The Year of Our Lord 1948

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 49.2 Resigned Thomas Michael Megan, S.V.D. † Prefect of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China Prefect Emeritus

1 Jul 65.5 Appointed Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † Apostolic Internuncio to India Apostolic Nuncio

62.4 Died Paul Salman † Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

2 Jul 58.9 Appointed Paul Adam Curran, O.P. † Prefect of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China

26.3 Ordained Priest Claude Henri Edouard Frikart, C.I.M. † Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France

19.8 Professed Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Portland, Maine, USA

3 Jul 79.1 Died Emilio Larquère, C.M. † Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia

4 Jul 25.5 Ordained Priest Tomás Balduino, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil

27.9 Ordained Deacon Robert Marie Jean Victor (de Boissonneaux) de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. † Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania

23.5 Ordained Priest Martino Gomiero † Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy

30.6 Ordained Priest Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. † Priest of Society of African Missions Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

5 Jul Born Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru

Born Joseph Perumthottam Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

6 Jul 58.0 Died Luigi Arrigoni † Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

24.6 Ordained Priest Tomás Ó Fiaich † Priest of Armagh, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop

7 Jul Born Francesco Milito Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

61.0 Appointed Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. † Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

80.1 Died Pasquale Righetti † Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy

Born Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina † Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

8 Jul 42.5 Appointed Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

42.5 Appointed Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Catula Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

36.4 Appointed Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

36.4 Appointed Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Bucellus Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

52.1 Appointed Marcel-Marie-Joseph-Henri-Paul Dubois † Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

40.7 Appointed Joseph Mark Gopu † Auxiliary Bishop of Pondicherry, India Archbishop of Hyderabad, India

40.7 Appointed Joseph Mark Gopu † Titular Bishop of Gilba Archbishop of Hyderabad, India

42.6 Appointed Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Cerasa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam

52.6 Appointed Augustin Olbert, S.V.D. † Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China

Born Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rundu, Namibia

10 Jul 65.5 Died Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin † Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France

11 Jul 27.8 Ordained Priest Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Luso, Angola

Born Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

25.7 Ordained Priest Domenico Pecile † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy

24.8 Ordained Priest Evelio Ramos Díaz † Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Auxiliary Bishop

25.3 Ordained Priest Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. † Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia

47.3 Ordained Bishop Roberto Ronca † Titular Archbishop of Naupactus Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy

12 Jul Born Filippo Santoro Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

14 Jul 49.6 Ordained Bishop Russell Joseph McVinney † Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Born Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. Cardinal, Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

15 Jul 55.1 Appointed Constant Quillard, C.Ss.R. † Prefect of Niamey, Niger Prefect Emeritus

Born Józef Wesołowski † Apostolic Nuncio

31.6 Appointed Guilford Clyde Young † Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

31.6 Appointed Guilford Clyde Young † Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

16 Jul Born Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

17 Jul 45.8 Ordained Bishop Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Vaga Archbishop Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar

18 Jul 23.0 Ordained Priest Mervyn Alban Alexander † Priest of Clifton, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

Born Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. † Bishop of Radom, Poland

24.2 Ordained Priest Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera † Priest of Camagüey, Cuba Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba

19 Jul Born James Foley Bishop Emeritus of Cairns, Australia

20 Jul 72.6 Died António Antunes † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

Born Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

21 Jul 59.0 Appointed Gennaro Fenizia † Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

59.0 Appointed Gennaro Fenizia † Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy

23 Jul 45.4 Appointed Joseph Schröffer † Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

24 Jul 55.7 Appointed Giovanni Battista Bosio † Archbishop of Chieti, Italy

48.2 Appointed Edward Peter McManaman † Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

48.2 Appointed Edward Peter McManaman † Titular Bishop of Floriana Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

25 Jul 24.9 Ordained Priest Waldyr Calheiros Novaes (de Novais) † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

40.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

38.8 Ordained Bishop Raffaele Macario † Titular Bishop of Tiberias Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy

46.0 Ordained Bishop Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil

28.9 Ordained Priest Phocas Nikwigize † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ruhengeri, Rwanda

26 Jul 44.1 Ordained Bishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Avissa Bishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda

Born Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

27.0 Ordained Priest Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

27 Jul 53.8 Appointed Daniel Joseph Feeney † Apostolic Administrator of Portland, Maine, USA Bishop

62.9 Selected Wendelin Rauch † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

28 Jul 31.7 Ordained Priest James Corboy, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia

Born Salvatore Visco Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

29 Jul 33.3 Ordained Priest Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala

30 Jul 49.9 Died Étienne Joseph Carton de Wiart † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

31 Jul 18.5 Professed Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina

Born Adelio Dell’Oro Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan

28.9 Ordained Priest Mijo Škvorc, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

1 Aug Born Paul Sueo Hamaguchi † Bishop of Oita, Japan

31.6 Ordained Priest Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Born Giovanni Ricchiuti Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

