The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

July

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Jul 53.4 Appointed Gerald Michael Barbarito Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

56.2 Ceased Richard Gerard Lennon † Apostolic Administrator of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

59.0 Appointed Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

52.7 Appointed Thomas Gerard Wenski Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

2 Jul 72.9 Died Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. † Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa

89.8 Died Antonio Yapsutco Fortich † Bishop Emeritus of Bacolod, Philippines

59.2 Succeeded Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I. Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Giovanni (João) Zerbini, S.D.B. Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

3 Jul 89.4 Died Gaetano Alibrandi † Apostolic Nuncio

55.0 Appointed Hans-Josef Becker Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

61.6 Ordained Bishop Daniel Joseph Bohan † Titular Bishop of Migirpa Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

60.6 Appointed George Panikulam Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique Apostolic Nuncio

57.3 Appointed Amadeo Rodríguez Magro Bishop of Plasencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain

4 Jul 43.9 Appointed Alphonse Liguori Chaupa † Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

5 Jul 53.7 Appointed Giovanni Paolo Benotto Bishop of Tivoli, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy

75.4 Retired Pietro Garlato † Bishop of Tivoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.2 Ordained Priest Ivan Kovač Priest of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops

74.3 Resigned Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks † Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

63.7 Appointed Mario Melanio Medina Salinas Apostolic Administrator of Encarnación, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

30.8 Ordained Priest Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

6 Jul 53.3 Installed Felix Genn Bishop of Essen, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

83.6 Died Ćiril Kos † Bishop Emeritus of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia

30.4 Ordained Priest Ephrem Ndjoni Priest of Franceville, Gabon Bishop

74.4 Died Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

7 Jul 65.3 Died Roman Andrzejewski † Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

74.0 Appointed Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

81.2 Died Raphaël I Bidawid † Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

66.1 Appointed Walter Allison Hurley Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

66.1 Appointed Walter Allison Hurley Titular Bishop of Chunavia Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

57.5 Appointed John Michael Quinn Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA

57.5 Appointed John Michael Quinn Titular Bishop of Ressiana Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA

62.6 Appointed Francis Ronald Reiss Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Francis Ronald Reiss Titular Bishop of Remesiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

8 Jul 54.1 Appointed Luis Artemio Flores Calzada Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México, México Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México

52.5 Appointed Carlos Garfias Merlos Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México

76.4 Retired José María Hernández González † Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón Auxiliary Bishop of Lurín, Peru Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

9 Jul 67.0 Appointed Michel Jean Guyard † Bishop of Le Havre, France Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Hyginus Kim Hee-jong Auxiliary Bishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Hyginus Kim Hee-jong Titular Bishop of Corniculana Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)

68.5 Installed Mario Luis Bautista Maulión † Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

58.8 Appointed Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. † Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

75.2 Retired Michel Marie Paul Saudreau † Bishop of Le Havre, France Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Lazzaro You Heung-sik Coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South) Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy

10 Jul 51.0 Ordained Bishop Enrique Díaz Díaz Titular Bishop of Izirzada Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México

63.3 Appointed Alejandro Goić Karmelić † Coadjutor Bishop of Rancagua, Chile Bishop Emeritus

11 Jul 81.9 Died John Robert Roach † Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

12 Jul 44.1 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Balla † Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon

27.6 Ordained Priest Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa Priest of Lilongwe, Malawi Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

68.8 Appointed Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. † Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

28.6 Ordained Priest Aurélio Pinto de Sousa Priest of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil

32.4 Ordained Priest Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano Priest of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México Auxiliary Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

14 Jul 47.0 Installed Buenaventura Malayo Famadico Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines

71.1 Ceased Antonio Racelis Rañola Apostolic Administrator of Gumaca, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

75.2 Retired Paul-Werner Scheele † Bishop of Würzburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

80.2 Died Dino Trabalzini † Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

15 Jul 80.0 Appointed Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua † Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

80.0 Retired Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua † Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

