The Year of Our Lord 1975

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Aug 46.4 Appointed Luigi Conti † Titular Archbishop of Gratiana Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

46.4 Appointed Luigi Conti † Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

61.4 Appointed James Robert Knox † Prefect of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family

24.8 Ordained Priest Wilfredo Pino Estévez Priest of Camagüey, Cuba Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba

2 Aug 66.9 Died Paulo Rolim Loureiro † Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil

27.9 Ordained Priest José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo Priest of Trujillo, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela

3 Aug Born José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Madrid, Spain

42.2 Ordained Bishop George Francis Daniel Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus

46.5 Ordained Bishop Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

27.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Osei-Bonsu Priest of Kumasi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana

80.9 Died Primo Principi † Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

28.8 Ordained Priest Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza Priest of Machala, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 73.0 Resigned Alfred-Joseph Atton † Bishop of Langres, France Bishop Emeritus

44.8 Appointed Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † Bishop of Langres, France Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

49.7 Appointed Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop Emeritus

6 Aug 37.9 Ordained Bishop Anárghyros Printesis † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)

47.2 Ordained Bishop Daniel Patrick Reilly Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

7 Aug 29.7 Professed Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

8 Aug 62.0 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Theudalis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

49.4 Ordained Bishop Mario José Serra † Titular Bishop of Mentesa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

9 Aug 28.0 Ordained Priest Claude Champagne, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

65.2 Died James Louis Flaherty † Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

48.3 Appointed Rómulo García † Auxiliary Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

48.3 Appointed Rómulo García † Titular Bishop of Uzita Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

24.1 Ordained Priest Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez Priest of Tlaxcala, México Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México

10 Aug 50.4 Appointed Alexandre do Nascimento Bishop of Malanje, Angola Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

53.9 Appointed Manuel Franklin da Costa † Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola

40.9 Appointed Zacarias Kamwenho Bishop of Novo Redondo, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola

49.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Khamphan † Titular Bishop of Semina Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos

50.8 Appointed Eduardo André Muaca † Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda, Angola Archbishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Eduardo André Muaca † Titular Archbishop of Tagarbala Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

41.9 Appointed Francisco Viti † Bishop of Menongue, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola

12 Aug 64.5 Appointed Guido Del Mestri † Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

14 Aug 18.6 Entered Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M. Member of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA

22.8 Entered Joseph Werth, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

15 Aug 46.2 Ordained Bishop Jean-Guy Couture † Bishop of Hauterive, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

24.7 Entered Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B. Member of Congregation of St. Basil Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada

24.8 Perpetual Vows Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

48.8 Appointed Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp † Coadjutor Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp † Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam

48.8 Ordained Bishop Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp † Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam

55.4 Ceased Laurent Noël † Apostolic Administrator of Hauterive, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

16 Aug 46.0 Ordained Bishop Raúl Arsenio Casado † Titular Bishop of Tacapae Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina

26.4 Ordained Priest Blase Joseph Cupich Priest of Omaha, Nebraska, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

17 Aug 50.7 Ordained Bishop Gerardo de Andrade Ponte † Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

43.4 Ordained Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika † Titular Bishop of Zica Titular Bishop of Belesasa

45.4 Ordained Bishop Herbé Seijas † Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

18 Aug 23.9 Ordained Priest Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru

19 Aug 61.3 Appointed José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R. † Titular Archbishop of Ulcinium Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

50.9 Appointed Grégoire Haddad † Titular Archbishop of Adana dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

50.9 Resigned Grégoire Haddad † Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

20 Aug 54.7 Appointed Maximos Salloum † Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

23 Aug 44.9 Ordained Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé † Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

42.0 Ordained Bishop Augusto Alves da Rocha Bishop of Picos, Piaui, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil

44.1 Appointed Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. † Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

35.7 Ordained Priest Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. † Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

50.4 Ordained Bishop Ibrahim Hélou † Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon

57.0 Ordained Bishop Antoine Joubeir † Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

73.0 Died Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia

63.3 Appointed Francis Werner Hunold, S.A.C. † Apostolic Administrator of Raipur, India Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Priest Philip Edward Wilson † Priest of Maitland, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia

24 Aug 40.6 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany † Titular Bishop of Sfasferia Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

26 Aug 50.7 Ordained Bishop Gaetano Bonicelli Titular Bishop of Musti Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

28 Aug 47.4 Ordained Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Tela Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil

29 Aug 70.8 Resigned Alexander Edezath † Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus

44.2 Appointed Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong † Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

44.2 Appointed Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong † Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

40.2 Appointed Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

40.2 Appointed Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Ubaba Bishop Emeritus of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia

46.1 Appointed Joseph Kureethara † Bishop of Cochin, India

36.9 Appointed Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC. Vicar Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway

36.9 Appointed Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC. Titular Bishop of Hólar Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway

31 Aug 50.4 Ordained Bishop Alexandre do Nascimento Bishop of Malanje, Angola Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

24.2 Ordained Priest Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash Priest of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (Syrian)

18.6 Professed Natale Paganelli, S.X. Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone

46.2 Ordained Bishop Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B. † Titular Archbishop of Turres in Byzacena Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug	46.4	Appointed	Luigi Conti †	Titular Archbishop of Gratiana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
46.4	Appointed	Luigi Conti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
61.4	Appointed	James Robert Knox †	Prefect of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
24.8	Ordained Priest	Wilfredo Pino Estévez	Priest of Camagüey, Cuba	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
2 Aug	66.9	Died	Paulo Rolim Loureiro †	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
27.9	Ordained Priest	José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo	Priest of Trujillo, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
3 Aug		Born	José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Madrid, Spain
42.2	Ordained Bishop	George Francis Daniel	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Adalberto Paulo da Silva, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
27.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Osei-Bonsu	Priest of Kumasi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
80.9	Died	Primo Principi †	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
28.8	Ordained Priest	Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza	Priest of Machala, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	73.0	Resigned	Alfred-Joseph Atton †	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
44.8	Appointed	Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz †	Bishop of Langres, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
49.7	Appointed	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Anárghyros Printesis †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Patrick Reilly	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
7 Aug	29.7	Professed	Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr.	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
8 Aug	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Theudalis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Mario José Serra †	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 Aug	28.0	Ordained Priest	Claude Champagne, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
65.2	Died	James Louis Flaherty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
48.3	Appointed	Rómulo García †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
48.3	Appointed	Rómulo García †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
24.1	Ordained Priest	Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez	Priest of Tlaxcala, México	Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México
10 Aug	50.4	Appointed	Alexandre do Nascimento	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
53.9	Appointed	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
40.9	Appointed	Zacarias Kamwenho	Bishop of Novo Redondo, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Khamphan †	Titular Bishop of Semina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
50.8	Appointed	Eduardo André Muaca †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Eduardo André Muaca †	Titular Archbishop of Tagarbala	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
41.9	Appointed	Francisco Viti †	Bishop of Menongue, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola
12 Aug	64.5	Appointed	Guido Del Mestri †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
14 Aug	18.6	Entered	Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA
22.8	Entered	Joseph Werth, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
15 Aug	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Guy Couture †	Bishop of Hauterive, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
24.7	Entered	Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.	Member of Congregation of St. Basil	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
24.8	Perpetual Vows	Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
48.8	Appointed	Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp †	Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Raphaël Nguyễn Văn Diệp †	Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
55.4	Ceased	Laurent Noël †	Apostolic Administrator of Hauterive, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
16 Aug	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Arsenio Casado †	Titular Bishop of Tacapae	Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
26.4	Ordained Priest	Blase Joseph Cupich	Priest of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 Aug	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo de Andrade Ponte †	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Titular Bishop of Zica	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Herbé Seijas †	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
18 Aug	23.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
19 Aug	61.3	Appointed	José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Ulcinium	Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.9	Appointed	Grégoire Haddad †	Titular Archbishop of Adana dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
50.9	Resigned	Grégoire Haddad †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Aug	54.7	Appointed	Maximos Salloum †	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Aug	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Roland Aboujaoudé †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Alves da Rocha	Bishop of Picos, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
44.1	Appointed	Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
35.7	Ordained Priest	Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. †	Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Ibrahim Hélou †	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
57.0	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Joubeir †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
73.0	Died	Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia
63.3	Appointed	Francis Werner Hunold, S.A.C. †	Apostolic Administrator of Raipur, India	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Philip Edward Wilson †	Priest of Maitland, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
24 Aug	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany †	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
26 Aug	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Bonicelli	Titular Bishop of Musti	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
28 Aug	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tela	Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
29 Aug	70.8	Resigned	Alexander Edezath †	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
44.2	Appointed	Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong †	Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
44.2	Appointed	Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong †	Titular Bishop of Catabum Castra	Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
40.2	Appointed	Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
40.2	Appointed	Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia
46.1	Appointed	Joseph Kureethara †	Bishop of Cochin, India
36.9	Appointed	Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC.	Vicar Apostolic of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
36.9	Appointed	Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Hólar	Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Norway
31 Aug	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Alexandre do Nascimento	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
24.2	Ordained Priest	Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash	Priest of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (Syrian)
18.6	Professed	Natale Paganelli, S.X.	Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Turres in Byzacena	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

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