The Year of Our Lord 1973

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Aug 51.6 Appointed Carlo Furno † Titular Archbishop of Abari Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

51.6 Appointed Carlo Furno † Apostolic Nuncio to Peru Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

72.8 Died Michael Alphonsus Harrington † Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

55.6 Appointed Luigi Poggi † Apostolic Nuncio to Other Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

2 Aug 80.4 Died José Souto Vizoso † Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain

3 Aug 65.3 Resigned Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Meerut, India Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of Apostolic Nuncio

Born Anthony Ji Weizhong Bishop of Lüliang, China

50.9 Appointed Giuseppe Laigueglia † Titular Archbishop of Aeliae Apostolic Nuncio

50.9 Appointed Giuseppe Laigueglia † Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Apostolic Nuncio

4 Aug 58.9 Appointed Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy

58.9 Appointed Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy

26.1 Ordained Priest Ralph Walker Nickless Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

25.9 Ordained Priest Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

72.5 Resigned Edwin Pinto, S.J. † Bishop of Ahmedabad, India Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Campagna, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

64.6 Resigned Bala Shoury Thumma † Bishop of Nellore, India Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 23.7 Ordained Deacon Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. † Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Malindi, Kenya

28.4 Ordained Priest Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín Priest of Opus Dei Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay

29.4 Ordained Priest Jaume Pujol Balcells Priest of Opus Dei Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain

21.2 Temporary Vows Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Cardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

23.9 Ordained Priest Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir † Priest Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt

6 Aug 84.5 Died Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho

27.3 Ordained Priest Giulio Mencuccini, C.P. Priest of Congregation of the Passion Bishop Emeritus of Sanggau, Indonesia

7 Aug 46.8 Appointed Wilhelm Michel Ellis † Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest James Foley Priest of Brisbane, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Cairns, Australia

66.7 Resigned Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. † Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Appointed Theodorus Lumanauw † Bishop of Makassar, Indonesia Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

69.9 Resigned Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M. † Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

8 Aug 52.0 Appointed Vincenzo Maria Farano † Titular Archbishop of Cluentum Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

52.0 Appointed Vincenzo Maria Farano † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

Born Dominique Tinoudji Bishop of Pala, Chad

9 Aug 45.6 Appointed Ottorino Pietro Alberti † Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

45.6 Appointed Ottorino Pietro Alberti † Bishop of Norcia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

68.0 Died Stjepan Bäuerlein † Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia

10 Aug 55.7 Died Giuseppe Marafini † Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy

20.8 Entered Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández, O.A.R. Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects Bishop of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

11 Aug 75.2 Retired Edward Vincent Dargin † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Jacek Grzybowski Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

Born George Jacob Koovakad Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

12 Aug 36.6 Ordained Bishop Nikólaos Foskolos Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

13 Aug Born Francisco Castro Lalupú Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru

45.5 Appointed Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon † Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France

45.5 Appointed Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon † Titular Bishop of Sebarga Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France

14 Aug 70.0 Died Jeremiah Francis Minihan † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

78.6 Died Jan Nowicki † Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine

15 Aug 33.8 Professed Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India

24.5 Perpetual Vows Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C. Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)

21.7 Solemn Vows Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

38.3 Final Vows Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

46.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil Titular Bishop of Abydus Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India

22.9 Professed Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

27.0 Ordained Priest Hipólito Reyes Larios † Priest of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México Archbishop

55.4 Ordained Bishop Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Molicunza Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador

23.2 Ordained Priest Alberto Taveira Corrêa Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

16 Aug 27.7 Ordained Priest Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

18 Aug 60.5 Died Leonard Philip Cowley † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

71.7 Appointed Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † Bishop of Bova, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy

59.8 Died Patrick Kla Juwle † Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia

19 Aug Born Rumen Ivanov Stanev Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

21 Aug 59.7 Installed Edward John Herrmann † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

22 Aug 42.6 Appointed Cirilo Reyes Almario † Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Cirilo Reyes Almario † Titular Bishop of Zaba Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

Born João de Ceita Nazaré Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe

53.8 Appointed Francisco Raval Cruces † Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

42.5 Appointed Ricardo Jamin Vidal † Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

24 Aug 90.7 Died David Francis Hickey, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Belize

Born Anthony Das Pilli Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore, India

75.5 Died Pietro Zuccarino † Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy

25 Aug 67.2 Resigned Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga † Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

23.2 Professed Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

26 Aug 26.6 Ordained Priest Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube Priest of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

27 Aug 85.1 Died Biagio Budelacci † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy

Born Peter Adrian Chifukwa Bishop of Dedza, Malawi

67.5 Died Enrico Nicodemo † Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

89.0 Died Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua

45.8 Appointed Sergio Valech Aldunate † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Appointed Sergio Valech Aldunate † Titular Bishop of Zabi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

28 Aug 43.3 Ordained Bishop Albano Bortoletto Cavallin † Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Londrina, Parana, Brazil