68.2 Appointed Justin Francis Rigali Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

43.6 Ordained Bishop Volodymyr Viytyshyn Coadjutor Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

16 Jul 54.6 Appointed Sérgio Arthur Braschi Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.9 Appointed Max Leroy Davis Bishop of Australia, Military Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Archbishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P. Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia Archbishop

43.3 Appointed Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P. Titular Bishop of Buruni Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

76.0 Retired Juan Antonio Flores Santana † Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Archbishop Emeritus

44.4 Ordained Bishop Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

56.3 Installed John Ha Tiong Hock Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus

64.7 Appointed Michel Hoăng Ðức Oanh Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

74.8 Retired Geoffrey Francis Mayne † Bishop of Australia, Military Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Ordained Bishop Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M. Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines

54.1 Appointed Julian Charles Porteous Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

54.1 Appointed Julian Charles Porteous Titular Bishop of Urusi Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

75.6 Retired Pierre Trần Thành Chung † Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

17 Jul 54.6 Appointed Eliseo Antonio Ariotti Titular Archbishop of Vibiana Apostolic Nuncio

54.6 Appointed Eliseo Antonio Ariotti Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun Apostolic Nuncio

51.4 Installed Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón † Bishop of Vélez, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia

75.5 Retired Domenico De Luca † Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco Apostolic Nuncio

81.8 Died Manuel Franklin da Costa † Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola

61.1 Appointed Antonio Sozzo Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco Apostolic Nuncio

18 Jul 50.1 Appointed Antonio Arcari Titular Archbishop of Caeciri Apostolic Nuncio

50.1 Appointed Antonio Arcari Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras Apostolic Nuncio

46.2 Appointed Ján Čapla, S.D.B. Superior of Baku, Azerbaijan Superior Emeritus

44.4 Appointed Claudio Maniago Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

44.4 Appointed Claudio Maniago Titular Bishop of Satafi Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

75.1 Retired Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P. Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

53.0 Resigned Jozef Daniel Pravda, S.D.B. Superior of Baku, Azerbaijan Superior Emeritus

19 Jul 48.7 Ordained Bishop Oscar José Vélez Isaza, C.M.F. Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

20 Jul 64.9 Ordained Bishop Robert Zollitsch Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

21 Jul 81.7 Died Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

22 Jul 64.4 Ceased George William Coleman † Administrator of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

64.4 Ordained Bishop George William Coleman † Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

93.5 Died Elie Farah † Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)

23 Jul 59.8 Appointed Francesco Biasin Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

91.8 Died Isidore Borecky † Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

58.1 Ordained Bishop Stephen Victor Chmilar † Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

24 Jul 67.7 Resigned John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai † Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

33.8 Ordained Priest Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop of Bagamoyo, Tanzania

25 Jul 53.5 Ordained Bishop Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica

41.5 Ordained Priest Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Auxiliary Bishop

57.2 Appointed Joseph Francis Martino Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired James Clifford Timlin † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Resigned Casimir Wang Milu † Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China Bishop Emeritus

26 Jul 68.5 Resigned Joachim N’Dayen † Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic Archbishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Lázaro Pérez Jiménez † Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

49.0 Appointed Paulin Pomodimo Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic Archbishop Emeritus

63.1 Resigned Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay † Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México Bishop Emeritus

27 Jul 82.2 Died Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela

28 Jul 57.7 Appointed Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina Bishop of Córdoba, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

79.6 Died Franco Brambilla † Apostolic Nuncio

43.5 Appointed Vasyl Ivasyuk Archiepiscopal Exarch of Odessa-Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine

43.5 Appointed Vasyl Ivasyuk Titular Bishop of Benda Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine

30 Jul 75.5 Retired Emmanuel Constant † Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Installed Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

49.1 Succeeded Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C. Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti

53.1 Ordained Bishop Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-oc Bishop of Romblon, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines

31 Jul 65.6 Appointed Guillermo Loría Garita Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi † Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad

60.9 Appointed Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica Apostolic Nuncio

72.7 Died Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa † Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India

