The Year of Our Lord 1988

Bishop Events

August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Aug 66.0 Resigned Henricus Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. † Superior General of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill Prelate Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines

1 Aug 80.7 Died John Francis Dearden † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

83.0 Died Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

59.9 Ordained Bishop Bernard William Schmitt † Titular Bishop of Walla Walla Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

2 Aug 74.2 Resigned George Joseph Gottwald † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

3 Aug 51.9 Ordained Bishop Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † Bishop of Caldas, Colombia Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia

4 Aug 41.5 Ordained Bishop Isidore Fernandes † Bishop of Allahabad, India Bishop Emeritus

28.9 Ordained Priest Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P. Priest of Mission Society of the Philippines Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)

59.0 Ordained Bishop Peter Thuruthikonam † Bishop of Vijayapuram, India Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 51.5 Appointed Audrys Juozas Bačkis Titular Archbishop of Meta Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania

51.5 Appointed Audrys Juozas Bačkis Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania

51.5 Appointed Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. † Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France

6 Aug 29.5 Ordained Priest Alfred Agyenta Priest of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana Bishop

61.2 Died Romeu Alberti † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

60.5 Ordained Bishop Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel † Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India Bishop Emeritus

24.2 Ordained Deacon Geraldo dos Reis Maia Deacon of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

25.2 Ordained Priest Domenico Pompili Priest of Anagni-Alatri, Italy Bishop of Verona, Italy

7 Aug 40.0 Ordained Bishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Belesasa Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru

24.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Yue Fusheng Priest Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China

8 Aug 54.0 Appointed Jean Marie Julien Balland † Archbishop of Reims, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

48.7 Appointed Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. † Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

76.0 Retired Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † Archbishop of Reims, France Archbishop Emeritus

10 Aug 29.3 Ordained Priest Etienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi Priest of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

11 Aug 25.7 Ordained Priest Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán Priest of Sucre, Bolivia Archbishop

12 Aug 32.8 Ordained Priest Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. † Priest of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

69.1 Ordained Bishop Philip Yang Libo † Bishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China

13 Aug 64.9 Appointed Carlo Poggi † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

24.3 Ordained Priest Vicente Rebollo Mozos Priest of Burgos, Spain Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

26.9 Ordained Priest Marcus Nigel Ralph Stock Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain

75.6 Retired Mario Zanchin † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

14 Aug 28.5 Ordained Priest Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.8 Ordained Bishop João Maria Messi, O.S.M. Titular Bishop of Zucchabar Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

50.5 Ordained Bishop Mário Zanetta † Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil

16 Aug 71.9 Resigned Daniel Paul Arulswamy † Bishop of Kumbakonam, India Bishop Emeritus

67.5 Died Felix Maria Davídek † Bishop

17 Aug 63.4 Appointed João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

63.4 Appointed João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Bagis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

56.7 Appointed Hilário Moser, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

56.7 Appointed Hilário Moser, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

70.7 Retired Sylvester William Treinen † Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA Bishop Emeritus

19 Aug 73.8 Died Mario Rossi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

81.8 Died Maxime Tessier † Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

20 Aug 27.9 Ordained Priest Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan Priest of Opus Dei Bishop of Tallinn, Estonia

31.7 Ordained Priest Stephen Lee Bun Sang Priest of Opus Dei Bishop of Macau, China

28.4 Ordained Priest Paul Toshihiro Sakai Priest of Opus Dei Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan

27.4 Ordained Priest Josef Stübi Priest of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop

31.8 Ordained Priest Tamás Szabó Priest

21 Aug 58.0 Died André Ilunga Kaseba † Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26.6 Ordained Priest David Motiuk Priest of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada Bishop

22 Aug 68.6 Died Domingos de Pinho Brandão † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

24 Aug 54.5 Ordained Bishop Paul Chittilapilly † Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India

25 Aug 21.6 Entered Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

26 Aug 32.1 Perpetual Vows Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine

27 Aug 29.4 Solemn Vows Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

28 Aug 26.0 Ordained Priest José-Claude Mbimbi Mbamba Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

68.1 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal † Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile Bishop Emeritus

