The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 75.8 Appointed Antonio Innocenti † President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

69.1 Appointed Pio Laghi † Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

80.1 Retired Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. † President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, President Emeritus

69.2 Appointed Virgilio Noè † President of the Fabric of St. Peter Cardinal, President Emeritus

69.2 Appointed Virgilio Noè † Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

60.3 Appointed Camillo Ruini Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica} Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

78.7 Retired Aurelio Sabattani † President of the Fabric of St. Peter Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

78.7 Retired Aurelio Sabattani † Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

71.2 Appointed José Tomás Sánchez † Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

71.2 Appointed José Tomás Sánchez † President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

2 Jul 27.3 Ordained Priest Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M. Priest of Misioneros de la Natividad de María Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México

3 Jul 55.3 Appointed Luis Gleisner Wobbe Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

55.3 Appointed Luis Gleisner Wobbe Titular Bishop of Mididi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

5 Jul 25.8 Ordained Priest Antoine Camilleri Priest of Malta Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia

27.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Galea-Curmi Priest of Malta Auxiliary Bishop

45.5 Ordained Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru Bishop of Chimbote, Peru

6 Jul 54.0 Ordained Bishop Félix del Blanco Prieto Titular Archbishop of Vannida Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

46.7 Appointed Cesare Nosiglia Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

46.7 Appointed Cesare Nosiglia Titular Bishop of Victoriana Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

29.3 Ordained Priest Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo Priest of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

70.4 Appointed Remigio Ragonesi † Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy Vicegerent Emeritus

70.4 Appointed Remigio Ragonesi † Titular Archbishop of Ferentium Vicegerent Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

41.1 Ordained Bishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

7 Jul 54.1 Installed Lluís Martínez Sistach Bishop of Tortosa, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

30.0 Ordained Priest Victor Emilio Masalles Pere Priest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic

64.8 Died Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. † Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

27.9 Ordained Priest Ewaldus Martinus Sedu Priest of Ende, Indonesia Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia

8 Jul 69.4 Appointed Austin-Emile Burke † Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

63.7 Appointed Raymond Emil Goedert Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.7 Appointed Raymond Emil Goedert Titular Bishop of Tamazeni Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

63.3 Resigned Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. † Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

28.4 Ordained Priest Martin Waïngue Bani Priest of Doba, Chad Bishop

9 Jul 65.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Canapium Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

53.1 Appointed Ildefonso Obama Obono Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Archbishop Emeritus

81.4 Died José Salazar López † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

10 Jul 57.6 Ordained Bishop Kevin Michael Manning Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia

61.0 Appointed José Carlos Melo, C.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

61.0 Appointed José Carlos Melo, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

43.1 Appointed José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

43.1 Appointed José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques Titular Bishop of Lysinia Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

11 Jul 55.0 Appointed Kurt Krenn † Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria Bishop Emeritus

46.4 Appointed Christoph Schönborn, O.P. Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria Cardinal, Archbishop

46.4 Appointed Christoph Schönborn, O.P. Titular Bishop of Sutrium Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

74.0 Retired Franz Žak † Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria Bishop Emeritus

12 Jul 59.3 Appointed Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of

77.0 Died Francis John Mugavero † Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

28.1 Ordained Priest Peter Bryan Wells Priest of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa

13 Jul 30.0 Ordained Priest Lambert Bainomugisha Priest of Mbarara, Uganda Archbishop

70.6 Appointed Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. † Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) Ordinary Emeritus

26.6 Ordained Priest John Francis Doerfler Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA

90.5 Died [Paul Li De-pei (Li Dipei, Li Debei)] † Bishop Emeritus of Tianjin [Tientsin], China

42.4 Appointed František Rábek Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia Bishop of Slovakia, Military

42.4 Appointed František Rábek Titular Bishop of Catrum Bishop of Slovakia, Military

29.5 Ordained Priest Gabriel Sayaogo Priest of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Archbishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso

14 Jul 161.4 Beatified Bl. Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz † Bishop of Susa, Italy

15 Jul 56.6 Appointed Oscar Valero Cruz † Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Federico Guba Limon, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

