The Year of Our Lord 2005

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 43.0 Selected Paul Meng Quinglu Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China

1 Jul 71.7 Died Mansuet Dela Biyase † Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa

62.6 Appointed Louis Chamniern Santisukniram Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand Archbishop Emeritus

75.3 Retired Guy Étienne Germain Gaucher, O.C.D. † Auxiliary Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

33.6 Ordained Priest Jack Youssef, C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Mission

2 Jul 49.0 Ordained Bishop Francesco Alfano Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

43.9 Appointed Lambert Bainomugisha Auxiliary Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda Archbishop

43.9 Appointed Lambert Bainomugisha Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda

61.1 Ordained Bishop Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.0 Ordained Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls Titular Bishop of Abula Bishop of Lleida, Spain

27.0 Ordained Priest Roko Glasnović Priest of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

64.8 Installed Ramón del Hoyo López Bishop of Jaén, Spain Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Installed Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

3 Jul 68.7 Ordained Bishop Elmar Fischer † Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria Bishop Emeritus

5 Jul 52.5 Appointed Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto Bishop of Sindhudurg, India Bishop Emeritus

6 Jul 65.0 Appointed Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. Bishop of Linz, Austria Bishop Emeritus

84.7 Died Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp † Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam

8 Jul 54.9 Appointed John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye Bishop of Awgu, Nigeria

42.7 Appointed Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

42.7 Appointed Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. Titular Bishop of Accia Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

9 Jul 68.7 Appointed Paulinus Costa † Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh Archbishop Emeritus

46.3 Installed José Luis Escobar Alas Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

63.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Lira, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

79.4 Retired Michael Rozario † Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh Archbishop Emeritus

79.3 Died Mario José Serra † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

10 Jul 77.6 Installed Angelo Sodano † Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

11 Jul 46.5 Appointed Gerard Paul Bergie Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

46.5 Appointed Gerard Paul Bergie Titular Bishop of Tabae Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

58.2 Appointed Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I. Coadjutor Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

12 Jul 70.8 Died Joseph Patrick Delaney † Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

52.6 Ordained Bishop Mykola Simkaylo † Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

54.1 Succeeded Kevin William Vann Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA Bishop of Orange in California, USA

45.6 Installed Volodymyr Viytyshyn Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

13 Jul 52.6 Installed Mykola Simkaylo † Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

54.1 Ordained Bishop Kevin William Vann Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA Bishop of Orange in California, USA

14 Jul 61.0 Appointed Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain

61.0 Appointed Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Arna Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain

77.5 Died José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela

76.9 Died Luigi Locati † Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya

76.5 Retired Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

29.3 Ordained Priest Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga Priest of Mbeya, Tanzania Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

15 Jul 80.9 Died Abelardo Francisco Silva † Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina

16 Jul 25.9 Ordained Priest Rami Flaviano Al-Kabalan Priest of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

46.8 Ordained Bishop Julio César Corniel Amaro Bishop of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

47.6 Ordained Bishop Viliam Judák Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

64.2 Appointed Walter Mixa Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Ordained Bishop Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. Titular Bishop of Obori Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

64.7 Installed José Francisco Ulloa Rojas Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

64.6 Appointed Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B. Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

17 Jul 48.6 Ordained Bishop Roque Paloschi Bishop of Roraima, Brazil Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

20 Jul 40.6 Incardinated Joseph Kallarackal Priest of Ajmer, India Bishop of Jaipur, India

60.9 Appointed Oswald Joseph Lewis Bishop of Jaipur, India Bishop Emeritus

46.2 Appointed Kiro Stojanov Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia

46.2 Appointed Kiro Stojanov Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia (Macedonian) Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia

21 Jul 55.9 Ordained Bishop Clarence Richard Silva Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

23 Jul 46.2 Appointed Almeida Kanda (Canda) Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola

43.0 Ordained Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

58.2 Ordained Bishop Manuel Sánchez Monge Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain

80.4 Retired Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola Bishop Emeritus

24 Jul 87.7 Died [Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian], O.F.M. † Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China

25 Jul 75.3 Retired Salvador Trane Modesto † Auxiliary Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Appointed José Rojas Rojas Jr. Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines

48.9 Appointed José Rojas Rojas Jr. Titular Bishop of Idassa Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines

26 Jul 38.0 Ordained Bishop Anthony Dang Mingyan Auxiliary Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China Bishop

54.4 Appointed William Enrique Delgado Silva Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

49.8 Ordained Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

64.8 Appointed Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D. Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

64.8 Appointed Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D. Titular Bishop of Daimlaig Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardino, California, USA

