The Year of Our Lord 1977

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 66.3 Resigned Francesco Sanmartino † Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

2 Jul 46.8 Appointed Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

75.2 Retired Charles-Marie Himmer † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Jean Huard † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

55.4 Ordained Bishop Elmar Maria Kredel † Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

29.9 Ordained Priest Gabriel Akwasi Abiabo Mante Priest Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana

3 Jul 47.4 Ordained Bishop Ugo Donato Bianchi † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

40.1 Ordained Priest Anastácio Cahango, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola

42.9 Ordained Bishop Paul Karatas † Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

23.4 Ordained Priest Hlib Lonchyna, M.S.U. Priest of Other Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

27.2 Ordained Priest Donal McKeown Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop

29.2 Ordained Priest Georges M. Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. Priest of Order of Lebanese Maronite Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)

4 Jul 71.7 Died Mihály Endrey-Eipel † Bishop of Vác, Hungary

80.0 Died John Michael Fearns † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

75.8 Died Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

5 Jul 24.5 Ordained Priest Alapati Lui Mataeliga Priest of Samoa and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

6 Jul 77.4 Died Francesco Bertoglio † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

7 Jul 84.6 Died Ugo Camozzo † Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy

49.5 Ordained Bishop Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. Titular Bishop of Crepedula Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México

43.8 Appointed Valerian D'Souza Bishop of Poona, India

68.1 Resigned Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. † Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

71.8 Died Benedetto Falcucci † Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy

52.7 Appointed Joseph Satoshi Fukahori Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan Bishop Emeritus

45.2 Appointed Jean-Marie Kélétigui Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

70.5 Resigned Leonardo Viera Contreras † Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus

8 Jul 27.5 Ordained Priest Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica

52.1 Appointed Protacio G. Gungon Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines

52.1 Appointed Protacio G. Gungon Titular Bishop of Obba Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines

9 Jul 61.8 Appointed Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru Bishop Emeritus

10 Jul 56.2 Ordained Bishop Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela

31.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Francis Kweku Essien Priest of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana

45.8 Ordained Bishop Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey Titular Bishop of Remesiana Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France

27.1 Ordained Priest Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Barentu, Eritrea

23.8 Ordained Priest Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo Priest of Porto, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal

11 Jul 57.2 Appointed Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

52.9 Appointed João Hipólito de Morais † Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Died Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

12 Jul 63.4 Died Pierre Kimbondo † Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

13 Jul 56.8 Installed Cándido Genaro Rubiolo † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina

34.1 Ordained Bishop Abraham Viruthakulangara Bishop of Khandwa, India Archbishop of Nagpur, India

16 Jul 28.1 Ordained Priest Daniel Nicholas DiNardo Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

51.7 Ordained Bishop Franz Xaver Eder Titular Bishop of Villa Regis Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

88.0 Died Francesco Roberti † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

17 Jul 26.5 Ordained Priest Gonzalo Galván Castillo Priest of León, Guanajuato, México Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México

19 Jul 58.1 Appointed Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada † Archbishop of México, Federal District Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

81.6 Retired Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez † Archbishop of México, Federal District Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

20 Jul 61.7 Succeeded Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. † Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Succeeded Antônio de Souza, C.S.S. Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

65.0 Resigned Raimundo Luí, O. Carm. † Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired José Lázaro Neves, C.M. † Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Resigned Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R. † Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

21 Jul 40.9 Appointed Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia

54.2 Ordained Bishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. Titular Bishop of Natchesium Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

22 Jul 46.8 Confirmed Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

45.1 Appointed Henri Schwery Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

24 Jul 47.0 Ordained Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. † Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa

25 Jul 49.2 Ordained Bishop Owen Francis Swindlehurst † Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

26 Jul 72.5 Died Coleman Francis Carroll † Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

77.7 Died Arturo Duque Villegas † Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

59.3 Succeeded Edward Anthony McCarthy † Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA Archbishop Emeritus

42.4 Appointed Antonios Naguib Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

27 Jul 50.6 Appointed Paolo Magnani Bishop of Lodi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy

74.3 Retired Michele Pellegrino † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

30 Jul 73.2 Retired Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

31 Jul 23.5 Ordained Priest Paul Richard Gallagher Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

1 Aug 75.4 Retired Antonio Bagnoli † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.5 Died Giacomo Cannonero † Bishop of Asti, Italy

61.3 Succeeded Nicola Cavanna † Bishop of Asti, Italy

46.2 Appointed Simone Scatizzi Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy

2 Aug 88.7 Died Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal

86.4 Died Robert Emmet Lucey † Archbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA

3 Aug 59.3 Appointed Salvador Lazo Lazo † Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

4 Aug 54.2 Appointed Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

54.2 Appointed Chucrallah Harb Bishop of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Antoine Joubeir † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

59.0 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Paul † Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

62.6 Resigned Joseph Salamé † Apostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Alep (Maronite), Syria

50.2 Appointed Georges Scandar Bishop of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon

6 Aug 25.6 Ordained Priest Michele Castoro Priest of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Bishop of Oria, Italy

61.1 Resigned Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, O.F.M. Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras Prelate Emeritus