16 Jul 43.0 Appointed Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile

43.0 Appointed Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez Titular Bishop of Nepeta Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile

45.1 Ordained Bishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México Archbishop of Toluca, México, México

60.8 Resigned Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Kurnool, India Bishop Emeritus

76.4 Retired Manuel Menéndez † Bishop of San Martín, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

61.1 Appointed Joan Carrera Planas † Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

61.1 Appointed Joan Carrera Planas † Titular Bishop of Aliezira Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

58.8 Appointed Carles Soler Perdigó Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain

58.8 Appointed Carles Soler Perdigó Titular Bishop of Pandosia Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain

56.7 Appointed Luis Héctor Villalba Bishop of San Martín, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina

17 Jul 78.0 Retired João Cláudio Colling † Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

74.4 Died Joseph Gargitter † Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

74.7 Died Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

66.0 Succeeded Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R. † Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

18 Jul 25.9 Ordained Priest Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores Priest of Sucre, Bolivia Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia

20 Jul 56.5 Appointed Eugenio Binini Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Francesco Canalini Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland

33.1 Ordained Priest Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Bishop of Lismore, Australia

76.3 Retired Felice Leonardo † Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Mario Paciello Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

46.8 Ordained Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. † Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

49.7 Appointed Angelo Scola Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

75.6 Retired Adelmo Tacconi † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Ordained Bishop José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

21 Jul 27.7 Ordained Priest Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena Priest of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil

28.1 Ordained Deacon Jonas Dembélé Deacon of San, Mali Bishop of Kayes, Mali

75.8 Died Oskar Formánek, S.J. † Bishop

27.9 Ordained Priest Célestin Hakizimana Priest of Kigali, Rwanda Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda

70.5 Appointed John Wu Shi-zhen † Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China Archbishop

22 Jul 28.0 Perpetual Vows Paulinus Yan Olla, M.S.F. Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family Bishop of Tanjung Selor, Indonesia

47.8 Installed Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

23 Jul 53.9 Appointed Brian Heenan Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Appointed Barry James Hickey Archbishop of Perth, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin † Bishop of Getafe, Spain

46.3 Appointed Manuel Ureña Pastor Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

41.9 Incardinated Rafael Zornoza Boy Priest of Getafe, Spain Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

24 Jul 69.9 Resigned Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. † Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.7 Appointed Paulo Antônio de Conto Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

25 Jul 55.9 Installed Felipe Fernández García † Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Liao Hongqing Priest Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China

34.6 Ordained Priest Anaclet Mwumvaneza Priest of Kigali, Rwanda Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda

27 Jul 66.1 Installed Carlos Walter Galán Barry † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

31.7 Ordained Priest Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr. Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

42.4 Ordained Bishop František Rábek Titular Bishop of Catrum Bishop of Slovakia, Military

88.2 Died Maximiliano Spiller, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador

28 Jul 27.5 Ordained Priest Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Caxito, Angola

55.5 Ordained Bishop Licínio Rangel, O.V.S. † Bishop Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

55.5 Excommunicated Licínio Rangel, O.V.S. † Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

50.5 Ordained Bishop Jan Styrna Titular Bishop of Aquipendium Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland

31 Jul 77.4 Died João (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Sao Paulo, Brazil

1 Aug 56.6 Ordained Bishop Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

91.8 Died Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. † Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile

2 Aug 86.2 Died Raimundo de Castro e Silva † Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras, Brazil

70.5 Died John Francis Whealon † Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

3 Aug 57.8 Ordained Bishop Francis Némé Baïssari † Titular Bishop of Aradus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

47.5 Ordained Bishop Abraham Kattumana † Titular Archbishop of Cebarades Official of the Roman Curia - Other

50.5 Ordained Bishop Paul Youssef Matar Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon

26.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Mark Spalding Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

4 Aug 24.8 Ordained Priest Gilson Andrade da Silva Priest of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

27.4 Ordained Priest Emílio Sumbelelo Priest of Benguela, Angola Bishop of Viana, Angola

5 Aug 62.0 Appointed Lajos Bálint † Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Archbishop Emeritus

8 Aug 78.0 Died Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela

10 Aug 70.6 Died Pedro Filipak † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

51.4 Died Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

68.1 Succeeded Conrado Walter, S.A.C. † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

11 Aug 59.6 Ordained Bishop Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina Prelate Emeritus

72.8 Died Miguel González Ibarra † Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

12 Aug 88.3 Died Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. † Prefect Emeritus of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China

13 Aug 65.4 Appointed Enrique San Pedro, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Bishop

14 Aug 51.5 Appointed Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

15 Aug 55.4 Ordained Bishop Luis Gleisner Wobbe Titular Bishop of Mididi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

28.1 Ordained Priest Luis Manuel López Alfaro Priest of Toluca, México, México Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

16 Aug 18.3 Entered Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada

75.5 Died Raymond James Vonesh † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

17 Aug 46.9 Installed Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. † Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

18 Aug 96.9 Died Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

53.3 Ordained Bishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote Bishop of Kotido, Uganda Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda

19 Aug 24.4 Entered Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

90.2 Died Faustino M. Tissot, S.X. † Bishop Emeritus of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China

20 Aug 75.1 Retired Eric Gerard Perkins † Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

21 Aug 80.8 Died Antonio Giuseppe Angioni † Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy

70.0 Retired Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

58.8 Succeeded Thomas Joseph Murphy † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

22 Aug 66.7 Appointed Lajos Kada † Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain

84.5 Died William J. Philbin † Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

85.3 Died Orazio Semeraro † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy

23 Aug 75.1 Retired Juan Antonio del Val Gallo † Bishop of Santander, Spain Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed José Vilaplana Blasco Bishop of Santander, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

24 Aug 76.7 Died Cesare Zacchi † President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

25 Aug 28.8 Ordained Priest Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Aug 55.3 Installed Barry James Hickey Archbishop of Perth, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

89.0 Died Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

91.7 Died Gioacchino Muccin † Bishop Emeritus of Belluno e Feltre, Italy

72.8 Resigned Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28 Aug 75.3 Retired Alejo Benedicto Gilligan † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. † Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed José Vittorio Tommasí † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

34.6 Solemn Vows José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Archbishop of Panamá

29 Aug 63.8 Ordained Bishop Raymond Emil Goedert Titular Bishop of Tamazeni Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

31 Aug 66.4 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † Bishop of Warri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

