The Year of Our Lord 1968

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Aug 29.7 Entered Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

78.7 Resigned Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montevergine, Italy Abbot Emeritus

1 Aug 68.4 Died Wenceslao Manuel Gomez Frande, O.C.D. † Prefect of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador

2 Aug Born Matthäus Karrer Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

3 Aug 29.6 Ordained Priest Lucas Abadamloora † Priest of Navrongo, Ghana Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana

41.2 Appointed Leo Rajendram Antony † Auxiliary Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

41.2 Appointed Leo Rajendram Antony † Titular Bishop of Fissiana Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

28.6 Ordained Priest Paul Bemile Priest of Wa, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

56.0 Appointed Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang † Bishop of Masan, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

Born Andrew Harmon Cozzens Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

27.3 Ordained Priest Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Aba, Nigeria

26.7 Ordained Priest António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm. Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

71.5 Appointed Raymond Larose, C.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Thysdrus Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh

71.5 Resigned Raymond Larose, C.S.C. † Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

44.9 Appointed Antonio Quarracino † Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

37.9 Appointed Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. † Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

53.3 Appointed Bruno Torpigliani † Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Apostolic Nuncio

48.4 Appointed Vicente Faustino Zazpe † Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina Archbishop

48.4 Appointed Vicente Faustino Zazpe † Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

4 Aug 48.2 Installed José de Aquino Pereira † Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 55.5 Appointed Carlo Maccari † Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

Born Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

7 Aug 72.6 Died Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. † Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

8 Aug 38.7 Ordained Bishop Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad † Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

21.0 Entered Claude Champagne, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

12 Aug Born José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D. Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina

13 Aug Born Philippe Curbelié Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

82.0 Appointed Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero † Titular Archbishop of Vulturaria Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

82.0 Retired Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero † Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México Archbishop Emeritus

Born Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P. Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia

46.5 Appointed Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez † Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

14 Aug 38.7 Installed Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad † Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

92.3 Died Augusto Álvaro da Silva † Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

65.8 Died Karol Pękala † Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

15 Aug 23.3 Ordained Priest Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa Priest of Braga, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

50.1 Ordained Bishop Jorge Manuel López † Titular Bishop of Ausafa Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

58.5 Appointed Benvenuto Matteucci † Apostolic Administrator of Pisa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

58.5 Appointed Benvenuto Matteucci † Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy

23.7 Ordained Priest Ioan Robu Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania

21.9 Professed Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.I. † Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Witbank, South Africa

16 Aug 67.7 Died José André Coimbra † Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

16.2 First Vows Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

Born Joseph Murphy Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State

17 Aug Born Urban Federer, O.S.B. Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

Born Fabián González Balsa Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

70.9 Died John Francis Greif, M.H.M. † Bishop of Tororo, Uganda

46.6 Appointed Charles Henri Lévesque † Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

56.8 Appointed Philippe Lussier, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Mutugenna Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada

56.8 Resigned Philippe Lussier, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Bishop Emeritus

18 Aug Born Francisco José Prieto Fernández Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

48.5 Succeeded Carlos Quintero Arce † Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México Archbishop Emeritus

19 Aug 58.2 Appointed Denys Philippe Beilouné † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

34.5 Selected Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. † Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria Abbot Emeritus

37.3 Appointed James Odongo † Bishop of Tororo, Uganda Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda

50.6 Appointed Arthur Joseph O’Neill † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

20 Aug 59.6 Appointed Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

80.8 Appointed Iwannis Georges Stété † Titular Archbishop of Bostra Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

80.8 Retired Iwannis Georges Stété † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

22 Aug 24.5 Ordained Priest Flavio Calle Zapata Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Ibagué, Colombia

64.5 Installed Clarence Edward Elwell † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

29.8 Ordained Priest Eulises González Sánchez Priest of Girardot, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

25.7 Ordained Priest Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia

25.0 Ordained Priest Luis Antonio Nova Rocha † Priest of Facatativá, Colombia Bishop

45.6 Ordained Bishop Paul John O’Byrne † Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Bishop Emeritus

23 Aug Born Tomás Godrés González González Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

24 Aug 45.0 Installed Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti † Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

Born Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates

Born José Genivaldo Garcia Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

29.1 Ordained Priest Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa † Priest of Salisbury, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe

25 Aug Born Andrea Andreozzi Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy

26 Aug 54.3 Appointed Emilio Benavent Escuín † Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military

54.3 Appointed Emilio Benavent Escuín † Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military

27 Aug 19.8 Professed Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R. Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala

46.8 Appointed Girolamo Prigione † Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum Apostolic Nuncio

46.8 Appointed Girolamo Prigione † Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Apostolic Nuncio

46.8 Appointed Girolamo Prigione † Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala Apostolic Nuncio

28 Aug 49.8 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Fitzpatrick † Titular Bishop of Cenae Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA

29 Aug Born Tuomo T. Vimpari Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

30 Aug Born Jacek Kiciński, C.M.F. Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

Born Luciano Paolucci Bedini Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

