The Year of Our Lord 2015

Bishop Events

July

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	81.7	Died	Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
3 Jul	62.5	Installed	Laurent Marie Bernard Dognin	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
49.4	Appointed	Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Philippines, Military
49.4	Appointed	Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio	Titular Bishop of Lestrona	Bishop of Philippines, Military
76.6	Ceased	Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley	Apostolic Administrator of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
61.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph McKinney	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
48.2	Appointed	Dennis Cabanada Villarojo	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
48.2	Appointed	Dennis Cabanada Villarojo	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Bishop of Malolos, Philippines
4 Jul	67.0	Installed	Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Dios Peña Rojas	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela
64.7	Appointed	Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero	Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay
5 Jul	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Edward Elias Mapunda	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania
68.1	Ceased	Desiderius M. Rwoma	Apostolic Administrator of Singida, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
6 Jul	67.3	Died	Luigi Martella †	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
7 Jul	60.0	Appointed	Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales	Bishop of Chile, Military	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile
8 Jul	52.1	Appointed	José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
9 Jul	52.2	Appointed	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng	Auxiliary Bishop of Kuching, Malaysia	Archbishop
52.2	Appointed	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia
10 Jul	53.0	Appointed	George Bugeja, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya	Vicar Apostolic
53.0	Appointed	George Bugeja, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of San Leone	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
75.4	Retired	Jean-Charles Marie Descubes	Archbishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C.	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru	Bishop of Chosica, Peru
58.5	Appointed	Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun	Archbishop of Rouen, France
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte	Bishop of Venezuela, Military
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa	Titular Bishop of Corniculana	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia
46.6	Installed	Joseph Martin Wu Qinjing	Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
11 Jul	87.0	Died	Giacomo Biffi †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Edson José Oriolo dos Santos	Titular Bishop of Segia	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12 Jul	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France	Bishop of Créteil, France
82.5	Died	Omar Félix Colomé †	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz del Eje, Argentina
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa	Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
13 Jul	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Edward Charles Malesic	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14 Jul	57.0	Appointed	Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
57.0	Appointed	Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Carpi	Bishop of Temuco, Chile
58.0	Appointed	Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D.	Bishop of Ho, Ghana
77.6	Retired	Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu	Bishop of Ho, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Benedictus Son Hee-Song	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)
58.4	Appointed	Benedictus Son Hee-Song	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Bishop of Uijeongbu, Korea (South)
15 Jul	63.7	Resigned	Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
48.3	Appointed	Udo Markus Bentz	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
48.3	Appointed	Udo Markus Bentz	Titular Bishop of Sita	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
48.6	Appointed	Laurent Michel Camiade	Bishop of Cahors, France
72.7	Appointed	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
76.2	Retired	Manfred Grothe	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
56.0	Appointed	Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
18 Jul	50.9	Appointed	Henry Aruna	Auxiliary Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone	Bishop
50.9	Appointed	Henry Aruna	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Bishop of Kenema, Sierra Leone
59.3	Appointed	Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Jhabua, India
60.4	Appointed	Claudio Cipolla	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
75.2	Retired	Antonio Mattiazzo	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Corrado Melis	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
58.5	Appointed	Natale Paganelli, S.X.	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone
57.0	Installed	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia
19 Jul	53.1	Installed	Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia
20 Jul	71.6	Retired	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
71.6	Retired	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Romania
54.8	Ordained Bishop	James Massa	Titular Bishop of Bardstown	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Witold Mroziewski	Titular Bishop of Walla Walla	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
21 Jul	55.6	Appointed	Robert Emmet Barron	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
55.6	Appointed	Robert Emmet Barron	Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania	Bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
61.3	Appointed	Joseph Vincent Brennan	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
61.3	Appointed	Joseph Vincent Brennan	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
61.9	Appointed	David Gerard O’Connell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
61.9	Appointed	David Gerard O’Connell †	Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
75.7	Retired	Gerald Eugene Wilkerson	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22 Jul	47.5	Ordained Bishop	José Alberto González Juárez	Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México
49.5	Appointed	Joseph Kodakallil	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
64.0	Died	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
23 Jul	88.6	Died	William Wakefield Baum †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
48.9	Appointed	John Moon Hee Jong	Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
48.9	Appointed	John Moon Hee Jong	Titular Bishop of Mutia	Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
24 Jul	80.6	Elected	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
80.6	Elected	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
52.7	Appointed	Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia	Bishop of Colombia, Military
71.0	Resigned	Julio César Vidal Ortiz	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro	Titular Bishop of Nova	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Christian Noel Emmanuel	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
80.6	Confirmed	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
80.6	Confirmed	Grégoire Pierre XX (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
75.1	Retired	Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D.	Bishop of Tumaco, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
71.6	Appointed	Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños	Apostolic Administrator of Tumaco, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
26 Jul	54.5	Installed	Christian Noel Emmanuel	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
27 Jul	69.2	Appointed	José Figueroa Gómez	Apostolic Administrator of San José del Guaviare, Colombia	Bishop of Granada en Colombia
66.8	Installed	Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa	Bishop of Engativá, Colombia
28 Jul	52.8	Appointed	Paul Abdel Sater	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
52.8	Confirmed	Paul Abdel Sater	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
67.1	Appointed	Salvador Giménez Valls	Bishop of Lleida, Spain
75.8	Retired	Juan Piris Frígola	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
83.7	Died	Fransiskus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, M.S.F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
29 Jul	52.9	Appointed	Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe	Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
60.3	Installed	Gustavo Rodriguez Vega	Archbishop of Yucatán, México
31 Jul	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Melillo	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy

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