The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

July

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 56.3 Ordained Bishop Donato Oliverio Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

2 Jul 52.3 Removed Róbert Bezák, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia Archbishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired William Joseph Levada † Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

76.0 Retired William Joseph Levada † President of the International Theological Commission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

76.0 Retired William Joseph Levada † President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

76.0 Retired William Joseph Levada † President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the International Theological Commission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.5 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller Archbishop (Personal Title) Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

59.0 Appointed Ján Orosch Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia Archbishop

3 Jul 75.8 Retired Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. † Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India Archbishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Prakash Mallavarapu Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India Archbishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Jeffrey Marc Monforton Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

59.7 Appointed Joseph Ponniah Bishop of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Appointed Joseph Kingsley Swampillai Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

4 Jul 44.9 Appointed José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

83.2 Died Vinzenz Guggenberger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany

75.8 Retired Cristiano Jakob Krapf Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

5 Jul 46.1 Appointed Jaime Calderón Calderón Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México

46.1 Appointed Jaime Calderón Calderón Titular Bishop of Iomnium Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México

6 Jul 77.0 Retired Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. † Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

45.7 Appointed José Rico Pavés Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

45.7 Appointed José Rico Pavés Titular Bishop of Mentesa Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

66.5 Appointed Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

48.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Yue Fusheng Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China

7 Jul 94.8 Died Paul Coussa † Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

60.6 Appointed Sebastian Francis Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

44.5 Ordained Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

76.7 Retired Antony Selvanayagam Bishop of Penang, Malaysia Bishop Emeritus

71.8 Resigned Filippo Strofaldi † Bishop of Ischia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

8 Jul 52.3 Ordained Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela

9 Jul 85.8 Died Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P. † Prelate Emeritus of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines

91.6 Died Eugênio de Araújo Sales † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

79.8 Died René Joseph Rakotondrabé † Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar

10 Jul 54.7 Appointed Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Chile, Military

11 Jul 60.7 Appointed Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B. Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

66.8 Ordained Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto Titular Bishop of Citium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

56.6 Appointed Philip Anthony Egan Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

73.8 Ceased Brian Vincent Finnigan Apostolic Administrator of Toowoomba, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

51.0 Appointed Elias Joseph Gonsalves Bishop of Amravati, India Archbishop of Nagpur, India

75.6 Retired Roger Francis Crispian Hollis Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Marek Jędraszewski Archbishop of Łódź, Poland Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

68.4 Ordained Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia Bishop Emeritus

65.6 Ordained Bishop Paul Robert Sanchez Titular Bishop of Coeliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

70.8 Resigned Pedro Ercílio Simon † Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

77.0 Retired Władysław Ziółek Archbishop of Łódź, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

12 Jul 79.9 Died Pier Luigi Mazzoni † Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

13 Jul 75.9 Retired Guido Plante, P.M.E. † Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

14 Jul 54.3 Ordained Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

51.3 Appointed Gregory John Bittman Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

51.3 Appointed Gregory John Bittman Titular Bishop of Caltadria Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

64.9 Installed Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri Cardinal, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

15 Jul 82.5 Died Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

43.0 Ordained Bishop Abraham Kome Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon

16 Jul 65.2 Retired Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I. Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Gerald Isaac Lobo Bishop of Udupi, India

74.2 Died Joseph Nduhirubusa † Bishop Emeritus of Ruyigi, Burundi

17 Jul 84.5 Died Ottorino Pietro Alberti † Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

56.1 Appointed Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G. Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

18 Jul 61.8 Installed Samuel Joseph Aquila Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

57.3 Ceased James Douglas Conley Apostolic Administrator of Denver, Colorado, USA Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

62.6 Appointed David Dennis Kagan Apostolic Administrator of Fargo, North Dakota, USA Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

19 Jul 76.8 Retired Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz † Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

21 Jul 60.6 Resigned Vincenzo Di Mauro Bishop of Vigevano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Maroun Nasser Gemayel Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), France Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

61.5 Appointed Maroun Nasser Gemayel Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

51.6 Appointed Borys Andrij Gudziak Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian) Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

51.6 Appointed Borys Andrij Gudziak Titular Bishop of Carcabia Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

83.4 Retired Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.Ss.R. † Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Edward Janiak † Bishop of Kalisz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Stanisław Napierała Bishop of Kalisz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

22 Jul 47.7 Ordained Bishop Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic

42.3 Ordained Bishop Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

45.3 Ordained Bishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

42.4 Ordained Bishop Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic Bishop

23 Jul 75.5 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus

24 Jul 78.3 Retired Mario Joseph Conti † Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

56.0 Appointed Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Ukraine Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine

61.5 Appointed Philip Tartaglia † Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

78.3 Appointed Dionigi Tettamanzi † Apostolic Administrator of Vigevano, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

65.2 Resigned Markijan Trofym’yak Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

25 Jul 50.1 Ordained Bishop Robert John Brennan Titular Bishop of Erdonia Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

53.3 Installed Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México

55.1 Ordained Bishop Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick Titular Bishop of Aradi Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

51.1 Ordained Bishop Nelson Jesus Perez Titular Bishop of Catrum Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

27 Jul 56.1 Appointed Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

66.2 Appointed Jesús Murgui Soriano Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired George Hugh Niederauer † Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA Archbishop Emeritus

85.5 Died Emmanuel Otteh † Bishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku, Nigeria

76.0 Retired Rafael Palmero Ramos † Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus

28 Jul 76.5 Died Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon

56.4 Ordained Bishop Maroun Ammar Titular Bishop of Canatha Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon

62.7 Appointed Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. Bishop of Ivrea, Italy

59.1 Ordained Bishop Georges Chihane Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

58.4 Ordained Bishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M. Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel

70.6 Ordained Bishop Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Ordained Bishop Max Leroy Mésidor Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

42.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Emile Mouawad Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon

54.0 Ordained Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa Titular Bishop of Nasbinca Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia

57.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Rouhana, O.L.M. Titular Bishop of Antarados Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

42.4 Ordained Bishop Florian Wörner Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

29 Jul 45.3 Installed Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

30 Jul 75.7 Appointed Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo Apostolic Administrator of Magangué, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia

69.7 Resigned Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. Bishop of Magangué, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

