The Year of Our Lord 1955

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 52.1 Appointed James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

2 Sep 27.2 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân Priest Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam

4 Sep 20.5 Professed Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

6 Sep Born Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. Crochi Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles

8 Sep 70.0 Died Johannes de Jong † Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

54.9 Ordained Bishop José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Clypia Vicar Apostolic of San José de Amazonas, Peru

78.8 Died Joseph Edward McCarthy † Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

47.6 Appointed Laurent Morin † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

47.6 Appointed Laurent Morin † Titular Bishop of Arsamosata Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

9 Sep 49.6 Succeeded Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

76.6 Died Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

61.0 Succeeded Daniel Joseph Feeney † Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

61.0 Died Thomas John Feeney, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

30.3 Ordained Bishop Dominik Kalata, S.J. Bishop Titular Bishop of Semta

10 Sep 43.0 Ordained Bishop Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines

11 Sep 44.4 Ordained Bishop Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Diospolis Inferior Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

61.0 Ordained Bishop Petras Mazelis † Titular Bishop of Celenderis Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

Born José Rafael Palma Capetillo Mérida Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México

48.7 Ordained Bishop Antonio Ravagli † Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy

43.9 Ordained Bishop Julijonas Steponavicius † Titular Bishop of Antarados Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

12 Sep Born José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. † Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

14 Sep 51.3 Appointed Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Libreville, Gabon Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon

46.9 Appointed Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Succeeded Maurice Baudoux † Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

85.5 Died Arthur Béliveau † Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

43.8 Appointed Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania

57.5 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus

52.2 Resigned Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

59.2 Appointed Paul Bouque, S.C.I. † Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

51.1 Appointed Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. † Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

47.9 Appointed Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

43.1 Appointed Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Majunga, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

40.6 Appointed Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal

53.7 Appointed André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. † Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. † Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo Bishop Emeritus

58.1 Appointed Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. † Bishop of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed René Graffin, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. † Bishop of Toamasina, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Bamako, Mali Bishop Emeritus of Ségou, Mali

65.2 Appointed Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

49.8 Appointed Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

54.3 Appointed Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. † Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso

53.1 Appointed Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria Bishop Emeritus

55.0 Appointed Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea Archbishop Emeritus

70.2 Appointed Louis Parisot, S.M.A. † Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin Archbishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. † Bishop of Garoua, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon

61.9 Appointed Ignace Ramarosandratana † Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

53.0 Appointed Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. † Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus

50.3 Appointed Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Archbishop Emeritus

63.0 Appointed Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. † Archbishop of Lomé, Togo Archbishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon

71.2 Appointed Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. † Bishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

52.6 Appointed Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar

15 Sep 64.6 Appointed Pietro Parente † Archbishop of Perugia, Italy Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

49.6 Ordained Bishop Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. † Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia

44.4 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil † Titular Bishop of Choma Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

17 Sep 46.4 Appointed Domenico Enrici † Titular Archbishop of Ancusa Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

46.4 Appointed Domenico Enrici † Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

61.1 Appointed Joseph-Martin Urtasun † Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France Archbishop Emeritus

61.1 Appointed Joseph-Martin Urtasun † Titular Archbishop of Preslavus Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France

18 Sep 23.1 Ordained Priest Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

49.7 Ordained Bishop José Bascuñana y López † Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain

24.0 Ordained Priest Vincent Malone Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

41.9 Ordained Bishop Siro Silvestri † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

19 Sep Born Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic Santiago de Chile Bishop of Linares, Chile

20 Sep 60.6 Resigned Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viêt Nam Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Paul Nguyên Van Binh † Vicar Apostolic of Cân Tho, Viêt Nam Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam

45.1 Appointed Paul Nguyên Van Binh † Titular Bishop of Agnus Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam

49.5 Appointed Simon Hoa Nguyên-van Hien † Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viêt Nam Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam

49.5 Appointed Simon Hoa Nguyên-van Hien † Titular Bishop of Sagalassus Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam

59.0 Appointed Thomas Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’on, Korea (South)

59.0 Appointed Thomas Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Chunchon, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’on, Korea (South)

54.8 Appointed Ernest Victor Tweedy † Titular Archbishop of Assuras Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia

54.8 Resigned Ernest Victor Tweedy † Archbishop of Hobart, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

42.8 Appointed Anthony H. Yang Kuang C'hi, O.F.M. † Bishop of Yütze [Yuci], China

38.9 Succeeded Guilford Clyde Young † Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

21 Sep 39.0 Ordained Bishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy † Bishop of Kumbakonam, India Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Ordained Bishop William Andrew Hart † Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

40.1 Ordained Bishop Antonio López Aviña † Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, Durango, México

51.7 Appointed Casimiro Morcillo González † Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

39.5 Appointed José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. † Bishop of Valdivia, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

52.5 Ordained Bishop Bernard Joseph Topel † Titular Bishop of Binda Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

24 Sep 49.3 Appointed Raffaele Forni † Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Syria

26.3 Ordained Priest José Manuel Lorenzo † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

24.4 Ordained Priest Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay

31.2 Ordained Priest Abelardo Francisco Silva † Priest Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina

25 Sep 33.8 Ordained Bishop Tomas Alberto Clavel Méndez † Bishop of David, Panama Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá

41.8 Ordained Bishop Patrick H. Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Ubaza Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

30.1 Ordained Priest Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. † Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar

32.2 Ordained Priest Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.C. Priest Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

52.5 Succeeded Bernard Joseph Topel † Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA Bishop Emeritus

76.7 Died Charles Daniel White † Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA

30 Sep Born Francisco Carlos da Silva Tabatinga Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

1 Oct 57.6 Appointed Francesco Pennisi † Bishop of Ragusa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

83.0 Retired Franz Tschann † Vicar Apostolic of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

2 Oct Born Carlos Alberto dos Santos Tobias Barreto Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Baia, Brazil

Born Joseph Mukasa Zuza Malembo Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi

3 Oct 51.9 Died Domenico Savarese † Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

45.2 Ordained Bishop Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D. † Titular Bishop of Antaeopolis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait

6 Oct Born Jean-Claude Rembanga Ippy Bishop Emeritus of Bambari, Central African Republic

53.8 Died John Riegler, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa

7 Oct 24.0 Ordained Priest Eugenio Corecco † Priest of Lugano, Switzerland Bishop

Born Claudio Gugerotti Verona, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia

25.4 Ordained Priest René Pierre Louis Joseph Séjourné Priest Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Flour, France

8 Oct 43.2 Ordained Bishop Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † Titular Bishop of Antiochia Parva Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France

9 Oct 79.8 Died Theodor Innitzer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

10 Oct 25.7 Ordained Priest Giorgio Zur Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

11 Oct 16.8 Professed Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

12 Oct 26.4 Ordained Priest Darius Nggawa, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia

52.3 Ordained Bishop Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

15 Oct 79.0 Died Serafín María Armora y González † Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México

16 Oct 34.7 Ordained Bishop Antony Padiyara † Bishop of Ootacamund, India Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India

44.2 Appointed Sebastian Valloppilly † Bishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India Bishop Emeritus

17 Oct 51.7 Died Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M. † Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy

18 Oct 21.8 Professed Luca Brandolini, C.M. Member of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy

72.4 Appointed Evasio Colli † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy Bishop

Born Plínio José Luz da Silva Pacoti Bishop of Picos, Piaui, Brazil

44.4 Ordained Bishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz † Bishop of Chillán, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

19 Oct 30.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Khamphan † Priest of Paksé, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

23 Oct Born Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P. Ogriagbene Auxiliary Bishop of Bomadi, Nigeria

64.7 Ordained Bishop Pietro Parente † Archbishop of Perugia, Italy Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

40.0 Ordained Bishop Altino Ribeiro de Santana † Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, Angola Bishop of Beira, Mozambique

44.4 Installed Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz † Bishop of Chillán, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

24 Oct 66.8 Appointed Efrem Forni † Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme

41.5 Ordained Bishop Epifanio Surban Belmonte † Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct 96.0 Died Michael Fogarty † Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland

26 Oct 53.6 Appointed Joseph Thomas McGucken † Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA

43.2 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Rafferty † Titular Bishop of Pharan Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia

28 Oct 42.0 Ordained Bishop Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales † Titular Bishop of Coptus Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador

78.8 Appointed Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. † Titular Archbishop of Arcadiopolis in Europa Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

78.8 Retired Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. † Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

49.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Mocellini † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy

29 Oct 57.1 Installed Silvino Martínez † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

52.6 Succeeded Joseph Rodgers † Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland

30 Oct 55.0 Installed José André Coimbra † Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

36.6 Ordained Bishop Edmundo Luís Kunz † Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

23.7 Ordained Priest Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia

22.8 Ordained Priest Javier Lozano Barragán Priest Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

47.7 Ordained Bishop Laurent Morin † Titular Bishop of Arsamosata Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

24.0 Ordained Priest Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México

31 Oct 55.3 Succeeded Bernard Jan Alfrink † Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	52.1	Appointed	James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
2 Sep	27.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam
4 Sep	20.5	Professed	Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
6 Sep		Born	Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P.	Crochi	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles
8 Sep	70.0	Died	Johannes de Jong †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
54.9	Ordained Bishop	José Damase Laberge, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Vicar Apostolic of San José de Amazonas, Peru
78.8	Died	Joseph Edward McCarthy †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
47.6	Appointed	Laurent Morin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
47.6	Appointed	Laurent Morin †	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
9 Sep	49.6	Succeeded	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
76.6	Died	Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
61.0	Succeeded	Daniel Joseph Feeney †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
61.0	Died	Thomas John Feeney, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
30.3	Ordained Bishop	Dominik Kalata, S.J.	Bishop	Titular Bishop of Semta
10 Sep	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Aphnaeum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines
11 Sep	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis Inferior	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Petras Mazelis †	Titular Bishop of Celenderis	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
	Born	José Rafael Palma Capetillo	Mérida	Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ravagli †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Julijonas Steponavicius †	Titular Bishop of Antarados	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
12 Sep		Born	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †		Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 Sep	51.3	Appointed	Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Libreville, Gabon	Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon
46.9	Appointed	Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Succeeded	Maurice Baudoux †	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
85.5	Died	Arthur Béliveau †	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
43.8	Appointed	Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo	Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
57.5	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
52.2	Resigned	Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
59.2	Appointed	Paul Bouque, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
47.9	Appointed	Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
43.1	Appointed	Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Majunga, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
40.6	Appointed	Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
53.7	Appointed	André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
58.1	Appointed	Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. †	Bishop of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	René Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Toamasina, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali	Bishop Emeritus of Ségou, Mali
65.2	Appointed	Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
49.8	Appointed	Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
54.3	Appointed	Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Nouna-Dédougou, Burkina Faso
53.1	Appointed	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
55.0	Appointed	Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus
70.2	Appointed	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Garoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
61.9	Appointed	Ignace Ramarosandratana †	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
53.0	Appointed	Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. †	Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
50.3	Appointed	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus
63.0	Appointed	Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †	Archbishop of Lomé, Togo	Archbishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon
71.2	Appointed	Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. †	Bishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
52.6	Appointed	Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar
15 Sep	64.6	Appointed	Pietro Parente †	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. †	Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Samarinda, Indonesia
44.4	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
17 Sep	46.4	Appointed	Domenico Enrici †	Titular Archbishop of Ancusa	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
46.4	Appointed	Domenico Enrici †	Apostolic Internuncio to Indonesia	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
61.1	Appointed	Joseph-Martin Urtasun †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop Emeritus
61.1	Appointed	Joseph-Martin Urtasun †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
18 Sep	23.1	Ordained Priest	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
49.7	Ordained Bishop	José Bascuñana y López †	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
24.0	Ordained Priest	Vincent Malone	Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
41.9	Ordained Bishop	Siro Silvestri †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
19 Sep		Born	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic	Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Linares, Chile
20 Sep	60.6	Resigned	Jean Cassaigne, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Paul Nguyên Van Binh †	Vicar Apostolic of Cân Tho, Viêt Nam	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam
45.1	Appointed	Paul Nguyên Van Binh †	Titular Bishop of Agnus	Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam
49.5	Appointed	Simon Hoa Nguyên-van Hien †	Vicar Apostolic of Saigon, Viêt Nam	Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam
49.5	Appointed	Simon Hoa Nguyên-van Hien †	Titular Bishop of Sagalassus	Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam
59.0	Appointed	Thomas Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’on, Korea (South)