29 Aug 68.3 Died Vladimiro Borić Crnošija, S.D.B. † Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile

59.6 Resigned Thomas Mongo † Bishop of Douala, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Succeeded Simon Tonyé † Bishop of Douala, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

31 Aug 57.0 Died Fernando (José Ismael) Errázuriz Gandarillas † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

Born Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug	51.6	Appointed	Carlo Furno †	Titular Archbishop of Abari	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
51.6	Appointed	Carlo Furno †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
72.8	Died	Michael Alphonsus Harrington †	Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
55.6	Appointed	Luigi Poggi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
2 Aug	80.4	Died	José Souto Vizoso †	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
3 Aug	65.3	Resigned	Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Meerut, India	Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Anthony Ji Weizhong		Bishop of Lüliang, China
50.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Laigueglia †	Titular Archbishop of Aeliae	Apostolic Nuncio
50.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Laigueglia †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio
4 Aug	58.9	Appointed	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
58.9	Appointed	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
26.1	Ordained Priest	Ralph Walker Nickless	Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
25.9	Ordained Priest	Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
72.5	Resigned	Edwin Pinto, S.J. †	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Campagna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
64.6	Resigned	Bala Shoury Thumma †	Bishop of Nellore, India	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	23.7	Ordained Deacon	Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
28.4	Ordained Priest	Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
29.4	Ordained Priest	Jaume Pujol Balcells	Priest of Opus Dei	Archbishop Emeritus of Tarragona, Spain
21.2	Temporary Vows	Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Cardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
23.9	Ordained Priest	Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir †	Priest	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
6 Aug	84.5	Died	Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
27.3	Ordained Priest	Giulio Mencuccini, C.P.	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Sanggau, Indonesia
7 Aug	46.8	Appointed	Wilhelm Michel Ellis †	Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	James Foley	Priest of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Cairns, Australia
66.7	Resigned	Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. †	Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Appointed	Theodorus Lumanauw †	Bishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
69.9	Resigned	Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Aug	52.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Farano †	Titular Archbishop of Cluentum	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
52.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Farano †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
	Born	Dominique Tinoudji		Bishop of Pala, Chad
9 Aug	45.6	Appointed	Ottorino Pietro Alberti †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
45.6	Appointed	Ottorino Pietro Alberti †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
68.0	Died	Stjepan Bäuerlein †	Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
10 Aug	55.7	Died	Giuseppe Marafini †	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
20.8	Entered	Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández, O.A.R.	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
11 Aug	75.2	Retired	Edward Vincent Dargin †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Jacek Grzybowski		Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
	Born	George Jacob Koovakad		Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
12 Aug	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Nikólaos Foskolos	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Aug		Born	Francisco Castro Lalupú		Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
45.5	Appointed	Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
45.5	Appointed	Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon †	Titular Bishop of Sebarga	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
14 Aug	70.0	Died	Jeremiah Francis Minihan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
78.6	Died	Jan Nowicki †	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
15 Aug	33.8	Professed	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, India
24.5	Perpetual Vows	Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C.	Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)
21.7	Solemn Vows	Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
38.3	Final Vows	Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Pallikaparampil	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
22.9	Professed	Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
27.0	Ordained Priest	Hipólito Reyes Larios †	Priest of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Archbishop
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Molicunza	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
23.2	Ordained Priest	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
16 Aug	27.7	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
18 Aug	60.5	Died	Leonard Philip Cowley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
71.7	Appointed	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
59.8	Died	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
19 Aug		Born	Rumen Ivanov Stanev		Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 Aug	59.7	Installed	Edward John Herrmann †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza		Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
22 Aug	42.6	Appointed	Cirilo Reyes Almario †	Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Cirilo Reyes Almario †	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
	Born	João de Ceita Nazaré		Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
53.8	Appointed	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
42.5	Appointed	Ricardo Jamin Vidal †	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
24 Aug	90.7	Died	David Francis Hickey, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Belize
	Born	Anthony Das Pilli		Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore, India
75.5	Died	Pietro Zuccarino †	Bishop of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy
25 Aug	67.2	Resigned	Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga †	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
23.2	Professed	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
26 Aug	26.6	Ordained Priest	Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube	Priest of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
27 Aug	85.1	Died	Biagio Budelacci †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy
	Born	Peter Adrian Chifukwa		Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
67.5	Died	Enrico Nicodemo †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
89.0	Died	Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua
45.8	Appointed	Sergio Valech Aldunate †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Appointed	Sergio Valech Aldunate †	Titular Bishop of Zabi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
28 Aug	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Albano Bortoletto Cavallin †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
29 Aug	68.3	Died	Vladimiro Borić Crnošija, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
59.6	Resigned	Thomas Mongo †	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Succeeded	Simon Tonyé †	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
31 Aug	57.0	Died	Fernando (José Ismael) Errázuriz Gandarillas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	Born	Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro		Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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