The Year of Our Lord 2025

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 65.3 Appointed Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

76.0 Retired Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M. Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

47.2 Appointed Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

65.2 Appointed Santo Marcianò Archbishop (Personal Title) of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy Bishop

65.2 Appointed Santo Marcianò Archbishop (Personal Title) of Anagni-Alatri, Italy Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

94.6 Died Carl Frederick Mengeling † Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA

63.7 Appointed Mark Steven Rivituso Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA

76.2 Retired Thomas John Rodi Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA Archbishop Emeritus

52.8 Resigned Saad Sirop Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

75.2 Retired Ambrogio Spreafico Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired Ambrogio Spreafico Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

2 Jul 61.0 Appointed Pedro Cunha Cruz Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

64.8 Appointed Daniel Elias Garcia Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA

3 Jul 58.7 Appointed Héctor David García Osorio Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

4 Jul 58.6 Appointed Gabriel dos Santos Filho Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

58.6 Appointed Gabriel dos Santos Filho Titular Bishop of Altiburus Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

53.4 Succeeded Rolandas Makrickas Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

52.7 Appointed Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

52.7 Appointed Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues Titular Bishop of Tisili Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

80.0 Retired Stanisław Marian Ryłko Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus

5 Jul 48.9 Ordained Bishop Evandro Luis Braun Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

54.7 Ordained Bishop Beat Grögli Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

62.6 Appointed Simon Peter Kamomoe Auxiliary Bishop of Wote, Kenya

81.0 Retired Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

64.5 Appointed Antonysamy Savarimuthu Archbishop of Madurai, India

59.6 Appointed Thibault Verny President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France

6 Jul 58.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mopepe Ngongo Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.3 Ordained Bishop Marek Ochlak, O.M.I. Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar

7 Jul 52.0 Appointed Justin Ain Soongie Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

60.5 Appointed Ronald Gerhardus Wilhelmus Cornelissen Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands Bishop-Elect

76.2 Retired Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M. Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Jacek Piotr Tendej, C.M. Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea Bishop-Elect

8 Jul 93.3 Died Władysław Bobowski † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

47.7 Appointed Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

47.7 Appointed Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Seoul, Korea (South)

9 Jul 61.4 Appointed Abilio Martínez Varea Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain

76.7 Retired Gerardo Melgar Viciosa Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain Bishop Emeritus

10 Jul 77.8 Retired Liam Stephen Cary Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus

45.5 Appointed Mariusz Dmyterko Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

45.5 Appointed Mariusz Dmyterko Titular Bishop Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland

47.0 Appointed Thomas J. Hennen Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA Bishop-Elect

66.9 Appointed John Kiplimo Lelei Bishop of Kapsabet, Kenya

The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.

12 Jul 59.4 Installed Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France Bishop of Créteil, France

46.0 Ordained Bishop Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna, S.M. Titular Bishop of Babra Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Callao, Peru

85.9 Ceased Agnelo Rufino Gracias Apostolic Administrator, Sede Vacante of Jullundur, India Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

58.5 Ceased André Guèye Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal

66.5 Ordained Bishop Augustin Simmel Ndiaye Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal Bishop-Elect

62.5 Ordained Bishop Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel Bishop of Jullundur, India Bishop-Elect

14 Jul 66.4 Installed Mark Anthony Eckman Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

70.1 Ordained Bishop Miguel Fritz, O.M.I. Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay

17 Jul 58.4 Installed Michael (Micae) Phạm Minh Cường Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

19 Jul 50.8 Installed Benoni Ambăruş Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy

52.6 Ordained Bishop Daniel Palau Valero Bishop of Lleida, Spain Bishop-Elect

20 Jul 50.8 Installed Benoni Ambăruş Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy

26 Jul Ceased René Flores Pineda Administrator of La Ceiba, Honduras

48.0 Ordained Bishop Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras Bishop-Elect

27 Jul 51.7 Ordained Bishop Nélio Pereira Pita, C.M. Titular Bishop of Garba Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Braga, Portugal

29 Jul 60.5 Ordained Bishop Glenn Montebon Corsiga Bishop of Ipil, Philippines Bishop-Elect

31 Jul 66.4 Installed Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia

2 Aug 50.1 Installed Francisco Agamenilton Damascena Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil

58.0 Ordained Bishop Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano Bishop of Granada en Colombia Bishop-Elect

3 Aug 49.0 Installed Evandro Luis Braun Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

6 Aug 54.4 Ordained Bishop Alfonso García López Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia

10 Aug 59.4 Installed Marek Ochlak, O.M.I. Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar

71.1 Ceased Désiré Tsarahazana Apostolic Administrator of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar

12 Aug 54.4 Installed Alfonso García López Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia

68.2 Installed Anthony John Ireland Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

46.3 Ceased Arnulfo Moreno Quiñonez Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia

13 Aug 68.7 Ceased Martin Sarmiento Jumoad Apostolic Administrator of Pagadian, Philippines Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines

54.0 Ordained Bishop Ronald Anthony Parco Timoner Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines Bishop-Elect

14 Aug 60.5 Installed Glenn Montebon Corsiga Bishop of Ipil, Philippines Bishop-Elect

17 Aug 54.3 Ordained Bishop Clésio Facco, S.A.C. Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop-Elect

23 Aug 61.1 Installed Pedro Cunha Cruz Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

47.3 Installed Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

51.4 Ordained Bishop Alexander Rivera Vielma Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela Bishop-Elect

30 Aug 50.6 Ordained Bishop Germán Humberto Barbosa Mora Titular Bishop of Uzalis Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bogotá, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	65.3	Appointed	Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
76.0	Retired	Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
47.2	Appointed	Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
65.2	Appointed	Santo Marcianò	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy	Bishop
65.2	Appointed	Santo Marcianò	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
94.6	Died	Carl Frederick Mengeling †	Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA
63.7	Appointed	Mark Steven Rivituso	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
76.2	Retired	Thomas John Rodi	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
52.8	Resigned	Saad Sirop	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Ambrogio Spreafico	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Ambrogio Spreafico	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
2 Jul	61.0	Appointed	Pedro Cunha Cruz	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
64.8	Appointed	Daniel Elias Garcia	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA
3 Jul	58.7	Appointed	Héctor David García Osorio	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
4 Jul	58.6	Appointed	Gabriel dos Santos Filho	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
58.6	Appointed	Gabriel dos Santos Filho	Titular Bishop of Altiburus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
53.4	Succeeded	Rolandas Makrickas	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
52.7	Appointed	Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
52.7	Appointed	Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues	Titular Bishop of Tisili	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
80.0	Retired	Stanisław Marian Ryłko	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus
5 Jul	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Evandro Luis Braun	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Beat Grögli	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
62.6	Appointed	Simon Peter Kamomoe	Auxiliary Bishop of Wote, Kenya
81.0	Retired	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
64.5	Appointed	Antonysamy Savarimuthu	Archbishop of Madurai, India
59.6	Appointed	Thibault Verny	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France
6 Jul	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mopepe Ngongo	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.3	Ordained Bishop	Marek Ochlak, O.M.I.	Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar
7 Jul	52.0	Appointed	Justin Ain Soongie	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
60.5	Appointed	Ronald Gerhardus Wilhelmus Cornelissen	Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Bishop-Elect
76.2	Retired	Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M.	Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Jacek Piotr Tendej, C.M.	Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea	Bishop-Elect
8 Jul	93.3	Died	Władysław Bobowski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
47.7	Appointed	Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
47.7	Appointed	Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Seoul, Korea (South)
9 Jul	61.4	Appointed	Abilio Martínez Varea	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
76.7	Retired	Gerardo Melgar Viciosa	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jul	77.8	Retired	Liam Stephen Cary	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus
45.5	Appointed	Mariusz Dmyterko	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
45.5	Appointed	Mariusz Dmyterko	Titular Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
47.0	Appointed	Thomas J. Hennen	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop-Elect
66.9	Appointed	John Kiplimo Lelei	Bishop of Kapsabet, Kenya
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
12 Jul	59.4	Installed	Dominique Marie Joseph Blanchet, Ist. del Prado	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Bishop of Créteil, France
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna, S.M.	Titular Bishop of Babra	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Callao, Peru
85.9	Ceased	Agnelo Rufino Gracias	Apostolic Administrator, Sede Vacante of Jullundur, India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
58.5	Ceased	André Guèye	Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
66.5	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Simmel Ndiaye	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal	Bishop-Elect
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel	Bishop of Jullundur, India	Bishop-Elect
14 Jul	66.4	Installed	Mark Anthony Eckman	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
70.1	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Fritz, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
17 Jul	58.4	Installed	Michael (Micae) Phạm Minh Cường	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
19 Jul	50.8	Installed	Benoni Ambăruş	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Palau Valero	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop-Elect
20 Jul	50.8	Installed	Benoni Ambăruş	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Archbishop of Matera-Irsina, Italy
26 Jul		Ceased	René Flores Pineda	Administrator of La Ceiba, Honduras
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández	Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras	Bishop-Elect
27 Jul	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Nélio Pereira Pita, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Garba	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Braga, Portugal
29 Jul	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Glenn Montebon Corsiga	Bishop of Ipil, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
31 Jul	66.4	Installed	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia
2 Aug	50.1	Installed	Francisco Agamenilton Damascena	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano	Bishop of Granada en Colombia	Bishop-Elect
3 Aug	49.0	Installed	Evandro Luis Braun	Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
6 Aug	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso García López	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
10 Aug	59.4	Installed	Marek Ochlak, O.M.I.	Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar
71.1	Ceased	Désiré Tsarahazana	Apostolic Administrator of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar
12 Aug	54.4	Installed	Alfonso García López	Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
68.2	Installed	Anthony John Ireland	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
46.3	Ceased	Arnulfo Moreno Quiñonez	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia
13 Aug	68.7	Ceased	Martin Sarmiento Jumoad	Apostolic Administrator of Pagadian, Philippines	Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Ronald Anthony Parco Timoner	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
14 Aug	60.5	Installed	Glenn Montebon Corsiga	Bishop of Ipil, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
17 Aug	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Clésio Facco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
23 Aug	61.1	Installed	Pedro Cunha Cruz	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
47.3	Installed	Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Rivera Vielma	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop-Elect
30 Aug	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Germán Humberto Barbosa Mora	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Bogotá, Colombia

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