Pre Pope John Paul II Bishops, updated

Today (11 Feb 2014) two bishops retired that had been named to those posts by then Pope Paul VI. They were: Bishop Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. of Bishop of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho and Bishop Howard James Hubbard of Bishop of Albany, New York, USA.

So the question: How many active bishops were appointed to their current post before Pope John Paul II became Pope?

The answer is only 9 6. (updated 2 Nov 2014)

The ordinaries are: (Date of Appointment, Date of Birth, Age on 2 Nov 2014, Name, Title)

• 23 May 1966, 12 Apr 1919, 95.56, Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
• 25 Jun 1973, 11 Dec 1936, 77.89, Archbishop Nikólaos Fóscolos of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
  Retired 12 Aug 2014
• 27 Jun 1974, 5 Dec 1936, 77.91, Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. of Syros e Milos and Santorini {Thira}, Greece
  Retired 13 May 2014
• 20 Nov 1975, 10 May 1942, 72.48, Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
• 26 Feb 1977, 5 Aug 1937, 77.24, Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. of Pontianak, Indonesia
  Retired on 3 Jun 2014
• 26 Feb 1977, 25 Sep 1940, 74.10, Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I. of Pala, Chad
• 27 Feb 1978, 23 Sep 1939, 75.11, Bishop Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap. of Bouar, Central African Republic
• 27 Feb 1978, 5 Jul 1942, 72.33, Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of Kisumu, Kenya
  (Originally named Bishop, Elevated to Archbishop on 21 May 1990)
• 28 Feb 1978, 15 Aug 1937, 77.21, Bishop Philip Sulumeti of Kakamega, Kenya

There are no longer any Auxiliary Bishops that meet the criteria. The last one retired in January 2012.

All of them were named by Pope Paul VI.

You'll notice that many of them are at or near the retirement age. Before they do retire, let us take a moment to thank them for their many years of service!