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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	23.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Ceirano †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Pietro Garlato	Priest of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Maria Garsia †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Caltanissetta, Italy
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Rau †	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Santucci	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Trivento, Italy
	29.0	Ordained Priest	Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
2 Jul	29.2	Ordained Priest	Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto
	52.2	Appointed	Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P. †	Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
	52.2	Appointed	Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Mylasa	Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
3 Jul		Born	Fidel León Cadavid Marin	Antioquia	Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia
		Born	Pero Sudar	Vrhbosna	Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 Jul	46.5	Appointed	Gérard-Marie Coderre †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Gérard-Marie Coderre †	Titular Bishop of Aegae	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada
	46.2	Appointed	Émilien Frenette †	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	66.7	Appointed	Ernesto Aurelio Ghiglione, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
	66.7	Appointed	Ernesto Aurelio Ghiglione, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
	47.2	Appointed	Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Drisdale River, Australia	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
		Born	Robert Joseph McManus	Warwick	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
	69.7	Appointed	Thomas Asagoro Wakida (Wakita) †	Titular Bishop of Iamnia	Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, Japan
	69.7	Resigned	Thomas Asagoro Wakida (Wakita) †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jul		Appointed	Stephan Fan Kai-ping †	Prefect of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
		Born	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C.	Gonaïves	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
7 Jul	56.3	Appointed	Norberto Forero y García †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
	56.3	Appointed	Norberto Forero y García †	Titular Bishop of Hilta	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
	47.2	Appointed	Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. †	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
8 Jul	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis in Armenia	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Bellomi †	Priest of Verona, Italy	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
		Born	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Asuncion	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Michele Scandiffio	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza, Italy
9 Jul	46.5	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Dougherty †	Bishop of Yakima, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Appointed	Robert Dermot O’Flanagan †	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	41.5	Appointed	Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †	Coadjutor Bishop of Liège, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	41.5	Appointed	Guillaume Marie van Zuylen †	Titular Bishop of Druas	Bishop Emeritus of Liège, Belgium
10 Jul	52.1	Appointed	Joseph Fady, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Likuni, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
		Born	Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I.	Vidal Ramos	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	45.6	Appointed	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Coadjutor Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	45.6	Appointed	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Titular Bishop of Syedra	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
		Born	Romulo Geolina Valles	Maribojoc	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines
11 Jul		Born	Vincentius Sensi Potokota	Saga	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
12 Jul	61.9	Appointed	John Collins, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
	33.7	Appointed	Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Nagpur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India
	48.2	Appointed	Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	48.2	Appointed	Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Abidda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
	55.8	Resigned	Enrique (Henry) Ederle, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Mindoro, Philippines	Prefect Emeritus
	52.1	Appointed	Joseph Fady, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
	51.4	Appointed	Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya †	Bishop of Kyoto, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Dominic Jala, S.D.B.	Mawlai	Archbishop of Shillong, India
	44.9	Appointed	Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tura, India
13 Jul	41.2	Appointed	Bruno Desrochers †	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	73.0	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop
	60.2	Appointed	Manuel Pío López Estrada †	Archbishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
14 Jul	38.8	Appointed	Zaya Dachtou †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
15 Jul	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Agostino	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Guido Maria Casullo †	Bishop of Nusco, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Zé-Doca, Maranho, Brazil
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Bede Vincent Heather	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Walter Theodor Jansen †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Matthew Kia Yen-wen	Priest of Tainan, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
	23.2	Professed	Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. †	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Bithynia	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Riccardo Ruotolo	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
16 Jul	45.6	Died	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
		Born	Giuseppe Marciante	Catania	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	23.9	Ordained Priest	James Clifford Timlin	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jul	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Jan Alfrink †	Titular Archbishop of Tyana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
21 Jul	24.5	Ordained Priest	José Delicado Baeza	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
	37.6	Appointed	Francisco Miranda Vicente †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	37.6	Appointed	Francisco Miranda Vicente †	Titular Bishop of Cidramus	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	84.2	Died	Adamo Stefano Sapieha †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
22 Jul	24.9	Ordained Priest	Rosendo Alvarez Gastón	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
		Born	Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader	Khirbeh, Jordan	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
	24.1	Ordained Priest	Alberto Lee López, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Guapi, Colombia
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Rimedio	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lamezia Terme, Italy
23 Jul	24.7	Ordained Priest	Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta †	Priest	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
