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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul	52.5	Confirmed	Josef Altenweisel †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
		Born	Felipe de Jesús Cueto González, O.F.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Edmond Vansteenberghe †	Priest	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
3 Jul	83.3	Died	Romarico Flugi d’Aspermont, O.S.B. †	Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
5 Jul	54.7	Appointed	Francisco Simón y Ródenas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	44.7	Appointed	Michael Fogarty †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
	51.4	Appointed	John Mangan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
10 Jul	23.8	Ordained Priest	Georges-Alexandre Courchesne †	Priest of Nicolet, Québec, Canada	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Terenuthis	Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Henri-Jean Houbaut †	Priest	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
11 Jul		Born	Alden John Bell †		Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA
		Born	Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
	56.2	Appointed	Wolfgang Radnai †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jul		Born	Alfonso Espino y Silva †		Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
	49.2	Appointed	Francesco Giacci †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	75.5	Died	Melezio (Mélèce) Fakkak †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	23.5	Solemn Vows	Roberto da Gangi Vincenzo de Franco, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
16 Jul		Born	Leo Jozef Suenens †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
17 Jul	24.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel Arce y Ochotorena †	Priest of Pamplona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Tomás Gutiérrez Díez †	Priest of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
		Born	Matthew Kavukattu †		Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
19 Jul	37.4	Died	Theotimus Jozef Verhaegen, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southwestern Hupeh {Hu-Pè Occiduo-Meridionale}, China
20 Jul	77.3	Died	Nicola Ghilardi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
21 Jul	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Vince Palunko †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia
		Born	Giovanni Battista Pardini †		Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
22 Jul	52.2	Died	Giovanni Battista Guidi †	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
23 Jul	58.0	Appointed	Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	58.0	Appointed	Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
	58.0	Appointed	Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrene	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
24 Jul	60.7	Died	Nicola Ranieri, O.F.M. Ref. †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy
25 Jul	23.5	Ordained Priest	Vigilio Federico Dalla Zuanna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Carpi, Italy
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph John Fox †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	61.6	Succeeded	Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo, O.P. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	23.6	Ordained Deacon	Édouard Gabriel Mesguen †	Deacon of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop of Poitiers, France
	71.3	Died	Andrea Policarpo Timoni †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
26 Jul	23.9	Ordained Priest	Franciszek Barda †	Priest of Kraków, Poland	Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	75.8	Died	Carlo Bonajuti (Bonaiuti) †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Patrick Joseph McCormick †	Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Henry McLaughlin †	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
27 Jul		Born	[Marc Yuan Wen-hua], O.F.M. †		Bishop of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
30 Jul	61.7	Appointed	Martín García y Alcocer, O.F.M. Disc. †	Titular Archbishop of Bostra	Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
		Born	Inigo Maximilian König, S.D.S. †		Prefect of Shaowu [Shaowu], China
31 Jul		Born	John Joseph Carberry †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	70.9	Died	Pierre-Gonzalès-Charles Duval, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	20.7	Professed	Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
	51.2	Resigned	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Ercolano Marini †	Titular Bishop of Archelaïs	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
1 Aug	14.8	Entered	Juan Albacete Sáiz, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
3 Aug		Born	Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †		Bishop of Meru, Kenya
	50.5	Died	Godefroid Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan
		Born	Félix-Marie-Honoré Verdet †		Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
4 Aug	43.6	Appointed	Gabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Stanley Falls, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	68.4	Elected	Boghos Bédros (Pierre Paul) XII Sabbaghian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
5 Aug		Born	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. †		Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
	37.4	Appointed	Giovanni Cazzani †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	57.8	Died	Justin-Guillaume Lescure, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
6 Aug	24.6	Ordained Priest	Dionysios Kfoury †	Priest	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
	40.7	Installed	Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
10 Aug	23.7	Ordained Priest	Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece
	59.6	Appointed	Petronio Francesco Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Allahabad, India
	22.7	Ordained Priest	St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Priest of Bergamo, Italy	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
	39.1	Appointed	Cornelius Van de Ven †	Bishop of Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
11 Aug	77.6	Died	György (Juraj) Császka (Čásky) †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
12 Aug	48.7	Died	Antonio José Gomes Cardoso †	Bishop of Angola e Congo
	43.8	Appointed	Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
13 Aug		Born	Giuseppe Fenocchio †		Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy
	41.9	Appointed	Augustin Henninghaus, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	41.9	Appointed	Augustin Henninghaus, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Hypaepa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Shantung {Scian-Ton Meridionale}, China
	67.6	Appointed	Théodore Messaieh (Msayeh) †	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
15 Aug		Born	Jean Louis Joseph Collignon, O.M.I. †		Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
	24.5	Professed	Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. †	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
		Born	Hovhannes Koyounian †		Ordinary Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
		Born	Vincent Stanislaus Waters †		Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
16 Aug	63.9	Died	Ramón Martínez y Vigil, O.P. †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain
17 Aug		Born	Octavio José Calderón y Padilla †		Bishop Emeritus of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
		Born	Cesario D’Amato, O.S.B. †		Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
19 Aug	73.2	Died	Augusto Bonetti, C.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey
		Born	Georges Léon Pelletier †		Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
20 Aug		Born	Volodymyr Malanczuk, C.Ss.R. †		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Ukrainian)
