The Year of Our Lord 2024

Bishop Events

August

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug	57.9	Appointed	Estêvão Binga	Bishop of Ganda, Angola
52.3	Died	Dilmo Franco de Campos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
53.4	Succeeded	Antonio D’Angelo	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
75.9	Retired	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
2 Aug	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Bomansaan, M. Afr.	Bishop of Wa, Ghana
394.0	Beatified	Bl. Estephan Douaihi †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
3 Aug	61.0	Appointed	Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa	Apostolic Administrator of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
62.9	Installed	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Bernardo Cannavó	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
54.1	Installed	José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Iván Dornelles	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
93.8	Died	Endre Gyulay †	Bishop Emeritus of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Clement Papa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Daniel Pardo	Titular Bishop of Fissiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Jean Sander	Titular Bishop of Privata	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Edwin Raúl Vanegas Cuervo	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
60.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Charles Wismick, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Lestrona	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
4 Aug	61.2	Died	Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan †	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo
5 Aug	59.8	Appointed	Richard Garth Henning	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
80.1	Retired	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
6 Aug	47.1	Installed	Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
92.7	Died	Patrick Ebosele Ekpu †	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Wilfred Gregory Moras	Coadjutor Bishop of Jhansi, India
64.6	Appointed	Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
7 Aug	59.9	Resigned	Markus Graulich, S.D.B.	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
55.9	Appointed	Tuomo T. Vimpari	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
8 Aug	59.5	Installed	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
64.1	Ceased	Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Huánuco, Peru	Bishop of Carabayllo, Peru
84.0	Died	Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
10 Aug	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Adalberto Donadelli Júnior	Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo Gallego Trujillo	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
58.2	Ceased	Kevin James Golden	Administrator of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain	Priest
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrew McKenzie	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
50.4	Ordained Bishop	José Otacio Oliveira Guedes	Titular Bishop of Severiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
65.1	Installed	Bruno Elizeu Versari	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
11 Aug	46.8	Installed	Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Bentiu, South Sudan
65.8	Appointed	Isaac Jogues Agbémenya Kodjo Gaglo	Apostolic Administrator of Lomé, Togo	Bishop of Aného, Togo
73.6	Died	Noël Treanor †	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
12 Aug	60.3	Appointed	Jean Bosco Ntagungira	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
76.2	Retired	Philippe Rukamba	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
14 Aug	44.9	Appointed	Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
79.2	Died	Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
15 Aug		Appointed	Charlie A. Borja	Apostolic Administrator of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
69.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
64.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph John Caddy	Bishop of Cairns, Australia
	Ceased	Romeo (Romy) Duetao Convocar	Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)	Priest
52.6	Installed	Ryan Pagente Jimenez	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
57.7	Appointed	Peter Kimani Ndung’u	Bishop of Embu, Kenya
57.0	Appointed	Dennis Kuruppassery	Auxiliary Bishop of Kannur, India
57.0	Appointed	Dennis Kuruppassery	Titular Bishop of Macomades Rusticiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kannur, India
51.3	Appointed	Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi	Bishop of Kenya, Military
57.7	Appointed	Benny Mario Travas	Apostolic Administrator of Lahore, Pakistan	Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
16 Aug	63.9	Ceased	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Rector Major Emeritus
17 Aug	60.2	Ceased	Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero (Valerio)	Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
64.5	Appointed	Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M.	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic
60.2	Installed	Geraldo dos Reis Maia	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
50.4	Installed	Rodrigo Gallego Trujillo	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia
84.3	Died	Youssef Massoud Massoud †	Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
57.0	Installed	Polito Rodríguez Méndez	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
18 Aug	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Sagayaraj Thamburaj	Bishop of Tanjore, India
19 Aug	58.2	Installed	Jaime Calderón Calderón	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
57.9	Appointed	Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam	Apostolic Administrator of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
71.8	Resigned	Joseph Ponniah	Bishop of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
20 Aug	57.8	Installed	Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
55.6	Appointed	Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński	Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
83.4	Died	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Nuncio
91.3	Died	Rafael Eleuterio Rey †	Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
21 Aug	55.7	Appointed	Kévork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B.	Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
55.7	Appointed	Kévork Noradounguian, I.C.P.B.	Titular Archbishop of Sebaste degli Armeni	Ordinary of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian)
22 Aug	76.7	Ceased	Peter Hugh Brown, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
56.7	Appointed	Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B.	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
67.7	Ceased	Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản	Apostolic Administrator of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam	Bishop of Hải Phòng, Viet Nam
56.8	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Nguyen Huy Bac	Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alfonso Tut Tun	Titular Bishop of Arba	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
23 Aug	75.0	Retired	Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Bishop Emeritus
66.4	Installed	Germán Medina Acosta	Bishop of Engativá, Colombia
52.2	Succeeded	Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae	Bishop of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
24 Aug	51.6	Installed	Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
61.8	Installed	Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
49.6	Installed	Adalberto Donadelli Júnior	Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Kryspin Witold Dubiel	Titular Archbishop of Vannida	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola
52.3	Appointed	Dominic Nguyễn Tuan Anh	Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
52.3	Appointed	Dominic Nguyễn Tuan Anh	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia	Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
60.0	Installed	Jorge Pierozan	Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Arokiaraj Satis Kumar	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus	Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore, India
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Susainathan (Soosainathan)	Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae	Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore, India
59.7	Installed	Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
26 Aug	69.2	Died	Dominique Bulamatari Kizayakana †	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Aug	97.6	Died	Michael Pak Jeong-il †	Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
58.0	Appointed	Angelo Raffaele Panzetta	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
45.0	Appointed	Matías Vecino	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
45.0	Appointed	Matías Vecino	Titular Bishop of Idicra	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
54.2	Appointed	Matthew Zhen Xuebin	Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
29 Aug	68.2	Installed	Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G.	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
60.4	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
30 Aug	72.9	Died	Janusz Marian Danecki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
68.9	Ceased	Joseph Kollamparambil	Apostolic Administrator of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop
48.2	Confirmed	Antony Prince Panengaden	Bishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India
76.1	Retired	Joseph Perumthottam	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus
52.5	Confirmed	Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

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