The Year of Our Lord 1978

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 26.8 Ordained Priest Francisco Ozoria Acosta Priest of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

22.9 Professed Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

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

3 Sep 18.0 First Vows Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Rector Major Emeritus

28.1 Ordained Priest Alain Harel Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles

65.8 Installed Bl. Albino Luciani † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

21.7 Professed Donato Ogliari, O.S.B. Member of Consolata Missionaries Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, 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

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

6 Sep 43.7 Appointed Ireneo Alisla 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 the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

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

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

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

25.0 Solemn Vows Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Ełk, Poland

10 Sep 44.8 Installed Geraldo Majella Agnelo † Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

44.1 Ordained Bishop James Pazhayattil † Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

11 Sep 77.8 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 42.2 Appointed Joseph Dao † Bishop of Kayes, Mali Bishop Emeritus

64.1 Died Józef Drzazga † Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland

Born Pedro Ramiro López, I.V.E. Superior of Tadjikistan

13 Sep 74.2 Died George Andrew (George Augustine) 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 the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

17 Sep 52.8 Installed Vittorio Bernardetto † Bishop of Susa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

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

20.3 First Vows Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco

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

18 Sep 67.9 Appointed Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. † Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

44.1 Appointed Frantz 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

64.2 Resigned Alfredo Poledrini † Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa Apostolic Nuncio

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 83.3 Died Karl Heinrich Braunstorfer, O. Cist. † Abbot Emeritus of Order of Cistercians

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

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

62.0 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 Primo Sabatini, C.S. Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop Emeritus of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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

22 Sep 63.3 Died Joseph Arthur Costello † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

23 Sep 55.6 Appointed Javier Azagra Labiano † Bishop of Cartagena (en España) Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Appointed Jacques Mbali † Apostolic Administrator of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

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

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

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

70.7 Resigned Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim † Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar Archbishop Emeritus

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

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

29 Sep 19.8 Professed Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Archbishop of Beira, Mozambique

30 Sep 51.2 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

54.9 Ordained Bishop Michel Joseph Kuehn † Bishop of Chartres, France Bishop Emeritus

1 Oct 89.0 Died Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda † Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines

2 Oct 16.2 Professed George Bugeja, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya

4 Oct 35.5 Professed Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia

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

23.6 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Sciacca Priest of Acireale, Italy President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

38.9 Ordained Bishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo † Bishop of Dumka, India Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India

Born Vincenzo Turturro Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay

8 Oct 24.6 Ordained Priest Joel Zamudio Baylon Priest of Legazpi, Philippines Bishop

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 Archbishop Emeritus

24.2 Ordained Priest Gerhard Maria Wagner Priest of Linz, Austria

12 Oct 80.9 Died Augustin Claude Guérin, M. Afr. † Prefect Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea

Born Peter Sakmár Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan

13 Oct 28.7 Solemn Vows Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

14 Oct 28.7 Ordained Priest Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

25.8 Ordained Priest José Antonio Fernández Hurtado Priest of Tula, Hidalgo, México Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México

77.1 Died Bolesław Filipiak † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana

25.9 Ordained Priest Steven John Raica Priest of Lansing, Michigan, USA Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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

18 Oct 81.3 Died Germiniano Esorto † Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

21 Oct 24.9 Ordained Priest Thomas Thennatt, S.A.C. † Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Bishop of Gwalior, India

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

23 Oct 26.8 Ordained Priest John Moolachira Priest of Tezpur, India Archbishop of Guwahati, India

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

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

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

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

53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Delegate to Mali Apostolic Nuncio

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

53.4 Appointed Luigi Dossena † Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania Apostolic Nuncio

25 Oct 46.6 Ordained Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. † Coadjutor Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea Bishop

89.2 Died Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. † Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], 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 (Syro-Malankara), India

43.1 Appointed Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. † Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

