The Year of Our Lord 1977

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 39.9 Died Joseph Chhmar Salas † Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

1 Sep 45.1 Appointed Jayme Henrique Chemello Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

78.1 Resigned Antônio Zattera † Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

2 Sep 57.5 Died Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. † Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh

91.0 Died Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Kandy, Sri Lanka

3 Sep 48.4 Ordained Bishop Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila † Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia Archbishop of Brazil, Military

48.1 Ordained Bishop Joachim Phayao Manisap † Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

8 Sep 57.9 Professed Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

46.3 Ordained Bishop Simone Scatizzi Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy

9 Sep 43.0 Ordained Bishop Aloísio Sinésio Bohn Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

42.5 Ordained Bishop Antonios Naguib Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

23.4 Ordained Priest Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo Priest of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

50.3 Appointed José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

10 Sep 29.9 Ordained Priest Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez Priest Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic

56.4 Ordained Bishop Michel Hakim, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada

50.7 Ordained Bishop Paolo Magnani Bishop of Lodi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy

13 Sep 66.1 Appointed Pericle Felici † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

61.8 Resigned Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois Bishop of Corbeil, France Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

17 Sep 75.1 Retired William Edward Cousins † Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Archbishop Emeritus

45.3 Ordained Bishop Henri Schwery Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

18 Sep 47.0 Ordained Bishop Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

53.8 Ordained Bishop Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. Titular Bishop of Mulli Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador

19 Sep 54.0 Appointed Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. † Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

20 Sep 51.5 Appointed Antonio Deig Clotet † Bishop of Menorca, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain

47.4 Appointed Basil Harry Losten Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Joseph Michael Schmondiuk † Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

50.5 Appointed Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B. Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Archbishop Emeritus

21 Sep 48.3 Appointed Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. Abott Primate of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

47.1 Ordained Bishop James Joseph O’Brien † Titular Bishop of Manaccenser Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain

23 Sep 46.4 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Titular Archbishop of Octava Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

46.4 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to Panama Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

53.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Satoshi Fukahori Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 53.1 Ordained Bishop João Hipólito de Morais † Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

44.0 Ordained Bishop Valerian D'Souza Bishop of Poona, India

49.5 Ordained Bishop Jean Huard † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

76.6 Died Roberto Ronca † Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy

27 Sep 75.3 Retired Anthony John King Mussio † Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

28 Sep 45.6 Appointed Rosendo Huesca Pacheco Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México

29 Sep 68.6 Died Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal † Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India

45.4 Appointed Anthony Soter Fernandez Bishop of Penang, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

46.1 Appointed Felix Eugenio Mkhori Auxiliary Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

46.1 Appointed Felix Eugenio Mkhori Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

30 Sep 45.9 Appointed Helmut Krätzl Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

45.9 Appointed Helmut Krätzl Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

44.5 Appointed Florian Kuntner † Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

44.5 Appointed Florian Kuntner † Titular Bishop of Hirina Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

25.0 Ordained Priest Constancio Miranda Wechmann Priest Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México

Oct 83.9 Retired John Joseph Boardman † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

1 Oct 80.5 Died Martin Walter Stanton † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

2 Oct 53.9 Ordained Bishop Tomás Ó Fiaich † Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

4 Oct 63.1 Died Ippolito Rotoli † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan

7 Oct 68.3 Died Francis Valentine Allen † Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

47.9 Appointed François-Marie-Christian Favreau Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France

51.8 Appointed Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

9 Oct 49.1 Ordained Bishop Antonio Ambrosanio † Titular Bishop of Musti Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy

55.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio Pagano † Titular Bishop of Cissita Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy

11 Oct 49.5 Appointed Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India

49.5 Appointed Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Titular Bishop of Chaialum Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India

61.5 Appointed Albert Henry Ottenweller Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Charles Alexander K. Salatka † Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Archbishop Emeritus

14 Oct 75.0 Retired Edward Gerard Hettinger † Auxiliary Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

15 Oct 58.1 Succeeded Joseph Francis Maguire Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Installed Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal-Priest of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

72.1 Resigned Christopher Joseph Weldon † Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

16 Oct 28.4 Ordained Priest Philippe Ranaivomanana Priest Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar

17 Oct 48.8 Appointed Lorenzo Bellomi † Bishop of Trieste, Italy

67.4 Appointed Janez Jenko † Bishop of Koper, Slovenia Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Antonio Valentini † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

18 Oct 28.5 Ordained Priest Edson de Castro Homem Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

49.3 Appointed Bernard James Ganter † Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA

21 Oct 81.7 Died Norman Thomas Gilroy † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

76.5 Died Luigi Rinaldi † Bishop Emeritus of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy

22 Oct 59.7 Resigned José Joaquim Ribeiro † Bishop of Díli, Timor-Leste Bishop Emeritus

23 Oct 25.4 Ordained Priest Enrique Díaz Díaz Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

57.6 Ordained Bishop Marko Jozinovic † Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina Archbishop Emeritus

43.8 Ordained Bishop Gerhard Pieschl Titular Bishop of Misenum Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany

25 Oct 50.4 Ordained Bishop José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

27 Oct 42.4 Appointed Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. Titular Bishop of Regiae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala

42.4 Appointed Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. Apostolic Administrator of Izabal, Guatemala Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala

28 Oct 36.7 Appointed Carlos Alberto Nicolini † Auxiliary Bishop of Salto, Uruguay Coadjutor Bishop

36.7 Appointed Carlos Alberto Nicolini † Titular Bishop of Lilybaeum Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay

24.9 Ordained Priest Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil Priest of Bhagalpur, India Bishop

29 Oct 49.4 Appointed Augusto Aristizábal Ospina † Bishop of Jericó, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct 45.5 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Kélétigui Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

31 Oct 38.2 Appointed Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines Archbishop of Ozamis, Philippines

38.2 Appointed Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. Titular Bishop of Nabala Archbishop of Ozamis, Philippines

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	39.9	Died	Joseph Chhmar Salas †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
1 Sep	45.1	Appointed	Jayme Henrique Chemello	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
78.1	Resigned	Antônio Zattera †	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	57.5	Died	Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. †	Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
91.0	Died	Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kandy, Sri Lanka
3 Sep	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila †	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Archbishop of Brazil, Military
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Joachim Phayao Manisap †	Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	57.9	Professed	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Simone Scatizzi	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Pistoia, Italy
9 Sep	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Aloísio Sinésio Bohn	Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana	Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonios Naguib	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
23.4	Ordained Priest	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Priest of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
50.3	Appointed	José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Sep	29.9	Ordained Priest	Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez	Priest	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Magnani	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
13 Sep	66.1	Appointed	Pericle Felici †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
61.8	Resigned	Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois	Bishop of Corbeil, France	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
17 Sep	75.1	Retired	William Edward Cousins †	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Henri Schwery	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Mulli	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
19 Sep	54.0	Appointed	Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
20 Sep	51.5	Appointed	Antonio Deig Clotet †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
47.4	Appointed	Basil Harry Losten	Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Joseph Michael Schmondiuk †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
50.5	Appointed	Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Sep	48.3	Appointed	Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B.	Abott Primate of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
47.1	Ordained Bishop	James Joseph O’Brien †	Titular Bishop of Manaccenser	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
23 Sep	46.4	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Titular Archbishop of Octava	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
46.4	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Satoshi Fukahori	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	53.1	Ordained Bishop	João Hipólito de Morais †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Valerian D'Souza	Bishop of Poona, India
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean Huard †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
76.6	Died	Roberto Ronca †	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy
27 Sep	75.3	Retired	Anthony John King Mussio †	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Sep	45.6	Appointed	Rosendo Huesca Pacheco	Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México
29 Sep	68.6	Died	Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India
45.4	Appointed	Anthony Soter Fernandez	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
46.1	Appointed	Felix Eugenio Mkhori	Auxiliary Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
46.1	Appointed	Felix Eugenio Mkhori	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
30 Sep	45.9	Appointed	Helmut Krätzl	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
45.9	Appointed	Helmut Krätzl	Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
44.5	Appointed	Florian Kuntner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
44.5	Appointed	Florian Kuntner †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
25.0	Ordained Priest	Constancio Miranda Wechmann	Priest	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México
Oct	83.9	Retired	John Joseph Boardman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Oct	80.5	Died	Martin Walter Stanton †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
2 Oct	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Ó Fiaich †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
4 Oct	63.1	Died	Ippolito Rotoli †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan
7 Oct	68.3	Died	Francis Valentine Allen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
47.9	Appointed	François-Marie-Christian Favreau	Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
51.8	Appointed	Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes	Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
9 Oct	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Ambrosanio †	Titular Bishop of Musti	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Pagano †	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Bishop Emeritus of Ischia, Italy
11 Oct	49.5	Appointed	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
49.5	Appointed	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Titular Bishop of Chaialum	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
61.5	Appointed	Albert Henry Ottenweller	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Charles Alexander K. Salatka †	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Oct	75.0	Retired	Edward Gerard Hettinger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	58.1	Succeeded	Joseph Francis Maguire	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Installed	Joseph Ratzinger	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
72.1	Resigned	Christopher Joseph Weldon †	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	28.4	Ordained Priest	Philippe Ranaivomanana	Priest	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
17 Oct	48.8	Appointed	Lorenzo Bellomi †	Bishop of Trieste, Italy
67.4	Appointed	Janez Jenko †	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Antonio Valentini †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
18 Oct	28.5	Ordained Priest	Edson de Castro Homem	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
49.3	Appointed	Bernard James Ganter †	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
21 Oct	81.7	Died	Norman Thomas Gilroy †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
76.5	Died	Luigi Rinaldi †	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco e Bisignano, Italy
22 Oct	59.7	Resigned	José Joaquim Ribeiro †	Bishop of Díli, Timor-Leste	Bishop Emeritus
23 Oct	25.4	Ordained Priest	Enrique Díaz Díaz	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Marko Jozinovic †	Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Archbishop Emeritus
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Gerhard Pieschl	Titular Bishop of Misenum	Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg, Germany
25 Oct	50.4	Ordained Bishop	José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	42.4	Appointed	Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Regiae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
42.4	Appointed	Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Izabal, Guatemala	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Izabal, Guatemala
28 Oct	36.7	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Nicolini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Coadjutor Bishop
36.7	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Nicolini †	Titular Bishop of Lilybaeum	Coadjutor Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
24.9	Ordained Priest	Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil	Priest of Bhagalpur, India	Bishop
29 Oct	49.4	Appointed	Augusto Aristizábal Ospina †	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Kélétigui	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
31 Oct	38.2	Appointed	Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Archbishop of Ozamis, Philippines
38.2	Appointed	Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Nabala	Archbishop of Ozamis, Philippines

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