The Year of Our Lord 1973

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 26.9 Ordained Priest Denys Antoine Chahda Priest of Alep (Syrian), Syria Archbishop

46.2 Ordained Bishop Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. † Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon

46.0 Ordained Bishop Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. † Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon

25.8 Ordained Priest José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona Priest of Huaraz, Peru Bishop

2 Jul 25.8 Ordained Priest Robert Charles Evans Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Auxiliary Bishop

71.6 Resigned Anthony Jordan, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Joseph Neil MacNeil Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

26.4 Ordained Priest Thomas James Olmsted Priest of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

3 Jul 30.6 Ordained Priest Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes Priest Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

4 Jul 38.6 Appointed Georg Weinhold Auxiliary Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meissen, Germany

38.6 Appointed Georg Weinhold Titular Bishop of Idicra Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meissen, Germany

5 Jul 27.5 Ordained Priest Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda Priest Bishop of Dapaong, Togo

41.7 Succeeded Patrick Ebosele Ekpu Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

41.7 Appointed Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria

78.8 Retired Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

72.1 Resigned Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. † Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso

59.3 Appointed Edward Rapallo † Bishop of Gibraltar, Gibraltar

55.3 Appointed Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Canelos, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador

55.3 Appointed Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Molicunza Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador

44.5 Appointed Zéphyrin Toé Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

45.7 Appointed Armando Trindade † Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan

45.7 Appointed Armando Trindade † Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan

6 Jul 27.2 Ordained Priest Georges Michel Bakar Priest Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine

43.0 Appointed Romualdas Krikšciunas Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys, Lithuania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

7 Jul 25.2 Ordained Priest Guy Harpigny Priest of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop

62.9 Appointed Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. † Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. † Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

26.1 Ordained Priest Michel Léon Émile Santier Priest of Coutances (-Avranches), France Bishop of Créteil, France

8 Jul 24.6 Ordained Priest Sérgio Arthur Braschi Priest of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

32.3 Ordained Priest Ernest Kombo, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Owando, Congo

9 Jul 52.2 Appointed Cleto Bellucci Coadjutor Archbishop of Fermo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

45.2 Appointed Urbanus Joseph Kioko † Bishop of Machakos, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Appointed Gaetano Michetti † Coadjutor Bishop of Pesaro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

23.4 Ordained Priest Dusan Spiridion Spiner Priest Bishop

10 Jul 27.9 Ordained Priest Longinus Da Cunha † Priest of Ende, Indonesia Archbishop

79.7 Died José García y Goldaraz † Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain

50.2 Appointed Joseph Mees † Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

11 Jul 70.3 Appointed Vincenzo De Chiara † Bishop of Nicotera-Tropea, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy

81.2 Died Cesare Zerba † Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

12 Jul 51.3 Appointed Giovanni Gravelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic

13 Jul 61.0 Appointed Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † Archbishop of Reims, France Archbishop Emeritus

86.7 Died William Patrick O’Connor † Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

14 Jul 23.6 Ordained Priest Mario Espinosa Contreras Priest of Tepic, Nayarit, México Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

27.2 Ordained Priest Juventino Kestering Priest Bishop of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

35.8 Ordained Priest Virgilio López Irias, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras

28.5 Ordained Priest Philippe Ouédraogo Priest of Kaya, Burkina Faso Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

50.0 Appointed Marco René Revelo Contreras † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Marco René Revelo Contreras † Titular Bishop of Germaniciana Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

28.4 Ordained Priest Manuel Ureña Pastor Priest Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

15 Jul 41.4 Ordained Bishop Augusto Beuzeville Ferro † Titular Bishop of Cures Sabinorum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru

49.4 Ordained Bishop José de Lima Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

26.3 Ordained Priest Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot Priest of Douala, Cameroon Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

16 Jul 64.3 Appointed Domenico Enrici † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

40.6 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm. Bishop of Malang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia

62.4 Appointed Bruno Bernard Heim † Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

17 Jul 29.8 Ordained Priest Mosè Marcia Priest of Cagliari, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

20 Jul 56.8 Appointed Karl Christian Ebert † Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany

56.8 Appointed Karl Christian Ebert † Titular Bishop of Druas Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany

37.5 Appointed Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

21 Jul 26.5 Ordained Priest Francisco Pérez González Priest of Burgos, Spain Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

25.3 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph Tobin Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

22 Jul 85.2 Died Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

61.5 Ordained Bishop Emanuele Romano † Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy

42.6 Ordained Bishop Concordio Maria Sarte † Titular Bishop of Thunusuda Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