69.7 Resigned Gianfranco Ravasi President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology

72.1 Resigned Paul Friedrich Wehrle Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

31 Jul 81.8 Died Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

61.6 Appointed Lawrence Thomas Persico Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

74.8 Died Stefan Siczek † Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland

75.1 Retired Engelbert Siebler † Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Donald Walter Trautman † Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Donato Oliverio	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
2 Jul	52.3	Removed	Róbert Bezák, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	William Joseph Levada †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
76.0	Retired	William Joseph Levada †	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
76.0	Retired	William Joseph Levada †	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
76.0	Retired	William Joseph Levada †	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.5	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
59.0	Appointed	Ján Orosch	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop
3 Jul	75.8	Retired	Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. †	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India	Archbishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Prakash Mallavarapu	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India	Archbishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Jeffrey Marc Monforton	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
59.7	Appointed	Joseph Ponniah	Bishop of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Appointed	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jul	44.9	Appointed	José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
83.2	Died	Vinzenz Guggenberger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
75.8	Retired	Cristiano Jakob Krapf	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jul	46.1	Appointed	Jaime Calderón Calderón	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
46.1	Appointed	Jaime Calderón Calderón	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
6 Jul	77.0	Retired	Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
45.7	Appointed	José Rico Pavés	Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
45.7	Appointed	José Rico Pavés	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
66.5	Appointed	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Yue Fusheng	Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
7 Jul	94.8	Died	Paul Coussa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
60.6	Appointed	Sebastian Francis	Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Thaddeus Ma Daqin	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
76.7	Retired	Antony Selvanayagam	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
71.8	Resigned	Filippo Strofaldi †	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela
9 Jul	85.8	Died	Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
91.6	Died	Eugênio de Araújo Sales †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
79.8	Died	René Joseph Rakotondrabé †	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
10 Jul	54.7	Appointed	Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Chile, Military
11 Jul	60.7	Appointed	Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
66.8	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Francis Chappetto	Titular Bishop of Citium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
56.6	Appointed	Philip Anthony Egan	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
73.8	Ceased	Brian Vincent Finnigan	Apostolic Administrator of Toowoomba, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
51.0	Appointed	Elias Joseph Gonsalves	Bishop of Amravati, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
75.6	Retired	Roger Francis Crispian Hollis	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Marek Jędraszewski	Archbishop of Łódź, Poland	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
68.4	Ordained Bishop	Robert Michael McGuckin	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Robert Sanchez	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
70.8	Resigned	Pedro Ercílio Simon †	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
77.0	Retired	Władysław Ziółek	Archbishop of Łódź, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Jul	79.9	Died	Pier Luigi Mazzoni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
13 Jul	75.9	Retired	Guido Plante, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Dieudonné Espoir Atangana	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
51.3	Appointed	Gregory John Bittman	Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
51.3	Appointed	Gregory John Bittman	Titular Bishop of Caltadria	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
64.9	Installed	Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri	Cardinal, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
15 Jul	82.5	Died	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Kome	Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon
16 Jul	65.2	Retired	Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Gerald Isaac Lobo	Bishop of Udupi, India
74.2	Died	Joseph Nduhirubusa †	Bishop Emeritus of Ruyigi, Burundi
17 Jul	84.5	Died	Ottorino Pietro Alberti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
56.1	Appointed	Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G.	Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
18 Jul	61.8	Installed	Samuel Joseph Aquila	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
57.3	Ceased	James Douglas Conley	Apostolic Administrator of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
62.6	Appointed	David Dennis Kagan	Apostolic Administrator of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
19 Jul	76.8	Retired	Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
21 Jul	60.6	Resigned	Vincenzo Di Mauro	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Maroun Nasser Gemayel	Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite), France	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
61.5	Appointed	Maroun Nasser Gemayel	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
51.6	Appointed	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian)	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
51.6	Appointed	Borys Andrij Gudziak	Titular Bishop of Carcabia	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
83.4	Retired	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.Ss.R. †	Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Edward Janiak †	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Stanisław Napierała	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jul	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A.	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A.	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa	Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao, Central African Republic	Bishop
23 Jul	75.5	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus
24 Jul	78.3	Retired	Mario Joseph Conti †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk, Ukraine	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
61.5	Appointed	Philip Tartaglia †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
78.3	Appointed	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Apostolic Administrator of Vigevano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
65.2	Resigned	Markijan Trofym’yak	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert John Brennan	Titular Bishop of Erdonia	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
53.3	Installed	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.	Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Nelson Jesus Perez	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
27 Jul	56.1	Appointed	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
66.2	Appointed	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	George Hugh Niederauer †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
85.5	Died	Emmanuel Otteh †	Bishop Emeritus of Issele-Uku, Nigeria
76.0	Retired	Rafael Palmero Ramos †	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jul	76.5	Died	Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Maroun Ammar	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
62.7	Appointed	Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O.	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Georges Chihane	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M.	Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel
70.6	Ordained Bishop	Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Max Leroy Mésidor	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Emile Mouawad	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia
57.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Rouhana, O.L.M.	Titular Bishop of Antarados	Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Florian Wörner	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
29 Jul	45.3	Installed	Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
30 Jul	75.7	Appointed	Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo	Apostolic Administrator of Magangué, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
69.7	Resigned	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.	Bishop of Magangué, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
69.7	Resigned	Gianfranco Ravasi	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology
72.1	Resigned	Paul Friedrich Wehrle	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31 Jul	81.8	Died	Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
61.6	Appointed	Lawrence Thomas Persico	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
74.8	Died	Stefan Siczek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Radom, Poland
75.1	Retired	Engelbert Siebler †	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Donald Walter Trautman †	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus

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