The Year of Our Lord 2021

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Aug 76.4 Ceased Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado Patriarchal Administrator of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

77.9 Appointed Thomas Meram Patriarchal Administrator of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran Archbishop Emeritus of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran

1 Aug 96.4 Died Guy Alexis Herbulot † Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

2 Aug 91.3 Died Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano † Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina

69.7 Installed Lazzaro You Heung-sik Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy

4 Aug 67.1 Ceased Lawrence Pius Dorairaj Apostolic Administrator of Salem, India Bishop of Dharmapuri, India

60.7 Ordained Bishop Arulselvam Rayappan Bishop of Salem, India

6 Aug 58.1 Resigned Luis Bernardino Núñez Villacís Bishop-Elect of Tulcán, Ecuador Priest of Ambato, Ecuador

7 Aug 49.9 Appointed Marcelo Julián Margni Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina

85.0 Died Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

72.9 Died Amando Samo † Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

8 Aug 64.5 Appointed Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M. Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma, South Africa Archbishop of Durban, South Africa

64.5 Installed Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M. Archbishop of Durban, South Africa

80.4 Ceased Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Durban, South Africa Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

74.9 Died Hipólito Reyes Larios † Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

9 Aug 71.9 Installed Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy

10 Aug 58.9 Appointed Nicolas Jean René Brouwet Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

85.7 Died Petr Esterka † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czechia

94.3 Died Eduardo Martínez Somalo † Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

92.5 Died Manuel Mireles Vaquera † Prelate Emeritus of El Salto, Durango, México

78.2 Retired Shlemon Warduni Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq Curial Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Robert Léon Wattebled Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France Bishop Emeritus

11 Aug 62.8 Appointed Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

47.7 Appointed Moises Magpantay Cuevas Apostolic Administrator of Zamboanga, Philippines Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines

76.1 Retired Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

12 Aug 60.8 Ordained Bishop José Antonio Díaz Bishop of Concepción, Argentina

77.6 Died Matthias U Shwe † Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar

13 Aug 92.1 Died Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil

51.7 Ordained Bishop Cristián Castro Toovey Titular Bishop of Tigava Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile

52.3 Ordained Bishop Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña Titular Bishop of Pudentiana Bishop of Osorno, Chile

78.7 Died Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

66.7 Resigned Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize Bishop of Metz, France Bishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed Jean-Pierre Vuillemin Apostolic Administrator of Metz, France Bishop of Le Mans, France

62.2 Appointed José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz Apostolic Administrator of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México

14 Aug 45.5 Appointed Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko Coadjutor Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop

72.1 Resigned Rabban Al-Qas † Bishop of Dohuk (Duhok) (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop Emeritus

60.7 Appointed José Luis Canto Sosa Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

54.3 Appointed Jorge Cuapio Bautista Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México

50.4 Appointed Antonio D’Angelo Auxiliary Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy Coadjutor Archbishop

50.4 Appointed Antonio D’Angelo Titular Bishop of Pumentum Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy

47.2 Ordained Bishop Visvaldas Kulbokas Titular Archbishop of Martanae Tudertinorum Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine

76.1 Retired Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México Bishop Emeritus

63.4 Ordained Bishop Germán Medina Acosta Titular Bishop of Aradi Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

60.5 Ordained Bishop Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda

55.5 Selected Azad Sabri Shaba Bishop of Dohuk (Duhok) (Chaldean), Iraq

15 Aug 66.8 Ordained Bishop Savarimuthu Arokiaraj Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India

54.0 Installed Leomar Antônio Brustolin Archbishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

73.8 Ceased Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, India Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

