The Year of Our Lord 1961

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Aug 68.7 Died Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres † Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

Born Michele Petruzzelli, O.S.B. Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

2 Aug Died Arturo Álvarez Silva † Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Chillán, Chile

59.7 Died Jean-Emmanuel Marquès † Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

3 Aug 87.1 Died Nicola Canali † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

4 Aug 64.0 Appointed Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † Pro-Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Secretary

5 Aug Born Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D. Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)

68.3 Appointed José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. † Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

6 Aug 41.1 Ordained Bishop Jan Mazur † Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland

87.5 Died Jozef-Ernest van Roey † Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

8 Aug Born John Thomas Folda Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

47.9 Appointed Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † Prelate of Huehuetenango, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

47.2 Ordained Bishop George Joseph Gottwald † Titular Bishop of Cedamusa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Born Gheevarghese Aphrem Kurisummoottil Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

37.4 Appointed Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá Archbishop Emeritus

37.4 Appointed Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Caeciri Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

29.9 Ordained Priest Amedeus Msarikie † Priest of Moshi, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

72.7 Died Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China

9 Aug Born Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico

10 Aug 35.2 Appointed Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos † Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay Archbishop Emeritus

35.2 Appointed Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos † Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

53.6 Appointed John Patrick Cody † Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

53.6 Appointed John Patrick Cody † Titular Archbishop of Bostra Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

43.6 Appointed Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas † Coadjutor Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay

51.9 Appointed Robert Emmet Tracy † Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

11 Aug 40.3 Appointed Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

40.3 Appointed Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Limata Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

12 Aug 36.7 Appointed Román Arrieta Villalobos † Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica

78.4 Appointed Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † Secretary of State Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

78.5 Appointed Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Archbishop of Amorium Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia

78.5 Retired Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

47.2 Succeeded Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

13 Aug 72.4 Died Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

27.3 Ordained Priest José Diéguez Reboredo † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain

41.4 Ordained Bishop Ivo Gugić † Titular Bishop of Bonusta Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro

73.7 Appointed Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

14 Aug 77.0 Appointed Alberto di Jorio † Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus

41.8 Appointed Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Great Britain (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

41.8 Appointed Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. † Titular Bishop of Hermonthis Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)

66.5 Appointed Paolo Marella † Prefect of the Congregation of the Basilica of St. Peter Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

66.5 Appointed Paolo Marella † Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

41.6 Appointed Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina

41.6 Appointed Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina

49.0 Appointed Joseph Michael Schmondiuk † Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

58.4 Appointed Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. † Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

15 Aug 26.8 Solemn Vows Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. † Member of Clerics of Saint Viator Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

25.4 Ordained Priest José da Cruz Policarpo † Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

61.6 Installed Emilio Antonio di Pasquo † Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina

35.7 Solemn Vows José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier

21.4 Professed Denis James Madden Member of Order of Saint Benedict Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

39.4 Ordained Bishop Gaetano Michetti † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

21.1 First Vows Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA

48.9 Ordained Bishop Lambertus van Kessel, S.M.M. † Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

16 Aug 39.9 Appointed Alfred Bengsch † Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany

Born Santo Rocco Gangemi Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

18.4 Solemn Vows Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

17 Aug Born Ignace Bessi Dogbo Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

49.8 Installed Joseph Howard Hodges † Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Born Clemens Pickel Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation

18 Aug 77.6 Died Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Swaziland

Born Julio Murat Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden

75.0 Appointed Peter Rogan, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Nicius Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon

75.0 Retired Peter Rogan, M.H.M. † Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

19 Aug 49.7 Appointed Almir Marques Ferreira † Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

41.5 Appointed Paulo José Tavares † Bishop of Macau, China

20 Aug 46.5 Ordained Bishop Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. † Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Ordained Bishop José Salazar López † Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

44.5 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Vairo † Titular Bishop of Uthina Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

21 Aug Born Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

77.4 Died Emilio Botero González † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

29.0 Ordained Priest Eugène Kabanga Songasonga † Priest of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

42.1 Appointed André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi

Born Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

46.3 Appointed Joseph Sibomana † Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda

22 Aug 55.6 Appointed John Aloysius Murphy † Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

22.1 Professed Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. † Member of Society of Mary Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

23 Aug 66.6 Died Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia † Archbishop of Durango, México

24 Aug 37.3 Ordained Bishop Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho † Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

49.8 Ordained Bishop Geraldo Ferreira Reis † Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

Born Jeová Elias Ferreira Bishop of Goiás, Brazil

34.7 Ordained Bishop William John McNaughton, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus Bishop Emeritus of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)

46.5 Ordained Bishop Paul Heinrich Nordhues † Titular Bishop of Cos Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany

44.0 Appointed José Léon Rojas Chaparro † Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela Bishop

44.0 Appointed José Léon Rojas Chaparro † Titular Bishop of Capitolias Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

25 Aug Born Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer Bishop of Solsona, Spain

35.2 Appointed Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira † Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

35.2 Appointed Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira † Titular Bishop of Arindela Archbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

26 Aug 55.9 Appointed Joseph Walter Buckley, S.M. † Superior General of Society of Mary Superior General Emeritus

23.0 Solemn Vows Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

Born Stefano Russo Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy

27 Aug 25.7 Ordained Priest Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

Born Jorge Estrada Solórzano Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México

44.2 Ordained Bishop Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

74.3 Died Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † Apostolic Nuncio

49.9 Ordained Bishop Edward Jan Muszyński † Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

Born Marcus Nigel Ralph Stock Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

