The Year of Our Lord 1987

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 56.0 Ordained Bishop Rudolf Müller † Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany

2 Jul 67.2 Died Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador

3 Jul 59.8 Appointed Marianus Arokiasamy † Archbishop of Madurai, India Archbishop Emeritus

29.2 Incardinated Dieudonné Espoir Atangana Priest of Obala, Cameroon Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

47.1 Appointed Claude Jean Pierre Dagens Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

47.1 Appointed Claude Jean Pierre Dagens Titular Bishop of Vulturaria Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

57.0 Appointed Edward Francis † Bishop of Sivagangai, India Bishop Emeritus

54.2 Resigned Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. † Bishop of Djibouti Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria

45.7 Appointed Francis Kallarakal Bishop of Kottapuram, India Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

59.6 Appointed Thomas Joseph Lobsinger, O.M.I. † Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

49.7 Appointed Virgilio López Irias, O.F.M. † Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras

54.4 Appointed Jérôme Owono-Mimboe † Bishop of Obala, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Djibouti Bishop Emeritus

38.8 Appointed Raymond Saw Po Ray † Auxiliary Bishop of Rangoon, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar

38.8 Appointed Raymond Saw Po Ray † Titular Bishop of Buffada Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar

47.6 Appointed Armand Toasy Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus of Port-Bergé, Madagascar

4 Jul 25.1 Ordained Priest Felix Femi Ajakaye Priest of Ekiti, Nigeria Bishop

24.1 Ordained Priest Nuno Brás da Silva Martins Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

26.3 Ordained Deacon Grégoire Marie Cador Deacon of Le Mans, France Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France

26.8 Ordained Priest Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

54.5 Ordained Bishop Jesus Castro Galang † Titular Bishop of Thibiuca Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines

24.0 Ordained Priest Giovanni Gaspari Priest of Pescara-Penne, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Korea

56.7 Ordained Bishop Endre Gyulay † Bishop of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary Bishop Emeritus

24.7 Ordained Priest Charles Michael Hammawa Priest of Yola, Nigeria Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria

29.4 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Schillaci Priest of Catania, Italy Bishop of Nicosia, Italy

5 Jul 26.8 Ordained Deacon Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h Deacon of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France Archbishop of Lille, France

55.2 Ordained Bishop Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Fissiana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ramón, Peru

54.2 Ordained Bishop Eurico dos Santos Veloso † Titular Bishop of Selia Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

28.0 Ordained Deacon Bruno Elizeu Versari Deacon of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

6 Jul 68.7 Appointed Giovanni Canestri † Archbishop of Genova-Bobbio, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

47.1 Appointed Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

81.1 Retired Giuseppe Siri † Archbishop of Genova-Bobbio, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

7 Jul 50.7 Appointed Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia

29.3 Incardinated Hency Martínez Vargas Priest of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia

45.9 Appointed John Joseph Myers † Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

8 Jul 50.2 Appointed Guy Marie (Claude) Bagnard Bishop of Belley, France Bishop Emeritus of Belley-Ars, France

75.5 Retired Jean François Marie Streiff † Bishop of Nevers, France Bishop Emeritus

9 Jul 25.2 Ordained Deacon Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. Deacon of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek) Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

61.8 Appointed Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Léon-Raymond Soulier † Coadjutor Bishop of Limoges, France Bishop Emeritus

10 Jul 98.5 Died John Edward Morris, M.M. † Prefect Emeritus of Peng-yang, Korea (North)

11 Jul 34.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Atanga, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon

54.0 Appointed John Bulaitis † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran Apostolic Nuncio

73.7 Retired Joseph Cunnane † Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

57.3 Ordained Bishop István Konkoly † Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary Bishop Emeritus

31.6 Ordained Deacon Mauro Meacci, O.S.B. Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Subiaco, Italy

28.4 Ordained Priest Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic

63.9 Installed Félix María Torres Parra † Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

12 Jul 31.6 Ordained Priest Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash Priest of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine

61.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan † Bishop of Killala, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Ordained Bishop Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

13 Jul 85.0 Died Alfred-Joseph Atton † Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

62.1 Appointed Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida † Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile Bishop Emeritus

14 Jul 69.3 Died Joseph Gregory Vath † Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

16 Jul 57.4 Appointed Affonso Felippe Gregory † Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Giulio Nicolini † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy Bishop of Cremona, Italy

82.0 Died Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. † Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

17 Jul 92.4 Died Louis-Séverin Haller, C.R.A. † Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

18 Jul 28.0 Ordained Priest Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Cardinal, Bishop of Wa, Ghana

26.2 Ordained Priest Georg Bätzing Priest of Trier, Germany Bishop of Limburg, Germany

25.3 Ordained Priest Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek) Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

54.9 Ordained Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris † Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Jörg Michael Peters Priest of Trier, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

19 Jul 26.9 Ordained Priest Alexandre Yikyi Bazié Priest of Koudougou, Burkina Faso Auxiliary Bishop

29.8 Ordained Priest Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.6 Ordained Bishop George Riashi, B.C. † Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

23.2 Ordained Deacon Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior Deacon of Montes Claros, Brazil Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

22 Jul 59.6 Died Joseph Adolphe Proulx † Bishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada

37.4 Ordained Priest Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên Priest of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

23 Jul 59.2 Appointed Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. † Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

24 Jul 76.9 Retired Juan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. † Prelate of Encarnación, Paraguay Prelate Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Grégoire Haddad † Patriarchal Administrator of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

71.7 Died John Anthony Kelly † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

58.4 Appointed Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks † Prelate of Encarnación, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay

25 Jul 58.4 Appointed Giacomo Babini † Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

58.4 Appointed Giacomo Babini † Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

90.9 Died Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

45.7 Ordained Bishop Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B. Bishop of San Jose, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines

28.0 Ordained Priest Justin Kientega Priest of Koudougou, Burkina Faso Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

76.8 Retired Angelo Scapecchi † Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Ordained Bishop István Seregély † Archbishop of Eger, Hungary Archbishop Emeritus

47.3 Ordained Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. Bishop of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

26 Jul 23.1 Entered Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R. Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru

27 Jul 89.5 Died Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda

91.4 Died Pietro Raimondi † Bishop Emeritus of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy

29 Jul 51.6 Ordained Bishop Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I. Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Installed John George Vlazny † Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

31 Jul 63.7 Appointed Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet † Bishop of Meaux, France Bishop Emeritus

76.4 Retired Armand François Marie Robert Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. † Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Appointed Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy † Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France Bishop Emeritus

1 Aug 26.4 Ordained Priest Rrok Gjonlleshaj Priest of Prizren, Kosovo Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

21.7 First Vows Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia

63.6 Appointed Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea Apostolic Nuncio

75.0 Retired Gerhard Schaffran † Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany Bishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Lucio Ángel Vallejo Balda Priest of Astorga, Spain Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

2 Aug 25.9 Ordained Priest Ignace Bessi Dogbo Priest of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

29.2 Professed John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Archbishop of Accra, Ghana

22.0 First Vows Ivo Martinović, T.O.R. Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance Bishop of Požega, Croatia

44.4 Ordained Bishop Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D. † Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia

68.3 Died László Rózsavölgyi † Titular Bishop of Lystra

3 Aug 68.3 Installed Joseph Thomas O’Keefe † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

4 Aug 27.8 Ordained Priest Cosme Damian Racines Almedilla Priest of Talibon, Philippines Bishop of Butuan, Philippines

49.4 Appointed Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. † Bishop of Metz, France Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 47.7 Appointed João Bosco Oliver de Faria Auxiliary Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

47.7 Appointed João Bosco Oliver de Faria Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

6 Aug 49.8 Installed Daniel Francis Walsh Bishop of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA

7 Aug 68.5 Ordained Bishop Peter Li Hongye † Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China

68.3 Ordained Bishop John Yang Shudao (Yang Su Tao) † Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China Archbishop Emeritus

8 Aug 24.2 Ordained Priest Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan † Priest of Lomé, Togo Archbishop

24.5 Ordained Deacon Domenico Battaglia Deacon of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

52.0 Appointed Gioacchino Illiano † Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

28.8 Ordained Priest Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga Priest of Enugu, Nigeria Bishop

50.5 Ordained Bishop Bosco Penha Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

27.7 Ordained Priest Alexis Youlo Touabli Priest of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire

9 Aug 29.5 Ordained Priest Simon T. Faddoul Priest of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadan (Annunciazione) (Maronite), Nigeria

27.1 Ordained Priest Sebastien Kenda Ntumba Priest of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Tshilomba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.7 Ordained Priest Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula Priest of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

67.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) † Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China Bishop Emeritus

10 Aug 91.0 Died Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

11 Aug 77.6 Died Antonio José Plaza † Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

13 Aug 69.1 Appointed Sauveur Casanova † Bishop of Ajaccio, France Bishop Emeritus

14 Aug 30.7 Ordained Priest Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

31.9 Ordained Priest Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Linares, Chile

15 Aug 75.5 Ceased Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. † Apostolic Administrator of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

49.4 Ceased Florentino Ferrer Cinense Apostolic Administrator of San Jose, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Tarlac, Philippines

26.4 Ordained Priest Yvan Mathieu, S.M. Priest of Society of Mary Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

38.9 Ordained Bishop Amando Samo † Titular Bishop of Libertina Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

16 Aug 53.0 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Patrick Henry † Titular Bishop of Cenculiana Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa

75.4 Died Antonino Pinci † Apostolic Nuncio

17 Aug 60.9 Appointed Luis Reynoso Cervantes † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

18 Aug 80.9 Died Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. † Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq

19 Aug 50.9 Ordained Bishop Jose Ricare Manguiran Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

20 Aug 82.9 Died José María Bueno y Monreal † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

46.1 Appointed Horácio Coelho Cristino † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

46.1 Appointed Horácio Coelho Cristino † Titular Bishop of Drusiliana Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

21 Aug 58.8 Appointed António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. † Coadjutor Bishop of Viseu, Portugal Bishop

46.0 Appointed Beniamino Stella Titular Archbishop of Midila Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

46.0 Appointed Beniamino Stella Official of the Roman Curia - Other Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

22 Aug 25.3 Solemn Vows Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

53.8 Appointed Joseph Cassidy † Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

23 Aug 54.5 Ordained Bishop Thomas Bhalerao, S.J. † Bishop of Nashik, India Bishop Emeritus

30.6 Ordained Priest Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi

83.5 Died Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

24 Aug 47.2 Ordained Bishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

41.2 Ordained Bishop William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P. Titular Bishop of Midica Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

25 Aug 75.5 Died Francisco de Assis Portela † Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

28 Aug 53.6 Appointed Alexandre Kouassi † Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire

50.3 Appointed Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

39.1 Appointed Edouard Mathos † Auxiliary Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

39.1 Appointed Edouard Mathos † Titular Bishop of Giufi Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

76.4 Retired Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. † Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

29 Aug 31.2 Perpetual Vows Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

30.5 Ordained Priest Edney Gouvêa Mattoso Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

36.0 Ordained Priest Elias Khoury Sleman Priest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria Bishop Emeritus

30 Aug 57.2 Ordained Bishop Edward Francis † Bishop of Sivagangai, India Bishop Emeritus

62.2 Installed Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida † Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile Bishop Emeritus

