The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 56.3 Ordained Bishop Donato Oliverio Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

2 Jul 52.3 Removed Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia Archbishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired William Joseph Levada Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

76.0 Retired William Joseph Levada President of the International Theological Commission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

76.0 Retired William Joseph Levada President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

76.0 Retired William Joseph Levada President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the International Theological Commission Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller Archbishop (Personal Title) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

59.1 Appointed Ján Orosch Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop

3 Jul 75.8 Retired Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S. Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India Archbishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Prakash Mallavarapu Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India

49.2 Appointed Jeffrey Marc Monforton Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

59.7 Appointed Joseph Ponniah Bishop of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

75.6 Appointed Joseph Kingsley Swampillai Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

4 Jul 44.9 Appointed José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Jequié, Baia, Brazil

83.3 Died Vinzenz Guggenberger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany

75.8 Retired Cristiano Jakob Krapf Bishop of Jequié, Baia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

5 Jul 46.2 Appointed Jaime Calderón Calderón Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

46.2 Appointed Jaime Calderón Calderón Titular Bishop of Iomnium Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

6 Jul 77.1 Retired Andreas Henrisusanta, S.C.I. Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

45.7 Appointed José Rico Pavés Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain

45.7 Appointed José Rico Pavés Titular Bishop of Mentesa Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain

66.6 Appointed Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia

7 Jul 94.8 Died Paul Coussa † Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

60.7 Appointed Sebastian Francis Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

76.7 Retired Antony Selvanayagam Bishop of Penang, Malaysia Bishop Emeritus

71.9 Resigned Filippo Strofaldi Bishop of Ischia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

8 Jul 52.4 Ordained Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

9 Jul 85.9 Died Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P. † Prelate Emeritus of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines

91.7 Died Eugênio de Araújo Sales † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

79.8 Died René Joseph Rakotondrabé † Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar

10 Jul 54.7 Appointed Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

11 Jul 60.7 Appointed Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B. Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

66.9 Ordained Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto Titular Bishop of Citium Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

56.7 Appointed Philip Anthony Egan Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

73.9 Resigned Brian Vincent Finnigan Apostolic Administrator of Toowoomba, Australia Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia

51.0 Appointed Elias Gonsalves Bishop of Amravati, India

75.7 Retired Roger Francis Crispian Hollis Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Marek Jędraszewski Archbishop of Łódź, Poland

68.5 Ordained Bishop Robert McGuckin Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia

65.6 Ordained Bishop Paul Robert Sanchez Titular Bishop of Coeliana Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

70.8 Resigned Pedro Ercílio Simon Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

77.1 Retired Władysław Ziółek Archbishop of Łódź, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

12 Jul 79.9 Died Pier Luigi Mazzoni † Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

13 Jul 75.9 Retired Guido Plante, P.M.E. Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

14 Jul 54.3 Ordained Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

51.4 Appointed Gregory John Bittman Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

51.4 Appointed Gregory John Bittman Titular Bishop of Caltadria Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

65.0 Installed Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

15 Jul 82.5 Died Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

43.0 Ordained Bishop Abraham Boualo Kome Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon

16 Jul 65.2 Retired Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I. Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed Gerald Isaac Lobo Bishop of Udupi, India

74.2 Died Joseph Nduhirubusa † Bishop Emeritus of Ruyigi, Burundi

17 Jul 84.6 Died Ottorino Pietro Alberti † Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

56.2 Appointed Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G. Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México

18 Jul 61.8 Installed Samuel Joseph Aquila Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

57.3 Resigned James Douglas Conley Apostolic Administrator of Denver, Colorado, USA Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

62.7 Appointed David Dennis Kagan Apostolic Administrator of Fargo, North Dakota, USA Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

19 Jul 76.8 Retired Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

21 Jul 60.6 Resigned Vincenzo Di Mauro Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Maroun Nasser Gemayel Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), France

51.7 Appointed Borys Andrij Gudziak Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian) Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)

51.7 Appointed Borys Andrij Gudziak Titular Bishop of Carcabia Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)

83.4 Retired Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R. † Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Edward Janiak Bishop of Kalisz, Poland

75.6 Retired Stanisław Napierała Bishop of Kalisz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

22 Jul 47.8 Ordained Bishop Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic

42.4 Ordained Bishop Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

45.4 Ordained Bishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

42.4 Ordained Bishop Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic

23 Jul 75.5 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

24 Jul 78.3 Retired Mario Joseph Conti Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

56.1 Appointed Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

61.5 Appointed Philip Tartaglia Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

78.4 Appointed Dionigi Tettamanzi Apostolic Administrator of Vigevano, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

