The Year of Our Lord 1998

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 51.5 Appointed Vicente Costa Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil

51.5 Appointed Vicente Costa Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil

71.3 Appointed Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

53.3 Appointed Manuel Ureña Pastor Bishop of Cartagena (en España) Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

2 Jul 57.2 Appointed Gérard Antoine Daucourt Bishop of Orléans, France Bishop of Nanterre, France

67.5 Appointed Gérard Denis Auguste Defois Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

62.7 Died Jorge Eduardo Marskell, S.F.M. † Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

76.2 Retired Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet Bishop of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

3 Jul 46.9 Appointed Salvatore Fisichella Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy President of the Roman Curia - Other

46.9 Appointed Salvatore Fisichella Titular Bishop of Vicohabentia President of the Roman Curia - Other

75.2 Retired Filippo Giannini Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

69.3 Ordained Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. † Coadjutor Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru Prelate Emeritus

49.4 Appointed Luigi Moretti Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

49.4 Appointed Luigi Moretti Titular Bishop of Mopta Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

76.1 Retired Clemente Riva, I.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

4 Jul 56.8 Installed Héctor Sabatino Cardelli Bishop of Concordia, Argentina Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

38.5 Appointed Antoni Dziemianko Auxiliary Bishop of Grodno, Belarus Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

38.5 Appointed Antoni Dziemianko Titular Bishop of Lesvi Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

41.3 Ordained Bishop Mariusz Leszczyński Titular Bishop of Bassiana Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland

6 Jul 56.8 Appointed Cándido Cárdenas Villalba Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay

49.3 Appointed Blase Joseph Cupich Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

7 Jul 58.3 Appointed Piergiorgio Debernardi Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy

75.8 Retired Pietro Giachetti † Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

84.2 Died Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia

8 Jul 82.5 Died Christophe Adimou † Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

66.6 Resigned Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. Bishop of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

9 Jul 68.3 Died Antonio Federico Gatti † Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

60.1 Appointed Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M. Prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia

10 Jul 60.4 Appointed Louis-Marie Billé † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

62.1 Appointed Alphonse Georger Bishop of Oran, Algeria

48.2 Appointed Sleiman Hajjar, B.S. † Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada

11 Jul 69.7 Appointed Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. Titular Archbishop of Castro di Sardegna Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)

69.7 Appointed Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study) Secretary Emeritus

12 Jul 57.7 Ordained Bishop Michele De Rosa Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

48.8 Ordained Bishop Ludwig Schick Titular Bishop of Auzia Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany

15 Jul 60.0 Appointed César Ramón Ortega Herrera Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela

56.5 Appointed Guilherme Porto Coadjutor Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop

16 Jul 62.2 Ordained Bishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

30.8 Ordained Priest Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe Priest of Lima, Peru Auxiliary Bishop

56.2 Ordained Bishop Ronald Michael Gilmore Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA

18 Jul 62.5 Appointed Ernesto Vecchi Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy

62.5 Appointed Ernesto Vecchi Titular Bishop of Lemellefa Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy

19 Jul 48.8 Ordained Bishop Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

20 Jul 57.6 Resigned Fortunatus M. Lukanima Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania

21 Jul 62.9 Appointed John Brendan McCormack Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

22 Jul 49.5 Ordained Bishop Prakash Mallavarapup Bishop of Cuddapah, India Bishop of Vijayawada, India

23 Jul 82.7 Died Vittorio Cecchi † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy

70.2 Died Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

87.9 Retired Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

25 Jul 66.5 Appointed Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Verona, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Resigned Frumencio Escudero Arenas Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

82.3 Died Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H. † Bishop of Aqra {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq

50.6 Appointed Marcello Semeraro Bishop of Oria, Italy Bishop of Albano, Italy

26 Jul 87.7 Died Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

56.0 Ordained Bishop José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D. Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

62.3 Ordained Bishop Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, C.I.C.M. Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

78.0 Died James Dominic Sangu † Bishop Emeritus of Mbeya, Tanzania

73.5 Ordained Bishop Štefan Vrablec Titular Bishop of Thasbalta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia

27 Jul 77.1 Retired François Abou Mokh, B.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28 Jul 81.0 Died Manuel Augusto Cárdenas † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Faithful of the Oriental Rites

60.0 Resigned Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

29 Jul 69.3 Appointed Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila † Apostolic Administrator of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil Archbishop of Brazil, Military

85.8 Died Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

59.2 Appointed José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. Coadjutor Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Resigned Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

