The Year of Our Lord 1953

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 40.1 Appointed Sebastiano Baggio † Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

2 Jul 30.0 Simple Vows René Henry Gracida † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

26.1 Ordained Priest Hubert Luthe † Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

20.4 Professed Edmund Fairbanks McCaffrey † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA

20.4 Professed George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand

3 Jul Born Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B. Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

49.0 Appointed João Batista Portocarrero Costa † Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

49.0 Appointed João Batista Portocarrero Costa † Titular Archbishop of Selge Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

4 Jul 50.3 Appointed Paolo Pappalardo † Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

5 Jul Born Peter Malcolm Brignall Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain

22.7 Ordained Priest Michele Giordano † Priest of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

25.2 Ordained Deacon Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. † Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

24.4 Ordained Priest Américo do Couto Oliveira † Priest Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

26.2 Ordained Priest Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. † Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

24.2 Ordained Priest Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. † Priest of Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México

25.1 Ordained Priest António Ribeiro † Priest of Braga, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

23.5 Ordained Priest Jean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel Thomas † Priest of Luçon, France Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

6 Jul 53.3 Appointed Albert Leménager † Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Born Anthony Bernard Paul Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

Born Štefan Sečka † Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

7 Jul Born Pier Luigi Nava, S.M.M. Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

52.4 Died Michele Rateni † Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy

51.5 Appointed Alfredo Rubio Diaz † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

51.5 Appointed Alfredo Rubio Diaz † Titular Bishop of Vallis Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

8 Jul Born Vincenzo Carmine Orofino Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy

10 Jul 69.0 Died Romualdo M. Migliorini, O.S.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Swaziland

11 Jul 30.2 Ordained Priest Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique

42.7 Appointed John Joseph Krol † Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

42.7 Appointed John Joseph Krol † Titular Bishop of Cadi Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

12 Jul 25.5 Ordained Priest Emmanuel Constant † Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti

50.2 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo De Chiara † Bishop of Mileto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

26.0 Ordained Priest Juan Antonio Flores Santana † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

23.1 Ordained Priest Serafino Sprovieri † Priest of Cosenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

14 Jul Born Sebastian Kallupura Archbishop of Patna, India

15 Jul 26.9 Ordained Priest Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

70.8 Died Ivanios Givergis Thomas Panikervitis (Panickerveetil) † Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

Born Martin Vidović Apostolic Nuncio

16 Jul 20.7 First Vows Denis Croteau, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada

20.5 Temporary Vows Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia

18 Jul 81.5 Died Hormisdas Étienne Djibri † Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq

19 Jul 28.4 Ordained Priest Alonso Arteaga Yepes † Priest Bishop of Espinal, Colombia

63.7 Died John Joseph Boylan † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA

52.6 Ordained Bishop Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Zoara Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

23.3 Ordained Priest Francesco Cuccarese † Priest of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy

26.0 Ordained Priest Hugh Lindsay † Priest of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

23.6 Ordained Priest John Basil Meeking † Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez † Priest Bishop of David, Panama

24.3 Ordained Priest John Raphael Quinn † Priest of San Diego, California, USA Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

33.9 Ordained Priest Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México

20 Jul 27.3 Ordained Priest Bernard Agré † Priest of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

39.3 Appointed James Robert Knox † Titular Archbishop of Melitene Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family

39.3 Appointed James Robert Knox † Apostolic Delegate to British Eastern and Western Africa Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family

21 Jul 50.3 Appointed Albert Gregory Meyer † Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

22 Jul Born Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F. Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

Born Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

24 Jul Born Ivo Scapolo Apostolic Nuncio

25 Jul 49.1 Appointed Emilio Abascal y Salmerón † Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

49.1 Appointed Emilio Abascal y Salmerón † Titular Bishop of Abziri Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

24.2 Ordained Priest Jude Speyrer † Priest of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

30.2 Ordained Priest Ramón Torrella Cascante † Priest of Barcelona, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain

26 Jul 40.1 Ordained Bishop Sebastiano Baggio † Titular Archbishop of Ephesus Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

24.5 Ordained Priest Walter Brandmüller Priest of Bamberg, Germany Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

61.3 Ordained Bishop Maurizio Raspini † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

74.2 Appointed Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Amadassa Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India

39.1 Ordained Bishop Zacarias Rolim de Moura † Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

27 Jul 49.8 Appointed Alfred Bertram Leverman † Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus

Born Pedro López Quintana Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

28 Jul 51.3 Appointed Augusto Gianfranceschi † Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy

51.3 Appointed Augusto Gianfranceschi † Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria) Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy

30 Jul 41.9 Appointed Primo Gasbarri † Auxiliary Bishop of Velletri, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

41.9 Appointed Primo Gasbarri † Titular Bishop of Thennesus Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

42.7 Appointed Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † Titular Archbishop of Mesembria Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