65.3 Resigned Markijan Trofym’yak Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

25 Jul 50.1 Ordained Bishop Robert John Brennan Titular Bishop of Erdonia Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

53.4 Installed Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México

47.9 Appointed Vincent Dollmann Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France

47.9 Appointed Vincent Dollmann Titular Bishop of Cursola Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France

55.1 Ordained Bishop Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick Titular Bishop of Aradi Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

51.1 Ordained Bishop Nelson Jesus Perez Titular Bishop of Catrum Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

27 Jul 56.1 Appointed Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

66.3 Appointed Jesús Murgui Soriano Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

76.1 Retired George Hugh Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA Archbishop Emeritus

85.6 Died Emmanuel Otteh † Bishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku, Nigeria

76.0 Retired Rafael Palmero Ramos Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus

28 Jul 76.5 Died Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

56.5 Ordained Bishop Maroun Ammar Titular Bishop of Canatha Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

62.8 Appointed Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. Bishop of Ivrea, Italy

59.2 Ordained Bishop Georges Chihane Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

58.4 Ordained Bishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M. Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel

70.6 Ordained Bishop Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic

50.6 Ordained Bishop Max Leroy Mésidor Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti

42.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Emile Mouawad Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

54.1 Ordained Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa Titular Bishop of Nasbinca Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia

57.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Rouhana, O.L.M. Titular Bishop of Antarados Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

42.5 Ordained Bishop Florian Wörner Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

29 Jul 45.4 Installed Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

30 Jul 69.7 Resigned Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. Bishop of Magangué, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

69.8 Resigned Gianfranco Ravasi President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture

72.1 Resigned Paul Friedrich Wehrle Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

31 Jul 81.8 Died Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

61.7 Appointed Lawrence Thomas Persico Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

74.9 Died Stefan Siczek † Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland

75.2 Retired Engelbert Siebler Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Donald Walter Trautman Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

1 Aug 63.0 Appointed Paul Bernard Bird, C.SS.R. Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

75.4 Retired Peter Joseph Connors Bishop of Ballarat, Australia Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

83.7 Died Riccardo Ruotolo † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

2 Aug 60.8 Appointed Sigifredo Noriega Barceló Bishop of Zacatecas, México

3 Aug 55.4 Ordained Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

4 Aug 43.7 Ordained Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia

48.6 Ordained Bishop Constantino Barrera Morales Bishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador

46.2 Ordained Bishop Jeremias Antônio de Jesus Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

53.2 Installed Alfred Adewale Martins Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

75.5 Retired Paolo De Nicolò Official of the Prefecture of the Papal Household Official Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Paul Tschang In-Nam Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand

62.8 Appointed Paul Tschang In-Nam Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand

62.8 Appointed Paul Tschang In-Nam Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand

62.8 Appointed Paul Tschang In-Nam Apostolic Delegate to Laos Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand

6 Aug 57.8 Installed César Daniel Fernández Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina

8 Aug 58.1 Appointed Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

9 Aug 75.6 Retired Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. Bishop of Meaux, France Bishop Emeritus

54.9 Appointed Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias Bishop of Meaux, France

10 Aug 66.4 Installed Richard Joseph Malone Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

11 Aug 59.2 Ordained Bishop Médard Léopold Ouédraogo Titular Bishop of Sutunurca Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

57.3 Installed Marian Rojek Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

12 Aug 56.2 Ordained Bishop António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

46.4 Ordained Bishop Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola

13 Aug 97.4 Died Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC. † Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

17 Aug 75.0 Retired Paul Henry Walsh Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

18 Aug 46.4 Ordained Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges Titular Bishop of Gergis Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

75.4 Retired Antonio Franco Apostolic Nuncio to Israel Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

75.4 Retired Antonio Franco Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel

75.4 Retired Antonio Franco Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel

70.2 Appointed Giuseppe Lazzarotto Apostolic Nuncio to Israel

70.2 Appointed Giuseppe Lazzarotto Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine Apostolic Nuncio to Israel

72.1 Appointed François Xavier Lê Văn Hông Archbishop of Huê, Viet Nam

76.7 Retired Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê Archbishop of Huê, Viet Nam Archbishop Emeritus

19 Aug 46.2 Installed Jeremias Antônio de Jesus Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

20 Aug 60.8 Ordained Bishop Sebastian Francis Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

21 Aug 89.8 Died Paul Bassim, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

22 Aug 74.4 Died José Foralosso, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil

88.7 Died Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

91.2 Died András József Szennay, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary

23 Aug 96.9 Died Paul Ch’eng Shih-kuang † Bishop Emeritus of Tainan, Taiwan

24 Aug 44.4 Appointed George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabarese), India

49.2 Appointed Jacob Muricken Auxiliary Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India

49.2 Appointed Jacob Muricken Titular Bishop of Thinis Auxiliary Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India