31 Aug 94.6 Died Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India

88.0 Died Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. † Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Müller †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany
2 Jul	67.2	Died	Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
3 Jul	59.8	Appointed	Marianus Arokiasamy †	Archbishop of Madurai, India	Archbishop Emeritus
29.2	Incardinated	Dieudonné Espoir Atangana	Priest of Obala, Cameroon	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
47.1	Appointed	Claude Jean Pierre Dagens	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
47.1	Appointed	Claude Jean Pierre Dagens	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
57.0	Appointed	Edward Francis †	Bishop of Sivagangai, India	Bishop Emeritus
54.2	Resigned	Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Djibouti	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
45.7	Appointed	Francis Kallarakal	Bishop of Kottapuram, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
59.6	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Lobsinger, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
49.7	Appointed	Virgilio López Irias, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
54.4	Appointed	Jérôme Owono-Mimboe †	Bishop of Obala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Djibouti	Bishop Emeritus
38.8	Appointed	Raymond Saw Po Ray †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rangoon, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
38.8	Appointed	Raymond Saw Po Ray †	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
47.6	Appointed	Armand Toasy	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Bergé, Madagascar
4 Jul	25.1	Ordained Priest	Felix Femi Ajakaye	Priest of Ekiti, Nigeria	Bishop
24.1	Ordained Priest	Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
26.3	Ordained Deacon	Grégoire Marie Cador	Deacon of Le Mans, France	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
26.8	Ordained Priest	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Jesus Castro Galang †	Titular Bishop of Thibiuca	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
24.0	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Gaspari	Priest of Pescara-Penne, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Endre Gyulay †	Bishop of Szeged-Csanád, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
24.7	Ordained Priest	Charles Michael Hammawa	Priest of Yola, Nigeria	Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria
29.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Schillaci	Priest of Catania, Italy	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy
5 Jul	26.8	Ordained Deacon	Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h	Deacon of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Archbishop of Lille, France
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Fissiana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ramón, Peru
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Eurico dos Santos Veloso †	Titular Bishop of Selia	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28.0	Ordained Deacon	Bruno Elizeu Versari	Deacon of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
6 Jul	68.7	Appointed	Giovanni Canestri †	Archbishop of Genova-Bobbio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
47.1	Appointed	Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B.	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
81.1	Retired	Giuseppe Siri †	Archbishop of Genova-Bobbio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
7 Jul	50.7	Appointed	Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo	Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
29.3	Incardinated	Hency Martínez Vargas	Priest of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia
45.9	Appointed	John Joseph Myers †	Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
8 Jul	50.2	Appointed	Guy Marie (Claude) Bagnard	Bishop of Belley, France	Bishop Emeritus of Belley-Ars, France
75.5	Retired	Jean François Marie Streiff †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jul	25.2	Ordained Deacon	Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.	Deacon of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
61.8	Appointed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Léon-Raymond Soulier †	Coadjutor Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jul	98.5	Died	John Edward Morris, M.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Peng-yang, Korea (North)
11 Jul	34.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Atanga, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
54.0	Appointed	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio
73.7	Retired	Joseph Cunnane †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
57.3	Ordained Bishop	István Konkoly †	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
31.6	Ordained Deacon	Mauro Meacci, O.S.B.	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy
28.4	Ordained Priest	Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Mbaïki, Central African Republic
63.9	Installed	Félix María Torres Parra †	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Jul	31.6	Ordained Priest	Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash	Priest of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
61.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Anthony Finnegan †	Bishop of Killala, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Jul	85.0	Died	Alfred-Joseph Atton †	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
62.1	Appointed	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida †	Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jul	69.3	Died	Joseph Gregory Vath †	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
16 Jul	57.4	Appointed	Affonso Felippe Gregory †	Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Giulio Nicolini †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
82.0	Died	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
17 Jul	92.4	Died	Louis-Séverin Haller, C.R.A. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
18 Jul	28.0	Ordained Priest	Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Cardinal, Bishop of Wa, Ghana
26.2	Ordained Priest	Georg Bätzing	Priest of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
25.3	Ordained Priest	Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S.	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris †	Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Jörg Michael Peters	Priest of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
19 Jul	26.9	Ordained Priest	Alexandre Yikyi Bazié	Priest of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Auxiliary Bishop
29.8	Ordained Priest	Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.6	Ordained Bishop	George Riashi, B.C. †	Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
23.2	Ordained Deacon	Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior	Deacon of Montes Claros, Brazil	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
22 Jul	59.6	Died	Joseph Adolphe Proulx †	Bishop of Gatineau-Hull, Québec, Canada
37.4	Ordained Priest	Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên	Priest of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jul	59.2	Appointed	Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. †	Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Jul	76.9	Retired	Juan Bockwinckel (Bockwinkel), S.V.D. †	Prelate of Encarnación, Paraguay	Prelate Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Grégoire Haddad †	Patriarchal Administrator of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
71.7	Died	John Anthony Kelly †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
58.4	Appointed	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks †	Prelate of Encarnación, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
25 Jul	58.4	Appointed	Giacomo Babini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
58.4	Appointed	Giacomo Babini †	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
90.9	Died	Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B.	Bishop of San Jose, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines
28.0	Ordained Priest	Justin Kientega	Priest of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
76.8	Retired	Angelo Scapecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Ordained Bishop	István Seregély †	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.	Bishop of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
26 Jul	23.1	Entered	Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R.	Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru
27 Jul	89.5	Died	Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda
91.4	Died	Pietro Raimondi †	Bishop Emeritus of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
29 Jul	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I.	Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Installed	John George Vlazny †	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
31 Jul	63.7	Appointed	Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Bishop Emeritus
76.4	Retired	Armand François Marie Robert Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Appointed	Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus
1 Aug	26.4	Ordained Priest	Rrok Gjonlleshaj	Priest of Prizren, Kosovo	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
21.7	First Vows	Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
63.6	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio
75.0	Retired	Gerhard Schaffran †	Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Lucio Ángel Vallejo Balda	Priest of Astorga, Spain	Secretary Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
2 Aug	25.9	Ordained Priest	Ignace Bessi Dogbo	Priest of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
29.2	Professed	John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp.	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop of Accra, Ghana
22.0	First Vows	Ivo Martinović, T.O.R.	Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Bishop of Požega, Croatia
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Hilarius Moa Nurak, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
68.3	Died	László Rózsavölgyi †	Titular Bishop of Lystra
3 Aug	68.3	Installed	Joseph Thomas O’Keefe †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
4 Aug	27.8	Ordained Priest	Cosme Damian Racines Almedilla	Priest of Talibon, Philippines	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
49.4	Appointed	Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P. †	Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	47.7	Appointed	João Bosco Oliver de Faria	Auxiliary Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.7	Appointed	João Bosco Oliver de Faria	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Aug	49.8	Installed	Daniel Francis Walsh	Bishop of Reno-Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
7 Aug	68.5	Ordained Bishop	Peter Li Hongye †	Bishop of Luoyang [Loyang], China
68.3	Ordained Bishop	John Yang Shudao (Yang Su Tao) †	Bishop of Fuzhou [Foochow], China	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Aug	24.2	Ordained Priest	Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan †	Priest of Lomé, Togo	Archbishop
24.5	Ordained Deacon	Domenico Battaglia	Deacon of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
52.0	Appointed	Gioacchino Illiano †	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
28.8	Ordained Priest	Callistus Chukwuma Valentine Onaga	Priest of Enugu, Nigeria	Bishop
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Bosco Penha	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
27.7	Ordained Priest	Alexis Youlo Touabli	Priest of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire
9 Aug	29.5	Ordained Priest	Simon T. Faddoul	Priest of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadan (Annunciazione) (Maronite), Nigeria
27.1	Ordained Priest	Sebastien Kenda Ntumba	Priest of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Tshilomba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.7	Ordained Priest	Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula	Priest of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
67.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) †	Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China	Bishop Emeritus
10 Aug	91.0	Died	Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 Aug	77.6	Died	Antonio José Plaza †	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
13 Aug	69.1	Appointed	Sauveur Casanova †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
14 Aug	30.7	Ordained Priest	Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
31.9	Ordained Priest	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Linares, Chile
15 Aug	75.5	Ceased	Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
49.4	Ceased	Florentino Ferrer Cinense	Apostolic Administrator of San Jose, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Tarlac, Philippines
26.4	Ordained Priest	Yvan Mathieu, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
38.9	Ordained Bishop	Amando Samo †	Titular Bishop of Libertina	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
16 Aug	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Patrick Henry †	Titular Bishop of Cenculiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
75.4	Died	Antonino Pinci †	Apostolic Nuncio
17 Aug	60.9	Appointed	Luis Reynoso Cervantes †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
18 Aug	80.9	Died	Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad, Iraq
19 Aug	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Jose Ricare Manguiran	Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
20 Aug	82.9	Died	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
46.1	Appointed	Horácio Coelho Cristino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
46.1	Appointed	Horácio Coelho Cristino †	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
21 Aug	58.8	Appointed	António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop
46.0	Appointed	Beniamino Stella	Titular Archbishop of Midila	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
46.0	Appointed	Beniamino Stella	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
22 Aug	25.3	Solemn Vows	Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
53.8	Appointed	Joseph Cassidy †	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Aug	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Bhalerao, S.J. †	Bishop of Nashik, India	Bishop Emeritus
30.6	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi
83.5	Died	Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
24 Aug	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B.	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
41.2	Ordained Bishop	William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P.	Titular Bishop of Midica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
25 Aug	75.5	Died	Francisco de Assis Portela †	Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
28 Aug	53.6	Appointed	Alexandre Kouassi †	Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
50.3	Appointed	Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke	Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
39.1	Appointed	Edouard Mathos †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
39.1	Appointed	Edouard Mathos †	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
76.4	Retired	Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
29 Aug	31.2	Perpetual Vows	Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
30.5	Ordained Priest	Edney Gouvêa Mattoso	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
36.0	Ordained Priest	Elias Khoury Sleman	Priest of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
30 Aug	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Edward Francis †	Bishop of Sivagangai, India	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Installed	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida †	Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
31 Aug	94.6	Died	Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
88.0	Died	Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy

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