The Year of Our Lord 2025

Bishop Events

August

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Aug	50.1	Installed	Francisco Agamenilton Damascena	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano	Bishop of Granada en Colombia
64.6	Installed	Antonysamy Savarimuthu	Archbishop of Madurai, India
3 Aug	49.0	Installed	Evandro Luis Braun	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
96.5	Died	Fritz Lobinger †	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
94.0	Died	Giuseppe Malandrino †	Bishop Emeritus of Noto, Italy
4 Aug	81.6	Died	Laurent Chu Văn Minh †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
76.4	Died	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
6 Aug	62.7	Succeeded	Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
47.3	Resigned	Krzysztof Dukielski	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Radom, Poland	Priest
47.3	Resigned	Krzysztof Dukielski	Titular Bishop-Elect of Catula	Priest of Radom, Poland
81.8	Died	Peter John Elliott †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso García López	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
75.1	Retired	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Aug	99.5	Died	Estanislao Esteban Karlic †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
9 Aug	64.9	Appointed	Oscar Eduardo Miñarro	Apostolic Administrator of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
10 Aug	59.4	Installed	Marek Ochlak, O.M.I.	Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar
71.1	Ceased	Désiré Tsarahazana	Apostolic Administrator of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar
11 Aug	55.5	Confirmed	Ignatius Wu Jianlin	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
12 Aug	83.6	Died	Nel Hedye Beltrán Santamaria †	Bishop Emeritus of Sincelejo, Colombia
54.4	Installed	Alfonso García López	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
68.2	Installed	Anthony John Ireland	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
46.3	Ceased	Arnulfo Moreno Quiñonez	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia	Priest
94.5	Died	Joseph Willy Romélus †	Bishop Emeritus of Jérémie, Haïti
13 Aug	93.6	Died	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cafayate, Argentina
68.7	Ceased	Martin Sarmiento Jumoad	Apostolic Administrator of Pagadian, Philippines	Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines
93.0	Died	Szilárd Keresztes †	Bishop Emeritus of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
80.7	Ceased	Donald Joseph Kettler	Administrator of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
89.2	Died	Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
82.0	Died	Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Ronald Anthony Parco Timoner	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
14 Aug	60.5	Installed	Glenn Montebon Corsiga	Bishop of Ipil, Philippines
15 Aug	63.9	Resigned	Giancarlo Dellagiovanna	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso	Apostolic Nuncio
66.0	Appointed	Francis Serrao, S.J.	Bishop of Mysore, India
54.4	Appointed	Éric Soviguidi	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
54.4	Appointed	Éric Soviguidi	Titular Archbishop of Pumentum	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
62.9	Died	Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
17 Aug	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Clésio Facco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
98.5	Died	Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
18 Aug	97.9	Died	Abraham Than †	Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar
19 Aug	59.4	Appointed	Pierre-Antoine Étienne Marie Bozo	Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
89.9	Died	André Louis Fort †	Bishop Emeritus of Orléans, France
55.9	Appointed	Ralph Bernard O’Donnell	Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA	Bishop-Elect
20 Aug	61.3	Appointed	Paulo Alves Romão	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
79.3	Died	Edouard Kisonga Ndinga, S.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
86.9	Died	Józef Kowalczyk †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
21 Aug	75.5	Retired	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Carlos Enrique Samaniego López	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
22 Aug	64.0	Appointed	Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
23 Aug	61.1	Installed	Pedro Cunha Cruz	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
94.9	Died	Teodoro de Faria †	Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
47.3	Installed	Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Rivera Vielma	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela
24 Aug	65.6	Ordained Bishop	Makhoul Farha, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
26 Aug	56.2	Appointed	José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27 Aug	80.8	Died	Cesare Nosiglia †	Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
60.0	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Ruíz de la Rosa	Bishop of Stella Maris, Dominican Republic	Bishop-Elect
28 Aug	66.5	Appointed	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	Archbishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
75.4	Retired	Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S.	Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Luis Artemio Flores Calzada	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Bishop Emeritus
73.9	Resigned	Lawrence Mukkuzhy	Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Antony Prince Panengaden	Archbishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India
63.0	Appointed	James Patteril, C.M.F.	Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop-Elect
59.4	Appointed	Engelberto Polino Sánchez	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
64.3	Appointed	Jose Puthenveettil	Auxiliary Bishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India
78.6	Died	Jan Szkodoń †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
56.5	Appointed	Joseph Lukose Thachaparambath, C.M.I.	Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India
72.8	Appointed	Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T.	Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
58.4	Appointed	Sebastian Vaniyapurackal	Archbishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India
29 Aug	93.0	Died	Jayme Henrique Chemello †	Bishop Emeritus of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
59.7	Appointed	Andres Cantoria Ligot	Auxiliary Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
59.7	Appointed	Andres Cantoria Ligot	Titular Bishop of Croae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of San Jose in California, USA
88.8	Died	Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo †	Bishop Emeritus of Nsukka, Nigeria
60.7	Appointed	Andrzej Przybylski	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland
30 Aug	75.8	Retired	Agustinus Agus	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Germán Humberto Barbosa Mora	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
45.8	Appointed	Raffaele De Angelis	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Bishop-Elect
91.9	Died	Bernard Joseph Harrington †	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
67.0	Installed	John Kiplimo Lelei	Bishop of Kapsabet, Kenya
70.7	Appointed	Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Pontianak, Indonesia	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia
31 Aug	53.3	Installed	Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C.	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique
60.2	Ceased	Pietro Tosato, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Quelimane, Mozambique	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

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