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The Year of Our Lord 1968

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Jul48.1AppointedIgnacio Ortuzar RojasAuxiliary Bishop of Puerto Maldonado, PeruPriest of Santiago de Chile
48.1AppointedIgnacio Ortuzar RojasTitular Bishop of AthribisPriest of Santiago de Chile
43.1Ordained BishopGregory Yong Sooi NgeanBishop of Penang, MalaysiaArchbishop Emeritus of Singapore
2 Jul77.1AppointedCarlo AllorioTitular Bishop of FormiaeBishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
77.1RetiredCarlo AllorioBishop of Pavia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
74.1DiedFrancis John BrennanCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
49.5Ordained BishopTimothy Joseph HarringtonTitular Bishop of RusucaBishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
47.4Ordained BishopHenri Lugagne-DelponBishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
3 Jul44.9AppointedBl. Enrique �ngel Angelelli CarlettiBishop of La Rioja, Argentina
64.5ResignedGodefroid Dayez, O.S.B. †AbbotAbbot Emeritus
53.3AppointedMathias Dionys Albert Paul DefreggerAuxiliary Bishop of M�nchen und Freising {Munich}, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.3AppointedMathias Dionys Albert Paul DefreggerTitular Bishop of Vicus AteriiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of M�nchen und Freising {Munich}, Germany
54.6AppointedHoracio Arturo G�mez D�vilaTitular Bishop of RuspaeBishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
54.6ResignedHoracio Arturo G�mez D�vilaBishop of La Rioja, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
33.5Ordained PriestAssis LopesPriest of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28.6Ordained PriestJo�o Bosco Oliver de FariaPriest of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
26.4Ordained PriestJos� Palmeira LessaPriest of S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Aracaj�, Sergipe, Brazil
70.4AppointedWładysław SuszyńskiApostolic Administrator of Vilnius, Lithuania
59.5AppointedErnst Tewes, C.O. †Auxiliary Bishop of M�nchen und Freising {Munich}, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.5AppointedErnst Tewes, C.O. †Titular Bishop of Villamagna in ProconsulariAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of M�nchen und Freising {Munich}, Germany
4 Jul BornRichard Philip James LaurensonBishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
BornJohn WilsonArchbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
5 Jul91.5DiedEnrique Pla y DenielCardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
6 Jul57.7AppointedAntonio Giuseppe AngioniBishop of Pavia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
25.1Ordained PriestIsidro Barrio BarrioPriest of Burgos, SpainBishop Emeritus of Huancav�lica, Peru
62.2Ordained BishopAlois BremsBishop of Eichst�tt, GermanyBishop Emeritus
26.0Ordained PriestNorbert BrunnerPriest of Sion {Sitten}, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
23.5Ordained PriestAndr� de WittePriest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, BelgiumBishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
59.8AppointedFelicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. †Titular Archbishop of BellicastrumArchbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
59.8ResignedFelicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. †Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
7 Jul24.5Ordained PriestGianni AmbrosioPriest of Vercelli, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
BornRicardo Aldo Barreto CairoBishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
BornRobert Ciss�Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
54.4InstalledMaurice John DingmanBishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USABishop Emeritus
23.9Ordained PriestEusebio Ignacio Hern�ndez Sola, O.A.R.Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsBishop Emeritus of Tarazona, Spain
8 Jul25.7Ordained PriestGonzalo Duarte Garc�a de Cort�zar, SS.CC.Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryBishop Emeritus of Valpara�so, Chile
11 Jul BornWellington de Queiroz VieiraBishop of Cristal�ndia, Goias, Brazil
12 Jul43.8AppointedCesare AsiliBishop of Lira, Uganda
96.0DiedFrancesco MoranoCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano
54.4AppointedJacques Nguyễn Văn MầuBishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
62.3AppointedAntoine Nguyễn Văn ThiệnTitular Bishop of HispellumBishop Emeritus of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam
62.3ResignedAntoine Nguyễn Văn ThiệnBishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet NamBishop Emeritus
83.8DiedJos� de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. †Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
13 Jul24.5Ordained PriestAntonio BuoncristianiPriest of Foligno, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
25.7Ordained PriestPaulo Ant�nio de ContoPriest of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27.8Ordained PriestGentil Del�zariPriest of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
BornPaul Ji ZengweiBishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
14 Jul23.8Solemn VowsCharles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinArchbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23.4Ordained PriestEmiliano Antonio Cisneros Mart�nez, O.A.R.Priest of Order of Augustinian RecollectsBishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
23.4Ordained PriestJulio Mar�a El�as Montoya, O.F.M.Priest of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
26.3Ordained PriestJoseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp.Priest of Congregation of the Holy SpiritArchbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
24.0Perpetual VowsSe�n Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
50.7Ordained BishopEnrique P�lach y Feli�Bishop of Abancay, PeruBishop Emeritus
26.3Ordained PriestJorge Enrique Serpa P�rezPriest of San Cristobal de la Habana, CubaBishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
26.0Ordained PriestBarry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. †Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateAuxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa
15 Jul45.8AppointedJohn Paul ElfordAuxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USAPriest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
