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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Aug53.7AppointedKarol Kulczycki, S.D.S.Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
78.9RetiredGregory O’Kelly, S.J.Bishop of Port Pirie, AustraliaBishop Emeritus
50.9InstalledFrancisco Cota de OliveiraBishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
63.8Ordained BishopÁngel Luis Ríos MatosBishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
82.7DiedGetúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. †Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
2 Aug53.9InstalledEusebius Alfred NzigilwaBishop of Mpanda, Tanzania
3 Aug85.3DiedLorenzo ChiarinelliBishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
4 Aug60.6AppointedMaximino Caballero LedoSecretary General of the Secretariat for the EconomyPrefect
5 Aug86.7DiedJohn of the Cross Chang-yikBishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
6 Aug70.8AppointedAnders Arborelius, O.C.D.Member of the Council for the EconomyCardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
68.1AppointedPéter ErdőMember of the Council for the EconomyCardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
63.0AppointedGérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.Member of the Council for the EconomyCardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
74.4ResignedJohn Marvin LeVoirBishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USABishop Emeritus
58.4AppointedClaudio Lurati, M.C.C.I.Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
71.9AppointedGiuseppe PetrocchiMember of the Council for the EconomyCardinal, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
70.8AppointedOdilo Pedro SchererMember of the Council for the EconomyCardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
68.2AppointedJoseph William Tobin, C.SS.R.Member of the Council for the EconomyCardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
7 Aug74.6ResignedRubén Oscar FrassiaBishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
8 Aug92.4DiedPedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F. †Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
57.5InstalledOvidio Giraldo VelásquezBishop of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
50.5Ordained BishopMitja LeskovarTitular Archbishop of BeneventumApostolic Nuncio to Iraq
46.1Ordained BishopGiorgio Marengo, I.M.C.Titular Bishop of Castra SeverianaCardinal, Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
52.2Ordained BishopNoel Andrew RucastleBishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
10 Aug85.4DiedLuis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
11 Aug58.9AppointedLaurent Jean Lucien Marie PercerouBishop of Nantes, France
12 Aug86.6DiedFrancisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †
52.2AppointedAntônio Fontinele de MeloBishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
91.1DiedFrançois-Mathurin GourvèsBishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
75.8RetiredFranz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp.Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, BrazilBishop Emeritus
13 Aug75.0RetiredSławoj Leszek GłódźArchbishop of Gdańsk, PolandArchbishop Emeritus
70.6AppointedJacek JezierskiApostolic Administrator of Gdańsk, PolandBishop of Elbląg, Poland
15 Aug56.7CeasedAlick BandaApostolic Administrator of Ndola, ZambiaArchbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
57.6Ordained BishopGonzalo Arturo Bravo ÁlvarezBishop of San Felipe, Chile
75.0RetiredMieczysław CisłoAuxiliary Bishop of Lublin, PolandAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.1InstalledSeverino Clasen, O.F.M.Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
50.3Ordained BishopMichael Francis CrottyTitular Archbishop of LindisfarnaApostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
59.0InstalledArturo Eduardo Fajardo BustamanteBishop of Salto, Uruguay
68.9CeasedJoão Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv.Apostolic Administrator of Maringá, Parana, BrazilBishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
66.5Ordained BishopLuis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O. Carm.Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico
51.0CeasedJaime Cesar Ortiz de Lazcano PiquerApostolic Administrator of San Felipe, ChilePriest of Roma {Rome}, Italy
61.1InstalledBenjamin S. PhiriBishop of Ndola, Zambia
52.3Ordained BishopVicente Horacio Saeteros SierraTitular Bishop of RusuccuruBishop of Machala, Ecuador
40.2Ordained BishopYaacoub Camil Afram Antoine SemaanTitular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei SiriPatriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
66.3InstalledJorge Martín Torres CarbonellBishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina
57.1Ordained BishopAnthony Weradet ChaiseriArchbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
16 Aug56.6Ordained BishopMaurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp.Bishop of Caxito, Angola
56.7CeasedAntónio Francisco Jaca, S.V.D.Apostolic Administrator of Caxito, AngolaBishop of Benguela, Angola
18 Aug62.6InstalledFrancis Xavier Jin YangkeBishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
53.1Ordained BishopBruce Alan Lewandowski, C.SS.R.Titular Bishop of CroaeAuxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
20 Aug70.7CeasedGregory Michael AymondApostolic Administrator of Alexandria, Louisiana, USAArchbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
61.1Ordained BishopRobert William MarshallBishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
21 Aug86.8DiedAntonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Inírida, Colombia
63.5CeasedMario GrechApostolic Administrator of Gozo, MaltaCardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
56.6Ordained BishopAnthony TeumaBishop of Gozo, Malta
49.4Ordained BishopDavid Leon ToupsBishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
22 Aug47.2Ordained BishopCélio da Silveira Calixto FilhoTitular Bishop of SegiaAuxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
58.9Ordained BishopJeová Elias FerreiraBishop of Goiás, Brazil
57.1AppointedLuciano RussoApostolic Nuncio to PanamaSecretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State
23 Aug61.1Ordained BishopBernard Marie Fansaka BiniamaBishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Aug46.7Ordained BishopMoises Magpantay CuevasTitular Bishop of MaraguiaVicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines
25 Aug79.8DiedLaurent Akran MandjoBishop Emeritus of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire
69.1AppointedRobert Joseph McManusApostolic Administrator of Springfield in Massachusetts, USABishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
77.8CeasedMartin RoosApostolic Administrator of Zrenjanin, SerbiaBishop Emeritus of Timişoara, Romania
62.0InstalledMitchell Thomas RozanskiArchbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
76.5DiedHippolyte Louis Jean SimonArchbishop Emeritus of Clermont, France
26 Aug85.7DiedOscar Valero CruzArchbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
90.4DiedVictor Hugo Martínez ContrerasArchbishop Emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
28 Aug57.2Ordained BishopGuy BoulangerBishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
63.1InstalledJosé Araneta CabantanArchbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
57.1Ordained BishopLuis Manuel López AlfaroTitular Bishop of GarbaAuxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
29 Aug66.4AppointedGiambattista DiquattroApostolic Nuncio to Brazil
52.0Ordained BishopLászló KerekesTitular Bishop of TharrosAuxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
59.0AppointedGheevarghese (George) KurisummoottilAuxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
59.0AppointedGheevarghese (George) KurisummoottilTitular Bishop of ChaialumAuxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
75.3RetiredGiacinto-Boulos MarcuzzoAuxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, PalestineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.2CeasedAnthony MuheriaApostolic Administrator of Kitui, KenyaArchbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
52.3Ordained BishopJoseph Maluki MwongelaBishop of Kitui, Kenya
55.6AppointedPierre Nguyên Văn ViênApostolic Administrator of Hưng Hóa, Viet NamAuxiliary Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam
53.9Ordained BishopAnton Ranjith PillainayagamTitular Bishop of MaterianaAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
76.4RetiredJean Marie Vũ TấtBishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
30 Aug45.6Ordained BishopFelix (Saeed) Dawood Al ShabiBishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq
49.3Ordained BishopPaul DempseyBishop of Achonry, Ireland
31 Aug52.3AppointedDario GervasiAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
52.3AppointedDario GervasiTitular Bishop of SubaugustaAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
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