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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	72.9	Retired	George Patrick Dwyer †	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.7	Died	Paschal Sweeney, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
2 Sep	53.9	Appointed	Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Messina, Italy	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
	53.9	Appointed	Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
	75.1	Retired	Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. †	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	42.1	Succeeded	Erwin Kräutler, C.Pp.S.	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil
3 Sep	41.6	Appointed	Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
4 Sep	54.5	Appointed	John Edward Heaps †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.5	Appointed	John Edward Heaps †	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
	54.5	Installed	José López Lara †	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
5 Sep	95.4	Died	Giulio Bianconi †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy
7 Sep	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Hermín Negrón Santana	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
8 Sep	67.3	Died	Jacques Michel Djarwé †	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
	29.6	Ordained Priest	Calogero La Piana, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
	59.7	Appointed	Yohannes Woldegiorgis †	Prefect of Meki, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
9 Sep	50.3	Appointed	Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor	Archbishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	William Joseph Foley †	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
	47.7	Appointed	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem} (Melkite), Palestine	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
	47.7	Appointed	Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
	57.7	Appointed	Ignace Raad †	Archbishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Sep	54.8	Appointed	Vincenzo Cozzi	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy
	59.3	Appointed	Armando Franco †	Bishop of Oria, Italy
	51.7	Installed	Józef Glemp	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
	57.4	Died	Edmund Ilcewicz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
	69.1	Died	Juan C. Sison †	Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
13 Sep	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Patrick Delaney †	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
	73.4	Died	Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
	73.9	Retired	Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. †	Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Friedrich Ostermann	Titular Bishop of Dolia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
14 Sep	78.0	Appointed	Rudolf Graber †	Apostolic Administrator of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	78.0	Retired	Rudolf Graber †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Clifton Hughes	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
16 Sep	54.4	Appointed	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
	54.4	Appointed	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroun	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
	54.4	Appointed	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
17 Sep	52.3	Succeeded	Osório Bebber, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	60.6	Appointed	James (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Miracema do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
	57.6	Appointed	Angelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. †	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
	56.7	Appointed	Valenti Giacomo Lazzeri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil
	75.0	Retired	Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	70.5	Appointed	Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	51.8	Appointed	Józef Glemp	Bishop of Poland, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
19 Sep	53.8	Appointed	John Nicholas Wurm †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
20 Sep	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Priest of Ajaccio, France	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
24 Sep	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Francis Walsh	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA
25 Sep	51.8	Installed	Józef Glemp	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	67.2	Died	Luis Juan Tomé †	Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
26 Sep	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David	Titular Bishop of Girba	Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, France
	75.8	Retired	Sergio Guerri †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, Official Emeritus
	79.2	Retired	Carlo Manziana, C.O. †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.7	Appointed	Paul Casimir Marcinkus †	Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	President Emeritus
27 Sep	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Martin Igwe Uzoukwu	Priest of Ilorin, Nigeria	Bishop of Minna, Nigeria
29 Sep	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Lajos Bálint	Titular Bishop of Nova	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	José Belvino do Nascimento	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	69.8	Resigned	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.1	Appointed	Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	45.0	Appointed	Antioco Piseddu	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy	Bishop of Lanusei, Italy
30 Sep	76.2	Died	Leo Pietsch †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Leo Ryan	Titular Bishop of Surista	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois, USA
1 Oct	75.1	Resigned	Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
	75.1	Retired	Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. †	Prelate of Marbel, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
	42.6	Succeeded	Dinualdo D. Gutierrez	Prelate of Marbel, Philippines	Bishop of Marbel, Philippines
	43.9	Appointed	Christian Vicente F. Noel	Auxiliary Bishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Bishop of Talibon, Philippines
	43.9	Appointed	Christian Vicente F. Noel	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Bishop of Talibon, Philippines
	81.7	Died	Wendelin Joseph Nold †	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
2 Oct	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Lucien Claverie, O.P. †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
3 Oct	67.4	Appointed	Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	51.8	Appointed	Peter Kurongku †	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	56.0	Appointed	Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M.	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	66.8	Died	Ceslao Sipovic, M.I.C. †	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Marian Fathers
5 Oct	59.1	Appointed	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	President of the Roman Curia - Other	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Kelvin Edward Felix	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Oct	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Donald James Reece	Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles	Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	39.9	Appointed	César Bosco Vivas Robelo	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
	39.9	Appointed	César Bosco Vivas Robelo	Titular Bishop of Mididi	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
9 Oct	81.2	Died	Benigno Chiriboga, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Latacunga, Ecuador
10 Oct	75.0	Retired	Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.I. †	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.6	Succeeded	Gabriel Zubeir Wako	Cardinal, Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
11 Oct	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane	Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J.	Bishop of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	78.8	Died	Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Oct	57.6	Appointed	Alois Wagner †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
13 Oct	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Robert Mikhail Moskal	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA
	51.6	Appointed	Robert John Rose	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
14 Oct	51.8	Appointed	Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
	58.2	Appointed	Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.C.	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Filomeno Gonzales Bactol	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Bishop of Naval, Philippines
17 Oct	70.0	Resigned	David de Sousa, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Oct	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Joaquim Gonçalves	Titular Bishop of Ursona	Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C.	Bishop of Marsabit, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	35.0	Ordained Priest	Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Sumbe, Angola
19 Oct	53.0	Appointed	Rafael Barraza Sánchez	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus
	68.7	Died	Gabriel Bukatko †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
	68.6	Resigned	João de Souza Lima †	Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
20 Oct	59.5	Appointed	Dante Bernini	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
22 Oct	83.1	Died	Joseph Gennangi †	Bishop Emeritus of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria
23 Oct	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Michel Yatim †	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Oct	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
	85.6	Died	Matthew Beovich †	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
	27.0	Ordained Priest	Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
	26.4	Ordained Priest	Vicente Juan Segura	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain
25 Oct	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Cozzi	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy
26 Oct	59.2	Appointed	Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	86.3	Died	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
	67.9	Appointed	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	67.6	Appointed	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Finland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	67.6	Appointed	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iceland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Finland
	45.1	Appointed	Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
	45.1	Appointed	Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Vatarba	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
	66.0	Resigned	Mario Schierano †	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.8	Resigned	Josip Žabkar †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Finland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	66.8	Resigned	Josip Žabkar †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iceland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Finland
28 Oct	56.9	Appointed	Gaetano Bonicelli	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
	56.9	Appointed	Gaetano Bonicelli	Titular Archbishop of Italica	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
	57.3	Appointed	Abelardo Francisco Silva †	Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina
29 Oct	58.6	Appointed	Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	78.1	Died	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
	75.4	Retired	Alexandre-Charles-Albert-Joseph Renard †	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
30 Oct	60.6	Resigned	Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I.	Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Ignace Raad †	Archbishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Oct	54.7	Ordained Bishop	John Edward Heaps †	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

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