Year 1949, July-August, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 JulBornRabban Al-Qas †Bishop Emeritus of Duhok (Dohuk) (Chaldean), Iraq BornMaksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine BornCornelius PiongBishop of Keningau, Malaysia 30.0Ordained PriestPhilip Yang Libo †PriestBishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China 2 Jul43.8AppointedBenedetto Falcucci †Bishop of Penne e Pescara, ItalyBishop Emeritus 72.9DiedRaymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Conakry, Guinea 3 Jul49.6Ordained BishopTarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. †Titular Bishop of IerichusBishop of Lodi, Italy BornBernardino Cruz CortezPrelate of Infanta, Philippines 23.6Ordained PriestFrançois-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S. †Priest of Society of Priests of Saint SulpiceBishop of Créteil, France 30.4Ordained PriestErnst Gutting †Priest of Speyer, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 4 Jul BornEsmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del PradoBishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil 45.8ConfirmedCarl Joseph Leiprecht †Bishop of Rottenburg, GermanyBishop Emeritus 27.8Ordained PriestMichael Rusnak, C.Ss.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada BornLouis Raphaël I SakoCardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq 6 Jul43.1SucceededAntónio Ferreira Gomes †Bishop of Portalegre, PortugalBishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal 82.4DiedManuel Domingos Maria Rosa Fructuoso, O.P. †Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal 7 Jul BornFranklyn (Frank) Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D.Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana 8 Jul BornAdriano Ciocca VasinoPrelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil 68.5AppointedFederico Lunardi †Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay 9 Jul54.8AppointedJosef Freundorfer †Bishop of Augsburg, Germany 69.2AppointedJules Lecouvet †Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium 69.2AppointedJules Lecouvet †Titular Bishop of ScyrusAuxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium 10 Jul BornAlexander Pyone ChoBishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar 11 Jul56.4AppointedJosé Souto Vizoso †Bishop of Palencia, SpainBishop Emeritus 80.9DiedJean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam 12 Jul46.8DiedArthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. †Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of 13 Jul52.3AppointedJosé de Jesús Martinez Vargas †Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia 52.3AppointedJosé de Jesús Martinez Vargas †Titular Bishop of AulonBishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia 14 Jul49.6Ordained BishopJohn Benjamin Grellinger †Titular Bishop of SyeneAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA 54.3AppointedJoseph Guffens, S.J. †Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus 54.3AppointedJoseph Guffens, S.J. †Titular Bishop of GermanicianaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 36.2AppointedJohn Patrick Kavanagh †Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New ZealandBishop 36.2AppointedJohn Patrick Kavanagh †Titular Bishop of AlgizaBishop of Dunedin, New Zealand 46.2AppointedJoseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Ngozi, BurundiBishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi 46.2AppointedJoseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of OlivaBishop Emeritus of Bururi, Burundi 34.7AppointedPedro Nel Ramirez Posada, O.A.R. †Prefect of Tumaco, ColombiaPrefect Emeritus 44.8AppointedHenri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. †Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], ChinaBishop Emeritus 50.4AppointedAntoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †Vicar Apostolic of Mbeya, TanzaniaBishop of Mbeya, Tanzania 50.4AppointedAntoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of CenaeBishop of Mbeya, Tanzania 51.6AppointedAndré-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. †Bishop of Yingkou [Yingkow], China BornPaul Kouassivi Vieira †Bishop of Djougou, Benin 15 Jul20.7First VowsGeraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Comayagua, Honduras 16 Jul26.9Ordained PriestHenrique Müller, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil 17 Jul BornPaul Bernard Bird, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Ballarat, Australia 23.8Ordained PriestPatrick Leo McCartie †Priest of Birmingham, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain 40.7Ordained BishopMatteo Guido Sperandeo †Titular Bishop of SamosBishop Emeritus of Calvi e Teano, Italy 19 Jul31.8AppointedGerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †Prefect of Mitú, ColombiaVicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia 20 Jul66.0ResignedGeorges Joseph Haezaert, C.S.Sp. †Vicar Apostolic of Northern Katanga {Katanga Settentrionale}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 23 Jul25.0Ordained PriestEdward Idris Cassidy †Priest of Wagga Wagga, AustraliaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity 25.6Ordained PriestEdward Bede Clancy †Priest of Sydney, AustraliaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus BornWasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. †Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine 24 Jul41.0Ordained BishopEmilio Biancheri †Bishop of Sarsina, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Rimini, Italy 25.9Ordained PriestLeo Morris Clarke †Priest of Melbourne, AustraliaBishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia 25.2Ordained PriestJoseph Eric D’Arcy †Priest of Melbourne, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia 26.0Ordained PriestFrancis Peter de Campo †Priest of Sandhurst, AustraliaBishop of Port Pirie, Australia BornMarek JędraszewskiArchbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland 24.0Ordained PriestPaul Lanneau †Priest of Mechelen, BelgiumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium BornStanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 25.7Ordained PriestJohann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller †PriestBishop of Groningen, Netherlands BornJoan Enric Vives SiciliaBishop of Urgell, Spain 25 Jul24.4Ordained PriestRaymond Conway Benjamin †Priest of Rockhampton, AustraliaBishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia 16.7ProfessedRodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. †Member of Congregation of the MissionBishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala 47.9Ordained BishopPeter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China 42.9Ordained BishopWilhelm Kempf †Bishop of Limburg, GermanyBishop Emeritus 51.6AppointedAmbróz Lazík †Titular Bishop of AppiaApostolic Administrator of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia 46.3Ordained BishopJohn Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of AezaniBishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa 36.4Ordained BishopAlejandro Ayson Olalia †Titular Bishop of ZelaArchbishop of Lipa, Philippines 42.5Ordained BishopThomas Bernard Pearson †Titular Bishop of SindaAuxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain 59.1AppointedRobert Pobožný †Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia 59.1AppointedRobert Pobožný †Titular Bishop of NeilaApostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia 26 Jul BornMusie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Emdeber (Ethiopian), Ethiopia 52.4AppointedIgnatius P’i-Shu-Shih †Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China 50.1Ordained BishopJoseph Edward Rudderham †Bishop of Clifton, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus 28 Jul35.2Ordained BishopIuliu Hirţea †Titular Bishop of NebbiAuxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania 29 Jul BornBernardo Álvarez AfonsoBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain 30 Jul31.6Ordained PriestPaul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusArchbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad 31 Jul33.8Ordained PriestAntonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru 25.7Ordained PriestJán Hirka †Priest of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), SlovakiaBishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia 31.8Ordained PriestHenri Véniat, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad BornRafael Zornoza BoyBishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain Aug22.5EnteredRobert-Marie Gay, M. Afr. †Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, Uganda 1 Aug52.8AppointedPaolo Botto †Archbishop of Cagliari, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus BornTerence Patrick DraineyBishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain BornBruno ForteArchbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy 2 Aug62.5AppointedEzio Barbieri †Bishop of Città della Pieve, ItalyBishop Emeritus BornVasyl SemeniukArchbishop Emeritus of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine 3 Aug BornCamillus Archibong EtokudohBishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria 5 Aug49.5AppointedAthanase Paul Hindo †Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq 52.8AppointedDenys Pierre Hindié †Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria 6 Aug16.2ProfessedErmanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. †Member of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop of Huánuco, Peru 28.3Ordained PriestEdmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka BornNoel Antonio Londoño Buitrago, C.Ss.R.Bishop of Jericó, Colombia BornClarence Richard SilvaBishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 7 Aug33.3Ordained PriestEladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. †Priest of Congregation of Jesus and MaryArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia 49.6Ordained BishopArturo Duque Villegas †Titular Bishop of VatarbaArchbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia 23.0Ordained PriestAntonio Nuzzi †Priest of Boiano-Campobasso, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy 22.3Ordained PriestVenancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †Priest of Congregation of the PassionPrelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru 25.6Ordained PriestManuel da Silva Vieira Pinto †Priest of