31 Aug 53.4 Confirmed Bruno Roberto D’Amore, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Montevergine, Italy Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

34.5 Confirmed Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. † Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria Abbot Emeritus

Born Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Aug	29.7	Entered	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
78.7	Resigned	Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
1 Aug	68.4	Died	Wenceslao Manuel Gomez Frande, O.C.D. †	Prefect of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
2 Aug		Born	Matthäus Karrer		Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
3 Aug	29.6	Ordained Priest	Lucas Abadamloora †	Priest of Navrongo, Ghana	Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
41.2	Appointed	Leo Rajendram Antony †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
41.2	Appointed	Leo Rajendram Antony †	Titular Bishop of Fissiana	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
28.6	Ordained Priest	Paul Bemile	Priest of Wa, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang †	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Andrew Harmon Cozzens		Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
27.3	Ordained Priest	Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Aba, Nigeria
26.7	Ordained Priest	António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
71.5	Appointed	Raymond Larose, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thysdrus	Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh
71.5	Resigned	Raymond Larose, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
44.9	Appointed	Antonio Quarracino †	Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
37.9	Appointed	Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
53.3	Appointed	Bruno Torpigliani †	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
48.4	Appointed	Vicente Faustino Zazpe †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina	Archbishop
48.4	Appointed	Vicente Faustino Zazpe †	Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva	Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
4 Aug	48.2	Installed	José de Aquino Pereira †	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	55.5	Appointed	Carlo Maccari †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
	Born	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.		Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
7 Aug	72.6	Died	Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
8 Aug	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad †	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
21.0	Entered	Claude Champagne, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
12 Aug		Born	José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D.		Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina
13 Aug		Born	Philippe Curbelié		Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
82.0	Appointed	Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero †	Titular Archbishop of Vulturaria	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
82.0	Retired	Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero †	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Jorge Ángel Saldías Pedraza, O.P.		Bishop of Tarija, Bolivia
46.5	Appointed	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
14 Aug	38.7	Installed	Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad †	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
92.3	Died	Augusto Álvaro da Silva †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
65.8	Died	Karol Pękala †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
15 Aug	23.3	Ordained Priest	Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa	Priest of Braga, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Manuel López †	Titular Bishop of Ausafa	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
58.5	Appointed	Benvenuto Matteucci †	Apostolic Administrator of Pisa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
58.5	Appointed	Benvenuto Matteucci †	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
23.7	Ordained Priest	Ioan Robu	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania
21.9	Professed	Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Witbank, South Africa
16 Aug	67.7	Died	José André Coimbra †	Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
16.2	First Vows	Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
	Born	Joseph Murphy		Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State
17 Aug		Born	Urban Federer, O.S.B.		Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
	Born	Fabián González Balsa		Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
70.9	Died	John Francis Greif, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
46.6	Appointed	Charles Henri Lévesque †	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
56.8	Appointed	Philippe Lussier, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Mutugenna	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
56.8	Resigned	Philippe Lussier, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
18 Aug		Born	Francisco José Prieto Fernández		Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
48.5	Succeeded	Carlos Quintero Arce †	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Aug	58.2	Appointed	Denys Philippe Beilouné †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
34.5	Selected	Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria	Abbot Emeritus
37.3	Appointed	James Odongo †	Bishop of Tororo, Uganda	Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda
50.6	Appointed	Arthur Joseph O’Neill †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Aug	59.6	Appointed	Clément Abdulla Eliane Rahal †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
80.8	Appointed	Iwannis Georges Stété †	Titular Archbishop of Bostra	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
80.8	Retired	Iwannis Georges Stété †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Aug	24.5	Ordained Priest	Flavio Calle Zapata	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ibagué, Colombia
64.5	Installed	Clarence Edward Elwell †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
29.8	Ordained Priest	Eulises González Sánchez	Priest of Girardot, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
25.7	Ordained Priest	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia
25.0	Ordained Priest	Luis Antonio Nova Rocha †	Priest of Facatativá, Colombia	Bishop
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul John O’Byrne †	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
23 Aug		Born	Tomás Godrés González González		Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
24 Aug	45.0	Installed	Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
	Born	Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis		Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates
	Born	José Genivaldo Garcia		Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
29.1	Ordained Priest	Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa †	Priest of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe
25 Aug		Born	Andrea Andreozzi		Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
26 Aug	54.3	Appointed	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
54.3	Appointed	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
27 Aug	19.8	Professed	Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
46.8	Appointed	Girolamo Prigione †	Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum	Apostolic Nuncio
46.8	Appointed	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio
46.8	Appointed	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Apostolic Nuncio
28 Aug	49.8	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
29 Aug		Born	Tuomo T. Vimpari		Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
30 Aug		Born	Jacek Kiciński, C.M.F.		Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
	Born	Luciano Paolucci Bedini		Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
31 Aug	53.4	Confirmed	Bruno Roberto D’Amore, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Montevergine, Italy	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
34.5	Confirmed	Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria	Abbot Emeritus
	Born	Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz		Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela

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