42.7 Appointed Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem, Palestine, Jordan, and Cyprus Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

31 Jul 47.1 Appointed Raffaele Forni † Titular Archbishop of Aegina Apostolic Nuncio

47.1 Appointed Raffaele Forni † Apostolic Internuncio to Iran Apostolic Nuncio

2 Aug 22.9 Ordained Priest Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy

22.2 Professed Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico

23.7 Ordained Priest Tadeusz Rybak † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland

22.5 Ordained Priest Divo Zadi † Priest of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy

4 Aug 71.8 Appointed Terence Bernard McGuire † Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia

71.8 Resigned Terence Bernard McGuire † Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia Archbishop Emeritus

25.4 Ordained Priest Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

5 Aug 87.9 Died Augustin-Fernand Leynaud † Archbishop of Alger, Algeria

6 Aug Born Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. Bishop of Ełk, Poland

57.0 Appointed Henry Joseph O’Brien † Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus

7 Aug 48.7 Appointed William Joseph Brennan † Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia

Born Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

36.5 Appointed Dominic Ignatius Ekandem † Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

36.5 Appointed Dominic Ignatius Ekandem † Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

52.4 Appointed Ambrose Rayappan † Coadjutor Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

52.4 Appointed Ambrose Rayappan † Titular Archbishop of Selymbria Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

8 Aug 18.3 Entered Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

36.7 Appointed Guilford Clyde Young † Apostolic Administrator of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

9 Aug 65.2 Appointed Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

40.9 Ordained Bishop Aldo Forzoni † Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy

11 Aug Born José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

12 Aug 67.1 Died Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. † Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China

Born Charles Martin Wamika † Bishop of Jinja, Uganda

14 Aug 22.4 Entered Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad

53.5 Died Athanase Paul Hindo † Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

15 Aug 24.1 Ordained Priest Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. † Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Born Sylvester Anthony John David, O.M.I. Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa

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

16 Aug 27.8 Ordained Priest Patrício José Hanrahan, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

Born David Gerard O’Connell † Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

17 Aug Born Pedro Luiz Stringhini Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil

18 Aug Born Emmanuel Celeste Trance Bishop Emeritus of Catarman, Philippines

19 Aug 63.4 Died Gyözö Simon Macalik † Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania

60.6 Appointed Bryan Joseph McEntegart † Titular Bishop of Aradi Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

48.0 Ordained Bishop Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit † Titular Bishop of Blaundus Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand

47.1 Appointed Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard † Bishop of Versailles, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France

20 Aug Born Kazimierz Gurda Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

42.9 Appointed Franz Hengsbach † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

42.9 Appointed Franz Hengsbach † Titular Bishop of Cantanus Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

21 Aug Born Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

22 Aug 26.5 Ordained Priest Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol Priest of Seoul, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)

61.3 Installed Maurizio Raspini † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

32.8 Ordained Priest Leo Soekoto, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia

23 Aug 25.8 Ordained Priest Bronisław Jan Maria Dembowski † Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

23.1 Ordained Priest Vittorio Tomassetti † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy

24 Aug 25.5 Ordained Priest Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel † Priest of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Died Elie Rischa (Richa) † Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon

25 Aug 48.5 Appointed Coleman Francis Carroll † Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

48.5 Appointed Coleman Francis Carroll † Titular Bishop of Pitanae Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

55.3 Appointed Edward Vincent Dargin † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Edward Vincent Dargin † Titular Bishop of Amphipolis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

59.8 Appointed José García y Goldaraz † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Walter Philip Kellenberg † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

52.2 Appointed Walter Philip Kellenberg † Titular Bishop of Ioannina Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

Born Maurizio Malvestiti Bishop of Lodi, Italy

64.7 Appointed Agostino Saba † Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

55.4 Appointed Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

26 Aug 43.9 Appointed Andrea Pangrazio † Coadjutor Bishop of Verona, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

43.9 Appointed Andrea Pangrazio † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Thessalia Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

44.3 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Testa † Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

27 Aug 36.1 Died Bl. Petro Pavlo Oros † Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

28 Aug 41.5 Appointed Juan Carlos Aramburu † Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

61.9 Appointed José Borgatti, S.D.B. † Bishop of Viedma, Argentina

67.9 Died Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Chongqing [Chungking], China

43.6 Appointed Antonio José Plaza † Bishop of Azul, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

29 Aug 64.4 Died Francis Joseph Haas † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Born Augustine Tochukwu Ukwuoma Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria

30 Aug 65.3 Died Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † Official of the Secretariat of State

25.4 Ordained Priest João Corso, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

18.0 Temporary Vows Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

31 Aug 54.9 Died Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar

17.3 First Vows Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

53.5 Ordained Bishop Albert Leménager † Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

44.4 Appointed Giacomo Testa † Apostolic Administrator of Constantinople, Turkey President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	40.1	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
2 Jul	30.0	Simple Vows	René Henry Gracida †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
26.1	Ordained Priest	Hubert Luthe †	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
20.4	Professed	Edmund Fairbanks McCaffrey †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
20.4	Professed	George Yod Phimphisan, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand
3 Jul		Born	Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, S.D.B.		Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
49.0	Appointed	João Batista Portocarrero Costa †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
49.0	Appointed	João Batista Portocarrero Costa †	Titular Archbishop of Selge	Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
4 Jul	50.3	Appointed	Paolo Pappalardo †	Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
5 Jul		Born	Peter Malcolm Brignall		Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain
22.7	Ordained Priest	Michele Giordano †	Priest of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
25.2	Ordained Deacon	Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
24.4	Ordained Priest	Américo do Couto Oliveira †	Priest	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
26.2	Ordained Priest	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. †	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
24.2	Ordained Priest	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †	Priest of Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico	Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
25.1	Ordained Priest	António Ribeiro †	Priest of Braga, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
23.5	Ordained Priest	Jean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel Thomas †	Priest of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
6 Jul	53.3	Appointed	Albert Leménager †	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
	Born	Anthony Bernard Paul		Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
	Born	Štefan Sečka †		Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
7 Jul		Born	Pier Luigi Nava, S.M.M.		Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
52.4	Died	Michele Rateni †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
51.5	Appointed	Alfredo Rubio Diaz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
51.5	Appointed	Alfredo Rubio Diaz †	Titular Bishop of Vallis	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
8 Jul		Born	Vincenzo Carmine Orofino		Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy
10 Jul	69.0	Died	Romualdo M. Migliorini, O.S.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Swaziland
11 Jul	30.2	Ordained Priest	Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique
42.7	Appointed	John Joseph Krol †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
42.7	Appointed	John Joseph Krol †	Titular Bishop of Cadi	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
12 Jul	25.5	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Constant †	Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo De Chiara †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26.0	Ordained Priest	Juan Antonio Flores Santana †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
23.1	Ordained Priest	Serafino Sprovieri †	Priest of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
14 Jul		Born	Sebastian Kallupura		Archbishop of Patna, India
15 Jul	26.9	Ordained Priest	Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
70.8	Died	Ivanios Givergis Thomas Panikervitis (Panickerveetil) †	Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
	Born	Martin Vidović		Apostolic Nuncio
16 Jul	20.7	First Vows	Denis Croteau, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
20.5	Temporary Vows	Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
18 Jul	81.5	Died	Hormisdas Étienne Djibri †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
19 Jul	28.4	Ordained Priest	Alonso Arteaga Yepes †	Priest	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
63.7	Died	John Joseph Boylan †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Zoara	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
23.3	Ordained Priest	Francesco Cuccarese †	Priest of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
26.0	Ordained Priest	Hugh Lindsay †	Priest of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
23.6	Ordained Priest	John Basil Meeking †	Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez †	Priest	Bishop of David, Panama
24.3	Ordained Priest	John Raphael Quinn †	Priest of San Diego, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
33.9	Ordained Priest	Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Texcoco, México, México
20 Jul	27.3	Ordained Priest	Bernard Agré †	Priest of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
39.3	Appointed	James Robert Knox †	Titular Archbishop of Melitene	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
39.3	Appointed	James Robert Knox †	Apostolic Delegate to British Eastern and Western Africa	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
21 Jul	50.3	Appointed	Albert Gregory Meyer †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 Jul		Born	Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F.		Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
	Born	Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.		Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
24 Jul		Born	Ivo Scapolo		Apostolic Nuncio
25 Jul	49.1	Appointed	Emilio Abascal y Salmerón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
49.1	Appointed	Emilio Abascal y Salmerón †	Titular Bishop of Abziri	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
24.2	Ordained Priest	Jude Speyrer †	Priest of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
30.2	Ordained Priest	Ramón Torrella Cascante †	Priest of Barcelona, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
26 Jul	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Sebastiano Baggio †	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
24.5	Ordained Priest	Walter Brandmüller	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
61.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Raspini †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
74.2	Appointed	Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Amadassa	Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Zacarias Rolim de Moura †	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jul	49.8	Appointed	Alfred Bertram Leverman †	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Pedro López Quintana		Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
28 Jul	51.3	Appointed	Augusto Gianfranceschi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
51.3	Appointed	Augusto Gianfranceschi †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria (Himeria)	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
30 Jul	41.9	Appointed	Primo Gasbarri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Velletri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
