The Year of Our Lord 1969

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 21.7 Professed Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

2 Oct 41.6 Appointed Joakim Herbut † Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia Bishop of Skopje, Macedonia

54.8 Installed Paul Francis Leibold † Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

25.4 Professed (Perpetual Vows) Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. Member of Consolata Missionaries Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique

49.6 Appointed Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

49.6 Appointed Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Libertina Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

51.2 Appointed Nikë Prela † Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Appointed Nikë Prela † Titular Bishop of Rufiniana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia

36.6 Appointed Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. Auxiliary Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

36.6 Appointed Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles

3 Oct 41.1 Appointed Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † Prefect of Fort Johnston, Malawi Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi

79.9 Appointed Umberto Malchiodi † Titular Archbishop of Astigi Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

79.9 Retired Umberto Malchiodi † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

4 Oct 53.4 Ordained Bishop Alejo Benedicto Gilligan † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

30.7 Ordained Priest Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique

47.7 Appointed Enrico Manfredini † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

5 Oct 25.4 Ordained Priest Stephen Athipozhiyil Priest of Alleppey, India Bishop

56.6 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Peña, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna Prelate Emeritus of Alto Sinú, Colombia

6 Oct 55.2 Appointed Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Appointed Joseph Lloyd Hogan † Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

82.0 Died John Andrew O’Shea, C.M. † Bishop of Ganzhou [Kanchow], China

74.4 Appointed Fulton John Sheen † Titular Archbishop of Neoportus Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

74.4 Retired Fulton John Sheen † Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

9 Oct 65.2 Died Matthew Kavukattu † Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India

62.1 Selected Eduard Macheiner † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

10 Oct 65.7 Resigned Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

42.7 Selected Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

77.5 Retired Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre † Archbishop of Bourges, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

61.4 Succeeded Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Archbishop of Bourges, France Archbishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Peter Stephan Zurbriggen Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

12 Oct 41.8 Ordained Bishop Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte Titular Bishop of Sicilibba Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles

55.8 Ordained Bishop Karl Moser † Titular Bishop of Absorus Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

13 Oct 42.3 Appointed Hugh Lindsay † Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

42.3 Appointed Hugh Lindsay † Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

14 Oct Born Vasile Bizău Dragomiresti Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania

16 Oct 53.8 Ordained Bishop Leo Joseph Brust † Titular Bishop of Suelli Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

17 Oct 41.7 Appointed Guy Bélanger † Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

18 Oct 98.2 Died John Bernard MacGinley † Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA

62.2 Confirmed Eduard Macheiner † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

20 Oct 64.5 Appointed Stephen Aloysius Leven † Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed George Edward Lynch † Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed George Edward Lynch † Titular Bishop of Satafi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

88.3 Died Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B. † Prelate Emeritus of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

58.8 Appointed Jan Zareba † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

21 Oct 44.8 Appointed Manuel S. Salvador † Bishop of Palo, Philippines Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

23 Oct 21.5 Professed Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

38.8 Appointed Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde † Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

25 Oct 33.1 Ordained Priest Lucas Kerketta, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Sambalpur, India

26 Oct 63.5 Installed Jorge Carlos Carreras † Bishop of San Justo, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

45.6 Ordained Bishop Alois Wagner † Titular Bishop of Siccenna Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

28 Oct 50.8 Appointed Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa) † Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

86.6 Died Luigi Centoz † Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

42.4 Appointed Hubert Luthe Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

42.4 Appointed Hubert Luthe Titular Bishop of Egabro Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

68.6 Died Francis Joseph Schenk † Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

51.9 Installed Ignatius Jerome Strecker † Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

26.4 Ordained Priest Abraham Viruthakulangara Priest Archbishop of Nagpur, India

29 Oct 53.9 Installed Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe † Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct 56.3 Selected Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. † Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

55.1 Ordained Bishop Harold Joseph Dimmerling † Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

31 Oct 76.9 Appointed Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Valliposita Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India

76.9 Retired Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. † Bishop of Krishnagar, India Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Died Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes † Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua

55.8 Appointed Joseph Elias Tawil † Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek) Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	21.7	Professed	Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.	Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
2 Oct	41.6	Appointed	Joakim Herbut †	Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia	Bishop of Skopje, Macedonia
54.8	Installed	Paul Francis Leibold †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
25.4	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
49.6	Appointed	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
49.6	Appointed	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Libertina	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
51.2	Appointed	Nikë Prela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Appointed	Nikë Prela †	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, Macedonia
36.6	Appointed	Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
36.6	Appointed	Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
3 Oct	41.1	Appointed	Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †	Prefect of Fort Johnston, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
79.9	Appointed	Umberto Malchiodi †	Titular Archbishop of Astigi	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
79.9	Retired	Umberto Malchiodi †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Alejo Benedicto Gilligan †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
30.7	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique
47.7	Appointed	Enrico Manfredini †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
5 Oct	25.4	Ordained Priest	Stephen Athipozhiyil	Priest of Alleppey, India	Bishop
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Sánchez Peña, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Sinú, Colombia
6 Oct	55.2	Appointed	Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Appointed	Joseph Lloyd Hogan †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
82.0	Died	John Andrew O’Shea, C.M. †	Bishop of Ganzhou [Kanchow], China
74.4	Appointed	Fulton John Sheen †	Titular Archbishop of Neoportus	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
74.4	Retired	Fulton John Sheen †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Oct	65.2	Died	Matthew Kavukattu †	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese), India
62.1	Selected	Eduard Macheiner †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
10 Oct	65.7	Resigned	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
42.7	Selected	Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
77.5	Retired	Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
61.4	Succeeded	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
12 Oct	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba	Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Karl Moser †	Titular Bishop of Absorus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
13 Oct	42.3	Appointed	Hugh Lindsay †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
42.3	Appointed	Hugh Lindsay †	Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
14 Oct		Born	Vasile Bizău	Dragomiresti	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
16 Oct	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Leo Joseph Brust †	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 Oct	41.7	Appointed	Guy Bélanger †	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
18 Oct	98.2	Died	John Bernard MacGinley †	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
62.2	Confirmed	Eduard Macheiner †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
20 Oct	64.5	Appointed	Stephen Aloysius Leven †	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	George Edward Lynch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	George Edward Lynch †	Titular Bishop of Satafi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
88.3	Died	Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B. †	Prelate Emeritus of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
58.8	Appointed	Jan Zareba †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
21 Oct	44.8	Appointed	Manuel S. Salvador †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
23 Oct	21.5	Professed	Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
38.8	Appointed	Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
25 Oct	33.1	Ordained Priest	Lucas Kerketta, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Sambalpur, India
26 Oct	63.5	Installed	Jorge Carlos Carreras †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Alois Wagner †	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
28 Oct	50.8	Appointed	Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa) †	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
86.6	Died	Luigi Centoz †	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
42.4	Appointed	Hubert Luthe	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
42.4	Appointed	Hubert Luthe	Titular Bishop of Egabro	Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
68.6	Died	Francis Joseph Schenk †	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
51.9	Installed	Ignatius Jerome Strecker †	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
26.4	Ordained Priest	Abraham Viruthakulangara	Priest	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
29 Oct	53.9	Installed	Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe †	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	56.3	Selected	Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Harold Joseph Dimmerling †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
31 Oct	76.9	Appointed	Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
76.9	Retired	Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Krishnagar, India	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Died	Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes †	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
55.8	Appointed	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek)	Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA