The Year of Our Lord 1977

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 66.3 Resigned Francesco Sanmartino † Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

2 Jul 46.7 Selected Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

77.5 Retired Basile Pierre Charles Habra † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired Charles-Marie Himmer † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Jean Huard † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

55.3 Ordained Bishop Elmar Maria Kredel † Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

29.9 Ordained Priest Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante Priest of Keta-Ho, Ghana Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana

3 Jul 47.3 Ordained Bishop Ugo Donato Bianchi † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

40.0 Ordained Priest Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

42.9 Ordained Bishop Paul Karatas † Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

23.3 Ordained Priest Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U. Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian) Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

27.2 Ordained Priest Donal McKeown Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland Bishop of Derry, Ireland

29.2 Ordained Priest Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. Priest of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite) Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)

4 Jul 71.6 Died Mihály Endrey-Eipel † Bishop of Vác, Hungary

80.0 Died John Michael Fearns † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

23.3 Professed Eduardo Alanis Nevares Member of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

75.8 Died Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

5 Jul 24.5 Ordained Priest Alapati Lui Mata’eliga † Priest of Samoa and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

6 Jul 77.3 Died Francesco Bertoglio † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

24.0 Ordained Priest Kevin Peter Doran Priest of Dublin, Ireland Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

7 Jul 84.6 Died Ugo Camozzo † Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy

49.4 Ordained Bishop Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. † Titular Bishop of Crepedula Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México

43.7 Appointed Valerian D’Souza † Bishop of Poona, India Bishop Emeritus

68.0 Resigned Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. † Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

71.8 Died Benedetto Falcucci † Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy

Born Pedro Ernesto Fournau Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

52.7 Appointed Joseph Satoshi Fukahori † Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Jean-Marie Kélétigui † Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

70.4 Resigned Leonardo Viera Contreras † Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus

8 Jul 27.5 Ordained Priest Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica

52.0 Appointed Protacio Guevarra Gungon † Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines

52.0 Appointed Protacio Guevarra Gungon † Titular Bishop of Obba Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines

9 Jul 61.7 Appointed Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru Bishop Emeritus

10 Jul 53.3 Installed Luigi Amaducci † Bishop of Cesena, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

56.1 Ordained Bishop Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela

31.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Francis Kweku Essien Priest of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus of Wiawso, Ghana

25.1 Ordained Priest Ángel Fernández Collado Priest of Toledo, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain

45.7 Ordained Bishop Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey † Titular Bishop of Remesiana Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France

23.3 Ordained Priest Léon Lemmens † Priest of Hasselt, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

27.1 Ordained Priest Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea

23.8 Ordained Priest Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo Priest of Porto, Portugal Delegate of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

11 Jul 57.2 Resigned Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. † Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

52.9 Appointed João Hipólito de Morais † Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Died Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

12 Jul 63.4 Died Pierre Kimbondo † Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

13 Jul Born Pierantonio Piatti Secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

56.8 Installed Cándido Genaro Rubiolo † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina

34.1 Ordained Bishop Abraham Viruthakulangara † Bishop of Khandwa, India Archbishop of Nagpur, India

16 Jul 27.6 Ordained Priest Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti

28.1 Ordained Priest Daniel Nicholas DiNardo Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

51.6 Ordained Bishop Franz Xaver Eder † Titular Bishop of Villa Regis Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

88.0 Died Francesco Roberti † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

51.5 Ordained Bishop Constantin Szabó (Sabov, Savov) † Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

17 Jul 26.4 Ordained Priest Gonzalo Galván Castillo † Priest of León, Guanajuato, México Bishop Emeritus of Autlán, Jalisco, México

19 Jul 58.0 Appointed Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada † Archbishop of México, Federal District Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

81.5 Retired Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez † Archbishop of México, Federal District Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

20 Jul 61.7 Succeeded Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Succeeded Antônio de Souza, C.S.S. Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

64.9 Resigned Raimundo Luí, O. Carm. † Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired José Lázaro Neves, C.M. † Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

68.5 Resigned Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Appointed Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

21 Jul 40.8 Appointed Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia

54.2 Ordained Bishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Natchesium Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

22 Jul 74.4 Retired François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. † Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Confirmed Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

45.1 Appointed Henri Schwery † Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

24 Jul 47.0 Ordained Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. † Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa

84.5 Died [ Chen Yuencai] † Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China

25 Jul 49.2 Ordained Bishop Owen Francis Swindlehurst † Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

26 Jul 72.4 Died Coleman Francis Carroll † Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

77.6 Died Arturo Duque Villegas † Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

59.2 Succeeded Edward Anthony McCarthy † Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA Archbishop Emeritus

42.3 Appointed Antonios Naguib † Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

27 Jul 50.5 Appointed Paolo Magnani † Bishop of Lodi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy

74.2 Retired Michele Pellegrino † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

28 Jul 25.7 Ordained Priest Sebastian Francis Priest of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

29 Jul Born Flavio Pace Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

30 Jul 73.2 Retired Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

31 Jul 23.5 Ordained Priest Paul Richard Gallagher Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State

Aug 15.3 Entered Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek) Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

1 Aug 75.4 Retired Antonio Bagnoli † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.5 Died Giacomo Cannonero † Bishop of Asti, Italy

61.3 Succeeded Vito Nicola Cavanna † Bishop of Asti, Italy

86.3 Died Robert Emmet Lucey † Archbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA

46.1 Appointed Simone Alfiero Scatizzi † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy

2 Aug 88.6 Died Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

24.9 Professed Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey

3 Aug 59.2 Appointed Salvador Lazo Lazo † Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

4 Aug 54.2 Appointed Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. † Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

54.2 Appointed Chucrallah Harb † Bishop of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Antoine Joubeir † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) Archbishop Emeritus

58.9 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Paul † Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

62.6 Resigned Joseph Salamé † Apostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

50.2 Appointed Georges Scandar † Bishop of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon

6 Aug 25.5 Ordained Priest Michele Castoro † Priest of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

61.0 Resigned Nicholas Anthony D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. † Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras Prelate Emeritus

62.6 Died Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado † Archbishop of Piura, Peru

7 Aug 45.5 Ordained Bishop Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. † Titular Bishop of Strongoli Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia

70.9 Died Dino Staffa † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

8 Aug 41.7 Ordained Bishop Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

9 Aug 57.2 Died Jean Bassoul, B.S. † Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

13 Aug 90.5 Died Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus † Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador

73.6 Died Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

32.6 Ordained Priest Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Yendi, Ghana

51.7 Ordained Bishop Arnaldo Clemente Canale † Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

25.9 Ordained Priest Carlos María Franzini † Priest of San Isidro, Argentina Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

48.1 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Lorenzo † Titular Bishop of Catula Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

49.9 Appointed Edoardo Rovida Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Apostolic Nuncio

27.5 Ordained Priest Douglas William Young, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

14 Aug 73.3 Died Albert Vincent D’Souza † Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

28.2 Ordained Priest Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye † Priest Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

15 Aug 66.0 Appointed Pericle Felici † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

26.5 Professed Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela

51.5 Ordained Bishop Estanislao Esteban Karlic Titular Bishop of Castrum Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

46.0 Ordained Bishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Tusuros Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

26.2 Ordained Priest Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word

54.2 Ordained Bishop Antônio Maria Mucciolo † Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

16 Aug 77.6 Died Basile Pierre Charles Habra † Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

17 Aug 52.1 Appointed José Gabriel Diaz Cueva † Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador

53.6 Appointed Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

53.6 Appointed Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Mulli Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

45.0 Ordained Bishop Alfons Nossol Bishop of Opole, Poland Bishop Emeritus

76.7 Died Thomas Joseph Riley † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

57.1 Installed John Joseph Sullivan † Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Aug 53.7 Appointed Tomás Ó Fiaich † Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

19 Aug 77.6 Died Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo † Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam

20 Aug 27.6 Ordained Priest Xavier Johnsai Munyongani † Priest of Gwelo, Zimbabwe Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

24.8 Ordained Priest William Joseph Wright † Priest of Sydney, Australia Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

21 Aug 33.6 Ordained Priest Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Priest of Opus Dei Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

18.4 Entered Cirill Tamás Hortobágyi, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary

28.8 Ordained Priest Benjamin Ndiaye Priest Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal

22 Aug 91.0 Died Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Kandy, Sri Lanka

23 Aug 92.0 Died Karl Joseph Alter † Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

26.3 Ordained Priest Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru Priest of Opus Dei Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

24 Aug 52.1 Ordained Bishop Protacio Guevarra Gungon † Titular Bishop of Obba Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines

43.5 Appointed Gerhard Pieschl Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

43.5 Appointed Gerhard Pieschl Titular Bishop of Misenum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

25 Aug 67.3 Appointed Augustin Farah † Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

56.3 Appointed Michel Hakim, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada

77.0 Appointed Basile Khoury, B.S. † Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

77.0 Retired Basile Khoury, B.S. † Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

27 Aug 49.0 Appointed Antonio Ambrosanio † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy

49.0 Appointed Antonio Ambrosanio † Titular Bishop of Musti Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy

27.8 Ordained Priest Antoine Nabil Andari Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

76.2 Died Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles

55.2 Appointed Antonio Pagano † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy

55.2 Appointed Antonio Pagano † Titular Bishop of Cissita Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy

60.6 Appointed Antonio Zama † Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

60.6 Appointed Antonio Zama † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

28 Aug 53.4 Installed Luigi Amaducci † Bishop of Sarsina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

49.3 Appointed Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Bishop Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

49.3 Converted Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

26.5 Ordained Priest Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

61.2 Installed Giulio Oggioni † Bishop of Bergamo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

30 Aug 46.6 Appointed Concordio Maria Sarte † Auxiliary Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	66.3	Resigned	Francesco Sanmartino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Jul	46.7	Selected	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
77.5	Retired	Basile Pierre Charles Habra †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Charles-Marie Himmer †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Jean Huard †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Elmar Maria Kredel †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
29.9	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante	Priest of Keta-Ho, Ghana	Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana
3 Jul	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Ugo Donato Bianchi †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
40.0	Ordained Priest	Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Karatas †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
23.3	Ordained Priest	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
27.2	Ordained Priest	Donal McKeown	Priest of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
29.2	Ordained Priest	Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.	Priest of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
4 Jul	71.6	Died	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
80.0	Died	John Michael Fearns †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
23.3	Professed	Eduardo Alanis Nevares	Member of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
75.8	Died	Michel Olçomendy, M.E.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
5 Jul	24.5	Ordained Priest	Alapati Lui Mata’eliga †	Priest of Samoa and Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
6 Jul	77.3	Died	Francesco Bertoglio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	Kevin Peter Doran	Priest of Dublin, Ireland	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
7 Jul	84.6	Died	Ugo Camozzo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
43.7	Appointed	Valerian D’Souza †	Bishop of Poona, India	Bishop Emeritus
68.0	Resigned	Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
71.8	Died	Benedetto Falcucci †	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
	Born	Pedro Ernesto Fournau		Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
52.7	Appointed	Joseph Satoshi Fukahori †	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Jean-Marie Kélétigui †	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
70.4	Resigned	Leonardo Viera Contreras †	Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	27.5	Ordained Priest	Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
52.0	Appointed	Protacio Guevarra Gungon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
52.0	Appointed	Protacio Guevarra Gungon †	Titular Bishop of Obba	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
9 Jul	61.7	Appointed	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jul	53.3	Installed	Luigi Amaducci †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina	Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
31.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Francis Kweku Essien	Priest of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Wiawso, Ghana
25.1	Ordained Priest	Ángel Fernández Collado	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Albacete, Spain
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey †	Titular Bishop of Remesiana	Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
23.3	Ordained Priest	Léon Lemmens †	Priest of Hasselt, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
27.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
23.8	Ordained Priest	Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo	Priest of Porto, Portugal	Delegate of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
11 Jul	57.2	Resigned	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
52.9	Appointed	João Hipólito de Morais †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Died	Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
12 Jul	63.4	Died	Pierre Kimbondo †	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Jul		Born	Pierantonio Piatti		Secretary of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
56.8	Installed	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
34.1	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Viruthakulangara †	Bishop of Khandwa, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
16 Jul	27.6	Ordained Priest	Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M.	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti
28.1	Ordained Priest	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Franz Xaver Eder †	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
88.0	Died	Francesco Roberti †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Constantin Szabó (Sabov, Savov) †	Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
17 Jul	26.4	Ordained Priest	Gonzalo Galván Castillo †	Priest of León, Guanajuato, México	Bishop Emeritus of Autlán, Jalisco, México
19 Jul	58.0	Appointed	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
81.5	Retired	Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jul	61.7	Succeeded	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Succeeded	Antônio de Souza, C.S.S.	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Resigned	Raimundo Luí, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	José Lázaro Neves, C.M. †	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
68.5	Resigned	Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21 Jul	40.8	Appointed	Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Natchesium	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
22 Jul	74.4	Retired	François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Confirmed	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
45.1	Appointed	Henri Schwery †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
84.5	Died	[ Chen Yuencai] †	Archbishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
25 Jul	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Owen Francis Swindlehurst †	Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
26 Jul	72.4	Died	Coleman Francis Carroll †	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
