The Year of Our Lord 1978

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 26.9 Ordained Priest Francisco Ozoria Acosta Priest Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

28.7 Ordained Priest Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina

3 Sep 28.2 Ordained Priest Alain Harel Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius

65.9 Installed Albino Luciani † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

54.0 Ordained Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep 56.3 Appointed Bernardin Gantin † President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

53.2 Appointed Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

57.7 Appointed Clément Georges Schelhoth † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Siri Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

57.7 Resigned Clément Georges Schelhoth † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

72.9 Resigned Jean-Marie Villot † President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

6 Sep 43.7 Appointed Ireneo A. Amantillo, C.SS.R. Bishop of Tandag, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

8 Sep 59.9 Appointed Giovanni Cheli Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

59.9 Appointed Giovanni Cheli Official to United Nations Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

61.1 Died James Jerome Killeen † Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA

52.9 Appointed Didier-Léon Marchand Bishop of Valence (, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France Bishop Emeritus

10 Sep 44.9 Installed Geraldo Majella Agnelo Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

44.1 Ordained Bishop James Pazhayattil Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabarese), India

11 Sep 77.9 Died Valerian Gracias † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India

67.6 Died Manuel de Jesus Pereira † Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal

58.5 Succeeded Simon Ignatius Pimenta Archbishop of Bombay, India Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Sep 42.3 Appointed Joseph Dao Bishop of Kayes, Mali

64.2 Died Józef Drzazga † Bishop of Warmia, Poland

13 Sep 74.3 Died George Andrew Beck, A.A. † Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

16 Sep 59.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Cheli Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

17 Sep 45.9 Ordained Bishop Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille Titular Bishop of Fata Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France

51.9 Ordained Bishop Ernesto Togni Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

18 Sep 68.0 Appointed Rémy Augustin, S.M.M. † Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

44.2 Appointed François Colímon, S.M.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

64.2 Resigned Alfredo Poledrini † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

64.2 Resigned Alfredo Poledrini † Apostolic Delegate to South Africa Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Lesotho

19 Sep 45.8 Appointed Adam Dyczkowski Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland

45.8 Appointed Adam Dyczkowski Titular Bishop of Altava Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland

20 Sep 75.3 Retired Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières † Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Bishop Emeritus

49.4 Appointed Jacques André Marie Jullien Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France

62.1 Died Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. † Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

21 Sep 47.2 Ordained Bishop Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Durango, México

48.3 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Sabatini, C.S. Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop Emeritus of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

58.8 Appointed Jerzy Stroba † Archbishop of Poznań, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

22 Sep 63.4 Died Joseph Arthur Costello † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

23 Sep 55.7 Appointed Javier Azagra Labiano Bishop of Cartagena (en España) Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 46.5 Appointed Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M. Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

69.3 Resigned Antonio Añoveros Ataún † Bishop of Bilbao, Spain Bishop Emeritus

67.7 Resigned Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Alphonse U Than Aung † Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar Archbishop Emeritus

28 Sep 65.9 Died Albino Luciani † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

30 Sep 51.3 Installed Horacio Alberto Bózzoli † Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

43.6 Ordained Bishop Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A. Bishop of Palencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

55.0 Ordained Bishop Michel Joseph Kuehn Bishop of Chartres, France Bishop Emeritus

1 Oct 89.1 Died Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda † Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines

7 Oct 27.8 Ordained Priest Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu Priest of Awka, Nigeria Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria

39.0 Ordained Bishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo Bishop of Dumka, India Cardinal, Archbishop of Ranchi, India

8 Oct 24.7 Ordained Priest Joel Zamudio Baylon Priest Bishop of Masbate, Philippines

10 Oct 24.6 Ordained Priest Karlheinz Diez Priest of Fulda, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

70.8 Died Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim † Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

24.2 Ordained Priest Gerhard Maria Wagner Priest of Linz, Austria Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

13 Oct 28.8 Solemn Professed Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. Member of Order of St. Basil the Great Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

14 Oct 28.8 Ordained Priest Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. Priest of Order of St. Basil the Great Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

25.9 Ordained Priest José Antonio Fernández Hurtado Priest of Tula, Hidalgo, México Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México

77.1 Died Boleslaw Filipiak † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana

16 Oct 58.4 Elected Karol Józef Wojtyla † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

18 Oct 81.4 Died Germiniano Esorto † Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

22 Oct 58.4 Installed Karol Józef Wojtyla † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

23 Oct 26.9 Ordained Priest John Moolachira Priest of Tezpur, India Bishop of Diphu, India

24 Oct 53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia

53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia

53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sénégal Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia

53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burkina Faso Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia

53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Delegate to Mali Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia

53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia

53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia

25 Oct 46.7 Ordained Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. † Coadjutor Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea Bishop

89.3 Died Federico Melendro Gutiérrez, S.J. † Archbishop of Anking [Anqing], China

28 Oct 65.4 Confirmed Sebastiano Baggio † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

48.3 Appointed Isaac Youhanon Koottaplakil † Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India

43.2 Appointed Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. † Bishop of Battery (Malankarese), India Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India

35.8 Appointed Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras Cardinal, Archbishop

35.8 Appointed Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Pudentiana Cardinal, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

57.1 Appointed Fiorino Tagliaferri † Bishop of Cremona, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	26.9	Ordained Priest	Francisco Ozoria Acosta	Priest	Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
28.7	Ordained Priest	Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
3 Sep	28.2	Ordained Priest	Alain Harel	Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius
65.9	Installed	Albino Luciani †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep	56.3	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
53.2	Appointed	Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
57.7	Appointed	Clément Georges Schelhoth †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Siri	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
57.7	Resigned	Clément Georges Schelhoth †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
72.9	Resigned	Jean-Marie Villot †	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
6 Sep	43.7	Appointed	Ireneo A. Amantillo, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Tandag, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	59.9	Appointed	Giovanni Cheli	Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
59.9	Appointed	Giovanni Cheli	Official to United Nations	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
61.1	Died	James Jerome Killeen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA
52.9	Appointed	Didier-Léon Marchand	Bishop of Valence (, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Sep	44.9	Installed	Geraldo Majella Agnelo	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
44.1	Ordained Bishop	James Pazhayattil	Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabarese), India
11 Sep	77.9	Died	Valerian Gracias †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
67.6	Died	Manuel de Jesus Pereira †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
58.5	Succeeded	Simon Ignatius Pimenta	Archbishop of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Sep	42.3	Appointed	Joseph Dao	Bishop of Kayes, Mali
64.2	Died	Józef Drzazga †	Bishop of Warmia, Poland
13 Sep	74.3	Died	George Andrew Beck, A.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
16 Sep	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Cheli	Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
17 Sep	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille	Titular Bishop of Fata	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Togni	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	68.0	Appointed	Rémy Augustin, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
44.2	Appointed	François Colímon, S.M.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
64.2	Resigned	Alfredo Poledrini †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
64.2	Resigned	Alfredo Poledrini †	Apostolic Delegate to South Africa	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Lesotho
19 Sep	45.8	Appointed	Adam Dyczkowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
45.8	Appointed	Adam Dyczkowski	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
20 Sep	75.3	Retired	Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Bishop Emeritus
49.4	Appointed	Jacques André Marie Jullien	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France
62.1	Died	Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. †	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Sep	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Durango, México
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Sabatini, C.S.	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
58.8	Appointed	Jerzy Stroba †	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Sep	63.4	Died	Joseph Arthur Costello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
23 Sep	55.7	Appointed	Javier Azagra Labiano	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	46.5	Appointed	Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M.	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
69.3	Resigned	Antonio Añoveros Ataún †	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
67.7	Resigned	Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Sep	65.9	Died	Albino Luciani †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
30 Sep	51.3	Installed	Horacio Alberto Bózzoli †	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
43.6	Ordained Bishop	Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A.	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Michel Joseph Kuehn	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop Emeritus
1 Oct	89.1	Died	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
7 Oct	27.8	Ordained Priest	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu	Priest of Awka, Nigeria	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
39.0	Ordained Bishop	Telesphore Placidus Toppo	Bishop of Dumka, India	Cardinal, Archbishop of Ranchi, India
8 Oct	24.7	Ordained Priest	Joel Zamudio Baylon	Priest	Bishop of Masbate, Philippines
10 Oct	24.6	Ordained Priest	Karlheinz Diez	Priest of Fulda, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
70.8	Died	Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim †	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
24.2	Ordained Priest	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Priest of Linz, Austria	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
13 Oct	28.8	Solemn Professed	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Member of Order of St. Basil the Great	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 Oct	28.8	Ordained Priest	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Priest of Order of St. Basil the Great	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
25.9	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Fernández Hurtado	Priest of Tula, Hidalgo, México	Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México
77.1	Died	Boleslaw Filipiak †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana
16 Oct	58.4	Elected	Karol Józef Wojtyla †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Oct	81.4	Died	Germiniano Esorto †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
22 Oct	58.4	Installed	Karol Józef Wojtyla †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
23 Oct	26.9	Ordained Priest	John Moolachira	Priest of Tezpur, India	Bishop of Diphu, India
24 Oct	53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sénégal	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burkina Faso	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Delegate to Mali	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovakia
25 Oct	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
89.3	Died	Federico Melendro Gutiérrez, S.J. †	Archbishop of Anking [Anqing], China
28 Oct	65.4	Confirmed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
48.3	Appointed	Isaac Youhanon Koottaplakil †	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India
43.2	Appointed	Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †	Bishop of Battery (Malankarese), India	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
35.8	Appointed	Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Cardinal, Archbishop
35.8	Appointed	Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
57.1	Appointed	Fiorino Tagliaferri †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy

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