The Year of Our Lord 1972

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 59.3 Resigned Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. † Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

44.5 Appointed Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí, Peru Prelate Emeritus

Born John Njue Njeru Priest of Embu, Kenya

1 Jul 57.2 Appointed Florentino de Andrade e Silva † Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed António de Castro Xavier Monteiro † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lamego, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei † Bishop of Leiria, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

46.3 Appointed Massimo Giustetti † Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

46.3 Appointed Massimo Giustetti † Titular Bishop of Celene Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

48.9 Resigned Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. † Bishop of Puno, Peru Bishop Emeritus

30.4 Ordained Priest Josef Hrdlička Priest of Olomouc, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.3 Resigned João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. † Bishop of Leiria, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

52.4 Appointed Domingos de Pinho Brandão † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

50.4 Appointed Júlio Tavares Rebimbas † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

50.4 Appointed Júlio Tavares Rebimbas † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

2 Jul 25.4 Ordained Priest Riccardo Fontana Priest of Pisa, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

29.3 Ordained Priest Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

38.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. † Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar

69.9 Died Angel Riesco Carbajo † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain

44.6 Ordained Bishop Wolfgang Rolly † Titular Bishop of Taborenta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany

25.1 Ordained Deacon Michel Léon Émile Santier Deacon of Coutances (-Avranches), France Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France

3 Jul 53.6 Appointed Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa † Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México Archbishop Emeritus

Born Petar Palić Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

4 Jul 75.6 Retired Albert Lewis Fletcher † Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.8 Resigned Franz Janssen, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.5 Appointed Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte † Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

48.6 Appointed Andrew Joseph McDonald † Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

71.5 Retired Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

7 Jul 45.0 Appointed Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. † Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Clément Georges Schelhoth † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

8 Jul 32.4 Ordained Priest André Pierre Louis Dupuy Priest of Aire et Dax, France Apostolic Nuncio

26.0 Ordained Priest Zeno Hastenteufel † Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

75.5 Retired Edward Joseph Maginn † Auxiliary Bishop of Albany, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.0 Ordained Priest Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines

9 Jul 28.1 Ordained Priest Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Ouesso, Congo

10 Jul 46.1 Appointed Rafael Garcia González † Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México

46.1 Appointed Rafael Garcia González † Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México

36.4 Appointed Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. † Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

12 Jul 80.4 Died Gerald Thomas Bergan † Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

48.8 Succeeded Bernardo José Bueno Miele † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

68.1 Died Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

67.8 Appointed Virginio Dondeo † Bishop of Todi, Italy Bishop of Orvieto, Italy

Born Jose Ramirez Rapadas III Bishop of Iligan, Philippines

29.0 Ordained Priest Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia

13 Jul 23.7 Ordained Priest Salvatore Ligorio Priest of Taranto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

14 Jul 73.4 Resigned Marco Antonio García y Suárez † Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

15 Jul 69.7 Died Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

73.4 Died Marco Antonio García y Suárez † Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua

47.9 Resigned Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. † Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Priest Donato Negro Priest of Lecce, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

47.2 Resigned José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. † Bishop of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus

28.7 Ordained Priest Peter David Gregory Smith † Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

16 Jul 44.8 Ordained Bishop Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea † Titular Bishop of Bagai Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)

75.1 Died Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.6 Ordained Priest Telesphore Richard Mkude Priest of Morogoro, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

17 Jul Born Jaime Cristóbal Abril González Bishop of Arauca, Colombia

64.9 Died Eduard Macheiner † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

70.9 Died Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. † Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

18 Jul 25.2 Ordained Priest Domenico Cancian, F.A.M. Priest of Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy

53.2 Ordained Bishop Raymond Roy † Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Bishop Emeritus

19 Jul Born Saulius Bužauskas Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

20 Jul 43.3 Appointed Nikol Joseph Cauchi † Bishop of Gozo, Malta Bishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Rafael Muñoz Núñez † Bishop of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México

