The Year of Our Lord 1989

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 74.4 Retired Salvatore Asta † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Apostolic Nuncio

61.8 Resigned Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín † Bishop of Ecuador, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

1 Jul 27.0 Ordained Priest John Patrick Dolan Priest of San Diego, California, USA Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

30.0 Ordained Priest Hervé Gaschignard Priest of Nantes, France Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France

29.8 Ordained Priest Bernard Anthony Hebda Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

27.2 Ordained Priest Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México

51.3 Appointed Sam Joseph Galip Jacobs Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

76.4 Retired Carlo Maccari † Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

43.6 Appointed Paulo Sérgio Machado † Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.2 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Mengoli Priest of Otranto, Italy Bishop of San Severo, Italy

51.6 Died Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa

24.6 Ordained Priest Orazio Pepe Priest of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy Secretary of the Fabric of St. Peter

62.1 Appointed Donato Squicciarini † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Apostolic Nuncio

55.2 Appointed Dionigi Tettamanzi † Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

2 Jul 37.1 Ordained Priest Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte, Comm. l'Emm. Priest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

24.7 Ordained Priest Bogusław Stanisław Turek, C.S.M.A. Priest of Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

3 Jul 57.8 Ordained Bishop Vincent Malone † Titular Bishop of Abora Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

4 Jul 39.5 Appointed Joseph Effiong Ekuwem Bishop of Uyo, Nigeria Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria

53.3 Appointed Joseph Oyanga † Bishop of Lira, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

31.0 Ordained Priest Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin Priest of Genova-Bobbio, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

5 Jul 49.2 Appointed Antonio Mattiazzo Archbishop (Personal Title) of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

6 Jul 84.5 Died John Joseph Maguire † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

44.8 Ordained Bishop Nicholas James Samra Titular Bishop of Gerasa Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

8 Jul 57.4 Appointed Mariano De Nicolò † Bishop of Rimini, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Mariano De Nicolò † Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy

27.1 Ordained Priest Helmut Karl Dieser Priest of Trier, Germany Bishop of Aachen, Germany

53.3 Appointed José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. † Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez † Bishop of Colima, México Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Appointed Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga † Bishop of Ecuador, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

55.5 Appointed Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga † Titular Bishop of Pauzera Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

9 Jul 50.9 Ordained Bishop Martino Canessa Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy

66.6 Died Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Mogadiscio, Somalia

27.2 Ordained Priest Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea Priest of Toledo, Spain Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru

48.9 Ceased Emery Kabongo Kanundowi Apostolic Administrator of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

52.0 Ordained Bishop Gérard Mulumba Kalemba † Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

30.9 Ordained Priest Salvator Niciteretse Priest of Bururi, Burundi Bishop

10 Jul 76.3 Died Doroteo Fernández y Fernández † Bishop Emeritus of Badajoz, Spain

11 Jul 76.2 Retired Gilberto Baroni † Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

67.1 Appointed Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. † Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.8 Appointed Bassano Staffieri † Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

14 Jul 86.3 Died José María García Lahiguera † Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

27.2 Ordained Priest Daniel Henry Mueggenborg Priest of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA

15 Jul 26.7 Ordained Priest Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

72.5 Resigned Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

36.8 Ordained Priest Pedro María Laxague Priest of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina

65.6 Appointed Giovanni Moretti † Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Apostolic Nuncio

65.6 Appointed Giovanni Moretti † Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Apostolic Nuncio

46.6 Succeeded Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

55.0 Appointed Francesco Tommasiello † Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy

51.3 Ordained Bishop Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba Bishop Emeritus of Portugal, Military

51.6 Appointed Enrique Troncoso Troncoso † Bishop of Iquique, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile

16 Jul 25.6 Ordained Priest Matthias Du Jiang Priest Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]

27.0 Ordained Priest Paul Meng Quinglu Priest Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China

19 Jul 64.5 Appointed Sennen Corrà † Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

74.4 Retired Luigi Dardani † Bishop of Imola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Giuseppe Fabiani † Bishop of Imola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Abramo Freschi † Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed Antoine Hayek, B.C. † Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

20 Jul 50.0 Appointed Jan Martyniak Auxiliary Bishop of Poland, for Greek and Armenian Catholics Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland

50.0 Appointed Jan Martyniak Titular Bishop of Vardimissa Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland

21 Jul 27.4 Ordained Priest Michael Mulhall Priest of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

36.0 Ordained Priest Anthony Bernard Paul Priest of Penang, Malaysia Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia

67.2 Ordained Bishop Marc Yuan Wen Zai † Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

22 Jul 55.3 Ordained Bishop José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. † Titular Bishop of Vescera Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mitú, Colombia

30.4 Ordained Priest Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Krishnagar, India

70.1 Appointed Antonio Magnoni † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus

25.6 Ordained Priest Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas Priest of Cabimas, Venezuela Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela

47.4 Installed Ignazio Zambito Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

23 Jul 31.2 Ordained Priest Jean Salomon Lezoutié Priest of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop

24.3 Ordained Deacon Edmar Perón Deacon of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

62.0 Died Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Leribe, Lesotho

24 Jul 65.2 Died Patrick Webster, O.S.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

26 Jul 62.7 Appointed Josef Koukl † Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

81.8 Died Luigi Morstabilini † Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

55.7 Appointed Ján Sokol Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia Archbishop Emeritus of Trnava, Slovakia

53.1 Appointed František Tondra † Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

73.0 Appointed František Vaňák † Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia Archbishop

73.0 Appointed František Vaňák † Titular Bishop of Assuras Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

27 Jul 49.8 Installed Camilo Diaz Gregorio † Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines Prelate Emeritus of Batanes, Philippines

84.1 Died Luigi Punzolo † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy

29 Jul 75.0 Retired James Monaghan † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

30 Jul 31.7 Ordained Priest John Baptist Attakruh Priest of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Bishop

25.1 Ordained Priest José Trinidad Fernández Angulo Priest of Mérida, Venezuela Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

83.8 Ordained Bishop Michael Huang Woze † Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China

31 Jul 71.6 Appointed Luciano Angeloni † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Apostolic Nuncio

58.1 Appointed Pablo Puente Buces † Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Apostolic Nuncio

73.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Xu Zhixuan † Coadjutor Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China Bishop

2 Aug 26.5 Ordained Priest Péter Fülöp Kocsis Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

49.0 Installed Angel Nacorda Lagdameo † Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines

55.0 Appointed Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. † Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

31.7 Professed Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan

5 Aug 28.7 Ordained Priest Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz Priest of Camagüey, Cuba Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba

25.7 Ordained Priest Shelton Joseph Fabre Priest of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

67.8 Died Miguel Moncadas Noguera † Bishop of Solsona, Spain

83.5 Died Charles Richard Mulrooney † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

37.6 Ordained Deacon Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A. Deacon of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

26.9 Ordained Priest Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe Priest of Galle, Sri Lanka Bishop

6 Aug 75.8 Retired Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales † Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez † Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México Bishop of Veracruz, México

26.6 Ordained Priest Peter Fang Jianping Priest Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China

55.2 Appointed Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. † Coadjutor Bishop of Callao, Peru Bishop Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Paulin Kouabénan N`Gnamé † Priest of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire

29.0 Solemn Vows Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M. Member of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite) Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon

59.0 Appointed José Mario Ruiz Navas † Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador

9 Aug 47.3 Appointed Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. Ordinary of France, Military Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

47.3 Appointed Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. Titular Bishop of Oëa Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

52.1 Ordained Bishop André Richard, C.S.C. Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

10 Aug 25.9 Ordained Priest Peter Shao Zhumin Priest Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China

12 Aug 25.3 Ordained Priest Gabriel Bernardo Barba Priest of Morón, Argentina Bishop of San Luis, Argentina

26.1 Solemn Vows Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia

58.3 Appointed Attila Miklósházy, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus

30.6 Ordained Deacon Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez Deacon of Santiago de Chile Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile

51.7 Ordained Bishop Enrique Troncoso Troncoso † Bishop of Iquique, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile

13 Aug 62.6 Ordained Bishop Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile

48.6 Ordained Bishop Fortunatus M. Lukanima † Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

32.3 Ordained Priest Edouard Tsimba Ngoma, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

14 Aug 84.4 Died Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. † Bishop Emeritus of Dali [Tali], China

15 Aug 24.7 Professed Bruno Ateba Edo, S.A.C. Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon

25.9 Ordained Priest Lucjan Avgustini † Priest of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia Bishop of Sapë, Albania

39.6 Ordained Bishop Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

25.3 Ordained Deacon Louis Corriveau Deacon of Québec, Canada Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada

26.5 Ordained Priest Dodë Gjergji Priest of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia Bishop of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia

29.5 Ordained Deacon Vasyl Ivasyuk Deacon of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine

37.4 Solemn Vows Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Azul, Argentina

82.4 Died Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia

16 Aug 71.9 Died Albert-Leo Bundervoet, M.S.C. † Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

29.5 Ordained Priest Vasyl Ivasyuk Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine

69.3 Died Alphonse Daniel Nsabi † Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania

18 Aug 30.0 Ordained Priest Ilson de Jesus Montanari Priest of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops

19 Aug 26.2 Ordained Deacon José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos Deacon of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

31.2 Ordained Priest Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski Priest of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

21 Aug 53.3 Appointed Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria

41.4 Appointed Boutros Marayati Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria

49.5 Appointed Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) † Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

22 Aug 83.8 Died George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

84.9 Died Arturo Vélez Martínez † Bishop Emeritus of Toluca, México, México

23 Aug 74.7 Died Jan Michalski † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

24 Aug 87.8 Died Jan Herrijgers, C.M. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China

51.4 Ordained Bishop Sam Joseph Galip Jacobs Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

25 Aug 25.2 Ordained Priest Martin James Chambers † Priest of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop-Elect of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain

26 Aug 61.3 Appointed Giovanni De Andrea † Vice President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See Vice President Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Priest Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

56.2 Appointed Edmond Youssef Farhat † Titular Archbishop of Byblus Apostolic Nuncio

56.2 Appointed Edmond Youssef Farhat † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria Apostolic Nuncio

56.2 Appointed Edmond Youssef Farhat † Apostolic Delegate to Libya Apostolic Nuncio

56.2 Appointed Edmond Youssef Farhat † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tunisia Apostolic Nuncio

50.9 Appointed Józef Kowalczyk Titular Archbishop of Heraclea Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

50.9 Appointed Józef Kowalczyk Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

73.1 Ordained Bishop František Vaňák † Titular Bishop of Assuras Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

27 Aug 62.8 Ordained Bishop Josef Koukl † Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

28 Aug 22.8 Professed Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria

29 Aug 43.6 Appointed Nicolas Antiba, B.A. Superior General of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek) Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria

30 Aug 74.6 Ordained Bishop Simon An Shi’en † Bishop of Daming [Taming], China

59.5 Installed Robert John Rose † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

31 Aug 75.1 Died József Kacziba † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary

66.3 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Liang Xisheng † Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China

60.5 Installed Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez † Bishop of Colima, México Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	74.4	Retired	Salvatore Asta †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio
61.8	Resigned	Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín †	Bishop of Ecuador, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
1 Jul	27.0	Ordained Priest	John Patrick Dolan	Priest of San Diego, California, USA	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
30.0	Ordained Priest	Hervé Gaschignard	Priest of Nantes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
29.8	Ordained Priest	Bernard Anthony Hebda	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
27.2	Ordained Priest	Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
51.3	Appointed	Sam Joseph Galip Jacobs	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
76.4	Retired	Carlo Maccari †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
43.6	Appointed	Paulo Sérgio Machado †	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Mengoli	Priest of Otranto, Italy	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
51.6	Died	Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
24.6	Ordained Priest	Orazio Pepe	Priest of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy	Secretary of the Fabric of St. Peter
62.1	Appointed	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio
55.2	Appointed	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
2 Jul	37.1	Ordained Priest	Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte, Comm. l'Emm.	Priest of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
24.7	Ordained Priest	Bogusław Stanisław Turek, C.S.M.A.	Priest of Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
3 Jul	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Malone †	Titular Bishop of Abora	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
4 Jul	39.5	Appointed	Joseph Effiong Ekuwem	Bishop of Uyo, Nigeria	Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria
53.3	Appointed	Joseph Oyanga †	Bishop of Lira, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
31.0	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin	Priest of Genova-Bobbio, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
5 Jul	49.2	Appointed	Antonio Mattiazzo	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jul	84.5	Died	John Joseph Maguire †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas James Samra	Titular Bishop of Gerasa	Bishop Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
8 Jul	57.4	Appointed	Mariano De Nicolò †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Mariano De Nicolò †	Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
27.1	Ordained Priest	Helmut Karl Dieser	Priest of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
53.3	Appointed	José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez †	Bishop of Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga †	Bishop of Ecuador, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
55.5	Appointed	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga †	Titular Bishop of Pauzera	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
9 Jul	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Martino Canessa	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
66.6	Died	Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mogadiscio, Somalia
27.2	Ordained Priest	Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru
48.9	Ceased	Emery Kabongo Kanundowi	Apostolic Administrator of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Gérard Mulumba Kalemba †	Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
30.9	Ordained Priest	Salvator Niciteretse	Priest of Bururi, Burundi	Bishop
10 Jul	76.3	Died	Doroteo Fernández y Fernández †	Bishop Emeritus of Badajoz, Spain
11 Jul	76.2	Retired	Gilberto Baroni †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
67.1	Appointed	Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.8	Appointed	Bassano Staffieri †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
14 Jul	86.3	Died	José María García Lahiguera †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
27.2	Ordained Priest	Daniel Henry Mueggenborg	Priest of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA
15 Jul	26.7	Ordained Priest	Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
72.5	Resigned	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
36.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro María Laxague	Priest of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
65.6	Appointed	Giovanni Moretti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio
65.6	Appointed	Giovanni Moretti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio
46.6	Succeeded	Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
55.0	Appointed	Francesco Tommasiello †	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira	Titular Bishop of Gaudiaba	Bishop Emeritus of Portugal, Military
51.6	Appointed	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso †	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile
16 Jul	25.6	Ordained Priest	Matthias Du Jiang	Priest	Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]
27.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Meng Quinglu	Priest	Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
19 Jul	64.5	Appointed	Sennen Corrà †	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
74.4	Retired	Luigi Dardani †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Fabiani †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Abramo Freschi †	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	Antoine Hayek, B.C. †	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Jul	50.0	Appointed	Jan Martyniak	Auxiliary Bishop of Poland, for Greek and Armenian Catholics	Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
50.0	Appointed	Jan Martyniak	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
21 Jul	27.4	Ordained Priest	Michael Mulhall	Priest of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
36.0	Ordained Priest	Anthony Bernard Paul	Priest of Penang, Malaysia	Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia
67.2	Ordained Bishop	Marc Yuan Wen Zai †	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
22 Jul	55.3	Ordained Bishop	José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, M.X.Y. †	Titular Bishop of Vescera	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mitú, Colombia
30.4	Ordained Priest	Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
70.1	Appointed	Antonio Magnoni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus
25.6	Ordained Priest	Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas	Priest of Cabimas, Venezuela	Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela
47.4	Installed	Ignazio Zambito	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jul	31.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Salomon Lezoutié	Priest of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop
24.3	Ordained Deacon	Edmar Perón	Deacon of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
62.0	Died	Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Leribe, Lesotho
24 Jul	65.2	Died	Patrick Webster, O.S.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
26 Jul	62.7	Appointed	Josef Koukl †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
81.8	Died	Luigi Morstabilini †	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
55.7	Appointed	Ján Sokol	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus of Trnava, Slovakia
53.1	Appointed	František Tondra †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
73.0	Appointed	František Vaňák †	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia	Archbishop
73.0	Appointed	František Vaňák †	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
27 Jul	49.8	Installed	Camilo Diaz Gregorio †	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes, Philippines
84.1	Died	Luigi Punzolo †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy
29 Jul	75.0	Retired	James Monaghan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul	31.7	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Attakruh	Priest of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop
25.1	Ordained Priest	José Trinidad Fernández Angulo	Priest of Mérida, Venezuela	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
83.8	Ordained Bishop	Michael Huang Woze †	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
31 Jul	71.6	Appointed	Luciano Angeloni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio
58.1	Appointed	Pablo Puente Buces †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Apostolic Nuncio
73.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Xu Zhixuan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China	Bishop
2 Aug	26.5	Ordained Priest	Péter Fülöp Kocsis	Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Archbishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
49.0	Installed	Angel Nacorda Lagdameo †	Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
55.0	Appointed	Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
31.7	Professed	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
5 Aug	28.7	Ordained Priest	Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz	Priest of Camagüey, Cuba	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
25.7	Ordained Priest	Shelton Joseph Fabre	Priest of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
67.8	Died	Miguel Moncadas Noguera †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
83.5	Died	Charles Richard Mulrooney †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
37.6	Ordained Deacon	Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A.	Deacon of Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
26.9	Ordained Priest	Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe	Priest of Galle, Sri Lanka	Bishop
6 Aug	75.8	Retired	Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †	Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez †	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop of Veracruz, México
26.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Fang Jianping	Priest	Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
55.2	Appointed	Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Callao, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Paulin Kouabénan N`Gnamé †	Priest of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
29.0	Solemn Vows	Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M.	Member of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
59.0	Appointed	José Mario Ruiz Navas †	Bishop of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador
9 Aug	47.3	Appointed	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.	Ordinary of France, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
47.3	Appointed	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
52.1	Ordained Bishop	André Richard, C.S.C.	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
10 Aug	25.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Shao Zhumin	Priest	Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia], China
12 Aug	25.3	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Bernardo Barba	Priest of Morón, Argentina	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
26.1	Solemn Vows	Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia
58.3	Appointed	Attila Miklósházy, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus
30.6	Ordained Deacon	Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez	Deacon of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso †	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile
13 Aug	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Fortunatus M. Lukanima †	Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
32.3	Ordained Priest	Edouard Tsimba Ngoma, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Aug	84.4	Died	Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dali [Tali], China
15 Aug	24.7	Professed	Bruno Ateba Edo, S.A.C.	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
25.9	Ordained Priest	Lucjan Avgustini †	Priest of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
39.6	Ordained Bishop	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
25.3	Ordained Deacon	Louis Corriveau	Deacon of Québec, Canada	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
26.5	Ordained Priest	Dodë Gjergji	Priest of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia	Bishop of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia
29.5	Ordained Deacon	Vasyl Ivasyuk	Deacon of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine
37.4	Solemn Vows	Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Azul, Argentina
82.4	Died	Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
16 Aug	71.9	Died	Albert-Leo Bundervoet, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
29.5	Ordained Priest	Vasyl Ivasyuk	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine
69.3	Died	Alphonse Daniel Nsabi †	Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
18 Aug	30.0	Ordained Priest	Ilson de Jesus Montanari	Priest of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops
19 Aug	26.2	Ordained Deacon	José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos	Deacon of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
31.2	Ordained Priest	Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski	Priest of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
21 Aug	53.3	Appointed	Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B.	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria
41.4	Appointed	Boutros Marayati	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
49.5	Appointed	Nerses Bedros XIX (Boutros) Tarmouni (Taza) †	Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
22 Aug	83.8	Died	George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
84.9	Died	Arturo Vélez Martínez †	Bishop Emeritus of Toluca, México, México
23 Aug	74.7	Died	Jan Michalski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
24 Aug	87.8	Died	Jan Herrijgers, C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Yongping [Yüngping], China
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Sam Joseph Galip Jacobs	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
25 Aug	25.2	Ordained Priest	Martin James Chambers †	Priest of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop-Elect of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
26 Aug	61.3	Appointed	Giovanni De Andrea †	Vice President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See	Vice President Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina	Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
56.2	Appointed	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Titular Archbishop of Byblus	Apostolic Nuncio
56.2	Appointed	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Algeria	Apostolic Nuncio
56.2	Appointed	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Apostolic Delegate to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio
56.2	Appointed	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tunisia	Apostolic Nuncio
50.9	Appointed	Józef Kowalczyk	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
50.9	Appointed	Józef Kowalczyk	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
73.1	Ordained Bishop	František Vaňák †	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
27 Aug	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Josef Koukl †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
28 Aug	22.8	Professed	Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Uromi, Nigeria
29 Aug	43.6	Appointed	Nicolas Antiba, B.A.	Superior General of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)	Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
30 Aug	74.6	Ordained Bishop	Simon An Shi’en †	Bishop of Daming [Taming], China
59.5	Installed	Robert John Rose †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
31 Aug	75.1	Died	József Kacziba †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary
66.3	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Liang Xisheng †	Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
60.5	Installed	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez †	Bishop of Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus

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