The Year of Our Lord 2009

Bishop Events

July

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Jul 45.5 Selected John Baptist Li Suguang Coadjutor Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China Bishop

1 Jul 65.2 Resigned Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira † Bishop of Minas, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Appointed Jacinto Bergmann Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

76.0 Retired José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

76.9 Retired Jayme Henrique Chemello † Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.4 Appointed Antoine Koné † Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire

49.4 Appointed Marcellin Yao Kouadio Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

58.7 Appointed Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero Coadjutor Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay

62.0 Appointed Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

67.2 Appointed Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer † Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay

59.5 Appointed Gbaya Boniface Ziri Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

2 Jul 61.0 Appointed Raffaello Martinelli Bishop of Frascati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Giuseppe Matarrese † Bishop of Frascati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

3 Jul 62.2 Appointed Giorgio Corbellini † Titular Bishop of Abula President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

62.2 Appointed Giorgio Corbellini † President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

83.8 Retired Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica} Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus

76.1 Retired Émilius Goulet, P.S.S. Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

43.8 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. Titular Bishop of Afufenia Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

56.1 Appointed Albert LeGatt Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

80.0 Retired Francesco Marchisano † President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See Cardinal, President Emeritus

75.0 Appointed Francesco Monterisi Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica} Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus

71.2 Appointed Manuel Monteiro de Castro Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

4 Jul 52.0 Elected Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P. Superior General of Order of the Pious Schools Bishop of Huesca, Spain

53.7 Ordained Bishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

61.7 Appointed Giampaolo Crepaldi Archbishop (Personal Title) of Trieste, Italy Bishop Emeritus

66.4 Ordained Bishop Nikola Nino Kekić Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

48.9 Ordained Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

76.5 Retired Eugenio Ravignani † Bishop of Trieste, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Ordained Bishop Silvio Siripong Charatsri Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand

5 Jul 60.4 Installed Joseph Kariyil Bishop of Cochin, India Bishop Emeritus

8 Jul 75.2 Retired Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D. † Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

80.0 Retired Darío Castrillón Hoyos † President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, President Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James Bishop of Nantes, France Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

73.0 Appointed William Joseph Levada † President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

50.9 Appointed Celso Antônio Marchiori Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil

57.5 Appointed Guido Pozzo Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

75.6 Retired Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S. Bishop of Nantes, France Bishop Emeritus

9 Jul 32.2 Ordained Priest Josaphat Jackson Bududu Priest of Tabora, Tanzania Auxiliary Bishop

68.6 Appointed Gérard Émile Jean-Louis Coliche Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed Gérard Émile Jean-Louis Coliche Titular Bishop of Alet Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

10 Jul 61.9 Appointed Alfonso Cortés Contreras Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

62.3 Appointed Hyginus Kim Hee-jong Coadjutor Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

64.0 Ordained Bishop Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco † Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México

75.7 Retired Florencio Olvera Ochoa † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Bishop Emeritus

11 Jul 66.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. Titular Archbishop of Oregon City Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

62.9 Ordained Bishop Guerino Di Tora Titular Bishop of Zuri Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

66.1 Resigned Joseph Vernon Fougère † Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Richard John Grecco Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Bishop Emeritus

41.3 Ordained Bishop Stanislaus Tobias Magombo † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

57.9 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Marciante Titular Bishop of Thagora Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

65.5 Appointed Lewis Jerome Zeigler † Coadjutor Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia Archbishop Emeritus

14 Jul 76.3 Died Jean Sommeng Vorachak † Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

15 Jul 76.5 Retired Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Michele Castoro † Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

60.4 Appointed Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

55.6 Installed Christopher Charles Prowse Bishop of Sale, Australia Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia

16 Jul 67.2 Appointed Gualtiero Bassetti Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Renato Boccardo Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy

51.3 Appointed Gabriele Giordano Caccia Titular Archbishop of Sepino Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

51.3 Appointed Gabriele Giordano Caccia Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

76.2 Retired Giuseppe Chiaretti † Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Franco Coppola Titular Archbishop of Vinda Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

52.2 Appointed Franco Coppola Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

74.9 Retired Patrick Coveney † Apostolic Nuncio to Greece Apostolic Nuncio

52.2 Ordained Bishop Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, S.V.D. Bishop of Khandwa, India Archbishop of Bhopal, India

62.4 Appointed Riccardo Fontana † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Luigi Gatti Apostolic Nuncio to Greece Apostolic Nuncio

