The Year of Our Lord 1967

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Aug 87.2 Died Alphonse-Paul-Désiré Gaudron † Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, France

3 Aug 69.5 Appointed Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Rusibisir Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

69.5 Resigned Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. Prelate of Huarí, Peru Prelate Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. Titular Bishop of Urusi Prelate Emeritus of Huarí, Peru

39.2 Appointed Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M. Bishop of Huacho, Peru Bishop Emeritus

47.0 Appointed Eduardo Picher Peña † Bishop of Callao, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Peru, Military

4 Aug 47.7 Appointed Milton Corrêa Pereira † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

43.0 Appointed Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Legis Volumni Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

5 Aug 53.8 Appointed Carlo Martini † Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

59.5 Appointed Léonce Tchantayan † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran Bishop Emeritus

6 Aug 42.7 Ordained Bishop Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil

27.6 Ordained Priest Paul Nabil Sayah Priest Archbishop of Haifa e Terra Santa (Maronite), Israel

8 Aug 53.2 Ordained Bishop Gerard Louis Frey † Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

60.2 Appointed Vicente P. Reyes † Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

11 Aug 46.9 Resigned Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

44.6 Installed Juan José Gerardi Conedera † Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala

12 Aug 86.9 Died Salvatore Ballo Guercio † Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

39.4 Appointed Alcides Mendoza Castro Archbishop (Personal Title) of Peru, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

39.4 Appointed Alcides Mendoza Castro Titular Archbishop of Pederodiana Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

51.7 Succeeded Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

75.3 Appointed Ernesto Sena de Oliveira † Titular Archbishop of Octaba Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

75.3 Retired Ernesto Sena de Oliveira † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

13 Aug 29.0 Ordained Priest Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I. Priest of Other Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy

35.0 Ordained Bishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga † Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

64.6 Died Patrick Francis Lyons † Bishop of Sale, Australia

61.2 Ordained Bishop Juan Moleón Andreu † Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari Bishop of Paraguay, Military

15 Aug 44.6 Appointed Tomás Balduino, O.P. Coadjutor Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Goias, Brazil

44.6 Appointed Tomás Balduino, O.P. Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Goias, Brazil

46.5 Appointed James (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Tetci Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil

74.1 Appointed Carlo Confalonieri † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

55.5 Ordained Bishop Michael James Dempsey, O.P. † Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

25.4 Ordained Priest Geraldo Lyrio Rocha Priest of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

43.4 Ordained Bishop Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. † Bishop of Kupang, Indonesia Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia

54.1 Ordained Bishop Pierre Nguyên Huy Mai † Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam

46.8 Appointed Juvenal Roriz, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Lemellefa Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

63.3 Ordained Bishop Alois Stöger † Titular Bishop of Aptuca Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

81.0 Appointed Gustavo Testa † Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

24.3 Ordained Priest Amândio José Tomás Priest of Vila Real, Portugal Coadjutor Bishop

25.0 Ordained Priest Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop

17 Aug 72.4 Died William Joseph Condon † Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA

67.5 Died Albert Leménager † Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

82.3 Died Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bamako, Mali

60.3 Died Philippe Nabaa † Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon

62.7 Died Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

18 Aug 78.3 Died Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

19 Aug 76.7 Died Pierre Chami, S.M.S.P. † Archbishop of Bosra e Hauran (Melkite), Syria

78.2 Died Aureliano de Matos † Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

41.8 Succeeded José Freire Falcão Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

54.3 Appointed Antonio del Giudice † Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq

55.1 Appointed John Gordon † Apostolic Delegate to South Africa Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

55.1 Appointed John Gordon † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

46.6 Appointed Pio Yukwan Deng † Prefect of Malakal, Sudan Bishop of Malakal, Sudan

20 Aug 53.2 Ordained Bishop Jacques Michel Djarwé † Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

30.1 Ordained Priest Gérard Mulumba Kalemba Priest Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

31.0 Ordained Priest Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27.0 Ordained Priest Benedict Dotu Sekey † Priest of Cape Palmas, Liberia Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia

49.9 Installed Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

22 Aug 52.8 Appointed Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

23 Aug 56.2 Appointed Nicolas Naaman, M.S.P. † Archbishop of Bosra e Hauran (Melkite), Syria

24 Aug 54.6 Ordained Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

52.9 Ordained Bishop Thomas Joseph Grady † Titular Bishop of Vamalla Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

45.4 Ordained Bishop John Lawrence May † Titular Bishop of Tagarbala Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

53.6 Ordained Bishop William Edward McManus † Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

25 Aug 40.4 Appointed Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. † Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru Prelate Emeritus

40.4 Appointed Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Naratcata Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

26 Aug 41.9 Ordained Bishop Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

27 Aug 31.8 Ordained Priest Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi Priest of Opus Dei Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

