The Year of Our Lord 1988

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 86.0 Died Maurice Baudoux † Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

90.4 Died Francesco Fasola † Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy

68.9 Appointed Angelo Felici † Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

67.4 Appointed Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

67.4 Appointed Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † Librarian of the Vatican Library Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

61.3 Appointed Eduardo Martínez Somalo Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

77.1 Resigned Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

76.1 Retired Pietro Palazzini † Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

75.7 Retired Aurelio Sabattani † Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

64.7 Appointed Achille Silvestrini Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

84.5 Died Hermann Volk † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

2 Jul 77.1 Appointed Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, President Emeritus

56.5 Ordained Bishop José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Titular Archbishop of Thuburnica Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

3 Jul 44.5 Ordained Bishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Titular Bishop of Turuzi Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru

51.9 Ordained Bishop Fernando Guimarães Kevanu Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola

41.7 Ordained Bishop Luis Madrid Merlano Prelate of Tibú, Colombia Bishop of Cartago, Colombia

5 Jul 68.9 Died Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea

6 Jul 58.7 Appointed José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

61.6 Appointed Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm. Coadjutor Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M. Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil

38.2 Appointed Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bishop

38.2 Appointed Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev Titular Bishop of Lamphua Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

68.0 Appointed Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal † Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. † Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

7 Jul 71.5 Died Antonio Zama † Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

8 Jul 43.3 Appointed Manuel Ureña Pastor Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

9 Jul 59.8 Ordained Bishop Michele Scandiffio Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

11 Jul 55.3 Appointed Helmut Bauer Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Helmut Bauer Titular Bishop of Velefi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

58.6 Appointed Georges Lagrange Bishop of Gap, France Bishop Emeritus

32.7 Ordained Priest Mauro Meacci, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Subiaco, Italy

12 Jul 66.4 Died Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

13 Jul 75.1 Retired Henri Gufflet † Bishop of Limoges, France Bishop Emeritus

70.5 Died Sebastian U Shwe Yauk † Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar

64.5 Succeeded Léon-Raymond Soulier Bishop of Limoges, France Bishop Emeritus

15 Jul 65.9 Died Abdallah Bared † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

16 Jul 38.4 Ordained Priest Frank Joseph Dewane Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA

63.3 Resigned Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

47.6 Appointed Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

28.5 Ordained Priest Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

27.6 Ordained Priest Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

28.1 Ordained Priest Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye Priest of Kumasi, Ghana Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana

17 Jul 55.1 Ordained Bishop Marcel Germain Perrier Titular Bishop of Diana Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers, France

19 Jul 49.2 Appointed Renato Ascencio León Prelate of Madera, Chihuahua, México Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

38.1 Appointed Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

38.1 Appointed Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Ursona Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

50.4 Appointed Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. † Bishop of Nevers, France Archbishop of Tours, France

22 Jul 27.1 Ordained Priest Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prelate of Caravelí, Peru

23 Jul 63.8 Appointed Rosario Mazzola Bishop of Cefalù, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24 Jul 61.0 Installed François Gayot, S.M.M. Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

25 Jul 52.3 Ordained Bishop Vicente Salgado y Garrucho † Bishop of Romblon, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

41.6 Ordained Bishop Carlos Suárez Cázares Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

26 Jul 43.8 Ordained Bishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

29 Jul 72.3 Resigned José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile Archbishop Emeritus

31 Jul 38.2 Ordained Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev Titular Bishop of Lamphua Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

1 Aug 80.8 Died John Francis Dearden † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

83.1 Died Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

60.0 Ordained Bishop Bernard William Schmitt Titular Bishop of Walla Walla Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

2 Aug 74.2 Resigned George Joseph Gottwald † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

3 Aug 51.9 Ordained Bishop Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † Bishop of Caldas, Colombia Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia

4 Aug 41.6 Ordained Bishop Isidore Fernandes Bishop of Allahabad, India

59.0 Ordained Bishop Peter Thuruthikonam Bishop of Vijayapuram, India Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 51.5 Appointed Audrys Juozas Backis Titular Archbishop of Meta Cardinal, Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