72.1 Appointed Edmond Youssef Farhat † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Apostolic Nuncio

75.4 Retired Giorgio Zur † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Apostolic Nuncio

27 Jul 51.2 Appointed Francisco Carlos Bach Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

76.0 Retired Léon Lesambo Ndamwize † Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

67.4 Appointed Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Giovanni Ricchiuti Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

76.8 Retired Michele Scandiffio † Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

29 Jul 51.8 Appointed Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A. Bishop of Oslo, Norway

47.3 Appointed Jean Salomon Lezoutié Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire

66.8 Resigned Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC. Bishop of Oslo, Norway Bishop Emeritus

30 Jul 49.1 Installed Francesco Alfano Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

53.8 Succeeded Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

71.8 Resigned Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

31 Jul 61.1 Installed Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

35.3 Ordained Priest Léonard Kakudji Muzinga Priest of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

3 Aug 75.4 Retired Affonso Felippe Gregory † Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Mário Lucunde † Bishop of Menongue, Angola Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Appointed Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

95.9 Died Dominic Aloysius Vendargon † Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4 Aug 53.4 Appointed George Antonysamy Titular Archbishop of Sulci Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

53.4 Appointed George Antonysamy Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

53.4 Appointed George Antonysamy Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

53.4 Appointed George Antonysamy Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

68.1 Installed Walter Allison Hurley Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

86.8 Died Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

5 Aug 85.5 Died Jean Louis Joseph Dardel † Bishop Emeritus of Clermont, France

49.2 Appointed Ramón Alfredo Dus Auxiliary Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina

49.2 Appointed Ramón Alfredo Dus Titular Bishop of Thibica Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina

88.7 Died [Peter Zhang Shi-zhi] † Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China

44.3 Selected Vincent Zhan Silu Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China

6 Aug 42.0 Ordained Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar Bishop of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama

77.5 Died Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. † Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar

7 Aug 32.1 Ordained Priest Jean Michaël Durhône Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius Bishop

31.8 Ordained Priest Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

62.0 Ordained Bishop Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M. Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

13 Aug 36.5 Ordained Deacon Đaminh Hoăng Minh Tiến Deacon of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop

14 Aug 71.7 Died Sylvester Monteiro † Bishop of Aurangabad, India

15 Aug 85.1 Died Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. † Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China

18 Aug 53.3 Ordained Bishop Robert Michael Miranda Bishop of Gulbarga, India

19 Aug 64.8 Resigned Juan Carlos Maccarone † Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

25.2 Solemn Vows Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine

20 Aug 62.8 Installed Louis Chamniern Santisukniram Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand Archbishop Emeritus

22 Aug 57.2 Appointed Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P. Bishop of Saint-Claude, France Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

24 Aug 46.6 Ordained Bishop Gerard Paul Bergie Titular Bishop of Tabae Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

59.2 Appointed Michael August Blume, S.V.D. Titular Archbishop of Alexanum Apostolic Nuncio

59.2 Appointed Michael August Blume, S.V.D. Apostolic Nuncio to Benin Apostolic Nuncio

59.2 Appointed Michael August Blume, S.V.D. Apostolic Nuncio to Togo Apostolic Nuncio

65.5 Appointed Giuseppe Cavallotto Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Giuseppe Cavallotto Bishop of Fossano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy

58.1 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Cortés Contreras Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

65.4 Ordained Bishop Denis James Madden Titular Bishop of Baia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

56.3 Appointed Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic Apostolic Nuncio

56.3 Appointed Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt Apostolic Nuncio to Chad Apostolic Nuncio

54.4 Ordained Bishop John Gerard Noonan Titular Bishop of Bonusta Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA

45.3 Appointed José Antônio Peruzzo Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

76.4 Retired Natalino Pescarolo † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.4 Retired Natalino Pescarolo † Bishop of Fossano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy

76.2 Retired Agostinho José (Benito) Sartori, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 Aug 82.0 Succeeded Vincent Huang Shoucheng † Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China

50.5 Succeeded Castor Paul Msemwa † Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania

75.0 Retired Magnus Mwalunyungu † Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

88.2 Died James Xie Shiguang † Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China

26 Aug 75.3 Retired Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait Apostolic Nuncio

75.3 Retired Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain Apostolic Nuncio

75.3 Retired Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen Apostolic Nuncio

75.3 Retired Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar Apostolic Nuncio

75.3 Retired Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula Apostolic Nuncio

27 Aug 74.9 Retired Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.3 Installed Stanisław Dziwisz Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

70.9 Appointed Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Titular Archbishop of Darnis Apostolic Nuncio

70.9 Appointed Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait Apostolic Nuncio

70.9 Appointed Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain Apostolic Nuncio

70.9 Appointed Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen Apostolic Nuncio

70.9 Appointed Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar Apostolic Nuncio

70.9 Appointed Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula Apostolic Nuncio

63.5 Appointed Antonio Lucibello Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey Apostolic Nuncio

63.5 Appointed Antonio Lucibello Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan Apostolic Nuncio

28 Aug 44.1 Ordained Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. Prelate of Caravelí, Peru Bishop of Peru, Military

29 Aug 53.6 Installed Michele Castoro † Bishop of Oria, Italy Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

58.3 Ordained Bishop Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I. Coadjutor Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	43.0	Selected	Paul Meng Quinglu	Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
1 Jul	71.7	Died	Mansuet Dela Biyase †	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
62.6	Appointed	Louis Chamniern Santisukniram	Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Guy Étienne Germain Gaucher, O.C.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
33.6	Ordained Priest	Jack Youssef, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
2 Jul	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Alfano	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
43.9	Appointed	Lambert Bainomugisha	Auxiliary Bishop of Mbarara, Uganda	Archbishop
43.9	Appointed	Lambert Bainomugisha	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda
61.1	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Giménez Valls	Titular Bishop of Abula	Bishop of Lleida, Spain
27.0	Ordained Priest	Roko Glasnović	Priest of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
64.8	Installed	Ramón del Hoyo López	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Installed	Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jul	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Elmar Fischer †	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jul	52.5	Appointed	Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto	Bishop of Sindhudurg, India	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jul	65.0	Appointed	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
84.7	Died	Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp †	Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
8 Jul	54.9	Appointed	John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye	Bishop of Awgu, Nigeria
42.7	Appointed	Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
42.7	Appointed	Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Accia	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
9 Jul	68.7	Appointed	Paulinus Costa †	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus
46.3	Installed	José Luis Escobar Alas	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
63.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Lira, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
79.4	Retired	Michael Rozario †	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus
79.3	Died	Mario José Serra †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
10 Jul	77.6	Installed	Angelo Sodano †	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
11 Jul	46.5	Appointed	Gerard Paul Bergie	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
46.5	Appointed	Gerard Paul Bergie	Titular Bishop of Tabae	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
58.2	Appointed	Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Jul	70.8	Died	Joseph Patrick Delaney †	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Mykola Simkaylo †	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
54.1	Succeeded	Kevin William Vann	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
45.6	Installed	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
13 Jul	52.6	Installed	Mykola Simkaylo †	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Kevin William Vann	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
14 Jul	61.0	Appointed	Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain
61.0	Appointed	Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Arna	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain
77.5	Died	José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
76.9	Died	Luigi Locati †	Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya
76.5	Retired	Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
29.3	Ordained Priest	Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga	Priest of Mbeya, Tanzania	Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
15 Jul	80.9	Died	Abelardo Francisco Silva †	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina
16 Jul	25.9	Ordained Priest	Rami Flaviano Al-Kabalan	Priest of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Julio César Corniel Amaro	Bishop of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Viliam Judák	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
64.2	Appointed	Walter Mixa	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Obori	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
64.7	Installed	José Francisco Ulloa Rojas	Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Appointed	Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jul	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Roque Paloschi	Bishop of Roraima, Brazil	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
20 Jul	40.6	Incardinated	Joseph Kallarackal	Priest of Ajmer, India	Bishop of Jaipur, India
60.9	Appointed	Oswald Joseph Lewis	Bishop of Jaipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Kiro Stojanov	Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
46.2	Appointed	Kiro Stojanov	Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia (Macedonian)	Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
21 Jul	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Clarence Richard Silva	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
23 Jul	46.2	Appointed	Almeida Kanda (Canda)	Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Fulgence Muteba Mugalu	Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Sánchez Monge	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain
80.4	Retired	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul	87.7	Died	[Paul Francis Zhang Ming-qian], O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yichang [Ichang], China
25 Jul	75.3	Retired	Salvador Trane Modesto †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Appointed	José Rojas Rojas Jr.	Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines
48.9	Appointed	José Rojas Rojas Jr.	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines
26 Jul	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Dang Mingyan	Auxiliary Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China	Bishop
54.4	Appointed	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Alberto dos Santos	Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
64.8	Appointed	Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.8	Appointed	Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D.	Titular Bishop of Daimlaig	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardino, California, USA