Porto, PortugalArchbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique 8 Aug68.8AppointedSalvatore Ballo Guercio †Titular Bishop of DiocleaBishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy 68.8ResignedSalvatore Ballo Guercio †Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, ItalyBishop Emeritus 9 Aug BornMarkus BüchelBishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland 62.1DiedRamón Harrison Abello, O. de M. †Prelate Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil 73.7AppointedKazimieras Paltarokas †Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius, LithuaniaBishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania BornGlen John ProvostBishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA 10 Aug21.1Solemn VowsLorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M. †Member of Order of Our Lady of MercyBishop Emeritus of Huacho, Peru 12 AugBornYouhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir †Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt 14 Aug45.4Ordained BishopTulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †Titular Bishop of MaridaArchbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia 51.6Ordained BishopAmbróz Lazík †Titular Bishop of AppiaApostolic Administrator of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia 33.8Ordained BishopSimon Lei Zhenxia (Lei Chang-hsia) †Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China 59.2Ordained BishopRobert Pobožný †Titular Bishop of NeilaApostolic Administrator of Rožňava, Slovakia 29.0Ordained PriestPhilip Peter Zhao Zhendong (Zhao Bide) †PriestBishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China 15 Aug17.5Temporary VowsFlavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy 19.6Solemn VowsNorbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. †Member of Congregation of the PassionBishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA 66.2AppointedMaurice Feltin †Archbishop of Paris, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 21.2First VowsHenri Goudreault, O.M.I. †Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateArchbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada 15.6Simple VowsGrégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria BornJoseph Mokobe NdjokuBishop Emeritus of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) BornJosé de Jesús Quintero DíazVicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia 44.6Ordained BishopFranz Sales Zauner †Titular Bishop of FataBishop Emeritus of Linz, Austria 16 Aug24.0Simple VowsErnest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. †Member of Order of Friars PreachersBishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan 64.6DiedMarcel Fleury †Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France 17.5First VowsJoseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.Member of Salesians of Saint John BoscoCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China 17 Aug BornJosé João dos Santos MarcosBishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal 30.1Ordained PriestSeverinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor ConventualBishop of Solwezi, Zambia 18 Aug55.5AppointedJoseph Patrick Hurley †Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Augustine, Florida, USABishop 19 Aug BornStephan Meniok, C.Ss.R.Archiepiscopal Exarch Emeritus of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine BornGiovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy 21 Aug54.4Ordained BishopJoseph Guffens, S.J. †Titular Bishop of GermanicianaCoadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 49.6Ordained BishopJosé Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of AmporaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chiquitos, Bolivia 22 Aug29.6Ordained PriestTomáš Josef Špidlík, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti 23 Aug50.3DiedJoseph Zhang Runbo (Ciamgioenpuo, Chang Yuin-po) †Bishop Emeritus of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China BornWilliam Michael MulveyBishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA 24 Aug58.7Ordained BishopBertalan Badalik, O.P. †Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary 60.0Ordained BishopAndrew Alexis D’Souza †Bishop of Poona, IndiaBishop Emeritus 25 Aug BornDiómedes Espinal de LeónBishop of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic 57.4AppointedGabriel Martelino Reyes †Coadjutor Archbishop of Manila, PhilippinesArchbishop 57.4AppointedGabriel Martelino Reyes †Titular Archbishop of PhulliArchbishop of Manila, Philippines 27 Aug BornManuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I.Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal 26.6Ordained PriestStephen Yang Xiangtai †PriestBishop Emeritus of Daming [Taming], China 28 Aug30.2Ordained PriestDonatus Djagom, S.V.D. †Priest of Society of the Divine WordArchbishop Emeritus of Ende, Indonesia 29 Aug39.0AppointedKajetán Emilián Matoušek †Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, CzechiaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 39.0AppointedKajetán Emilián Matoušek †Titular Bishop of SerigeneAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia 30 Aug BornNorbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka