The Year of Our Lord 2002

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 75.3 Retired Dominic Anthony Marconi Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

71.2 Retired Peter Paul Prabhu † Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe Apostolic Nuncio

69.8 Resigned Oskar Saier † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

3 Jul 75.1 Retired Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

50.3 Ordained Bishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti Titular Archbishop of Sagone Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

72.0 Succeeded José Carlos Melo, C.M. † Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

55.6 Ordained Bishop Michele Pennisi Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

54.7 Appointed Valéry Vienneau Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

4 Jul 57.7 Ordained Bishop Bronisław Bernacki † Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

41.9 Appointed Karl-Heinz Wiesemann Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Bishop of Speyer, Germany

41.9 Appointed Karl-Heinz Wiesemann Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor Bishop of Speyer, Germany

5 Jul 46.0 Appointed Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

46.0 Appointed Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Titular Bishop of Natchesium Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

6 Jul 69.5 Resigned Nicholas Marcus Fernando † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Archbishop Emeritus

69.5 Appointed Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Archbishop Emeritus

33.4 Ordained Priest Gerhard Schneider Priest of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

53.9 Appointed Józef Wesołowski † Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan Apostolic Nuncio

7 Jul 59.9 Ordained Bishop Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil

8 Jul 58.4 Appointed Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa

58.4 Appointed Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Ficus Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa

52.7 Appointed Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. † Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

9 Jul 62.8 Installed Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

10 Jul 49.3 Appointed Thomas Aquinas Lephonse Bishop of Coimbatore, India

76.2 Retired Sydney Anicetus Charles † Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. † Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles

25.1 Ordained Deacon Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira Deacon of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

54.5 Ordained Bishop John Michael Kudrick Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

44.7 Appointed Gabriel Malzaire Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

76.9 Retired Ambrose Mathalaimuthu † Bishop of Coimbatore, India Bishop Emeritus

11 Jul 50.2 Ordained Bishop Edgardo Sarabia Juanich Titular Bishop of Ausuaga Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Taytay, Philippines

75.4 Retired Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. † Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

68.3 Appointed Dionigi Tettamanzi † Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

27.4 Ordained Priest Stephen Xu Hongwei Priest Coadjutor Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China

12 Jul 89.6 Died Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil

66.4 Resigned José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. † Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

13 Jul 77.6 Retired Román Arrieta Villalobos † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica Archbishop Emeritus

66.1 Appointed Hugo Barrantes Ureña † Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica Archbishop Emeritus

45.6 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina Bishop of Valdivia, Chile Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile

64.3 Appointed Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica

76.3 Retired Héctor Morera Vega † Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

78.7 Retired Antonio Troyo Calderón † Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Costa Rica Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

14 Jul 50.7 Ordained Bishop Jacinto Bergmann Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Archbishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

15 Jul 56.9 Ordained Bishop Roger Joseph Foys Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.7 Appointed Peter Kang U-il Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

16 Jul 51.7 Appointed Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France

82.9 Died Alan Charles Clark † Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain

65.5 Appointed Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

66.7 Ordained Bishop Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz † Titular Bishop of Dura Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

52.3 Appointed Arthur Roche Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

57.5 Appointed José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization

27.2 Ordained Deacon Antônio Ederaldo de Santana Deacon of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

49.8 Ordained Bishop José María de la Torre Martín † Titular Bishop of Panatoria Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

17 Jul 55.2 Appointed João Bráz de Aviz Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

48.4 Appointed Pedro Brito Guimarães Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil

63.7 Resigned Reginald Michael Cawcutt † Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. † Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 Jul 42.8 Appointed Florentin Crihălmeanu † Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania

78.3 Retired Gheorghe Guţiu † Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Ordained Bishop Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Paolino Schiavon Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Paolino Schiavon Titular Bishop of Trebia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