59.0	Appointed	Thomas Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Chunchon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’on, Korea (South)
54.8	Appointed	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Titular Archbishop of Assuras	Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart, Australia
54.8	Resigned	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
42.8	Appointed	Anthony H. Yang Kuang C'hi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Yütze [Yuci], China
38.9	Succeeded	Guilford Clyde Young †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
21 Sep	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Paul Arulswamy †	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Ordained Bishop	William Andrew Hart †	Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio López Aviña †	Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, Durango, México
51.7	Appointed	Casimiro Morcillo González †	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
39.5	Appointed	José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Joseph Topel †	Titular Bishop of Binda	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
24 Sep	49.3	Appointed	Raffaele Forni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Syria
26.3	Ordained Priest	José Manuel Lorenzo †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
24.4	Ordained Priest	Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero	Priest of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
31.2	Ordained Priest	Abelardo Francisco Silva †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina
25 Sep	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Tomas Alberto Clavel Méndez †	Bishop of David, Panama	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Patrick H. Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Ubaza	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
30.1	Ordained Priest	Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette	Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar
32.2	Ordained Priest	Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.C.	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
52.5	Succeeded	Bernard Joseph Topel †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Bishop Emeritus
76.7	Died	Charles Daniel White †	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
30 Sep		Born	Francisco Carlos da Silva	Tabatinga	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Oct	57.6	Appointed	Francesco Pennisi †	Bishop of Ragusa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
83.0	Retired	Franz Tschann †	Vicar Apostolic of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Austria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Oct		Born	Carlos Alberto dos Santos	Tobias Barreto	Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Baia, Brazil
	Born	Joseph Mukasa Zuza	Malembo	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
3 Oct	51.9	Died	Domenico Savarese †	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D. †	Titular Bishop of Antaeopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
6 Oct		Born	Jean-Claude Rembanga	Ippy	Bishop Emeritus of Bambari, Central African Republic
53.8	Died	John Riegler, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Lydenburg, South Africa
7 Oct	24.0	Ordained Priest	Eugenio Corecco †	Priest of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop
	Born	Claudio Gugerotti	Verona, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia
25.4	Ordained Priest	René Pierre Louis Joseph Séjourné	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Flour, France
8 Oct	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †	Titular Bishop of Antiochia Parva	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
9 Oct	79.8	Died	Theodor Innitzer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
10 Oct	25.7	Ordained Priest	Giorgio Zur	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
11 Oct	16.8	Professed	Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
12 Oct	26.4	Ordained Priest	Darius Nggawa, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
15 Oct	79.0	Died	Serafín María Armora y González †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México
16 Oct	34.7	Ordained Bishop	Antony Padiyara †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
44.2	Appointed	Sebastian Valloppilly †	Bishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese), India	Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct	51.7	Died	Agostino Ernesto Castrillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
18 Oct	21.8	Professed	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
72.4	Appointed	Evasio Colli †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy	Bishop
	Born	Plínio José Luz da Silva	Pacoti	Bishop of Picos, Piaui, Brazil
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
19 Oct	30.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Khamphan †	Priest of Paksé, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
23 Oct		Born	Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.	Ogriagbene	Auxiliary Bishop of Bomadi, Nigeria
64.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Parente †	Archbishop of Perugia, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Altino Ribeiro de Santana †	Bishop of Sá da Bandeira, Angola	Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
44.4	Installed	Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz †	Bishop of Chillán, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
24 Oct	66.8	Appointed	Efrem Forni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Epifanio Surban Belmonte †	Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	96.0	Died	Michael Fogarty †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
26 Oct	53.6	Appointed	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA
43.2	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Rafferty †	Titular Bishop of Pharan	Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia
28 Oct	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †	Titular Bishop of Coptus	Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador
78.8	Appointed	Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Arcadiopolis in Europa	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
78.8	Retired	Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Mocellini †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy
29 Oct	57.1	Installed	Silvino Martínez †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
52.6	Succeeded	Joseph Rodgers †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
30 Oct	55.0	Installed	José André Coimbra †	Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
36.6	Ordained Bishop	Edmundo Luís Kunz †	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23.7	Ordained Priest	Olavio López Duque, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Casanare, Colombia
22.8	Ordained Priest	Javier Lozano Barragán	Priest	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Laurent Morin †	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
24.0	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México
31 Oct	55.3	Succeeded	Bernard Jan Alfrink †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

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