The Year of Our Lord 1954

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 41.9 Ordained Bishop Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Metellopolis Bishop Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar

Born Victor Henry Thakur Archbishop of Raipur, India

2 Jul 45.0 Appointed Francis Valentine Allen † Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

45.0 Appointed Francis Valentine Allen † Titular Bishop of Avensa Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

54.7 Appointed Giuseppe Garneri † Bishop of Susa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B. Bishop Emeritus of Eichstätt, Germany

Born Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo Bishop of Witbank, South Africa

56.4 Appointed Giacomo Palombella † Archbishop of Matera, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

41.5 Appointed Domenico Picchinenna † Bishop of Acerenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

25.7 Incardinated Michele Scandiffio † Priest of Matera, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza, Italy

65.5 Died Henri van Schingen, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

3 Jul Born Jean-Pierre Louis Roger Sylvain Batut Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

4 Jul 23.9 Ordained Priest Tarcisio Pillolla † Priest of Cagliari, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy

25.4 Ordained Priest Oscar Rizzato † Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

25.4 Ordained Priest Melchior Shi Hongzhen Priest Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China

Born Eduardo Maria Taussig Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina

28.3 Ordained Priest Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. † Priest of Oblates of Saint Joseph Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru

6 Jul 48.6 Appointed George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. † Superior General of Congregation of St. Basil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Born Giuseppe Pasotto, C.S.S. Apostolic Administrator of Caucaso, Armenia

7 Jul 23.9 Ordained Priest Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

38.4 Appointed Pietro Fiordelli † Bishop of Prato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

8 Jul 41.8 Appointed Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † Prefect of Palawan, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines

57.7 Appointed Robert Francis Joyce † Auxiliary Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Appointed Robert Francis Joyce † Titular Bishop of Citium Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA

48.1 Appointed John Joseph Scanlan † Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed John Joseph Scanlan † Titular Bishop of Cenae Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

10 Jul Born Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil

11 Jul 21.1 Professed Heriberto João Hermes, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil

26.4 Ordained Priest François-Wolff Ligondé † Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

27.0 Ordained Priest Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua

24.1 Ordained Priest Joan Carrera Planas † Priest of Barcelona, Spain Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

26.1 Ordained Priest Owen Francis Swindlehurst † Priest of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop

12 Jul 53.0 Appointed Ermenegildo Florit † Coadjutor Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Ermenegildo Florit † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

94.7 Appointed Michael Fogarty † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Killaloe, Ireland Bishop

13 Jul Born Michael Charles Barber, S.J. Bishop of Oakland, California, USA

Born Liro Vendelino Meurer Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

14 Jul Born Thomas Pulloppillil Bishop of Bongaigaon, India

15 Jul 32.2 Ordained Priest James Joseph Komba † Priest of Peramiho, Tanzania Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania

31.5 Ordained Priest Maurus Gervase Komba † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania

16 Jul Born Moacir Silva Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

17 Jul Resigned Fernando Rodríguez Morandé † Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

Born Gerhard Maria Wagner Priest of Linz, Austria

18 Jul 42.6 Appointed Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania

67.0 Resigned Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Hugh Boyle † Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. † Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop Emeritus

62.3 Appointed Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Jhansi, India Bishop Emeritus

49.0 Appointed Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

49.0 Appointed Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

52.7 Ordained Bishop John Joseph U Win † Titular Bishop of Lete Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

49.2 Appointed Hermanus Johannes (Herman Jan) van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

70.8 Resigned George Weld, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

47.2 Appointed William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

19 Jul 43.9 Appointed Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I. † Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental} Prefect Emeritus

Born Michael Wüstenberg Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

20 Jul Born Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil

21 Jul 25.8 Ordained Priest Owen John Dolan † Priest of Wellington, New Zealand Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand

22 Jul 58.2 Installed Biagio d’Agostino † Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

48.8 Appointed Franjo Šeper † Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

48.8 Appointed Franjo Šeper † Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

45.9 Ceased Corrado Ursi † Apostolic Administrator of Gallipoli, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

24 Jul 21.2 Solemn Vows Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

25 Jul 28.4 Ordained Priest Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Liepāja, Latvia

32.0 Ordained Priest Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France

26.7 Ordained Priest William Kevin Rowell, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea

44.0 Ordained Bishop José Vicente Távora † Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil

23.2 Ordained Priest Francesco Zerrillo † Priest of Benevento, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy

26 Jul 38.7 Appointed Jorge Marcos de Oliveira † Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

31.0 Ordained Priest Albert Vanhoye, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani

27 Jul 23.8 Ordained Priest Francis Patrick Carroll † Priest of Wagga Wagga, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia

28.9 Ordained Priest Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra † Priest of Tananarive, Madagascar Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar

44.5 Appointed Saba de Rocco, C.R.S. † Superior General of Clerks Regular of Somasca Superior General Emeritus

51.5 Selected Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

28 Jul 55.8 Resigned Hieroteo de la Santissima Virgen del Carmen Valbuena Alvarez, O.C.D. † Prefect of Esmeraldas, Ecuador Prefect Emeritus

46.1 Appointed Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

30 Jul Born Sebastian Thekethecheril Bishop of Vijayapuram, India

1 Aug 27.1 Ordained Priest Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. † Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina

25.9 Ordained Priest Antoine Hayek, B.C. † Priest of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

23.4 Ordained Priest Armindo Lopes Coelho † Priest of Porto, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

24.1 Ordained Priest Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva Priest of Porto, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

2 Aug 16.3 Simple Vows Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

73.4 Died José Félix Heredia Zurita, S.J. † Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

5 Aug Born Luigi Infanti della Mora, O.S.M. Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile

49.6 Appointed Natale Mosconi † Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

76.5 Appointed François-Marie Picaud † Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

76.5 Retired François-Marie Picaud † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Bishop Emeritus

6 Aug 66.6 Died Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. † Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China

46.9 Appointed Alberto Castelli † Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

7 Aug 17.6 Entered Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece

51.5 Confirmed Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

8 Aug Born Eusebio de la Luz Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

24.7 Ordained Priest Eugeen Laridon † Priest of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop

11 Aug 58.6 Died Bernhard Gerhard Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania

12 Aug 72.0 Died Albert-Henri-Charles Breton, M.E.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan

13 Aug 40.2 Appointed Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

40.2 Appointed Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Bubastis Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

14 Aug 15.9 Entered Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

Born Carlos Enrique García Camader Bishop of Lurín, Peru

Born Agapiti Ndorobo Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

15 Aug 23.4 Temporary Vows Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad

21.3 First Vows Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

33.7 Ordained Bishop Eugênio de Araújo Sales † Titular Bishop of Thibica Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

26.8 Ordained Priest Raymond Philip Kalisz, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Wewak, Papua New Guinea

52.1 Ordained Bishop John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. † Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Kaduna, Nigeria

38.9 Ordained Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa † Titular Bishop of Tinum Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

17 Aug 57.7 Appointed Jerome Daniel Hannan † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

18 Aug 55.6 Appointed Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad † Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

55.6 Appointed Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad † Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

19 Aug 40.4 Appointed Hernando Izquierdo Antiporda † Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

40.4 Appointed Hernando Izquierdo Antiporda † Titular Bishop of Edessa in Macedonia Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

61.9 Succeeded Thomas Kiely Gorman † Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

81.7 Died Joseph Patrick Lynch † Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA

20 Aug Born Aldo Giordano † Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

21 Aug Born José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru

22.6 Entered Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile

22 Aug 42.6 Ordained Bishop Oscar de Oliveira † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23 Aug Born Philip Huang Chao-ming Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan

24 Aug 70.6 Selected John Baptist Apcar † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran

40.9 Appointed Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. † Bishop of Volterra, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

40.1 Appointed Francisco Expedito Lopes † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

26.1 Ordained Priest Alphonsus Mathias † Priest of Mangalore, India Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

41.0 Appointed Alfonso Tóriz Cobián † Coadjutor Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México

41.0 Appointed Alfonso Tóriz Cobián † Titular Bishop of Avissa Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México

25 Aug 39.7 Appointed Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

64.9 Died Pietro Ossola † Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy

43.1 Appointed Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. † Prefect of Ketapang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Ketapang, Indonesia

26 Aug 69.7 Died Filippo Bernardini † Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

19.7 Simple Vows Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. † Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Prelate Emeritus of Sicuani, Peru

27 Aug 74.7 Resigned Dionysios Kfoury † Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus

42.6 Selected Elias Zoghbi † Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

28 Aug 50.3 Appointed António de Campos † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

50.3 Appointed António de Campos † Titular Bishop of Febiana Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

29 Aug Born Sérgio Aparecido Colombo Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

30 Aug 55.3 Appointed Johannes Pohlschneider † Bishop of Aachen, Germany Bishop Emeritus

74.6 Died Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Schuster, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

