The Year of Our Lord 1966

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Aug Born Arūnas Poniškaitis Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

Born Ivan Šaško Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

2 Aug 25.2 Ordained Priest José de Queirós Alves, C.Ss.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola

Born Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador

3 Aug 70.3 Appointed John Burke † Titular Bishop of Bononia Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India

70.3 Resigned John Burke † Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India Bishop Emeritus

Born Marco Mellino Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

4 Aug 23.6 Ordained Priest Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

28.7 Ordained Priest Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil

Born Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

5 Aug Born Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

47.0 Appointed Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. † Bishop of Gaberones, Botswana Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

51.7 Appointed Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga † Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

61.4 Appointed Plinio Pascoli † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.4 Appointed Plinio Pascoli † Titular Bishop of Suava Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

37.7 Appointed Brian David Usanga † Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

37.7 Appointed Brian David Usanga † Titular Bishop of Ubaba Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

6 Aug 52.5 Appointed Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

Born Attilio Nostro Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy

63.4 Died Paolo Pappalardo † Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

7 Aug 60.4 Ceased John William Comber, M.M. † Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Superior General Emeritus

Born Stefan Heße (Hesse) Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany

Born John Lu Peisan Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China

29.1 Ordained Priest Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

24.5 Ordained Priest Guilherme Porto Priest of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

8 Aug 28.7 Ordained Priest Ignacio Carrasco de Paula Priest of Opus Dei President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life

41.8 Appointed Manuel Edmilson da Cruz Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

41.8 Appointed Manuel Edmilson da Cruz Titular Bishop of Vicus Caesaris Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

56.2 Appointed James Louis Flaherty † Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

56.2 Appointed James Louis Flaherty † Titular Bishop of Tabuda Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

56.9 Appointed Andrea Pangrazio † Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

9 Aug 41.6 Appointed Alberto Ablondi † Auxiliary Bishop of Livorno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

41.6 Appointed Alberto Ablondi † Titular Bishop of Mulli Bishop Emeritus of Livorno, Italy

Born Joseph Liao Hongqing Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China

73.2 Died José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. † Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil

12 Aug 60.1 Appointed Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga † Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

84.7 Died Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana

79.8 Appointed Luis Valdesco Del Rosario, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Thiges Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

79.8 Retired Luis Valdesco Del Rosario, S.J. † Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

13 Aug 24.1 Ordained Priest Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco

Born Eraldo Bispo da Silva Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

34.1 Ordained Priest Victor Gil Lechoza † Priest of Minas, Uruguay Bishop

14 Aug 26.6 Ordained Priest Roberto Lückert León † Priest of Maracaibo, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela

26.0 Ordained Priest Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil

Born Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania

15 Aug 23.7 Ordained Priest António Maria Bessa Taipa Priest of Porto, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Ordained Bishop Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. † Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

Born Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya Bishop of Montería, Colombia

33.5 Professed Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

48.2 Appointed Costanzo Micci † Apostolic Administrator of Fano, Italy Bishop

48.2 Appointed Costanzo Micci † Titular Bishop of Maiuca Bishop of Fano, Italy

35.3 Solemn Vows Attila Miklósházy, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus

25.1 Ordained Deacon George Pell † Deacon of Ballarat, Australia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy

23.4 Ordained Priest Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis † Priest Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

18 Aug 61.7 Appointed François-Marie-Joseph Poirier † Titular Archbishop of Lemnus Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

61.7 Resigned François-Marie-Joseph Poirier † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

65.2 Appointed Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert † Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti

65.2 Resigned Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert † Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

56.7 Appointed Theodorus Henricus Johannes Zwartkruis † Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

19 Aug Born Roque Costa Souza Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

20 Aug 50.3 Appointed Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor † Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Appointed Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

Born Juan Miguel Castro Rojas Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

38.6 Appointed Emmanuel Constant † Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

41.5 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Décoste † Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Bishop of Hinche, Haïti

41.5 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Décoste † Titular Bishop of Sigus Bishop of Hinche, Haïti

38.5 Appointed François-Wolff Ligondé † Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus

21 Aug Born Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I. Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa

22 Aug 16.8 First Vows Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

26 Aug 76.6 Died Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. † Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles

59.7 Appointed Marc-Armand Lallier † Archbishop of Besançon, France Archbishop Emeritus

Born John Moon Hee Jong Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)

Born Angelo Raffaele Panzetta Archbishop of Lecce, Italy

27 Aug 79.6 Retired Ángel Herrera Oria † Bishop of Málaga, Spain Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

Born Michel Jalakh, O.A.M. Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

28 Aug 31.4 Ordained Priest Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya † Priest of Gwelo, Zimbabwe Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

40.0 Ordained Bishop Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto † Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Archbishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

57.4 Ordained Bishop Cirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Municipa Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile

29 Aug 48.6 Appointed Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. † Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

30 Aug 52.6 Appointed Saverio Zupi † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Turkey Apostolic Nuncio

31 Aug 61.9 Died Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Aug		Born	Arūnas Poniškaitis		Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
	Born	Ivan Šaško		Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
2 Aug	25.2	Ordained Priest	José de Queirós Alves, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola
	Born	Oswaldo Patricio Vintimilla Cabrera		Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador
3 Aug	70.3	Appointed	John Burke †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India
70.3	Resigned	John Burke †	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Marco Mellino		Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
4 Aug	23.6	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Piretto, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
28.7	Ordained Priest	Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
	Born	Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal		Apostolic Nuncio to Chile
5 Aug		Born	Antônio Aparecido de Marcos Filho		Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
47.0	Appointed	Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. †	Bishop of Gaberones, Botswana	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
51.7	Appointed	Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga †	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
61.4	Appointed	Plinio Pascoli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.4	Appointed	Plinio Pascoli †	Titular Bishop of Suava	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
37.7	Appointed	Brian David Usanga †	Auxiliary Bishop of Calabar, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
37.7	Appointed	Brian David Usanga †	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
6 Aug	52.5	Appointed	Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
	Born	Attilio Nostro		Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
63.4	Died	Paolo Pappalardo †	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
7 Aug	60.4	Ceased	John William Comber, M.M. †	Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	Superior General Emeritus
	Born	Stefan Heße (Hesse)		Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
	Born	John Lu Peisan		Bishop of Yanzhou [Yenchow], China
29.1	Ordained Priest	Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24.5	Ordained Priest	Guilherme Porto	Priest of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8 Aug	28.7	Ordained Priest	Ignacio Carrasco de Paula	Priest of Opus Dei	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
41.8	Appointed	Manuel Edmilson da Cruz	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
41.8	Appointed	Manuel Edmilson da Cruz	Titular Bishop of Vicus Caesaris	Bishop Emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
56.2	Appointed	James Louis Flaherty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
56.2	Appointed	James Louis Flaherty †	Titular Bishop of Tabuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
56.9	Appointed	Andrea Pangrazio †	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
9 Aug	41.6	Appointed	Alberto Ablondi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
41.6	Appointed	Alberto Ablondi †	Titular Bishop of Mulli	Bishop Emeritus of Livorno, Italy
	Born	Joseph Liao Hongqing		Bishop of Meixian [Kaying], China
73.2	Died	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Brazil
12 Aug	60.1	Appointed	Lino Rasdesales Gonzaga †	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
84.7	Died	Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kumasi, Ghana
79.8	Appointed	Luis Valdesco Del Rosario, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Thiges	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
79.8	Retired	Luis Valdesco Del Rosario, S.J. †	Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Aug	24.1	Ordained Priest	Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
	Born	Eraldo Bispo da Silva		Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
34.1	Ordained Priest	Victor Gil Lechoza †	Priest of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop
14 Aug	26.6	Ordained Priest	Roberto Lückert León †	Priest of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Coro, Venezuela
26.0	Ordained Priest	Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
	Born	Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa		Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania
15 Aug	23.7	Ordained Priest	António Maria Bessa Taipa	Priest of Porto, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus	Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
	Born	Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya		Bishop of Montería, Colombia
33.5	Professed	Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48.2	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Apostolic Administrator of Fano, Italy	Bishop
48.2	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Titular Bishop of Maiuca	Bishop of Fano, Italy
35.3	Solemn Vows	Attila Miklósházy, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus
25.1	Ordained Deacon	George Pell †	Deacon of Ballarat, Australia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy
23.4	Ordained Priest	Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis †	Priest	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
18 Aug	61.7	Appointed	François-Marie-Joseph Poirier †	Titular Archbishop of Lemnus	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
61.7	Resigned	François-Marie-Joseph Poirier †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
65.2	Appointed	Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert †	Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae	Bishop Emeritus of Les Gonaïves, Haïti
65.2	Resigned	Paul-Sanson-Jean-Marie Robert †	Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
56.7	Appointed	Theodorus Henricus Johannes Zwartkruis †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
19 Aug		Born	Roque Costa Souza		Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Aug	50.3	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Claudius Angénor †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Appointed	Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Juan Miguel Castro Rojas		Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
38.6	Appointed	Emmanuel Constant †	Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
41.5	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Décoste †	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
41.5	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Décoste †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
38.5	Appointed	François-Wolff Ligondé †	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Aug		Born	Neil Augustine Frank, O.M.I.		Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
22 Aug	16.8	First Vows	Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
26 Aug	76.6	Died	Robert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
59.7	Appointed	Marc-Armand Lallier †	Archbishop of Besançon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	John Moon Hee Jong		Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
	Born	Angelo Raffaele Panzetta		Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
27 Aug	79.6	Retired	Ángel Herrera Oria †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Michel Jalakh, O.A.M.		Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
28 Aug	31.4	Ordained Priest	Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †	Priest of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Archbishop Emeritus of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Cirilo Polidoro Van Vlierberghe, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Municipa	Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile
29 Aug	48.6	Appointed	Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
30 Aug	52.6	Appointed	Saverio Zupi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Turkey	Apostolic Nuncio
31 Aug	61.9	Died	Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

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