25.4 Perpetual Vows Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

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

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

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	26.8	Ordained Priest	Francisco Ozoria Acosta	Priest of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
22.9	Professed	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
28.7	Ordained Priest	Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
3 Sep	18.0	First Vows	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Rector Major Emeritus
28.1	Ordained Priest	Alain Harel	Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
65.8	Installed	Bl. Albino Luciani †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
21.7	Professed	Donato Ogliari, O.S.B.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, 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
72.8	Resigned	Jean-Marie Villot †	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Secretary of State
6 Sep	43.7	Appointed	Ireneo Alisla 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 the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
59.9	Appointed	Giovanni Cheli †	Permanent Observer to United Nations	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
61.1	Died	James Jerome Killeen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA
52.8	Appointed	Didier-Léon Marchand †	Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Bishop Emeritus
25.0	Solemn Vows	Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Ełk, Poland
10 Sep	44.8	Installed	Geraldo Majella Agnelo †	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
44.1	Ordained Bishop	James Pazhayattil †	Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep	77.8	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	42.2	Appointed	Joseph Dao †	Bishop of Kayes, Mali	Bishop Emeritus
64.1	Died	Józef Drzazga †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
	Born	Pedro Ramiro López, I.V.E.		Superior of Tadjikistan
13 Sep	74.2	Died	George Andrew (George Augustine) 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 the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
17 Sep	52.8	Installed	Vittorio Bernardetto †	Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Camille Victor Marie Labille †	Titular Bishop of Fata	Bishop Emeritus of Créteil, France
20.3	First Vows	Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Togni †	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	67.9	Appointed	Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
44.1	Appointed	Frantz 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
64.2	Resigned	Alfredo Poledrini †	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa	Apostolic Nuncio
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	83.3	Died	Karl Heinrich Braunstorfer, O. Cist. †	Abbot Emeritus of Order of Cistercians
75.3	Retired	Stéphane-Émile-Alfred Desmazières †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Jacques André Marie Jullien †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
62.0	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 Primo Sabatini, C.S.	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
58.7	Appointed	Jerzy Stroba †	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Sep	63.3	Died	Joseph Arthur Costello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
23 Sep	55.6	Appointed	Javier Azagra Labiano †	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Appointed	Jacques Mbali †	Apostolic Administrator of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Sep	46.5	Appointed	Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M.	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
69.2	Resigned	Antonio Añoveros Ataún †	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
67.6	Resigned	Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
70.7	Resigned	Aloysius Moses U Ba Khim †	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Sep	65.9	Died	Bl. Albino Luciani †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
29 Sep	19.8	Professed	Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Archbishop of Beira, Mozambique
30 Sep	51.2	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
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Michel Joseph Kuehn †	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop Emeritus
1 Oct	89.0	Died	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
2 Oct	16.2	Professed	George Bugeja, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
4 Oct	35.5	Professed	Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia
7 Oct	27.8	Ordained Priest	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu	Priest of Awka, Nigeria	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
23.6	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Sciacca	Priest of Acireale, Italy	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
38.9	Ordained Bishop	Telesphore Placidus Toppo †	Bishop of Dumka, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India
	Born	Vincenzo Turturro		Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
8 Oct	24.6	Ordained Priest	Joel Zamudio Baylon	Priest of Legazpi, Philippines	Bishop
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	Archbishop Emeritus
24.2	Ordained Priest	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Priest of Linz, Austria
12 Oct	80.9	Died	Augustin Claude Guérin, M. Afr. †	Prefect Emeritus of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
	Born	Peter Sakmár		Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan
13 Oct	28.7	Solemn Vows	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
14 Oct	28.7	Ordained Priest	Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M.	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
25.8	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Fernández Hurtado	Priest of Tula, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
77.1	Died	Bolesław Filipiak †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana
25.9	Ordained Priest	Steven John Raica	Priest of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
16 Oct	58.4	Elected	St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Oct	81.3	Died	Germiniano Esorto †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
21 Oct	24.9	Ordained Priest	Thomas Thennatt, S.A.C. †	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop of Gwalior, India
22 Oct	58.4	Installed	St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
23 Oct	26.8	Ordained Priest	John Moolachira	Priest of Tezpur, India	Archbishop of Guwahati, India
24 Oct	53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde	Apostolic Nuncio
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sénégal	Apostolic Nuncio
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burkina Faso	Apostolic Nuncio
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Delegate to Mali	Apostolic Nuncio
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Delegate to Guinea-Bissau	Apostolic Nuncio
53.4	Appointed	Luigi Dossena †	Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania	Apostolic Nuncio
25 Oct	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
89.2	Died	Federico Melendro y Gutiérrez, S.J. †	Archbishop of Anqing [Anking, Huai-ning], 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 (Syro-Malankara), India
43.1	Appointed	Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †	Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
25.4	Perpetual Vows	Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
35.8	Appointed	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
35.8	Appointed	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
57.0	Appointed	Fiorino Tagliaferri †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy

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