23 Jul 64.3 Appointed Hugo Aufderbeck † Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany

53.7 Appointed Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun † Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg, Germany Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany

55.6 Appointed Heinrich Theissing † Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

24 Jul 64.3 Died Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. † Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa

25 Jul 39.7 Ordained Bishop Joachim Ruhuna † Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi

75.7 Retired André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. † Apostolic Administrator of Hwalien, Taiwan Bishop of Yingkow [Yingkou], China

87.3 Died Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

29 Jul 26.8 Ordained Priest Anthony Banzi Priest Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania

29.3 Ordained Priest Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

28.2 Ordained Priest Carlos Osoro Sierra Priest of Santander, Spain Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

35.6 Ordained Bishop Vital Komenan Yao † Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

1 Aug 51.7 Appointed Carlo Furno Titular Archbishop of Abari Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

51.7 Appointed Carlo Furno Apostolic Nuncio to Peru Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

72.9 Died Michael Alphonsus Harrington † Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

55.7 Appointed Luigi Poggi Apostolic Nuncio to Other Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives

2 Aug 80.5 Died José Souto Vizoso † Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain

3 Aug 65.3 Resigned Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Meerut, India Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

50.9 Appointed Giuseppe Laigueglia † Titular Archbishop of Aeliae Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

50.9 Appointed Giuseppe Laigueglia † Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

4 Aug 59.0 Appointed Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy

26.2 Ordained Priest Ralph Walker Nickless Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

25.9 Ordained Priest Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

61.6 Appointed Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Campagna, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy

64.6 Resigned Bala Shoury Thumma † Bishop of Nellore, India Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 29.5 Ordained Priest Jaume Pujol Balcells Priest of Opus Dei Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

24.0 Ordained Priest Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir Priest Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt

6 Aug 84.5 Died Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho

27.4 Ordained Priest Giulio Mencuccini, C.P. Priest of Congregation of the Passion Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia

7 Aug 46.8 Appointed Wilhelm Michel Ellis † Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Priest James Foley Priest of Brisbane, Australia Bishop of Cairns, Australia

66.8 Resigned Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. † Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Appointed Theodorus Lumanauw † Bishop of Makassar, Indonesia Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

70.0 Resigned Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M. † Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

8 Aug 52.0 Appointed Vincenzo Maria Farano † Titular Archbishop of Cluentum Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

52.0 Appointed Vincenzo Maria Farano † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

9 Aug 45.6 Appointed Ottorino Pietro Alberti Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

45.6 Appointed Ottorino Pietro Alberti Bishop of Norcia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

68.0 Died Stjepan Bauerlein † Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia

10 Aug 55.7 Died Giuseppe Marafini † Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy

11 Aug 75.3 Retired Edward Vincent Dargin † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 Aug 36.7 Ordained Bishop Nikólaos Fóscolos Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece

13 Aug 45.6 Appointed Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France

45.6 Appointed Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon Titular Bishop of Sebarga Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France

14 Aug 70.1 Died Jeremiah Francis Minihan † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

78.6 Died Jan Nowicki † Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine

15 Aug 33.9 Professed Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India

46.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil Titular Bishop of Abydus Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India

22.9 Professed Gérard Pettipas, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

27.0 Ordained Priest Hipólito Reyes Larios Priest of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México Archbishop

55.4 Ordained Bishop Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Molicunza Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador

23.2 Ordained Priest Alberto Taveira Corrêa Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil

18 Aug 60.5 Died Leonard Philip Cowley † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

71.8 Appointed Giovanni Ferro, C.R.S. † Bishop of Bova, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy

59.8 Died Patrick Kla Juwle † Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia

21 Aug 59.8 Installed Edward John Herrmann † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

22 Aug 42.6 Appointed Cirilo R. Almario Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Cirilo R. Almario Titular Bishop of Zaba Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

53.9 Appointed Francisco Raval Cruces † Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

42.5 Appointed Ricardo Jamin Vidal Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

24 Aug 90.7 Died David Francis Hickey, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Belize, Belize

75.6 Died Pietro Zuccarino † Bishop of Bobbio-San Colombano, Italy

25 Aug 67.2 Resigned Lino R. Gonzaga y Rasdesales † Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

23.2 Professed Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

26 Aug 26.7 Ordained Priest Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube Priest of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

27 Aug 85.2 Died Biagio Budelacci † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy

67.6 Died Enrico Nicodemo † Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy

89.0 Died Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua

45.8 Appointed Sergio Valech Aldunate Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Appointed Sergio Valech Aldunate Titular Bishop of Zabi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