45.8AppointedJohn Paul ElfordTitular Bishop of AcropolisPriest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
38.2AppointedFrancis Joseph GossmanAuxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USABishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
38.2AppointedFrancis Joseph GossmanTitular Bishop of AguntumBishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
55.1AppointedHenri Marie Charles GuffletPrelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, FranceBishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
BornJohn Joseph KennedySecretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
48.3AppointedPierre MamieAuxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Gen�ve et Fribourg (Freiburg), SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
48.3AppointedPierre MamieTitular Bishop of OtriculumBishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Gen�ve et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
64.1ResignedGabriel Auguste Fran�ois MartyPrelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, FranceCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
75.5AppointedBryan Joseph McEntegartTitular Archbishop of GabiiBishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
75.5RetiredBryan Joseph McEntegartBishop of Brooklyn, New York, USABishop Emeritus
54.1AppointedFrancis John MugaveroBishop of Brooklyn, New York, USABishop Emeritus
16 Jul54.4InstalledThomas Andrew DonnellanArchbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
24.5Ordained PriestMartin DrennanPriest of Ossory, IrelandBishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
47.3AppointedJos� GomesBishop of Chapec�, Santa Catarina, BrazilBishop Emeritus
42.4AppointedAdriani MkobaApostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
17 Jul BornCarlos Alberto Correa Mart�nezBishop of Apartad�, Colombia
47.3Ordained BishopEdmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of IgilgiliBishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
35.5Ordained BishopOswald Thomas Colman GomisTitular Bishop of MuliaArchbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
18 Jul BornDante Gustavo Braida Lorenz�nBishop of La Rioja, Argentina
19 Jul51.2AppointedPaul Francis AndersonCoadjutor Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USABishop Emeritus
51.2AppointedPaul Francis AndersonTitular Bishop of PolinianumBishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
21.3Solemn VowsFortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.Member of Order of Augustinian RecollectsPrelate Emeritus of Chota, Peru
20 Jul26.8ProfessedH�ctor Guerrero C�rdova, S.D.B.Member of Salesians of Saint John BoscoPrelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, M�xico
21 Jul BornGergely Kov�csArchbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
24.0Ordained PriestSevastianos RossolatosPriest of Syros (e Milos), GreeceArchbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
22 Jul51.1AppointedJos� Mar�a Cirarda LachiondoBishop of Santander, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
57.7DiedLoras Thomas LaneBishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
47.3AppointedJos� M�ndez AsensioBishop of Tarazona, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
23 Jul80.0AppointedEnrique Delgado y G�mezTitular Archbishop of BitettumArchbishop Emeritus of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
80.0RetiredEnrique Delgado y G�mezArchbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), SpainArchbishop Emeritus
BornL�szl� KerekesAuxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
64.7AppointedArturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), SpainCardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
24 Jul48.8Ordained BishopFrancisco Raval CrucesTitular Bishop of TambeaeArchbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
45.8AppointedRam�n Malla CallBishop of L�rida, SpainBishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
39.8AppointedJoseph Crescent McKinneyAuxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
39.8AppointedJoseph Crescent McKinneyTitular Bishop of LeontiumAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
53.4AppointedPasc�sio Rettler, O.F.M. †Bishop of Bacabal, Maranh�o, BrazilBishop Emeritus
27.9Ordained PriestYannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinArchbishop Emeritus of Corf�, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
25 Jul52.5Ordained BishopChristophe AdimouBishop of Lokossa, BeninArchbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
56.5AppointedStephen McGill, P.S.S. †Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
26 Jul48.9InstalledSilvio Maria D�rioBishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
27 Jul25.6Ordained PriestIrineu Gassen, O.F.M.Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28 Jul47.9Ordained BishopJos� Cervi�o Cervi�oTitular Bishop of BenepotaBishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
55.1Ordained BishopMariano Guti�rrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of BamaccoraVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caron�, Venezuela
81.6Died�ngel Herrera OriaCardinal, Bishop Emeritus of M�laga, Spain
29 Jul52.4AppointedMichael Joseph DudickBishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USABishop Emeritus
45.6AppointedAbraham D. Mattam, C.V. †Apostolic Exarch of Satna (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
55.3AppointedJanuarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †Apostolic Exarch of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India
46.7AppointedJohn Perumattam, M.S.T. †Apostolic Exarch of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
59.2AppointedClement Thottungal, C.M.I. †Apostolic Exarch of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
30 Jul BornCristiano BodoBishop of Saluzzo, Italy
65.4AppointedGiuseppe MartinoliApostolic Administrator of Lugano, SwitzerlandBishop Emeritus
65.4AppointedGiuseppe MartinoliTitular Bishop of CamplumBishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
31 Jul39.3AppointedMichele Di Simone, C.P. †Prefect of Sekadau, IndonesiaPrefect Emeritus
94.7DiedCarlos Mar�a Javier de la TorreCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
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