75.0 Retired Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J. Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad Archbishop Emeritus

69.9 Resigned Francisco Viti † Archbishop of Huambo, Angola Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	53.4	Appointed	Gerald Michael Barbarito	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
56.2	Ceased	Richard Gerard Lennon †	Apostolic Administrator of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
59.0	Appointed	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Thomas Gerard Wenski	Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
2 Jul	72.9	Died	Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
89.8	Died	Antonio Yapsutco Fortich †	Bishop Emeritus of Bacolod, Philippines
59.2	Succeeded	Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Giovanni (João) Zerbini, S.D.B.	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jul	89.4	Died	Gaetano Alibrandi †	Apostolic Nuncio
55.0	Appointed	Hans-Josef Becker	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
61.6	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Joseph Bohan †	Titular Bishop of Migirpa	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
60.6	Appointed	George Panikulam	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique	Apostolic Nuncio
57.3	Appointed	Amadeo Rodríguez Magro	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain
4 Jul	43.9	Appointed	Alphonse Liguori Chaupa †	Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
5 Jul	53.7	Appointed	Giovanni Paolo Benotto	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
75.4	Retired	Pietro Garlato †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.2	Ordained Priest	Ivan Kovač	Priest of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops
74.3	Resigned	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks †	Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
63.7	Appointed	Mario Melanio Medina Salinas	Apostolic Administrator of Encarnación, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
30.8	Ordained Priest	Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
6 Jul	53.3	Installed	Felix Genn	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
83.6	Died	Ćiril Kos †	Bishop Emeritus of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
30.4	Ordained Priest	Ephrem Ndjoni	Priest of Franceville, Gabon	Bishop
74.4	Died	Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
7 Jul	65.3	Died	Roman Andrzejewski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
74.0	Appointed	Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
81.2	Died	Raphaël I Bidawid †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
66.1	Appointed	Walter Allison Hurley	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
66.1	Appointed	Walter Allison Hurley	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
57.5	Appointed	John Michael Quinn	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
57.5	Appointed	John Michael Quinn	Titular Bishop of Ressiana	Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
62.6	Appointed	Francis Ronald Reiss	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Francis Ronald Reiss	Titular Bishop of Remesiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
8 Jul	54.1	Appointed	Luis Artemio Flores Calzada	Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México, México	Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México
52.5	Appointed	Carlos Garfias Merlos	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México	Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
76.4	Retired	José María Hernández González †	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón	Auxiliary Bishop of Lurín, Peru	Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
9 Jul	67.0	Appointed	Michel Jean Guyard †	Bishop of Le Havre, France	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Hyginus Kim Hee-jong	Auxiliary Bishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Hyginus Kim Hee-jong	Titular Bishop of Corniculana	Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)
68.5	Installed	Mario Luis Bautista Maulión †	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
58.8	Appointed	Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.2	Retired	Michel Marie Paul Saudreau †	Bishop of Le Havre, France	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Lazzaro You Heung-sik	Coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
10 Jul	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Díaz Díaz	Titular Bishop of Izirzada	Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
63.3	Appointed	Alejandro Goić Karmelić †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul	81.9	Died	John Robert Roach †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
12 Jul	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Benoît Balla †	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
27.6	Ordained Priest	Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa	Priest of Lilongwe, Malawi	Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
68.8	Appointed	Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
28.6	Ordained Priest	Aurélio Pinto de Sousa	Priest of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
32.4	Ordained Priest	Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano	Priest of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México	Auxiliary Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
14 Jul	47.0	Installed	Buenaventura Malayo Famadico	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines
71.1	Ceased	Antonio Racelis Rañola	Apostolic Administrator of Gumaca, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
75.2	Retired	Paul-Werner Scheele †	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
80.2	Died	Dino Trabalzini †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
15 Jul	80.0	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua †	Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
80.0	Retired	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua †	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