41.9	Appointed	Primo Gasbarri †	Titular Bishop of Thennesus	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
42.7	Appointed	Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi †	Titular Archbishop of Mesembria	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
42.7	Appointed	Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi †	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem, Palestine, Jordan, and Cyprus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
31 Jul	47.1	Appointed	Raffaele Forni †	Titular Archbishop of Aegina	Apostolic Nuncio
47.1	Appointed	Raffaele Forni †	Apostolic Internuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio
2 Aug	22.9	Ordained Priest	Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
22.2	Professed	Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
23.7	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Rybak †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
22.5	Ordained Priest	Divo Zadi †	Priest of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana, Italy
4 Aug	71.8	Appointed	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
71.8	Resigned	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
25.4	Ordained Priest	Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
5 Aug	87.9	Died	Augustin-Fernand Leynaud †	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria
6 Aug		Born	Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.		Bishop of Ełk, Poland
57.0	Appointed	Henry Joseph O’Brien †	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Aug	48.7	Appointed	William Joseph Brennan †	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
	Born	Guy André Marie de Kerimel de Kerveno		Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
36.5	Appointed	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
36.5	Appointed	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
52.4	Appointed	Ambrose Rayappan †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Ambrose Rayappan †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
8 Aug	18.3	Entered	Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
36.7	Appointed	Guilford Clyde Young †	Apostolic Administrator of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
9 Aug	65.2	Appointed	Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Aldo Forzoni †	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy
11 Aug		Born	José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M.		Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
12 Aug	67.1	Died	Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yuci [Yütze], China
	Born	Charles Martin Wamika †		Bishop of Jinja, Uganda
14 Aug	22.4	Entered	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad
53.5	Died	Athanase Paul Hindo †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
15 Aug	24.1	Ordained Priest	Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	Born	Sylvester Anthony John David, O.M.I.		Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
24.1	Perpetual Vows	Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. †	Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
16 Aug	27.8	Ordained Priest	Patrício José Hanrahan, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
	Born	David Gerard O’Connell †		Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
17 Aug		Born	Pedro Luiz Stringhini		Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Aug		Born	Emmanuel Celeste Trance		Bishop Emeritus of Catarman, Philippines
19 Aug	63.4	Died	Gyözö Simon Macalik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
60.6	Appointed	Bryan Joseph McEntegart †	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael Mongkhol On Prakhongchit †	Titular Bishop of Blaundus	Vicar Apostolic of Thare, Thailand
47.1	Appointed	Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard †	Bishop of Versailles, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
20 Aug		Born	Kazimierz Gurda		Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
42.9	Appointed	Franz Hengsbach †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
42.9	Appointed	Franz Hengsbach †	Titular Bishop of Cantanus	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
21 Aug		Born	Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V.		Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
22 Aug	26.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Cheju, Korea (South)
61.3	Installed	Maurizio Raspini †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
32.8	Ordained Priest	Leo Soekoto, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
23 Aug	25.8	Ordained Priest	Bronisław Jan Maria Dembowski †	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
23.1	Ordained Priest	Vittorio Tomassetti †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
24 Aug	25.5	Ordained Priest	Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel †	Priest of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Died	Elie Rischa (Richa) †	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Aug	48.5	Appointed	Coleman Francis Carroll †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
48.5	Appointed	Coleman Francis Carroll †	Titular Bishop of Pitanae	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
55.3	Appointed	Edward Vincent Dargin †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Edward Vincent Dargin †	Titular Bishop of Amphipolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
59.8	Appointed	José García y Goldaraz †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Walter Philip Kellenberg †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
52.2	Appointed	Walter Philip Kellenberg †	Titular Bishop of Ioannina	Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	Born	Maurizio Malvestiti		Bishop of Lodi, Italy
64.7	Appointed	Agostino Saba †	Bishop of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
55.4	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
26 Aug	43.9	Appointed	Andrea Pangrazio †	Coadjutor Bishop of Verona, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
43.9	Appointed	Andrea Pangrazio †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Thessalia	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Testa †	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
27 Aug	36.1	Died	Bl. Petro Pavlo Oros †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
28 Aug	41.5	Appointed	Juan Carlos Aramburu †	Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
61.9	Appointed	José Borgatti, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
67.9	Died	Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Chongqing [Chungking], China
43.6	Appointed	Antonio José Plaza †	Bishop of Azul, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
29 Aug	64.4	Died	Francis Joseph Haas †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	Born	Augustine Tochukwu Ukwuoma		Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria
30 Aug	65.3	Died	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Official of the Secretariat of State
25.4	Ordained Priest	João Corso, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18.0	Temporary Vows	Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
31 Aug	54.9	Died	Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Majunga, Madagascar
17.3	First Vows	Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Albert Leménager †	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
44.4	Appointed	Giacomo Testa †	Apostolic Administrator of Constantinople, Turkey	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

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