The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Aug 58.2 Died Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. † Bishop of Oran, Algeria

2 Aug 83.8 Died Anthony Rayappa Arulappa † Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

88.0 Died James Joseph Byrne † Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

67.1 Appointed Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France Archbishop Emeritus

67.1 Appointed Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

78.6 Died Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas † Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay

53.1 Appointed Armand Henri Paul Maillard Bishop of Laval, France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

27.8 Ordained Deacon Gabriel Antonio Mestre Deacon of Mar del Plata, Argentina Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

62.1 Succeeded Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

76.0 Retired Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

3 Aug 28.4 Ordained Priest Stanislaus Tobias Magombo † Priest of Dedza, Malawi Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

64.5 Installed Teodor Majkowicz † Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland

34.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi

87.3 Died Józef Rozwadowski † Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

4 Aug 28.1 Ordained Priest José Albuquerque de Araújo Priest of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

27.8 Ordained Priest Zenildo Lima da Silva Priest of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

5 Aug 53.2 Appointed Georges Paul Pontier Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

7 Aug 64.5 Ordained Bishop Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

8 Aug 27.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Li Jing Priest Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China

92.5 Died Joseph Asjiro Satowaki † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan

69.9 Appointed Emilio Lorenzo Stehle † Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

10 Aug 31.6 Ordained Priest Antoine Aoukar, O.A.M. Priest of Antonin Maronite Order (Maronite) Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

59.8 Ordained Bishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. Titular Bishop of Elo Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

78.5 Died Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

26.1 Ordained Priest John Wang Renlei Priest Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China

11 Aug 25.6 Ordained Priest Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania

12 Aug 56.1 Appointed Pierre Farine Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.1 Appointed Pierre Farine Titular Bishop of Tragurium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

14 Aug 26.7 Ordained Deacon Cristián Castro Toovey Deacon of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile

63.4 Appointed Ricardo Guízar Díaz † Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México Archbishop Emeritus

27.1 Perpetual Vows José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador

15 Aug 29.8 Ordained Deacon Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán Deacon of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Auxiliary Bishop

35.4 Ordained Priest Gregory John Bittman Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

26.8 Ordained Deacon Vasile Bizău Deacon of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania Bishop

66.3 Ordained Bishop Antonio Federico Gatti † Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

85.6 Died James Ambrose Kielt, S.S.C.M.E. † Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Society of St. Columban

27.2 Ordained Priest César Alfonso Ortega Díaz Priest of Parral, Chihuahua, México Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León, México

23.1 Perpetual Vows Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

16 Aug 55.1 Installed George Pell † Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy

17 Aug 74.5 Died Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

84.9 Died Eugene Edward Fahy, S.J. † Prefect Emeritus of Yangzhou [Yangchow], China

30.3 Ordained Priest Algacir Munhak, C.S. Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

57.2 Ordained Bishop Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I. Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Ordained Bishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. Titular Archbishop of Cercina Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva

53.5 Ordained Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. Coadjutor Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru Bishop Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Priest Youhanna Rafic Warcha Priest of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

25.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Zhang Yinlin Priest Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China

19 Aug 66.0 Appointed André Vallée, P.M.E. † Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

20 Aug 55.8 Appointed José Ulises Macías Salcedo Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México Archbishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Cardinal, President Emeritus

76.5 Retired Carlos Quintero Arce † Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México Archbishop Emeritus

64.0 Appointed James Francis Stafford President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

22 Aug 78.6 Died Dominic Joseph Conway † Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland

26.8 Perpetual Vows Valentinus Saeng, C.P. Member of Congregation of the Passion Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia

23 Aug 67.6 Died Lorenzo Bellomi † Bishop of Trieste, Italy

90.6 Died William Joseph Moran † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

24 Aug 52.0 Appointed Edward Joseph Adams Titular Archbishop of Scala Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain

52.0 Appointed Edward Joseph Adams Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain

41.1 Ordained Bishop John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA

29.3 Ordained Priest Juarez Albino Destro, R.C.J. Priest of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

25 Aug 62.4 Ordained Bishop Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D. † Titular Bishop of Rufiniana Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil

31.0 Perpetual Vows Clement Mulenga, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Kabwe, Zambia

26 Aug 49.8 Ordained Bishop Aldo Cavalli Titular Archbishop of Vibo Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

44.5 Solemn Vows Fernand Joseph Cheri III, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

51.3 Appointed Felipe Padilla Cardona Coadjutor Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

28 Aug 42.9 Solemn Vows Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A. Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine Bishop of Oslo, Norway

60.7 Appointed Francisco de Paula Victor † Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.7 Appointed Francisco de Paula Victor † Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