68.2	Appointed	Justin Francis Rigali	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
43.6	Ordained Bishop	Volodymyr Viytyshyn	Coadjutor Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
16 Jul	54.6	Appointed	Sérgio Arthur Braschi	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.9	Appointed	Max Leroy Davis	Bishop of Australia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Archbishop
43.3	Appointed	Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Buruni	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
76.0	Retired	Juan Antonio Flores Santana †	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
56.3	Installed	John Ha Tiong Hock	Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus
64.7	Appointed	Michel Hoăng Ðức Oanh	Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
74.8	Retired	Geoffrey Francis Mayne †	Bishop of Australia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
54.1	Appointed	Julian Charles Porteous	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
54.1	Appointed	Julian Charles Porteous	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
75.6	Retired	Pierre Trần Thành Chung †	Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jul	54.6	Appointed	Eliseo Antonio Ariotti	Titular Archbishop of Vibiana	Apostolic Nuncio
54.6	Appointed	Eliseo Antonio Ariotti	Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun	Apostolic Nuncio
51.4	Installed	Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón †	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
75.5	Retired	Domenico De Luca †	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco	Apostolic Nuncio
81.8	Died	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
61.1	Appointed	Antonio Sozzo	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco	Apostolic Nuncio
18 Jul	50.1	Appointed	Antonio Arcari	Titular Archbishop of Caeciri	Apostolic Nuncio
50.1	Appointed	Antonio Arcari	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio
46.2	Appointed	Ján Čapla, S.D.B.	Superior of Baku, Azerbaijan	Superior Emeritus
44.4	Appointed	Claudio Maniago	Auxiliary Bishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
44.4	Appointed	Claudio Maniago	Titular Bishop of Satafi	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
75.1	Retired	Boutros Mouallem, S.M.S.P.	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
53.0	Resigned	Jozef Daniel Pravda, S.D.B.	Superior of Baku, Azerbaijan	Superior Emeritus
19 Jul	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Oscar José Vélez Isaza, C.M.F.	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
20 Jul	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Robert Zollitsch	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Jul	81.7	Died	Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
22 Jul	64.4	Ceased	George William Coleman †	Administrator of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
64.4	Ordained Bishop	George William Coleman †	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
93.5	Died	Elie Farah †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)
23 Jul	59.8	Appointed	Francesco Biasin	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
91.8	Died	Isidore Borecky †	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Victor Chmilar †	Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jul	67.7	Resigned	John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai †	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
33.8	Ordained Priest	Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Bagamoyo, Tanzania
25 Jul	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén	Bishop of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
41.5	Ordained Priest	Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima	Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop
57.2	Appointed	Joseph Francis Martino	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	James Clifford Timlin †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Resigned	Casimir Wang Milu †	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China	Bishop Emeritus
26 Jul	68.5	Resigned	Joachim N’Dayen †	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Lázaro Pérez Jiménez †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
49.0	Appointed	Paulin Pomodimo	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
63.1	Resigned	Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jul	82.2	Died	Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Los Teques, Venezuela
28 Jul	57.7	Appointed	Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
79.6	Died	Franco Brambilla †	Apostolic Nuncio
43.5	Appointed	Vasyl Ivasyuk	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Odessa-Krym (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine
43.5	Appointed	Vasyl Ivasyuk	Titular Bishop of Benda	Bishop of Kolomyia (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 Jul	75.5	Retired	Emmanuel Constant †	Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Installed	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
49.1	Succeeded	Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C.	Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Jose Corazon Tumbagahan Tala-oc	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Kalibo, Philippines
31 Jul	65.6	Appointed	Guillermo Loría Garita	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi †	Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad
60.9	Appointed	Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica	Apostolic Nuncio
72.7	Died	Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †	Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India
75.0	Retired	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Charles Louis Joseph Vandame, S.J.	Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad	Archbishop Emeritus
69.9	Resigned	Francisco Viti †	Archbishop of Huambo, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus

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