88.9 Died Giuseppe Zaffonato † Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy

30 Aug 49.3 Ordained Bishop Renato Ascencio León † Prelate of Madera, Chihuahua, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

31 Aug 44.9 Appointed João Nílton dos Santos Souza Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. Coadjutor Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

78.5 Died Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba † Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Aug	66.0	Resigned	Henricus Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. †	Superior General of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	Prelate Emeritus of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
1 Aug	80.7	Died	John Francis Dearden †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
83.0	Died	Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
59.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernard William Schmitt †	Titular Bishop of Walla Walla	Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
2 Aug	74.2	Resigned	George Joseph Gottwald †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Aug	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
4 Aug	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Isidore Fernandes †	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
28.9	Ordained Priest	Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P.	Priest of Mission Society of the Philippines	Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
59.0	Ordained Bishop	Peter Thuruthikonam †	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	51.5	Appointed	Audrys Juozas Bačkis	Titular Archbishop of Meta	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
51.5	Appointed	Audrys Juozas Bačkis	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
51.5	Appointed	Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P. †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
6 Aug	29.5	Ordained Priest	Alfred Agyenta	Priest of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana	Bishop
61.2	Died	Romeu Alberti †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Geevarghese Timotheos Chundevalel †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Syro-Malankara), India	Bishop Emeritus
24.2	Ordained Deacon	Geraldo dos Reis Maia	Deacon of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
25.2	Ordained Priest	Domenico Pompili	Priest of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
7 Aug	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Belesasa	Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
24.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Yue Fusheng	Priest	Bishop of Harbin [Harbin], China
8 Aug	54.0	Appointed	Jean Marie Julien Balland †	Archbishop of Reims, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
48.7	Appointed	Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
76.0	Retired	Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †	Archbishop of Reims, France	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Aug	29.3	Ordained Priest	Etienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi	Priest of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Aug	25.7	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán	Priest of Sucre, Bolivia	Archbishop
12 Aug	32.8	Ordained Priest	Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
69.1	Ordained Bishop	Philip Yang Libo †	Bishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
13 Aug	64.9	Appointed	Carlo Poggi †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
24.3	Ordained Priest	Vicente Rebollo Mozos	Priest of Burgos, Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
26.9	Ordained Priest	Marcus Nigel Ralph Stock	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
75.6	Retired	Mario Zanchin †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Aug	28.5	Ordained Priest	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.8	Ordained Bishop	João Maria Messi, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Zucchabar	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Mário Zanetta †	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
16 Aug	71.9	Resigned	Daniel Paul Arulswamy †	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
67.5	Died	Felix Maria Davídek †	Bishop
17 Aug	63.4	Appointed	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
63.4	Appointed	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Bagis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
56.7	Appointed	Hilário Moser, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
56.7	Appointed	Hilário Moser, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Bishop Emeritus of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
70.7	Retired	Sylvester William Treinen †	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA	Bishop Emeritus
19 Aug	73.8	Died	Mario Rossi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
81.8	Died	Maxime Tessier †	Bishop Emeritus of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
20 Aug	27.9	Ordained Priest	Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop of Tallinn, Estonia
31.7	Ordained Priest	Stephen Lee Bun Sang	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop of Macau, China
28.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Toshihiro Sakai	Priest of Opus Dei	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan
27.4	Ordained Priest	Josef Stübi	Priest of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop
31.8	Ordained Priest	Tamás Szabó	Priest
21 Aug	58.0	Died	André Ilunga Kaseba †	Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26.6	Ordained Priest	David Motiuk	Priest of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada	Bishop
22 Aug	68.6	Died	Domingos de Pinho Brandão †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
24 Aug	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Chittilapilly †	Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India
25 Aug	21.6	Entered	Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
26 Aug	32.1	Perpetual Vows	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
27 Aug	29.4	Solemn Vows	Joseph Ha Chi-shing, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
28 Aug	26.0	Ordained Priest	José-Claude Mbimbi Mbamba	Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
68.1	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
88.9	Died	Giuseppe Zaffonato †	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
30 Aug	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Renato Ascencio León †	Prelate of Madera, Chihuahua, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
31 Aug	44.9	Appointed	João Nílton dos Santos Souza	Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
78.5	Died	Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba †	Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador

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