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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul	55.4	Appointed	José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R.	Bishop of David, Panama
	61.9	Appointed	Fernando Torres Durán	Bishop of Chitré, Panama
3 Jul	56.2	Appointed	Francesco Cacucci	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
	68.8	Resigned	Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	69.0	Appointed	Tarcisio Pillolla	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jul	63.6	Appointed	Petr Esterka	Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic
	63.6	Appointed	Petr Esterka	Titular Bishop of Cefala	Auxiliary Bishop of Brno, Czech Republic
6 Jul	58.7	Appointed	Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B.	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
	52.5	Appointed	Robert Charles Morlino	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
7 Jul	68.4	Appointed	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Almaty, Kazakhstan	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
	34.7	Appointed	Janusz Kaleta	Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan
	49.3	Appointed	Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C.	Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	47.9	Appointed	Tomasz Peta	Apostolic Administrator of Astana, Kazakhstan	Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan
	51.0	Appointed	Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.	Archbishop of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
8 Jul	49.6	Appointed	Leonard Paul Blair	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA
	49.6	Appointed	Leonard Paul Blair	Titular Bishop of Voncariana	Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA
	69.9	Resigned	Raúl Arsenio Casado	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.5	Retired	René Fernández Apaza	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
	58.9	Appointed	Agostino Marchetto	Official of the Secretariat of State	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples
	59.8	Succeeded	Tito Solari Capellari, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	64.7	Appointed	Luis Héctor Villalba	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
	75.3	Retired	Alois Wagner †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
9 Jul	61.1	Appointed	Salvatore Boccaccio	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
	75.6	Retired	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	87.6	Died	Jean François Marie Streiff †	Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
10 Jul	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D.	Bishop of Yendi, Ghana
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Nikola Eterovic	Titular Archbishop of Siscia	Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Kaboré	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
	67.8	Appointed	Bassano Staffieri	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M.	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
	60.2	Died	Vittorio Fusco †	Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Desiderius Rwoma	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania
12 Jul	55.1	Appointed	Robert Joseph Baker	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
	76.1	Resigned	David Bernard Thompson	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	53.5	Appointed	Mario Zenari	Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
	53.5	Appointed	Mario Zenari	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
	53.5	Appointed	Mario Zenari	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
13 Jul	75.1	Retired	Vladas Michelevicius	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Henk Kronenberg, S. M.	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
	48.8	Appointed	Gil Antônio Moreira	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	48.8	Appointed	Gil Antônio Moreira	Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Jul	58.2	Appointed	Beniamino Depalma, C.M.	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nola, Italy	Bishop
	72.0	Resigned	Savarinathen Iruthayaraj †	Bishop of Palayamkottai, India	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jul	64.5	Appointed	Angelo Mottola	Titular Archbishop of Cercina	Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro
	64.5	Appointed	Angelo Mottola	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro
17 Jul	46.1	Appointed	Willem Jacobus Eijk	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Michael Goro Matsuura	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan
	55.3	Appointed	Rino Passigato	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F.	Bishop of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
18 Jul	43.5	Installed	Marcelo Arturo González Amador	Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba
19 Jul	47.7	Appointed	Gerhard Feige	Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Bishop
	47.7	Appointed	Gerhard Feige	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
	52.8	Appointed	Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
	52.8	Appointed	Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval	Titular Bishop of Centenaria	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
	75.6	Died	Ignace Raad †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
	60.7	Appointed	José Soleibe Arbeláez	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia
	60.7	Appointed	José Soleibe Arbeláez	Titular Bishop of Sullectum	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia
20 Jul	55.9	Appointed	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Archbishop of Reims, France
21 Jul	60.3	Resigned	José Alves da Costa, D.C.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jul	41.8	Appointed	Marián Chovanec	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	41.8	Appointed	Marián Chovanec	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
	55.1	Installed	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Alfredo Gualberti	Titular Bishop of Arsacal	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	63.1	Appointed	William Joseph Levada	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa in California, USA	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	59.8	Succeeded	Mario Melanio Medina Salinas	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
	74.9	Retired	Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Resigned	George Patrick Ziemann	Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jul	88.9	Died	Juan Bockwinckel, S.V.D. †	Prelate Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