		Born	Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, S.J.	Quito, Ecuador	Bishop of Fontibón, Colombia
24 Jul	54.9	Appointed	Henri-Charles Dupont †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
	54.9	Appointed	Henri-Charles Dupont †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
25 Jul	53.8	Ordained Bishop	John Francis Greif, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Belabitene	Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Nicola Rotunno †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
28 Jul	53.9	Appointed	Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C. †	Bishop of Baniyas (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Baniyas {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	70.6	Appointed	Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Mopsuestia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia
	55.8	Appointed	John Linus Paschang †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jul		Born	Fernando José Castro Aguayo	Caracas	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
		Born	Mario Delpini	Gallarate	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	32.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Ugwu Eneja †	Priest of Enugu, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Pere Tena Garriga	Priest of Barcelona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Francesco Pala †	Priest of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	28.6	Ordained Priest	Bernhard Rieger	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Tsung Huai-mo (Zhong Huai-mo), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Sambalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul	30.2	Ordained Priest	Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
31 Jul	60.3	Died	Carlo Margotti †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	81.0	Died	Angelo Maria Navarro †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
	43.0	Appointed	Corrado Ursi †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	60.2	Installed	Wilhelm Weskamm †	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
1 Aug		Born	Jean-Pierre Bassène	Essyl	Bishop of Kolda, Senegal
	44.3	Appointed	José Pont y Gol †	Bishop of Segorbe, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
2 Aug	43.2	Appointed	Lancelot John Goody †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.2	Appointed	Lancelot John Goody †	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Maxime Tessier †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
3 Aug	59.4	Appointed	Matthias Wehr †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	59.4	Appointed	Matthias Wehr †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
5 Aug	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Louis Li Pai-yu (Li Bao-yu) †	Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
6 Aug		Born	Francesco Beschi	Brescia	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
	45.1	Appointed	Philip Francis Pocock †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	45.1	Appointed	Philip Francis Pocock †	Titular Archbishop of Aprus	Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
7 Aug	72.3	Appointed	Teodorico de Angelis †	Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
	72.3	Resigned	Teodorico de Angelis †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	64.0	Died	Ivan Dimitrov Garufaloff, C. R. †	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
	52.9	Died	Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
9 Aug	45.5	Appointed	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
10 Aug		Born	Michael Charles Evans †	London	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
11 Aug	74.2	Appointed	Leontios Kilzi, B.A. †	Titular Bishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Bishop Emeritus of Baniyas (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	74.2	Resigned	Leontios Kilzi, B.A. †	Bishop of Baniyas (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
12 Aug	66.5	Died	Gustavo Bianchi †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Dominik Kalata, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Titular Bishop of Semta
	24.6	Ordained Priest	Manuel da Silva Martins	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
13 Aug	81.7	Died	Melchior Sun Dezhen (Souen), C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ankwo [Anguo], China
15 Aug	31.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †	Priest of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Jules Georges Kandela †	Titular Bishop of Cephas	Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Titular Bishop of Syedra	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Hélio Paschoal, C.S.S. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	Bishop Emeritus of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Baia, Brazil
		Born	Aurel Perca	Sabaoani	Auxiliary Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
		Born	Gervas Rozario	Stiangaccha	Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
16 Aug	32.1	Ordained Priest	André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
		Born	Elias Slaiman Slaiman	Hekr Semaan	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
18 Aug	78.2	Died	Celestin Ibáñez y Aparicio, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Yan’an [Yenan], China
19 Aug	70.8	Appointed	Ludovicus Morel, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Aenus	Archbishop Emeritus of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
	70.8	Resigned	Ludovicus Morel, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China	Archbishop Emeritus
	61.2	Died	Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viêt Nam
	40.9	Appointed	Francis Wang Xue-ming (Hsueh-ming) †	Archbishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
20 Aug	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Loras Thomas Lane †	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
		Born	Tomasz Peta	Inowroclaw, Poland	Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
21 Aug	55.0	Appointed	Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
	55.0	Appointed	Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †	Titular Bishop of Rhandus	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
		Born	João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.	Caçapava	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
	32.4	Ordained Priest	Alexis Pham Van Lôc †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viêt Nam
22 Aug	33.8	Appointed	José Joaquim Gonçalves †	Auxiliary Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
	33.8	Appointed	José Joaquim Gonçalves †	Titular Bishop of Elo	Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
	58.6	Died	Paweł Czesław Rydzewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
23 Aug	46.3	Succeeded	Francesco Carpino †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	72.4	Died	Ernesto Eugenio Filippi †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
24 Aug	25.8	Ordained Priest	Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India
	27.6	Ordained Bishop	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.	Bishop	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Priest of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Aug		Born	Salvatore Fisichella	Codogno	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
26 Aug	78.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Chiappe †	Bishop of Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
	54.6	Died	Heinrich Gleumes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
27 Aug	58.1	Appointed	Robert Picard de la Vacquerie †	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus
29 Aug	54.8	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Franz †	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
31 Aug		Born	Lawrence Mukkuzhy	Sullia	Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabarese), India