The Year of Our Lord 1955

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Jul 59.7 Appointed Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian † President of the Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

27.0 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần † Priest of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam

3 Jul 28.3 Ordained Priest Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon

79.5 Died Pacifico Cembranos Nistral, O.C.D. † Prefect Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador

42.7 Appointed Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines

42.7 Appointed Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.5 Appointed Paul Etoga † Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon

44.5 Appointed Paul Etoga † Titular Bishop of Cyparissia Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon

22.8 Ordained Priest Carmelo Ferraro Priest of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy

27.0 Ordained Priest Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

54.7 Appointed José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru

54.7 Appointed José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Clypia Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru

46.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Archelaïs Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile

Born Neethinathan Anthonisamy Bishop of Chingleput, India

34.3 Appointed Antony Padiyara † Bishop of Ootacamund, India Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

25.8 Ordained Priest Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

49.4 Appointed Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

49.4 Appointed Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Cyme Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

50.6 Appointed François-Marie-Joseph Poirier † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

22.5 Ordained Priest Eugenio Ravignani † Priest of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy

42.1 Ordained Bishop Andrija-Dusan Štambuk † Titular Bishop of Balanea Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

44.1 Appointed John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil † Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

44.1 Appointed John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil † Titular Bishop of Choma Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

42.8 Appointed Ireneus Wien Dud † Vicar Apostolic of Rumbek, Sudan Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan

42.8 Appointed Ireneus Wien Dud † Titular Bishop of Barcusus Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan

Born Dominique Marie Jean Denis You Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

25.4 Ordained Priest Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland

4 Jul 48.4 Appointed Antonio Ravagli † Coadjutor Bishop of Larino, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy

48.4 Appointed Antonio Ravagli † Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy

9 Jul Born John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean Bishop of Saint George in Canton (Romanian), USA

77.2 Died Franciscus Lucas, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect Emeritus of Djibouti (Gibuti)

68.7 Resigned José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

10 Jul Born Johan Jozef Bonny Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium

24.0 Ordained Priest Egidio Caporello † Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy

26.0 Ordained Priest Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles

61.8 Ordained Bishop Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Gazera Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru

49.3 Appointed Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Samarinda, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia

49.3 Appointed Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. † Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia

24.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. † Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill Bishop Emeritus of Jinja, Uganda

11 Jul Born Paul Alois Lakra † Bishop of Gumla, India

13 Jul Born Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan, O. Carm. Bishop of Malang, Indonesia

49.4 Ordained Bishop Josef Schneider † Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

15 Jul 30.3 Ordained Priest Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

32.6 Ordained Priest Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

16 Jul Born Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

38.7 Appointed Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Administrator of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop of Ischia, Italy

17 Jul 25.1 Ordained Priest Anthony Hitchen † Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop

24.3 Ordained Priest William Henry Keeler † Priest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

25.6 Ordained Priest Hans-Reinhard Koch † Priest of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany

28.7 Ordained Priest (Joseph) Stephen Li Side † Priest Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China

24.0 Ordained Priest Rudolf Müller † Priest of Görlitz, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany

28.3 Ordained Priest Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria

18 Jul Born Jean-Marie Mate Musivi Mupendawatu Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

19 Jul 27.6 Ordained Priest Pierre-Marie Coty † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

20 Jul Born Egidio Miragoli Bishop of Mondovi, Italy

21 Jul 52.0 Appointed Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Appointed Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

40.4 Appointed Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. † Prelate of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

40.4 Appointed Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

41.7 Appointed Siro Silvestri † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

23 Jul Born Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez Archbishop of Durango, México

Born Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A. Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina

24 Jul 58.9 Appointed Thomas-Percival Caza † Coadjutor Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

33.5 Appointed Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez † Bishop of David, Panama Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

25.8 Ordained Priest Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus † Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi † Titular Archbishop of Sardes Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

25 Jul 28.7 Ordained Priest Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte † Priest of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Archbishop of Cambrai, France

40.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Platon Del Rosario † Titular Bishop of Zerta Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

51.5 Ordained Bishop Otto Spülbeck, C.O. † Titular Bishop of Christopolis Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany

Born Marjan Turnšek Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

27 Jul 70.1 Died Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

85.2 Died Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C. † Bishop of Vic, Spain

39.7 Appointed Altino Ribeiro de Santana † Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, Angola Bishop of Beira, Mozambique

28 Jul 41.7 Appointed Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales † Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador

41.7 Appointed Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales † Titular Bishop of Coptus Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador

29 Jul Born Martin Adjou Moumouni Bishop of N’Dali, Benin

41.3 Appointed Epifanio Surban Belmonte † Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

30 Jul Born Josef Marketz Bishop of Gurk, Austria

32.6 Ordained Priest Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

31 Jul 25.1 Ordained Priest José Carlos Melo, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

1 Aug 36.3 Appointed Edmundo Luís Kunz † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

36.3 Appointed Edmundo Luís Kunz † Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

49.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Joseph McCarthy † Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Born Stephen Tjephe † Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar

6 Aug 27.6 Ordained Priest Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prelate Emeritus of Caravelí, Peru

7 Aug 23.1 Ordained Priest Javier Echevarría Rodríguez † Priest of Opus Dei Prelate

25.3 Ordained Priest Julián Herranz Casado Priest of Opus Dei Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

43.4 Ordained Bishop Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Vulturia Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)

23.0 Ordained Priest Szilárd Keresztes † Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

9 Aug 54.2 Ordained Bishop René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey † Bishop of Belley, France Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Bernard Joseph Topel † Coadjutor Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Bernard Joseph Topel † Titular Bishop of Binda Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

10 Aug 68.1 Died Jorge Antonio Larraín Cotapos † Bishop of Chillán, Chile

71.9 Died Louis Liagre † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

48.4 Succeeded François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Bishop Emeritus

Born Manfred Scheuer Bishop of Linz, Austria

11 Aug Born Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. Prefect of Azerbaijan

44.4 Ordained Bishop Longinus Gabriel Pereira † Titular Bishop of Vada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

12 Aug 62.8 Appointed Emilio Baroncelli † Bishop of Recanati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

81.2 Appointed Aluigi Cossio † Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy

81.2 Retired Aluigi Cossio † Bishop of Recanati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam

13 Aug 67.9 Died Mario Vianello † Archbishop of Perugia, Italy

14 Aug 23.0 Ordained Deacon Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier Deacon of Luçon, France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

28.1 Ordained Priest Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi † Priest of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

15 Aug 22.6 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Costanzo † Priest of Acireale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

Born Piero Delbosco Bishop of Cuneo-Fossano, Italy

16.9 Temporary Vows Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

37.1 Ordained Priest Thomas Gao Yuchen † Priest Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China

33.2 Ordained Priest Simon Tonyé † Priest of Douala, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

16 Aug 23.5 Solemn Vows Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

19 Aug Born Giovanni M. Scalese, B. Superior of Afghanistan

Born Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak) Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

42.3 Died Andrija-Dusan Štambuk † Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

20 Aug Born Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil

21 Aug 54.5 Ordained Bishop Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Nasai Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil

45.9 Ordained Bishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon † Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

22 Aug 23.6 Simple Vows Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile

65.2 Died Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. † Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

24 Aug 38.1 Ordained Bishop Peter Bernard Pereira † Titular Bishop of Urusi Bishop of Trivandrum, India

26 Aug 49.5 Appointed Giovanni Mocellini † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy

27 Aug 37.8 Installed Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

28 Aug 42.0 Ordained Bishop Francis Chan † Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

49.5 Ordained Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Cyme Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia

36.5 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez † Titular Bishop of Apollonis Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