51.5 Appointed Audrys Juozas Backis Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands Cardinal, Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

51.5 Appointed Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. Bishop of Pamiers, France Bishop of Meaux, France

6 Aug 61.3 Died Romeu Alberti † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

60.5 Ordained Bishop Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India Bishop Emeritus

7 Aug 40.1 Ordained Bishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Belesasa Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru

8 Aug 54.0 Appointed Jean Marie Julien Balland † Archbishop of Reims, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

48.7 Appointed Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

76.0 Retired Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † Archbishop of Reims, France Archbishop Emeritus

10 Aug 29.3 Ordained Priest Etienne Ung'eyowun Bediwegi Priest of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

11 Aug 25.8 Ordained Priest Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán Priest of Sucre, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia

13 Aug 65.0 Appointed Carlo Poggi † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

75.7 Retired Mario Zanchin † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

14 Aug 28.6 Ordained Priest Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.9 Ordained Bishop João Maria Messi, O.S.M. Titular Bishop of Zucchabar Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

50.5 Ordained Bishop Mário Zanetta † Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil

16 Aug 71.9 Resigned Daniel Paul Arulswamy † Bishop of Kumbakonam, India Bishop Emeritus

17 Aug 63.4 Appointed João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

63.4 Appointed João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. Titular Bishop of Bagis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

56.7 Appointed Hilário Moser, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

56.7 Appointed Hilário Moser, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

70.7 Retired Sylvester William Treinen † Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Aug 67.6 Died Felix Maria Davídek † Bishop

19 Aug 73.9 Died Mario Rossi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

81.9 Died Maxime Tessier † Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

20 Aug 28.0 Ordained Priest Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan Priest of Opus Dei Apostolic Administrator of Estonia

31.8 Ordained Priest Tamás Szabó Priest Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military

21 Aug 58.1 Died André Ilunga Kaseba † Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.6 Ordained Priest David Motiuk Priest of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop

22 Aug 68.6 Died Domingos de Pinho Brandão † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

24 Aug 54.5 Ordained Bishop Paul Chittilapilly Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabarese), India Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabarese), India

28 Aug 68.1 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal † Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile Bishop Emeritus

89.0 Died Giuseppe Zaffonato † Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy

30 Aug 49.3 Ordained Bishop Renato Ascencio León Prelate of Madera, Chihuahua, México Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

31 Aug 45.0 Appointed João Nílton dos Santos Souza Bishop of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil

58.7 Appointed José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. Coadjutor Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

78.6 Died Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba † Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	86.0	Died	Maurice Baudoux †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
90.4	Died	Francesco Fasola †	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
68.9	Appointed	Angelo Felici †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
67.4	Appointed	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
67.4	Appointed	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Librarian of the Vatican Library	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
61.3	Appointed	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
77.1	Resigned	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B.	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
76.1	Retired	Pietro Palazzini †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Aurelio Sabattani †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
64.7	Appointed	Achille Silvestrini	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
84.5	Died	Hermann Volk †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
2 Jul	77.1	Appointed	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B.	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
56.5	Ordained Bishop	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Titular Archbishop of Thuburnica	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
3 Jul	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Guimarães Kevanu	Bishop of Ondjiva, Angola
41.7	Ordained Bishop	Luis Madrid Merlano	Prelate of Tibú, Colombia	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
5 Jul	68.9	Died	Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
6 Jul	58.7	Appointed	José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R.	Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
61.6	Appointed	Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm.	Coadjutor Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M.	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
38.2	Appointed	Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Bishop
38.2	Appointed	Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
68.0	Appointed	Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. †	Prelate of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
7 Jul	71.5	Died	Antonio Zama †	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
8 Jul	43.3	Appointed	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
9 Jul	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Michele Scandiffio	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Jul	55.3	Appointed	Helmut Bauer	Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Helmut Bauer	Titular Bishop of Velefi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
58.6	Appointed	Georges Lagrange	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop Emeritus
32.7	Ordained Priest	Mauro Meacci, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
12 Jul	66.4	Died	Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
13 Jul	75.1	Retired	Henri Gufflet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
70.5	Died	Sebastian U Shwe Yauk †	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
64.5	Succeeded	Léon-Raymond Soulier	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jul	65.9	Died	Abdallah Bared †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Jul	38.4	Ordained Priest	Frank Joseph Dewane	Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop of Venice, Florida, USA
63.3	Resigned	Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Riohacha, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
47.6	Appointed	Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
28.5	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.6	Ordained Priest	Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
28.1	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye	Priest of Kumasi, Ghana	Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana
17 Jul	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Marcel Germain Perrier	Titular Bishop of Diana	Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers, France
19 Jul	49.2	Appointed	Renato Ascencio León	Prelate of Madera, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
38.1	Appointed	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
38.1	Appointed	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Ursona	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
50.4	Appointed	Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
22 Jul	27.1	Ordained Priest	Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru
23 Jul	63.8	Appointed	Rosario Mazzola	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul	61.0	Installed	François Gayot, S.M.M.	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Jul	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Salgado y Garrucho †	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Suárez Cázares	Bishop of Campeche, Campeche, México	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
26 Jul	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
29 Jul	72.3	Resigned	José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jul	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1 Aug	80.8	Died	John Francis Dearden †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
83.1	Died	Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernard William Schmitt	Titular Bishop of Walla Walla	Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
2 Aug	74.2	Resigned	George Joseph Gottwald †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Aug	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
4 Aug	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Isidore Fernandes	Bishop of Allahabad, India
59.0	Ordained Bishop	Peter Thuruthikonam	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	51.5	Appointed	Audrys Juozas Backis	Titular Archbishop of Meta	Cardinal, Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
51.5	Appointed	Audrys Juozas Backis	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands	Cardinal, Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
51.5	Appointed	Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P.	Bishop of Pamiers, France	Bishop of Meaux, France
6 Aug	61.3	Died	Romeu Alberti †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
7 Aug	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Belesasa	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
8 Aug	54.0	Appointed	Jean Marie Julien Balland †	Archbishop of Reims, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
48.7	Appointed	Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A.	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
76.0	Retired	Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †	Archbishop of Reims, France	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Aug	29.3	Ordained Priest	Etienne Ung'eyowun Bediwegi	Priest of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Aug	25.8	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán	Priest of Sucre, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia
13 Aug	65.0	Appointed	Carlo Poggi †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
75.7	Retired	Mario Zanchin †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Aug	28.6	Ordained Priest	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.9	Ordained Bishop	João Maria Messi, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Zucchabar	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Mário Zanetta †	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil
16 Aug	71.9	Resigned	Daniel Paul Arulswamy †	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
17 Aug	63.4	Appointed	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
63.4	Appointed	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
56.7	Appointed	Hilário Moser, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
56.7	Appointed	Hilário Moser, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
70.7	Retired	Sylvester William Treinen †	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug	67.6	Died	Felix Maria Davídek †	Bishop
19 Aug	73.9	Died	Mario Rossi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
81.9	Died	Maxime Tessier †	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
20 Aug	28.0	Ordained Priest	Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan	Priest of Opus Dei	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia
31.8	Ordained Priest	Tamás Szabó	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military
21 Aug	58.1	Died	André Ilunga Kaseba †	Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.6	Ordained Priest	David Motiuk	Priest of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop
22 Aug	68.6	Died	Domingos de Pinho Brandão †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
24 Aug	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Chittilapilly	Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabarese), India
28 Aug	68.1	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile	Bishop Emeritus
89.0	Died	Giuseppe Zaffonato †	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
30 Aug	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Renato Ascencio León	Prelate of Madera, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
31 Aug	45.0	Appointed	João Nílton dos Santos Souza	Bishop of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil
58.7	Appointed	José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
78.6	Died	Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba †	Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador

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