25.3 Ordained Priest Leo Yao Liang † Priest Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China

3 Aug Born Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France

4 Aug Born Domingo Díaz Martínez Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

74.1 Resigned Domenico Fiori † Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

86.7 Died Enrico Sibilia † Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto

5 Aug Born Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia

65.4 Died James Aloysius Griffin † Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA

7 Aug 54.5 Appointed Carlo Angeleri † Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona, Italy

54.5 Appointed Carlo Angeleri † Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Libya Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona, Italy

46.0 Appointed Maurice Baudoux † Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

44.1 Appointed George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. † Coadjutor Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

44.1 Appointed George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Tigias Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

51.9 Appointed Thomas-Percival Caza † Auxiliary Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Thomas-Percival Caza † Titular Bishop of Albulae Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

Born Wolfgang Haas Archbishop Emeritus of Vaduz, Liechtenstein

55.2 Appointed José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. † Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil

45.4 Appointed Paolo Pappalardo † Apostolic Delegate to Iran Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

45.4 Appointed Paolo Pappalardo † Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

8 Aug 28.7 Ordained Priest Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany

28.7 Ordained Priest François Hoenen, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

64.0 Died István Madarász † Bishop of Košice, Slovakia

26.4 Ordained Priest Gaetano Michetti † Priest of Fermo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

10 Aug 52.6 Ordained Bishop Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Bargylia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

11 Aug 34.9 Appointed Julius August Döpfner † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

30.6 Ordained Priest Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu † Priest of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

Born Vincenzo Pelvi Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

Born Raymond Saw Po Ray † Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar

13 Aug 64.0 Appointed Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales † Apostolic Administrator of Los Ríos, Ecuador Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

14 Aug 16.5 Entered Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

20.2 Entered Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

15 Aug 43.4 Ordained Bishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado † Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

21.7 Perpetual Vows Maurice Couture, R.S.V. † Member of Religieux de Saint Vincent de Paul Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

57.5 Ordained Bishop Domingos da Silva Gonçalves † Titular Bishop of Pionia Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

19.1 First Vows Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. † Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

20.9 Temporary Vows Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy

31.6 Ordained Priest Thomas Kuba Thowa † Priest of Mahagi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

43.2 Ordained Bishop Roberto Massimiliani † Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy

37.5 Ordained Bishop Manuel de Jesus Pereira † Titular Bishop of Praenetus Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

40.0 Ordained Bishop Paulo Rolim Loureiro † Titular Bishop of Bria Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil

16 Aug Born Nunzio Galantino President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Born Amando Samo † Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

17 Aug Born Patrick James Zurek Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA

18 Aug Born Jose Mukala Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India

60.5 Appointed Ernesto Ruffini † Apostolic Administrator of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

46.2 Appointed Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion † Coadjutor Bishop of Poitiers, France Bishop Emeritus

46.2 Appointed Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion † Titular Bishop of Gerara Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France

19 Aug 40.1 Appointed Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia

Born Giuseppe Petrocchi Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

22 Aug 30.3 Ordained Priest Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage † Priest of Mwanza, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania

38.1 Installed Henrique Gelain † Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

26.6 Ordained Priest Lucreciano Onofre González, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Prefect Emeritus of Vichada, Colombia

23.8 Ordained Priest Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

22.7 Ordained Priest António José Rafael † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal

24 Aug 45.6 Ordained Bishop William Brasseur, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Agathonice Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines

22.5 Ordained Priest Henry Sebastian D’Souza † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

35.9 Ordained Priest Elias Mchonde † Priest of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

45.1 Ordained Bishop Pietro Severi † Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

Born Andrea Turazzi Bishop Emeritus of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy

25 Aug 64.8 Died Antonino Arata † Official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

85.0 Died Alexander Joseph McGavick † Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

58.0 Succeeded John Patrick Treacy † Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

27 Aug 43.1 Appointed Leo Pietsch † Auxiliary Bishop of Seckau, Austria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

43.1 Appointed Leo Pietsch † Titular Bishop of Narona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

62.9 Confirmed Wendelin Rauch † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

78.3 Died Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Tyana Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

28 Aug 72.3 Died Carlos de Sá Fragoso † Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India

29 Aug 31.4 Ordained Priest Clemens P. Chabukasansha † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia

Born António Francisco dos Santos † Bishop of Porto, Portugal

71.7 Died Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. † Bishop of Viedma, Argentina

Born Jan Bosco Graubner Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

45.5 Ordained Bishop Paolo Pappalardo † Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

30 Aug 35.7 Appointed Luis do Amaral Mousinho † Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

34.1 Appointed Francisco Expedito Lopes † Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

46.3 Appointed José Lázaro Neves, C.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed José Lázaro Neves, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Abari Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria

33.4 Appointed Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos † Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

31 Aug 37.0 Appointed Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin † Bishop of Saint-Claude, France Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	49.2	Resigned	Thomas Michael Megan, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Xinxiang [Sinsiang], China	Prefect Emeritus
1 Jul	65.5	Appointed	Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. †	Apostolic Internuncio to India	Apostolic Nuncio
62.4	Died	Paul Salman †	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
2 Jul	58.9	Appointed	Paul Adam Curran, O.P. †	Prefect of Jian’ou [Kienow, Kienning], China
26.3	Ordained Priest	Claude Henri Edouard Frikart, C.I.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
19.8	Professed	Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Portland, Maine, USA
3 Jul	79.1	Died	Emilio Larquère, C.M. †	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia
4 Jul	25.5	Ordained Priest	Tomás Balduino, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
27.9	Ordained Deacon	Robert Marie Jean Victor (de Boissonneaux) de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
23.5	Ordained Priest	Martino Gomiero †	Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
30.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Jul		Born	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.		Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
	Born	Joseph Perumthottam		Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
6 Jul	58.0	Died	Luigi Arrigoni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
24.6	Ordained Priest	Tomás Ó Fiaich †	Priest of Armagh, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop
7 Jul		Born	Francesco Milito		Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
61.0	Appointed	Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
80.1	Died	Pasquale Righetti †	Bishop of Savona e Noli, Italy
	Born	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †		Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
8 Jul	42.5	Appointed	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
42.5	Appointed	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Catula	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
36.4	Appointed	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
36.4	Appointed	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Bucellus	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
52.1	Appointed	Marcel-Marie-Joseph-Henri-Paul Dubois †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
40.7	Appointed	Joseph Mark Gopu †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pondicherry, India	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
40.7	Appointed	Joseph Mark Gopu †	Titular Bishop of Gilba	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
42.6	Appointed	Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cerasa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viet Nam
52.6	Appointed	Augustin Olbert, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
	Born	Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rundu, Namibia
10 Jul	65.5	Died	Maurice-Auguste-Eugène Foin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Le Mans, France
11 Jul	27.8	Ordained Priest	Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Luso, Angola
	Born	Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez		Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
25.7	Ordained Priest	Domenico Pecile †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
24.8	Ordained Priest	Evelio Ramos Díaz †	Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Auxiliary Bishop
25.3	Ordained Priest	Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Vicar Apostolic of Kuching, Malaysia
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Ronca †	Titular Archbishop of Naupactus	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
12 Jul		Born	Filippo Santoro		Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
14 Jul	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Russell Joseph McVinney †	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
	Born	Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
15 Jul	55.1	Appointed	Constant Quillard, C.Ss.R. †	Prefect of Niamey, Niger	Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Józef Wesołowski †		Apostolic Nuncio
31.6	Appointed	Guilford Clyde Young †	Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
31.6	Appointed	Guilford Clyde Young †	Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
16 Jul		Born	Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente		Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
17 Jul	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Archbishop Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar
18 Jul	23.0	Ordained Priest	Mervyn Alban Alexander †	Priest of Clifton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. †		Bishop of Radom, Poland
24.2	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera †	Priest of Camagüey, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus of Camagüey, Cuba
19 Jul		Born	James Foley		Bishop Emeritus of Cairns, Australia
20 Jul	72.6	Died	António Antunes †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	Born	Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
21 Jul	59.0	Appointed	Gennaro Fenizia †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
59.0	Appointed	Gennaro Fenizia †	Apostolic Administrator of Nardò, Italy	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy
23 Jul	45.4	Appointed	Joseph Schröffer †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
24 Jul	55.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Bosio †	Archbishop of Chieti, Italy
48.2	Appointed	Edward Peter McManaman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
48.2	Appointed	Edward Peter McManaman †	Titular Bishop of Floriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Jul	24.9	Ordained Priest	Waldyr Calheiros Novaes (de Novais) †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
40.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
38.8	Ordained Bishop	Raffaele Macario †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
28.9	Ordained Priest	Phocas Nikwigize †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
26 Jul	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Billington, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Bishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
	Born	Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei		Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
27.0	Ordained Priest	Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
27 Jul	53.8	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Feeney †	Apostolic Administrator of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop
62.9	Selected	Wendelin Rauch †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
28 Jul	31.7	Ordained Priest	James Corboy, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia
	Born	Salvatore Visco		Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
29 Jul	33.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
30 Jul	49.9	Died	Étienne Joseph Carton de Wiart †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
31 Jul	18.5	Professed	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	Born	Adelio Dell’Oro		Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
28.9	Ordained Priest	Mijo Škvorc, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
1 Aug		Born	Paul Sueo Hamaguchi †		Bishop of Oita, Japan
31.6	Ordained Priest	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
	Born	Giovanni Ricchiuti		Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
25.3	Ordained Priest	Leo Yao Liang †	Priest	Coadjutor Bishop of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China
