The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

July

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 66.0 Appointed Severino Clasen, O.F.M. Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil

92.0 Died Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

50.4 Ordained Bishop Kevin James Sweeney Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA

2 Jul 59.1 Appointed Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

73.5 Died Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda † Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

3 Jul 64.1 Installed Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

61.0 Appointed Benjamin S. Phiri Bishop of Ndola, Zambia Archbishop of Ndola, Zambia

4 Jul 61.2 Succeeded Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México

59.9 Ordained Bishop Jose Chirackal Titular Bishop of Acufida Auxiliary Bishop of Tura, India

77.7 Ceased Paulo Antônio de Conto Apostolic Administrator of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

77.2 Died Angelo Fagiani † Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy

64.7 Appointed Claudio Gugerotti Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

54.1 Installed Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

70.6 Resigned Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México Bishop Emeritus

5 Jul 55.9 Installed Nicolás Baisi Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

6 Jul 75.7 Retired Francisco Cases Andreu Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed José Mazuelos Pérez Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

79.0 Died Zithulele Patrick Mvemve † Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp, South Africa

7 Jul 55.7 Appointed Noel Portal Pedregosa Administrator of Malaybalay, Philippines Bishop

8 Jul 65.5 Appointed Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P. Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru

75.0 Retired Stanisław Gębicki Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.2 Appointed Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J. Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

63.2 Appointed Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J. Titular Bishop of Fiorentino Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

55.0 Appointed Stephen Douglas Parkes Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA

72.5 Died José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México

9 Jul 66.1 Appointed Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

59.1 Ordained Bishop Peter Michael Muhich † Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

67.1 Ceased Michel Joseph Mulloy Administrator of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA Priest

11 Jul 56.2 Installed Gabriel Bernardo Barba Bishop of San Luis, Argentina

67.1 Resigned José Câmnate na Bissign Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Installed Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, Comm. l'Emm. Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon

84.1 Died Edward Urban Kmiec † Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA

51.0 Ceased Abraham Kome Apostolic Administrator of Bafia, Cameroon Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon

51.7 Appointed Dražen Kutleša Coadjutor Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

51.7 Appointed Dražen Kutleša Apostolic Administrator of Poreč i Pula, Croatia Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

56.5 Appointed José Lampra Cà Apostolic Administrator of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Bishop

48.0 Appointed Petar Palić Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

56.8 Ordained Bishop Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

76.4 Retired Ratko Perić Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

63.0 Ordained Bishop Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

12 Jul 54.1 Installed Adimir Antônio Mazali Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

52.2 Installed Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil

13 Jul 69.6 Died Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. † Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

79.9 Died Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias † Bishop Emeritus of Astorga, Spain

53.8 Appointed Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

53.8 Appointed Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam Titular Bishop of Materiana Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

14 Jul 50.9 Ordained Bishop Ramón Bejarano Titular Bishop of Carpi Bishop of Monterey in California, USA

67.8 Died Milan Šašik, C.M. † Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

15 Jul 88.8 Died Oscar Hugh Lipscomb † Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA

66.5 Died Eugenio Scarpellini † Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia

16 Jul 76.5 Retired Gianni Ambrosio Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

46.1 Appointed Giovani Edgar Arana Apostolic Administrator of El Alto, Bolivia Bishop

62.2 Appointed Adriano Cevolotto Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

54.6 Installed Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I. Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines

59.9 Appointed Edward Charles Malesic Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

17 Jul 92.6 Died Pierre-Marie Coty † Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

80.7 Died Zenon Grocholewski † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

52.9 Appointed Ronald Aldon Hicks Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

18 Jul 67.9 Installed Thomas Chung An-zu Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan

57.3 Installed Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil

64.8 Installed Jesús Fernández González Bishop of Astorga, Spain Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

51.5 Ordained Bishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński Titular Archbishop of Limosano Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa

61.8 Appointed Jaime Muñoz Pedroza Apostolic Administrator of Espinal, Colombia Bishop of Girardot, Colombia

62.0 Installed Orlando Roa Barbosa Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia

57.2 Died Henrique Soares da Costa † Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

96.2 Died Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas † Bishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines

19 Jul 73.8 Died Louis Dicaire † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

54.4 Ceased Miguel Fernando González Mariño Apostolic Administrator of Ibagué, Colombia Bishop of Espinal, Colombia

20 Jul 47.1 Appointed Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop

22 Jul 61.1 Installed Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia

57.4 Ordained Bishop Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia

56.0 Ordained Bishop Michael George McGovern Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

66.6 Ceased Christopher Charles Prowse Apostolic Administrator of Wagga Wagga, Australia Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia

23 Jul 49.8 Appointed Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M. Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

50.1 Ordained Bishop Louis Tylka Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA Bishop

24 Jul 48.5 Selected Anthony Li Hui Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China

58.3 Appointed Francesco Lomanto Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

87.3 Died Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Maseru, Lesotho

75.3 Retired Salvatore Pappalardo Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

25 Jul 62.6 Installed Santiago Gómez Sierra Bishop of Huelva, Spain

54.9 Ordained Bishop Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba Titular Archbishop of Nasai Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique

57.4 Installed Gianrico Ruzza Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy

26 Jul 91.7 Died Rafael Barraza Sánchez † Bishop Emeritus of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

28 Jul 54.3 Installed Jesús Castro Marte Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

29 Jul 67.0 Appointed Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

30 Jul 47.1 Appointed Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv. Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation

47.1 Appointed Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv. Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation

55.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Kalu Ukpong Titular Bishop of Igilgili Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria

31 Jul 62.7 Appointed John Baptist Attakruh Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Bishop

68.1 Resigned Giuseppe Pinto Apostolic Nuncio

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	66.0	Appointed	Severino Clasen, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
92.0	Died	Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Kevin James Sweeney	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
2 Jul	59.1	Appointed	Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
73.5	Died	Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
3 Jul	64.1	Installed	Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
61.0	Appointed	Benjamin S. Phiri	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia	Archbishop of Ndola, Zambia
4 Jul	61.2	Succeeded	Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C.	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México
59.9	Ordained Bishop	Jose Chirackal	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Auxiliary Bishop of Tura, India
77.7	Ceased	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Apostolic Administrator of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
77.2	Died	Angelo Fagiani †	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
64.7	Appointed	Claudio Gugerotti	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
54.1	Installed	Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.6	Resigned	Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal	Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jul	55.9	Installed	Nicolás Baisi	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
6 Jul	75.7	Retired	Francisco Cases Andreu	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	José Mazuelos Pérez	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
79.0	Died	Zithulele Patrick Mvemve †	Bishop Emeritus of Klerksdorp, South Africa
7 Jul	55.7	Appointed	Noel Portal Pedregosa	Administrator of Malaybalay, Philippines	Bishop
8 Jul	65.5	Appointed	Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P.	Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru
75.0	Retired	Stanisław Gębicki	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.2	Appointed	Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
63.2	Appointed	Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.	Titular Bishop of Fiorentino	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
55.0	Appointed	Stephen Douglas Parkes	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
72.5	Died	José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Jesús María (del Nayar), Nayarit, México
9 Jul	66.1	Appointed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Michael Muhich †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
67.1	Ceased	Michel Joseph Mulloy	Administrator of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Priest
11 Jul	56.2	Installed	Gabriel Bernardo Barba	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
67.1	Resigned	José Câmnate na Bissign	Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Installed	Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
84.1	Died	Edward Urban Kmiec †	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
51.0	Ceased	Abraham Kome	Apostolic Administrator of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon
51.7	Appointed	Dražen Kutleša	Coadjutor Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
51.7	Appointed	Dražen Kutleša	Apostolic Administrator of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
56.5	Appointed	José Lampra Cà	Apostolic Administrator of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau	Bishop
48.0	Appointed	Petar Palić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
56.8	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC.	Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
76.4	Retired	Ratko Perić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
63.0	Ordained Bishop	Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
12 Jul	54.1	Installed	Adimir Antônio Mazali	Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
52.2	Installed	Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
13 Jul	69.6	Died	Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. †	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
79.9	Died	Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias †	Bishop Emeritus of Astorga, Spain
53.8	Appointed	Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
53.8	Appointed	Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam	Titular Bishop of Materiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
14 Jul	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Bejarano	Titular Bishop of Carpi	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
67.8	Died	Milan Šašik, C.M. †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
15 Jul	88.8	Died	Oscar Hugh Lipscomb †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA
66.5	Died	Eugenio Scarpellini †	Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia
16 Jul	76.5	Retired	Gianni Ambrosio	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
46.1	Appointed	Giovani Edgar Arana	Apostolic Administrator of El Alto, Bolivia	Bishop
62.2	Appointed	Adriano Cevolotto	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
54.6	Installed	Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
59.9	Appointed	Edward Charles Malesic	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
17 Jul	92.6	Died	Pierre-Marie Coty †	Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
80.7	Died	Zenon Grocholewski †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
52.9	Appointed	Ronald Aldon Hicks	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
18 Jul	67.9	Installed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan
57.3	Installed	Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil
64.8	Installed	Jesús Fernández González	Bishop of Astorga, Spain	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński	Titular Archbishop of Limosano	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
61.8	Appointed	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Apostolic Administrator of Espinal, Colombia	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
62.0	Installed	Orlando Roa Barbosa	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia
57.2	Died	Henrique Soares da Costa †	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
96.2	Died	Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas †	Bishop Emeritus of Imus, Philippines
19 Jul	73.8	Died	Louis Dicaire †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
54.4	Ceased	Miguel Fernando González Mariño	Apostolic Administrator of Ibagué, Colombia	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
20 Jul	47.1	Appointed	Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
22 Jul	61.1	Installed	Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I.	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Ovidio Giraldo Velásquez	Bishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Michael George McGovern	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
66.6	Ceased	Christopher Charles Prowse	Apostolic Administrator of Wagga Wagga, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
23 Jul	49.8	Appointed	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis Tylka	Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Bishop
24 Jul	48.5	Selected	Anthony Li Hui	Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
58.3	Appointed	Francesco Lomanto	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
87.3	Died	Bernard Mosiuoa Mohlalisi, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Maseru, Lesotho
75.3	Retired	Salvatore Pappalardo	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Jul	62.6	Installed	Santiago Gómez Sierra	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Luís Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba	Titular Archbishop of Nasai	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
57.4	Installed	Gianrico Ruzza	Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
26 Jul	91.7	Died	Rafael Barraza Sánchez †	Bishop Emeritus of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
28 Jul	54.3	Installed	Jesús Castro Marte	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
29 Jul	67.0	Appointed	Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
30 Jul	47.1	Appointed	Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.	Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
47.1	Appointed	Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Kalu Ukpong	Titular Bishop of Igilgili	Bishop of Umuahia, Nigeria
31 Jul	62.7	Appointed	John Baptist Attakruh	Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop
68.1	Resigned	Giuseppe Pinto	Apostolic Nuncio

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