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The Year of Our Lord 1937

Bishop Events

July to August


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Jul57.1ResignedMichel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J. †Titular Bishop of IliumOfficial Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
1 Jul52.9AppointedÉdouard Bresson, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.9AppointedÉdouard Bresson, S.M. †Titular Bishop of CestrusVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Pacific (Oceania)
36.8AppointedArmand Clabaut, O.M.I. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
36.8AppointedArmand Clabaut, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of TroasCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
57.3AppointedVincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. †Bishop of Trivandrum, IndiaBishop Emeritus
41.4AppointedNorman Thomas GilroyCoadjutor Archbishop of Sydney, AustraliaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
41.4AppointedNorman Thomas GilroyTitular Archbishop of CypselaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
87.0DiedAnton Bonaventura JegličBishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
48.5AppointedAlfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. †Vicar Apostolic of Toungoo, MyanmarBishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
48.5AppointedAlfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. †Titular Bishop of ZertaBishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
25.7Ordained PriestAngel Pérez CisnerosPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
66.5ResignedMichael SheehanCoadjutor Archbishop of Sydney, AustraliaCoadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
53.1AppointedJohn Baptist Wang Zengyi (Wang Tseng-yi, Uamzemi), C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Ankwo [Anguo], ChinaBishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China
53.1AppointedJohn Baptist Wang Zengyi (Wang Tseng-yi, Uamzemi), C.M. †Titular Bishop of LamiaBishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China
42.9AppointedPaul Aijirô YamaguchiBishop of Nagasaki, JapanArchbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
2 Jul21.3ProfessedWalter (Arthur) Coggin, O.S.B. †Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
68.2AppointedGiovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap. †Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, YemenVicar Apostolic Emeritus
68.2AppointedGiovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of GazaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
4 Jul23.7Ordained PriestLuis Alfredo Carvajal RosalesPriestBishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
55.0Ordained BishopAlfred CoudercBishop of Viviers, FranceBishop Emeritus
24.6Ordained PriestBernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
25.6Ordained PriestStanislav LeničPriest of Ljubljana, SloveniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
BornAnthony Theodore LoboBishop Emeritus of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
25.7Ordained PriestVicente Felicísimo Maya GuzmánPriestBishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
31.3Ordained DeaconRaymond Henri Martín, C.S.Sp. †Deacon of Congregation of the Holy SpiritPrefect Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
27.8Ordained PriestJorge Francisco Mosquera Barreiro, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora, Ecuador
30.5Ordained PriestPaul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresBishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam
28.1Ordained PriestJoseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
BornBogdan Józef WojtuśAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
6 Jul60.6AppointedGiovanni BargiggiaBishop of Vigevano, Italy
50.3DiedTomás Antonio Sanmiguel DíazBishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
BornMarin SrakićArchbishop Emeritus of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
7 Jul74.3DiedAdolf Józef JełowickiAuxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
8 JulBornGérard Mulumba KalembaBishop Emeritus of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 JulBornFranz VorrathAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
10 Jul70.6AppointedAlfredo del TombaTitular Bishop of Euroea in EpiroBishop Emeritus of Montalcino, Italy
70.6ResignedAlfredo del TombaBishop of Montalcino, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornEmilio PatriarcaBishop Emeritus of Monze, Zambia
11 Jul23.1Ordained PriestFrancis Jules Joseph Marie BarbuPriestBishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
23.3Ordained PriestLuigi BellottiPriestApostolic Nuncio
24.6Ordained PriestKilian John Healy, O. Carm. †Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. CarmelPrior General Emeritus
20.0ProfessedClemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. †Member of Order of Saint BenedictBishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25.9Ordained PriestDonal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. †Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. CarmelBishop Emeritus of Umtali, Zimbabwe
28.1Ordained PriestJohannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred HeartBishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
23.5Ordained PriestAntonio Maria TraviaPriestAlmoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
21.8ProfessedJerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. †Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
24.1Ordained PriestJoseph Weigl, M.S.C. †Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of JesusBishop Emeritus of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25.2Ordained PriestFrancis Werner Hunold, S.A.C. †Priest of Society of the Catholic ApostolateApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Raipur, India
25.2Ordained PriestJoseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred HeartBishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Jul25.8Ordained PriestClaude-Constant-Marie FlusinPriest of Besançon, FranceBishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
14 Jul50.2AppointedGiovanni GiorgisBishop of Fiesole, ItalyBishop of Susa, Italy
15 JulBornMatthew Harvey ClarkBishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
16 JulBornJohn Thomas SteinbockBishop of Fresno, California, USA
18 Jul25.7Ordained PriestDavid de Sousa, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorArchbishop Emeritus of Évora, Portugal
24.1Ordained PriestAbramo FreschiPriestBishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
22.6Ordained PriestPaolino LimongiPriestApostolic Nuncio
22.5Ordained PriestGiuseppe MoizoPriestBishop of Acqui, Italy
25.6Ordained PriestJean François Marie StreiffPriestBishop Emeritus of Nevers, France
25.7Ordained PriestJacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritBishop of Doumé, Cameroon
23.8Ordained PriestJoseph Gustave François WicquartPriest of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), FranceBishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
19 Jul24.4Ordained PriestJohn Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. †Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of JesusBishop Emeritus of Louis Trichardt-Tzaneen, South Africa
20 Jul BornVictor Antonio Tamayo BetancourtAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
21 Jul66.4DiedTranquillo GuarneriBishop of Acquapendente, Italy
23 Jul BornMalayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B.Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
80.2DiedGiacomo Maria de AmicisAuxiliary Bishop of Genova, Italy
41.1AppointedEdgar Larochelle, P.M.E. †Prefect of Lintong [Lintung], ChinaSuperior General Emeritus of Société des Missions-Étrangères
24 Jul26.2Ordained DeaconPetro Kozak, C.Ss.R. †Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23.5Ordained DeaconPhilemon Kurchaba, C.Ss.R. †Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
44.8AppointedJoseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †Prefect of Sokodé, TogoArchbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
25 Jul60.5Ordained BishopJosé de Haas, O.F.M. †Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.1Ordained PriestBrian Charles FoleyPriest of Brentwood, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
26.2Ordained PriestPetro Kozak, C.Ss.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23.5Ordained PriestPhilemon Kurchaba, C.Ss.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerAuxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
BornMiguel Pedro MundoBishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
25.5Ordained PriestLouis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. †Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryBishop Emeritus of Taiohae, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
53.3Ordained BishopEugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent TisserantTitular Archbishop of IconiumCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
22.5Ordained PriestFrancesco Tortora, O.M. †Priest of Order of the MinimsBishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
22.5Ordained PriestAgostino (Dante) Trapè, O.S.A. †Priest of Order of St. AugustinePrior General Emeritus
46.2Ordained BishopAntonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. †Bishop of Syros (e Milos), GreeceArchbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
26 Jul52.1Ordained BishopLouis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of VesceraVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Jul52.7AppointedCostanzo Bergna, O.F.M. †Prefect of Dessié, Ethiopia
48.5AppointedPietro Villa, F.S.C.J. †Prefect of Gondar, EthiopiaAuxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy
30 Jul57.5AppointedPierre-Marie Paul GerlierCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
31 Jul52.7AppointedJames Edward KearneyBishop of Rochester, New York, USABishop Emeritus
Aug53.1ResignedJean Saint-PierreAuxiliary Bishop of Carthage, TunisiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Aug22.9Ordained PriestGastone Mojaisky-PerrelliPriestBishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
23.6Ordained PriestPietro SantoroPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
25.0Ordained PriestGerhard SchaffranPriest of Wrocław {Breslavia}, PolandBishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
22.9Ordained PriestDomenico VacchianoPriest of Nola, ItalyPrelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
2 AugBornFernando Torres DuránBishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama
3 AugBornKenneth Edward UntenerBishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
4 Aug49.8AppointedJoseph Odon Alardo, O.S.B. †Abbot of Saint-Maurice et Saint-Maur de Clervaux {Santi Maurizio e Mauro di Clervaux}, LuxembourgAbbot Emeritus
46.3InstalledJoseph Henry AlbersBishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
BornTeodoro Javier Buhain Jr.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
BornBrian HeenanBishop Emeritus of Rockhampton, Australia
5 AugBornHieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop Emeritus of Pontianak, Indonesia
25.0Ordained PriestFrancisco Hélio CamposPriestBishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
6 Aug41.6AppointedMichael John BrowneBishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, IrelandBishop Emeritus
BornOscar Mario Brown JiménezBishop Emeritus of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
53.9AppointedFernando CentoApostolic Nuncio to EcuadorCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
52.8AppointedDuane Garrison HuntBishop of Salt Lake, Utah, USABishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
62.2AppointedPatrick LyonsBishop of Kilmore, Ireland
47.1AppointedGeorge John RehringAuxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USABishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
47.1AppointedGeorge John RehringTitular Bishop of LundaBishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
7 AugBornJoseph DevineBishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
23.1Ordained PriestZenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia
8 Aug20.1Solemn VowsSofron Stepan Dmyterko, O.S.B.M. †Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
21.7Solemn VowsInnocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. †Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
22.8Ordained PriestAmelio PoggiPriestApostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria
24.2Ordained PriestAndrija-Dusan ŠtambukPriestAuxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
10 Aug24.1Ordained PriestJoão Cláudio CollingPriest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus
74.8DiedEustaquio Ilundáin y EstebanCardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
BornGeoffrey James RobinsonAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
12 Aug56.9AppointedPietro CapizziBishop of Caltagirone, ItalyBishop Emeritus
44.4AppointedThomas Roberts, S.J. †Archbishop of Bombay, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
14 Aug63.5AppointedFrançois-Louis Auvity, P.S.S. †Bishop of Mende, FranceBishop Emeritus
57.6AppointedJean DelayBishop of Marseille, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
53.6AppointedCharles-Albert Gounot, C.M. †Coadjutor Archbishop of Carthage, TunisiaArchbishop
53.6AppointedCharles-Albert Gounot, C.M. †Titular Archbishop of MarcianopolisArchbishop of Carthage, Tunisia
61.1DiedJulien Marie Amédée Nouailles, SS.CC. †Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
56.8AppointedFélix RoederBishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), FranceBishop Emeritus
15 Aug BornEdward Marian FrankowskiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sandomierz, Poland
45.6Ordained BishopFrancis Augustin HenschkeTitular Bishop of PraenetusBishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
BornYulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F. †Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
46.3Ordained BishopManuel de Medeiros GuerreiroBishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, IndiaBishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
26.1Ordained PriestNicolas Naaman, S.M.S.P. †PriestArchbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
80.3DiedCharles-Paul Sagot du VaurouxBishop of Agen, France
BornPhilip SulumetiBishop Emeritus of Kakamega, Kenya
22.7Perpetual VowsJohn Edward Taylor, O.M.I. †Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
16 Aug53.2DiedJusto Antonino de Echeguren y AldamaBishop of Oviedo, Spain
23.8ProfessedEdward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. †Member of Order of Friars PreachersBishop of Sokoto, Nigeria
42.9AppointedCharles Leo NelliganBishop of Pembroke, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus
BornAnárghyros PrintesisApostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
40.4AppointedJoseph Francis RyanBishop of Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus
17 Aug BornMichael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
BornBartolomej UrbanecBishop
BornPaul Henry WalshAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
18 Aug47.1Ordained BishopWalter Andrew FoeryBishop of Syracuse, New York, USABishop Emeritus
75.5DiedHenry Hanlon, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
19 Aug25.9Ordained PriestFranciszek Cedzich, S.V.D. †Priest of Society of the Divine WordPrelate of Alto Paraná, Paraguay
84.8DiedCarmelo PujiaArchbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
20 Aug52.4AppointedAlfonso Camillo de Romanis, O.S.A. †Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
21 Aug83.4DiedAngelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Agra, India
37.0Ordained BishopArmand Clabaut, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of TroasCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada
58.6SucceededEvangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Agra, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus
22 AugBornMichel François PollienAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
23.1Ordained PriestValentino VailatiPriest of Tortona, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy
23.6Ordained PriestCesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. †Priest of Order of Friar Servants of MaryVicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile
24 Aug51.5DiedWincenty IlginApostolic Administrator of Kharkiv, Ukraine
37.1Ordained BishopAmbrose Kelly, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of AltavaArchbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
25 Aug26.0Ordained Priest[James Zhao Zi-ping (Chao Ziping)]PriestBishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China
29 Aug27.3Ordained PriestMichael ArattukulamPriestBishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India
43.7AppointedGregorio Adam DalmauBishop of Valencia en Venezuela
24.0Ordained PriestAngelo Innocent FernandesPriest of Bombay, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India
70.4DiedEduardo Gimpert PautBishop of Valparaíso, Chile
48.7Ordained BishopAlfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. †Titular Bishop of ZertaBishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
BornFloribert Songasonga MwitwaArchbishop Emeritus of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Aug38.9AppointedRaffaele BarbieriBishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
81.4DiedGaetano BisletiCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
56.5AppointedAniello CalcaraBishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, ItalyArchbishop of Cosenza, Italy
31 AugBornRamón López Carrozas, O. de M. †Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
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