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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	74.9	Retired	James Joseph Daly	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	76.0	Retired	Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier †	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.3	Appointed	Antonio Federico Gatti †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	66.3	Appointed	Antonio Federico Gatti †	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
	60.1	Succeeded	André Gaumond	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
2 Jul	49.7	Appointed	Aldo Cavalli	Titular Archbishop of Vibo	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
	49.7	Appointed	Aldo Cavalli	Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
3 Jul	54.7	Appointed	António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
	54.7	Appointed	António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm.	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich	Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum	Bishop of Kenya, Military
	55.7	Appointed	Juan Carlos Maccarone	Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	76.3	Retired	José María Montes	Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jul	57.9	Died	Oscar Angel Bernal †	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia
	51.8	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Coadjutor Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
5 Jul	60.5	Appointed	Christopher Shaman Abba	Bishop of Yola, Nigeria
	45.6	Appointed	Moses Costa, C.S.C.	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
	45.0	Appointed	Djuro Gašparovic	Auxiliary Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
	45.0	Appointed	Djuro Gašparovic	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
	51.5	Appointed	Patras Minj, S.J.	Bishop of Ambikapur, India
	54.5	Appointed	John Moore, S.M.A.	Vicar Apostolic of Bauchi, Nigeria	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
	54.5	Appointed	John Moore, S.M.A.	Titular Bishop of Gigthi	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
	51.4	Appointed	Philippe Ouédraogo	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
	45.8	Appointed	Martin Igwe Uzoukwu	Bishop of Minna, Nigeria
	64.1	Appointed	Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.	Vicar Apostolic of Kano, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
6 Jul	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Cedano Cedano	Titular Bishop of Vita	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	50.9	Appointed	Alberto Tanasini	Auxiliary Bishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Alberto Tanasini	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
7 Jul	60.9	Installed	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	78.4	Died	Cyriaque Siméon Obamba †	Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon
8 Jul	58.0	Appointed	Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples	Secretary Emeritus
9 Jul	74.3	Resigned	Gerald Moverley †	Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	75.7	Retired	Patrick Laurence Murphy †	Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	John Clayton Nienstedt	Titular Bishop of Alton	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Allen Henry Vigneron	Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
	57.7	Appointed	David Louis Walker	Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia
10 Jul	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Longinus Da Cunha †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Philip Edward Wilson	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
11 Jul	63.0	Resigned	Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Kohima, India	Bishop Emeritus
	65.8	Appointed	Angelo Paravisi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M.	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
	75.5	Retired	Libero Tresoldi	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jul	50.4	Appointed	Eric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Bishop of Versailles, France
	50.4	Appointed	Eric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier	Titular Bishop of Malliana	Bishop of Versailles, France
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Teodor Majkowicz †	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
	58.9	Appointed	Michel Pollien	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
	58.9	Appointed	Michel Pollien	Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
13 Jul	67.4	Appointed	Giacomo Babini	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Appointed	Mario Meini	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy
14 Jul	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis Nzala Kianza	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	71.5	Died	Manuel S. Salvador †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
15 Jul	50.2	Appointed	Juan José Omella Omella	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
	50.2	Appointed	Juan José Omella Omella	Titular Bishop of Sasabe	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
	47.4	Installed	Francisco Robles Ortega	Bishop of Toluca, México, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
16 Jul	68.2	Appointed	Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
	59.4	Appointed	Gilberto Jiménez Narváez	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
	78.4	Resigned	Henri Légaré, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
	70.6	Resigned	Thomas Francis Little †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	George Pell	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
19 Jul	49.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Apicella	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
	49.5	Appointed	Vincenzo Apicella	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
	51.8	Appointed	Cesare Nosiglia	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
	75.5	Retired	Remigio Ragonesi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	82.2	Died	Jan Wosinski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
20 Jul	58.8	Appointed	Marian Golebiewski	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Félix Kouadjo	Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
22 Jul	82.5	Died	Bruno Frattegiani †	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
23 Jul	53.4	Appointed	Heinz Josef Algermissen	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	53.4	Appointed	Heinz Josef Algermissen	Titular Bishop of Labicum	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	42.8	Appointed	Reinhard Marx	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
	42.8	Appointed	Reinhard Marx	Titular Bishop of Petina	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
24 Jul	61.4	Appointed	Emilio Simeon Alluè, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	61.4	Appointed	Emilio Simeon Alluè, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Croae	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	62.5	Appointed	Francis Xavier Irwin	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	62.5	Appointed	Francis Xavier Irwin	Titular Bishop of Ubaza	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
25 Jul	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Garfias Merlos	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México
28 Jul	82.8	Died	José Pedro de Araújo Costa †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B.	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Verzeletti	Titular Bishop of Tepelta	Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil
31 Jul	52.6	Appointed	Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
	73.6	Retired	Bernhard Rieger	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	60.1	Resigned	Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M.	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
1 Aug	58.2	Died	Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
2 Aug	83.8	Died	Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
	88.0	Died	James Joseph Byrne †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	67.2	Appointed	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	67.2	Appointed	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	78.6	Died	Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
	53.1	Appointed	Armand Maillard	Bishop of Laval, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
	62.2	Succeeded	Paolo Mietto, C.S.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
	76.0	Retired	Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
3 Aug	64.6	Installed	Teodor Majkowicz †	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
	34.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M.	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
	87.4	Died	Józef Rozwadowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
5 Aug	53.3	Appointed	Georges Paul Pontier	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Archbishop of Marseille, France
7 Aug	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
	92.5	Died	Joseph Asjiro Satowaki †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
8 Aug	69.9	Appointed	Emilio Lorenzo Stehle	Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
10 Aug	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Elo	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
	78.6	Died	Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Aug	25.7	Ordained Priest	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
12 Aug	56.2	Appointed	Pierre Farine	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
	56.2	Appointed	Pierre Farine	Titular Bishop of Tragurium	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
14 Aug	63.5	Appointed	Ricardo Guízar Díaz	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
15 Aug	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Federico Gatti †	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
17 Aug	74.6	Died	Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.J.	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Cercina	Apostolic Nuncio to Other
	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.	Coadjutor Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru	Bishop
19 Aug	66.1	Appointed	André Vallée, P.M.E.	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
20 Aug	55.8	Appointed	José Ulises Macías Salcedo	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
	75.7	Retired	Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	76.5	Retired	Carlos Quintero Arce	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.1	Appointed	James Francis Stafford	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
22 Aug	78.6	Died	Dominic Joseph Conway †	Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland
23 Aug	67.6	Died	Lorenzo Bellomi †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
	90.6	Died	William Joseph Moran †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
24 Aug	52.0	Appointed	Edward Joseph Adams	Titular Archbishop of Scala	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
	52.0	Appointed	Edward Joseph Adams	Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
	41.1	Ordained Bishop	John Michael Botean	Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA
25 Aug	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D.	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
26 Aug	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Aldo Cavalli	Titular Archbishop of Vibo	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
	51.3	Appointed	Felipe Padilla Cardona	Coadjutor Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop
28 Aug	43.0	Solemn Professed	Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.	Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Bishop of Oslo, Norway
	60.8	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Victor	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	60.8	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Victor	Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
31 Aug	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Marian Golebiewski	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J.	Coadjutor Prelate of Ipil, Philippines	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

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