70.2 Appointed Pierre Mouallem, M.S.P. Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

30 Jul 91.9 Died Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tura, India

31 Jul 86.7 Died Ioan Ploscaru † Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

86.9 Died Vito Roberti † Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy

2 Aug 55.9 Ordained Bishop Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. Coadjutor Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil Bishop

46.5 Ordained Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

4 Aug 53.9 Appointed Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. Bishop of Chartres, France Archbishop of Tours, France

86.7 Died Thomas Joseph McDonough † Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

45.9 Ordained Bishop Constancio Miranda Wechmann Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México Archbishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México

6 Aug 50.8 Appointed Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic

48.2 Ordained Bishop Sleiman Hajjar, B.S. † Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada

8 Aug 54.3 Appointed Renzo Fratini Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

73.0 Resigned Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. † Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

9 Aug 44.2 Ordained Bishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate

90.8 Died Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. † Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru

12 Aug 51.3 Appointed João Bráz de Aviz Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

75.7 Retired Henri-François-Marie-Pierre Derouet † Bishop of Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), France Bishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger Bishop of Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), France

14 Aug 43.8 Ordained Bishop Mauro Aparecido dos Santos Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

15 Aug 52.3 Ordained Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. Bishop of Kitale, Kenya

16 Aug 62.2 Ordained Bishop Alphonse Georger Bishop of Oran, Algeria

47.7 Installed Irineu Roque Scherer Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

46.6 Ordained Bishop Norman King'oo Wambua Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya

22 Aug 52.3 Ordained Bishop Augustine Kasujja Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar

56.0 Appointed Osvaldo Padilla Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria Apostolic Nuncio to Korea

93.7 Died Nicola Riezzo † Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

23 Aug 68.6 Installed Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

26 Aug 73.6 Resigned Luciano José Cabral Duarte Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Stefan Cichy Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland Bishop of Legnica, Poland

59.4 Appointed Stefan Cichy Titular Bishop of Bonusta Bishop of Legnica, Poland

72.7 Retired Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. † Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Succeeded Canísio Klaus Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

56.6 Succeeded José Palmeira Lessa Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil

27 Aug 70.1 Died Bernard Francis Pappin † Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

65.4 Succeeded Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre Bishop of Malanje, Angola

75.0 Retired Eugénio Salessu Bishop of Malanje, Angola Bishop Emeritus

28 Aug 68.5 Appointed Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. Bishop of Nice, France Bishop Emeritus

54.0 Ordained Bishop Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil

93.2 Died Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram † Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

29 Aug 51.8 Ordained Bishop Luigi Gatti Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

54.1 Ordained Bishop Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

67.1 Installed Giuseppe Malandrino Bishop of Noto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi Titular Bishop of Sululos Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan

31 Aug 63.9 Resigned Tadeusz Pieronek Auxiliary Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	51.5	Appointed	Vicente Costa	Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
51.5	Appointed	Vicente Costa	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
71.3	Appointed	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
53.3	Appointed	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
2 Jul	57.2	Appointed	Gérard Antoine Daucourt	Bishop of Orléans, France	Bishop of Nanterre, France
67.5	Appointed	Gérard Denis Auguste Defois	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
62.7	Died	Jorge Eduardo Marskell, S.F.M. †	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
76.2	Retired	Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet	Bishop of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
3 Jul	46.9	Appointed	Salvatore Fisichella	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	President of the Roman Curia - Other
46.9	Appointed	Salvatore Fisichella	Titular Bishop of Vicohabentia	President of the Roman Curia - Other
75.2	Retired	Filippo Giannini	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.3	Ordained Bishop	José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Moyobamba, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
49.4	Appointed	Luigi Moretti	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
49.4	Appointed	Luigi Moretti	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
76.1	Retired	Clemente Riva, I.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
4 Jul	56.8	Installed	Héctor Sabatino Cardelli	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
38.5	Appointed	Antoni Dziemianko	Auxiliary Bishop of Grodno, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
38.5	Appointed	Antoni Dziemianko	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
41.3	Ordained Bishop	Mariusz Leszczyński	Titular Bishop of Bassiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland
6 Jul	56.8	Appointed	Cándido Cárdenas Villalba	Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay
49.3	Appointed	Blase Joseph Cupich	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
7 Jul	58.3	Appointed	Piergiorgio Debernardi	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy
75.8	Retired	Pietro Giachetti †	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
84.2	Died	Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
8 Jul	82.5	Died	Christophe Adimou †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
66.6	Resigned	Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm.	Bishop of Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jul	68.3	Died	Antonio Federico Gatti †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
60.1	Appointed	Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M.	Prefect of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
10 Jul	60.4	Appointed	Louis-Marie Billé †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
62.1	Appointed	Alphonse Georger	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
48.2	Appointed	Sleiman Hajjar, B.S. †	Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada
11 Jul	69.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Pittau, S.J.	Titular Archbishop of Castro di Sardegna	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
69.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Pittau, S.J.	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)	Secretary Emeritus
12 Jul	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Michele De Rosa	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Ludwig Schick	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany
15 Jul	60.0	Appointed	César Ramón Ortega Herrera	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
56.5	Appointed	Guilherme Porto	Coadjutor Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop
16 Jul	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Hugo Barrantes Ureña	Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
30.8	Ordained Priest	Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe	Priest of Lima, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Ronald Michael Gilmore	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
18 Jul	62.5	Appointed	Ernesto Vecchi	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
62.5	Appointed	Ernesto Vecchi	Titular Bishop of Lemellefa	Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy
19 Jul	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R.	Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Jul	57.6	Resigned	Fortunatus M. Lukanima	Bishop of Arusha, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania
21 Jul	62.9	Appointed	John Brendan McCormack	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
22 Jul	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Prakash Mallavarapup	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Bishop of Vijayawada, India
23 Jul	82.7	Died	Vittorio Cecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
70.2	Died	Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
87.9	Retired	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
25 Jul	66.5	Appointed	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Resigned	Frumencio Escudero Arenas	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
82.3	Died	Abdul-Ahad Rabban, O.S.H. †	Bishop of Aqra {Akra} (Chaldean), Iraq
50.6	Appointed	Marcello Semeraro	Bishop of Oria, Italy	Bishop of Albano, Italy
26 Jul	87.7	Died	Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
56.0	Ordained Bishop	José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D.	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
62.3	Ordained Bishop	Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
78.0	Died	James Dominic Sangu †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbeya, Tanzania
73.5	Ordained Bishop	Štefan Vrablec	Titular Bishop of Thasbalta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bratislava, Slovakia
27 Jul	77.1	Retired	François Abou Mokh, B.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Jul	81.0	Died	Manuel Augusto Cárdenas †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Faithful of the Oriental Rites
60.0	Resigned	Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
29 Jul	69.3	Appointed	Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila †	Apostolic Administrator of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil	Archbishop of Brazil, Military
85.8	Died	Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
59.2	Appointed	José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Resigned	Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M.	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
70.2	Appointed	Pierre Mouallem, M.S.P.	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Jul	91.9	Died	Orestes Marengo, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tura, India
31 Jul	86.7	Died	Ioan Ploscaru †	Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
86.9	Died	Vito Roberti †	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
2 Aug	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil	Bishop
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku	Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 Aug	53.9	Appointed	Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist.	Bishop of Chartres, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
86.7	Died	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Constancio Miranda Wechmann	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México	Archbishop of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
6 Aug	50.8	Appointed	Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Sleiman Hajjar, B.S. †	Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada
8 Aug	54.3	Appointed	Renzo Fratini	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
73.0	Resigned	Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. †	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
9 Aug	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate
90.8	Died	Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Huamachuco, Peru
12 Aug	51.3	Appointed	João Bráz de Aviz	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
75.7	Retired	Henri-François-Marie-Pierre Derouet †	Bishop of Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger	Bishop of Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), France
14 Aug	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Aparecido dos Santos	Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
15 Aug	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S.	Bishop of Kitale, Kenya
16 Aug	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Georger	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
47.7	Installed	Irineu Roque Scherer	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Norman King'oo Wambua	Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya
22 Aug	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Kasujja	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia	Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar
56.0	Appointed	Osvaldo Padilla	Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
93.7	Died	Nicola Riezzo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
23 Aug	68.6	Installed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
26 Aug	73.6	Resigned	Luciano José Cabral Duarte	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Stefan Cichy	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Bishop of Legnica, Poland
59.4	Appointed	Stefan Cichy	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Bishop of Legnica, Poland
72.7	Retired	Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. †	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Succeeded	Canísio Klaus	Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
56.6	Succeeded	José Palmeira Lessa	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
27 Aug	70.1	Died	Bernard Francis Pappin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
65.4	Succeeded	Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre	Bishop of Malanje, Angola
75.0	Retired	Eugénio Salessu	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
28 Aug	68.5	Appointed	Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A.	Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M.	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil
93.2	Died	Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
29 Aug	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Gatti	Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
67.1	Installed	Giuseppe Malandrino	Bishop of Noto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi	Titular Bishop of Sululos	Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
31 Aug	63.9	Resigned	Tadeusz Pieronek	Auxiliary Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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