62.7 Died Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado † Archbishop of Piura, Peru

7 Aug 45.5 Ordained Bishop Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. Titular Bishop of Strongoli Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia

71.0 Died Dino Staffa † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

8 Aug 41.7 Ordained Bishop Leonard Zamora Legaspi, O.P. Titular Bishop of Elephantaris in Mauretania Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

9 Aug 57.3 Died Jean Bassoul, B.S. † Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite), Lebanon Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria

13 Aug 90.6 Died Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus † Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador

32.6 Ordained Priest Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Yendi, Ghana

51.8 Ordained Bishop Arnaldo Clemente Canale † Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

25.9 Ordained Priest Carlos María Franzini Priest Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina

48.2 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Lorenzo † Titular Bishop of Catula Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

50.0 Appointed Edoardo Rovida Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal

27.6 Ordained Priest Douglas William Young, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

14 Aug 73.4 Died Albert Vincent D'Souza † Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

28.2 Ordained Priest Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye Priest Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi

15 Aug 51.5 Ordained Bishop Estanislao Esteban Karlic Titular Bishop of Castrum Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

46.1 Ordained Bishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. Titular Bishop of Tusuros Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

28.2 Ordained Priest Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro, Paraguay

54.3 Ordained Bishop Antônio Maria Mucciolo Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

16 Aug 77.6 Died Basile Pierre Charles Habra † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

17 Aug 53.7 Appointed Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

53.7 Appointed Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. Titular Bishop of Mulli Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

45.0 Ordained Bishop Alfons Nossol Bishop of Opole, Poland

76.7 Died Thomas Joseph Riley † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

57.1 Installed John Joseph Sullivan † Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Aug 53.8 Appointed Tomás Ó Fiaich † Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

19 Aug 77.6 Died Pierre Khuât-Vañ-Tao † Bishop of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam

20 Aug 73.6 Died Antonio Baraniak, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

21 Aug 33.6 Ordained Priest Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Priest of Opus Dei Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru

28.8 Ordained Priest Benjamin Ndiaye Priest Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal

23 Aug 92.0 Died Karl Joseph Alter † Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

26.4 Ordained Priest Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru Priest of Opus Dei Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

24 Aug 52.2 Ordained Bishop Protacio G. Gungon Titular Bishop of Obba Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines

43.6 Appointed Gerhard Pieschl Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany

43.6 Appointed Gerhard Pieschl Titular Bishop of Misenum Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany

25 Aug 67.3 Appointed Augustin Farah † Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite), Lebanon

56.3 Appointed Michel Hakim, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada

77.0 Appointed Basile Khoury, B.S. † Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon

77.0 Retired Basile Khoury, B.S. † Archbishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

27 Aug 49.0 Appointed Antonio Ambrosanio † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy

49.0 Appointed Antonio Ambrosanio † Titular Bishop of Musti Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy

27.8 Ordained Priest Antoine Nabil Andari Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

76.3 Died Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles

55.3 Appointed Antonio Pagano † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy

55.3 Appointed Antonio Pagano † Titular Bishop of Cissita Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy

60.6 Appointed Antonio Zama † Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

60.6 Appointed Antonio Zama † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

28 Aug 49.3 Appointed Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Bishop Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India

26.6 Ordained Priest Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. Priest of Order of St. Basil the Great Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