28 Aug 43.3 Ordained Bishop Albano Bortoletto Cavallin Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Londrina, Parana, Brazil

29 Aug 68.3 Died Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B. † Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile

59.7 Resigned Thomas Mongo † Bishop of Douala, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Succeeded Simon Tonyé † Bishop of Douala, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

31 Aug 57.1 Died Fernando (José Ismael) Errázuriz Gandarillas † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	26.9	Ordained Priest	Denys Antoine Chahda	Priest of Alep (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
25.8	Ordained Priest	José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona	Priest of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop
2 Jul	25.8	Ordained Priest	Robert Charles Evans	Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
71.6	Resigned	Anthony Jordan, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Joseph Neil MacNeil	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
26.4	Ordained Priest	Thomas James Olmsted	Priest of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3 Jul	30.6	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes	Priest	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
4 Jul	38.6	Appointed	Georg Weinhold	Auxiliary Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meissen, Germany
38.6	Appointed	Georg Weinhold	Titular Bishop of Idicra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meissen, Germany
5 Jul	27.5	Ordained Priest	Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda	Priest	Bishop of Dapaong, Togo
41.7	Succeeded	Patrick Ebosele Ekpu	Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
41.7	Appointed	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji	Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
78.8	Retired	Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
72.1	Resigned	Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso
59.3	Appointed	Edward Rapallo †	Bishop of Gibraltar, Gibraltar
55.3	Appointed	Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Canelos, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
55.3	Appointed	Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Molicunza	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
44.5	Appointed	Zéphyrin Toé	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
45.7	Appointed	Armando Trindade †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
45.7	Appointed	Armando Trindade †	Titular Bishop of Tubusuptu	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
6 Jul	27.2	Ordained Priest	Georges Michel Bakar	Priest	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine
43.0	Appointed	Romualdas Krikšciunas	Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
7 Jul	25.2	Ordained Priest	Guy Harpigny	Priest of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop
62.9	Appointed	Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. †	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Kaunas, Lithuania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. †	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
26.1	Ordained Priest	Michel Léon Émile Santier	Priest of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Bishop of Créteil, France
8 Jul	24.6	Ordained Priest	Sérgio Arthur Braschi	Priest of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
32.3	Ordained Priest	Ernest Kombo, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Owando, Congo
9 Jul	52.2	Appointed	Cleto Bellucci	Coadjutor Archbishop of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
45.2	Appointed	Urbanus Joseph Kioko †	Bishop of Machakos, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Appointed	Gaetano Michetti †	Coadjutor Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23.4	Ordained Priest	Dusan Spiridion Spiner	Priest	Bishop
10 Jul	27.9	Ordained Priest	Longinus Da Cunha †	Priest of Ende, Indonesia	Archbishop
79.7	Died	José García y Goldaraz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
50.2	Appointed	Joseph Mees †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
11 Jul	70.3	Appointed	Vincenzo De Chiara †	Bishop of Nicotera-Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
81.2	Died	Cesare Zerba †	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
12 Jul	51.3	Appointed	Giovanni Gravelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
13 Jul	61.0	Appointed	Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †	Archbishop of Reims, France	Archbishop Emeritus
86.7	Died	William Patrick O’Connor †	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
14 Jul	23.6	Ordained Priest	Mario Espinosa Contreras	Priest of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
27.2	Ordained Priest	Juventino Kestering	Priest	Bishop of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
35.8	Ordained Priest	Virgilio López Irias, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
28.5	Ordained Priest	Philippe Ouédraogo	Priest of Kaya, Burkina Faso	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
50.0	Appointed	Marco René Revelo Contreras †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Marco René Revelo Contreras †	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
28.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Priest	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
15 Jul	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Beuzeville Ferro †	Titular Bishop of Cures Sabinorum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru
49.4	Ordained Bishop	José de Lima	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
26.3	Ordained Priest	Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot	Priest of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
16 Jul	64.3	Appointed	Domenico Enrici †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
40.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm.	Bishop of Malang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
62.4	Appointed	Bruno Bernard Heim †	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
17 Jul	29.8	Ordained Priest	Mosè Marcia	Priest of Cagliari, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Jul	56.8	Appointed	Karl Christian Ebert †	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
56.8	Appointed	Karl Christian Ebert †	Titular Bishop of Druas	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
37.5	Appointed	Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
21 Jul	26.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Pérez González	Priest of Burgos, Spain	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
25.3	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Tobin	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
22 Jul	85.2	Died	Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Emanuele Romano †	Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores	Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Concordio Maria Sarte †	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
23 Jul	64.3	Appointed	Hugo Aufderbeck †	Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
53.7	Appointed	Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun †	Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany
55.6	Appointed	Heinrich Theissing †	Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin, Germany	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
24 Jul	64.3	Died	Aurelian (Josef) Bilgeri, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
25 Jul	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Joachim Ruhuna †	Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
75.7	Retired	André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Hwalien, Taiwan	Bishop of Yingkow [Yingkou], China
87.3	Died	Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
29 Jul	26.8	Ordained Priest	Anthony Banzi	Priest	Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania
29.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
28.2	Ordained Priest	Carlos Osoro Sierra	Priest of Santander, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
35.6	Ordained Bishop	Vital Komenan Yao †	Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
1 Aug	51.7	Appointed	Carlo Furno	Titular Archbishop of Abari	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
51.7	Appointed	Carlo Furno	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
72.9	Died	Michael Alphonsus Harrington †	Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
55.7	Appointed	Luigi Poggi	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
2 Aug	80.5	Died	José Souto Vizoso †	Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain
3 Aug	65.3	Resigned	Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Meerut, India	Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
50.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Laigueglia †	Titular Archbishop of Aeliae	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
50.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Laigueglia †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
4 Aug	59.0	Appointed	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy
26.2	Ordained Priest	Ralph Walker Nickless	Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
25.9	Ordained Priest	Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
61.6	Appointed	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Campagna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
64.6	Resigned	Bala Shoury Thumma †	Bishop of Nellore, India	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	29.5	Ordained Priest	Jaume Pujol Balcells	Priest of Opus Dei	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
24.0	Ordained Priest	Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir	Priest	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
6 Aug	84.5	Died	Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Basutoland, Lesotho
27.4	Ordained Priest	Giulio Mencuccini, C.P.	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia
7 Aug	46.8	Appointed	Wilhelm Michel Ellis †	Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Priest	James Foley	Priest of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop of Cairns, Australia
66.8	Resigned	Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. †	Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Appointed	Theodorus Lumanauw †	Bishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
70.0	Resigned	Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Aug	52.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Farano †	Titular Archbishop of Cluentum	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
52.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Farano †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
9 Aug	45.6	Appointed	Ottorino Pietro Alberti	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
45.6	Appointed	Ottorino Pietro Alberti	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
68.0	Died	Stjepan Bauerlein †	Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
10 Aug	55.7	Died	Giuseppe Marafini †	Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy
11 Aug	75.3	Retired	Edward Vincent Dargin †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Aug	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Nikólaos Fóscolos	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
13 Aug	45.6	Appointed	Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
45.6	Appointed	Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon	Titular Bishop of Sebarga	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
14 Aug	70.1	Died	Jeremiah Francis Minihan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
78.6	Died	Jan Nowicki †	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
15 Aug	33.9	Professed	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Pallikaparampil	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabarese), India
22.9	Professed	Gérard Pettipas, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
27.0	Ordained Priest	Hipólito Reyes Larios	Priest of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Archbishop
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Angel Romero Gross, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Molicunza	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
23.2	Ordained Priest	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil
18 Aug	60.5	Died	Leonard Philip Cowley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
71.8	Appointed	Giovanni Ferro, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
59.8	Died	Patrick Kla Juwle †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia
21 Aug	59.8	Installed	Edward John Herrmann †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Aug	42.6	Appointed	Cirilo R. Almario	Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Cirilo R. Almario	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
53.9	Appointed	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
42.5	Appointed	Ricardo Jamin Vidal	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
24 Aug	90.7	Died	David Francis Hickey, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Belize, Belize
75.6	Died	Pietro Zuccarino †	Bishop of Bobbio-San Colombano, Italy
25 Aug	67.2	Resigned	Lino R. Gonzaga y Rasdesales †	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
23.2	Professed	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
26 Aug	26.7	Ordained Priest	Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube	Priest of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
27 Aug	85.2	Died	Biagio Budelacci †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy
67.6	Died	Enrico Nicodemo †	Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
89.0	Died	Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua
45.8	Appointed	Sergio Valech Aldunate	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Appointed	Sergio Valech Aldunate	Titular Bishop of Zabi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
28 Aug	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Albano Bortoletto Cavallin	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
29 Aug	68.3	Died	Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
59.7	Resigned	Thomas Mongo †	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Succeeded	Simon Tonyé †	Bishop of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
31 Aug	57.1	Died	Fernando (José Ismael) Errázuriz Gandarillas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

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