The Year of Our Lord 1970

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Aug 93.1 Died Giuseppe Pizzardo † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

2 Aug 41.4 Ordained Bishop Armando Amaral Dos Santos † Bishop of Benguela, Angola

24.8 Ordained Priest Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont Priest of Tours, France Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles

30.3 Ordained Priest Massoud Massoud Priest of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria

31.3 Ordained Priest Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop of Malang, Indonesia

29.0 Ordained Priest Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius

25.3 Ordained Priest Sebastiano Sanguinetti Priest of Nuoro, Italy Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

4 Aug 69.7 Succeeded David Frederick Cunningham † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

80.1 Appointed Walter Andrew Foery † Titular Bishop of Misenum Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

80.1 Retired Walter Andrew Foery † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 87.5 Died Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia

7 Aug 86.4 Died Franz von Streng † Bishop Emeritus of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland

84.1 Died Charles (Karl) Weber, S.V.D. † Bishop of Ichow [Linyi], China

8 Aug 42.3 Ordained Bishop Patrick Paul D'Souza Bishop of Banaras, India Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi, India

79.7 Died Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé † Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)

53.8 Ordained Bishop Angelo Fausto Vallainc † Titular Bishop of Frequentium Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

9 Aug 60.6 Ordained Bishop Angelo Criscito † Bishop of Lucera, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27.0 Ordained Priest Frederick Drandua Priest of Arua, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

23.3 Ordained Priest Manuel Sánchez Monge Priest of Palencia, Spain Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain

10 Aug 82.8 Died Mikhayl Assaf † Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite), Jordan

54.5 Appointed Damián Iguacén Borau Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

11 Aug 20.2 Professed William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

12 Aug 30.3 Ordained Priest Charles Henry Dufour Priest Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles

45.4 Ordained Bishop José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. † Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Ordained Bishop Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua

13 Aug 47.6 Appointed Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp. Prefect of Tambacounda, Senegal Prefect Emeritus

76.9 Died Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic

39.6 Appointed Paul Verdzekov Bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon

15 Aug 41.1 Ordained Bishop Czeslaw Domin † Titular Bishop of Dagnum Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

24.1 Ordained Priest Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira Priest of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal

28.9 Professed Girulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia

70.7 Resigned Friedrich Maria Rintelen † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

23.8 Ordained Priest Atilano Rodríguez Martínez Priest of Oviedo, Spain Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

49.8 Ordained Bishop Leo Soekoto, S.J. † Archbishop of Djakarta, Indonesia Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia

57.3 Died Angelo Zambarbieri † Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

16 Aug 52.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kundukulam † Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India

17 Aug 44.6 Appointed Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

44.6 Appointed Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

44.2 Appointed Francis John Spence Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

18 Aug 58.5 Died Juan Navarro Ramirez † Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México

19 Aug 50.8 Appointed Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. † Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop Emeritus

22 Aug 62.2 Resigned Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Mario Cagna † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

76.4 Appointed Joseph Cheikho † Titular Archbishop of Rew-Ardashir dei Caldei Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran

63.0 Appointed Secundo Tagliabue † Titular Bishop of Bure Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy

63.0 Resigned Secundo Tagliabue † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

23 Aug 55.7 Appointed Umberto Luciano Altomare † Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

28.3 Ordained Priest Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry Priest of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion Bishop

29.9 Ordained Priest Klaus Küng Priest of Opus Dei Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

25.9 Ordained Priest Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil Priest of Latacunga, Ecuador Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

27.4 Ordained Priest Nestor Ngoy Katahwa Priest Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

57.4 Appointed Dino Tomassini † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop of Assisi, Italy

24 Aug 60.4 Appointed Thomas Michel Bidawid † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq Auxiliary Bishop

60.4 Appointed Thomas Michel Bidawid † Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

37.5 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz Titular Bishop of Nona Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México

38.5 Ordained Bishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco Titular Bishop of Themisonium Archbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México