25 Aug 92.3 Died Aurélio Granada Escudeiro † Bishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal

86.0 Died Eduardo Koaik † Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26 Aug 51.8 Ordained Bishop Borys Andrij Gudziak Titular Bishop of Carcabia Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)

27 Aug 67.4 Died Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. † Bishop of Manzini, Swaziland

28 Aug 93.8 Died Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli † Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

55.5 Died William Pascal Kikoti † Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania

29 Aug 76.2 Retired Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

64.9 Installed Valéry Vienneau Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

30 Aug 73.5 Resigned Joseph Louis Jean Boishu Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Ordained Bishop Maroun Nasser Gemayel Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), France

70.3 Appointed Giuseppe Lazzarotto Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus Apostolic Nuncio to Israel

31 Aug 91.1 Died Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. † Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina

85.5 Died Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

75.0 Retired Michel Pollien † Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Donato Oliverio	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
2 Jul	52.3	Removed	Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R.	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	William Joseph Levada	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
76.0	Retired	William Joseph Levada	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
76.0	Retired	William Joseph Levada	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
76.0	Retired	William Joseph Levada	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the International Theological Commission	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
59.1	Appointed	Ján Orosch	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
3 Jul	75.8	Retired	Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S.	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India	Archbishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Prakash Mallavarapu	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
49.2	Appointed	Jeffrey Marc Monforton	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
59.7	Appointed	Joseph Ponniah	Bishop of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
75.6	Appointed	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
4 Jul	44.9	Appointed	José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Jequié, Baia, Brazil
83.3	Died	Vinzenz Guggenberger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
75.8	Retired	Cristiano Jakob Krapf	Bishop of Jequié, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jul	46.2	Appointed	Jaime Calderón Calderón	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
46.2	Appointed	Jaime Calderón Calderón	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
6 Jul	77.1	Retired	Andreas Henrisusanta, S.C.I.	Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
45.7	Appointed	José Rico Pavés	Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain
45.7	Appointed	José Rico Pavés	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain
66.6	Appointed	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia	Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia
7 Jul	94.8	Died	Paul Coussa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
60.7	Appointed	Sebastian Francis	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
76.7	Retired	Antony Selvanayagam	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
71.9	Resigned	Filippo Strofaldi	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
9 Jul	85.9	Died	Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
91.7	Died	Eugênio de Araújo Sales †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
79.8	Died	René Joseph Rakotondrabé †	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
10 Jul	54.7	Appointed	Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
11 Jul	60.7	Appointed	Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
66.9	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Francis Chappetto	Titular Bishop of Citium	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
56.7	Appointed	Philip Anthony Egan	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
73.9	Resigned	Brian Vincent Finnigan	Apostolic Administrator of Toowoomba, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia
51.0	Appointed	Elias Gonsalves	Bishop of Amravati, India
75.7	Retired	Roger Francis Crispian Hollis	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Marek Jędraszewski	Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
68.5	Ordained Bishop	Robert McGuckin	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Robert Sanchez	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
70.8	Resigned	Pedro Ercílio Simon	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
77.1	Retired	Władysław Ziółek	Archbishop of Łódź, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Jul	79.9	Died	Pier Luigi Mazzoni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
13 Jul	75.9	Retired	Guido Plante, P.M.E.	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Dieudonné Espoir Atangana	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
51.4	Appointed	Gregory John Bittman	Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
51.4	Appointed	Gregory John Bittman	Titular Bishop of Caltadria	Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
65.0	Installed	Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
15 Jul	82.5	Died	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Boualo Kome	Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon
16 Jul	65.2	Retired	Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	Gerald Isaac Lobo	Bishop of Udupi, India
74.2	Died	Joseph Nduhirubusa †	Bishop Emeritus of Ruyigi, Burundi
17 Jul	84.6	Died	Ottorino Pietro Alberti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
56.2	Appointed	Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G.	Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México
18 Jul	61.8	Installed	Samuel Joseph Aquila	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
57.3	Resigned	James Douglas Conley	Apostolic Administrator of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
62.7	Appointed	David Dennis Kagan	Apostolic Administrator of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
19 Jul	76.8	Retired	Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 Jul	60.6	Resigned	Vincenzo Di Mauro	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Maroun Nasser Gemayel	Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), France
51.7	Appointed	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian)	Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)
51.7	Appointed	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)
83.4	Retired	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R. †	Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Edward Janiak	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
75.6	Retired	Stanisław Napierała	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jul	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A.	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A.	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa	Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic
23 Jul	75.5	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
24 Jul	78.3	Retired	Mario Joseph Conti	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
56.1	Appointed	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
61.5	Appointed	Philip Tartaglia	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