45.2 Ordained Bishop Johannes Kreidler Titular Bishop of Edistiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

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

43.7 Ordained Bishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

69.2 Resigned Simon Tonyé † Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed Christian Wiyghan Tumi Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	75.8	Appointed	Antonio Innocenti †	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
69.1	Appointed	Pio Laghi †	Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
80.1	Retired	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. †	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
69.2	Appointed	Virgilio Noè †	President of the Fabric of St. Peter	Cardinal, President Emeritus
69.2	Appointed	Virgilio Noè †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
60.3	Appointed	Camillo Ruini	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
78.7	Retired	Aurelio Sabattani †	President of the Fabric of St. Peter	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
78.7	Retired	Aurelio Sabattani †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
71.2	Appointed	José Tomás Sánchez †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
71.2	Appointed	José Tomás Sánchez †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
2 Jul	27.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M.	Priest of Misioneros de la Natividad de María	Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
3 Jul	55.3	Appointed	Luis Gleisner Wobbe	Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
55.3	Appointed	Luis Gleisner Wobbe	Titular Bishop of Mididi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
5 Jul	25.8	Ordained Priest	Antoine Camilleri	Priest of Malta	Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia
27.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Galea-Curmi	Priest of Malta	Auxiliary Bishop
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru
6 Jul	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Félix del Blanco Prieto	Titular Archbishop of Vannida	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
46.7	Appointed	Cesare Nosiglia	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
46.7	Appointed	Cesare Nosiglia	Titular Bishop of Victoriana	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
29.3	Ordained Priest	Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo	Priest of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
70.4	Appointed	Remigio Ragonesi †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Vicegerent Emeritus
70.4	Appointed	Remigio Ragonesi †	Titular Archbishop of Ferentium	Vicegerent Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
7 Jul	54.1	Installed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
30.0	Ordained Priest	Victor Emilio Masalles Pere	Priest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic
64.8	Died	Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. †	Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
27.9	Ordained Priest	Ewaldus Martinus Sedu	Priest of Ende, Indonesia	Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia
8 Jul	69.4	Appointed	Austin-Emile Burke †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
63.7	Appointed	Raymond Emil Goedert	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.7	Appointed	Raymond Emil Goedert	Titular Bishop of Tamazeni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
63.3	Resigned	Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
28.4	Ordained Priest	Martin Waïngue Bani	Priest of Doba, Chad	Bishop
9 Jul	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
53.1	Appointed	Ildefonso Obama Obono	Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
81.4	Died	José Salazar López †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
10 Jul	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Michael Manning	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
61.0	Appointed	José Carlos Melo, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
61.0	Appointed	José Carlos Melo, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
43.1	Appointed	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
43.1	Appointed	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
11 Jul	55.0	Appointed	Kurt Krenn †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
46.4	Appointed	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop
46.4	Appointed	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Sutrium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
74.0	Retired	Franz Žak †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
12 Jul	59.3	Appointed	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. †	Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
77.0	Died	Francis John Mugavero †	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
28.1	Ordained Priest	Peter Bryan Wells	Priest of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
13 Jul	30.0	Ordained Priest	Lambert Bainomugisha	Priest of Mbarara, Uganda	Archbishop
70.6	Appointed	Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. †	Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)	Ordinary Emeritus
26.6	Ordained Priest	John Francis Doerfler	Priest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA
90.5	Died	[Paul Li De-pei (Li Dipei, Li Debei)] †	Bishop Emeritus of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
42.4	Appointed	František Rábek	Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia	Bishop of Slovakia, Military
42.4	Appointed	František Rábek	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Bishop of Slovakia, Military
29.5	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Sayaogo	Priest of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Archbishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
14 Jul	161.4	Beatified	Bl. Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz †	Bishop of Susa, Italy
15 Jul	56.6	Appointed	Oscar Valero Cruz †	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Federico Guba Limon, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Jul	43.0	Appointed	Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez	Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
43.0	Appointed	Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Nepeta	Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop of Toluca, México, México
60.8	Resigned	Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Kurnool, India	Bishop Emeritus
76.4	Retired	Manuel Menéndez †	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
61.1	Appointed	Joan Carrera Planas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
61.1	Appointed	Joan Carrera Planas †	Titular Bishop of Aliezira	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
58.8	Appointed	Carles Soler Perdigó	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
58.8	Appointed	Carles Soler Perdigó	Titular Bishop of Pandosia	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
56.7	Appointed	Luis Héctor Villalba	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, Argentina
17 Jul	78.0	Retired	João Cláudio Colling †	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
74.4	Died	Joseph Gargitter †	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
74.7	Died	Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
66.0	Succeeded	Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
18 Jul	25.9	Ordained Priest	Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores	Priest of Sucre, Bolivia	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
20 Jul	56.5	Appointed	Eugenio Binini	Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
33.1	Ordained Priest	Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Lismore, Australia
76.3	Retired	Felice Leonardo †	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Mario Paciello	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
49.7	Appointed	Angelo Scola	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
75.6	Retired	Adelmo Tacconi †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Ordained Bishop	José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I.	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Jul	27.7	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena	Priest of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
28.1	Ordained Deacon	Jonas Dembélé	Deacon of San, Mali	Bishop of Kayes, Mali
75.8	Died	Oskar Formánek, S.J. †	Bishop
27.9	Ordained Priest	Célestin Hakizimana	Priest of Kigali, Rwanda	Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda
70.5	Appointed	John Wu Shi-zhen †	Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China	Archbishop
22 Jul	28.0	Perpetual Vows	Paulinus Yan Olla, M.S.F.	Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop of Tanjung Selor, Indonesia
47.8	Installed	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
23 Jul	53.9	Appointed	Brian Heenan	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Appointed	Barry James Hickey	Archbishop of Perth, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin †	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
46.3	Appointed	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
41.9	Incardinated	Rafael Zornoza Boy	Priest of Getafe, Spain	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
24 Jul	69.9	Resigned	Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. †	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25 Jul	55.9	Installed	Felipe Fernández García †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Liao Hongqing	Priest	Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
34.6	Ordained Priest	Anaclet Mwumvaneza	Priest of Kigali, Rwanda	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda
27 Jul	66.1	Installed	Carlos Walter Galán Barry †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
31.7	Ordained Priest	Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr.	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
42.4	Ordained Bishop	František Rábek	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Bishop of Slovakia, Military
88.2	Died	Maximiliano Spiller, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
28 Jul	27.5	Ordained Priest	Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Caxito, Angola
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Licínio Rangel, O.V.S. †	Bishop	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
55.5	Excommunicated	Licínio Rangel, O.V.S. †	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Jan Styrna	Titular Bishop of Aquipendium	Bishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland
31 Jul	77.4	Died	João (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Sao Paulo, Brazil
1 Aug	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
91.8	Died	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
2 Aug	86.2	Died	Raimundo de Castro e Silva †	Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras, Brazil
70.5	Died	John Francis Whealon †	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
3 Aug	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Francis Némé Baïssari †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Kattumana †	Titular Archbishop of Cebarades	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Youssef Matar	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
26.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mark Spalding	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aug	24.8	Ordained Priest	Gilson Andrade da Silva	Priest of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27.4	Ordained Priest	Emílio Sumbelelo	Priest of Benguela, Angola	Bishop of Viana, Angola
5 Aug	62.0	Appointed	Lajos Bálint †	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Aug	78.0	Died	Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia en Venezuela
10 Aug	70.6	Died	Pedro Filipak †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
51.4	Died	Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
68.1	Succeeded	Conrado Walter, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
11 Aug	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
72.8	Died	Miguel González Ibarra †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
12 Aug	88.3	Died	Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. †	Prefect Emeritus of Shiqian [Shihtsien], China
13 Aug	65.4	Appointed	Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop
14 Aug	51.5	Appointed	Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Aug	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gleisner Wobbe	Titular Bishop of Mididi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
28.1	Ordained Priest	Luis Manuel López Alfaro	Priest of Toluca, México, México	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
16 Aug	18.3	Entered	Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada
75.5	Died	Raymond James Vonesh †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
17 Aug	46.9	Installed	Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
18 Aug	96.9	Died	Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Denis Kiwanuka Lote	Bishop of Kotido, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
19 Aug	24.4	Entered	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
90.2	Died	Faustino M. Tissot, S.X. †	Bishop Emeritus of Zhengzhou [Chengchow], China
20 Aug	75.1	Retired	Eric Gerard Perkins †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 Aug	80.8	Died	Antonio Giuseppe Angioni †	Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
70.0	Retired	Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
58.8	Succeeded	Thomas Joseph Murphy †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
22 Aug	66.7	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain
84.5	Died	William J. Philbin †	Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
85.3	Died	Orazio Semeraro †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
23 Aug	75.1	Retired	Juan Antonio del Val Gallo †	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	José Vilaplana Blasco	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
24 Aug	76.7	Died	Cesare Zacchi †	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
25 Aug	28.8	Ordained Priest	Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Aug	55.3	Installed	Barry James Hickey	Archbishop of Perth, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
89.0	Died	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
91.7	Died	Gioacchino Muccin †	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno e Feltre, Italy
72.8	Resigned	Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Aug	75.3	Retired	Alejo Benedicto Gilligan †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	José Vittorio Tommasí †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
34.6	Solemn Vows	José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Panamá
29 Aug	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Emil Goedert	Titular Bishop of Tamazeni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 Aug	66.4	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Kreidler	Titular Bishop of Edistiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
59.5	Appointed	Alexius Obabu Makozi †	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
43.7	Ordained Bishop	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
69.2	Resigned	Simon Tonyé †	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	Christian Wiyghan Tumi	Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

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