The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

July

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	66.0	Appointed	Severino Clasen, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
92.0	Died	Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Kevin James Sweeney	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
2 Jul	59.1	Appointed	Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
73.5	Died	Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
3 Jul	64.1	Installed	Guy Desrochers, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
61.0	Appointed	Benjamin S. Phiri	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia	Archbishop of Ndola, Zambia
4 Jul	61.2	Succeeded	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
59.9	Ordained Bishop	Jose Chirackal	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Auxiliary Bishop of Tura, India
77.7	Ceased	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Apostolic Administrator of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
77.2	Died	Angelo Fagiani †	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
64.7	Appointed	Claudio Gugerotti	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
54.1	Installed	Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
70.6	Resigned	Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jul	55.9	Installed	Nicolás Baisi	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
6 Jul	75.7	Retired	Francisco Cases Andreu	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	José Mazuelos Pérez	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
79.0	Died	Zithulele Patrick Mvemve †	Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp, South Africa
7 Jul	55.7	Appointed	Noel Portal Pedregosa	Administrator of Malaybalay, Philippines	Bishop
8 Jul	65.5	Appointed	Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P.	Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru
75.0	Retired	Stanisław Gębicki	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.2	Appointed	Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
63.2	Appointed	Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.	Titular Bishop of Fiorentino	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
55.0	Appointed	Stephen Douglas Parkes	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
72.5	Died	José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México
9 Jul	66.1	Appointed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Michael Muhich †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
67.1	Ceased	Michel Joseph Mulloy	Administrator of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Priest
11 Jul	56.2	Installed	Gabriel Bernardo Barba	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
67.1	Resigned	José Câmnate na Bissign	Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Installed	Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
84.1	Died	Edward Urban Kmiec †	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
51.0	Ceased	Abraham Kome	Apostolic Administrator of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon
51.7	Appointed	Dražen Kutleša	Coadjutor Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
51.7	Appointed	Dražen Kutleša	Apostolic Administrator of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
56.5	Appointed	José Lampra Cà	Apostolic Administrator of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop
48.0	Appointed	Petar Palić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
56.8	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC.	Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
76.4	Retired	Ratko Perić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
63.0	Ordained Bishop	Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
12 Jul	54.1	Installed	Adimir Antônio Mazali	Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
52.2	Installed	Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
13 Jul	69.6	Died	Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. †	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
79.9	Died	Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias †	Bishop Emeritus of Astorga, Spain
53.8	Appointed	Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
53.8	Appointed	Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam	Titular Bishop of Materiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
14 Jul	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Bejarano	Titular Bishop of Carpi	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
67.8	Died	Milan Šašik, C.M. †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
15 Jul	88.8	Died	Oscar Hugh Lipscomb †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA
66.5	Died	Eugenio Scarpellini †	Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia
16 Jul	76.5	Retired	Gianni Ambrosio	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
46.1	Appointed	Giovani Edgar Arana	Apostolic Administrator of El Alto, Bolivia	Bishop
62.2	Appointed	Adriano Cevolotto	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
54.6	Installed	Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
59.9	Appointed	Edward Charles Malesic	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
17 Jul	92.6	Died	Pierre-Marie Coty †	Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
80.7	Died	Zenon Grocholewski †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
52.9	Appointed	Ronald Aldon Hicks	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
18 Jul	67.9	Installed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
57.3	Installed	Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
64.8	Installed	Jesús Fernández González	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński	Titular Archbishop of Limosano	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
61.8	Appointed	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Apostolic Administrator of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
62.0	Installed	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia
57.2	Died	Henrique Soares da Costa †	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
96.2	Died	Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas †	Bishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines
19 Jul	73.8	Died	Louis Dicaire †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
54.4	Ceased	Miguel Fernando González Mariño	Apostolic Administrator of Ibagué, Colombia	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
20 Jul	47.1	Appointed	Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
22 Jul	61.1	Installed	Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I.	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez	Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael George McGovern	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
66.6	Ceased	Christopher Charles Prowse	Apostolic Administrator of Wagga Wagga, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
23 Jul	49.8	Appointed	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis Tylka	Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Bishop
24 Jul	48.5	Selected	Anthony Li Hui	Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
58.3	Appointed	Francesco Lomanto	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
87.3	Died	Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Maseru, Lesotho
75.3	Retired	Salvatore Pappalardo	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Jul	62.6	Installed	Santiago Gómez Sierra	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba	Titular Archbishop of Nasai	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
57.4	Installed	Gianrico Ruzza	Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
26 Jul	91.7	Died	Rafael Barraza Sánchez †	Bishop Emeritus of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
28 Jul	54.3	Installed	Jesús Castro Marte	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
29 Jul	67.0	Appointed	Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
30 Jul	47.1	Appointed	Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.	Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
47.1	Appointed	Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Kalu Ukpong	Titular Bishop of Igilgili	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
31 Jul	62.7	Appointed	John Baptist Attakruh	Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop
68.1	Resigned	Giuseppe Pinto	Apostolic Nuncio

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