31 Aug 58.9 Ordained Bishop Marian Gołębiewski † Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

53.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J. Coadjutor Prelate of Ipil, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

29.3 Perpetual Vows Gabriel Mendy, C.S.Sp. Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Banjul, Gambia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug	58.2	Died	Bl. Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
2 Aug	83.8	Died	Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
88.0	Died	James Joseph Byrne †	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
67.1	Appointed	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
67.1	Appointed	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
78.6	Died	Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
53.1	Appointed	Armand Henri Paul Maillard	Bishop of Laval, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
27.8	Ordained Deacon	Gabriel Antonio Mestre	Deacon of Mar del Plata, Argentina	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
62.1	Succeeded	Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
3 Aug	28.4	Ordained Priest	Stanislaus Tobias Magombo †	Priest of Dedza, Malawi	Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
64.5	Installed	Teodor Majkowicz †	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
34.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M.	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
87.3	Died	Józef Rozwadowski †	Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
4 Aug	28.1	Ordained Priest	José Albuquerque de Araújo	Priest of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
27.8	Ordained Priest	Zenildo Lima da Silva	Priest of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
5 Aug	53.2	Appointed	Georges Paul Pontier	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
7 Aug	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
8 Aug	27.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Li Jing	Priest	Bishop of Yinchuan [Ningsia], China
92.5	Died	Joseph Asjiro Satowaki †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
69.9	Appointed	Emilio Lorenzo Stehle †	Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
10 Aug	31.6	Ordained Priest	Antoine Aoukar, O.A.M.	Priest of Antonin Maronite Order (Maronite)	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Elo	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
78.5	Died	Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26.1	Ordained Priest	John Wang Renlei	Priest	Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
11 Aug	25.6	Ordained Priest	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (San Basilio Magno di Bucarest) (Romanian), Romania
12 Aug	56.1	Appointed	Pierre Farine	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.1	Appointed	Pierre Farine	Titular Bishop of Tragurium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
14 Aug	26.7	Ordained Deacon	Cristián Castro Toovey	Deacon of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
63.4	Appointed	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Archbishop Emeritus
27.1	Perpetual Vows	José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
15 Aug	29.8	Ordained Deacon	Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán	Deacon of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop
35.4	Ordained Priest	Gregory John Bittman	Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
26.8	Ordained Deacon	Vasile Bizău	Deacon of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Bishop
66.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Federico Gatti †	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
85.6	Died	James Ambrose Kielt, S.S.C.M.E. †	Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Society of St. Columban
27.2	Ordained Priest	César Alfonso Ortega Díaz	Priest of Parral, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León, México
23.1	Perpetual Vows	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
16 Aug	55.1	Installed	George Pell †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy
17 Aug	74.5	Died	Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
84.9	Died	Eugene Edward Fahy, S.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of Yangzhou [Yangchow], China
30.3	Ordained Priest	Algacir Munhak, C.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo	Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I.	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Cercina	Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.	Coadjutor Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Youhanna Rafic Warcha	Priest of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Zhang Yinlin	Priest	Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
19 Aug	66.0	Appointed	André Vallée, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
20 Aug	55.8	Appointed	José Ulises Macías Salcedo	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
76.5	Retired	Carlos Quintero Arce †	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus
64.0	Appointed	James Francis Stafford	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
22 Aug	78.6	Died	Dominic Joseph Conway †	Bishop Emeritus of Elphin, Ireland
26.8	Perpetual Vows	Valentinus Saeng, C.P.	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia
23 Aug	67.6	Died	Lorenzo Bellomi †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
90.6	Died	William Joseph Moran †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
24 Aug	52.0	Appointed	Edward Joseph Adams	Titular Archbishop of Scala	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
52.0	Appointed	Edward Joseph Adams	Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
41.1	Ordained Bishop	John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean	Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA
29.3	Ordained Priest	Juarez Albino Destro, R.C.J.	Priest of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
25 Aug	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D. †	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
31.0	Perpetual Vows	Clement Mulenga, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Kabwe, Zambia
26 Aug	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Aldo Cavalli	Titular Archbishop of Vibo	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
44.5	Solemn Vows	Fernand Joseph Cheri III, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
51.3	Appointed	Felipe Padilla Cardona	Coadjutor Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
28 Aug	42.9	Solemn Vows	Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.	Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Bishop of Oslo, Norway
60.7	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Victor †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.7	Appointed	Francisco de Paula Victor †	Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
31 Aug	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Marian Gołębiewski †	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J.	Coadjutor Prelate of Ipil, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
29.3	Perpetual Vows	Gabriel Mendy, C.S.Sp.	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Banjul, Gambia

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