The Year of Our Lord 1970

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Aug 68.6 Appointed Alfredo Rubio Diaz † Apostolic Administrator of Cúcuta, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

1 Aug 93.0 Died Giuseppe Pizzardo † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

2 Aug 41.4 Ordained Bishop Armando Amaral Dos Santos † Bishop of Benguela, Angola

24.7 Ordained Priest Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont Priest of Tours, France Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles

30.2 Ordained Priest Youssef Massoud Massoud † Priest of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria

31.2 Ordained Priest Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia

29.0 Ordained Priest Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

25.3 Ordained Priest Sebastiano Sanguinetti Priest of Nuoro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

4 Aug 69.6 Succeeded David Frederick Cunningham † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

80.0 Appointed Walter Andrew Foery † Titular Bishop of Misenum Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

80.0 Retired Walter Andrew Foery † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 87.5 Died Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia

6 Aug Born Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

7 Aug 86.4 Died Franz von Streng † Bishop Emeritus of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland

8 Aug 42.2 Ordained Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza † Bishop of Banaras, India Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi, India

81.6 Died Mariano (Fermín) de Arizu (Oscoz Esain), E.C.M.C. † Prior General Emeritus of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona

79.6 Died Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé † Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)

53.8 Ordained Bishop Angelo Fausto Vallainc † Titular Bishop of Frequentium Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

9 Aug 60.5 Ordained Bishop Angelo Criscito † Bishop of Lucera, Italy Bishop Emeritus

26.9 Ordained Priest Frederick Drandua † Priest of Arua, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

23.3 Ordained Priest Manuel Sánchez Monge Priest of Palencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain

10 Aug 82.7 Died Mikhayl Assaf † Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

54.4 Appointed Damián Iguacén Borau † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

11 Aug Born Alexandre Marie Joseph de Bucy Bishop of Agen, France

20.1 Professed William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

Born Joseph Eciru Oliach Bishop of Soroti, Uganda

12 Aug 30.2 Ordained Priest Charles Henry Dufour Priest of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

45.3 Ordained Bishop José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. † Bishop of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Ordained Bishop Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua

13 Aug 47.0 Appointed Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Tambacounda, Senegal Prefect Emeritus

76.8 Died Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic

39.5 Appointed Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov † Bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon

14 Aug Born Evelio Menjivar-Ayala Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

15 Aug 24.7 Perpetual Vows Gilles Côté, S.M.M. Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

Born Martin David Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia

41.1 Ordained Bishop Czesław Domin † Titular Bishop of Dagnum Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

24.0 Ordained Priest Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira † Priest of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

18.7 Professed Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

28.8 Professed Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. † Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Maumere, Indonesia

23.8 Ordained Priest Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez Priest of Oviedo, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

49.8 Ordained Bishop Leo Soekoto, S.J. † Archbishop of Djakarta, Indonesia Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia

31.7 First Vows Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

57.2 Died Angelo Zambarbieri † Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

16 Aug 52.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kundukulam † Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

17 Aug 44.5 Appointed Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

44.5 Appointed Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

44.2 Appointed Francis John Spence † Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

18 Aug 58.4 Died Juan Navarro Ramirez † Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México

19 Aug 60.7 Appointed José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.7 Appointed José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Titular Bishop of Naraggara Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

50.8 Appointed Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. † Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop Emeritus

20 Aug Born Seyoum Franso Noel Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia

Born Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien, O.S.F.S. Bishop of Djougou, Benin

22 Aug 55.6 Appointed Umberto Luciano Altomare † Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

55.6 Appointed Umberto Luciano Altomare † Apostolic Administrator of Policastro, Italy Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

55.6 Ceased Umberto Luciano Altomare † Apostolic Administrator of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

55.6 Ceased Umberto Luciano Altomare † Apostolic Administrator of Venosa, Italy Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

62.1 Resigned Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

58.8 Appointed Mario Cagna † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia Apostolic Nuncio

76.3 Appointed Joseph Cheikho † Titular Archbishop of Rew-Ardashir dei Caldei Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran

63.0 Appointed Secundo Tagliabue † Titular Bishop of Bure Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy

63.0 Resigned Secundo Tagliabue † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.1 Installed Valentino Vailati † Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy

23 Aug 28.2 Ordained Priest Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry Priest of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion Bishop Emeritus

29.9 Ordained Priest Klaus Küng Priest of Opus Dei Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria

25.9 Ordained Priest Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil † Priest of Latacunga, Ecuador Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

27.4 Ordained Priest Nestor Ngoy Katahwa Priest of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

57.4 Appointed Dino Tomassini † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop of Assisi, Italy

24 Aug 60.3 Appointed Thomas Michel Bidawid † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq Auxiliary Bishop

60.3 Appointed Thomas Michel Bidawid † Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

37.4 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz † Titular Bishop of Nona Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México

38.4 Ordained Bishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco † Titular Bishop of Themisonium Archbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

Born Vincenzo Viva Bishop of Albano, Italy

25 Aug 43.6 Confirmed Henri Salina, C.R.A. † Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

26 Aug Born Kornelius Sipayung, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia

29 Aug 25.9 Ordained Priest Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

26.1 Ordained Priest Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

30 Aug 18.7 Professed Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

51.6 Ordained Bishop Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Bulla Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

