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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct		Born	Giuseppe Bertello	Foglizzo, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Georges Petit †	Titular Bishop of Leuce	Bishop Emeritus of Verdun, France
2 Oct		Born	William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez †		Prefect Emeritus of Leticia, Colombia
3 Oct	31.9	Ordained Priest	Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. †	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Bishop Emeritus of Bhagalpur, India
4 Oct	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Petar Cule †	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Romanoff †	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
7 Oct	72.6	Died	Natale de Cleene, C.I.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Danglmayr †	Titular Bishop of Olba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA
	61.5	Appointed	Georges-Clément-Joseph-Edouard Jacquin †	Bishop of Moulins, France
		Born	Marampudi Joji	Bhimavaram	Archbishop of Hyderabad, India
		Born	Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago	Junín	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
8 Oct		Born	Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.SS.R.	Handayan Getafe	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
		Born	Francis Joseph Christian	Peterborough	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
11 Oct	22.9	Ordained Priest	Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
12 Oct		Born	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Encantado	Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13 Oct		Born	Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S.	Wien	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
15 Oct	53.1	Appointed	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †	Bishop of Bangalore, India	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
16 Oct	78.6	Died	Reinaldo Muñoz Olave †	Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
17 Oct		Born	Martin Roos	Satchinez	Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
	60.7	Died	Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18 Oct		Born	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I.	Keng Sadoc	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Orlando †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
		Born	Gianfranco Ravasi	Merate	President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
20 Oct	73.0	Died	Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
22 Oct	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Maina	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
23 Oct		Born	Pier Giorgio Micchiardi	Carignano	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
25 Oct	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Priest of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gargitter †	Priest of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
	66.1	Resigned	Jean-Germain Mousset, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Raúl Francisco Primatesta †	Priest of La Plata, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
	23.4	Ordained Priest	José Francisco Versiani Velloso †	Priest	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
26 Oct	59.9	Died	William Finnemann, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Mindoro, Philippines
		Born	George Panikulam	Puthenchira	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique
27 Oct	71.6	Died	Henry Gregory Thompson, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar, Gibraltar	Bishop
28 Oct	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Costantino Stella †	Titular Bishop of Nilopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
30 Oct		Born	Louis Chamniern Santisukniram	Nonseng	Archbishop of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
		Born	Francis Joseph Kane	Chicago	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 Nov	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Garufaloff, C. R. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Exarch of Sofia (Byzantine), Bulgaria
3 Nov		Born	Gerard Bernacki	Ksiazenice	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
4 Nov		Born	Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. †	Kilubo	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Nov		Born	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.	Marinilla	Bishop of Magangué, Colombia
	59.3	Appointed	Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Photice	Bishop Emeritus of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada
	59.3	Resigned	Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	André Armand Vingt-Trois	Paris	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
8 Nov	23.3	Ordained Priest	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Colombia
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Antoine Joubeir †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Jozsef Pétery †	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Alberto Uribe Urdaneta †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
10 Nov	54.7	Succeeded	John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
	53.9	Appointed	Irenaeus Hayasaka †	Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)
	53.9	Appointed	Irenaeus Hayasaka †	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)
	71.5	Resigned	Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	39.9	Appointed	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Vicar Apostolic of Seoul, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
	39.9	Appointed	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Titular Bishop of Colbasa	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
		Born	Fabio Suescún Mutis	Bucaramanga	Bishop of Colombia, Military
	52.1	Appointed	Thomas Tien Ken-sin, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tsingtao [Qingdao], China	Cardinal, Archbishop of Peking [Beijing], China
11 Nov		Born	António Maria Bessa Taipa	Freamunde (Paços de Ferreira)	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
13 Nov	52.0	Died	Francis Joseph Monaghan †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
14 Nov		Born	Julian Gbur, S.V.D.	Brzezawa	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	64.3	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop
	64.3	Appointed	Edward Francis Hoban †	Titular Bishop of Lystra	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
	42.5	Appointed	Martin John O’Connor †	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Prelate Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications
	42.5	Appointed	Martin John O’Connor †	Titular Bishop of Thespiae	Prelate Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications
15 Nov	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Sabadia	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar †	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
	42.8	Ordained Bishop	João Batista Muniz, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers	Bishop Emeritus of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
16 Nov		Born	Vincenzo Manzella	Casteldaccia	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy
20 Nov		Born	Paulos Faraj Rahho †	Mossul	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
21 Nov	57.1	Appointed	Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	57.1	Resigned	Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
