The Year of Our Lord 1975

Bishop Events

July

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 78.0 Died Antoine-Marie Cazaux † Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

45.4 Appointed Leobard D’Souza † Archbishop of Nagpur, India Archbishop Emeritus

69.0 Resigned René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret † Bishop of Angoulême, France Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Succeeded Georges Rol † Bishop of Angoulême, France Bishop Emeritus

44.1 Appointed Joseph Wang Yu-jung † Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan

44.1 Appointed Joseph Wang Yu-jung † Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan

2 Jul 45.3 Appointed Herbé Seijas † Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay Bishop

45.3 Appointed Herbé Seijas † Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

3 Jul 46.8 Ordained Bishop George Kinzie Fitzsimons † Titular Bishop of Pertusa Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA

4 Jul 81.6 Died Luigi Carlo Borromeo † Bishop of Pesaro, Italy

53.3 Succeeded Gaetano Michetti † Bishop of Pesaro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

28.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Serge Miot † Priest of Jérémie, Haïti Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

64.1 Died Carl-Édouard Peters, S.M.M. † Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti

5 Jul 70.1 Died Luis Baccino † Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

67.4 Resigned Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

28.3 Ordained Priest Hyginus Kim Hee-jong Priest of Gwangju, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Carlo Maccari † Archbishop of Ancona (-Numana), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

54.3 Installed Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. † Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

51.0 Succeeded Joseph Jean Marie Rozier † Bishop of Poitiers, France

73.1 Resigned Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion † Bishop of Poitiers, France Bishop Emeritus

29.2 Ordained Priest Dieudonné Watio Priest Bishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon

6 Jul 43.2 Ordained Bishop Hugolino Felix Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Valeria Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador

7 Jul 86.4 Retired Antonio Caggiano † Bishop of Argentina, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

83.8 Died Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India

63.6 Appointed Adolfo Servando Tortolo † Bishop of Argentina, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

8 Jul 52.5 Installed Miguel Esteban Hesayne † Bishop of Viedma, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

10 Jul 63.6 Resigned Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Ndola, Zambia Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy

42.9 Resigned Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Dante Bernini † Bishop of Velletri, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy

53.2 Appointed Dante Bernini † Bishop of Segni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy

50.5 Appointed Gaetano Bonicelli Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

50.5 Appointed Gaetano Bonicelli Titular Bishop of Musti Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

44.9 Appointed Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † Bishop of Umtata, South Africa Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

44.1 Appointed Dennis Harold De Jong † Bishop of Ndola, Zambia

49.7 Appointed Thomas Khamphan † Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

49.7 Appointed Thomas Khamphan † Titular Bishop of Semina Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos

50.8 Appointed Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. † Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

50.8 Appointed Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Ausafa Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

40.5 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany † Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

40.5 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany † Titular Bishop of Sfasferia Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

60.3 Resigned Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Armando Trindade † Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan

56.6 Resigned Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

12 Jul 25.6 Ordained Priest Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F. Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

44.8 Appointed Roland Aboujaoudé † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.8 Appointed Roland Aboujaoudé † Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

28.5 Ordained Priest Judes Bicaba † Priest of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

27.2 Ordained Priest Dèr Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré Priest of Diébougou, Burkina Faso Bishop

25.9 Ordained Priest Terence Patrick Drainey Priest of Salford, England, Great Britain Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain

50.2 Appointed Ibrahim Hélou † Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon

56.9 Appointed Antoine Joubeir † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) Archbishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Antoine Joubeir † Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

27.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Sama Priest of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso

13 Jul 24.8 Ordained Priest René Guay Priest of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada Bishop

29.5 Ordained Priest Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P. Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Argentina (Melkite Greek)

41.2 Ordained Bishop Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario † Titular Bishop of Gilba Bishop Emeritus of Baní, Dominican Republic

15 Jul 44.8 Appointed António Baltasar Marcelino † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal

44.8 Appointed António Baltasar Marcelino † Titular Bishop of Cercina Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal

16 Jul 48.0 Appointed António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santarém, Portugal

48.8 Appointed Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật † Coadjutor Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật † Titular Bishop of Vergi Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam

48.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật † Titular Bishop of Vergi Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam

48.4 Appointed Manuel da Silva Martins † Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

17 Jul Born Federico Guillermo Wechsung Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina

18 Jul 72.0 Appointed Corrado Bafile † Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

62.0 Died Francis Anthony Marrocco † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

19 Jul 24.4 Ordained Priest Kieran Thomas Conry Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain

25.3 Ordained Priest Arthur Roche Priest of Leeds, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

20 Jul 50.6 Ordained Bishop Lajos Kada † Titular Archbishop of Thibica Apostolic Nuncio

28.4 Ordained Priest Smaragde Mbonyintege Priest of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

26.3 Ordained Priest Thaddée Nsengiyumva † Priest of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda

27.5 Ordained Priest Paul Runangaza Ruzoka Priest of Kigoma, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania

26.7 Ordained Priest Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson Priest of Cape Coast, Ghana Cardinal, Chancellor of the Roman Curia - Other

21 Jul 69.7 Died James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

55.4 Ordained Bishop William Edward Murray † Bishop of Wollongong, Australia Bishop Emeritus

22 Jul 90.5 Died Roberto Bernardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

49.1 Selected Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. † Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA Abbot Emeritus

60.6 Appointed Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

61.8 Appointed Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Pinhel Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

61.8 Appointed Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

61.8 Resigned Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

Born Makariy Bohdan Leniv, O.S.B.M. Apostolic Administrator of Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine

52.5 Appointed Joseph Alphonse McNicholas † Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA

71.5 Resigned William Aloysius O’Connor † Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Appointed Vasco Séirécov † Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

47.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ti-kang † Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

44.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Wang Yu-jung † Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan

25 Jul 23.3 Ordained Priest Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

39.9 Ordained Bishop Félix Paul † Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles Bishop Emeritus

66.7 Died Felice Pirozzi † President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

47.3 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras † Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico

50.3 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung † Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

26 Jul 51.5 Appointed Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

51.5 Appointed Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Vissalsa Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

26.6 Ordained Priest Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. † Priest of Sons of Divine Providence Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

25.9 Ordained Priest José de Jesús Quintero Díaz Priest of Istmina, Colombia Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia

76.2 Died Thomas Tharayil † Bishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

26.7 Ordained Priest Allen Henry Vigneron Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA Archbishop

27 Jul Born Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan

29 Jul 48.1 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Gerry † Titular Bishop of Lugmad Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

75.0 Retired Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. † Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay Apostolic Nuncio