Born Norbert José Henri Turini Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

78.0 Died Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
	Born	Victor Henry Thakur		Archbishop of Raipur, India
2 Jul	45.0	Appointed	Francis Valentine Allen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
45.0	Appointed	Francis Valentine Allen †	Titular Bishop of Avensa	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
54.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Garneri †	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Eichstätt, Germany
	Born	Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo		Bishop of Witbank, South Africa
56.4	Appointed	Giacomo Palombella †	Archbishop of Matera, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
41.5	Appointed	Domenico Picchinenna †	Bishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
25.7	Incardinated	Michele Scandiffio †	Priest of Matera, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Acerenza, Italy
65.5	Died	Henri van Schingen, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Jul		Born	Jean-Pierre Louis Roger Sylvain Batut		Auxiliary Bishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
4 Jul	23.9	Ordained Priest	Tarcisio Pillolla †	Priest of Cagliari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
25.4	Ordained Priest	Oscar Rizzato †	Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
25.4	Ordained Priest	Melchior Shi Hongzhen	Priest	Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
	Born	Eduardo Maria Taussig		Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina
28.3	Ordained Priest	Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Saint Joseph	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru
6 Jul	48.6	Appointed	George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. †	Superior General of Congregation of St. Basil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
	Born	Giuseppe Pasotto, C.S.S.		Apostolic Administrator of Caucaso, Armenia
7 Jul	23.9	Ordained Priest	Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
38.4	Appointed	Pietro Fiordelli †	Bishop of Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	41.8	Appointed	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Prefect of Palawan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines
57.7	Appointed	Robert Francis Joyce †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Appointed	Robert Francis Joyce †	Titular Bishop of Citium	Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA
48.1	Appointed	John Joseph Scanlan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	John Joseph Scanlan †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
10 Jul		Born	Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap.		Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil
11 Jul	21.1	Professed	Heriberto João Hermes, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Prelate Emeritus of Cristalândia, Tocatins, Brazil
26.4	Ordained Priest	François-Wolff Ligondé †	Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
27.0	Ordained Priest	Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua
24.1	Ordained Priest	Joan Carrera Planas †	Priest of Barcelona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
26.1	Ordained Priest	Owen Francis Swindlehurst †	Priest of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Jul	53.0	Appointed	Ermenegildo Florit †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Ermenegildo Florit †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
94.7	Appointed	Michael Fogarty †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Killaloe, Ireland	Bishop
13 Jul		Born	Michael Charles Barber, S.J.		Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
	Born	Liro Vendelino Meurer		Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14 Jul		Born	Thomas Pulloppillil		Bishop of Bongaigaon, India
15 Jul	32.2	Ordained Priest	James Joseph Komba †	Priest of Peramiho, Tanzania	Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania
31.5	Ordained Priest	Maurus Gervase Komba †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania
16 Jul		Born	Moacir Silva		Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Jul		Resigned	Fernando Rodríguez Morandé †	Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	Born	Gerhard Maria Wagner		Priest of Linz, Austria
18 Jul	42.6	Appointed	Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo	Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
67.0	Resigned	Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville, Congo	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Hugh Boyle †	Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
62.3	Appointed	Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus
49.0	Appointed	Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
49.0	Appointed	Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
52.7	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph U Win †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
49.2	Appointed	Hermanus Johannes (Herman Jan) van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
70.8	Resigned	George Weld, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
47.2	Appointed	William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
19 Jul	43.9	Appointed	Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}	Prefect Emeritus
	Born	Michael Wüstenberg		Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
20 Jul		Born	Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.		Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
21 Jul	25.8	Ordained Priest	Owen John Dolan †	Priest of Wellington, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand
22 Jul	58.2	Installed	Biagio d’Agostino †	Bishop of Gallipoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
48.8	Appointed	Franjo Šeper †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
48.8	Appointed	Franjo Šeper †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
45.9	Ceased	Corrado Ursi †	Apostolic Administrator of Gallipoli, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
24 Jul	21.2	Solemn Vows	Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
25 Jul	28.4	Ordained Priest	Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Liepāja, Latvia
32.0	Ordained Priest	Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France
26.7	Ordained Priest	William Kevin Rowell, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
44.0	Ordained Bishop	José Vicente Távora †	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
23.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Zerrillo †	Priest of Benevento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera-Troia, Italy
26 Jul	38.7	Appointed	Jorge Marcos de Oliveira †	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