17 Aug 62.3 Confirmed Georges Salim Khawam, S.M.S.P. Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria

78.5 Retired Nicolas Sawaf Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

18 Aug 60.2 Resigned Tomé Ferreira da Silva Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

67.0 Appointed Moacir Silva Apostolic Administrator of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

19 Aug 46.9 Ceased Reynante Alongonan Aguanta Administrator of Taytay, Philippines Priest

55.7 Ordained Bishop Peter Nworie Chukwu Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria

55.0 Appointed Attilio Nostro Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy

66.4 Installed Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines

21 Aug 89.1 Died Boutros Edmond Gemayel † Archbishop Emeritus of Cipro (Maronite)

97.6 Died Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt † Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France

86.8 Died Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

55.6 Ordained Bishop Visuvasam Selvaraj Bishop of Port Blair, India

22 Aug 52.2 Ordained Bishop Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J. Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

54.4 Installed Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

23 Aug 64.9 Appointed Román Casanova Casanova Apostolic Administrator of Solsona, Spain Bishop of Vic, Spain

52.3 Resigned Xavier Novell Gomà Bishop of Solsona, Spain

75.0 Retired John Stephen Pažak, C.SS.R. Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA Bishop Emeritus

24 Aug 47.9 Ordained Bishop Andrés Luis García Jasso Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

26 Aug 60.7 Died Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. † Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India

46.7 Appointed Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A. Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

52.0 Resigned Augusto Zampini Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Secretary Emeritus

28 Aug Ceased Paul William Boyers Apostolic Administrator of Broome, Australia Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

48.0 Ordained Bishop Peter Adrian Chifukwa Bishop of Dedza, Malawi

46.3 Ordained Bishop Francisco Figueroa Cervantes Titular Bishop of Lamasba Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

68.9 Appointed Michael Henry Morrissey Apostolic Administrator of Broome, Australia Bishop of Geraldton, Australia

71.6 Resigned Christopher Alan Saunders Bishop of Broome, Australia Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Ceased Gualtiero Sigismondi Apostolic Administrator of Foligno, Italy Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

73.2 Installed Domenico Sorrentino Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

Appointed Varghese Vinayanand Vekkal, O.I.C. Apostolic Administrator of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India Priest of Order of Imitation of Christ

29 Aug 75.7 Ceased Gilles Côté, S.M.M. Apostolic Administrator of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

53.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D. Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