21 Aug	25.4	Ordained Priest	Josyf Botsian (Bocian) †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Cesaire Stern, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Weihai [Weihaiwei], China
	65.0	Died	Ángel José Toro, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Dmytro Yaremko †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop-Elect
22 Aug	68.5	Died	Dionisio Alessandri †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy
23 Aug		Born	Pierre Joseph François d’Alcantara Sintas, O.F.M. Cap. †		Prefect Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
24 Aug	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Alfred Archambault †	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Pablo Drinot y Piérola, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
25 Aug	16.4	Professed	Anton Sebastian Grossrubatscher (Großrubatscher), O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China
27 Aug		Born	Arthur Francis Fox †		Bishop Emeritus of Sale, Australia
28 Aug	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Cazzani †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
		Born	Henry Edmund Donnelly †		Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
	67.0	Died	Casimiro Piñera y Naredo †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. †	Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
29 Aug		Born	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
30 Aug	64.3	Appointed	Nicola Giuseppe (Nicolae Iosif) Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Iaşi, Romania	Bishop
	59.4	Resigned	Pierre-Joseph Geay †	Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Luís Victor Sartori †		Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
31 Aug		Born	Joseph Mary Marling, C.Pp.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
1 Sep		Born	Arturo Quintanilla Manzanares del Rosario, O.A.R. †		Bishop of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
3 Sep	47.9	Appointed	Ambrose (Tancredi Alfred) Agius, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
		Born	Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †		Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
4 Sep	22.4	Ordained Priest	Marco Giovanni Della Pietra, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Michael Fogarty †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
	60.3	Resigned	Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez †	Bishop of Dijon, France	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	47.9	Appointed	Ambrose (Tancredi Alfred) Agius, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
		Born	Bernhard Stein †		Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
7 Sep		Born	Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. †		Bishop Emeritus of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
	53.7	Appointed	Francesco Ragonesi †	Apostolic Delegate to Colombia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
8 Sep	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrene	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	John Bernard Delany (Delaney) †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
9 Sep	74.3	Appointed	William Giles †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia
		Born	William Andrew Hart †		Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
10 Sep		Born	Arturo Vélez Martínez †		Bishop Emeritus of Toluca, México, México
11 Sep	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Josef Altenweisel †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
		Born	José María Bueno y Monreal †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	55.9	Installed	Sandor Párvy †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
12 Sep	40.5	Appointed	John Patrick Carroll †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
	67.8	Died	Bonifacio (Karl) Osländer (Oslaender), O.S.B. †	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
14 Sep	53.0	Appointed	James Joseph Davis †	Coadjutor Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Bishop
	53.0	Appointed	James Joseph Davis †	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
	76.8	Appointed	Achille Manara †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
16 Sep	53.7	Appointed	Francesco Ragonesi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
17 Sep	53.3	Appointed	Etienne-Marie Bonaventure, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Nagpur, India
	43.5	Appointed	Thomas Francis Lillis †	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA
	46.0	Appointed	William Miller, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	46.0	Appointed	William Miller, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Eumenia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal, South Africa
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Andrej Skrábik †	Priest	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
18 Sep	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose (Tancredi Alfred) Agius, O.S.B. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines
	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Émile Marie Luc Alphonse Barillon, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore	Bishop Emeritus
	23.0	Professed	Jean-Marie-Michel Blois, M.E.P. †	Subdeacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
	32.9	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Albania
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Fortunato Maria Farina †	Priest of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Foggia, Italy
	71.7	Died	Giovanni Jannoni †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	John Mangan †	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
19 Sep	43.0	Appointed	Benoit-Marius Bonnefoux, C.S.Sp. †	Superior of Cunène, Angola	Superior Emeritus
20 Sep	21.7	Entered	Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. †	Member of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}
	41.8	Appointed	David Joseph Scollard †	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
21 Sep	58.9	Died	Francesco Carlo di Mento †	Bishop of Tinos and Mykonos, Greece
		Born	Virginio Dondeo †		Bishop of Orvieto, Italy
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Mathias Clement Lenihan †	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Gjergj Volaj †		Bishop of Sapë, Albania
		Born	Francis (Frank) Ryder Wood †		Priest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
22 Sep		Born	Aldo Maria Patroni, S.J. †		Bishop Emeritus of Calicut, India
	28.9	Appointed	Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. †	Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Amazonas, Brazil
23 Sep		Born	John Ambrose Abasolo y Lecue, O.C.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram, India
	54.5	Appointed	Giovanni del Papa, O.S.B. †	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
24 Sep	24.8	Ordained Priest	Joaquín Bienvenido Alcaide y Bueso, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Goajira, Colombia
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Baccarini, C. R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
	22.1	Ordained Subdeacon	Albert-Henri-Charles Breton, M.E.P. †	Subdeacon of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Cicognani †	Priest of Faenza, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Lucas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect Emeritus of Djibouti (Gibuti)
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Mario Giardini, B. †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	17.2	Simple Vows	Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Prelate Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
25 Sep	24.0	Ordained Priest	Domenico Argnani †	Priest of Faenza, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Ragonesi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
27 Sep	56.5	Installed	Wolfgang Radnai †	Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
28 Sep	19.9	Entered	Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

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