The Year of Our Lord 1971

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 75.7 Retired Patrick Joseph Farrelly † Bishop of Lismore, Australia Bishop Emeritus

43.0 Succeeded John Steven Satterthwaite † Bishop of Lismore, Australia Bishop Emeritus

2 Sep 63.3 Resigned Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec † Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France Bishop Emeritus

80.3 Died Diego María Gómez Tamayo † Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia

60.7 Appointed Enea Selis † Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy

3 Sep 46.8 Appointed Carlo Aliprandi † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep 23.9 Ordained Priest Gerard Joseph Holohan Priest of Perth, Australia Bishop of Bunbury, Australia

50.6 Ordained Bishop Remigio Ragonesi † Titular Bishop of Misenum Vicegerent Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

5 Sep 19.9 Professed Janusz Marian Danecki, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

51.0 Ordained Bishop Elias Nijmé, B.A. † Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

31.4 Ordained Priest Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

7 Sep 65.7 Died Victor Joseph Reed † Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

47.0 Appointed Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

8 Sep 17.3 Professed Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy

54.0 Appointed Agostino Ferrari Toniolo † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Official Emeritus

17.2 Professed Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

63.9 Appointed Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. † President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications

44.6 Installed Francis Thomas Hurley † Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA

44.5 Ordained Bishop Raymond Alphonse Lucker † Titular Bishop of Meta Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA

60.2 Appointed Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. † Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

71.3 Resigned Martin John O’Connor † President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications President Emeritus

50.1 Ordained Bishop John Robert Roach † Titular Bishop of Cenae Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

23.7 Ordained Priest Marcello Semeraro Priest of Lecce, Italy Bishop of Albano, Italy

49.4 Ordained Bishop Peter Wang Kei Lei † Titular Bishop of Octaba Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

9 Sep 51.1 Appointed Luigi Maverna † Bishop of Chiavari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

47.8 Appointed Giovanni Moretti † Titular Archbishop of Vartana Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

47.8 Appointed Giovanni Moretti † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

47.8 Appointed Giovanni Moretti † Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

10 Sep 56.6 Resigned Agostino (Dante) Trapè, O.S.A. † Prior General of Order of St. Augustine Prior General Emeritus

40.5 Appointed Ricardo Jamin Vidal † Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

40.5 Appointed Ricardo Jamin Vidal † Titular Bishop of Claternae Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

11 Sep 18.6 Professed Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC. Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

59.1 Appointed Arnoldo Onisto † Bishop of Vicenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Ordained Bishop Gilbert Blaize Rego † Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India Bishop Emeritus

80.7 Retired Carlo Zinato † Bishop of Vicenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

12 Sep 25.1 Ordained Priest Armando Bucciol Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil

60.7 Ordained Bishop Frederico Didonet † Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.4 Ordained Bishop Denys Gaith, B.C. † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria

52.6 Ordained Bishop Ernst Gutting † Titular Bishop of Sufar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany

42.2 Ordained Bishop Bernard Hubert † Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

Born Marcelo Julián Margni Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

41.8 Ordained Bishop Elias White Mutale † Bishop of Mansa, Zambia Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia

47.6 Ordained Bishop Léon-Raymond Soulier † Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France

26.8 Ordained Priest Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan Priest Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

16 Sep 29.9 Ordained Priest Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

18 Sep 52.1 Appointed Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne † Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France

52.1 Appointed Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne † Titular Bishop of Tela Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France

47.7 Ordained Bishop Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France

57.9 Died Jorge Kilian (Chiliano) Pflaum, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia

19 Sep 25.7 Ordained Priest Nicolas Antiba, B.A. Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek) Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria

51.5 Ordained Bishop André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. † Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine

50.6 Ordained Bishop André Gustave Bossuyt † Titular Bishop of Chunavia Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France

25.7 Solemn Vows Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Grosseto, Italy

23.2 Ordained Priest Bruno Musarò Priest of Otranto, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

34.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Edra Ukpo Titular Bishop of Chullu Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

53.6 Ordained Bishop Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. † Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia Bishop Emeritus

20 Sep 76.2 Retired Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Giovanni Mariani † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

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

57.2 Appointed Alfredo Poledrini † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Alfredo Poledrini † Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Lesotho

54.6 Appointed Luis Vallejos Santoni † Bishop of Callao, Peru Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru

21 Sep 73.3 Retired Teodosio Moreno Quintana † Bishop of Huaraz, Peru Bishop Emeritus

36.9 Appointed Bernard Rooney, O.S.B. Superior of Kalumburu, Australia Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia

53.5 Appointed Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. † Bishop of Huaraz, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

23 Sep 64.5 Died André Creemers, O.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

75.6 Died Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy

24 Sep 50.2 Ordained Bishop Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. † Titular Bishop of Nicives Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil

25 Sep 55.9 Appointed Loris Francesco Capovilla † Prelate of Loreto, Italy Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Loris Francesco Capovilla † Titular Archbishop of Mesembria Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

29.4 Ordained Priest Vitus Huonder Priest of Chur, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

24.0 Ordained Priest Francesco Lambiasi Priest of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy Bishop of Rimini, Italy

53.4 Ordained Bishop Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta † Bishop of León, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain

54.8 Ordained Bishop Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert † Titular Bishop of Apollonis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

25.4 Ordained Priest Luigi Pezzuto Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina

26 Sep 53.8 Ordained Bishop Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Eucarpia Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

47.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Jean Marie Rozier † Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia Bishop of Poitiers, France

Born Viktors Stulpins Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia

28 Sep 43.5 Died Giocondo Maria Grotti, O.S.M. † Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil

29 Sep 83.0 Died Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

51.7 Succeeded Joaquín García Ordóñez † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Appointed Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R. † Prefect of Rustenburg, South Africa Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa

85.6 Died Emiliano Giuseppe Lonati, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil

30 Sep 58.9 Appointed Aurelio Sabattani † Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

Oct 64.7 Ceased Marko Mihayo † Apostolic Administrator of Mbulu, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania

1 Oct 22.6 Professed Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

2 Oct 22.8 Professed Robert Francis Christian, O.P. † Member of Order of Friars Preachers Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

3 Oct 42.4 Ordained Bishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh † Bishop of Accra, Ghana Archbishop Emeritus of Accra, Ghana

41.8 Ordained Bishop Ramón Buxarrais Ventura Bishop of Zamora, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

47.9 Ordained Bishop Carlo Curis † Titular Archbishop of Medeli Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada

45.5 Ordained Bishop Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

88.5 Died Luigi Rosa † Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy

57.0 Ordained Bishop Mario Rossi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

39.8 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 43.9 Ordained Bishop Simeon Anthony Pereira † Titular Bishop of Badiae Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

8 Oct 53.4 Appointed Jackson Berenguer Prado † Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

9 Oct 24.5 Ordained Priest Ivo Baldi Gaburri Priest of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop of Huarí, Peru

Born Alexandre François Marie Joly Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

27.5 Ordained Priest Luis Alberto Parra Mora Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia

55.9 Ordained Bishop Mario Schierano † Titular Archbishop of Achrida Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

10 Oct 39.1 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, M.E.P. Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos

36.4 Ordained Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria

44.1 Ordained Bishop Edoardo Rovida Titular Archbishop of Tauromenium Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal

50.2 Ordained Bishop Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

13 Oct 48.1 Ordained Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J. † Bishop of Daltonganj, India Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

14 Oct 32.7 Ordained Priest Gabriel Mmole † Priest of Ndanda, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus of Mtwara, Tanzania

15 Oct 37.5 Appointed Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop

37.5 Appointed Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)

66.0 Resigned James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. † Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Bishop Emeritus

43.7 Appointed Auguste Nobou † Bishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

43.6 Appointed Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. † Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

82.7 Died Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict

16 Oct 48.9 Ordained Bishop Cecil DeSa † Bishop of Lucknow, India Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India

60.1 Appointed Primo Gasbarri † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Oct 59.2 Ordained Bishop Arnoldo Onisto † Bishop of Vicenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

41.4 Ordained Bishop James Anthony Toppo † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India

19 Oct 55.8 Succeeded Joseph Thomas Daley † Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

81.4 Appointed George Leo Leech † Titular Bishop of Allegheny Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

81.4 Retired George Leo Leech † Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

22 Oct Born Youhanna Rafic Warcha Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

46.3 Appointed Thomas Joseph Winning † Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop

46.3 Appointed Thomas Joseph Winning † Titular Bishop of Lugmad Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

23 Oct 43.6 Ordained Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F. Titular Bishop of Altava Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

30.5 Ordained Priest Ignatius Pak Sok-hi † Priest Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)

27.6 Ordained Priest Camille Zaidan Priest Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

24 Oct 47.0 Ordained Bishop Carlo Aliprandi † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Ordained Bishop Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Lydda Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil

75.4 Retired John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus

47.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Moretti † Titular Archbishop of Vartana Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

48.7 Succeeded Maurice Michael Otunga † Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

38.6 Installed Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

27 Oct 21.2 Professed Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B. Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

