The Year of Our Lord 2018

Bishop Events

July

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jul	57.2	Installed	Vincenzo Buonomo	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University	Rector Emeritus
86.6	Installed	Sergio Obeso Rivera †	Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, M�xico
66.0	Installed	Alois Schwarz	Bishop of Sankt P�lten, Austria
82.0	Died	Anacleto Sima Ngua †	Bishop Emeritus of Bata, Equatorial Guinea
2 Jul	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Di Pietro	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
67.0	Resigned	Francisco Fortunato de Gouveia	Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Algirdas Jurevičius	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
46.2	Appointed	Algirdas Jurevičius	Titular Bishop of Materiana	Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
75.3	Retired	Dominick John Lagonegro	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Jul	57.0	Appointed	Mark Andrew Bartosic	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
57.0	Appointed	Mark Andrew Bartosic	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
50.7	Appointed	Robert Gerald Casey	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
50.7	Appointed	Robert Gerald Casey	Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Maius	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
49.3	Appointed	Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Cabinda, Angola
77.0	Retired	Aloysius Paul D’Souza	Bishop of Mangalore, India	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Appointed	Ronald Aldon Hicks	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
50.9	Appointed	Ronald Aldon Hicks	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
51.7	Appointed	Peter Houhou	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands	Bishop of Gizo, Solomon Islands
75.6	Retired	Francis Joseph Kane	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	George James Rassas	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Peter Paul Saldanha	Bishop of Mangalore, India
4 Jul	72.0	Appointed	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Apostolic Nuncio
78.3	Retired	Vart�n Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.	Apostolic Exarch of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)	Bishop Emeritus of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
78.3	Retired	Vart�n Waldir Boghossian, S.D.B.	Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Resigned	Jeremias Ant�nio de Jesus	Bishop of Guanh�es, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Appointed	Pablo Le�n Hakimian †	Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
64.6	Appointed	Pablo Le�n Hakimian †	Apostolic Exarch of Latin America and Mexico {America Latina e Messico} (Armenian)	Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina
52.6	Elected	Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D.	Superior General of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
59.1	Appointed	Darci Jos� Nicioli, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Guanh�es, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5 Jul	75.0	Retired	Claude-Joseph F�lix Louis Az�ma †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montpellier (-Lod�ve-B�ziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomi�res), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.0	Installed	Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
45.1	Appointed	Mari�n Andrej Pac�k, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Appointed	Paolo Ruffini	Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication
75.2	Died	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
6 Jul	51.5	Appointed	Ettore Balestrero	Administrator to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
7 Jul	52.1	Appointed	Jaime Calder�n Calder�n	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, M�xico	Archbishop of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico
66.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Vuthilert Haelom	Bishop of Chiang Rai, Thailand
75.8	Retired	Paul Kenjiro Koriyama	Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
67.2	Appointed	Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano	Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon
53.9	Ceased	Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Batouri, Cameroon	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
59.3	Appointed	Ram�n Alberto Rol�n G�epsa	Apostolic Administrator of Montelibano, Colombia	Bishop of Monter�a, Colombia
56.3	Installed	Luis Jos� Rueda Aparicio	Archbishop of Popay�n, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogot�, Colombia
8 Jul	46.5	Installed	M�rio Spaki	Bishop of Paranava�, Parana, Brazil
54.3	Installed	Milton Luis Tr�ccoli Cebedio	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
9 Jul	55.6	Appointed	Paul James Mason	Bishop of Great Britain, Military
73.7	Appointed	Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo	Apostolic Administrator of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
10 Jul	54.6	Appointed	Nolly Camingue Buco	Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines
54.6	Appointed	Nolly Camingue Buco	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines
90.3	Died	Jos� Mar�a Seti�n Alberro †	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebasti�n, Spain
11 Jul	45.5	Appointed	Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
45.5	Appointed	Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
51.5	Appointed	Oscar Cant�	Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Cerilo "Allan" Uy Casicas	Bishop of Marbel, Philippines
60.2	Resigned	[Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X.	Superior General of [Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)]	Bishop
71.2	Died	Richard John Garcia †	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
76.9	Retired	H�ctor Julio L�pez Hurtado, S.D.B.	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
87.4	Died	Giovanni Marra †	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
59.7	Appointed	Jaime Mu�oz Pedroza	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
47.3	Appointed	J�lio C�sar Souza de Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
47.3	Appointed	J�lio C�sar Souza de Jesus	Titular Bishop of Arba	Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
12 Jul	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Petro Loza, C.Ss.R.	Titular Bishop of Panium	Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
13 Jul	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Adegboyega Olawoore †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria	Bishop
14 Jul	75.0	Retired	Antony Devotta †	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India	Bishop Emeritus
52.4	Appointed	Christophorus Tri Harsono	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
70.7	Appointed	Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss †	Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
76.8	Retired	Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
54.9	Appointed	Ewaldus Martinus Sedu	Bishop of Maumere, Indonesia
15 Jul	68.2	Installed	Fran�ois Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.	Bishop of Lu�on, France
16 Jul	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Methamaucum	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
58.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Toshihiro Sakai	Titular Bishop of Nova Barbara	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan
54.5	Appointed	Launay Saturn�	Archbishop of Cap-Ha�tien, Ha�ti
20 Jul	67.4	Appointed	Rogelio Cabrera L�pez	Apostolic Administrator of Tampico, Tamaulipas, M�xico	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
75.0	Retired	Jos� Luis Dibildox Mart�nez †	Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, M�xico	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Resigned	Juan Jos� Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F.	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
78.7	Appointed	Gerald Eugene Wilkerson	Apostolic Administrator of Monterey in California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
21 Jul	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, J�nior, M.S.C.	Bishop of Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Prosper Bonaventure Ky	Bishop of D�dougou, Burkina Faso
65.1	Ceased	M�dard L�opold Ou�draogo	Apostolic Administrator of D�dougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso
82.3	Died	Joseph Oyanga †	Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda
22 Jul	66.2	Installed	Ant�nio Luciano dos Santos Costa	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Silvio Guterres Dutra	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
96.9	Died	Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen †	Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Olivier Tremblay, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Bishop of Hearst-Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
23 Jul	83.4	Died	Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
24 Jul	77.2	Retired	Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
65.2	Appointed	Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner †	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Richard Garth Henning	Titular Bishop of Tabla	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
54.5	Appointed	Pablo Alfonso Jourd�n Alvariza	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
54.5	Appointed	Pablo Alfonso Jourd�n Alvariza	Titular Bishop of Medianas Zabuniorum	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
25 Jul	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovani Edgar Arana	Titular Bishop of Muteci	Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia
69.6	Ceased	Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S.	Apostolic Administrator of Bayombong, Philippines	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
60.5	Appointed	J�r�me Daniel Beau	Archbishop of Bourges, France
75.1	Retired	Armand Henri Paul Maillard	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
58.2	Installed	Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao	Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines
51.8	Appointed	Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S.	Bishop of Kaolack, Senegal
27 Jul	75.3	Retired	Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Roberto Farinella	Bishop of Biella, Italy
75.3	Retired	Gabriele Mana	Bishop of Biella, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Francesco Massara	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
66.3	Appointed	Crispin Ojeda M�rquez	Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, M�xico
28 Jul	52.3	Appointed	Dagoberto Campos Salas	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
52.3	Appointed	Dagoberto Campos Salas	Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
88.0	Resigned	Theodore Edgar McCarrick	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Jos� Tolentino Cala�a de Mendon�a	Titular Archbishop of Suava	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
29 Jul	84.9	Died	Fiachra � Ceallaigh, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
92.7	Died	Ant�nio Jos� Rafael †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragan�a-Miranda, Portugal
30 Jul	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Oca Presto	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
67.8	Resigned	Philip Edward Wilson †	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Jul	86.9	Died	Bassano Staffieri †	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
89.3	Died	Leo Joseph White †	Prefect Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya

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