3 Aug		Born	Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne		Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
4 Aug		Born	Domingo Díaz Martínez		Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
74.1	Resigned	Domenico Fiori †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
86.7	Died	Enrico Sibilia †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
5 Aug		Born	Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez		Bishop Emeritus of Pereira, Colombia
65.4	Died	James Aloysius Griffin †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
7 Aug	54.5	Appointed	Carlo Angeleri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona, Italy
54.5	Appointed	Carlo Angeleri †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Libya	Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona, Italy
46.0	Appointed	Maurice Baudoux †	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
44.1	Appointed	George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
44.1	Appointed	George Andrew (George Augustine) Beck, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
51.9	Appointed	Thomas-Percival Caza †	Auxiliary Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Thomas-Percival Caza †	Titular Bishop of Albulae	Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
	Born	Wolfgang Haas		Archbishop Emeritus of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
55.2	Appointed	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil
45.4	Appointed	Paolo Pappalardo †	Apostolic Delegate to Iran	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
45.4	Appointed	Paolo Pappalardo †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
8 Aug	28.7	Ordained Priest	Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
28.7	Ordained Priest	François Hoenen, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.0	Died	István Madarász †	Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
26.4	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Michetti †	Priest of Fermo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
10 Aug	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Bargylia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Aug	34.9	Appointed	Julius August Döpfner †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
30.6	Ordained Priest	Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu †	Priest of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
	Born	Vincenzo Pelvi		Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
	Born	Raymond Saw Po Ray †		Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
13 Aug	64.0	Appointed	Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales †	Apostolic Administrator of Los Ríos, Ecuador	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
14 Aug	16.5	Entered	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
20.2	Entered	Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
15 Aug	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Adelmo Cavalcante Machado †	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
21.7	Perpetual Vows	Maurice Couture, R.S.V. †	Member of Religieux de Saint Vincent de Paul	Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Domingos da Silva Gonçalves †	Titular Bishop of Pionia	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
19.1	First Vows	Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. †	Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
20.9	Temporary Vows	Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
31.6	Ordained Priest	Thomas Kuba Thowa †	Priest of Mahagi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
43.2	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Massimiliani †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy
37.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel de Jesus Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Praenetus	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Rolim Loureiro †	Titular Bishop of Bria	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Aug		Born	Nunzio Galantino		President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	Born	Amando Samo †		Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
17 Aug		Born	Patrick James Zurek		Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
18 Aug		Born	Jose Mukala		Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India
60.5	Appointed	Ernesto Ruffini †	Apostolic Administrator of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
46.2	Appointed	Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †	Coadjutor Bishop of Poitiers, France	Bishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †	Titular Bishop of Gerara	Bishop Emeritus of Poitiers, France
19 Aug	40.1	Appointed	Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
	Born	Giuseppe Petrocchi		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
22 Aug	30.3	Ordained Priest	Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage †	Priest of Mwanza, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
38.1	Installed	Henrique Gelain †	Bishop of Cafelândia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
26.6	Ordained Priest	Lucreciano Onofre González, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Prefect Emeritus of Vichada, Colombia
23.8	Ordained Priest	Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22.7	Ordained Priest	António José Rafael †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal
24 Aug	45.6	Ordained Bishop	William Brasseur, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Agathonice	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
22.5	Ordained Priest	Henry Sebastian D’Souza †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
35.9	Ordained Priest	Elias Mchonde †	Priest of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Severi †	Titular Bishop of Germa in Galatia	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
	Born	Andrea Turazzi		Bishop Emeritus of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy
25 Aug	64.8	Died	Antonino Arata †	Official of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
85.0	Died	Alexander Joseph McGavick †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
58.0	Succeeded	John Patrick Treacy †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
27 Aug	43.1	Appointed	Leo Pietsch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
43.1	Appointed	Leo Pietsch †	Titular Bishop of Narona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
62.9	Confirmed	Wendelin Rauch †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
78.3	Died	Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Tyana	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
28 Aug	72.3	Died	Carlos de Sá Fragoso †	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
29 Aug	31.4	Ordained Priest	Clemens P. Chabukasansha †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
	Born	António Francisco dos Santos †		Bishop of Porto, Portugal
71.7	Died	Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
	Born	Jan Bosco Graubner		Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Pappalardo †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
30 Aug	35.7	Appointed	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
34.1	Appointed	Francisco Expedito Lopes †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
46.3	Appointed	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Abari	Bishop Emeritus of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu		Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria
33.4	Appointed	Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos †	Bishop of Amazonas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
31 Aug	37.0	Appointed	Claude-Constant-Marie Flusin †	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Bishop Emeritus

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