The Year of Our Lord 1980

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 66.6 Ceased Gabriel Ukec † Apostolic Administrator of Mahagi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

1 Sep 44.8 Ordained Bishop Antony Selvanayagam Titular Bishop of Giru Mons Bishop Emeritus of Penang, Malaysia

35.6 Incardinated Benedetto Tuzia Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

2 Sep 53.2 Appointed Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

3 Sep 43.2 Appointed William Keith Weigand Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA

4 Sep 75.4 Retired Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone Archbishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. † Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia

59.0 Ordained Bishop Benedict Charles Franzetta † Titular Bishop of Opitergium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

48.4 Appointed Joseph Henry Ganda † Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone Archbishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya † Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

74.2 Ceased Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. † Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia

5 Sep 76.0 Retired Bernhard Stein † Bishop of Trier, Germany Bishop Emeritus

6 Sep 53.2 Installed Antonio Arellano Durán † Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

29.3 Ordained Priest Jean-Pierre Delville Priest of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium Bishop

7 Sep 26.3 Ordained Priest Đura Džudžar Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)

23.2 Ordained Priest José María Gil Tamayo Priest of Badajoz, Spain Archbishop of Granada, Spain

54.5 Ordained Bishop Maxwell Valentine Noronha † Bishop of Calicut, India Bishop Emeritus

47.6 Ordained Bishop Paul Van den Berghe Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

8 Sep 22.1 Professed Krzysztof Białasik, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia

75.3 Retired Manuel Dos Santos Rocha † Bishop of Beja, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

23.2 Professed Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Ho, Ghana

57.8 Succeeded Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão † Bishop of Beja, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Solemn Vows Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

21.8 Professed Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

57.3 Appointed Franco Sibilla † Bishop of Asti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

9 Sep 25.5 Ordained Priest Nestor Julao Adalia Priest Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines

74.6 Retired Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † Archbishop of Tours, France Archbishop Emeritus

10 Sep 70.9 Resigned Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Ordained Bishop Arthur Nicholas Tafoya † Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus

11 Sep 20.3 Professed Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela

12 Sep 27.8 Ordained Priest David Laurin Ricken Priest of Pueblo, Colorado, USA Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

13 Sep 26.2 Ordained Priest Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic

44.5 Ordained Bishop Claude Feidt † Titular Bishop of Balecium Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France

23.5 Ordained Priest Luigi Vari Priest of Segni, Italy Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy

14 Sep 82.5 Appointed Petar Čule † Titular Archbishop of Giufi Bishop Emeritus of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

82.5 Retired Petar Čule † Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

27.6 Ordained Priest Richard Domba Mady † Priest Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

58.7 Ordained Bishop Georges F. Garmou † Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

47.8 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino † Titular Archbishop of Segermes Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

47.8 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

47.8 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino † Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

62.3 Succeeded Pavao Žanić † Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

15 Sep 47.2 Appointed Godfried Danneels † Bishop of Belgium, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

73.9 Resigned Alfons Van Buggenhout, C.I.C.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan Apostolic Administrator of Datong [Tatung], China

16 Sep 65.7 Appointed Umberto Luciano Altomare † Bishop of Policastro, Italy Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

71.8 Resigned John Joseph Cassata † Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.5 Died Julio Franco Arango † Bishop of Duitama, Colombia

30.3 Ordained Deacon Fidencio López Plaza Deacon of Querétaro, México Bishop

74.0 Died Pieter Jan Antoon Moors † Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

18 Sep 56.5 Died Victorino Cristobal Ligot † Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

19 Sep 69.0 Died Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán † Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