28 Oct 62.1 Succeeded Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix † Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

78.9 Died Pierre Brot † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France

75.1 Retired Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier † Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct 49.5 Appointed Dante Bernini Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Dante Bernini Titular Bishop of Assidona Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy

71.1 Resigned Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. † Bishop of Novara, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Luis Dalle, SS.CC. † Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru

31 Oct 26.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Dabre Priest of Bombay, India Bishop of Poona, India

26.2 Ordained Priest Max Leroy Davis Priest of Perth, Australia Bishop of Australia, Military

68.4 Died William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

35.0 Ordained Bishop Ephraim Silas Obot † Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena Bishop of Idah, Nigeria

25.8 Ordained Priest Fernando Panico, M.S.C. Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	75.7	Retired	Patrick Joseph Farrelly †	Bishop of Lismore, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
43.0	Succeeded	John Steven Satterthwaite †	Bishop of Lismore, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	63.3	Resigned	Joël-André-Jean-Marie Bellec †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France	Bishop Emeritus
80.3	Died	Diego María Gómez Tamayo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
60.7	Appointed	Enea Selis †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy
3 Sep	46.8	Appointed	Carlo Aliprandi †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep	23.9	Ordained Priest	Gerard Joseph Holohan	Priest of Perth, Australia	Bishop of Bunbury, Australia
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Remigio Ragonesi †	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Vicegerent Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
5 Sep	19.9	Professed	Janusz Marian Danecki, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Elias Nijmé, B.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
31.4	Ordained Priest	Afonso Nteka, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
7 Sep	65.7	Died	Victor Joseph Reed †	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
47.0	Appointed	Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
8 Sep	17.3	Professed	Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
54.0	Appointed	Agostino Ferrari Toniolo †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
17.2	Professed	Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
63.9	Appointed	Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
44.6	Installed	Francis Thomas Hurley †	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Alphonse Lucker †	Titular Bishop of Meta	Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
60.2	Appointed	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. †	Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
71.3	Resigned	Martin John O’Connor †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications	President Emeritus
50.1	Ordained Bishop	John Robert Roach †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
23.7	Ordained Priest	Marcello Semeraro	Priest of Lecce, Italy	Bishop of Albano, Italy
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Peter Wang Kei Lei †	Titular Bishop of Octaba	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
9 Sep	51.1	Appointed	Luigi Maverna †	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
47.8	Appointed	Giovanni Moretti †	Titular Archbishop of Vartana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
47.8	Appointed	Giovanni Moretti †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
47.8	Appointed	Giovanni Moretti †	Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
10 Sep	56.6	Resigned	Agostino (Dante) Trapè, O.S.A. †	Prior General of Order of St. Augustine	Prior General Emeritus
40.5	Appointed	Ricardo Jamin Vidal †	Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
40.5	Appointed	Ricardo Jamin Vidal †	Titular Bishop of Claternae	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines
11 Sep	18.6	Professed	Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Archbishop of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
59.1	Appointed	Arnoldo Onisto †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert Blaize Rego †	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
80.7	Retired	Carlo Zinato †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
12 Sep	25.1	Ordained Priest	Armando Bucciol	Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Bishop of Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil
60.7	Ordained Bishop	Frederico Didonet †	Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Denys Gaith, B.C. †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Ernst Gutting †	Titular Bishop of Sufar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Hubert †	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
	Born	Marcelo Julián Margni		Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Elias White Mutale †	Bishop of Mansa, Zambia	Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Léon-Raymond Soulier †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
26.8	Ordained Priest	Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan	Priest	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
16 Sep	29.9	Ordained Priest	Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
18 Sep	52.1	Appointed	Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne †	Auxiliary Bishop of Metz, France	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
52.1	Appointed	Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne †	Titular Bishop of Tela	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Claude, France
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Angers, France
57.9	Died	Jorge Kilian (Chiliano) Pflaum, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
19 Sep	25.7	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Antiba, B.A.	Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)	Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
51.5	Ordained Bishop	André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. †	Titular Bishop of Comana Armeniae	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
50.6	Ordained Bishop	André Gustave Bossuyt †	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
25.7	Solemn Vows	Rodolfo Cetoloni, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	Bruno Musarò	Priest of Otranto, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
34.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Edra Ukpo	Titular Bishop of Chullu	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	76.2	Retired	Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Giovanni Mariani †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
51.6	Succeeded	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
57.2	Appointed	Alfredo Poledrini †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Alfredo Poledrini †	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Lesotho
54.6	Appointed	Luis Vallejos Santoni †	Bishop of Callao, Peru	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
21 Sep	73.3	Retired	Teodosio Moreno Quintana †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
36.9	Appointed	Bernard Rooney, O.S.B.	Superior of Kalumburu, Australia	Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia
53.5	Appointed	Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †	Bishop of Huaraz, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
23 Sep	64.5	Died	André Creemers, O.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
75.6	Died	Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
24 Sep	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Nicives	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
25 Sep	55.9	Appointed	Loris Francesco Capovilla †	Prelate of Loreto, Italy	Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Loris Francesco Capovilla †	Titular Archbishop of Mesembria	Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
29.4	Ordained Priest	Vitus Huonder	Priest of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
24.0	Ordained Priest	Francesco Lambiasi	Priest of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta †	Bishop of León, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert †	Titular Bishop of Apollonis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
25.4	Ordained Priest	Luigi Pezzuto	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina
26 Sep	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Jean Marie Rozier †	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia	Bishop of Poitiers, France
	Born	Viktors Stulpins		Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia
28 Sep	43.5	Died	Giocondo Maria Grotti, O.S.M. †	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
29 Sep	83.0	Died	Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
51.7	Succeeded	Joaquín García Ordóñez †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Henry Lancelot Paxton Hallett, C.SS.R. †	Prefect of Rustenburg, South Africa	Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
85.6	Died	Emiliano Giuseppe Lonati, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate Emeritus of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
30 Sep	58.9	Appointed	Aurelio Sabattani †	Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
Oct	64.7	Ceased	Marko Mihayo †	Apostolic Administrator of Mbulu, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
1 Oct	22.6	Professed	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
2 Oct	22.8	Professed	Robert Francis Christian, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
3 Oct	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Kodwo Andoh †	Bishop of Accra, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Accra, Ghana
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Buxarrais Ventura	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Curis †	Titular Archbishop of Medeli	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando †	Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
88.5	Died	Luigi Rosa †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
57.0	Ordained Bishop	Mario Rossi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
39.8	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Badiae	Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
8 Oct	53.4	Appointed	Jackson Berenguer Prado †	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 Oct	24.5	Ordained Priest	Ivo Baldi Gaburri	Priest of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop of Huarí, Peru
	Born	Alexandre François Marie Joly		Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
27.5	Ordained Priest	Luis Alberto Parra Mora	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Mario Schierano †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
10 Oct	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, M.E.P.	Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
36.4	Ordained Bishop	Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Edoardo Rovida	Titular Archbishop of Tauromenium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
13 Oct	48.1	Ordained Bishop	George Victor Saupin, S.J. †	Bishop of Daltonganj, India	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
14 Oct	32.7	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Mmole †	Priest of Ndanda, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Mtwara, Tanzania
15 Oct	37.5	Appointed	Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
37.5	Appointed	Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
66.0	Resigned	James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
43.7	Appointed	Auguste Nobou †	Bishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
43.6	Appointed	Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
82.7	Died	Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
16 Oct	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Cecil DeSa †	Bishop of Lucknow, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
60.1	Appointed	Primo Gasbarri †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Arnoldo Onisto †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
41.4	Ordained Bishop	James Anthony Toppo †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
19 Oct	55.8	Succeeded	Joseph Thomas Daley †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
81.4	Appointed	George Leo Leech †	Titular Bishop of Allegheny	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
81.4	Retired	George Leo Leech †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct		Born	Youhanna Rafic Warcha		Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
46.3	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Winning †	Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop
46.3	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Winning †	Titular Bishop of Lugmad	Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Oct	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Altava	Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
30.5	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Pak Sok-hi †	Priest	Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)
27.6	Ordained Priest	Camille Zaidan	Priest	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
24 Oct	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Aliprandi †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
75.4	Retired	John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Moretti †	Titular Archbishop of Vartana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
48.7	Succeeded	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
38.6	Installed	Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	21.2	Professed	Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B.	Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
28 Oct	62.1	Succeeded	Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
78.9	Died	Pierre Brot †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
75.1	Retired	Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	49.5	Appointed	Dante Bernini	Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Dante Bernini	Titular Bishop of Assidona	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
71.1	Resigned	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Luis Dalle, SS.CC. †	Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru
31 Oct	26.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Dabre	Priest of Bombay, India	Bishop of Poona, India
26.2	Ordained Priest	Max Leroy Davis	Priest of Perth, Australia	Bishop of Australia, Military
68.4	Died	William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
35.0	Ordained Bishop	Ephraim Silas Obot †	Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
25.8	Ordained Priest	Fernando Panico, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

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