The Year of Our Lord 1957

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 50.6 Selected Léo Völker, M. Afr. † Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Superior General Emeritus

1 Jul 42.9 Died Francisco Expedito Lopes † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

23.2 Ordained Priest Juan Luis Martin Buisson, P.M.E. Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru

Born Sarat Chandra Nayak Bishop of Berhampur, India

2 Jul 22.5 Professed Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines

47.4 Ordained Bishop René-Jean-Prosper-Bruno Boudon † Bishop of Mende, France Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Ordained Bishop Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo † Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines

44.8 Installed Agustín Adolfo Herrera † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina

Born José Melitón Chávez † Bishop of Concepción, Argentina

4 Jul 49.1 Installed Alberto Deane, C.P. † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Died Terence Bernard McGuire † Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia

Born Richard Frank Stika Bishop Emeritus of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

65.7 Died Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles

5 Jul 43.5 Appointed Thomas Mongo † Bishop of Douala, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi † Apostolic Administrator of Quinhon, Viet Nam Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam

68.8 Appointed Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Nha Trang, Viet Nam Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam

40.6 Appointed John James Rudin, M.M. † Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Appointed Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

44.5 Appointed Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

6 Jul 48.8 Installed Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. † Bishop of Posadas, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

Born Linus Lee Seong-hyo Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)

49.6 Installed Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. † Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina

79.1 Died Antoine Sévat, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar

7 Jul 22.3 Ordained Deacon Antonio Bello † Deacon of Ugento, Italy Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

26.9 Ordained Priest Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

28.5 Ordained Priest Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

47.0 Ordained Bishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Ariassus Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25.0 Ordained Priest Henri Schwery † Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

25.6 Ordained Priest Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop Emeritus of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

8 Jul 68.6 Appointed Fermín Emilio Lafitte † Vicar Apostolic of Argentina, Military Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

9 Jul Born Joe Steve Vásquez Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

10 Jul Born Giovanni Battista Piccioli Bishop Emeritus of Daule, Ecuador

11 Jul Born Eugenio Coter Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia

20.2 Professed Roger William Gries, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

12 Jul 46.9 Selected Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B. † Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus

13 Jul 74.6 Appointed David Francis Hickey, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Cabasa Bishop Emeritus of Belize

74.6 Retired David Francis Hickey, S.J. † Bishop of Belize Bishop Emeritus

47.0 Appointed Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia

47.0 Appointed Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia

67.3 Resigned Tarcisius Henricus Josephus van Valenberg, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

14 Jul 31.3 Ordained Priest Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu † Priest of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

23.8 Ordained Priest Alfio Rapisarda Priest of Catania, Italy Apostolic Nuncio

33.8 Ordained Priest Eugénio Salessu † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola

15 Jul 28.8 Ordained Priest José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born José Aparecido Hergesse, C.R. Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular

16 Jul 46.9 Confirmed Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B. † Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus

52.4 Installed John Carmel Heenan † Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

25.3 Ordained Priest Patrick Edward O’Connor † Priest of Wellington, New Zealand Superior Emeritus of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)

17 Jul 23.4 Ordained Priest Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán † Priest of Ambato, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

29.2 Ordained Priest José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lwena, Angola

18 Jul 62.4 Died Donato Pafundi † Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

60.3 Appointed Benedikt (Johannes) Reetz, O.S.B. † Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict

19 Jul 50.6 Appointed Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira † Coadjutor Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

50.6 Appointed Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira † Titular Archbishop of Chalcis in Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland

40.5 Appointed Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

40.5 Appointed Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

46.7 Appointed João Resende (Rezende) Costa, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed João Resende (Rezende) Costa, S.D.B. † Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

20 Jul 29.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu † Priest of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.2 Appointed Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Pisidia Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

21 Jul 24.3 Ordained Priest Helmut Bauer † Priest of Würzburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

28.6 Ordained Priest Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

23.7 Ordained Priest Denis William Hanrahan † Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand Bishop

23.7 Ordained Priest Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia Priest of Quito, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

59.2 Ordained Bishop Jerônimo Mazzarotto † Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

35.9 Ordained Bishop Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M. † Bishop of Formosa, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

22 Jul 42.3 Appointed Felice Leonardo † Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

57.8 Installed Enrique Rau † Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina

43.8 Appointed Helmut Hermann Wittler † Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Bishop Emeritus

23 Jul Born Mario Russotto Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy

25 Jul 27.0 Ordained Priest Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa

47.8 Ordained Bishop João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque † Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

Born Santiago Sánchez Sebastián, O.A.R. Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

59.9 Appointed Johannes (Adriaan Petrus) Van Engelen, O. Cist. † Abbot of Order of Cistercians Abbot Emeritus

26 Jul 56.5 Appointed Stanslaus Skutans, M.I.C. † Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Superior General Emeritus

27 Jul Born Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich Bishop of Kericho, Kenya

Born Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

Born Anton Losinger Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

31.2 Ordained Priest Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea

28 Jul 21.9 Ordained Priest Felipe Fernández García † Priest of Plasencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

32.2 Ordained Priest Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

55.1 Ordained Bishop Piotr Golebiowski † Titular Bishop of Panium Apostolic Administrator of Sandomierz, Poland

25.1 Ordained Priest James Robert Hoffman † Priest of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA Bishop

25.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Peter O’Connell † Priest of Melbourne, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

30.2 Ordained Priest Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

24.1 Ordained Priest Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya † Priest of Bilbao, Spain Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

22.9 Ordained Priest Antonio Vacca † Priest of Cagliari, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy

23.5 Ordained Priest Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga † Priest of Riobamba, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

29 Jul 48.5 Appointed Ludwik (Franciszek) Nowak, O.S.P.P.E. † Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit Prior General Emeritus

31 Jul 42.6 Appointed Luigi Maria Carli † Bishop of Segni, Italy Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy

19.0 Temporary Vows Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy

54.0 Appointed Pietro Severi † Titular Bishop of Pergamum Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

54.0 Resigned Pietro Severi † Bishop of Segni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

1 Aug 22.7 Professed Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. † Member of Clerics of Saint Viator Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

79.7 Appointed Johann Evangelist Erich Müller † Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

79.7 Retired Johann Evangelist Erich Müller † Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Succeeded Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. † Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden Bishop Emeritus

2 Aug 72.0 Appointed Angelo Ficarra † Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica Bishop Emeritus of Patti, Italy

72.0 Resigned Angelo Ficarra † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Giuseppe Pullano † Bishop of Patti, Italy

3 Aug 48.8 Appointed George Patrick Dwyer † Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

43.6 Appointed Edward Louis Fedders, M.M. † Prelate of Juli, Peru

4 Aug 49.4 Ordained Bishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey † Titular Bishop of Sigus Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

47.8 Ordained Bishop Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Djibouti

47.3 Ordained Bishop Stanislaw Jakiel † Titular Bishop of Tanagra Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

31.7 Ordained Priest Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Priest of Opus Dei Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

5 Aug 45.7 Ordained Bishop Almir Marques Ferreira † Titular Bishop of Arindela Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Born Martin Anwel Mtumbuka Bishop of Karonga, Malawi

Born Otto Separy Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

6 Aug 46.7 Appointed Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon † Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

23.5 Ordained Priest Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. † Priest of Order of Cistercians Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

8 Aug 55.0 Appointed Alfred-Joseph Atton † Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans, France Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

55.0 Appointed Alfred-Joseph Atton † Titular Bishop of Theudalis Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

Born Sabino Ocan Odoki Bishop of Arua, Uganda

Born Andrzej Siemieniewski Bishop of Legnica, Poland

11 Aug Born Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana

24.3 Ordained Priest Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola

29.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Shi Hongchen (Shi Hongzhen), C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China

12 Aug Born Ignatius Chama Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia

Born Ulrich Neymeyr Bishop of Erfurt, Germany

46.0 Appointed Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. † Coadjutor Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

46.0 Appointed Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Bagis Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

15 Aug 27.0 Ordained Priest Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. † Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal Bishop Emeritus of San José del Guaviare, Colombia

Born John Opoku-Agyemang Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana

38.3 Ordained Bishop Raúl Francisco Primatesta † Titular Bishop of Tanais Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina

34.9 Final Vows John Richard Sheets, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

30.6 Ordained Deacon Emmanuel Wamala Deacon of Masaka, Uganda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda

16 Aug 91.2 Died Angelus (Josef) Münzloher (Muenzloher), S.D.S. † Prefect Emeritus of Assam, India

17 Aug 24.2 Ordained Priest Godfried Danneels † Priest of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

18 Aug 49.5 Ordained Bishop José Agustín Marozzi † Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Installed Benedikt (Johannes) Reetz, O.S.B. † Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict

19 Aug 43.2 Appointed José Eugênio Corrêa † Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

47.0 Appointed James Cunningham † Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

47.0 Appointed James Cunningham † Titular Bishop of Ios Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

81.5 Died Anton Oomen, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania

74.5 Appointed Heinrich Wienken † Titular Archbishop of Mocissus Bishop Emeritus of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

74.5 Retired Heinrich Wienken † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany Bishop Emeritus

20 Aug Born Giovanni Checchinato Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

39.8 Appointed Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

23 Aug 90.6 Died Giovanni Mercati † Priest of Reggio Emilia, Italy Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive

25 Aug 31.7 Ordained Priest Jaime Mota de Farias † Priest of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil

26 Aug 22.7 Solemn Vows Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Prelate Emeritus of Sicuani, Peru

28 Aug 25.4 First Vows Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Nuncio

29 Aug 64.9 Died Louis Delmotte † Bishop Emeritus of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

30 Aug 61.0 Appointed Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier † Coadjutor Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

17.2 Temporary Vows Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

80.3 Died Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. † Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru

31 Aug 44.6 Succeeded Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru

Born Koenraad Vanhoutte Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	50.6	Selected	Léo Völker, M. Afr. †	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Superior General Emeritus
1 Jul	42.9	Died	Francisco Expedito Lopes †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
23.2	Ordained Priest	Juan Luis Martin Buisson, P.M.E.	Priest of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru
	Born	Sarat Chandra Nayak		Bishop of Berhampur, India
2 Jul	22.5	Professed	Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines
47.4	Ordained Bishop	René-Jean-Prosper-Bruno Boudon †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo †	Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
44.8	Installed	Agustín Adolfo Herrera †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina
	Born	José Melitón Chávez †		Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
4 Jul	49.1	Installed	Alberto Deane, C.P. †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Died	Terence Bernard McGuire †	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
	Born	Richard Frank Stika		Bishop Emeritus of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
65.7	Died	Antonio Ludovico Van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
5 Jul	43.5	Appointed	Thomas Mongo †	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Pierre Marie Phạm Ngọc Chi †	Apostolic Administrator of Quinhon, Viet Nam	Bishop of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam
68.8	Appointed	Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
40.6	Appointed	John James Rudin, M.M. †	Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Appointed	Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
44.5	Appointed	Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
6 Jul	48.8	Installed	Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Posadas, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Linus Lee Seong-hyo		Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)
49.6	Installed	Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
79.1	Died	Antoine Sévat, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
7 Jul	22.3	Ordained Deacon	Antonio Bello †	Deacon of Ugento, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
26.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
28.5	Ordained Priest	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Ariassus	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25.0	Ordained Priest	Henri Schwery †	Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
25.6	Ordained Priest	Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 Jul	68.6	Appointed	Fermín Emilio Lafitte †	Vicar Apostolic of Argentina, Military	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 Jul		Born	Joe Steve Vásquez		Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
10 Jul		Born	Giovanni Battista Piccioli		Bishop Emeritus of Daule, Ecuador
11 Jul		Born	Eugenio Coter		Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
20.2	Professed	Roger William Gries, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Jul	46.9	Selected	Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
13 Jul	74.6	Appointed	David Francis Hickey, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Cabasa	Bishop Emeritus of Belize
74.6	Retired	David Francis Hickey, S.J. †	Bishop of Belize	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Appointed	Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
47.0	Appointed	Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Abila in Palaestina	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
67.3	Resigned	Tarcisius Henricus Josephus van Valenberg, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pontianak, Indonesia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
14 Jul	31.3	Ordained Priest	Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu †	Priest of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
23.8	Ordained Priest	Alfio Rapisarda	Priest of Catania, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
33.8	Ordained Priest	Eugénio Salessu †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola
15 Jul	28.8	Ordained Priest	José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	José Aparecido Hergesse, C.R.		Priest of Congregation of Clerics Regular
16 Jul	46.9	Confirmed	Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
52.4	Installed	John Carmel Heenan †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
25.3	Ordained Priest	Patrick Edward O’Connor †	Priest of Wellington, New Zealand	Superior Emeritus of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)
17 Jul	23.4	Ordained Priest	Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán †	Priest of Ambato, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
29.2	Ordained Priest	José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lwena, Angola
18 Jul	62.4	Died	Donato Pafundi †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
60.3	Appointed	Benedikt (Johannes) Reetz, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
19 Jul	50.6	Appointed	Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira †	Coadjutor Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
50.6	Appointed	Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcis in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.		Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
40.5	Appointed	Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
40.5	Appointed	Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Traianopolis in Phrygia	Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
46.7	Appointed	João Resende (Rezende) Costa, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	João Resende (Rezende) Costa, S.D.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
20 Jul	29.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu †	Priest of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.2	Appointed	Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Pisidia	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
21 Jul	24.3	Ordained Priest	Helmut Bauer †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Nicola Girasoli		Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
28.6	Ordained Priest	Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
23.7	Ordained Priest	Denis William Hanrahan †	Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop
23.7	Ordained Priest	Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia	Priest of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Jerônimo Mazzarotto †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
35.9	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Formosa, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jul	42.3	Appointed	Felice Leonardo †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
57.8	Installed	Enrique Rau †	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
43.8	Appointed	Helmut Hermann Wittler †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jul		Born	Mario Russotto		Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy
25 Jul	27.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
47.8	Ordained Bishop	João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque †	Bishop of Espírito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	Born	Santiago Sánchez Sebastián, O.A.R.		Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
59.9	Appointed	Johannes (Adriaan Petrus) Van Engelen, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus
26 Jul	56.5	Appointed	Stanslaus Skutans, M.I.C. †	Superior General of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Superior General Emeritus
27 Jul		Born	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich		Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
	Born	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.		Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
	Born	Anton Losinger		Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
31.2	Ordained Priest	Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea
28 Jul	21.9	Ordained Priest	Felipe Fernández García †	Priest of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
32.2	Ordained Priest	Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Golebiowski †	Titular Bishop of Panium	Apostolic Administrator of Sandomierz, Poland
25.1	Ordained Priest	James Robert Hoffman †	Priest of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA	Bishop
25.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Peter O’Connell †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
30.2	Ordained Priest	Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24.1	Ordained Priest	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya †	Priest of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
22.9	Ordained Priest	Antonio Vacca †	Priest of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
23.5	Ordained Priest	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga †	Priest of Riobamba, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
29 Jul	48.5	Appointed	Ludwik (Franciszek) Nowak, O.S.P.P.E. †	Prior General of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Prior General Emeritus
31 Jul	42.6	Appointed	Luigi Maria Carli †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
19.0	Temporary Vows	Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
54.0	Appointed	Pietro Severi †	Titular Bishop of Pergamum	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
54.0	Resigned	Pietro Severi †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
1 Aug	22.7	Professed	Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. †	Member of Clerics of Saint Viator	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
79.7	Appointed	Johann Evangelist Erich Müller †	Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
79.7	Retired	Johann Evangelist Erich Müller †	Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Succeeded	Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden	Bishop Emeritus
2 Aug	72.0	Appointed	Angelo Ficarra †	Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica	Bishop Emeritus of Patti, Italy
72.0	Resigned	Angelo Ficarra †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Pullano †	Bishop of Patti, Italy
3 Aug	48.8	Appointed	George Patrick Dwyer †	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
43.6	Appointed	Edward Louis Fedders, M.M. †	Prelate of Juli, Peru
4 Aug	49.4	Ordained Bishop	John Kwao Amuzu Aggey †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Djibouti
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Jakiel †	Titular Bishop of Tanagra	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
31.7	Ordained Priest	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Priest of Opus Dei	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
5 Aug	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Almir Marques Ferreira †	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	Born	Martin Anwel Mtumbuka		Bishop of Karonga, Malawi
	Born	Otto Separy		Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
6 Aug	46.7	Appointed	Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon †	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
23.5	Ordained Priest	Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. †	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
8 Aug	55.0	Appointed	Alfred-Joseph Atton †	Auxiliary Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
55.0	Appointed	Alfred-Joseph Atton †	Titular Bishop of Theudalis	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
	Born	Sabino Ocan Odoki		Bishop of Arua, Uganda
	Born	Andrzej Siemieniewski		Bishop of Legnica, Poland
11 Aug		Born	Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi		Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana
24.3	Ordained Priest	Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola
29.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Shi Hongchen (Shi Hongzhen), C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
12 Aug		Born	Ignatius Chama		Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia
	Born	Ulrich Neymeyr		Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
46.0	Appointed	Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
46.0	Appointed	Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
15 Aug	27.0	Ordained Priest	Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Bishop Emeritus of San José del Guaviare, Colombia
	Born	John Opoku-Agyemang		Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
38.3	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Francisco Primatesta †	Titular Bishop of Tanais	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
34.9	Final Vows	John Richard Sheets, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
30.6	Ordained Deacon	Emmanuel Wamala	Deacon of Masaka, Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
16 Aug	91.2	Died	Angelus (Josef) Münzloher (Muenzloher), S.D.S. †	Prefect Emeritus of Assam, India
17 Aug	24.2	Ordained Priest	Godfried Danneels †	Priest of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
18 Aug	49.5	Ordained Bishop	José Agustín Marozzi †	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Installed	Benedikt (Johannes) Reetz, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
19 Aug	43.2	Appointed	José Eugênio Corrêa †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Appointed	James Cunningham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Appointed	James Cunningham †	Titular Bishop of Ios	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
81.5	Died	Anton Oomen, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
74.5	Appointed	Heinrich Wienken †	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus	Bishop Emeritus of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
74.5	Retired	Heinrich Wienken †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
20 Aug		Born	Giovanni Checchinato		Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
39.8	Appointed	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
23 Aug	90.6	Died	Giovanni Mercati †	Priest of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
25 Aug	31.7	Ordained Priest	Jaime Mota de Farias †	Priest of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
26 Aug	22.7	Solemn Vows	Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Prelate Emeritus of Sicuani, Peru
28 Aug	25.4	First Vows	Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Aug	64.9	Died	Louis Delmotte †	Bishop Emeritus of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
30 Aug	61.0	Appointed	Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
17.2	Temporary Vows	Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
80.3	Died	Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru
31 Aug	44.6	Succeeded	Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
	Born	Koenraad Vanhoutte		Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

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