	42.1	Appointed	Leo Binz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	42.1	Appointed	Leo Binz †	Titular Bishop of Pinara	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	53.1	Appointed	John Joseph Boylan †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
	75.7	Appointed	Amedeo Casabona †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop
	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
	52.3	Appointed	Fortino Gómez León †	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Nov	80.0	Died	Giovanni Oberti, S.P. †	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
		Born	Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B.	Vilminore de Scalve, Italy	Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea
24 Nov		Born	Irineu Gassen, O.F.M.	Santa Cruz do Sul	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
26 Nov	67.1	Appointed	Francesco de Filippis †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Nov	72.5	Died	Fabien-Zoël Decelles †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
	48.3	Succeeded	Arthur Douville †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Henryk Hoser, S.A.C.	Varsavia, Poland	Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
28 Nov	43.4	Appointed	François Ayoub †	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus	Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria
29 Nov	24.5	Ordained Priest	Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
	40.4	Succeeded	Sidney Matthew Metzger †	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Emmanuel Okombo	Bungoma	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil
	73.2	Resigned	Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. †	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †	Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
1 Dec		Born	Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †	Trento, Italy	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
2 Dec		Born	Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz	Kerkrade	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
		Born	Décio Zandonade, S.D.B.	Venda Nova do Imigrante	Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil
3 Dec		Born	Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes	Lisboa	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
5 Dec	38.3	Appointed	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
	38.3	Appointed	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Titular Bishop of Hephaestus	Bishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
6 Dec	24.6	Ordained Priest	Alberto Devoto †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Goya, Argentina
	26.6	Ordained Priest	Alejo Benedicto Gilligan †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
8 Dec	29.9	Ordained Priest	Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Georges-Clément-Joseph-Edouard Jacquin †	Bishop of Moulins, France
9 Dec		Born	Basile Tapsoba	Koudougou	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
11 Dec		Born	John Baptist Tseng Chien-tsi	Chipen	Auxiliary Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
12 Dec	70.2	Died	Augustin-Marie Tardieu, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viêt Nam
13 Dec	34.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Amihere Essuah †	Priest of Cape Coast, Ghana	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
	24.2	Ordained Priest	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec		Born	Anton Stres, C.M.	Donacka Gora	Bishop of Celje, Slovenia
16 Dec		Born	Valentin Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.	Nagua	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
17 Dec	42.0	Appointed	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Dec	36.6	Appointed	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
	36.6	Appointed	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
	66.5	Resigned	Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
19 Dec	24.2	Ordained Priest	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Franz Brazys, M.I.C. †	Priest of Congregation of Marian Fathers	Titular Bishop of Zella
	22.7	Ordained Priest	José Carranza Chévez †	Priest	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
	34.1	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Cafferata †	Priest of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Odo Fusi Pecci	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
	25.8	Ordained Priest	Juvencio González Alvarez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
	25.6	Ordained Priest	Jorge Gottau, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jorge Manuel López †	Priest of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	24.5	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco †	Priest	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Jerome Strecker †	Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Jerzy Stroba †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań, Poland
20 Dec	24.4	Ordained Priest	José María Carrizo Villarreal †	Priest of Panamá	Bishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama
	27.3	Ordained Priest	Alfred Fernández †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Khoury †	Priest	Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kundukulam †	Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese), India
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Winnibald Joseph Menezes †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Marie Kinam Ro †	Titular Bishop of Colbasa	Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Priest of Paraná, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
	27.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Sipendi †	Priest	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Douglas Joseph Warren	Priest of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Dec	24.7	Ordained Priest	Manuel d'Almeida Trindade	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Leo Binz †	Titular Bishop of Pinara	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	31.3	Ordained Priest	Baptist Mudartha †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
24 Dec		Born	Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta		Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia
25 Dec	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Irenaeus Hayasaka †	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Apostolic Administrator of Taiku, Korea (South)
26 Dec		Born	Joseph Nguyên Van Yên	Vinh Tri	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
27 Dec	57.6	Ordained Bishop	José Maria Cuenco †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. †	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 Dec		Born	Robert William Muench	Louisville, KY	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
	73.2	Died	Marie-Joseph-Aloys Munsch, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
29 Dec	62.8	Appointed	Emeterio Echeverria Barrena †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
	62.8	Appointed	Emeterio Echeverria Barrena †	Titular Bishop of Dora	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain
	47.2	Appointed	Rafael García y García de Castro †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
	53.9	Appointed	Ramón Iglesias Navarri †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Tegucigalpa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
30 Dec	57.5	Resigned	Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †	Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
	52.1	Appointed	Gregorio Modrego y Casaus †	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

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