The Year of Our Lord 1993

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 56.1 Appointed Innayya Chinna Addagatla † Bishop of Srikakulam, India Bishop Emeritus

24.6 Ordained Priest Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero † Priest of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

63.9 Resigned Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Andrew Aaron Chisha Bishop of Mansa, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

62.2 Appointed Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

62.2 Appointed Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Taparura Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador

41.9 Incardinated Giuseppe Marciante Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

47.0 Appointed Anthony John Valentine Obinna Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria

76.0 Retired Mark Onwuha Unegbu † Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

2 Jul 75.0 Retired Ernesto Maria Fiore † Dean of the Roman Rota Dean Emeritus

53.8 Appointed Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

53.8 Appointed Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Sicilibba Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

74.8 Retired Antoine Joubeir † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) Archbishop Emeritus

77.6 Retired Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

77.8 Retired Vasile Louis Puscas † Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Gabriel Toubia † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

61.1 Appointed Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

3 Jul 61.5 Ordained Bishop Kamal Hanna Bathish Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

27.6 Ordained Priest Peter Nworie Chukwu Priest of Abakaliki, Nigeria Bishop

65.5 Ordained Bishop Domenico De Luca † Titular Archbishop of Teglata in Numidia Apostolic Nuncio

58.1 Appointed Sebastiano Dho † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Gergely Kovács Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania Archbishop

48.1 Ordained Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo Titular Bishop of Siminina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

35.3 Ordained Priest Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

30.6 Ordained Priest Michael Cornelius Otieno Odiwa Priest of Kisii, Kenya Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya

60.6 Appointed Fernando Sáenz Lacalle † Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador

27.7 Ordained Priest Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

4 Jul 64.1 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Fasching † Titular Bishop of Acci Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

55.6 Ordained Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura Bishop of Nagoya, Japan Bishop Emeritus

42.2 Ordained Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon

52.3 Ordained Bishop Nikólaos Printezis Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

7 Jul 63.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Das † Bishop of Berhampur, India Bishop Emeritus

48.7 Appointed Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina Prelate Emeritus

8 Jul 85.2 Died José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza † Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

9 Jul 34.2 Ordained Priest Steven Robert Biegler Priest of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

10 Jul 25.0 Ordained Priest Robert Cissé Priest of Sikasso, Mali Archbishop of Bamako, Mali

28.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Gébara Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

75.0 Retired Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik † Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Appointed Oscar Páez Garcete † Bishop of Alto Paraná, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

32.0 Ordained Deacon Juarez Sousa Da Silva Deacon of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

50.6 Appointed Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

11 Jul 29.5 Ordained Priest Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil

24.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Murphy Priest of Cloyne, Ireland Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State

25.6 Ordained Priest Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. Priest of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite) Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia

12 Jul 96.9 Died Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

52.4 Ordained Bishop Peter William Ingham † Titular Bishop of Pudentiana Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia

13 Jul 24.9 Ordained Priest John Joseph Kennedy Priest of Dublin, Ireland Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

72.6 Resigned Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen † Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

14 Jul 87.1 Died Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe † Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France

15 Jul 30.0 Ordained Priest Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa Priest of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

63.9 Appointed Eduardo Davino † Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

79.4 Died Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † Bishop Emeritus of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia

17 Jul 51.8 Appointed Giacinto Berloco Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica Apostolic Nuncio

60.6 Appointed Adam Dyczkowski † Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland Bishop Emeritus

70.5 Resigned Ignatius Harsono † Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Kazimierz Ryczan † Bishop of Kielce, Poland Bishop Emeritus

18 Jul 30.6 Ordained Priest Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

24.2 Ordained Priest Matthias Charles Georges Mrad Priest Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

38.3 Ordained Priest Justin Mulenga † Priest of Kasama, Zambia Bishop of Mpika, Zambia

19 Jul 82.9 Died Gordon Joseph Gray † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

20 Jul 25.0 Professed Julian Yacoub Murad Member Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

21 Jul 53.6 Appointed Roberto Lückert León † Bishop of Coro, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela

79.8 Died Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge † Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France