56.5 Appointed Guido Marini Bishop of Tortona, Italy

30 Aug 89.7 Died José María Libório Camino Saracho † Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

31 Aug 86.2 Died Sebastiano Dho † Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy

75.3 Retired Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

75.3 Retired Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

75.3 Retired Luigi Pezzuto Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

75.3 Retired Luigi Pezzuto Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Aug	76.4	Ceased	Ramzi Garmou, Ist. del Prado	Patriarchal Administrator of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
77.9	Appointed	Thomas Meram	Patriarchal Administrator of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran	Archbishop Emeritus of Urmyā {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
1 Aug	96.4	Died	Guy Alexis Herbulot †	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
2 Aug	91.3	Died	Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano †	Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
69.7	Installed	Lazzaro You Heung-sik	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
4 Aug	67.1	Ceased	Lawrence Pius Dorairaj	Apostolic Administrator of Salem, India	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India
60.7	Ordained Bishop	Arulselvam Rayappan	Bishop of Salem, India
6 Aug	58.1	Resigned	Luis Bernardino Núñez Villacís	Bishop-Elect of Tulcán, Ecuador	Priest of Ambato, Ecuador
7 Aug	49.9	Appointed	Marcelo Julián Margni	Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
85.0	Died	Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
72.9	Died	Amando Samo †	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
8 Aug	64.5	Appointed	Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma, South Africa	Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
64.5	Installed	Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M.	Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
80.4	Ceased	Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Durban, South Africa	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
74.9	Died	Hipólito Reyes Larios †	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
9 Aug	71.9	Installed	Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy
10 Aug	58.9	Appointed	Nicolas Jean René Brouwet	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
85.7	Died	Petr Esterka †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brno, Czechia
94.3	Died	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
92.5	Died	Manuel Mireles Vaquera †	Prelate Emeritus of El Salto, Durango, México
78.2	Retired	Shlemon Warduni	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Curial Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Robert Léon Wattebled	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Aug	62.8	Appointed	Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C.	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
47.7	Appointed	Moises Magpantay Cuevas	Apostolic Administrator of Zamboanga, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines
76.1	Retired	Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S.	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Aug	60.8	Ordained Bishop	José Antonio Díaz	Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
77.6	Died	Matthias U Shwe †	Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar
13 Aug	92.1	Died	Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Cristián Castro Toovey	Titular Bishop of Tigava	Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
78.7	Died	Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
66.7	Resigned	Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Vuillemin	Apostolic Administrator of Metz, France	Bishop of Le Mans, France
62.2	Appointed	José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz	Apostolic Administrator of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
14 Aug	45.5	Appointed	Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko	Coadjutor Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop
72.1	Resigned	Rabban Al-Qas †	Bishop of Dohuk (Duhok) (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus
60.7	Appointed	José Luis Canto Sosa	Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
54.3	Appointed	Jorge Cuapio Bautista	Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México
50.4	Appointed	Antonio D’Angelo	Auxiliary Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Coadjutor Archbishop
50.4	Appointed	Antonio D’Angelo	Titular Bishop of Pumentum	Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Visvaldas Kulbokas	Titular Archbishop of Martanae Tudertinorum	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
76.1	Retired	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco	Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Germán Medina Acosta	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
55.5	Selected	Azad Sabri Shaba	Bishop of Dohuk (Duhok) (Chaldean), Iraq
15 Aug	66.8	Ordained Bishop	Savarimuthu Arokiaraj	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India
54.0	Installed	Leomar Antônio Brustolin	Archbishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
73.8	Ceased	Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss	Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
17 Aug	62.3	Confirmed	Georges Salim Khawam, S.M.S.P.	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
78.5	Retired	Nicolas Sawaf	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Aug	60.2	Resigned	Tomé Ferreira da Silva	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
67.0	Appointed	Moacir Silva	Apostolic Administrator of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 Aug	46.9	Ceased	Reynante Alongonan Aguanta	Administrator of Taytay, Philippines	Priest
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Peter Nworie Chukwu	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
55.0	Appointed	Attilio Nostro	Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
66.4	Installed	Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo	Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines
21 Aug	89.1	Died	Boutros Edmond Gemayel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cipro (Maronite)
97.6	Died	Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt †	Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
86.8	Died	Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Visuvasam Selvaraj	Bishop of Port Blair, India
22 Aug	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J.	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
54.4	Installed	Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M.	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
23 Aug	64.9	Appointed	Román Casanova Casanova	Apostolic Administrator of Solsona, Spain	Bishop of Vic, Spain
52.3	Resigned	Xavier Novell Gomà	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
75.0	Retired	John Stephen Pažak, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Aug	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Luis García Jasso	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
26 Aug	60.7	Died	Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. †	Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India
46.7	Appointed	Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A.	Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
52.0	Resigned	Augusto Zampini	Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development	Secretary Emeritus
28 Aug		Ceased	Paul William Boyers	Apostolic Administrator of Broome, Australia	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Peter Adrian Chifukwa	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Figueroa Cervantes	Titular Bishop of Lamasba	Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
68.9	Appointed	Michael Henry Morrissey	Apostolic Administrator of Broome, Australia	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
71.6	Resigned	Christopher Alan Saunders	Bishop of Broome, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Ceased	Gualtiero Sigismondi	Apostolic Administrator of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
73.2	Installed	Domenico Sorrentino	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	Appointed	Varghese Vinayanand Vekkal, O.I.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India	Priest of Order of Imitation of Christ
29 Aug	75.7	Ceased	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D.	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
56.5	Appointed	Guido Marini	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
30 Aug	89.7	Died	José María Libório Camino Saracho †	Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
31 Aug	86.2	Died	Sebastiano Dho †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
75.3	Retired	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
75.3	Retired	Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Luigi Pezzuto	Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bosnia and Herzegovina

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