28 Aug Born Daniel Ernest Flores Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

30 Aug Born Paul M. Cummins Administrator of Plymouth, England, Great Britain

31 Aug Born Leonardo D’Ascenzo Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy

48.3 Died Rafael Valladares y Argumedo † Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug	68.7	Died	Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
	Born	Michele Petruzzelli, O.S.B.		Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
2 Aug		Died	Arturo Álvarez Silva †	Ecclesiastical Governor (Vicar General) Emeritus of Chillán, Chile
59.7	Died	Jean-Emmanuel Marquès †	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
3 Aug	87.1	Died	Nicola Canali †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
4 Aug	64.0	Appointed	Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. †	Pro-Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Secretary
5 Aug		Born	Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D.		Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
68.3	Appointed	José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. †	Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
6 Aug	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Jan Mazur †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
87.5	Died	Jozef-Ernest van Roey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
8 Aug		Born	John Thomas Folda		Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
47.9	Appointed	Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †	Prelate of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
47.2	Ordained Bishop	George Joseph Gottwald †	Titular Bishop of Cedamusa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	Born	Gheevarghese Aphrem Kurisummoottil		Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
37.4	Appointed	Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá	Archbishop Emeritus
37.4	Appointed	Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Caeciri	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
29.9	Ordained Priest	Amedeus Msarikie †	Priest of Moshi, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
72.7	Died	Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
9 Aug		Born	Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales		Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
10 Aug	35.2	Appointed	Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Archbishop Emeritus
35.2	Appointed	Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
53.6	Appointed	John Patrick Cody †	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
53.6	Appointed	John Patrick Cody †	Titular Archbishop of Bostra	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
43.6	Appointed	Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †	Coadjutor Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
51.9	Appointed	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
11 Aug	40.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
40.3	Appointed	Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Limata	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
12 Aug	36.7	Appointed	Román Arrieta Villalobos †	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
78.4	Appointed	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
78.5	Appointed	Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Archbishop of Amorium	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia
78.5	Retired	Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
47.2	Succeeded	Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Asmara, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
13 Aug	72.4	Died	Giovanni Battista Dellepiane †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
27.3	Ordained Priest	José Diéguez Reboredo †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
41.4	Ordained Bishop	Ivo Gugić †	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
73.7	Appointed	Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
14 Aug	77.0	Appointed	Alberto di Jorio †	Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, Pro-President Emeritus
41.8	Appointed	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
41.8	Appointed	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Hermonthis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
66.5	Appointed	Paolo Marella †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Basilica of St. Peter	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
66.5	Appointed	Paolo Marella †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
41.6	Appointed	Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
41.6	Appointed	Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
49.0	Appointed	Joseph Michael Schmondiuk †	Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
58.4	Appointed	Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
15 Aug	26.8	Solemn Vows	Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. †	Member of Clerics of Saint Viator	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
25.4	Ordained Priest	José da Cruz Policarpo †	Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
61.6	Installed	Emilio Antonio di Pasquo †	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina
35.7	Solemn Vows	José María Izuzquiza Herranz, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
21.4	Professed	Denis James Madden	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
39.4	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Michetti †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
21.1	First Vows	Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Lambertus van Kessel, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Sintang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
16 Aug	39.9	Appointed	Alfred Bengsch †	Cardinal, Bishop of Berlin, Germany
	Born	Santo Rocco Gangemi		Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
18.4	Solemn Vows	Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
17 Aug		Born	Ignace Bessi Dogbo		Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
49.8	Installed	Joseph Howard Hodges †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
	Born	Clemens Pickel		Bishop of San Clemente a Saratov, Russian Federation
18 Aug	77.6	Died	Pellegrino Bellezze, O.S.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Swaziland
	Born	Julio Murat		Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
75.0	Appointed	Peter Rogan, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nicius	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
75.0	Retired	Peter Rogan, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
19 Aug	49.7	Appointed	Almir Marques Ferreira †	Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
41.5	Appointed	Paulo José Tavares †	Bishop of Macau, China
20 Aug	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Ordained Bishop	José Salazar López †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Vairo †	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
21 Aug		Born	Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.Ss.R.		Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
77.4	Died	Emilio Botero González †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
29.0	Ordained Priest	Eugène Kabanga Songasonga †	Priest of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
42.1	Appointed	André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi
	Born	Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A.		Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
46.3	Appointed	Joseph Sibomana †	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda
22 Aug	55.6	Appointed	John Aloysius Murphy †	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
22.1	Professed	Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. †	Member of Society of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
23 Aug	66.6	Died	Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia †	Archbishop of Durango, México
24 Aug	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho †	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo Ferreira Reis †	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Jeová Elias Ferreira		Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
34.7	Ordained Bishop	William John McNaughton, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Minus	Bishop Emeritus of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Heinrich Nordhues †	Titular Bishop of Cos	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
44.0	Appointed	José Léon Rojas Chaparro †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela	Bishop
44.0	Appointed	José Léon Rojas Chaparro †	Titular Bishop of Capitolias	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
25 Aug		Born	Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer		Bishop of Solsona, Spain
35.2	Appointed	Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
35.2	Appointed	Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira †	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Archbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
26 Aug	55.9	Appointed	Joseph Walter Buckley, S.M. †	Superior General of Society of Mary	Superior General Emeritus
23.0	Solemn Vows	Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
	Born	Stefano Russo		Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
27 Aug	25.7	Ordained Priest	Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
	Born	Jorge Estrada Solórzano		Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
74.3	Died	Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Nuncio
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Edward Jan Muszyński †	Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	Born	Marcus Nigel Ralph Stock		Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
28 Aug		Born	Daniel Ernest Flores		Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
30 Aug		Born	Paul M. Cummins		Administrator of Plymouth, England, Great Britain
31 Aug		Born	Leonardo D’Ascenzo		Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy
48.3	Died	Rafael Valladares y Argumedo †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

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