Bishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone was named Bishop of Oakland, California, USA.
The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Allen Henry Vigneron was named Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan in January 2009.
Bishop Cordileone had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California.
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23 March 2009
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- Choi Duk-ki resigned, Ri Iong-hoon succeeded as Su...
- Tessarollo named Chioggia Bishop
- Elevated: Libmanan, Philippines to Diocese
- Kalist named Limoges Bishop
- Heras Segarra named Zamora en Ecuador Vicar Apostolic
- Rosat retired, Herbas Balderrama succeeded as Aiqu...
- Cordileone named Oakland Bishop
- Bonazzi named Lithuania and Estonia Nuncio
- Erected: Esquel, Argentina; Slaby named Prelate
- Martínez Pérez retired, Rangel Mendoza named Hueju...
- Delannoy named Saint-Denis Bishop
- Verrier retired, Poulard named Les Cayes Bishop
- Updates in March
- Reig Pla named Alcalá de Henares Bishop
- Crapp retired as Aitape Bishop
- Pereira de Melo named Tocantinópolis Bishop
- Sui-Wan resigned, Taschetto Damian named São Gabri...
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