The Year of Our Lord 1949

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul Born Rabban Al-Qas † Bishop Emeritus of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq

Born Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M. Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

Born Cornelius Piong Bishop of Keningau, Malaysia

30.0 Ordained Priest Philip Yang Libo † Priest Bishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China

2 Jul 43.8 Appointed Benedetto Falcucci † Bishop of Penne e Pescara, Italy Bishop Emeritus

72.9 Died Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea

3 Jul 49.6 Ordained Bishop Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Ierichus Bishop of Lodi, Italy

Born Bernardino Cruz Cortez Prelate of Infanta, Philippines

23.6 Ordained Priest François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. † Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice Bishop of Créteil, France

30.4 Ordained Priest Ernst Gutting † Priest of Speyer, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

4 Jul Born Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

45.8 Confirmed Carl Joseph Leiprecht † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

27.8 Ordained Priest Michael Rusnak, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada

Born Louis Raphaël I Sako Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

6 Jul 43.1 Succeeded António Ferreira Gomes † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

82.4 Died Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. † Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal

7 Jul Born Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D. Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

8 Jul Born Adriano Ciocca Vasino Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

68.5 Appointed Federico Lunardi † Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

9 Jul 54.8 Appointed Josef Freundorfer † Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

69.2 Appointed Jules Lecouvet † Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

69.2 Appointed Jules Lecouvet † Titular Bishop of Scyrus Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

10 Jul Born Alexander Pyone Cho Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar

11 Jul 56.4 Appointed José Souto Vizoso † Bishop of Palencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

80.9 Died Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam

12 Jul 46.8 Died Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. † Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

13 Jul 52.3 Appointed José de Jesús Martinez Vargas † Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia

52.3 Appointed José de Jesús Martinez Vargas † Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia

14 Jul 49.6 Ordained Bishop John Benjamin Grellinger † Titular Bishop of Syene Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

54.3 Appointed Joseph Guffens, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Joseph Guffens, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Germaniciana Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

36.2 Appointed John Patrick Kavanagh † Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand Bishop

36.2 Appointed John Patrick Kavanagh † Titular Bishop of Algiza Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand

46.2 Appointed Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Ngozi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi

46.2 Appointed Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Oliva Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi

34.7 Appointed Pedro Nel Ramirez Posada, O.A.R. † Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia Prefect Emeritus

44.8 Appointed Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. † Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Antoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Mbeya, Tanzania Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

50.4 Appointed Antoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Cenae Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

51.6 Appointed André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. † Bishop of Yingkou [Yingkow], China

Born Paul Kouassivi Vieira † Bishop of Djougou, Benin

15 Jul 20.7 First Vows Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Comayagua, Honduras

16 Jul 26.9 Ordained Priest Henrique Müller, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil

17 Jul Born Paul Bernard Bird, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

23.8 Ordained Priest Patrick Leo McCartie † Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain

40.7 Ordained Bishop Matteo Guido Sperandeo † Titular Bishop of Samos Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy

19 Jul 31.8 Appointed Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. † Prefect of Mitú, Colombia Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia

20 Jul 66.0 Resigned Georges Joseph Haezaert, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Katanga {Katanga Settentrionale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23 Jul 25.0 Ordained Priest Edward Idris Cassidy † Priest of Wagga Wagga, Australia Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

25.6 Ordained Priest Edward Bede Clancy † Priest of Sydney, Australia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Born Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

24 Jul 41.0 Ordained Bishop Emilio Biancheri † Bishop of Sarsina, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy

25.9 Ordained Priest Leo Morris Clarke † Priest of Melbourne, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

25.2 Ordained Priest Joseph Eric D’Arcy † Priest of Melbourne, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

26.0 Ordained Priest Francis Peter de Campo † Priest of Sandhurst, Australia Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia

Born Marek Jędraszewski Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

24.0 Ordained Priest Paul Lanneau † Priest of Mechelen, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

Born Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25.7 Ordained Priest Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller † Priest Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands

Born Joan Enric Vives Sicilia Bishop of Urgell, Spain

25 Jul 24.4 Ordained Priest Raymond Conway Benjamin † Priest of Rockhampton, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia

16.7 Professed Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

47.9 Ordained Bishop Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China

42.9 Ordained Bishop Wilhelm Kempf † Bishop of Limburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Ambróz Lazík † Titular Bishop of Appia Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia

46.3 Ordained Bishop John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Aezani Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa

36.4 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Ayson Olalia † Titular Bishop of Zela Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines

42.5 Ordained Bishop Thomas Bernard Pearson † Titular Bishop of Sinda Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

59.1 Appointed Robert Pobožný † Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia

59.1 Appointed Robert Pobožný † Titular Bishop of Neila Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia

26 Jul Born Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop Emeritus of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

52.4 Appointed Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih † Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China

50.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Edward Rudderham † Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

28 Jul 35.2 Ordained Bishop Iuliu Hirţea † Titular Bishop of Nebbi Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

29 Jul Born Bernardo Álvarez Afonso Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

30 Jul 31.6 Ordained Priest Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad

31 Jul 33.8 Ordained Priest Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

25.7 Ordained Priest Ján Hirka † Priest of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia

31.8 Ordained Priest Henri Véniat, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad

Born Rafael Zornoza Boy Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

Aug 22.5 Entered Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. † Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda

1 Aug 52.8 Appointed Paolo Botto † Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Born Terence Patrick Drainey Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

Born Bruno Forte Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

2 Aug 62.5 Appointed Ezio Barbieri † Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Vasyl Semeniuk Archbishop Emeritus of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

3 Aug Born Camillus Archibong Etokudoh Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

5 Aug 49.5 Appointed Athanase Paul Hindo † Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

52.8 Appointed Denys Pierre Hindié † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

6 Aug 16.2 Professed Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

28.3 Ordained Priest Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

Born Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Jericó, Colombia

Born Clarence Richard Silva Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

7 Aug 33.3 Ordained Priest Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. † Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia

49.6 Ordained Bishop Arturo Duque Villegas † Titular Bishop of Vatarba Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

23.0 Ordained Priest Antonio Nuzzi † Priest of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy

22.3 Ordained Priest Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

25.6 Ordained Priest Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto † Priest of Porto, Portugal Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique

8 Aug 68.8 Appointed Salvatore Ballo Guercio † Titular Bishop of Dioclea Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

68.8 Resigned Salvatore Ballo Guercio † Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

9 Aug Born Markus Büchel Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

62.1 Died Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M. † Prelate Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil

73.7 Appointed Kazimieras Paltarokas † Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

Born Glen John Provost Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

10 Aug 21.1 Solemn Vows Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop Emeritus of Huacho, Peru

12 Aug Born Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir † Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt

14 Aug 45.4 Ordained Bishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Marida Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

51.6 Ordained Bishop Ambróz Lazík † Titular Bishop of Appia Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia

33.8 Ordained Bishop Simon Lei Zhenxia (Lei Chang-hsia) † Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China

59.2 Ordained Bishop Robert Pobožný † Titular Bishop of Neila Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia

29.0 Ordained Priest Philip Peter Zhao Zhendong (Zhao Bide) † Priest Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China

15 Aug 17.5 Professed Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy

19.6 Solemn Vows Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. † Member of Congregation of the Passion Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

66.2 Appointed Maurice Feltin † Archbishop of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

21.2 First Vows Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

15.6 Simple Vows Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek) Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

Born Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku Bishop Emeritus of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born José de Jesús Quintero Díaz Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia

44.6 Ordained Bishop Franz Sales Zauner † Titular Bishop of Fata Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria

16 Aug 24.0 Simple Vows Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. † Member of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan

64.6 Died Marcel Fleury † Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

17.5 First Vows Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

17 Aug Born José João dos Santos Marcos Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

30.1 Ordained Priest Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia

18 Aug 55.5 Appointed Joseph Patrick Hurley † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA Bishop

19 Aug Born Stephan Meniok, C.Ss.R. Archiepiscopal Exarch Emeritus of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine

Born Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy

21 Aug 54.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Guffens, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Germaniciana Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.6 Ordained Bishop José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Ampora Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chiquitos, Bolivia

22 Aug 29.6 Ordained Priest Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti

23 Aug 50.3 Died Joseph Zhang Runbo (Ciamgioenpuo, Chang Yuin-po) † Bishop Emeritus of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China

Born William Michael Mulvey Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

24 Aug 58.7 Ordained Bishop Bertalan Badalik, O.P. † Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

60.0 Ordained Bishop Andrew Alexis D’Souza † Bishop of Poona, India Bishop Emeritus

25 Aug Born Diómedes Espinal de León Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

57.4 Appointed Gabriel Martelino Reyes † Coadjutor Archbishop of Manila, Philippines Archbishop

57.4 Appointed Gabriel Martelino Reyes † Titular Archbishop of Phulli Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

27 Aug Born Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I. Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

26.6 Ordained Priest Stephen Yang Xiangtai † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China

28 Aug 30.2 Ordained Priest Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop Emeritus of Ende, Indonesia

29 Aug 39.0 Appointed Kajetán Emilián Matoušek † Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

39.0 Appointed Kajetán Emilián Matoušek † Titular Bishop of Serigene Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

30 Aug Born Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I. Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul		Born	Rabban Al-Qas †		Bishop Emeritus of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq
	Born	Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.		Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
	Born	Cornelius Piong		Bishop of Keningau, Malaysia
30.0	Ordained Priest	Philip Yang Libo †	Priest	Bishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
2 Jul	43.8	Appointed	Benedetto Falcucci †	Bishop of Penne e Pescara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
72.9	Died	Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea
3 Jul	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Bishop of Lodi, Italy
	Born	Bernardino Cruz Cortez		Prelate of Infanta, Philippines
23.6	Ordained Priest	François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop of Créteil, France
30.4	Ordained Priest	Ernst Gutting †	Priest of Speyer, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
4 Jul		Born	Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado		Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
45.8	Confirmed	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
27.8	Ordained Priest	Michael Rusnak, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
	Born	Louis Raphaël I Sako		Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
6 Jul	43.1	Succeeded	António Ferreira Gomes †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
82.4	Died	Manuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. †	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
7 Jul		Born	Franklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.		Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
8 Jul		Born	Adriano Ciocca Vasino		Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
68.5	Appointed	Federico Lunardi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
9 Jul	54.8	Appointed	Josef Freundorfer †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
69.2	Appointed	Jules Lecouvet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
69.2	Appointed	Jules Lecouvet †	Titular Bishop of Scyrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
10 Jul		Born	Alexander Pyone Cho		Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar
11 Jul	56.4	Appointed	José Souto Vizoso †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
80.9	Died	Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam
12 Jul	46.8	Died	Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. †	Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
13 Jul	52.3	Appointed	José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia
52.3	Appointed	José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia
14 Jul	49.6	Ordained Bishop	John Benjamin Grellinger †	Titular Bishop of Syene	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
54.3	Appointed	Joseph Guffens, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Joseph Guffens, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
36.2	Appointed	John Patrick Kavanagh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand	Bishop
36.2	Appointed	John Patrick Kavanagh †	Titular Bishop of Algiza	Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
46.2	Appointed	Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ngozi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
46.2	Appointed	Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Oliva	Bishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi
34.7	Appointed	Pedro Nel Ramirez Posada, O.A.R. †	Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
44.8	Appointed	Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Antoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mbeya, Tanzania	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
50.4	Appointed	Antoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
51.6	Appointed	André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Yingkou [Yingkow], China
	Born	Paul Kouassivi Vieira †		Bishop of Djougou, Benin
15 Jul	20.7	First Vows	Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Comayagua, Honduras
16 Jul	26.9	Ordained Priest	Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
17 Jul		Born	Paul Bernard Bird, C.Ss.R.		Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
23.8	Ordained Priest	Patrick Leo McCartie †	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
40.7	Ordained Bishop	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Titular Bishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy
19 Jul	31.8	Appointed	Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †	Prefect of Mitú, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
20 Jul	66.0	Resigned	Georges Joseph Haezaert, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Katanga {Katanga Settentrionale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Jul	25.0	Ordained Priest	Edward Idris Cassidy †	Priest of Wagga Wagga, Australia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
25.6	Ordained Priest	Edward Bede Clancy †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
24 Jul	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Biancheri †	Bishop of Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy
25.9	Ordained Priest	Leo Morris Clarke †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
25.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Eric D’Arcy †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
26.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Peter de Campo †	Priest of Sandhurst, Australia	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
	Born	Marek Jędraszewski		Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
24.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Lanneau †	Priest of Mechelen, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
	Born	Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25.7	Ordained Priest	Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller †	Priest	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
	Born	Joan Enric Vives Sicilia		Bishop of Urgell, Spain
25 Jul	24.4	Ordained Priest	Raymond Conway Benjamin †	Priest of Rockhampton, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
16.7	Professed	Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Kempf †	Bishop of Limburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Ambróz Lazík †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia
46.3	Ordained Bishop	John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa
36.4	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Ayson Olalia †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Bernard Pearson †	Titular Bishop of Sinda	Auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
59.1	Appointed	Robert Pobožný †	Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia
59.1	Appointed	Robert Pobožný †	Titular Bishop of Neila	Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia
26 Jul		Born	Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop Emeritus of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
52.4	Appointed	Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih †	Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Edward Rudderham †	Bishop of Clifton, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
28 Jul	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Iuliu Hirţea †	Titular Bishop of Nebbi	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
29 Jul		Born	Bernardo Álvarez Afonso		Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
30 Jul	31.6	Ordained Priest	Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
31 Jul	33.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
25.7	Ordained Priest	Ján Hirka †	Priest of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
31.8	Ordained Priest	Henri Véniat, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad
	Born	Rafael Zornoza Boy		Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
Aug	22.5	Entered	Robert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †	Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda
1 Aug	52.8	Appointed	Paolo Botto †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Terence Patrick Drainey		Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
	Born	Bruno Forte		Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
2 Aug	62.5	Appointed	Ezio Barbieri †	Bishop of Città della Pieve, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Vasyl Semeniuk		Archbishop Emeritus of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
3 Aug		Born	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh		Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
5 Aug	49.5	Appointed	Athanase Paul Hindo †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
52.8	Appointed	Denys Pierre Hindié †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
6 Aug	16.2	Professed	Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
28.3	Ordained Priest	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
	Born	Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R.		Bishop of Jericó, Colombia
	Born	Clarence Richard Silva		Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
7 Aug	33.3	Ordained Priest	Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Duque Villegas †	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
23.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Nuzzi †	Priest of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy
22.3	Ordained Priest	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
25.6	Ordained Priest	Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto †	Priest of Porto, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
8 Aug	68.8	Appointed	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
68.8	Resigned	Salvatore Ballo Guercio †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Aug		Born	Markus Büchel		Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
62.1	Died	Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
73.7	Appointed	Kazimieras Paltarokas †	Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
	Born	Glen John Provost		Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
10 Aug	21.1	Solemn Vows	Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Huacho, Peru
12 Aug		Born	Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir †		Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
14 Aug	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Marida	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Ambróz Lazík †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia
33.8	Ordained Bishop	Simon Lei Zhenxia (Lei Chang-hsia) †	Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Pobožný †	Titular Bishop of Neila	Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia
29.0	Ordained Priest	Philip Peter Zhao Zhendong (Zhao Bide) †	Priest	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
15 Aug	17.5	Professed	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
19.6	Solemn Vows	Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. †	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA
66.2	Appointed	Maurice Feltin †	Archbishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21.2	First Vows	Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
15.6	Simple Vows	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	Born	Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku		Bishop Emeritus of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	José de Jesús Quintero Díaz		Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Franz Sales Zauner †	Titular Bishop of Fata	Bishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria
16 Aug	24.0	Simple Vows	Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan
64.6	Died	Marcel Fleury †	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
17.5	First Vows	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
17 Aug		Born	José João dos Santos Marcos		Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
30.1	Ordained Priest	Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia
18 Aug	55.5	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Hurley †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Bishop
19 Aug		Born	Stephan Meniok, C.Ss.R.		Archiepiscopal Exarch Emeritus of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	Born	Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy
21 Aug	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Guffens, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.6	Ordained Bishop	José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ampora	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chiquitos, Bolivia
22 Aug	29.6	Ordained Priest	Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
23 Aug	50.3	Died	Joseph Zhang Runbo (Ciamgioenpuo, Chang Yuin-po) †	Bishop Emeritus of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
	Born	William Michael Mulvey		Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
24 Aug	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Bertalan Badalik, O.P. †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Alexis D’Souza †	Bishop of Poona, India	Bishop Emeritus
25 Aug		Born	Diómedes Espinal de León		Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
57.4	Appointed	Gabriel Martelino Reyes †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop
57.4	Appointed	Gabriel Martelino Reyes †	Titular Archbishop of Phulli	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
27 Aug		Born	Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I.		Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
26.6	Ordained Priest	Stephen Yang Xiangtai †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China
28 Aug	30.2	Ordained Priest	Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Ende, Indonesia
29 Aug	39.0	Appointed	Kajetán Emilián Matoušek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
39.0	Appointed	Kajetán Emilián Matoušek †	Titular Bishop of Serigene	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
30 Aug		Born	Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.		Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

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