22 Jul 47.6 Appointed Rubén Oscar Frassia Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina

54.8 Appointed Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Bishop of Viedma, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina

47.2 Appointed José Luis Mollaghan Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

47.2 Appointed José Luis Mollaghan Titular Bishop of Theuzi Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

68.0 Appointed Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. † Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

23 Jul 26.5 Ordained Priest Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

62.4 Appointed Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. † Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

24 Jul 33.6 Ordained Priest John Ebebe Ayah Priest of Ogoja, Nigeria Bishop of Uyo, Nigeria

49.4 Succeeded Ratko Perić Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Pavao Žanić † Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

25 Jul 51.6 Ordained Bishop William Lee † Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

26 Jul 53.4 Appointed Luigi Bressan Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy

53.4 Appointed Luigi Bressan Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy

53.4 Appointed Luigi Bressan Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and Brunei Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy

53.4 Appointed Luigi Bressan Apostolic Delegate to Laos Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy

53.4 Appointed Luigi Bressan Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy

65.9 Appointed Alberto Tricarico † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

30 Jul 28.4 Ordained Priest José Antonio Alarcón Gómez, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop-Elect of Huaraz, Peru

31.2 Ordained Priest Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez Priest of Margarita, Venezuela Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela

31 Jul 24.8 Ordained Priest Joaquim Proença Dionísio Priest of Lamego, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

26.8 Ordained Priest Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria

62.9 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Toubia † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

1 Aug 28.4 Ordained Priest Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

29.3 Ordained Priest Jean Bosco Ntagungira Priest of Kigali, Rwanda Bishop of Butare, Rwanda

2 Aug 33.0 Professed Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. Member of Order of the Pious Schools Bishop of Carora, Venezuela

82.5 Died Guido Del Mestri † Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

28.3 Ordained Priest Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

69.9 Died George Victor Saupin, S.J. † Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

3 Aug 46.3 Appointed Marin Barišić Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Marin Barišić Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

6 Aug 27.9 Perpetual Vows Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. Member of Congregation of Holy Cross Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

55.3 Ordained Bishop Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

72.3 Died Vittorio Piola † Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

7 Aug 30.1 Ordained Priest Tomás Alejo Concepción Priest of La Vega, Dominican Republic Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

55.5 Ordained Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba † Bishop of Sokodé, Togo Bishop Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Renzo Fratini Titular Archbishop of Botriana Apostolic Nuncio

49.2 Appointed Renzo Fratini Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan Apostolic Nuncio

28.6 Ordained Priest Michael Kalu Ukpong Priest of Umuahia, Nigeria Bishop

8 Aug 29.9 Ordained Priest Fulgence Razakarivony, M.S. Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar

11 Aug 59.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn Coadjutor Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

14 Aug 56.3 Appointed Antonio Franco Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, Ukraine Apostolic Nuncio

21.8 Entered César Garza Miranda, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

24.3 Ordained Deacon Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa Deacon of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

24.6 Ordained Priest Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela

47.6 Ordained Bishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C. Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

15 Aug 38.1 Solemn Vows Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia

17 Aug 54.1 Appointed Michael Jarboe Sheehan † Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Archbishop Emeritus

18 Aug 68.2 Died Georges-Firmin Singha † Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

19 Aug 69.8 Resigned Gilles Bélisle † Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.0 Installed John Francis Donoghue † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Archbishop Emeritus

94.9 Died Camille-André Le Blanc † Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick

20 Aug 56.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Marchand, S.M.M. † Titular Bishop of Tamata Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

21 Aug 55.5 Ordained Bishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. † Titular Bishop of Numana Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

19.6 Temporary Vows Milad Jawish, B.S. Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek) Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada

22 Aug 55.2 Died Patrick Iteka † Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

60.8 Ordained Bishop Michael Minj, S.J. † Bishop of Gumla, India

24 Aug 60.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Minj † Bishop of Simdega, India Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Ordained Bishop Carl Kevin Moeddel † Titular Bishop of Bistue Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

46.9 Ordained Bishop James Matthew Wingle Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

28 Aug 26.0 Ordained Priest Tomáš Holub Priest of Hradec Králové, Czechia Bishop of Plzeň, Czechia

25.1 Ordained Priest Julian Yacoub Murad Priest of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria Archbishop

22.5 Simple Vows Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina

51.3 Ordained Bishop Artemio Lomboy Rillera, S.V.D. † Bishop of Bangued, Philippines Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

26.1 Solemn Vows William Albert Wack, C.S.C. Member of Congregation of Holy Cross Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA

29 Aug 28.8 Ordained Priest Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou Priest of Kinkala, Congo Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo

62.5 Ordained Bishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. † Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

30 Aug 32.7 Solemn Vows Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	56.1	Appointed	Innayya Chinna Addagatla †	Bishop of Srikakulam, India	Bishop Emeritus
24.6	Ordained Priest	Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero †	Priest of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
63.9	Resigned	Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Andrew Aaron Chisha	Bishop of Mansa, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Appointed	Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Méndez, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
62.2	Appointed	Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Taparura	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
41.9	Incardinated	Giuseppe Marciante	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
47.0	Appointed	Anthony John Valentine Obinna	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
76.0	Retired	Mark Onwuha Unegbu †	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jul	75.0	Retired	Ernesto Maria Fiore †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Dean Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
53.8	Appointed	Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
74.8	Retired	Antoine Joubeir †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
77.6	Retired	Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
77.8	Retired	Vasile Louis Puscas †	Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Gabriel Toubia †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
61.1	Appointed	Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
3 Jul	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Kamal Hanna Bathish	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
27.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Nworie Chukwu	Priest of Abakaliki, Nigeria	Bishop
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico De Luca †	Titular Archbishop of Teglata in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio
58.1	Appointed	Sebastiano Dho †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Gergely Kovács	Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
35.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
30.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Cornelius Otieno Odiwa	Priest of Kisii, Kenya	Bishop of Homa Bay, Kenya
60.6	Appointed	Fernando Sáenz Lacalle †	Apostolic Administrator of El Salvador, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador
27.7	Ordained Priest	Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
4 Jul	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Fasching †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Bosco Ntep	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon	Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Nikólaos Printezis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Jul	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Das †	Bishop of Berhampur, India	Bishop Emeritus
48.7	Appointed	Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F.	Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
8 Jul	85.2	Died	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
9 Jul	34.2	Ordained Priest	Steven Robert Biegler	Priest of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
10 Jul	25.0	Ordained Priest	Robert Cissé	Priest of Sikasso, Mali	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
28.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gébara	Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
75.0	Retired	Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Appointed	Oscar Páez Garcete †	Bishop of Alto Paraná, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
32.0	Ordained Deacon	Juarez Sousa Da Silva	Deacon of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
50.6	Appointed	Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul	29.5	Ordained Priest	Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
24.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Murphy	Priest of Cloyne, Ireland	Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State
25.6	Ordained Priest	Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M.	Priest of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)	Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
12 Jul	96.9	Died	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Peter William Ingham †	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
13 Jul	24.9	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Kennedy	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
72.6	Resigned	Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen †	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	87.1	Died	Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe †	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France
15 Jul	30.0	Ordained Priest	Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa	Priest of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
63.9	Appointed	Eduardo Davino †	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
79.4	Died	Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo †	Bishop Emeritus of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia
17 Jul	51.8	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica	Apostolic Nuncio
60.6	Appointed	Adam Dyczkowski †	Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
70.5	Resigned	Ignatius Harsono †	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Kazimierz Ryczan †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jul	30.6	Ordained Priest	Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24.2	Ordained Priest	Matthias Charles Georges Mrad	Priest	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
38.3	Ordained Priest	Justin Mulenga †	Priest of Kasama, Zambia	Bishop of Mpika, Zambia