30 Aug 46.7 Appointed Concordio Maria Sarte † Auxiliary Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	66.3	Resigned	Francesco Sanmartino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Jul	46.8	Appointed	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
75.2	Retired	Charles-Marie Himmer †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Jean Huard †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Elmar Maria Kredel †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
29.9	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Akwasi Abiabo Mante	Priest	Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana
3 Jul	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Ugo Donato Bianchi †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
40.1	Ordained Priest	Anastácio Cahango, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Karatas †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
23.4	Ordained Priest	Hlib Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Priest of Other	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27.2	Ordained Priest	Donal McKeown	Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop
29.2	Ordained Priest	Georges M. Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.	Priest of Order of Lebanese Maronite	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
4 Jul	71.7	Died	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
80.0	Died	John Michael Fearns †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
75.8	Died	Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
5 Jul	24.5	Ordained Priest	Alapati Lui Mataeliga	Priest of Samoa and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
6 Jul	77.4	Died	Francesco Bertoglio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
7 Jul	84.6	Died	Ugo Camozzo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M.	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
43.8	Appointed	Valerian D'Souza	Bishop of Poona, India
68.1	Resigned	Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
71.8	Died	Benedetto Falcucci †	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
52.7	Appointed	Joseph Satoshi Fukahori	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
45.2	Appointed	Jean-Marie Kélétigui	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
70.5	Resigned	Leonardo Viera Contreras †	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	27.5	Ordained Priest	Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
52.1	Appointed	Protacio G. Gungon	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
52.1	Appointed	Protacio G. Gungon	Titular Bishop of Obba	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
9 Jul	61.8	Appointed	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jul	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina	Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
31.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Francis Kweku Essien	Priest of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey	Titular Bishop of Remesiana	Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
27.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Barentu, Eritrea
23.8	Ordained Priest	Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo	Priest of Porto, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
11 Jul	57.2	Appointed	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N.	Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
52.9	Appointed	João Hipólito de Morais †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Died	Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
12 Jul	63.4	Died	Pierre Kimbondo †	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Jul	56.8	Installed	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
34.1	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Viruthakulangara	Bishop of Khandwa, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
16 Jul	28.1	Ordained Priest	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Franz Xaver Eder	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
88.0	Died	Francesco Roberti †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
17 Jul	26.5	Ordained Priest	Gonzalo Galván Castillo	Priest of León, Guanajuato, México	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
19 Jul	58.1	Appointed	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
81.6	Retired	Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jul	61.7	Succeeded	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Succeeded	Antônio de Souza, C.S.S.	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
65.0	Resigned	Raimundo Luí, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Resigned	Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jul	40.9	Appointed	Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Natchesium	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
22 Jul	46.8	Confirmed	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
45.1	Appointed	Henri Schwery	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
25 Jul	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Owen Francis Swindlehurst †	Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
26 Jul	72.5	Died	Coleman Francis Carroll †	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
77.7	Died	Arturo Duque Villegas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
59.3	Succeeded	Edward Anthony McCarthy †	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
42.4	Appointed	Antonios Naguib	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
27 Jul	50.6	Appointed	Paolo Magnani	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
74.3	Retired	Michele Pellegrino †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jul	73.2	Retired	Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jul	23.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Richard Gallagher	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
1 Aug	75.4	Retired	Antonio Bagnoli †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.5	Died	Giacomo Cannonero †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
61.3	Succeeded	Nicola Cavanna †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
46.2	Appointed	Simone Scatizzi	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy
2 Aug	88.7	Died	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal
86.4	Died	Robert Emmet Lucey †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
3 Aug	59.3	Appointed	Salvador Lazo Lazo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
4 Aug	54.2	Appointed	Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M.	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
54.2	Appointed	Chucrallah Harb	Bishop of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Antoine Joubeir †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
59.0	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Paul †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
62.6	Resigned	Joseph Salamé †	Apostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep (Maronite), Syria
50.2	Appointed	Georges Scandar	Bishop of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
6 Aug	25.6	Ordained Priest	Michele Castoro	Priest of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop of Oria, Italy
61.1	Resigned	Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, O.F.M.	Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras	Prelate Emeritus
62.7	Died	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
7 Aug	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Olavio López Duque, O.A.R.	Titular Bishop of Strongoli	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
71.0	Died	Dino Staffa †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
8 Aug	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Leonard Zamora Legaspi, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Elephantaris in Mauretania	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
9 Aug	57.3	Died	Jean Bassoul, B.S. †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite), Syria
13 Aug	90.6	Died	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
32.6	Ordained Priest	Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Yendi, Ghana
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Arnaldo Clemente Canale †	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
25.9	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Franzini	Priest	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
48.2	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Lorenzo †	Titular Bishop of Catula	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
50.0	Appointed	Edoardo Rovida	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
27.6	Ordained Priest	Douglas William Young, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
14 Aug	73.4	Died	Albert Vincent D'Souza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
28.2	Ordained Priest	Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye	Priest	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
15 Aug	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Tusuros	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
28.2	Ordained Priest	Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro, Paraguay
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Maria Mucciolo	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Aug	77.6	Died	Basile Pierre Charles Habra †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
17 Aug	53.7	Appointed	Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
53.7	Appointed	Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Mulli	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfons Nossol	Bishop of Opole, Poland
76.7	Died	Thomas Joseph Riley †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
57.1	Installed	John Joseph Sullivan †	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug	53.8	Appointed	Tomás Ó Fiaich †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
19 Aug	77.6	Died	Pierre Khuât-Vañ-Tao †	Bishop of Hai Phòng, Viêt Nam
20 Aug	73.6	Died	Antonio Baraniak, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
21 Aug	33.6	Ordained Priest	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne	Priest of Opus Dei	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
28.8	Ordained Priest	Benjamin Ndiaye	Priest	Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal
23 Aug	92.0	Died	Karl Joseph Alter †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
26.4	Ordained Priest	Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru	Priest of Opus Dei	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
24 Aug	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Protacio G. Gungon	Titular Bishop of Obba	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
43.6	Appointed	Gerhard Pieschl	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
43.6	Appointed	Gerhard Pieschl	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
25 Aug	67.3	Appointed	Augustin Farah †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite), Lebanon
56.3	Appointed	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada
77.0	Appointed	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
77.0	Retired	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Archbishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Aug	49.0	Appointed	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
49.0	Appointed	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Titular Bishop of Musti	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
27.8	Ordained Priest	Antoine Nabil Andari	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
76.3	Died	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
55.3	Appointed	Antonio Pagano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
55.3	Appointed	Antonio Pagano †	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
60.6	Appointed	Antonio Zama †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
60.6	Appointed	Antonio Zama †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
28 Aug	49.3	Appointed	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
26.6	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Priest of Order of St. Basil the Great	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
30 Aug	46.7	Appointed	Concordio Maria Sarte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

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