The Year of Our Lord 2022

Bishop Events

July

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	67.0	Ceased	William Amove Avenya	Apostolic Administrator of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria	Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Isaac Bundepuun Dugu	Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo Freire Soares, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
95.0	Died	Raul Nicolau Gonsalves †	Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
57.5	Installed	Thomas Warren Powers	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
2 Jul	54.5	Appointed	Álvaro Chordi Miranda, Adsis	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
54.5	Appointed	Álvaro Chordi Miranda, Adsis	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
64.9	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
73.8	Installed	Jan Bosco Graubner	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
63.6	Installed	Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
102.2	Died	Laurent Noël †	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Serafino Parisi	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy
59.1	Appointed	Domenico Pompili	Bishop of Verona, Italy
75.3	Retired	Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.	Prelate of Chota, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R.	Prelate of Chota, Peru
75.3	Retired	Giuseppe Zenti	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jul	65.7	Appointed	John "Joy" Alappat	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar), Illinois, USA
76.7	Retired	Jacob Angadiath	Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar), Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama	Bishop of Oita, Japan
4 Jul	87.9	Died	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
68.3	Ceased	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Bishop Emeritus of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
64.1	Appointed	Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
55.9	Appointed	Josef Nuzík	Administrator of Olomouc, Czechia	Archbishop
5 Jul	58.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Salvatore Baturi	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
57.8	Appointed	Christian Louis André Delarbre	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France
74.5	Retired	Christophe Dufour	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Jul	53.8	Appointed	Philippe Curbelié	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
63.2	Appointed	Stefano Manetti	Apostolic Administrator of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
63.2	Installed	Stefano Manetti	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
46.0	Appointed	Piotr Przyborek	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
46.0	Appointed	Piotr Przyborek	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
7 Jul	47.3	Ordained Bishop	John Bogna Bakeni	Titular Bishop of Leptiminus	Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
54.8	Died	Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
53.8	Appointed	Luc René Michel Meyer	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
63.1	Installed	Paul Fitzpatrick Russell	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
63.1	Appointed	Joseph Spiteri	Apostolic Nuncio to México
8 Jul	66.2	Died	George Jonathan Dodo †	Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria
81.9	Died	Angel Nacorda Lagdameo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
9 Jul	75.2	Retired	Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré	Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Archbishop Emeritus
64.9	Appointed	Eugenio Coter	Apostolic Administrator of Reyes, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
51.1	Installed	Michael Andrew Gielen	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
55.1	Ceased	Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Christchurch, New Zealand	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
60.5	Installed	Serafino Parisi	Bishop of Lamezia Terme, Italy
67.8	Appointed	Norbert José Henri Turini	Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
11 Jul	61.4	Appointed	Alain Jean Louis Guellec	Administrator of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Bishop of Montauban, France
90.9	Died	Joseph Mittathany †	Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India
12 Jul	92.2	Died	Ivo Fürer †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
57.8	Appointed	Chad William Zielinski	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
13 Jul	57.7	Appointed	Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
48.5	Appointed	António Lungieki Pedro Bengui	Apostolic Administrator of São Tomé e Príncipe	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola
62.3	Resigned	Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F.	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jul	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Antony Silvanos Kakkanatt	Titular Bishop of Barcusus	Curial Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
66.6	Ordained Bishop	Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
50.2	Appointed	Pierre Suon Hangly	Prefect of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia
50.4	Appointed	Bruno Paul Marie Valentin	Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France	Bishop
16 Jul	54.4	Appointed	Ernesto Jesús Brotóns Tena	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
45.5	Appointed	Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
45.5	Appointed	Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez	Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
54.5	Appointed	Walter Erbì	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia
54.5	Appointed	Walter Erbì	Titular Archbishop of Nepeta	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia
80.9	Died	José Guadalupe Galván Galindo †	Bishop Emeritus of Torreón, Coahuila, México
65.1	Appointed	José María Gil Tamayo	Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Archbishop
51.0	Appointed	Frank Leo	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
51.0	Appointed	Frank Leo	Titular Bishop of Tamada	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
58.6	Appointed	Ivan Maffeis	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
57.9	Ordained Bishop	André Giraud Pindi Mwanza Mayala	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.6	Appointed	Félix María Ramírez Barajas	Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia
50.5	Appointed	Masilo John Selemela	Auxiliary Bishop of Pretoria, South Africa
50.5	Appointed	Masilo John Selemela	Titular Bishop of Nachingwea	Auxiliary Bishop of Pretoria, South Africa
72.7	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D.	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru
18 Jul	91.1	Died	Egidio Caporello †	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
88.2	Died	José Diéguez Reboredo †	Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
19 Jul	72.6	Resigned	Michael Dixon Bhasera	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
66.5	Appointed	Robert Christopher Ndlovu	Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
20 Jul	54.5	Appointed	Walter Erbì	Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia
57.2	Appointed	Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, I.M.C.	Bishop of Maralal, Kenya
76.3	Retired	Virgilio Pante, I.M.C.	Bishop of Maralal, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
21 Jul	58.0	Appointed	Augusto Paolo Lojudice	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
22 Jul	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Erik Thomas Pohlmeier	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
23 Jul	82.4	Died	Venant Bacinoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
65.8	Appointed	Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Metz, France	Bishop
71.9	Ceased	Thomas D’Souza	Apostolic Administrator of Krishnagar, India	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
80.4	Ordained Bishop	Fortunato Frezza	Titular Archbishop of Treba	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B.	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
72.6	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh	Apostolic Administrator of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
77.8	Retired	Joseph Võ Ðức Minh	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru
25 Jul	49.4	Appointed	Ephrem Ndjoni	Bishop of Franceville, Gabon
26 Jul	99.2	Died	Bruno Foresti †	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
27 Jul	97.0	Died	Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand †	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
87.0	Died	Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia
29 Jul	62.6	Installed	Robert Emmet Barron	Bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
66.4	Appointed	Angelo Giurdanella	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
75.3	Retired	Domenico Mogavero	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul	69.2	Installed	Luis Javier Argüello García	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
57.9	Appointed	Santiago De Wit Guzmán	Apostolic Delegate to Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
72.3	Resigned	Antony Kariyil, C.M.I.	Archiepiscopal Vicar of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Archiepiscopal Vicar Emeritus
89.4	Died	Martin Luluga †	Bishop Emeritus of Nebbi, Uganda
70.6	Appointed	Andrews Thazhath	Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
31 Jul	91.7	Died	Hubert Coppenrath †	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Gualtiero Federico Isacchi	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
63.5	Died	Hubertus Leteng †	Bishop Emeritus of Ruteng, Indonesia
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Dolisie, Congo
56.1	Resigned	Giuseppe Russo	Under Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

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