19 Jul 55.6 Appointed Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus

68.5 Resigned Fabián Marulanda López Bishop of Florencia, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

47.0 Appointed Neethinathan Anthonisamy Bishop of Chingleput, India

36.2 Incardinated Ambrose Pitchaimuthu Priest of Chingleput, India Bishop-Elect of Vellore, India

20 Jul 61.5 Ordained Bishop Guido Fiandino Titular Bishop of Aleria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

60.2 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Lanzetti Titular Bishop of Mariana in Corsica Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy

22 Jul 51.2 Appointed Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA

51.2 Appointed Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Titular Bishop of Siccenna Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA

24 Jul 58.2 Appointed Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L. Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 Jul 42.8 Ordained Bishop Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes Titular Bishop of Citium Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

58.3 Appointed Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. † Coadjutor Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

76.4 Died Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

26 Jul 53.4 Appointed Prakash Mallavarapu Bishop of Vijayawada, India Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India

44.8 Appointed Doraboina Moses Prakasam Bishop of Cuddapah, India Bishop of Nellore, India

27 Jul 46.9 Ordained Bishop Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos Bishop of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil

84.4 Died José Joaquim Ribeiro † Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste

59.0 Ordained Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

49.0 Ordained Bishop Štefan Sečka † Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

29 Jul 67.8 Died Tesfamariam Bedho † Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea

31 Jul 77.3 Retired Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

3 Aug 55.1 Appointed Luis Quinteiro Fiuza Bishop of Orense, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain

29.5 Ordained Priest Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona Priest of Antananarivo, Madagascar Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar

4 Aug 29.3 Ordained Priest Edouard Isango Nkoyo Priest of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Auxiliary Bishop

82.5 Died Felix Sanchez Zafra † Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines

6 Aug 53.6 Ordained Bishop Robert Daniel Conlon Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

56.1 Installed Salvatore Gristina Archbishop of Catania, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

8 Aug 56.2 Appointed José Figueroa Gómez Bishop of Granada en Colombia

88.1 Died James Kavanagh † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

9 Aug 68.3 Resigned Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. † Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas Prefect Emeritus

68.3 Resigned Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. † Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas

Appointed Boutros Gharib Patriarchal Vicar of Kuwait (Melkite Greek)

62.8 Appointed Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. † Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas Prefect Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. † Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas

10 Aug 31.9 Ordained Deacon Joseph Eciru Oliach Deacon of Soroti, Uganda Bishop

12 Aug 31.5 Ordained Deacon Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano Deacon of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

13 Aug 76.0 Retired John Joseph Glynn † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

79.5 Died Celso Nogoy Guevarra † Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines

14 Aug 64.0 Succeeded Anthony Joseph Burgess † Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

66.8 Died John Etheridge, C.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

74.8 Retired Raymond Philip Kalisz, S.V.D. † Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

15 Aug 32.2 Ordained Priest Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Kotido, Uganda

51.7 Ordained Bishop Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B. Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada

75.0 Retired Roger Louis Kaffer † Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.8 Ordained Priest Carlos Alberto Santos García Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Auxiliary Bishop

29.9 Perpetual Vows Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

17 Aug 27.4 Ordained Priest John Bogna Bakeni Priest of Maiduguri, Nigeria Auxiliary Bishop

62.3 Ordained Bishop Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria

179.8 Beatified St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński † Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

64.0 Appointed Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. † Archbishop of Cali, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

18 Aug 51.8 Ordained Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan Titular Bishop of Cedamusa Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

19 Aug 76.2 Died Otto Wüst † Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

21 Aug 46.2 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Titular Bishop of Natchesium Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

22 Aug 57.9 Appointed Edward Joseph Adams Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe Apostolic Nuncio

57.7 Ordained Bishop Donald Joseph Kettler Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

24 Aug 60.2 Appointed Vincenzo D’Addario † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Teramo-Atri, Italy Bishop

76.0 Retired Antonio Nuzzi † Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

88.4 Died Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar

25 Aug 58.5 Ordained Bishop Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Ficus Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa

28 Aug 49.4 Ordained Bishop Thomas Aquinas Lephonse Bishop of Coimbatore, India

75.6 Retired José Delicado Baeza † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

52.5 Installed Timothy Michael Dolan Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

44.9 Ordained Bishop Doraboina Moses Prakasam Bishop of Cuddapah, India Bishop of Nellore, India

58.5 Appointed Braulio Rodríguez Plaza Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain

64.7 Appointed Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

29 Aug 77.9 Died Martin Hrbča † Bishop

31 Aug 90.6 Died Joseph Kung Szu-jung † Former Bishop-Elect of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

66.0 Installed James Moriarty † Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

27.6 Perpetual Vows George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Garissa, Kenya

70.5 Died Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado † Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	75.3	Retired	Dominic Anthony Marconi	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
71.2	Retired	Peter Paul Prabhu †	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe	Apostolic Nuncio
69.8	Resigned	Oskar Saier †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Jul	75.1	Retired	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Titular Archbishop of Sagone	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
72.0	Succeeded	José Carlos Melo, C.M. †	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Michele Pennisi	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
54.7	Appointed	Valéry Vienneau	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
4 Jul	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Bronisław Bernacki †	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
41.9	Appointed	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
41.9	Appointed	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
5 Jul	46.0	Appointed	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
46.0	Appointed	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Titular Bishop of Natchesium	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
6 Jul	69.5	Resigned	Nicholas Marcus Fernando †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus
69.5	Appointed	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus
33.4	Ordained Priest	Gerhard Schneider	Priest of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
53.9	Appointed	Józef Wesołowski †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan	Apostolic Nuncio
7 Jul	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
8 Jul	58.4	Appointed	Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa
58.4	Appointed	Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Ficus	Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa
52.7	Appointed	Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. †	Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
9 Jul	62.8	Installed	Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
10 Jul	49.3	Appointed	Thomas Aquinas Lephonse	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
76.2	Retired	Sydney Anicetus Charles †	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. †	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
25.1	Ordained Deacon	Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira	Deacon of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
54.5	Ordained Bishop	John Michael Kudrick	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
44.7	Appointed	Gabriel Malzaire	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
76.9	Retired	Ambrose Mathalaimuthu †	Bishop of Coimbatore, India	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Edgardo Sarabia Juanich	Titular Bishop of Ausuaga	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Taytay, Philippines
75.4	Retired	Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
68.3	Appointed	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
27.4	Ordained Priest	Stephen Xu Hongwei	Priest	Coadjutor Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
12 Jul	89.6	Died	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
66.4	Resigned	José Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Líbano-Honda, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jul	77.6	Retired	Román Arrieta Villalobos †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus
66.1	Appointed	Hugo Barrantes Ureña †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile	Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile
64.3	Appointed	Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica
76.3	Retired	Héctor Morera Vega †	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
78.7	Retired	Antonio Troyo Calderón †	Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Costa Rica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacinto Bergmann	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Archbishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
15 Jul	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Roger Joseph Foys	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.7	Appointed	Peter Kang U-il	Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol	Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jul	51.7	Appointed	Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
82.9	Died	Alan Charles Clark †	Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain
65.5	Appointed	Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
52.3	Appointed	Arthur Roche	Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
57.5	Appointed	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas	Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
27.2	Ordained Deacon	Antônio Ederaldo de Santana	Deacon of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
49.8	Ordained Bishop	José María de la Torre Martín †	Titular Bishop of Panatoria	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
17 Jul	55.2	Appointed	João Bráz de Aviz	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
48.4	Appointed	Pedro Brito Guimarães	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil
63.7	Resigned	Reginald Michael Cawcutt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. †	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jul	42.8	Appointed	Florentin Crihălmeanu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania
78.3	Retired	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Ordained Bishop	Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo	Bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean), USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Paolino Schiavon	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Paolino Schiavon	Titular Bishop of Trebia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
19 Jul	55.6	Appointed	Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M.	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