21 Jul 25.2 Ordained Priest Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC. Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

56.6 Installed Jorge Mayer † Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

22 Jul 86.7 Died Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy

51.7 Appointed Eugênio de Araújo Sales † Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

44.2 Appointed Decio Lucio Grandoni † Auxiliary Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

44.2 Appointed Decio Lucio Grandoni † Titular Bishop of Atella Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

Born Claudiu-Lucian Pop Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

23 Jul 29.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Ruzindana † Priest of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda

51.2 Appointed Rogelio Sánchez González † Bishop of Colima, México Bishop Emeritus

24 Jul 42.6 Appointed Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia

53.7 Appointed Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano † Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia Bishop

53.7 Appointed Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano † Titular Bishop of Elepla Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

57.6 Appointed Rafael Sarmiento Peralta † Bishop of Neiva, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

25 Jul 38.2 Ordained Bishop Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Elo Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru

37.2 Ordained Bishop Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero † Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

46.9 Appointed James Patrick Mahoney † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed James Patrick Mahoney † Titular Bishop of Ipagro Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

39.1 Installed Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I. Apostolic Exarch of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India

76.8 Retired John Linus Paschang † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Bishop Emeritus

43.0 Appointed James Stephen Sullivan † Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

43.0 Appointed James Stephen Sullivan † Titular Bishop of Siccesi Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

52.0 Appointed John Joseph Sullivan † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

58.0 Appointed Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. † Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay Prelate Emeritus

58.0 Appointed Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Achyraus Prelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay

27 Jul Born Samuel Mbairabé Tibingar Bishop of Koumra, Chad

29 Jul 80.7 Retired Luis Concha Córdoba † Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

80.7 Retired Luis Concha Córdoba † Bishop of Colombia, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

63.8 Succeeded Aníbal Muñoz Duque † Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Born Giuseppe Luigi Spiga Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil

30 Jul Born Coffi Roger Anoumou Bishop of Lokossa, Benin

60.2 Died André Bréheret † Bishop of Cahors, France

42.0 Appointed Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

42.0 Appointed Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

64.0 Resigned Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

37.2 Appointed Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun † Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

54.9 Resigned Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Patrick Kla Juwle † Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia

58.7 Appointed Patrick Kla Juwle † Titular Bishop of Tigamibena Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia

62.5 Died Ramón J. Lizardi † Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

40.4 Appointed Alexius Obabu Makozi † Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

63.8 Appointed Aníbal Muñoz Duque † Bishop of Colombia, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

63.4 Succeeded Raffaele Pellecchia † Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

90.3 Died Carlo Serena † Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

Aug 56.9 Ordained Bishop Oskar Formánek, S.J. † Bishop

54.4 Ordained Bishop Marián Ján Potáš, O.S.B.M. † Bishop

1 Aug 70.1 Resigned James Buis, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.0 Selected Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. † Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy Abbot Emeritus

Born David Koudougou Bishop of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso

2 Aug 64.3 Died Daniel Eugene Ivancho †

29.4 Ordained Priest Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia

3 Aug 25.0 Perpetual Vows Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

4 Aug 52.0 Confirmed Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. † Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy Abbot Emeritus

5 Aug 61.8 Appointed Elías Prado Tello † Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos

6 Aug Born Cleocir Bonetti Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil

46.1 Ordained Bishop Robert Sastre † Bishop of Lokossa, Benin

47.2 Ordained Bishop Georges-Firmin Singha † Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

7 Aug 86.7 Died Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China

8 Aug 27.5 Ordained Priest Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam

9 Aug Born Emilio Nappa Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

10 Aug 24.5 Solemn Vows František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. † Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia

11 Aug 79.3 Died Alfredo Viola † Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay

12 Aug 75.1 Retired John Michael Fearns † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

67.0 Resigned Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. † Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

24.0 Ordained Priest Francesco Milito Priest of Rossano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

44.6 Appointed Benedict Ganesh Singh † Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

58.0 Ordained Bishop Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Achyraus Prelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay

13 Aug 28.9 Ordained Priest Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Prelate Emeritus of Ayaviri, Peru

19.4 Temporary Vows Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

Born Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil

14 Aug 92.5 Died Paolo Giobbe † Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

15 Aug 59.8 Died Zaya Dachtou † Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran

29.3 Ordained Priest Alberto Ricardo da Silva † Priest of Díli, Timor-Leste Bishop Emeritus

46.2 Ordained Bishop Rafael Garcia González † Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México

24.6 Ordained Priest František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. † Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia

37.3 Installed Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero † Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

57.4 Ordained Bishop Jérôme Razafindrazaka † Bishop of Tamatave, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

16 Aug 20.9 Professed Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru

17 Aug 19.9 Professed Milan Šašik, C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

18 Aug 25.5 Ordained Priest Juan Guillermo López Soto † Priest of Chihuahua, México Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México

Born Lucio Nicoletto Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

28.9 Ordained Priest Leslie Rogers Tomlinson Priest of Melbourne, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia

19 Aug Born Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B. Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

20 Aug 42.6 Ordained Bishop Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe † Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

28.1 Ordained Priest Nicolas Djomo Lola Priest of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

30.6 Ordained Priest Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo Priest of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

23.0 Solemn Vows Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy

35.0 Ordained Bishop Philip Sulumeti Titular Bishop of Urci Bishop Emeritus of Kakamega, Kenya

24 Aug 60.5 Appointed Joseph Merhi, M.L. † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

25 Aug 26.5 Ordained Priest Louis Nzala Kianza † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26 Aug 26.8 Ordained Priest Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

27.0 Ordained Priest Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil

25.1 Ordained Priest Jozef De Kesel Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

60.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Merhi, M.L. † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

27 Aug 24.2 Ordained Priest Giovanni Angelo Becciu Priest of Ozieri, Italy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

68.7 Died Angelo Dell’Acqua † Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

46.4 Ordained Bishop Massimo Giustetti † Titular Bishop of Celene Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

31.5 Ordained Priest Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka Priest Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

38.9 Ordained Bishop Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. † Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

28.7 Ordained Priest Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.0 Ordained Priest John Stephen Pažak, C.Ss.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA

52.7 Ceased Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

28 Aug 49.6 Ordained Bishop Celso Nogoy Guevarra † Titular Bishop of Vannida Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines

63.0 Ordained Bishop John Patrick Murphy † Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

30 Aug 96.6 Died Augusto Bertazzoni † Bishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy

60.9 Succeeded Angel Pérez Cisneros † Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

64.8 Died José Rafael Pulido Méndez † Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	59.3	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
44.5	Appointed	Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
	Born	John Njue Njeru		Priest of Embu, Kenya
1 Jul	57.2	Appointed	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lamego, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
46.3	Appointed	Massimo Giustetti †	Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
46.3	Appointed	Massimo Giustetti †	Titular Bishop of Celene	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
48.9	Resigned	Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
30.4	Ordained Priest	Josef Hrdlička	Priest of Olomouc, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.3	Resigned	João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. †	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Domingos de Pinho Brandão †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
50.4	Appointed	Júlio Tavares Rebimbas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
50.4	Appointed	Júlio Tavares Rebimbas †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
2 Jul	25.4	Ordained Priest	Riccardo Fontana	Priest of Pisa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
29.3	Ordained Priest	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
38.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. †	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
69.9	Died	Angel Riesco Carbajo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Wolfgang Rolly †	Titular Bishop of Taborenta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany
25.1	Ordained Deacon	Michel Léon Émile Santier	Deacon of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
3 Jul	53.6	Appointed	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Petar Palić		Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 Jul	75.6	Retired	Albert Lewis Fletcher †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.8	Resigned	Franz Janssen, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gimma, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.5	Appointed	Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte †	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
48.6	Appointed	Andrew Joseph McDonald †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
71.5	Retired	Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Jul	45.0	Appointed	Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. †	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Clément Georges Schelhoth †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Jul	32.4	Ordained Priest	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Priest of Aire et Dax, France	Apostolic Nuncio
26.0	Ordained Priest	Zeno Hastenteufel †	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
75.5	Retired	Edward Joseph Maginn †	Auxiliary Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Pepito Palang, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
9 Jul	28.1	Ordained Priest	Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Ouesso, Congo
10 Jul	46.1	Appointed	Rafael Garcia González †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
46.1	Appointed	Rafael Garcia González †	Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
36.4	Appointed	Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. †	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
12 Jul	80.4	Died	Gerald Thomas Bergan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
48.8	Succeeded	Bernardo José Bueno Miele †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
68.1	Died	Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
67.8	Appointed	Virginio Dondeo †	Bishop of Todi, Italy	Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
	Born	Jose Ramirez Rapadas III		Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
29.0	Ordained Priest	Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
13 Jul	23.7	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Ligorio	Priest of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
14 Jul	73.4	Resigned	Marco Antonio García y Suárez †	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jul	69.7	Died	Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
73.4	Died	Marco Antonio García y Suárez †	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
47.9	Resigned	Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Priest	Donato Negro	Priest of Lecce, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
47.2	Resigned	José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
28.7	Ordained Priest	Peter David Gregory Smith †	Priest of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Jul	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea †	Titular Bishop of Bagai	Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
75.1	Died	Georges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.6	Ordained Priest	Telesphore Richard Mkude	Priest of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jul		Born	Jaime Cristóbal Abril González		Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
64.9	Died	Eduard Macheiner †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
70.9	Died	Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
18 Jul	25.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Cancian, F.A.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love	Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Roy †	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jul		Born	Saulius Bužauskas		Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
20 Jul	43.3	Appointed	Nikol Joseph Cauchi †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Rafael Muñoz Núñez †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México
21 Jul	25.2	Ordained Priest	Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC.	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
56.6	Installed	Jorge Mayer †	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Jul	86.7	Died	Giuseppe Cognata, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bova, Italy
51.7	Appointed	Eugênio de Araújo Sales †	Bishop of Brazil, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
44.2	Appointed	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
44.2	Appointed	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Titular Bishop of Atella	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
	Born	Claudiu-Lucian Pop		Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
23 Jul	29.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Ruzindana †	Priest of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda
51.2	Appointed	Rogelio Sánchez González †	Bishop of Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul	42.6	Appointed	Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
53.7	Appointed	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Bishop
53.7	Appointed	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Titular Bishop of Elepla	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
57.6	Appointed	Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
25 Jul	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Elo	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
37.2	Ordained Bishop	Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero †	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
46.9	Appointed	James Patrick Mahoney †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	James Patrick Mahoney †	Titular Bishop of Ipagro	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
39.1	Installed	Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I.	Apostolic Exarch of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India
76.8	Retired	John Linus Paschang †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
43.0	Appointed	James Stephen Sullivan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
43.0	Appointed	James Stephen Sullivan †	Titular Bishop of Siccesi	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
