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The Year of Our Lord 1977

Bishop Events

July to August


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Jul66.3ResignedFrancesco SanmartinoAuxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Jul46.7SelectedIgnace Moussa I (Basile) DaoudBishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), EgyptCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
77.5RetiredBasile Pierre Charles HabraBishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), EgyptBishop Emeritus
75.2RetiredCharles-Marie HimmerBishop of Tournai {Doornik}, BelgiumBishop Emeritus
49.2AppointedJean HuardBishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
55.3Ordained BishopElmar Maria KredelArchbishop of Bamberg, GermanyArchbishop Emeritus
29.9Ordained PriestGabriel Akwasi Ababio MantePriest of Keta-Ho, GhanaBishop of Jasikan, Ghana
3 Jul47.3Ordained BishopUgo Donato BianchiArchbishop of Urbino, ItalyArchbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
40.0Ordained PriestAnastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap.Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
42.9Ordained BishopPaul KaratasArchbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
23.3Ordained PriestHlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
27.2Ordained PriestDonal McKeownPriest of Down and Connor, IrelandBishop of Derry, Ireland
29.2Ordained PriestGeorges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.Priest of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
4 Jul71.6DiedMihály Endrey-EipelBishop of Vác, Hungary
80.0DiedJohn Michael FearnsAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
23.3ProfessedEduardo Alanis NevaresMember of Missionaries of Our Lady of La SaletteAuxiliary Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
75.8DiedMichel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
5 Jul24.5Ordained PriestAlapati Lui Mata’eligaPriest of Samoa and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
6 Jul77.3DiedFrancesco BertoglioAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
24.0Ordained PriestKevin Peter DoranPriest of Dublin, IrelandBishop of Elphin, Ireland
7 Jul84.6DiedUgo CamozzoArchbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
49.4Ordained BishopHilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †Titular Bishop of CrepedulaBishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
43.7AppointedValerian D’SouzaBishop of Poona, IndiaBishop Emeritus
68.0ResignedEmile Durrheimer, S.M.A. †Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’IvoireBishop Emeritus
71.8DiedBenedetto FalcucciBishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
BornPedro Ernesto FournauAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
52.7AppointedJoseph Satoshi FukahoriBishop of Takamatsu, JapanBishop Emeritus
45.1AppointedJean-Marie KélétiguiBishop of Katiola, Côte d’IvoireBishop Emeritus
70.4ResignedLeonardo Viera ContrerasBishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
8 Jul27.5Ordained PriestOscar Gerardo Fernández GuillénPriest of San José de Costa RicaBishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
52.0AppointedProtacio Guevarra GungonAuxiliary Bishop of Manila, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
52.0AppointedProtacio Guevarra GungonTitular Bishop of ObbaBishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
9 Jul61.7AppointedAntonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †Bishop of Chachapoyas, PeruBishop Emeritus
10 Jul53.3InstalledLuigi AmaducciBishop of Cesena, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
56.1Ordained BishopPío Bello Ricardo, S.J. †Titular Bishop of Thucca TerebenthinaBishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
31.6Ordained PriestJoseph Francis Kweku EssienPriest of Sekondi-Takoradi, GhanaBishop Emeritus of Wiawso, Ghana
25.1Ordained PriestÁngel Fernández ColladoPriest of Toledo, SpainBishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain
45.7Ordained BishopJacques Louis Marie Joseph FiheyTitular Bishop of RemesianaBishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
23.3Ordained PriestLéon LemmensPriest of Hasselt, BelgiumAuxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
27.1Ordained PriestThomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap.Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
23.8Ordained PriestCarlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira AzevedoPriest of Porto, PortugalDelegate of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
11 Jul57.2ResignedAntônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
52.9AppointedJoão Hipólito de MoraisBishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
63.3DiedCarlos Horacio Ponce de LéonBishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
12 Jul63.4DiedPierre KimbondoBishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Jul BornPierantonio PiattiSecretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
56.8InstalledCándido Genaro RubioloBishop of Villa María, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
34.1Ordained BishopAbraham ViruthakulangaraBishop of Khandwa, IndiaArchbishop of Nagpur, India
16 Jul27.6Ordained PriestQuesnel Alphonse, S.M.M.Priest of Missionaries of the Company of MaryBishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti
28.1Ordained PriestDaniel Nicholas DiNardoPriest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USACardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
51.6Ordained BishopFranz Xaver EderTitular Bishop of Villa RegisBishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
88.0DiedFrancesco RobertiCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
51.5Ordained BishopConstantin Szabó (Sabov, Savov)Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
17 Jul26.4Ordained PriestGonzalo Galván CastilloPriest of León, Guanajuato, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Autlán, Jalisco, México
19 Jul58.0AppointedErnesto Corripio y AhumadaArchbishop of México, Federal DistrictCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
81.5RetiredMiguel Darío Miranda y GómezArchbishop of México, Federal DistrictCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jul61.7SucceededRonald Gerard Connors, C.SS.R. †Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus
47.7SucceededAntônio de Souza, C.S.S.Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
64.9ResignedRaimundo Luí, O. Carm. †Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus
75.2RetiredJosé Lázaro Neves, C.M. †Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
68.5ResignedTomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R. †Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus
60.9AppointedJorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. †Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21 Jul40.8AppointedGermán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †Prefect of Tierradentro, ColombiaBishop of Apartadó, Colombia
54.2Ordained BishopDaniel William Kucera, O.S.B. †Titular Bishop of NatchesiumArchbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
22 Jul74.4RetiredFrançois-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
46.8ConfirmedIgnace Moussa I (Basile) DaoudBishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), EgyptCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
45.1AppointedHenri SchweryBishop of Sion {Sitten}, SwitzerlandCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul47.0Ordained BishopJohannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
84.5Died[ Chen Yuencai]Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
25 Jul49.2Ordained BishopOwen Francis SwindlehurstTitular Bishop of CuncacestreAuxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
26 Jul72.4DiedColeman Francis CarrollArchbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
77.6DiedArturo Duque VillegasArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
59.2SucceededEdward Anthony McCarthyArchbishop of Miami, Florida, USAArchbishop Emeritus
42.3AppointedAntonios NaguibBishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), EgyptCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
27 Jul50.5AppointedPaolo MagnaniBishop of Lodi, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
74.2RetiredMichele PellegrinoArchbishop of Torino {Turin}, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jul25.7Ordained PriestSebastian FrancisPriest of Melaka-Johor, MalaysiaCardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
29 Jul BornFlavio PaceSecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
30 Jul73.2RetiredAngel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. †Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, MadagascarBishop Emeritus
31 Jul23.5Ordained PriestPaul Richard GallagherPriest of Liverpool, England, Great BritainSecretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
Aug15.3EnteredIbrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
1 Aug75.4RetiredAntonio BagnoliBishop of Fiesole, ItalyBishop Emeritus
63.8AppointedAnastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.5DiedGiacomo CannoneroBishop of Asti, Italy
61.3SucceededVito Nicola CavannaBishop of Asti, Italy
86.3DiedRobert Emmet LuceyArchbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
46.1AppointedSimone Alfiero ScatizziBishop of Fiesole, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy
2 Aug88.6DiedManuel Gonçalves CerejeiraCardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
24.9ProfessedRubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
3 Aug59.2AppointedSalvador Lazo LazoAuxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
4 Aug54.2AppointedGeorges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. †Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), SyriaBishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
54.2AppointedChucrallah HarbBishop of Jounieh (Maronite), LebanonBishop Emeritus
58.9AppointedAntoine JoubeirArchbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)Archbishop Emeritus
58.9Ordained BishopJohn Joseph PaulTitular Bishop of LambaesisBishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
62.6ResignedJoseph SalaméApostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
50.2AppointedGeorges ScandarBishop of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), LebanonBishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
6 Aug25.5Ordained PriestMichele CastoroPriest of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, ItalyArchbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
61.0ResignedNicholas Anthony D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. †Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, HondurasPrelate Emeritus
62.6DiedErasmo Hinojosa HurtadoArchbishop of Piura, Peru
7 Aug45.5Ordained BishopOlavio López Duque, O.A.R. †Titular Bishop of StrongoliVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
70.9DiedDino StaffaCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
8 Aug41.7Ordained BishopLeonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. †Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in MauretaniaArchbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
9 Aug57.2DiedJean Bassoul, B.S. †Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
13 Aug90.5DiedNicanor Roberto Aguirre BausBishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
73.6DiedAntoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
32.6Ordained PriestVincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D.Priest of Society of the Divine WordBishop Emeritus of Yendi, Ghana
51.7Ordained BishopArnaldo Clemente CanaleTitular Bishop of CabarsussiAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
25.9Ordained PriestCarlos María FranziniPriest of San Isidro, ArgentinaArchbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
48.1Ordained BishopJosé Manuel LorenzoTitular Bishop of CatulaBishop of San Miguel, Argentina
49.9AppointedEdoardo RovidaApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic ofApostolic Nuncio
27.5Ordained PriestDouglas William Young, S.V.D.Priest of Society of the Divine WordArchbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
14 Aug73.3DiedAlbert Vincent D’SouzaArchbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
28.2Ordained PriestTarcisius Gervazio ZiyayePriestArchbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
15 Aug66.0AppointedPericle FeliciCardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
26.5ProfessedJesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Barinas, Venezuela
51.5Ordained BishopEstanislao Esteban KarlicTitular Bishop of CastrumCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
46.0Ordained BishopThomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †Titular Bishop of TusurosArchbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
26.2Ordained PriestFernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.Priest of Society of the Divine Word
54.2Ordained BishopAntônio Maria MuccioloBishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Aug77.6DiedBasile Pierre Charles HabraBishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
17 Aug52.1AppointedJosé Gabriel Diaz CuevaAuxiliary Bishop of Quito, EcuadorBishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
53.6AppointedLuis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. †Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, EcuadorArchbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
53.6AppointedLuis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. †Titular Bishop of MulliArchbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
45.0Ordained BishopAlfons NossolBishop of Opole, PolandBishop Emeritus
76.7DiedThomas Joseph RileyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
57.1InstalledJohn Joseph SullivanBishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USABishop Emeritus
18 Aug53.7AppointedTomás Ó FiaichCardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
19 Aug77.6DiedPierre Khuất Văn TạoBishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
20 Aug27.6Ordained PriestXavier Johnsai MunyonganiPriest of Gwelo, ZimbabweBishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
24.8Ordained PriestWilliam Joseph WrightPriest of Sydney, AustraliaBishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
21 Aug33.6Ordained PriestJuan Luis Cipriani ThornePriest of Opus DeiCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
18.4EnteredCirill Tamás Hortobágyi, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
28.8Ordained PriestBenjamin NdiayePriestArchbishop of Dakar, Senegal
22 Aug91.0DiedBernardo Regno, O.S.B. †Bishop Emeritus of Kandy, Sri Lanka
23 Aug92.0DiedKarl Joseph AlterArchbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
26.3Ordained PriestJuan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de ChinchetruPriest of Opus DeiSecretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
24 Aug52.1Ordained BishopProtacio Guevarra GungonTitular Bishop of ObbaBishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
43.5AppointedGerhard PieschlAuxiliary Bishop of Limburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
43.5AppointedGerhard PieschlTitular Bishop of MisenumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
25 Aug67.3AppointedAugustin FarahArchbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
56.3AppointedMichel Hakim, B.S. †Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), LebanonBishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
77.0AppointedBasile Khoury, B.S. †Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-MelkitiArchbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
77.0RetiredBasile Khoury, B.S. †Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), LebanonArchbishop Emeritus
27 Aug49.0AppointedAntonio AmbrosanioAuxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, ItalyArchbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
49.0AppointedAntonio AmbrosanioTitular Bishop of MustiArchbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
27.8Ordained PriestAntoine Nabil AndariPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
76.2DiedJean Gay, C.S.Sp. †Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
55.2AppointedAntonio PaganoAuxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
55.2AppointedAntonio PaganoTitular Bishop of CissitaBishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
60.6AppointedAntonio ZamaArchbishop of Sorrento, ItalyArchbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
60.6AppointedAntonio ZamaBishop of Castellammare di Stabia, ItalyArchbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
28 Aug53.4InstalledLuigi AmaducciBishop of Sarsina, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
49.3AppointedPaulos Philoxinos AyyamkulangaraBishopAuxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
49.3ConvertedPaulos Philoxinos AyyamkulangaraAuxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
26.5Ordained PriestLawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
61.2InstalledGiulio OggioniBishop of Bergamo, ItalyBishop Emeritus
30 Aug46.6AppointedConcordio Maria SarteAuxiliary Bishop of Sorsogon, PhilippinesBishop of Legazpi, Philippines
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