68.5	Resigned	Fabián Marulanda López	Bishop of Florencia, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Appointed	Neethinathan Anthonisamy	Bishop of Chingleput, India
36.2	Incardinated	Ambrose Pitchaimuthu	Priest of Chingleput, India	Bishop-Elect of Vellore, India
20 Jul	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Guido Fiandino	Titular Bishop of Aleria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Lanzetti	Titular Bishop of Mariana in Corsica	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
22 Jul	51.2	Appointed	Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr.	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
51.2	Appointed	Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr.	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
24 Jul	58.2	Appointed	Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L.	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes	Titular Bishop of Citium	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
58.3	Appointed	Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
76.4	Died	Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
26 Jul	53.4	Appointed	Prakash Mallavarapu	Bishop of Vijayawada, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
44.8	Appointed	Doraboina Moses Prakasam	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Bishop of Nellore, India
27 Jul	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos	Bishop of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
84.4	Died	José Joaquim Ribeiro †	Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
59.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B.	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Štefan Sečka †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
29 Jul	67.8	Died	Tesfamariam Bedho †	Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea
31 Jul	77.3	Retired	Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Aug	55.1	Appointed	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza	Bishop of Orense, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
29.5	Ordained Priest	Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona	Priest of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
4 Aug	29.3	Ordained Priest	Edouard Isango Nkoyo	Priest of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Auxiliary Bishop
82.5	Died	Felix Sanchez Zafra †	Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
6 Aug	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Robert Daniel Conlon	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
56.1	Installed	Salvatore Gristina	Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Aug	56.2	Appointed	José Figueroa Gómez	Bishop of Granada en Colombia
88.1	Died	James Kavanagh †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
9 Aug	68.3	Resigned	Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas	Prefect Emeritus
68.3	Resigned	Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. †	Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
	Appointed	Boutros Gharib	Patriarchal Vicar of Kuwait (Melkite Greek)
62.8	Appointed	Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas	Prefect Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. †	Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
10 Aug	31.9	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Eciru Oliach	Deacon of Soroti, Uganda	Bishop
12 Aug	31.5	Ordained Deacon	Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano	Deacon of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
13 Aug	76.0	Retired	John Joseph Glynn †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
79.5	Died	Celso Nogoy Guevarra †	Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines
14 Aug	64.0	Succeeded	Anthony Joseph Burgess †	Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
66.8	Died	John Etheridge, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
74.8	Retired	Raymond Philip Kalisz, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
15 Aug	32.2	Ordained Priest	Dominic Eibu, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Kotido, Uganda
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
75.0	Retired	Roger Louis Kaffer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.8	Ordained Priest	Carlos Alberto Santos García	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop
29.9	Perpetual Vows	Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
17 Aug	27.4	Ordained Priest	John Bogna Bakeni	Priest of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Auxiliary Bishop
62.3	Ordained Bishop	Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A.	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria
179.8	Beatified	St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński †	Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
64.0	Appointed	Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. †	Archbishop of Cali, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Aug	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Arêas Rifan	Titular Bishop of Cedamusa	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 Aug	76.2	Died	Otto Wüst †	Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
21 Aug	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Titular Bishop of Natchesium	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
22 Aug	57.9	Appointed	Edward Joseph Adams	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe	Apostolic Nuncio
57.7	Ordained Bishop	Donald Joseph Kettler	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
24 Aug	60.2	Appointed	Vincenzo D’Addario †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Teramo-Atri, Italy	Bishop
76.0	Retired	Antonio Nuzzi †	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
88.4	Died	Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
25 Aug	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Ficus	Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa
28 Aug	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Aquinas Lephonse	Bishop of Coimbatore, India
75.6	Retired	José Delicado Baeza †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
52.5	Installed	Timothy Michael Dolan	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Doraboina Moses Prakasam	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Bishop of Nellore, India
58.5	Appointed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
64.7	Appointed	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
29 Aug	77.9	Died	Martin Hrbča †	Bishop
31 Aug	90.6	Died	Joseph Kung Szu-jung †	Former Bishop-Elect of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
66.0	Installed	James Moriarty †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
27.6	Perpetual Vows	George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Garissa, Kenya
70.5	Died	Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan

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