Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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3 Jul | 95.6 | Died | John Baptist Franz † | Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA | |
87.9 | Died | Félix-Marie-Honoré Verdet † | Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France | ||
4 Jul | 32.7 | Ordained Priest | Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia |
61.0 | Died | Piotr Hemperek † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland | ||
43.6 | Ordained Priest | John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr. | Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) | Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria | |
26.7 | Ordained Deacon | Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. | Deacon of Order of Friars Minor | Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
5 Jul | 45.6 | Ordained Bishop | Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. | Prelate of Calama, Chile | Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile |
28.1 | Ordained Priest | Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R. | Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance | Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru | |
61.5 | Ordained Bishop | Frédéric Rubwejanga, O.C.S.O. | Bishop of Kibungo, Rwanda | Bishop Emeritus | |
6 Jul | 37.5 | Incardinated | Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum | Priest of Koforidua, Ghana | Bishop |
63.1 | Appointed | Dominic Kodwo Andoh † | Archbishop of Accra, Ghana | Archbishop Emeritus | |
65.4 | Appointed | Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên † | Coadjutor Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.4 | Appointed | Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines | |
53.4 | Appointed | Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. † | Titular Bishop of Scebatiana | Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines | |
75.2 | Retired | Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † | Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.8 | Appointed | Brigido Agalpas Galasgas † | Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines | ||
51.8 | Appointed | Brigido Agalpas Galasgas † | Titular Bishop of Leptiminus | Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines | |
52.2 | Appointed | Rayappu Joseph † | Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.8 | Appointed | Norbert Wendelin Mtega | Archbishop of Songea, Tanzania | Archbishop Emeritus | |
42.0 | Appointed | Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle | Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana | Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana | |
64.3 | Appointed | Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
53.9 | Appointed | Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam | Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Bishop Emeritus | |
8 Jul | 45.7 | Appointed | Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil | Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia |
45.7 | Appointed | Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil | Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani | Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia | |
48.6 | Appointed | Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños | Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia | |
48.6 | Appointed | Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños | Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior | Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia | |
65.9 | Appointed | Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. † | Bishop of Concepción, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
9 Jul | 65.8 | Appointed | Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. † | Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
65.8 | Appointed | Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. † | Titular Bishop of Raphanea | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria | |
71.6 | Appointed | Nerses Der Nersessian, C.A.M. † | Titular Archbishop of Sebaste degli Armeni | Ordinary Emeritus of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian) | |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | Ángel José Macín | Priest of Reconquista, Argentina | Bishop | |
52.1 | Appointed | Louis Pelâtre, A.A. | Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
52.1 | Appointed | Louis Pelâtre, A.A. | Titular Bishop of Sasima | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Istanbul, Turkey | |
76.8 | Retired | Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
10 Jul | 55.5 | Appointed | Nikólaos Foskolos | Apostolic Administrator of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece | Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece |
68.5 | Appointed | Antónios Varthalítis, A.A. † | Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece | Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece | |
11 Jul | 27.4 | Ordained Priest | Fabio Baggio, C.S. | Priest of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo | Cardinal, Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development |
62.4 | Appointed | Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
45.6 | Appointed | José Andrés Corral Arredondo † | Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México | ||
44.5 | Ordained Bishop | Andrej Imrich | Titular Bishop of Castellum Titulianum | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Spiš, Slovakia | |
27.2 | Ordained Priest | René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón | Priest of Granada, Nicaragua | Bishop of León en Nicaragua | |
59.2 | Succeeded | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |
75.0 | Retired | Manuel Talamás Camandari † | Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
35.6 | Ordained Priest | William John Waltersheid | Priest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
37.4 | Ordained Priest | John Yaw Afoakwah | Priest of Kumasi, Ghana | Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana | |
12 Jul | 29.5 | Ordained Priest | Gaspard Béby Gnéba | Priest of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire |
29.1 | Ordained Priest | Jonas Dembélé | Priest of San, Mali | Bishop of Kayes, Mali | |
41.9 | Ordained Bishop | Damião António Franklin † | Titular Bishop of Falerone | Archbishop of Luanda, Angola | |
26.1 | Ordained Deacon | Adimir Antônio Mazali | Deacon of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil | Bishop of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
32.1 | Ordained Priest | John Namaza Niyiring, O.S.A. | Priest of Order of St. Augustine | Bishop of Kano, Nigeria | |
26.1 | Ordained Priest | Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza | Priest of Machala, Ecuador | Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador | |
26.0 | Ordained Priest | Kesete Ghebreyohannes Weldegebriel | Priest of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) | |
13 Jul | 65.0 | Appointed | Juan Antonio Flores Santana † | Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
14 Jul | 54.2 | Appointed | Daniel Mark (Marcus George) Buechlein, O.S.B. † | Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Archbishop Emeritus |
86.3 | Died | Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. † | Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil | ||
50.8 | Appointed | George Patrick Ziemann † | Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Jul | 30.9 | Ordained Priest | Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D. | Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites | Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) |
43.9 | Appointed | James Foley | Bishop of Cairns, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.0 | Appointed | Salvatore Gristina | Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy | |
46.0 | Appointed | Salvatore Gristina | Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia | Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy | |
17 Jul | 57.7 | Appointed | Lucien Fruchaud | Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France | Bishop Emeritus |
75.0 | Retired | Clemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
18 Jul | 65.5 | Ordained Bishop | Maroun Khoury Sader † | Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon | Archbishop Emeritus |
27.6 | Ordained Priest | John Kobina Louis | Priest of Accra, Ghana | Auxiliary Bishop | |
85.3 | Died | Giuseppe Paupini † | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | ||
28.0 | Ordained Priest | Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S. | Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament | Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil | |
19 Jul | 45.6 | Installed | Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. | Prelate of Calama, Chile | Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile |
21 Jul | 70.0 | Resigned | John Joseph Mulcahy † | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
83.5 | Died | Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.Ss.R. † | Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic | ||
22 Jul | 84.5 | Died | Thomas Joseph Drury † | Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | |
47.9 | Succeeded | Polycarp Pengo | Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
80.0 | Retired | Laurean Rugambwa † | Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
51.7 | Ordained Bishop | Fouad Boutros Twal | Prelate of Tunis, Tunisia | Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine | |
24 Jul | 83.5 | Died | Augusto Fermo Azzolini, S.X. † | Bishop Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone | |
61.4 | Appointed | Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente † | Archbishop of Valencia, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
25 Jul | 27.6 | Ordained Priest | Damase Zinga Atangana | Priest of Obala, Cameroon | Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon |
50.2 | Appointed | Friedhelm Hofmann | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany | Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany | |
50.2 | Appointed | Friedhelm Hofmann | Titular Bishop of Taddua | Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany | |
49.9 | Appointed | Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo † | Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela | Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela | |
26.2 | Ordained Priest | Kevin Stuart Patrick Randall | Priest of Norwich, Connecticut, USA | Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh | |
26 Jul | 23.4 | Ordained Priest | Paul Antoine Nassif | Priest | Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Syrian) |
27.6 | Ordained Priest | Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp. | Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit | Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
26.5 | Ordained Priest | Mladen Vukšić, O.F.M. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro | |
27 Jul | 82.3 | Died | Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Chikwawa, Malawi | |
30 Jul | 54.1 | Succeeded | Salvatore Boccaccio † | Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy | Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy |
63.6 | Resigned | Nicola Rotunno † | Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
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