78.4	Appointed	Dionigi Tettamanzi	Apostolic Administrator of Vigevano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
65.3	Resigned	Markijan Trofym’yak	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert John Brennan	Titular Bishop of Erdonia	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
53.4	Installed	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.	Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México
47.9	Appointed	Vincent Dollmann	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
47.9	Appointed	Vincent Dollmann	Titular Bishop of Cursola	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Nelson Jesus Perez	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
27 Jul	56.1	Appointed	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
66.3	Appointed	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
76.1	Retired	George Hugh Niederauer	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
85.6	Died	Emmanuel Otteh †	Bishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
76.0	Retired	Rafael Palmero Ramos	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jul	76.5	Died	Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Maroun Ammar	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
62.8	Appointed	Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O.	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Georges Chihane	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.	Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel
70.6	Ordained Bishop	Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Max Leroy Mésidor	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Emile Mouawad	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Auxiliary Bishop of Ibagué, Colombia
57.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Rouhana, O.L.M.	Titular Bishop of Antarados	Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Florian Wörner	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
29 Jul	45.4	Installed	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
30 Jul	69.7	Resigned	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.	Bishop of Magangué, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
69.8	Resigned	Gianfranco Ravasi	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
72.1	Resigned	Paul Friedrich Wehrle	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 Jul	81.8	Died	Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
61.7	Appointed	Lawrence Thomas Persico	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
74.9	Died	Stefan Siczek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
75.2	Retired	Engelbert Siebler	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Donald Walter Trautman	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
1 Aug	63.0	Appointed	Paul Bernard Bird, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
75.4	Retired	Peter Joseph Connors	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos	Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
83.7	Died	Riccardo Ruotolo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
2 Aug	60.8	Appointed	Sigifredo Noriega Barceló	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
3 Aug	55.4	Ordained Bishop	José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4 Aug	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Constantino Barrera Morales	Bishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Jeremias Antônio de Jesus	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.2	Installed	Alfred Adewale Martins	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
75.5	Retired	Paolo De Nicolò	Official of the Prefecture of the Papal Household	Official Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand
62.8	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand
62.8	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand
62.8	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand
6 Aug	57.8	Installed	César Daniel Fernández	Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina
8 Aug	58.1	Appointed	Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
9 Aug	75.6	Retired	Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P.	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
54.9	Appointed	Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias	Bishop of Meaux, France
10 Aug	66.4	Installed	Richard Joseph Malone	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
11 Aug	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Médard Léopold Ouédraogo	Titular Bishop of Sutunurca	Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
57.3	Installed	Marian Rojek	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
12 Aug	56.2	Ordained Bishop	António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola
13 Aug	97.4	Died	Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
17 Aug	75.0	Retired	Paul Henry Walsh	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Sérgio de Deus Borges	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
75.4	Retired	Antonio Franco	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Antonio Franco	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
75.4	Retired	Antonio Franco	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
70.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
70.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
72.1	Appointed	François Xavier Lê Văn Hông	Archbishop of Huê, Viet Nam
76.7	Retired	Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê	Archbishop of Huê, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Aug	46.2	Installed	Jeremias Antônio de Jesus	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
20 Aug	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Francis	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
21 Aug	89.8	Died	Paul Bassim, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
22 Aug	74.4	Died	José Foralosso, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil
88.7	Died	Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
91.2	Died	András József Szennay, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary
23 Aug	96.9	Died	Paul Ch’eng Shih-kuang †	Bishop Emeritus of Tainan, Taiwan
24 Aug	44.4	Appointed	George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B.	Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabarese), India
49.2	Appointed	Jacob Muricken	Auxiliary Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India
49.2	Appointed	Jacob Muricken	Titular Bishop of Thinis	Auxiliary Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India
25 Aug	92.3	Died	Aurélio Granada Escudeiro †	Bishop Emeritus of Angra, Portugal
86.0	Died	Eduardo Koaik †	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Aug	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)
27 Aug	67.4	Died	Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Manzini, Swaziland
28 Aug	93.8	Died	Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli †	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
55.5	Died	William Pascal Kikoti †	Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania
29 Aug	76.2	Retired	Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Installed	Valéry Vienneau	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
30 Aug	73.5	Resigned	Joseph Louis Jean Boishu	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Ordained Bishop	Maroun Nasser Gemayel	Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), France
70.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus	Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
31 Aug	91.1	Died	Lucas Luis Dónnelly Carey, O. de M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina
85.5	Died	Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
75.0	Retired	Michel Pollien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus