The Year of Our Lord 1955

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Jul 59.7 Appointed Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian † President of the Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

27.0 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần † Priest of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam

3 Jul 28.3 Ordained Priest Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon

79.5 Died Pacifico Cembranos Nistral, O.C.D. † Prefect Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador

42.7 Appointed Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines

42.7 Appointed Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.5 Appointed Paul Etoga † Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon

44.5 Appointed Paul Etoga † Titular Bishop of Cyparissia Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon

22.8 Ordained Priest Carmelo Ferraro Priest of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy

27.0 Ordained Priest Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

54.7 Appointed José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru

54.7 Appointed José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Clypia Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru

46.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Archelaïs Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile

Born Neethinathan Anthonisamy Bishop of Chingleput, India

34.3 Appointed Antony Padiyara † Bishop of Ootacamund, India Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

25.8 Ordained Priest Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

49.4 Appointed Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

49.4 Appointed Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Cyme Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

50.6 Appointed François-Marie-Joseph Poirier † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

22.5 Ordained Priest Eugenio Ravignani † Priest of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy

42.1 Ordained Bishop Andrija-Dusan Štambuk † Titular Bishop of Balanea Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

44.1 Appointed John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil † Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

44.1 Appointed John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil † Titular Bishop of Choma Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

42.8 Appointed Ireneus Wien Dud † Vicar Apostolic of Rumbek, Sudan Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan

42.8 Appointed Ireneus Wien Dud † Titular Bishop of Barcusus Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan

Born Dominique Marie Jean Denis You Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

25.4 Ordained Priest Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland

4 Jul 48.4 Appointed Antonio Ravagli † Coadjutor Bishop of Larino, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy

48.4 Appointed Antonio Ravagli † Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy

9 Jul Born John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA

77.2 Died Franciscus Lucas, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect Emeritus of Djibouti (Gibuti)

68.7 Resigned José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

10 Jul Born Johan Jozef Bonny Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium

24.0 Ordained Priest Egidio Caporello † Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy

26.0 Ordained Priest Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles

61.8 Ordained Bishop Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Gazera Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru

49.3 Appointed Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Samarinda, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia

49.3 Appointed Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. † Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia

24.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. † Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill Bishop Emeritus of Jinja, Uganda

11 Jul Born Paul Alois Lakra † Bishop of Gumla, India

13 Jul Born Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan, O. Carm. Bishop of Malang, Indonesia

49.4 Ordained Bishop Josef Schneider † Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

15 Jul 30.3 Ordained Priest Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

32.6 Ordained Priest Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

16 Jul Born Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

38.7 Appointed Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Administrator of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop of Ischia, Italy

17 Jul 25.1 Ordained Priest Anthony Hitchen † Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop

24.3 Ordained Priest William Henry Keeler † Priest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

25.6 Ordained Priest Hans-Reinhard Koch † Priest of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany

28.7 Ordained Priest (Joseph) Stephen Li Side † Priest Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China

24.0 Ordained Priest Rudolf Müller † Priest of Görlitz, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany

28.3 Ordained Priest Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria

18 Jul Born Jean-Marie Mate Musivi Mupendawatu Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

19 Jul 27.6 Ordained Priest Pierre-Marie Coty † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

20 Jul Born Egidio Miragoli Bishop of Mondovi, Italy

21 Jul 52.0 Appointed Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Appointed Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

40.4 Appointed Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. † Prelate of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

40.4 Appointed Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

41.7 Appointed Siro Silvestri † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

23 Jul Born Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez Archbishop of Durango, México

Born Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A. Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina

24 Jul 58.9 Appointed Thomas-Percival Caza † Coadjutor Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

33.5 Appointed Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez † Bishop of David, Panama Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

25.8 Ordained Priest Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus † Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

25 Jul 28.7 Ordained Priest Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte † Priest of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Archbishop of Cambrai, France

40.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Platon Del Rosario † Titular Bishop of Zerta Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

51.5 Ordained Bishop Otto Spülbeck, C.O. † Titular Bishop of Christopolis Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

Born Marjan Turnšek Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

27 Jul 70.1 Died Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

85.2 Died Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C. † Bishop of Vic, Spain

39.7 Appointed Altino Ribeiro de Santana † Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, Angola Bishop of Beira, Mozambique

28 Jul 41.7 Appointed Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales † Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

41.7 Appointed Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales † Titular Bishop of Coptus Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador

29 Jul Born Martin Adjou Moumouni Bishop of N’Dali, Benin

41.3 Appointed Epifanio Surban Belmonte † Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

30 Jul Born Josef Marketz Bishop of Gurk, Austria

32.6 Ordained Priest Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

31 Jul 25.1 Ordained Priest José Carlos Melo, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

1 Aug 36.3 Appointed Edmundo Luís Kunz † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

36.3 Appointed Edmundo Luís Kunz † Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

49.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Joseph McCarthy † Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Born Stephen Tjephe † Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar

6 Aug 27.6 Ordained Priest Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prelate Emeritus of Caravelí, Peru

7 Aug 23.1 Ordained Priest Javier Echevarría Rodríguez † Priest of Opus Dei Prelate

25.3 Ordained Priest Julián Herranz Casado Priest of Opus Dei Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

43.4 Ordained Bishop Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Vulturia Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)

23.0 Ordained Priest Szilárd Keresztes Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

9 Aug 54.2 Ordained Bishop René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey † Bishop of Belley, France Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Bernard Joseph Topel † Coadjutor Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Bernard Joseph Topel † Titular Bishop of Binda Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

10 Aug 68.1 Died Jorge Antonio Larraín Cotapos † Bishop of Chillán, Chile

71.9 Died Louis Liagre † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

48.4 Succeeded François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Bishop Emeritus

Born Manfred Scheuer Bishop of Linz, Austria

11 Aug Born Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. Prefect of Azerbaijan

44.4 Ordained Bishop Longinus Gabriel Pereira † Titular Bishop of Vada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

12 Aug 62.8 Appointed Emilio Baroncelli † Bishop of Recanati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

81.2 Appointed Aluigi Cossio † Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy

81.2 Retired Aluigi Cossio † Bishop of Recanati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam

13 Aug 67.9 Died Mario Vianello † Archbishop of Perugia, Italy

14 Aug 23.0 Ordained Deacon Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier Deacon of Luçon, France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

28.1 Ordained Priest Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi † Priest of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

15 Aug 22.6 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Costanzo Priest of Acireale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

Born Piero Delbosco Bishop of Cuneo-Fossano, Italy

37.1 Ordained Priest Thomas Gao Yuchen † Priest Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China

33.2 Ordained Priest Simon Tonyé † Priest of Douala, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

16 Aug 23.5 Solemn Vows Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

19 Aug Born Giovanni M. Scalese, B. Superior of Afghanistan

Born Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak) Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

42.3 Died Andrija-Dusan Štambuk † Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

20 Aug Born Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil

21 Aug 54.5 Ordained Bishop Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Nasai Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

45.9 Ordained Bishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon † Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

22 Aug 23.6 Simple Vows Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile

65.2 Died Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. † Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

24 Aug 38.1 Ordained Bishop Peter Bernard Pereira † Titular Bishop of Urusi Bishop of Trivandrum, India

26 Aug 49.5 Appointed Giovanni Mocellini † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy

27 Aug 37.8 Installed Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

28 Aug 42.0 Ordained Bishop Francis Chan † Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

49.5 Ordained Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Cyme Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

36.5 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez † Titular Bishop of Apollonis Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

21.7 Solemn Vows George Riashi, B.C. † Member of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

44.2 Appointed Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz † Bishop of Chillán, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul	59.7	Appointed	Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
27.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần †	Priest of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
3 Jul	28.3	Ordained Priest	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
79.5	Died	Pacifico Cembranos Nistral, O.C.D. †	Prefect Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
42.7	Appointed	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines
42.7	Appointed	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.5	Appointed	Paul Etoga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
44.5	Appointed	Paul Etoga †	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia	Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
22.8	Ordained Priest	Carmelo Ferraro	Priest of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy
27.0	Ordained Priest	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
54.7	Appointed	José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru
54.7	Appointed	José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Archelaïs	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
	Born	Neethinathan Anthonisamy		Bishop of Chingleput, India
34.3	Appointed	Antony Padiyara †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
25.8	Ordained Priest	Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
49.4	Appointed	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.4	Appointed	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
50.6	Appointed	François-Marie-Joseph Poirier †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
22.5	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Ravignani †	Priest of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Andrija-Dusan Štambuk †	Titular Bishop of Balanea	Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
44.1	Appointed	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
44.1	Appointed	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
42.8	Appointed	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Vicar Apostolic of Rumbek, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
42.8	Appointed	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Titular Bishop of Barcusus	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
	Born	Dominique Marie Jean Denis You		Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
25.4	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland
4 Jul	48.4	Appointed	Antonio Ravagli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
48.4	Appointed	Antonio Ravagli †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
9 Jul		Born	John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean		Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA
77.2	Died	Franciscus Lucas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Djibouti (Gibuti)
68.7	Resigned	José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 Jul		Born	Johan Jozef Bonny		Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
24.0	Ordained Priest	Egidio Caporello †	Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
26.0	Ordained Priest	Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
61.8	Ordained Bishop	Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Gazera	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
49.3	Appointed	Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Samarinda, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia
49.3	Appointed	Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia
24.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. †	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Bishop Emeritus of Jinja, Uganda
11 Jul		Born	Paul Alois Lakra †		Bishop of Gumla, India
13 Jul		Born	Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan, O. Carm.		Bishop of Malang, Indonesia
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Josef Schneider †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jul	30.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
32.6	Ordained Priest	Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
16 Jul		Born	Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard		Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
38.7	Appointed	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
17 Jul	25.1	Ordained Priest	Anthony Hitchen †	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
24.3	Ordained Priest	William Henry Keeler †	Priest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
25.6	Ordained Priest	Hans-Reinhard Koch †	Priest of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany
28.7	Ordained Priest	(Joseph) Stephen Li Side †	Priest	Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
24.0	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Müller †	Priest of Görlitz, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
28.3	Ordained Priest	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
18 Jul		Born	Jean-Marie Mate Musivi Mupendawatu		Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
19 Jul	27.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Marie Coty †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
20 Jul		Born	Egidio Miragoli		Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
21 Jul	52.0	Appointed	Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
40.4	Appointed	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Prelate of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
40.4	Appointed	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
41.7	Appointed	Siro Silvestri †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
23 Jul		Born	Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez		Archbishop of Durango, México
	Born	Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A.		Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
24 Jul	58.9	Appointed	Thomas-Percival Caza †	Coadjutor Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
33.5	Appointed	Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez †	Bishop of David, Panama	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
25.8	Ordained Priest	Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus †	Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Sensi †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
25 Jul	28.7	Ordained Priest	Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte †	Priest of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Platon Del Rosario †	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Otto Spülbeck, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
	Born	Marjan Turnšek		Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
27 Jul	70.1	Died	Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
85.2	Died	Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
39.7	Appointed	Altino Ribeiro de Santana †	Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, Angola	Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
28 Jul	41.7	Appointed	Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
41.7	Appointed	Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †	Titular Bishop of Coptus	Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
29 Jul		Born	Martin Adjou Moumouni		Bishop of N’Dali, Benin
41.3	Appointed	Epifanio Surban Belmonte †	Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul		Born	Josef Marketz		Bishop of Gurk, Austria
32.6	Ordained Priest	Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
31 Jul	25.1	Ordained Priest	José Carlos Melo, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
1 Aug	36.3	Appointed	Edmundo Luís Kunz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
36.3	Appointed	Edmundo Luís Kunz †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph McCarthy †	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Stephen Tjephe †		Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
6 Aug	27.6	Ordained Priest	Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prelate Emeritus of Caravelí, Peru
7 Aug	23.1	Ordained Priest	Javier Echevarría Rodríguez †	Priest of Opus Dei	Prelate
25.3	Ordained Priest	Julián Herranz Casado	Priest of Opus Dei	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Vulturia	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
23.0	Ordained Priest	Szilárd Keresztes	Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
9 Aug	54.2	Ordained Bishop	René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey †	Bishop of Belley, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Bernard Joseph Topel †	Coadjutor Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Bernard Joseph Topel †	Titular Bishop of Binda	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
10 Aug	68.1	Died	Jorge Antonio Larraín Cotapos †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
71.9	Died	Louis Liagre †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
48.4	Succeeded	François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Manfred Scheuer		Bishop of Linz, Austria
11 Aug		Born	Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B.		Prefect of Azerbaijan
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Longinus Gabriel Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Vada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
12 Aug	62.8	Appointed	Emilio Baroncelli †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
81.2	Appointed	Aluigi Cossio †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
81.2	Retired	Aluigi Cossio †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh		Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
13 Aug	67.9	Died	Mario Vianello †	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy
14 Aug	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Deacon of Luçon, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
28.1	Ordained Priest	Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi †	Priest of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
15 Aug	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Costanzo	Priest of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
	Born	Piero Delbosco		Bishop of Cuneo-Fossano, Italy
37.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Gao Yuchen †	Priest	Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
33.2	Ordained Priest	Simon Tonyé †	Priest of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
16 Aug	23.5	Solemn Vows	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
19 Aug		Born	Giovanni M. Scalese, B.		Superior of Afghanistan
	Born	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)		Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
42.3	Died	Andrija-Dusan Štambuk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
20 Aug		Born	Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos		Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
21 Aug	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †	Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
22 Aug	23.6	Simple Vows	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
65.2	Died	Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. †	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
24 Aug	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Bernard Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop of Trivandrum, India
26 Aug	49.5	Appointed	Giovanni Mocellini †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy
27 Aug	37.8	Installed	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
28 Aug	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis Chan †	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
36.5	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez †	Titular Bishop of Apollonis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
21.7	Solemn Vows	George Riashi, B.C. †	Member of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
44.2	Appointed	Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

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