78.3 Died Paulo Lopes de Faria † Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

61.9 Appointed Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

83.2 Died Angelo Rizzo † Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy

68.5 Appointed Carlo Maria Viganò Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

46.1 Appointed Peter Bryan Wells Assessor of the Secretariat of State Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand

58.6 Ordained Bishop Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia

17 Jul 93.4 Died Jean Margéot † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

52.1 Appointed Adam Leszek Musiałek, S.C.I. Bishop of De Aar, South Africa

76.1 Retired Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. Bishop of De Aar, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

18 Jul 59.7 Appointed José Manuel Lorca Planes Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

19 Jul 85.5 Died Damase Zhang Hanmin † Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China

20 Jul 79.6 Died Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet † Apostolic Nuncio

21 Jul 60.4 Appointed Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines

22 Jul 78.0 Retired Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde Bishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Arlindo Gomes Furtado Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Resigned Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.Ss.R. Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

60.1 Installed George Joseph Lucas Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA Archbishop Emeritus

23 Jul 61.1 Appointed Giovanni Angelo Becciu Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

71.1 Appointed Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M. Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

71.1 Appointed Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M. Titular Bishop of Utimma Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia

24 Jul 67.8 Appointed Giacinto Berloco Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Apostolic Nuncio

75.2 Retired Karl-Josef Rauber † Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

25 Jul 59.9 Installed Camillus Archibong Etokudoh Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru Bishop of Embu, Kenya Bishop Emeritus of Wote, Kenya

51.0 Appointed Charles Phillip Richard Moth Bishop of Great Britain, Military Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

46.1 Ceased Anthony Muheria Apostolic Administrator of Embu, Kenya Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya

34.9 Ordained Priest Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas Priest of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Auxiliary Bishop

55.6 Appointed Joseph Nguyễn Năng Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

69.7 Resigned Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan † Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

77.5 Retired François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang † Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

63.5 Appointed Pierre Nguyễn Văn Ðệ, S.D.B. Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo Coadjutor Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia Cardinal, Archbishop

54.7 Appointed Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

54.7 Appointed Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu Titular Bishop of Bahanna Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

57.0 Appointed Joseph Vũ Duy Thống † Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam

27 Jul 81.2 Died Domingos Lam Ka Tseung † Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China

50.6 Appointed Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

50.6 Appointed Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto Titular Bishop of Bararus Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