19 Jul	82.9	Died	Gordon Joseph Gray †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
20 Jul	25.0	Professed	Julian Yacoub Murad	Member	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
21 Jul	53.6	Appointed	Roberto Lückert León †	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
79.8	Died	Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge †	Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
22 Jul	47.6	Appointed	Rubén Oscar Frassia	Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
54.8	Appointed	Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Viedma, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina
47.2	Appointed	José Luis Mollaghan	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
47.2	Appointed	José Luis Mollaghan	Titular Bishop of Theuzi	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
68.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Pietro (José Pedro) Pozzi, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jul	26.5	Ordained Priest	Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
62.4	Appointed	Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. †	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
24 Jul	33.6	Ordained Priest	John Ebebe Ayah	Priest of Ogoja, Nigeria	Bishop of Uyo, Nigeria
49.4	Succeeded	Ratko Perić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Pavao Žanić †	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	51.6	Ordained Bishop	William Lee †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jul	53.4	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia and Brunei	Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus of Trento, Italy
65.9	Appointed	Alberto Tricarico †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
30 Jul	28.4	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Alarcón Gómez, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop-Elect of Huaraz, Peru
31.2	Ordained Priest	Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez	Priest of Margarita, Venezuela	Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela
31 Jul	24.8	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Proença Dionísio	Priest of Lamego, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
26.8	Ordained Priest	Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Toubia †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
1 Aug	28.4	Ordained Priest	Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr.	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29.3	Ordained Priest	Jean Bosco Ntagungira	Priest of Kigali, Rwanda	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
2 Aug	33.0	Professed	Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P.	Member of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela
82.5	Died	Guido Del Mestri †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
28.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
69.9	Died	George Victor Saupin, S.J. †	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
3 Aug	46.3	Appointed	Marin Barišić	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Marin Barišić	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
6 Aug	27.9	Perpetual Vows	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
72.3	Died	Vittorio Piola †	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
7 Aug	30.1	Ordained Priest	Tomás Alejo Concepción	Priest of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba †	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Renzo Fratini	Titular Archbishop of Botriana	Apostolic Nuncio
49.2	Appointed	Renzo Fratini	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan	Apostolic Nuncio
28.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Kalu Ukpong	Priest of Umuahia, Nigeria	Bishop
8 Aug	29.9	Ordained Priest	Fulgence Razakarivony, M.S.	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
11 Aug	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Phạm Minh Mẫn	Coadjutor Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
14 Aug	56.3	Appointed	Antonio Franco	Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, Ukraine	Apostolic Nuncio
21.8	Entered	César Garza Miranda, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
24.3	Ordained Deacon	Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa	Deacon of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
24.6	Ordained Priest	Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas	Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Panico, M.S.C.	Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
15 Aug	38.1	Solemn Vows	Alojzij Cvikl, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia
17 Aug	54.1	Appointed	Michael Jarboe Sheehan †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Aug	68.2	Died	Georges-Firmin Singha †	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
19 Aug	69.8	Resigned	Gilles Bélisle †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.0	Installed	John Francis Donoghue †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
94.9	Died	Camille-André Le Blanc †	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
20 Aug	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
21 Aug	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Numana	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
19.6	Temporary Vows	Milad Jawish, B.S.	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
22 Aug	55.2	Died	Patrick Iteka †	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Michael Minj, S.J. †	Bishop of Gumla, India
24 Aug	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Minj †	Bishop of Simdega, India	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Carl Kevin Moeddel †	Titular Bishop of Bistue	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
46.9	Ordained Bishop	James Matthew Wingle	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
28 Aug	26.0	Ordained Priest	Tomáš Holub	Priest of Hradec Králové, Czechia	Bishop of Plzeň, Czechia
25.1	Ordained Priest	Julian Yacoub Murad	Priest of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop
22.5	Simple Vows	Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R.	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Artemio Lomboy Rillera, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
26.1	Solemn Vows	William Albert Wack, C.S.C.	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA
29 Aug	28.8	Ordained Priest	Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou	Priest of Kinkala, Congo	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. †	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
30 Aug	32.7	Solemn Vows	Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Huancavélica, Peru

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