25 Aug 43.7 Confirmed Henri Salina, C.R.A. † Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

29 Aug 25.9 Ordained Priest Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

26.2 Ordained Priest Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

30 Aug 51.6 Ordained Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Bulla Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

46.0 Ordained Bishop Nicolas M. Mondejar Titular Bishop of Grumentum Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug	93.1	Died	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
2 Aug	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Armando Amaral Dos Santos †	Bishop of Benguela, Angola
24.8	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont	Priest of Tours, France	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
30.3	Ordained Priest	Massoud Massoud	Priest of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
31.3	Ordained Priest	Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Malang, Indonesia
29.0	Ordained Priest	Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
25.3	Ordained Priest	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Priest of Nuoro, Italy	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
4 Aug	69.7	Succeeded	David Frederick Cunningham †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
80.1	Appointed	Walter Andrew Foery †	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
80.1	Retired	Walter Andrew Foery †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	87.5	Died	Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia
7 Aug	86.4	Died	Franz von Streng †	Bishop Emeritus of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
84.1	Died	Charles (Karl) Weber, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Ichow [Linyi], China
8 Aug	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Paul D'Souza	Bishop of Banaras, India	Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi, India
79.7	Died	Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé †	Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Fausto Vallainc †	Titular Bishop of Frequentium	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
9 Aug	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Criscito †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27.0	Ordained Priest	Frederick Drandua	Priest of Arua, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
23.3	Ordained Priest	Manuel Sánchez Monge	Priest of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
10 Aug	82.8	Died	Mikhayl Assaf †	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite), Jordan
54.5	Appointed	Damián Iguacén Borau	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
11 Aug	20.2	Professed	William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
12 Aug	30.3	Ordained Priest	Charles Henry Dufour	Priest	Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles
45.4	Ordained Bishop	José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †	Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua
13 Aug	47.6	Appointed	Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp.	Prefect of Tambacounda, Senegal	Prefect Emeritus
76.9	Died	Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic
39.6	Appointed	Paul Verdzekov	Bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon
15 Aug	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Czeslaw Domin †	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
24.1	Ordained Priest	Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira	Priest of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
28.9	Professed	Girulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia
70.7	Resigned	Friedrich Maria Rintelen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
23.8	Ordained Priest	Atilano Rodríguez Martínez	Priest of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Leo Soekoto, S.J. †	Archbishop of Djakarta, Indonesia	Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
57.3	Died	Angelo Zambarbieri †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
16 Aug	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kundukulam †	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
17 Aug	44.6	Appointed	Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
44.6	Appointed	Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
44.2	Appointed	Francis John Spence	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
18 Aug	58.5	Died	Juan Navarro Ramirez †	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
19 Aug	50.8	Appointed	Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
22 Aug	62.2	Resigned	Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Mario Cagna †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
76.4	Appointed	Joseph Cheikho †	Titular Archbishop of Rew-Ardashir dei Caldei	Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
63.0	Appointed	Secundo Tagliabue †	Titular Bishop of Bure	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
63.0	Resigned	Secundo Tagliabue †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Aug	55.7	Appointed	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
28.3	Ordained Priest	Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry	Priest of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop
29.9	Ordained Priest	Klaus Küng	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
25.9	Ordained Priest	Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil	Priest of Latacunga, Ecuador	Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
27.4	Ordained Priest	Nestor Ngoy Katahwa	Priest	Bishop of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.4	Appointed	Dino Tomassini †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
24 Aug	60.4	Appointed	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Auxiliary Bishop
60.4	Appointed	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
37.5	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Guízar Díaz	Titular Bishop of Nona	Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
38.5	Ordained Bishop	Rosendo Huesca Pacheco	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México
25 Aug	43.7	Confirmed	Henri Salina, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
29 Aug	25.9	Ordained Priest	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
26.2	Ordained Priest	Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 Aug	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Bulla	Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas M. Mondejar	Titular Bishop of Grumentum	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

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