72.1	Appointed	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio
75.4	Retired	Giorgio Zur †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Jul	51.2	Appointed	Francisco Carlos Bach	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
76.0	Retired	Léon Lesambo Ndamwize †	Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
67.4	Appointed	Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Giovanni Ricchiuti	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
76.8	Retired	Michele Scandiffio †	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Jul	51.8	Appointed	Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.	Bishop of Oslo, Norway
47.3	Appointed	Jean Salomon Lezoutié	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire
66.8	Resigned	Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC.	Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul	49.1	Installed	Francesco Alfano	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
53.8	Succeeded	Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
71.8	Resigned	Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
31 Jul	61.1	Installed	Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
35.3	Ordained Priest	Léonard Kakudji Muzinga	Priest of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Aug	75.4	Retired	Affonso Felippe Gregory †	Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Mário Lucunde †	Bishop of Menongue, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Appointed	Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira	Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
95.9	Died	Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 Aug	53.4	Appointed	George Antonysamy	Titular Archbishop of Sulci	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
53.4	Appointed	George Antonysamy	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
53.4	Appointed	George Antonysamy	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
53.4	Appointed	George Antonysamy	Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
68.1	Installed	Walter Allison Hurley	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
86.8	Died	Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
5 Aug	85.5	Died	Jean Louis Joseph Dardel †	Bishop Emeritus of Clermont, France
49.2	Appointed	Ramón Alfredo Dus	Auxiliary Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina
49.2	Appointed	Ramón Alfredo Dus	Titular Bishop of Thibica	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina
88.7	Died	[Peter Zhang Shi-zhi] †	Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
44.3	Selected	Vincent Zhan Silu	Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
6 Aug	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Audilio Aguilar Aguilar	Bishop of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama	Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
77.5	Died	Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
7 Aug	32.1	Ordained Priest	Jean Michaël Durhône	Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop
31.8	Ordained Priest	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
62.0	Ordained Bishop	Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M.	Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
13 Aug	36.5	Ordained Deacon	Đaminh Hoăng Minh Tiến	Deacon of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop
14 Aug	71.7	Died	Sylvester Monteiro †	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
15 Aug	85.1	Died	Thomas Zhao Feng Wu (Chao Fung-Wu), S.V.D. †	Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
18 Aug	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Robert Michael Miranda	Bishop of Gulbarga, India
19 Aug	64.8	Resigned	Juan Carlos Maccarone †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
25.2	Solemn Vows	Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine
20 Aug	62.8	Installed	Louis Chamniern Santisukniram	Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Aug	57.2	Appointed	Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P.	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
24 Aug	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Gerard Paul Bergie	Titular Bishop of Tabae	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
59.2	Appointed	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Titular Archbishop of Alexanum	Apostolic Nuncio
59.2	Appointed	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio
59.2	Appointed	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo	Apostolic Nuncio
65.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Cavallotto	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Cavallotto	Bishop of Fossano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Cortés Contreras	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
65.4	Ordained Bishop	Denis James Madden	Titular Bishop of Baia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
56.3	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio
56.3	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt	Apostolic Nuncio to Chad	Apostolic Nuncio
54.4	Ordained Bishop	John Gerard Noonan	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
45.3	Appointed	José Antônio Peruzzo	Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
76.4	Retired	Natalino Pescarolo †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.4	Retired	Natalino Pescarolo †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
76.2	Retired	Agostinho José (Benito) Sartori, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Aug	82.0	Succeeded	Vincent Huang Shoucheng †	Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
50.5	Succeeded	Castor Paul Msemwa †	Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania
75.0	Retired	Magnus Mwalunyungu †	Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
88.2	Died	James Xie Shiguang †	Bishop of Xiapu [Funing], China
26 Aug	75.3	Retired	Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio
75.3	Retired	Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain	Apostolic Nuncio
75.3	Retired	Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen	Apostolic Nuncio
75.3	Retired	Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea †	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar	Apostolic Nuncio
75.3	Retired	Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea †	Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Aug	74.9	Retired	Johannes Antonius de Kok, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.3	Installed	Stanisław Dziwisz	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
70.9	Appointed	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Titular Archbishop of Darnis	Apostolic Nuncio
70.9	Appointed	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait	Apostolic Nuncio
70.9	Appointed	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain	Apostolic Nuncio
70.9	Appointed	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen	Apostolic Nuncio
70.9	Appointed	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar	Apostolic Nuncio
70.9	Appointed	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula	Apostolic Nuncio
63.5	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey	Apostolic Nuncio
63.5	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan	Apostolic Nuncio
28 Aug	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C.	Prelate of Caravelí, Peru	Bishop of Peru, Military
29 Aug	53.6	Installed	Michele Castoro †	Bishop of Oria, Italy	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
58.3	Ordained Bishop	Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus

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