52.0	Appointed	John Joseph Sullivan †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
58.0	Appointed	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Prelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Prelate Emeritus
58.0	Appointed	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Achyraus	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
27 Jul		Born	Samuel Mbairabé Tibingar		Bishop of Koumra, Chad
29 Jul	80.7	Retired	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
80.7	Retired	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Bishop of Colombia, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
63.8	Succeeded	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Giuseppe Luigi Spiga		Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil
30 Jul		Born	Coffi Roger Anoumou		Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
60.2	Died	André Bréheret †	Bishop of Cahors, France
42.0	Appointed	Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
42.0	Appointed	Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
64.0	Resigned	Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
37.2	Appointed	Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun †	Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
54.9	Resigned	Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
58.7	Appointed	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Titular Bishop of Tigamibena	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
62.5	Died	Ramón J. Lizardi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
40.4	Appointed	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Bishop of Lokoja, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
63.8	Appointed	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Bishop of Colombia, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
63.4	Succeeded	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
90.3	Died	Carlo Serena †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
Aug	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Oskar Formánek, S.J. †	Bishop
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Marián Ján Potáš, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop
1 Aug	70.1	Resigned	James Buis, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.0	Selected	Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	Born	David Koudougou		Bishop of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
2 Aug	64.3	Died	Daniel Eugene Ivancho †
29.4	Ordained Priest	Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
3 Aug	25.0	Perpetual Vows	Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
4 Aug	52.0	Confirmed	Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Abbot Emeritus
5 Aug	61.8	Appointed	Elías Prado Tello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Andrew Souksavath Nouane Asa		Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos
6 Aug		Born	Cleocir Bonetti		Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert Sastre †	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Firmin Singha †	Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
7 Aug	86.7	Died	Louis-Prosper Durand, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Yantai [Yentai], China
8 Aug	27.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam
9 Aug		Born	Emilio Nappa		Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
10 Aug	24.5	Solemn Vows	František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
11 Aug	79.3	Died	Alfredo Viola †	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
12 Aug	75.1	Retired	John Michael Fearns †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
67.0	Resigned	Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
24.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Milito	Priest of Rossano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
44.6	Appointed	Benedict Ganesh Singh †	Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Augustín Van Aaken, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Achyraus	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
13 Aug	28.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate Emeritus of Ayaviri, Peru
19.4	Temporary Vows	Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
	Born	Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira		Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
14 Aug	92.5	Died	Paolo Giobbe †	Cardinal, Patron of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
15 Aug	59.8	Died	Zaya Dachtou †	Archbishop of Urmyā {Urmia, Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
29.3	Ordained Priest	Alberto Ricardo da Silva †	Priest of Díli, Timor-Leste	Bishop Emeritus
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Garcia González †	Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
24.6	Ordained Priest	František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
37.3	Installed	Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero †	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Jérôme Razafindrazaka †	Bishop of Tamatave, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
16 Aug	20.9	Professed	Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
17 Aug	19.9	Professed	Milan Šašik, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
18 Aug	25.5	Ordained Priest	Juan Guillermo López Soto †	Priest of Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
	Born	Lucio Nicoletto		Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
28.9	Ordained Priest	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
19 Aug		Born	Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.		Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
20 Aug	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe †	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28.1	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Djomo Lola	Priest of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
30.6	Ordained Priest	Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo	Priest of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
23.0	Solemn Vows	Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy
35.0	Ordained Bishop	Philip Sulumeti	Titular Bishop of Urci	Bishop Emeritus of Kakamega, Kenya
24 Aug	60.5	Appointed	Joseph Merhi, M.L. †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
25 Aug	26.5	Ordained Priest	Louis Nzala Kianza †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Aug	26.8	Ordained Priest	Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
27.0	Ordained Priest	Franco Dalla Valle, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
25.1	Ordained Priest	Jozef De Kesel	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
60.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Merhi, M.L. †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
27 Aug	24.2	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Angelo Becciu	Priest of Ozieri, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
68.7	Died	Angelo Dell’Acqua †	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Massimo Giustetti †	Titular Bishop of Celene	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
31.5	Ordained Priest	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
38.9	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
28.7	Ordained Priest	Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.0	Ordained Priest	John Stephen Pažak, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA
52.7	Ceased	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †	Apostolic Administrator of Pinerolo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
28 Aug	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Celso Nogoy Guevarra †	Titular Bishop of Vannida	Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines
63.0	Ordained Bishop	John Patrick Murphy †	Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
30 Aug	96.6	Died	Augusto Bertazzoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo, Italy
60.9	Succeeded	Angel Pérez Cisneros †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
64.8	Died	José Rafael Pulido Méndez †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela

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