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
1 May 2025 Bishop John Edward Keehner, Jr.Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
1 May 2025 Bishop Johannes FreitagAuxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
1 May 2025 Bishop Herman Guinto Abcede, R.C.J.Bishop of Daet, Philippines
29 Apr 2025 Bishop Richard Francis ReidyBishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
27 Apr 2025 Bishop Augustine Thang Zawm HungBishop of Mindat, Myanmar
27 Apr 2025 Bishop Joselito Ramalho NogueiraAuxiliary Bishop of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27 Apr 2025 Bishop Romanus Elamu MihaliBishop of Iringa, Tanzania
26 Apr 2025 Bishop Hiansen Vieira FrancoAuxiliary Bishop of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 Apr 2025 Archbishop Giancarlo DellagiovannaApostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
12 Apr 2025 Bishop Jos� Maria PereiraAuxiliary Bishop of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12 Apr 2025 Bishop L�onidas NiterekaBishop of Rutana, Burundi
9 Apr 2025 Bishop Paul Prakash SaginalaBishop of Cuddapah, India
5 Apr 2025 Bishop Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P.Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi
5 Apr 2025 Archbishop Armand Kon�Archbishop of Korhogo, C�te d’Ivoire
3 Apr 2025 Bishop Peter Chao Yung-ChiAuxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan
30 Mar 2025 Bishop Bernard LalooAuxiliary Bishop of Shillong, India
25 Mar 2025 Bishop V�ctor Melchor Quintana QuezadaBishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, M�xico
25 Mar 2025 Bishop Anthony Adoun HongsaphongVicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
25 Mar 2025 Bishop Selvarajan DasanCoadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara, India
25 Mar 2025 Bishop Jaime Alberto Cabrera ArcosBishop of Garz�n, Colombia
22 Mar 2025 Bishop Fran�ois GourdonBishop of Saint-Di�, France
19 Mar 2025 Bishop Raymond Wai Lin HtunAuxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
19 Mar 2025 Bishop Diego Ram�n Sarri� Cucarella, M. Afr.Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
19 Mar 2025 Archbishop Samuele SangalliAdjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Roman Curia
19 Mar 2025 Bishop Jackson Murugara, I.M.C.Coadjutor Bishop of Meru, Kenya
19 Mar 2025 Bishop George (Jerzy) Joseph Kołodziej, S.D.S.Bishop of Bunbury, Australia
16 Mar 2025 Bishop Jos� Miguel Barata PereiraBishop of Guarda, Portugal
8 Mar 2025 Bishop Romeo (Romy) Duetao ConvocarBishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
1 Mar 2025 Bishop Franck Henri JavaryBishop of Ch�lons, France
1 Mar 2025 Bishop Bernardino GiordanoBishop of Grosseto, Italy
1 Mar 2025 Bishop Justin Georges EbengueBishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon
28 Feb 2025 Bishop Iyad Akram TwalAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
27 Feb 2025 Bishop Alan Edward CampeauBishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
26 Feb 2025 Bishop Lawrence John SullivanAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Feb 2025 Bishop John Steven SiemianowskiAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Feb 2025 Bishop Timothy James O’MalleyAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Feb 2025 Bishop Jose Maria Garcia MaldonadoAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Feb 2025 Bishop Robert Miroslaw FedekAuxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 Feb 2025 Bishop Rufino Coronel Sescon Jr.Bishop of Balanga, Philippines
22 Feb 2025 Archbishop Alberto TorrianiArchbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy
22 Feb 2025 Bishop Peter Tin WaiBishop of Pyay, Myanmar
22 Feb 2025 Bishop Constantine RupinyBishop of Nebbi, Uganda
22 Feb 2025 Bishop Alexander Matiz AtencioBishop of Buga, Colombia
22 Feb 2025 Bishop Jos� Roberto dos Reis, C.P.Auxiliary Bishop of Goi�nia, Goias, Brazil
22 Feb 2025 Bishop Jo�o Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D.Bishop of Corumb�, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
22 Feb 2025 Bishop Prokop BrožAuxiliary Bishop of Hradec Kr�lov�, Czechia
22 Feb 2025 Archbishop Maurizio Claudio BraviApostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
22 Feb 2025 Bishop Gnanapragasam AnthonypillaiBishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
21 Feb 2025 Bishop Jean TailleurAuxiliary Bishop of Qu�bec, Canada
19 Feb 2025 Bishop Filippo CiampanelliUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Roman Curia
16 Feb 2025 Bishop Rui Augusto Jardim GouveiaAuxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
16 Feb 2025 Bishop �tienne Patrick Christian Marie GuilletBishop of Saint-Denis, France
14 Feb 2025 Archbishop Carlo Maria PolvaniSecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Roman Curia
9 Feb 2025 Bishop Merhakristos Gobezayehu Getachew YilmaVicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
9 Feb 2025 Bishop Mario FarciBishop of Iglesias, Italy
8 Feb 2025 Bishop Philip Adisak Phorn-NgamBishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand
8 Feb 2025 Bishop Rub�n Gregorio Delgado CarmonaBishop of San Felipe, Venezuela
2 Feb 2025 Bishop Stephan Lipke, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2 Feb 2025 Bishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I.Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
2 Feb 2025 Bishop Andreas Ge�mannAuxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
1 Feb 2025 Bishop Joachim Nguyễn Xu�n ThinhAuxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
1 Feb 2025 Bishop Rene Ramirez, R.C.J.Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia
1 Feb 2025 Bishop Samuel Ferreira de Lima, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
28 Jan 2025 Bishop Artur Olexandrovych BubnevychBishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA

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