24 Jul	54.8	Appointed	Orlando Antonini	Titular Archbishop of Formiae	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
	54.8	Appointed	Orlando Antonini	Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
	54.8	Appointed	Orlando Antonini	Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
	56.9	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	56.9	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	56.9	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	56.9	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	56.9	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	56.9	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	56.9	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	53.6	Appointed	Mario Zenari	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
25 Jul	64.8	Installed	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P.	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
26 Jul	75.3	Retired	Joseph Eric D'Arcy †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	62.7	Succeeded	Adrian Leo Doyle	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
	64.7	Appointed	Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm.	Prelate of Sicuani, Peru
	67.7	Resigned	Miguel Gatan Purugganan	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	55.9	Succeeded	Sergio Lasam Utleg	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines
27 Jul	57.4	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
29 Jul	51.1	Appointed	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
	76.2	Retired	Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, S.J.	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jul	76.7	Retired	Paul Bassim, O.C.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
	58.6	Appointed	Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J.	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
31 Jul	89.9	Died	Petro Arikata Kobayashi †	Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
	59.6	Installed	Joseph Roduit, C.R.A.	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
1 Aug	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus	Bishop of Płock, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
3 Aug	55.9	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Titular Archbishop of Truentum	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
	55.9	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
	55.9	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
4 Aug	60.6	Appointed	Odilon Guimarães Moreira	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	60.6	Appointed	Odilon Guimarães Moreira	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Mukkuzhy	Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabarese), India
	55.2	Succeeded	Bruno Pedron, S.D.B.	Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
	75.0	Retired	Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B.	Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.2	Appointed	Hélio Adelar Rubert	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	54.2	Appointed	Hélio Adelar Rubert	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6 Aug	75.9	Retired	Moisés Julio Blanchoud	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.4	Succeeded	Mario Antonio Cargnello	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina
	87.2	Died	John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar
	47.0	Installed	Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J.	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
12 Aug	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Nguyên Soan	Bishop of Quy Nhon, Viêt Nam
13 Aug	62.8	Appointed	José Ángel Rovai	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina
	62.8	Appointed	José Ángel Rovai	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina
14 Aug	46.2	Ordained Bishop	James Liu Tan-kuei	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop Emeritus of Hsinchu, Taiwan
	81.5	Died	Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria
15 Aug	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Akio Johnson Mutek	Titular Bishop of Suava	Bishop of Torit, Sudan
	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E.	Titular Bishop of Vicus Caesaris	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
16 Aug	85.7	Died	Juan José Iriarte †	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
17 Aug	75.8	Retired	Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
	62.6	Appointed	Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P.	Bishop of Meaux, France
20 Aug	83.2	Died	Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
21 Aug	87.5	Died	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
	55.2	Appointed	Domenico Graziani	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy
	80.6	Died	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
24 Aug	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Leonard Paul Blair	Titular Bishop of Voncariana	Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA
	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Chang Bong-hun	Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
	55.9	Appointed	Joseph Chennoth	Titular Archbishop of Milevum	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania
	55.9	Appointed	Joseph Chennoth	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania
	55.9	Appointed	Joseph Chennoth	Apostolic Nuncio to Chad	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania
25 Aug	77.0	Died	Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil
26 Aug	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Bonazzi	Titular Archbishop of Atella	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
	62.8	Installed	Adrian Leo Doyle	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
27 Aug	90.6	Died	Helder Pessoa Câmara †	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
28 Aug	64.3	Succeeded	Augustine Cheong Myong-jo †	Bishop of Pusan, Korea (South)
	48.7	Appointed	Tomáš Galis	Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia
	48.7	Appointed	Tomáš Galis	Titular Bishop of Bita	Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia
	75.5	Retired	Gabriel Lee Gab-sou †	Bishop of Pusan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Martin Roos	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
30 Aug	41.2	Appointed	Georges Fonghoro	Bishop of Mopti, Mali
	45.1	Appointed	Luigi Infanti della Mora, O.S.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile
	45.1	Appointed	Luigi Infanti della Mora, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile

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