77.6	Died	Arturo Duque Villegas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
59.2	Succeeded	Edward Anthony McCarthy †	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
42.3	Appointed	Antonios Naguib †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
27 Jul	50.5	Appointed	Paolo Magnani †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
74.2	Retired	Michele Pellegrino †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jul	25.7	Ordained Priest	Sebastian Francis	Priest of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia	Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
29 Jul		Born	Flavio Pace		Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
30 Jul	73.2	Retired	Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jul	23.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Richard Gallagher	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
Aug	15.3	Entered	Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
1 Aug	75.4	Retired	Antonio Bagnoli †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.5	Died	Giacomo Cannonero †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
61.3	Succeeded	Vito Nicola Cavanna †	Bishop of Asti, Italy
86.3	Died	Robert Emmet Lucey †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Antonio, Texas, USA
46.1	Appointed	Simone Alfiero Scatizzi †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy
2 Aug	88.6	Died	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
24.9	Professed	Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
3 Aug	59.2	Appointed	Salvador Lazo Lazo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
4 Aug	54.2	Appointed	Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. †	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
54.2	Appointed	Chucrallah Harb †	Bishop of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Antoine Joubeir †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
58.9	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Paul †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
62.6	Resigned	Joseph Salamé †	Apostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
50.2	Appointed	Georges Scandar †	Bishop of Baalbek e Zahlé (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
6 Aug	25.5	Ordained Priest	Michele Castoro †	Priest of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
61.0	Resigned	Nicholas Anthony D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras	Prelate Emeritus
62.6	Died	Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado †	Archbishop of Piura, Peru
7 Aug	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Strongoli	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
70.9	Died	Dino Staffa †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
8 Aug	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
9 Aug	57.2	Died	Jean Bassoul, B.S. †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
13 Aug	90.5	Died	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
73.6	Died	Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
32.6	Ordained Priest	Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Yendi, Ghana
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Arnaldo Clemente Canale †	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
25.9	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Franzini †	Priest of San Isidro, Argentina	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
48.1	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Lorenzo †	Titular Bishop of Catula	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
49.9	Appointed	Edoardo Rovida	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
27.5	Ordained Priest	Douglas William Young, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
14 Aug	73.3	Died	Albert Vincent D’Souza †	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
28.2	Ordained Priest	Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye †	Priest	Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
15 Aug	66.0	Appointed	Pericle Felici †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
26.5	Professed	Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Titular Bishop of Castrum	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tusuros	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
26.2	Ordained Priest	Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Maria Mucciolo †	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16 Aug	77.6	Died	Basile Pierre Charles Habra †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
17 Aug	52.1	Appointed	José Gabriel Diaz Cueva †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
53.6	Appointed	Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
53.6	Appointed	Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Mulli	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfons Nossol	Bishop of Opole, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
76.7	Died	Thomas Joseph Riley †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
57.1	Installed	John Joseph Sullivan †	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug	53.7	Appointed	Tomás Ó Fiaich †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
19 Aug	77.6	Died	Pierre Khuất Văn Tạo †	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
20 Aug	27.6	Ordained Priest	Xavier Johnsai Munyongani †	Priest of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
24.8	Ordained Priest	William Joseph Wright †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
21 Aug	33.6	Ordained Priest	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne	Priest of Opus Dei	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
18.4	Entered	Cirill Tamás Hortobágyi, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary
28.8	Ordained Priest	Benjamin Ndiaye	Priest	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
22 Aug	91.0	Died	Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kandy, Sri Lanka
23 Aug	92.0	Died	Karl Joseph Alter †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
26.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru	Priest of Opus Dei	Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
24 Aug	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Protacio Guevarra Gungon †	Titular Bishop of Obba	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
43.5	Appointed	Gerhard Pieschl	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
43.5	Appointed	Gerhard Pieschl	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
25 Aug	67.3	Appointed	Augustin Farah †	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
56.3	Appointed	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
77.0	Appointed	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
77.0	Retired	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Aug	49.0	Appointed	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
49.0	Appointed	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Titular Bishop of Musti	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
27.8	Ordained Priest	Antoine Nabil Andari	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
76.2	Died	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
55.2	Appointed	Antonio Pagano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
55.2	Appointed	Antonio Pagano †	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
60.6	Appointed	Antonio Zama †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
60.6	Appointed	Antonio Zama †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
28 Aug	53.4	Installed	Luigi Amaducci †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
49.3	Appointed	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
49.3	Converted	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
26.5	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
61.2	Installed	Giulio Oggioni †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 Aug	46.6	Appointed	Concordio Maria Sarte †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

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