28 Jul 60.1 Installed Joseph Robert Cistone † Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

29 Jul 65.1 Appointed John Bura † Apostolic Administrator of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

71.7 Retired Robert Mikhail Moskal † Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA Bishop Emeritus

30 Jul 48.8 Ordained Bishop John Oliver Barres Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

31 Jul 76.1 Retired Philip Pargeter Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Ordained Bishop Timothy Christian Senior Titular Bishop of Floriana Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Jul	45.5	Selected	John Baptist Li Suguang	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China	Bishop
1 Jul	65.2	Resigned	Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Appointed	Jacinto Bergmann	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
76.0	Retired	José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
76.9	Retired	Jayme Henrique Chemello †	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.4	Appointed	Antoine Koné †	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire
49.4	Appointed	Marcellin Yao Kouadio	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
58.7	Appointed	Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero	Coadjutor Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay	Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay
62.0	Appointed	Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
67.2	Appointed	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer †	Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
59.5	Appointed	Gbaya Boniface Ziri	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jul	61.0	Appointed	Raffaello Martinelli	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Giuseppe Matarrese †	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jul	62.2	Appointed	Giorgio Corbellini †	Titular Bishop of Abula	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
62.2	Appointed	Giorgio Corbellini †	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
83.8	Retired	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Émilius Goulet, P.S.S.	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
56.1	Appointed	Albert LeGatt	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
80.0	Retired	Francesco Marchisano †	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
75.0	Appointed	Francesco Monterisi	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus
71.2	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
4 Jul	52.0	Elected	Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P.	Superior General of Order of the Pious Schools	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
61.7	Appointed	Giampaolo Crepaldi	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Trieste, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.4	Ordained Bishop	Nikola Nino Kekić	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Krzysztof Nitkiewicz	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
76.5	Retired	Eugenio Ravignani †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Silvio Siripong Charatsri	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
5 Jul	60.4	Installed	Joseph Kariyil	Bishop of Cochin, India	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jul	75.2	Retired	Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D. †	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
80.0	Retired	Darío Castrillón Hoyos †	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James	Bishop of Nantes, France	Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
73.0	Appointed	William Joseph Levada †	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
50.9	Appointed	Celso Antônio Marchiori	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil
57.5	Appointed	Guido Pozzo	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
75.6	Retired	Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.	Bishop of Nantes, France	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jul	32.2	Ordained Priest	Josaphat Jackson Bududu	Priest of Tabora, Tanzania	Auxiliary Bishop
68.6	Appointed	Gérard Émile Jean-Louis Coliche	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	Gérard Émile Jean-Louis Coliche	Titular Bishop of Alet	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
10 Jul	61.9	Appointed	Alfonso Cortés Contreras	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
62.3	Appointed	Hyginus Kim Hee-jong	Coadjutor Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
64.0	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa, México, México
75.7	Retired	Florencio Olvera Ochoa †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jul	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P.	Titular Archbishop of Oregon City	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Guerino Di Tora	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
66.1	Resigned	Joseph Vernon Fougère †	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Richard John Grecco	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
41.3	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaus Tobias Magombo †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Marciante	Titular Bishop of Thagora	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
65.5	Appointed	Lewis Jerome Zeigler †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Jul	76.3	Died	Jean Sommeng Vorachak †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
15 Jul	76.5	Retired	Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Michele Castoro †	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
60.4	Appointed	Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
55.6	Installed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Bishop of Sale, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
16 Jul	67.2	Appointed	Gualtiero Bassetti	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Renato Boccardo	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
51.3	Appointed	Gabriele Giordano Caccia	Titular Archbishop of Sepino	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
51.3	Appointed	Gabriele Giordano Caccia	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
76.2	Retired	Giuseppe Chiaretti †	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Franco Coppola	Titular Archbishop of Vinda	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
52.2	Appointed	Franco Coppola	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
74.9	Retired	Patrick Coveney †	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece	Apostolic Nuncio
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, S.V.D.	Bishop of Khandwa, India	Archbishop of Bhopal, India
62.4	Appointed	Riccardo Fontana †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Luigi Gatti	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece	Apostolic Nuncio
78.3	Died	Paulo Lopes de Faria †	Archbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
61.9	Appointed	Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo	Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
83.2	Died	Angelo Rizzo †	Bishop Emeritus of Ragusa, Italy
68.5	Appointed	Carlo Maria Viganò	Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
46.1	Appointed	Peter Bryan Wells	Assessor of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia
17 Jul	93.4	Died	Jean Margéot †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
52.1	Appointed	Adam Leszek Musiałek, S.C.I.	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
76.1	Retired	Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I.	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jul	59.7	Appointed	José Manuel Lorca Planes	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
19 Jul	85.5	Died	Damase Zhang Hanmin †	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
20 Jul	79.6	Died	Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet †	Apostolic Nuncio
21 Jul	60.4	Appointed	Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
22 Jul	78.0	Retired	Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Arlindo Gomes Furtado	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Resigned	Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.Ss.R.	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
60.1	Installed	George Joseph Lucas	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Jul	61.1	Appointed	Giovanni Angelo Becciu	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
71.1	Appointed	Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
71.1	Appointed	Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M.	Titular Bishop of Utimma	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia
24 Jul	67.8	Appointed	Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio
75.2	Retired	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
25 Jul	59.9	Installed	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Kariuki Njiru	Bishop of Embu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Wote, Kenya
51.0	Appointed	Charles Phillip Richard Moth	Bishop of Great Britain, Military	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
46.1	Ceased	Anthony Muheria	Apostolic Administrator of Embu, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
34.9	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas	Priest of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Auxiliary Bishop
55.6	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Năng	Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
69.7	Resigned	Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan †	Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
77.5	Retired	François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang †	Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
63.5	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Ðệ, S.D.B.	Bishop of Thái Bình, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo	Coadjutor Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia	Cardinal, Archbishop
54.7	Appointed	Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu	Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
54.7	Appointed	Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
57.0	Appointed	Joseph Vũ Duy Thống †	Bishop of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam
27 Jul	81.2	Died	Domingos Lam Ka Tseung †	Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
50.6	Appointed	Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
50.6	Appointed	Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
28 Jul	60.1	Installed	Joseph Robert Cistone †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
29 Jul	65.1	Appointed	John Bura †	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
71.7	Retired	Robert Mikhail Moskal †	Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jul	48.8	Ordained Bishop	John Oliver Barres	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
31 Jul	76.1	Retired	Philip Pargeter	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Timothy Christian Senior	Titular Bishop of Floriana	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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