21.7 Solemn Vows George Riashi, B.C. † Member of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

44.2 Appointed Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz † Bishop of Chillán, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul	59.7	Appointed	Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian †	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
27.0	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Bùi Tuần †	Priest of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
3 Jul	28.3	Ordained Priest	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
79.5	Died	Pacifico Cembranos Nistral, O.C.D. †	Prefect Emeritus of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
42.7	Appointed	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines
42.7	Appointed	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Palawan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.5	Appointed	Paul Etoga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
44.5	Appointed	Paul Etoga †	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia	Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
22.8	Ordained Priest	Carmelo Ferraro	Priest of Siracusa e Ragusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy
27.0	Ordained Priest	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
54.7	Appointed	José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru
54.7	Appointed	José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio María Michelato Danese, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Archelaïs	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
	Born	Neethinathan Anthonisamy		Bishop of Chingleput, India
34.3	Appointed	Antony Padiyara †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
25.8	Ordained Priest	Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
49.4	Appointed	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.4	Appointed	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
50.6	Appointed	François-Marie-Joseph Poirier †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
22.5	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Ravignani †	Priest of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Andrija-Dusan Štambuk †	Titular Bishop of Balanea	Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
44.1	Appointed	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
44.1	Appointed	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
42.8	Appointed	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Vicar Apostolic of Rumbek, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
42.8	Appointed	Ireneus Wien Dud †	Titular Bishop of Barcusus	Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan
	Born	Dominique Marie Jean Denis You		Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
25.4	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łomża, Poland
4 Jul	48.4	Appointed	Antonio Ravagli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
48.4	Appointed	Antonio Ravagli †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
9 Jul		Born	John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean		Bishop of Saint George in Canton (Romanian), USA
77.2	Died	Franciscus Lucas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Djibouti (Gibuti)
68.7	Resigned	José María Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 Jul		Born	Johan Jozef Bonny		Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
24.0	Ordained Priest	Egidio Caporello †	Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
26.0	Ordained Priest	Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
61.8	Ordained Bishop	Angel Rodríguez Gamoneda, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Gazera	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
49.3	Appointed	Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Samarinda, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia
49.3	Appointed	Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia
24.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. †	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Bishop Emeritus of Jinja, Uganda
11 Jul		Born	Paul Alois Lakra †		Bishop of Gumla, India
13 Jul		Born	Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan, O. Carm.		Bishop of Malang, Indonesia
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Josef Schneider †	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Jul	30.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
32.6	Ordained Priest	Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
16 Jul		Born	Michel Armand Alexis Jean Pansard		Bishop of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
38.7	Appointed	Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Santo Antônio de Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Ischia, Italy
17 Jul	25.1	Ordained Priest	Anthony Hitchen †	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop
24.3	Ordained Priest	William Henry Keeler †	Priest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
25.6	Ordained Priest	Hans-Reinhard Koch †	Priest of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany
28.7	Ordained Priest	(Joseph) Stephen Li Side †	Priest	Bishop of Tianjin [Tientsin], China
24.0	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Müller †	Priest of Görlitz, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
28.3	Ordained Priest	Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Maiduguri, Nigeria
18 Jul		Born	Jean-Marie Mate Musivi Mupendawatu		Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
19 Jul	27.6	Ordained Priest	Pierre-Marie Coty †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
20 Jul		Born	Egidio Miragoli		Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
21 Jul	52.0	Appointed	Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
40.4	Appointed	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Prelate of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
40.4	Appointed	Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Hadriani ad Olympum	Prelate Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
41.7	Appointed	Siro Silvestri †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
23 Jul		Born	Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez		Archbishop of Durango, México
	Born	Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A.		Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
24 Jul	58.9	Appointed	Thomas-Percival Caza †	Coadjutor Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
33.5	Appointed	Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez †	Bishop of David, Panama	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
25.8	Ordained Priest	Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus †	Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maria Sensi †	Titular Archbishop of Sardes	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
25 Jul	28.7	Ordained Priest	Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte †	Priest of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Platon Del Rosario †	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Otto Spülbeck, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Christopolis	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
	Born	Marjan Turnšek		Archbishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
27 Jul	70.1	Died	Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
85.2	Died	Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Vic, Spain
39.7	Appointed	Altino Ribeiro de Santana †	Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, Angola	Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
28 Jul	41.7	Appointed	Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
41.7	Appointed	Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †	Titular Bishop of Coptus	Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
29 Jul		Born	Martin Adjou Moumouni		Bishop of N’Dali, Benin
41.3	Appointed	Epifanio Surban Belmonte †	Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul		Born	Josef Marketz		Bishop of Gurk, Austria
32.6	Ordained Priest	Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
31 Jul	25.1	Ordained Priest	José Carlos Melo, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
1 Aug	36.3	Appointed	Edmundo Luís Kunz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
36.3	Appointed	Edmundo Luís Kunz †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph McCarthy †	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Stephen Tjephe †		Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
6 Aug	27.6	Ordained Priest	Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Prelate Emeritus of Caravelí, Peru
7 Aug	23.1	Ordained Priest	Javier Echevarría Rodríguez †	Priest of Opus Dei	Prelate
25.3	Ordained Priest	Julián Herranz Casado	Priest of Opus Dei	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Vulturia	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
23.0	Ordained Priest	Szilárd Keresztes †	Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
9 Aug	54.2	Ordained Bishop	René-Fernand-Eugène Fourrey †	Bishop of Belley, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Bernard Joseph Topel †	Coadjutor Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Bernard Joseph Topel †	Titular Bishop of Binda	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
10 Aug	68.1	Died	Jorge Antonio Larraín Cotapos †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile
71.9	Died	Louis Liagre †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
48.4	Succeeded	François Xavier Arthur Florent Morilleau †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Manfred Scheuer		Bishop of Linz, Austria
11 Aug		Born	Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B.		Prefect of Azerbaijan
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Longinus Gabriel Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Vada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
12 Aug	62.8	Appointed	Emilio Baroncelli †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
81.2	Appointed	Aluigi Cossio †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia	Bishop Emeritus of Recanati, Italy
81.2	Retired	Aluigi Cossio †	Bishop of Recanati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh		Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
13 Aug	67.9	Died	Mario Vianello †	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy
14 Aug	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Deacon of Luçon, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
28.1	Ordained Priest	Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi †	Priest of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
15 Aug	22.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Costanzo †	Priest of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
	Born	Piero Delbosco		Bishop of Cuneo-Fossano, Italy
16.9	Temporary Vows	Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
37.1	Ordained Priest	Thomas Gao Yuchen †	Priest	Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China
33.2	Ordained Priest	Simon Tonyé †	Priest of Douala, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
16 Aug	23.5	Solemn Vows	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
19 Aug		Born	Giovanni M. Scalese, B.		Superior of Afghanistan
	Born	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)		Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
42.3	Died	Andrija-Dusan Štambuk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
20 Aug		Born	Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos		Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
21 Aug	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †	Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
22 Aug	23.6	Simple Vows	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Villarrica, Chile
65.2	Died	Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. †	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
24 Aug	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Bernard Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop of Trivandrum, India
26 Aug	49.5	Appointed	Giovanni Mocellini †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy
27 Aug	37.8	Installed	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
28 Aug	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis Chan †	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Cyme	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
36.5	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez †	Titular Bishop of Apollonis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
21.7	Solemn Vows	George Riashi, B.C. †	Member of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
44.2	Appointed	Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

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