45.9 Ordained Bishop Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar † Titular Bishop of Grumentum Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Aug	68.6	Appointed	Alfredo Rubio Diaz †	Apostolic Administrator of Cúcuta, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
1 Aug	93.0	Died	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
2 Aug	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Armando Amaral Dos Santos †	Bishop of Benguela, Angola
24.7	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont	Priest of Tours, France	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
30.2	Ordained Priest	Youssef Massoud Massoud †	Priest of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
31.2	Ordained Priest	Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
29.0	Ordained Priest	Maurice Evenor Piat, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
25.3	Ordained Priest	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Priest of Nuoro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
4 Aug	69.6	Succeeded	David Frederick Cunningham †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
80.0	Appointed	Walter Andrew Foery †	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
80.0	Retired	Walter Andrew Foery †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	87.5	Died	Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia
6 Aug		Born	Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon		Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
7 Aug	86.4	Died	Franz von Streng †	Bishop Emeritus of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland
8 Aug	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Paul D’Souza †	Bishop of Banaras, India	Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi, India
81.6	Died	Mariano (Fermín) de Arizu (Oscoz Esain), E.C.M.C. †	Prior General Emeritus of Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona
79.6	Died	Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé †	Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Fausto Vallainc †	Titular Bishop of Frequentium	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
9 Aug	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Criscito †	Bishop of Lucera, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26.9	Ordained Priest	Frederick Drandua †	Priest of Arua, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
23.3	Ordained Priest	Manuel Sánchez Monge	Priest of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain
10 Aug	82.7	Died	Mikhayl Assaf †	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
54.4	Appointed	Damián Iguacén Borau †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
11 Aug		Born	Alexandre Marie Joseph de Bucy		Bishop of Agen, France
20.1	Professed	William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
	Born	Joseph Eciru Oliach		Bishop of Soroti, Uganda
12 Aug	30.2	Ordained Priest	Charles Henry Dufour	Priest of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
45.3	Ordained Bishop	José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua
13 Aug	47.0	Appointed	Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Tambacounda, Senegal	Prefect Emeritus
76.8	Died	Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of La Vega, Dominican Republic
39.5	Appointed	Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †	Bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon
14 Aug		Born	Evelio Menjivar-Ayala		Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
15 Aug	24.7	Perpetual Vows	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Member of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
	Born	Martin David		Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Czesław Domin †	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
24.0	Ordained Priest	Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira †	Priest of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
18.7	Professed	Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
28.8	Professed	Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Maumere, Indonesia
23.8	Ordained Priest	Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez	Priest of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Leo Soekoto, S.J. †	Archbishop of Djakarta, Indonesia	Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
31.7	First Vows	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
57.2	Died	Angelo Zambarbieri †	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
16 Aug	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kundukulam †	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
17 Aug	44.5	Appointed	Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
44.5	Appointed	Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
44.2	Appointed	Francis John Spence †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
18 Aug	58.4	Died	Juan Navarro Ramirez †	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
19 Aug	60.7	Appointed	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.7	Appointed	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Titular Bishop of Naraggara	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
50.8	Appointed	Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
20 Aug		Born	Seyoum Franso Noel		Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia
	Born	Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien, O.S.F.S.		Bishop of Djougou, Benin
22 Aug	55.6	Appointed	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
55.6	Appointed	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Apostolic Administrator of Policastro, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
55.6	Ceased	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Apostolic Administrator of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
55.6	Ceased	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Apostolic Administrator of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
62.1	Resigned	Adolfo Luís Bossi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
58.8	Appointed	Mario Cagna †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Apostolic Nuncio
76.3	Appointed	Joseph Cheikho †	Titular Archbishop of Rew-Ardashir dei Caldei	Archbishop Emeritus of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
63.0	Appointed	Secundo Tagliabue †	Titular Bishop of Bure	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
63.0	Resigned	Secundo Tagliabue †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.1	Installed	Valentino Vailati †	Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy
23 Aug	28.2	Ordained Priest	Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry	Priest of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
29.9	Ordained Priest	Klaus Küng	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria
25.9	Ordained Priest	Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil †	Priest of Latacunga, Ecuador	Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
27.4	Ordained Priest	Nestor Ngoy Katahwa	Priest of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57.4	Appointed	Dino Tomassini †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop of Assisi, Italy
24 Aug	60.3	Appointed	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Auxiliary Bishop
60.3	Appointed	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
37.4	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Titular Bishop of Nona	Archbishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México
38.4	Ordained Bishop	Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †	Titular Bishop of Themisonium	Archbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
	Born	Vincenzo Viva		Bishop of Albano, Italy
25 Aug	43.6	Confirmed	Henri Salina, C.R.A. †	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
26 Aug		Born	Kornelius Sipayung, O.F.M. Cap.		Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia
29 Aug	25.9	Ordained Priest	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26.1	Ordained Priest	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 Aug	18.7	Professed	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Bulla	Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar †	Titular Bishop of Grumentum	Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

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