The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

August

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
5 Aug	36.0	Ordained Deacon	Michele Petruzzelli, O.S.B.	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
6 Aug	59.7	Appointed	Mario Paciello	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Resigned	Agostino Superbo	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Romulo Geolina Valles	Bishop of Kidapawan, Philippines	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines
8 Aug	52.1	Appointed	Aloysius Balina †	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania
80.2	Died	Augusto Carvalho †	Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
9 Aug	59.9	Appointed	Erwin Josef Ender †	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia	Apostolic Nuncio
28.5	Ordained Priest	Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya	Priest of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop
12 Aug	74.5	Resigned	Joseph Thomas Dimino †	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
58.3	Succeeded	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
14 Aug	53.6	Appointed	Gyula Márfi	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Cardinal, Archbishop
46.0	Appointed	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Titular Bishop of Tatilti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay
31.1	Ordained Deacon	Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola	Deacon of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México
75.7	Retired	József Szendi †	Archbishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Aug	30.8	Ordained Priest	Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
26.8	Ordained Priest	Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop
16 Aug	87.6	Died	Gebhard (Ferdinand) Koberger, C.R.S.A. †	Abbot Primate Emeritus of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine
24.3	Solemn Vows	Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
18 Aug	69.8	Died	Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
78.6	Died	Joseph S. Thumma †	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayawada, India
19 Aug	26.9	Ordained Priest	Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Odessa (Ukrainian), Ukraine
48.2	Appointed	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
20 Aug	50.4	Appointed	Juan Vargas Aruquipa	Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Aug	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D.	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
54.1	Appointed	Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo †	Coadjutor Bishop of La Guaira, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
63.8	Installed	Kevin Michael Manning †	Bishop of Parramatta, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
75.6	Died	Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Aug	36.4	Perpetual Vows	Marek Andrzej Inglot, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Maipan	Bishop of Khammam, India	Bishop Emeritus
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
23 Aug	78.4	Died	Joseph Irimpen †	Bishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
24.5	Ordained Priest	Valter Magno de Carvalho	Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
24 Aug	28.1	Professed	Bashar Matti Warda, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
25 Aug	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Robert Anthony Brucato †	Titular Bishop of Temuniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
72.4	Died	Jean-Georges Deledicque †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
27.8	Solemn Vows	Rayarala Vijay Kumar, P.I.M.E.	Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop of Srikakulam, India
26 Aug	63.1	Appointed	Eugenio Sbarbaro	Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Aug	54.0	Ordained Bishop	John Raymond Gaydos	Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Czesław Stanula, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Aug	70.2	Died	António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
23.5	Solemn Vows	Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U.	Member of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Auxiliary Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
29 Aug	75.5	Retired	Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. †	Bishop of Baroda, India	Bishop Emeritus
40.0	Appointed	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich	Bishop of Kenya, Military	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
53.8	Appointed	Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M.	Bishop of Jayapura, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Jayapura, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
74.5	Retired	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Bishop of Kenya, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
50.9	Appointed	Godfrey de Rozario, S.J.	Bishop of Baroda, India	Bishop Emeritus
30 Aug	50.5	Installed	Juan María Leonardi Villasmil †	Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela
59.4	Appointed	Silvano Montevecchi †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
25.9	Ordained Priest	Bruno Varriano, O.F.M.	Priest of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
31 Aug	27.8	Ordained Priest	Vasile Bizău	Priest of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania	Bishop
27.1	Ordained Deacon	José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira	Deacon of Los Teques, Venezuela	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
65.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Francis Duffy, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Mongu, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Benito Gennaro Franceschetti †	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