61.0 Appointed Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C. † Prelate of Tarma, Peru Bishop of Tarma, Peru

20 Sep 28.2 Ordained Priest Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

53.8 Installed Antonio Cantisani † Archbishop of Catanzaro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

74.2 Died Juan Moleón Andreu † Bishop of Paraguay, Military

21 Sep 29.6 Ordained Deacon Jean-Luc Brunin Deacon of Lille, France Bishop of Le Havre, France

65.0 Ordained Bishop Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

22 Sep 25.7 Ordained Deacon Mark Leonard Bartchak Deacon of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

24 Sep 60.0 Appointed Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. † Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Homero Leite Meira † Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 47.0 Appointed Janusz Edmund Zimniak † Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

47.0 Appointed Janusz Edmund Zimniak † Titular Bishop of Polinianum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

26 Sep 20.5 First Vows Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe

71.5 Resigned Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

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

27 Sep 53.9 Installed Antonio Cantisani † Bishop of Squillace, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

72.4 Died Filemón Francisco Castellano † Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

52.7 Ordained Bishop José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Regiana Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela

69.8 Resigned Guglielmo Motolese † Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

28 Sep 27.0 Perpetual Vows Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México

29 Sep 84.0 Died Áron Márton † Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

63.5 Died Gerald Vincent McDevitt † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

58.1 Installed Alfredo Torres Romero † Bishop of Toluca, México, México

1 Oct 60.1 Died Pierre Bertrand Chagué † Bishop of Gap, France

51.6 Ordained Bishop John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. † Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

2 Oct 39.4 Appointed Joachim Wanke Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany

39.4 Appointed Joachim Wanke Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany

3 Oct 50.8 Appointed Stéphane Katchou † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

50.8 Appointed Stéphane Katchou † Titular Archbishop of Anbar dei Caldei Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

4 Oct 57.2 Appointed Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

57.2 Appointed Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua † Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

33.0 Ordained Priest Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay

66.0 Appointed Luigi Dadaglio † Secretary of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

65.1 Appointed Antonio Innocenti † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

66.6 Installed Ferdinando Maggioni † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy Bishop Emeritus

27.2 Ordained Priest Vincenzo Carmine Orofino Priest of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy Bishop

29.4 Ordained Priest Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Orán, Argentina

50.5 Appointed Joseph Michael Sullivan † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Joseph Michael Sullivan † Titular Bishop of Suliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

43.1 Appointed Kenneth Edward Untener † Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

50.1 Appointed René Arnold Valero † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed René Arnold Valero † Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

80.9 Died Lawrence Patrick Whelan † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

5 Oct 29.2 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Marciante Priest of Catania, Italy Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

43.7 Ordained Bishop Stanisław Napierała Titular Bishop of San Leone Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland

29.2 Perpetual Vows Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. † Member of Congregation of Holy Cross Bishop of Hinche, Haïti

6 Oct 72.1 Died Joseph Amihere Essuah † Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

48.1 Appointed Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier Auxiliary Bishop of Annecy, France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

48.1 Appointed Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier Titular Bishop of Noba Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

77.4 Died Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru

7 Oct 59.2 Appointed James Richard Ham, M.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

9 Oct 37.9 Appointed Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia

10 Oct 24.5 Ordained Priest Johannes Bündgens Priest of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

68.3 Died Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

25.1 Ordained Priest Manfred Scheuer Priest of Linz, Austria Bishop

11 Oct 71.3 Died Santo Bergamo † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

49.2 Succeeded Luiz Colussi † Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil

50.6 Appointed Pedro Rosales Dean Bishop of Tagum, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines

75.1 Retired Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C. † Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

12 Oct 30.4 Ordained Priest Salvador Cristau Coll Priest of Toledo, Spain Bishop of Terrassa, Spain

13 Oct 57.2 Appointed John George Chedid † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

57.2 Appointed John George Chedid † Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

59.4 Appointed Michel Hakim, B.S. † Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Melkite Greek) Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada

59.4 Appointed Michel Hakim, B.S. † Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia dei Greco-Melkiti Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada

59.1 Appointed Michael Rusnak, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada Bishop Emeritus

15 Oct 64.3 Died Albert Louis Descamps † Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

60.4 Appointed Emanuele Gerada † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan Apostolic Nuncio

22.8 Solemn Vows Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

55.9 Appointed Lajos Kada † Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Apostolic Nuncio

25.4 Professed Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M. Member of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar

54.7 Appointed Hermann Josef Spital † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

54.7 Appointed Hermann Josef Spital † Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

18 Oct 25.6 Professed Jesús María López Mauléon, O.A.R. Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate of Alto Xingu-Tucumã, Para, Brazil

24.1 Solemn Vows Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)

19 Oct 73.7 Died Juan José Bernal Ortiz † Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela

52.2 Ordained Bishop Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. † Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

40.1 Ordained Bishop Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. † Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

20 Oct 76.7 Appointed Francesco Minerva † Archbishop of Lecce, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

22 Oct 76.7 Died Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. † Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia

84.0 Died Edward Quentin Jennings † Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada

24 Oct 24.3 Ordained Priest Julito Buhisan Cortes Priest of Dumaguete, Philippines Bishop

44.1 Appointed Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. † Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

47.9 Appointed John Joseph † Auxiliary Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan Bishop

47.9 Appointed John Joseph † Titular Bishop of Segisama Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan

48.0 Appointed Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. † Bishop of Tezpur, India Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Lucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang) Coadjutor Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus

36.8 Appointed Joseph Bilal Nyekindi † Bishop of Wau, South Sudan Bishop Emeritus

39.0 Appointed Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia

25.3 Ordained Priest Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales Priest of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop of Valdivia, Chile

67.8 Resigned Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. † Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct 55.1 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

55.1 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

43.5 Ordained Bishop Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier † Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

27 Oct 55.1 Appointed Jorge Ardila Serrano † Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia

55.1 Appointed Jorge Ardila Serrano † Titular Bishop of Tisedi Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia

86.5 Died Paolo Savino † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

28 Oct 20.8 Ordained Priest Antoni Dziemianko Priest Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

28.7 Ordained Priest Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C. Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross Bishop of Agartala, India

41.6 Ordained Bishop Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I. Prelate of Kidapawan, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines

29 Oct 71.9 Died Giovanni Francesco Dadone † Bishop of Fossano, Italy

47.6 Succeeded Severino Poletto † Bishop of Fossano, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

30 Oct 43.6 Appointed Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Appointed Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

63.1 Appointed Leoncio Leviste Lat † Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

63.1 Appointed Leoncio Leviste Lat † Titular Bishop of Sila Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

31 Oct 27.8 Ordained Priest José de Lanza Neto Priest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	66.6	Ceased	Gabriel Ukec †	Apostolic Administrator of Mahagi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Sep	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Antony Selvanayagam	Titular Bishop of Giru Mons	Bishop Emeritus of Penang, Malaysia
35.6	Incardinated	Benedetto Tuzia	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
2 Sep	53.2	Appointed	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
3 Sep	43.2	Appointed	William Keith Weigand	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Sacramento, California, USA
4 Sep	75.4	Retired	Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
59.0	Ordained Bishop	Benedict Charles Franzetta †	Titular Bishop of Opitergium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
48.4	Appointed	Joseph Henry Ganda †	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya †	Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
74.2	Ceased	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Larantuka, Indonesia
5 Sep	76.0	Retired	Bernhard Stein †	Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
6 Sep	53.2	Installed	Antonio Arellano Durán †	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
29.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre Delville	Priest of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium	Bishop
7 Sep	26.3	Ordained Priest	Đura Džudžar	Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Bishop of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Križevci)
23.2	Ordained Priest	José María Gil Tamayo	Priest of Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Maxwell Valentine Noronha †	Bishop of Calicut, India	Bishop Emeritus
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Paul Van den Berghe	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	22.1	Professed	Krzysztof Białasik, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia
75.3	Retired	Manuel Dos Santos Rocha †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
23.2	Professed	Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Ho, Ghana
57.8	Succeeded	Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Solemn Vows	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
21.8	Professed	Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
57.3	Appointed	Franco Sibilla †	Bishop of Asti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	25.5	Ordained Priest	Nestor Julao Adalia	Priest	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Calapan, Philippines
74.6	Retired	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop Emeritus
10 Sep	70.9	Resigned	Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Nicholas Tafoya †	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep	20.3	Professed	Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
12 Sep	27.8	Ordained Priest	David Laurin Ricken	Priest of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
13 Sep	26.2	Ordained Priest	Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Claude Feidt †	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
23.5	Ordained Priest	Luigi Vari	Priest of Segni, Italy	Archbishop of Gaeta, Italy
14 Sep	82.5	Appointed	Petar Čule †	Titular Archbishop of Giufi	Bishop Emeritus of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
82.5	Retired	Petar Čule †	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
27.6	Ordained Priest	Richard Domba Mady †	Priest	Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Georges F. Garmou †	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
47.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino †	Titular Archbishop of Segermes	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
47.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
47.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino †	Apostolic Delegate to Laos, Malaysia and Singapore	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
62.3	Succeeded	Pavao Žanić †	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
15 Sep	47.2	Appointed	Godfried Danneels †	Bishop of Belgium, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
73.9	Resigned	Alfons Van Buggenhout, C.I.C.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan	Apostolic Administrator of Datong [Tatung], China
16 Sep	65.7	Appointed	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
71.8	Resigned	John Joseph Cassata †	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.5	Died	Julio Franco Arango †	Bishop of Duitama, Colombia
30.3	Ordained Deacon	Fidencio López Plaza	Deacon of Querétaro, México	Bishop
74.0	Died	Pieter Jan Antoon Moors †	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
18 Sep	56.5	Died	Victorino Cristobal Ligot †	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
19 Sep	69.0	Died	Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán †	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
61.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C. †	Prelate of Tarma, Peru	Bishop of Tarma, Peru
20 Sep	28.2	Ordained Priest	Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
53.8	Installed	Antonio Cantisani †	Archbishop of Catanzaro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
74.2	Died	Juan Moleón Andreu †	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
21 Sep	29.6	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Luc Brunin	Deacon of Lille, France	Bishop of Le Havre, France
65.0	Ordained Bishop	Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
22 Sep	25.7	Ordained Deacon	Mark Leonard Bartchak	Deacon of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Sep	60.0	Appointed	Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Homero Leite Meira †	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	47.0	Appointed	Janusz Edmund Zimniak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
47.0	Appointed	Janusz Edmund Zimniak †	Titular Bishop of Polinianum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
26 Sep	20.5	First Vows	Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe
71.5	Resigned	Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Sep	53.9	Installed	Antonio Cantisani †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
72.4	Died	Filemón Francisco Castellano †	Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
52.7	Ordained Bishop	José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
69.8	Resigned	Guglielmo Motolese †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
28 Sep	27.0	Perpetual Vows	Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
29 Sep	84.0	Died	Áron Márton †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
63.5	Died	Gerald Vincent McDevitt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
58.1	Installed	Alfredo Torres Romero †	Bishop of Toluca, México, México
1 Oct	60.1	Died	Pierre Bertrand Chagué †	Bishop of Gap, France
51.6	Ordained Bishop	John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
2 Oct	39.4	Appointed	Joachim Wanke	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany
39.4	Appointed	Joachim Wanke	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Erfurt, Germany
3 Oct	50.8	Appointed	Stéphane Katchou †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
50.8	Appointed	Stéphane Katchou †	Titular Archbishop of Anbar dei Caldei	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Oct	57.2	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
57.2	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
33.0	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
66.0	Appointed	Luigi Dadaglio †	Secretary of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
65.1	Appointed	Antonio Innocenti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
66.6	Installed	Ferdinando Maggioni †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27.2	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Carmine Orofino	Priest of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy	Bishop
29.4	Ordained Priest	Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
50.5	Appointed	Joseph Michael Sullivan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Joseph Michael Sullivan †	Titular Bishop of Suliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
43.1	Appointed	Kenneth Edward Untener †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
50.1	Appointed	René Arnold Valero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	René Arnold Valero †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
80.9	Died	Lawrence Patrick Whelan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
5 Oct	29.2	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Marciante	Priest of Catania, Italy	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
43.7	Ordained Bishop	Stanisław Napierała	Titular Bishop of San Leone	Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
29.2	Perpetual Vows	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. †	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
6 Oct	72.1	Died	Joseph Amihere Essuah †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
48.1	Appointed	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Auxiliary Bishop of Annecy, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
48.1	Appointed	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Titular Bishop of Noba	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
77.4	Died	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
7 Oct	59.2	Appointed	James Richard Ham, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Oct	37.9	Appointed	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.	Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Magangué, Colombia
10 Oct	24.5	Ordained Priest	Johannes Bündgens	Priest of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
68.3	Died	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
25.1	Ordained Priest	Manfred Scheuer	Priest of Linz, Austria	Bishop
11 Oct	71.3	Died	Santo Bergamo †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
49.2	Succeeded	Luiz Colussi †	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
50.6	Appointed	Pedro Rosales Dean	Bishop of Tagum, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines
75.1	Retired	Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Oct	30.4	Ordained Priest	Salvador Cristau Coll	Priest of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Terrassa, Spain
13 Oct	57.2	Appointed	John George Chedid †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
57.2	Appointed	John George Chedid †	Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti	Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
59.4	Appointed	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Apostolic Exarch of Canada (Melkite Greek)	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
59.4	Appointed	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia dei Greco-Melkiti	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada
59.1	Appointed	Michael Rusnak, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	64.3	Died	Albert Louis Descamps †	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
60.4	Appointed	Emanuele Gerada †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan	Apostolic Nuncio
22.8	Solemn Vows	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
55.9	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio
25.4	Professed	Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar
54.7	Appointed	Hermann Josef Spital †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
54.7	Appointed	Hermann Josef Spital †	Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
18 Oct	25.6	Professed	Jesús María López Mauléon, O.A.R.	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Alto Xingu-Tucumã, Para, Brazil
24.1	Solemn Vows	Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)
19 Oct	73.7	Died	Juan José Bernal Ortiz †	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
20 Oct	76.7	Appointed	Francesco Minerva †	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Oct	76.7	Died	Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
84.0	Died	Edward Quentin Jennings †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada
24 Oct	24.3	Ordained Priest	Julito Buhisan Cortes	Priest of Dumaguete, Philippines	Bishop
44.1	Appointed	Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
47.9	Appointed	John Joseph †	Auxiliary Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Bishop
47.9	Appointed	John Joseph †	Titular Bishop of Segisama	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
48.0	Appointed	Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Tezpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Lucas Liu Hsien Tang (Liu Xiantang)	Coadjutor Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
36.8	Appointed	Joseph Bilal Nyekindi †	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan	Bishop Emeritus
39.0	Appointed	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
25.3	Ordained Priest	Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales	Priest of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile
67.8	Resigned	Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	55.1	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
55.1	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier †	Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	55.1	Appointed	Jorge Ardila Serrano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
55.1	Appointed	Jorge Ardila Serrano †	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
86.5	Died	Paolo Savino †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Oct	20.8	Ordained Priest	Antoni Dziemianko	Priest	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
28.7	Ordained Priest	Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Agartala, India
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I.	Prelate of Kidapawan, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
29 Oct	71.9	Died	Giovanni Francesco Dadone †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
47.6	Succeeded	Severino Poletto †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
30 Oct	43.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Appointed	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
63.1	Appointed	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
63.1	Appointed	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Titular Bishop of Sila	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
31 Oct	27.8	Ordained Priest	José de Lanza Neto	Priest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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