31.0	Ordained Priest	Albert Vanhoye, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
27 Jul	23.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Patrick Carroll †	Priest of Wagga Wagga, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
28.9	Ordained Priest	Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra †	Priest of Tananarive, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo, Madagascar
44.5	Appointed	Saba de Rocco, C.R.S. †	Superior General of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Superior General Emeritus
51.5	Selected	Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
28 Jul	55.8	Resigned	Hieroteo de la Santissima Virgen del Carmen Valbuena Alvarez, O.C.D. †	Prefect of Esmeraldas, Ecuador	Prefect Emeritus
46.1	Appointed	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
30 Jul		Born	Sebastian Thekethecheril		Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
1 Aug	27.1	Ordained Priest	Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
25.9	Ordained Priest	Antoine Hayek, B.C. †	Priest of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
23.4	Ordained Priest	Armindo Lopes Coelho †	Priest of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
24.1	Ordained Priest	Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva	Priest of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
2 Aug	16.3	Simple Vows	Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
73.4	Died	José Félix Heredia Zurita, S.J. †	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
5 Aug		Born	Luigi Infanti della Mora, O.S.M.		Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile
49.6	Appointed	Natale Mosconi †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
76.5	Appointed	François-Marie Picaud †	Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
76.5	Retired	François-Marie Picaud †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug	66.6	Died	Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China
46.9	Appointed	Alberto Castelli †	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
7 Aug	17.6	Entered	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
51.5	Confirmed	Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
8 Aug		Born	Eusebio de la Luz Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S.		Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
24.7	Ordained Priest	Eugeen Laridon †	Priest of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop
11 Aug	58.6	Died	Bernhard Gerhard Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
12 Aug	72.0	Died	Albert-Henri-Charles Breton, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
13 Aug	40.2	Appointed	Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
40.2	Appointed	Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bubastis	Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
14 Aug	15.9	Entered	Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
	Born	Carlos Enrique García Camader		Bishop of Lurín, Peru
	Born	Agapiti Ndorobo		Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
15 Aug	23.4	Temporary Vows	Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad
21.3	First Vows	Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
33.7	Ordained Bishop	Eugênio de Araújo Sales †	Titular Bishop of Thibica	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26.8	Ordained Priest	Raymond Philip Kalisz, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
52.1	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaduna, Nigeria
38.9	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Pereira da Costa †	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
17 Aug	57.7	Appointed	Jerome Daniel Hannan †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
18 Aug	55.6	Appointed	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
55.6	Appointed	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
19 Aug	40.4	Appointed	Hernando Izquierdo Antiporda †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
40.4	Appointed	Hernando Izquierdo Antiporda †	Titular Bishop of Edessa in Macedonia	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
61.9	Succeeded	Thomas Kiely Gorman †	Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
81.7	Died	Joseph Patrick Lynch †	Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA
20 Aug		Born	Aldo Giordano †		Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
21 Aug		Born	José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
22.6	Entered	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
22 Aug	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Oscar de Oliveira †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Aug		Born	Philip Huang Chao-ming		Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
24 Aug	70.6	Selected	John Baptist Apcar †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
40.9	Appointed	Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
40.1	Appointed	Francisco Expedito Lopes †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
26.1	Ordained Priest	Alphonsus Mathias †	Priest of Mangalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
41.0	Appointed	Alfonso Tóriz Cobián †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México	Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México
41.0	Appointed	Alfonso Tóriz Cobián †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México
25 Aug	39.7	Appointed	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
64.9	Died	Pietro Ossola †	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto (delle Marche), Italy
43.1	Appointed	Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. †	Prefect of Ketapang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Ketapang, Indonesia
26 Aug	69.7	Died	Filippo Bernardini †	Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
19.7	Simple Vows	Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. †	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Prelate Emeritus of Sicuani, Peru
27 Aug	74.7	Resigned	Dionysios Kfoury †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus
42.6	Selected	Elias Zoghbi †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
28 Aug	50.3	Appointed	António de Campos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
50.3	Appointed	António de Campos †	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
29 Aug		Born	Sérgio Aparecido Colombo		Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30 Aug	55.3	Appointed	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
74.6	Died	Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Schuster, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	Born	Norbert José Henri Turini		Archbishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
78.0	Died	Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

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