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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	59.3	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Superior General of Society of Priests of St. Sulpice	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
1 Jul	57.2	Appointed	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	52.6	Appointed	António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Alberto Cosme do Amaral †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
	46.3	Appointed	Massimo Giustetti	Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
	46.3	Appointed	Massimo Giustetti	Titular Bishop of Celene	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
	49.0	Resigned	Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	30.5	Ordained Priest	Josef Hrdlicka	Priest of Olomouc, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop
	68.4	Resigned	João Pereira Venâncio †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	52.5	Appointed	Domingos de Pinho Brandão †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	50.4	Appointed	Júlio Tavares Rebimbas	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
	50.4	Appointed	Júlio Tavares Rebimbas	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
2 Jul	25.5	Ordained Priest	Riccardo Fontana	Priest of Pisa, Italy	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. †	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
	70.0	Died	Angel Riesco Carbajo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang Rolly †	Titular Bishop of Taborenta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
3 Jul	53.7	Appointed	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Jul	75.7	Retired	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	Resigned	Frans Janssen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	44.5	Appointed	Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.7	Appointed	Andrew Joseph McDonald	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	71.5	Retired	Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Jul	45.1	Appointed	Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M.	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
	51.5	Appointed	Clément Georges Schelhoth †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Jul	32.4	Ordained Priest	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to European Community
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Zeno Hastenteufel	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	75.5	Retired	Edward Joseph Maginn †	Auxiliary Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	26.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
10 Jul	46.2	Appointed	Rafael Garcia González †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
	46.2	Appointed	Rafael Garcia González †	Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
	36.5	Appointed	Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M.	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
12 Jul	80.5	Died	Gerald Thomas Bergan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
	48.8	Succeeded	Bernardo José Bueno Miele †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	68.1	Died	Felix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	29.1	Ordained Priest	Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
13 Jul	23.8	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Ligorio	Priest	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy
14 Jul	73.4	Resigned	Marco Antonio García y Suárez †	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jul	69.7	Died	Miklós Dudás, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Byzantine), Hungary
	73.4	Died	Marco Antonio García y Suárez †	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
	47.9	Resigned	Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Donato Negro	Priest	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy
	47.3	Resigned	José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †	Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
	28.7	Ordained Priest	Peter Smith	Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
16 Jul	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Laurent Fuahea	Titular Bishop of Bagai	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
	75.2	Died	Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Telesphore Mkude	Priest of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop
17 Jul	64.9	Died	Eduard Macheiner †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	71.0	Died	Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
18 Jul	25.3	Ordained Priest	Domenico Cancian, F.A.M.	Priest of Figli dell’Amore Misericordioso	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Roy †	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
20 Jul	43.4	Appointed	Nikol Joseph Cauchi	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Rafael Muñoz Núñez	Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
21 Jul	25.2	Ordained Priest	Patrick Kevin Lynch, SS.CC.	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
	56.7	Installed	Jorge Mayer	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Jul	86.8	Died	Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
	80.7	Retired	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	51.7	Appointed	Eugênio de Araújo Sales	Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Oriental Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	44.3	Appointed	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
	44.3	Appointed	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Titular Bishop of Atella	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
23 Jul	29.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Ruzindana †	Priest of Byumba, Rwanda	Bishop
	51.3	Appointed	Rogelio Sánchez González	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul	42.6	Appointed	Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
	53.8	Appointed	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Bishop
	53.8	Appointed	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Titular Bishop of Elepla	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
	57.7	Appointed	Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
25 Jul	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P.	Titular Bishop of Elo	Bishop of Callao, Peru
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
	46.9	Appointed	James Patrick Mahoney †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	46.9	Appointed	James Patrick Mahoney †	Titular Bishop of Ipagro	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
	76.8	Retired	John Linus Paschang †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	43.0	Appointed	James Stephen Sullivan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
	43.0	Appointed	James Stephen Sullivan †	Titular Bishop of Siccesi	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
	52.1	Appointed	John Joseph Sullivan †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
	58.1	Appointed	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Prelate Emeritus
	58.1	Appointed	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Achyraus	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
29 Jul	80.7	Retired	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Bishop of Colombia, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	63.8	Succeeded	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jul	60.3	Died	André Bréheret †	Bishop of Cahors, France
	42.0	Appointed	Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
	42.0	Appointed	Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Elephantaris in Proconsulari	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
	64.1	Resigned	Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	37.3	Appointed	Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun	Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria
	54.9	Resigned	Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	58.8	Appointed	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
	58.8	Appointed	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Titular Bishop of Tigamibena	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
	62.6	Died	Ramón J. Lizardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	40.5	Appointed	Alexius Obabu Makozi	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
	63.8	Appointed	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Bishop of Colombia, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	63.5	Succeeded	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
	90.4	Died	Carlo Serena †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
1 Aug	52.1	Appointed	Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
2 Aug	64.3	Died	Daniel Ivancho †	Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
	29.4	Ordained Priest	Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
4 Aug	52.1	Confirmed	Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
5 Aug	61.9	Appointed	Elías Prado Tello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Sastre †	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Firmin Singha †	Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
7 Aug	86.7	Died	Louis Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Yentai [Yantai], China
11 Aug	79.4	Died	Alfredo Viola †	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
12 Aug	75.1	Retired	John Michael Fearns †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	67.1	Resigned	Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	44.7	Appointed	Benedict Singh	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Achyraus	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
13 Aug	28.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate Emeritus of Ayaviri, Peru
14 Aug	92.6	Died	Paolo Giobbe †	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus of the Apostolic Datary
15 Aug	59.8	Died	Zaya Dachtou †	Archbishop of Urmya {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
	29.3	Ordained Priest	Alberto Ricardo da Silva	Priest of Díli, Timor-Leste	Bishop
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Garcia González †	Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
	24.6	Ordained Priest	František V. Lobkowicz, O. Praem.	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czech Republic
	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Jérôme Razafindrazaka †	Bishop of Tamatave, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
16 Aug	20.9	Professed	Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru
18 Aug	25.5	Ordained Priest	Juan Guillermo López Soto	Priest	Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
20 Aug	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe †	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Djomo Lola	Priest of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
	30.6	Ordained Priest	Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo	Priest of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Philip Sulumeti	Titular Bishop of Urci	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya
24 Aug	60.6	Appointed	Joseph Merhi, C.M.L.	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
25 Aug	26.6	Ordained Priest	Louis Nzala Kianza	Priest	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Aug	26.8	Ordained Priest	Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Josef De Kesel	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Merhi, C.M.L.	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
27 Aug	24.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Angelo Becciu	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola
	68.7	Died	Angelo Dell'Acqua †	Cardinal, Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Massimo Giustetti	Titular Bishop of Celene	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
	31.5	Ordained Priest	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka	Priest	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr.	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	26.0	Ordained Priest	John Stephen Pazak, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada
28 Aug	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Celso N. Guevarra †	Titular Bishop of Vannida	Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	John Patrick Murphy †	Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
30 Aug	96.6	Died	Augusto Bertazzoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
	60.9	Succeeded	Angel Pérez Cisneros †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.8	Died	José Rafael Pulido Méndez †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela

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