28.9 Ordained Priest Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez Priest of Opus Dei Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru

28 Aug 84.7 Died Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands

29 Aug 59.6 Confirmed Léonce Tchantayan † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran Bishop Emeritus

30 Aug 35.5 Ordained Bishop Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba

24.5 Ordained Priest Giovanni Battista Pichierri Priest Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Aug	87.2	Died	Alphonse-Paul-Désiré Gaudron †	Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, France
3 Aug	69.5	Appointed	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
69.5	Resigned	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I.	Prelate of Huarí, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I.	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Prelate Emeritus of Huarí, Peru
39.2	Appointed	Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M.	Bishop of Huacho, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Appointed	Eduardo Picher Peña †	Bishop of Callao, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Peru, Military
4 Aug	47.7	Appointed	Milton Corrêa Pereira †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
43.0	Appointed	Francis Paul McHugh, S.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Legis Volumni	Prelate Emeritus of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
5 Aug	53.8	Appointed	Carlo Martini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
59.5	Appointed	Léonce Tchantayan †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran	Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
27.6	Ordained Priest	Paul Nabil Sayah	Priest	Archbishop of Haifa e Terra Santa (Maronite), Israel
8 Aug	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Gerard Louis Frey †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
60.2	Appointed	Vicente P. Reyes †	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
11 Aug	46.9	Resigned	Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
44.6	Installed	Juan José Gerardi Conedera †	Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
12 Aug	86.9	Died	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
39.4	Appointed	Alcides Mendoza Castro	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Peru, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
39.4	Appointed	Alcides Mendoza Castro	Titular Archbishop of Pederodiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
51.7	Succeeded	Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
75.3	Appointed	Ernesto Sena de Oliveira †	Titular Archbishop of Octaba	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
75.3	Retired	Ernesto Sena de Oliveira †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
13 Aug	29.0	Ordained Priest	Emiliano Fabbricatore, O.S.B.I.	Priest of Other	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy
35.0	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Kabanga Songasonga †	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
64.6	Died	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Bishop of Sale, Australia
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Moleón Andreu †	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
15 Aug	44.6	Appointed	Tomás Balduino, O.P.	Coadjutor Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Goias, Brazil
44.6	Appointed	Tomás Balduino, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati	Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Goias, Brazil
46.5	Appointed	James (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Tetci	Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
74.1	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Michael James Dempsey, O.P. †	Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
25.4	Ordained Priest	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha	Priest of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Kupang, Indonesia	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Nguyên Huy Mai †	Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam
46.8	Appointed	Juvenal Roriz, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Lemellefa	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
63.3	Ordained Bishop	Alois Stöger †	Titular Bishop of Aptuca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
81.0	Appointed	Gustavo Testa †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
24.3	Ordained Priest	Amândio José Tomás	Priest of Vila Real, Portugal	Coadjutor Bishop
25.0	Ordained Priest	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino	Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop
17 Aug	72.4	Died	William Joseph Condon †	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
67.5	Died	Albert Leménager †	Bishop of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
82.3	Died	Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bamako, Mali
60.3	Died	Philippe Nabaa †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon
62.7	Died	Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Aug	78.3	Died	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Aug	76.7	Died	Pierre Chami, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Bosra e Hauran (Melkite), Syria
78.2	Died	Aureliano de Matos †	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
41.8	Succeeded	José Freire Falcão	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
54.3	Appointed	Antonio del Giudice †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iraq
55.1	Appointed	John Gordon †	Apostolic Delegate to South Africa	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
55.1	Appointed	John Gordon †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
46.6	Appointed	Pio Yukwan Deng †	Prefect of Malakal, Sudan	Bishop of Malakal, Sudan
20 Aug	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Michel Djarwé †	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
30.1	Ordained Priest	Gérard Mulumba Kalemba	Priest	Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31.0	Ordained Priest	Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O.	Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27.0	Ordained Priest	Benedict Dotu Sekey †	Priest of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
49.9	Installed	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
22 Aug	52.8	Appointed	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
23 Aug	56.2	Appointed	Nicolas Naaman, M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Bosra e Hauran (Melkite), Syria
24 Aug	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Grady †	Titular Bishop of Vamalla	Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA
45.4	Ordained Bishop	John Lawrence May †	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
53.6	Ordained Bishop	William Edward McManus †	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
25 Aug	40.4	Appointed	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †	Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
40.4	Appointed	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
26 Aug	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
27 Aug	31.8	Ordained Priest	Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
28.9	Ordained Priest	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Priest of Opus Dei	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
28 Aug	84.7	Died	Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
29 Aug	59.6	Confirmed	Léonce Tchantayan †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran	Bishop Emeritus
30 Aug	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba
24.5	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Pichierri	Priest	Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy

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