The Year of Our Lord 1931

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 35.0 Resigned Bartolomé Adorno † Bishop-Elect of Villarrica, Paraguay Former Bishop-Elect

Born Amedeus Msarikie † Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania

1 Sep 48.2 Appointed Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy

25.7 Entered Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

45.9 Appointed Francesco Potenza † Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy

2 Sep Born Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

22.7 Final Vows Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

3 Sep Born Joseph Edward Troy Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

4 Sep 19.3 Professed Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine

6 Sep 58.8 Ordained Bishop José Horacio Campillo Infante † Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

49.1 Ordained Bishop Agostino Mancinelli † Titular Bishop of Nazianzus Archbishop of Benevento, Italy

Born Bassano Staffieri † Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

24.9 Ordained Priest Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

7 Sep 63.8 Died Victor Arrién (Arrieu) † Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia

8 Sep 35.1 Perpetual Vows Heinrich Bliestle, M.S.F. † Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family Superior General Emeritus

51.9 Installed Francesco Gardini † Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy

25.7 Professed Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

9 Sep Born Vincent Michael Rizzotto † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

29.9 Professed Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

11 Sep Born Vincent Malone † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

12 Sep Born Fernando Charrier † Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

49.4 Appointed Clément Joseph Mathieu † Bishop of Aire et Dax, France

53.6 Appointed François-Marie Picaud † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Bishop Emeritus

13 Sep 44.3 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Thmuis Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada

Born Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan

14 Sep 24.4 Ordained Priest Philippe Nabaa, S.M.S.P. † Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek) Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

80.7 Died Francesco Ragonesi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

16 Sep Born Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

18 Sep Born Hubert Constant, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

19 Sep 22.4 Ordained Priest Carlo Colombo † Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

20 Sep 38.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Martin Fox † Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

21 Sep 26.4 Ordained Priest Antoon Demets, C.SS.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles

61.1 Died Thomas Dunn † Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain

50.3 Ordained Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes † Bishop of Mangalore, India

84.5 Died Karol Józef Fischer † Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

Born Marcel André Joseph Gervais Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Born Oscar Hugh Lipscomb † Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA

51.4 Ordained Bishop Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Uzita Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya

24.6 Ordained Priest Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

23 Sep 47.9 Appointed Amedeo Polidori † Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24 Sep Born Medardo Joseph Mazombwe † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

25 Sep Born Jesús Domínguez Gómez † Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain

58.9 Appointed Louis-Joseph Gaillard † Archbishop of Tours, France

Appointed Bertrand Labbé, O.P. † Superior of Mossul, Iraq Superior Emeritus

26 Sep Born Joseph Hubert Hart Bishop Emeritus of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA

47.0 Appointed Antonio Mantiero † Bishop of Patti, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

50.8 Resigned Pedro Segura y Sáenz † Archbishop of Toledo, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

28 Sep 57.2 Installed Ferdinando Bernardi † Bishop of Andria, Italy Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

57.1 Died Johannes Hillebrand † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany

63.7 Resigned Gerard-Joseph Hoogers, C.I.C.M. † Superior of Tatungfu, China Superior Emeritus

63.2 Died József Lányi de Késmark † Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia

29 Sep Born Victor Herman Balke Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

49.2 Ordained Bishop Albert Henri Charles Breton, M.E.P. † Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan Bishop Emeritus

Born Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

Born Isak Doera † Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia

67.1 Ceased Antonio Anastasio Rossi † Apostolic Administrator of Patti, Italy Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

30 Sep 51.0 Appointed Domenico Argnani † Bishop of Conversano, Italy Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy

Born Francisco Batistela, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil

50.8 Appointed Nicolò Frazioli † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

44.4 Appointed Giovanni Giorgis † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Bishop of Susa, Italy

Born Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga † Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola

1 Oct Born Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey † Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France