30 Jul 51.5 Appointed René Fernández Apaza † Bishop of Bolivia, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

66.1 Appointed José Armando Gutiérrez Granier † Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo † Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	78.0	Died	Antoine-Marie Cazaux †	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
45.4	Appointed	Leobard D’Souza †	Archbishop of Nagpur, India	Archbishop Emeritus
69.0	Resigned	René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret †	Bishop of Angoulême, France	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Succeeded	Georges Rol †	Bishop of Angoulême, France	Bishop Emeritus
44.1	Appointed	Joseph Wang Yu-jung †	Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
44.1	Appointed	Joseph Wang Yu-jung †	Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
2 Jul	45.3	Appointed	Herbé Seijas †	Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay	Bishop
45.3	Appointed	Herbé Seijas †	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
3 Jul	46.8	Ordained Bishop	George Kinzie Fitzsimons †	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Bishop Emeritus of Salina, Kansas, USA
4 Jul	81.6	Died	Luigi Carlo Borromeo †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
53.3	Succeeded	Gaetano Michetti †	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Serge Miot †	Priest of Jérémie, Haïti	Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
64.1	Died	Carl-Édouard Peters, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
5 Jul	70.1	Died	Luis Baccino †	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
67.4	Resigned	Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
28.3	Ordained Priest	Hyginus Kim Hee-jong	Priest of Gwangju, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Carlo Maccari †	Archbishop of Ancona (-Numana), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
54.3	Installed	Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
51.0	Succeeded	Joseph Jean Marie Rozier †	Bishop of Poitiers, France
73.1	Resigned	Henri-Louis-Toussaint Vion †	Bishop of Poitiers, France	Bishop Emeritus
29.2	Ordained Priest	Dieudonné Watio	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bafoussam, Cameroon
6 Jul	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Hugolino Felix Cerasuolo Stacey, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Valeria	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
7 Jul	86.4	Retired	Antonio Caggiano †	Bishop of Argentina, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
83.8	Died	Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India
63.6	Appointed	Adolfo Servando Tortolo †	Bishop of Argentina, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
8 Jul	52.5	Installed	Miguel Esteban Hesayne †	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jul	63.6	Resigned	Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
42.9	Resigned	Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Dante Bernini †	Bishop of Velletri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
53.2	Appointed	Dante Bernini †	Bishop of Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
50.5	Appointed	Gaetano Bonicelli	Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
50.5	Appointed	Gaetano Bonicelli	Titular Bishop of Musti	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
44.9	Appointed	Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
44.1	Appointed	Dennis Harold De Jong †	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia
49.7	Appointed	Thomas Khamphan †	Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	Thomas Khamphan †	Titular Bishop of Semina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos
50.8	Appointed	Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Pietersburg, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
50.8	Appointed	Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ausafa	Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
40.5	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
40.5	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany †	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
60.3	Resigned	Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Armando Trindade †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
56.6	Resigned	Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
12 Jul	25.6	Ordained Priest	Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
44.8	Appointed	Roland Aboujaoudé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.8	Appointed	Roland Aboujaoudé †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
28.5	Ordained Priest	Judes Bicaba †	Priest of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
27.2	Ordained Priest	Dèr Raphaël Kusiélé Dabiré	Priest of Diébougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop
25.9	Ordained Priest	Terence Patrick Drainey	Priest of Salford, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain
50.2	Appointed	Ibrahim Hélou †	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
56.9	Appointed	Antoine Joubeir †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Antoine Joubeir †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
27.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sama	Priest of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
13 Jul	24.8	Ordained Priest	René Guay	Priest of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop
29.5	Ordained Priest	Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P.	Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario †	Titular Bishop of Gilba	Bishop Emeritus of Baní, Dominican Republic
15 Jul	44.8	Appointed	António Baltasar Marcelino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
44.8	Appointed	António Baltasar Marcelino †	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
16 Jul	48.0	Appointed	António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
48.8	Appointed	Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật †	Coadjutor Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật †	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật †	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
48.4	Appointed	Manuel da Silva Martins †	Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jul		Born	Federico Guillermo Wechsung		Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
18 Jul	72.0	Appointed	Corrado Bafile †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
62.0	Died	Francis Anthony Marrocco †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
19 Jul	24.4	Ordained Priest	Kieran Thomas Conry	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
25.3	Ordained Priest	Arthur Roche	Priest of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
20 Jul	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Lajos Kada †	Titular Archbishop of Thibica	Apostolic Nuncio
28.4	Ordained Priest	Smaragde Mbonyintege	Priest of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
26.3	Ordained Priest	Thaddée Nsengiyumva †	Priest of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
27.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Runangaza Ruzoka	Priest of Kigoma, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
26.7	Ordained Priest	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	Priest of Cape Coast, Ghana	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Roman Curia - Other
21 Jul	69.7	Died	James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
55.4	Ordained Bishop	William Edward Murray †	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
22 Jul	90.5	Died	Roberto Bernardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
49.1	Selected	Jude (George Joseph) Cleary, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Abbot Emeritus
60.6	Appointed	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
61.8	Appointed	Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Pinhel	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
61.8	Appointed	Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
61.8	Resigned	Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Makariy Bohdan Leniv, O.S.B.M.		Apostolic Administrator of Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine
52.5	Appointed	Joseph Alphonse McNicholas †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
71.5	Resigned	William Aloysius O’Connor †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Vasco Séirécov †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ti-kang †	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan	Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Wang Yu-jung †	Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha	Bishop Emeritus of Taichung, Taiwan
25 Jul	23.3	Ordained Priest	Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
39.9	Ordained Bishop	Félix Paul †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Died	Felice Pirozzi †	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico
50.3	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung †	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
26 Jul	51.5	Appointed	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
51.5	Appointed	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Vissalsa	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
26.6	Ordained Priest	Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. †	Priest of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
25.9	Ordained Priest	José de Jesús Quintero Díaz	Priest of Istmina, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
76.2	Died	Thomas Tharayil †	Bishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
26.7	Ordained Priest	Allen Henry Vigneron	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Archbishop
27 Jul		Born	Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy		Auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
29 Jul	48.1	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Gerry †	Titular Bishop of Lugmad	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
75.0	Retired	Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio
30 Jul	51.5	Appointed	René Fernández Apaza †	Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
66.1	Appointed	José Armando Gutiérrez Granier †	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo †	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus

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