2 Oct Born John Walter Yanta Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA

3 Oct Born Eugenio Corecco † Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland

4 Oct 23.7 Ordained Priest Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Malanje, Angola

28.1 Ordained Priest Leo D’Mello † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India

25.0 Ordained Priest Vivian Anthony Dyer † Priest Archbishop of Calcutta, India

5 Oct 69.6 Died Timothy Casey † Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

51.9 Succeeded William Mark Duke † Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

47.3 Appointed Pierre-Marie Durieux † Bishop of Viviers, France Archbishop of Chambéry, France

Born Jan Wiktor Nowak † Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

6 Oct 86.7 Died Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. † Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)

9 Oct 75.4 Selected Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

75.4 Selected Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Born Leo Schwarz † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

10 Oct Born Flavien Joseph Melki Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

11 Oct Born Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac † Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

61.7 Died Ferenc Gossman † Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary

25.8 Ordained Priest William Charles Quinn, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China

22.5 Ordained Priest Józef Rozwadowski † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

12 Oct 59.3 Appointed Bonaventura Cerretti † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

Born Diógenes da Silva Matthes † Bishop Emeritus of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil

13 Oct 16.7 Professed Agostino (Dante) Trapè, O.S.A. † Member of Order of St. Augustine Prior General Emeritus

14 Oct 56.9 Died Teodoro Gordaliza y Sánchez, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam

56.7 Installed René-Pierre Mignen † Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

15 Oct 77.3 Retired Nicola Cicero (Ciceri), C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Kianfu, China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

49.1 Succeeded Gaetano Mignani, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Kianfu, China Bishop of Ji’an [Kian], China

16 Oct 75.5 Confirmed Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

75.5 Confirmed Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

58.5 Appointed John Meehan, C.S.Sp. † Superior of Gambia Superior Emeritus

49.8 Appointed St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

65.3 Appointed Hermann Joseph Sträter † Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

52.5 Appointed Basile Octave Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

19 Oct 66.4 Died Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China

Born Frank Marcus Fernando † Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

59.5 Succeeded Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China

31.4 Appointed Agustín Rodríguez † Bishop of Villarrica, Paraguay Bishop of Paraguay, Military

20 Oct 73.2 Appointed Giacomo Ghio † Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy

73.2 Resigned Giacomo Ghio † Archbishop of Urbino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Born Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P. Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

21 Oct Born Louis Jean Dufaux † Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

22 Oct Born William Benedict Friend † Bishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

61.4 Appointed Karel Boromejský Kašpar † Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

69.4 Appointed Josef Kupka † Bishop of Brno, Czechia

62.5 Appointed Mořic Pícha † Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia

53.9 Appointed Antonin Alois Weber † Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

23 Oct 46.9 Appointed António Valente da Fonseca † Auxiliary Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed António Valente da Fonseca † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal

Born Helmut Krätzl Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

77.0 Appointed Franz Borgia Sedej † Titular Archbishop of Aegina Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

77.0 Retired Franz Borgia Sedej † Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

25 Oct 26.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Prefect Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal

23.1 Ordained Priest Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco † Priest Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

22.6 Ordained Priest Miguel Garcia Franco † Priest Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

25.6 Ordained Priest Josef Köstner † Priest of Gurk, Austria Bishop Emeritus

24.2 Ordained Priest Luís Gonzaga Peluso † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil

23.4 Ordained Priest Delfim Ribeiro Guedes † Priest Bishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23.1 Ordained Priest Rufino Jiao Santos † Priest of Manila, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop

24.9 Ordained Priest Hermann Josef Schäufele † Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Archbishop

25.7 Ordained Priest Josef Schneider † Priest of Bamberg, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

26.8 Ordained Priest Franz Sales Zauner † Priest of Linz, Austria Bishop Emeritus

26 Oct Born Patrick Ebosele Ekpu Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

27 Oct Born José Rafael Barquero Arce † Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica

28 Oct 60.9 Ordained Bishop Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ajmer, India Bishop Emeritus

68.8 Died Antônio Malan, S.D.B. † Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

49.6 Ordained Bishop Clément Joseph Mathieu † Bishop of Aire et Dax, France

46.4 Ordained Bishop Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Uccula Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

29 Oct Born Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria

54.6 Appointed John Gregory Murray † Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Born Andraos Salama † Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt

30 Oct Born Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro † Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

40.3 Appointed Bernard Francis Meyer (Mayer), M.M. † Superior of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China Prefect Emeritus of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China

Born Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota † Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México

Born Teodoro Ubeda Gramage † Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

31 Oct Born Sergio Obeso Rivera † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	35.0	Resigned	Bartolomé Adorno †	Bishop-Elect of Villarrica, Paraguay	Former Bishop-Elect
	Born	Amedeus Msarikie †		Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
1 Sep	48.2	Appointed	Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
25.7	Entered	Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
45.9	Appointed	Francesco Potenza †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
2 Sep		Born	Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner		Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
22.7	Final Vows	Tomás Francisco Reilly, C.SS.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
3 Sep		Born	Joseph Edward Troy		Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
4 Sep	19.3	Professed	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
6 Sep	58.8	Ordained Bishop	José Horacio Campillo Infante †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Mancinelli †	Titular Bishop of Nazianzus	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	Born	Bassano Staffieri †		Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
24.9	Ordained Priest	Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Sep	63.8	Died	Victor Arrién (Arrieu) †	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
8 Sep	35.1	Perpetual Vows	Heinrich Bliestle, M.S.F. †	Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Superior General Emeritus
51.9	Installed	Francesco Gardini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
25.7	Professed	Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
9 Sep		Born	Vincent Michael Rizzotto †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
29.9	Professed	Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
11 Sep		Born	Vincent Malone †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
12 Sep		Born	Fernando Charrier †		Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
49.4	Appointed	Clément Joseph Mathieu †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
53.6	Appointed	François-Marie Picaud †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Thmuis	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
	Born	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
14 Sep	24.4	Ordained Priest	Philippe Nabaa, S.M.S.P. †	Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
80.7	Died	Francesco Ragonesi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
16 Sep		Born	Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
18 Sep		Born	Hubert Constant, O.M.I. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
19 Sep	22.4	Ordained Priest	Carlo Colombo †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Martin Fox †	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
21 Sep	26.4	Ordained Priest	Antoon Demets, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
61.1	Died	Thomas Dunn †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Vittore Rosario Fernandes †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
84.5	Died	Karol Józef Fischer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	Born	Marcel André Joseph Gervais		Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Oscar Hugh Lipscomb †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
24.6	Ordained Priest	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23 Sep	47.9	Appointed	Amedeo Polidori †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep		Born	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
25 Sep		Born	Jesús Domínguez Gómez †		Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
58.9	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Gaillard †	Archbishop of Tours, France
	Appointed	Bertrand Labbé, O.P. †	Superior of Mossul, Iraq	Superior Emeritus
26 Sep		Born	Joseph Hubert Hart		Bishop Emeritus of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
47.0	Appointed	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
50.8	Resigned	Pedro Segura y Sáenz †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
28 Sep	57.2	Installed	Ferdinando Bernardi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
57.1	Died	Johannes Hillebrand †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
63.7	Resigned	Gerard-Joseph Hoogers, C.I.C.M. †	Superior of Tatungfu, China	Superior Emeritus
63.2	Died	József Lányi de Késmark †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
29 Sep		Born	Victor Herman Balke		Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Albert Henri Charles Breton, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	Born	Isak Doera †		Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia
67.1	Ceased	Antonio Anastasio Rossi †	Apostolic Administrator of Patti, Italy	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
30 Sep	51.0	Appointed	Domenico Argnani †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
	Born	Francisco Batistela, C.SS.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
50.8	Appointed	Nicolò Frazioli †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
44.4	Appointed	Giovanni Giorgis †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Susa, Italy
	Born	Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga †		Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
1 Oct		Born	Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey †		Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
2 Oct		Born	John Walter Yanta		Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
3 Oct		Born	Eugenio Corecco †		Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
4 Oct	23.7	Ordained Priest	Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Malanje, Angola
28.1	Ordained Priest	Leo D’Mello †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
25.0	Ordained Priest	Vivian Anthony Dyer †	Priest	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
5 Oct	69.6	Died	Timothy Casey †	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
51.9	Succeeded	William Mark Duke †	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
47.3	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Chambéry, France
	Born	Jan Wiktor Nowak †		Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
6 Oct	86.7	Died	Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en España)
9 Oct	75.4	Selected	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
75.4	Selected	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	Born	Leo Schwarz †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
10 Oct		Born	Flavien Joseph Melki		Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
11 Oct		Born	Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac †		Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
61.7	Died	Ferenc Gossman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
25.8	Ordained Priest	William Charles Quinn, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China
22.5	Ordained Priest	Józef Rozwadowski †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
12 Oct	59.3	Appointed	Bonaventura Cerretti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Diógenes da Silva Matthes †		Bishop Emeritus of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Oct	16.7	Professed	Agostino (Dante) Trapè, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Prior General Emeritus
14 Oct	56.9	Died	Teodoro Gordaliza y Sánchez, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
56.7	Installed	René-Pierre Mignen †	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
15 Oct	77.3	Retired	Nicola Cicero (Ciceri), C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kianfu, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.1	Succeeded	Gaetano Mignani, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kianfu, China	Bishop of Ji’an [Kian], China
16 Oct	75.5	Confirmed	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
75.5	Confirmed	Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
58.5	Appointed	John Meehan, C.S.Sp. †	Superior of Gambia	Superior Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
65.3	Appointed	Hermann Joseph Sträter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
52.5	Appointed	Basile Octave Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Oct	66.4	Died	Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
	Born	Frank Marcus Fernando †		Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
59.5	Succeeded	Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
31.4	Appointed	Agustín Rodríguez †	Bishop of Villarrica, Paraguay	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
20 Oct	73.2	Appointed	Giacomo Ghio †	Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
73.2	Resigned	Giacomo Ghio †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.		Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
21 Oct		Born	Louis Jean Dufaux †		Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
22 Oct		Born	William Benedict Friend †		Bishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
61.4	Appointed	Karel Boromejský Kašpar †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
69.4	Appointed	Josef Kupka †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
62.5	Appointed	Mořic Pícha †	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czechia
53.9	Appointed	Antonin Alois Weber †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
23 Oct	46.9	Appointed	António Valente da Fonseca †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	António Valente da Fonseca †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
	Born	Helmut Krätzl		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
77.0	Appointed	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Titular Archbishop of Aegina	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
77.0	Retired	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Oct	26.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal
23.1	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
22.6	Ordained Priest	Miguel Garcia Franco †	Priest	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
25.6	Ordained Priest	Josef Köstner †	Priest of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
24.2	Ordained Priest	Luís Gonzaga Peluso †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil
23.4	Ordained Priest	Delfim Ribeiro Guedes †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.1	Ordained Priest	Rufino Jiao Santos †	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop
24.9	Ordained Priest	Hermann Josef Schäufele †	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Archbishop
25.7	Ordained Priest	Josef Schneider †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
26.8	Ordained Priest	Franz Sales Zauner †	Priest of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct		Born	Patrick Ebosele Ekpu		Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
27 Oct		Born	José Rafael Barquero Arce †		Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
28 Oct	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ajmer, India	Bishop Emeritus
68.8	Died	Antônio Malan, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Clément Joseph Mathieu †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Uccula	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Oct		Born	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji		Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
54.6	Appointed	John Gregory Murray †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	Born	Andraos Salama †		Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
30 Oct		Born	Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †		Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
40.3	Appointed	Bernard Francis Meyer (Mayer), M.M. †	Superior of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China	Prefect Emeritus of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China
	Born	Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota †		Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México
	Born	Teodoro Ubeda Gramage †		Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
31 Oct		Born	Sergio Obeso Rivera †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

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