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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	76.6	Retired	Augustin Fataki Alueke †	Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.4	Appointed	Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Auxiliary Bishop of Majunga, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar
	50.4	Appointed	Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Titular Bishop of Croae	Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar
	57.5	Appointed	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	48.9	Appointed	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya	Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	60.3	Appointed	Godefroy-Emile Mpwati †	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
	60.3	Resigned	Godefroy-Emile Mpwati †	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
	61.3	Appointed	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
	63.2	Appointed	Georges-Firmin Singha †	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
3 Sep	52.0	Ordained Bishop	François Robert Bacqué	Titular Archbishop of Gradisca	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Gianfranco Gallone	Priest of Oria, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia
4 Sep	68.1	Installed	Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	79.6	Retired	Karl Berg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Sep	27.6	Professed	Ettore Dotti, C.S.F.	Member of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo	Bishop of Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
7 Sep	90.8	Died	Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	60.9	Appointed	Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
	22.2	First Vows	Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
	26.2	Professed	César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
	27.9	Perpetual Vows	Prosper Kontiebo, M.I.	Member of Order of the Ministers of the Sick	Bishop of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
	24.2	Perpetual Vows	Anthony Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
	76.6	Retired	Emanuele Romano †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
10 Sep	83.9	Died	Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Albert Ayinde Fasina	Coadjutor Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
	75.6	Retired	Frane Franić †	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
	66.3	Appointed	Ante Juric †	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
	31.7	Professed	José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Panamá
11 Sep	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Boutros Gemayel	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
12 Sep	75.1	Retired	Geoffrey Ignatius Burke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	49.6	Succeeded	Dermot Clifford	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
	69.5	Died	Edmundo Luís Kunz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	73.9	Resigned	Thomas Morris †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Sep	86.0	Died	William Edward Cousins †	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	71.4	Resigned	José Pedro da Silva †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Succeeded	António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
15 Sep	56.8	Appointed	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
	56.8	Appointed	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
16 Sep	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Coutts	Coadjutor Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
17 Sep	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M.	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	28.1	Ordained Priest	Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Poggi †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
18 Sep	85.8	Died	Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Georges Lagrange †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	30.5	Solemn Vows	Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
	84.5	Died	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
21 Sep	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
	78.2	Died	Gino Paro †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Australia
22 Sep	83.9	Died	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	84.0	Died	Aldo Maria Patroni, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Calicut, India
	73.6	Resigned	Francesco Tortora, O.M. †	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Sep	66.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Antonetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	60.6	Appointed	Giulio Einaudi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Croatia
24 Sep	27.6	Ordained Priest	Paolo Rocco Gualtieri	Priest of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar
	32.4	Ordained Priest	Terry Ronald LaValley	Priest of Ogdensburg, New York, USA	Bishop
	91.1	Died	Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
	39.8	Appointed	Jan Tyrawa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
	39.8	Appointed	Jan Tyrawa	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna	Bishop of Bydgoszcz, Poland
	51.2	Appointed	Bogdan Józef Wojtuś	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	Bogdan Józef Wojtuś	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
25 Sep	170.1	Beatified	Bl. Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
26 Sep	70.4	Resigned	Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Sep	74.5	Died	Teofilo Camomot Bastida †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
	83.7	Died	Natale Mosconi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
	68.0	Retired	Edward Cornelius O’Leary †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop Emeritus
1 Oct	34.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA
	65.4	Resigned	Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Albert-Marie Joseph Cyrille de Monléon, O.P.	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
	28.8	Ordained Priest	Bruno Ann-Marie Feillet	Priest of Cambrai, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
	46.7	Appointed	André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado †	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Luciano Russo	Priest of Aversa, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
2 Oct	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Piotr Greger	Deacon of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Kembo Mamputu †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
3 Oct	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Ursona	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
	53.7	Appointed	Giovanni Lajolo	Titular Archbishop of Caesariana	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	53.7	Appointed	Giovanni Lajolo	Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
4 Oct	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Audrys Juozas Bačkis	Titular Archbishop of Meta	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vilnius, Lithuania
	77.7	Died	Frederico Didonet †	Bishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	25.0	Perpetual Vows	Ivica Petanjak, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
6 Oct	51.8	Appointed	Ennio Antonelli	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	60.4	Succeeded	Domingos Lam Ka Tseung †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
	59.2	Appointed	Francesco Marchisano †	Titular Bishop of Populonia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	59.2	Appointed	Francesco Marchisano †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimoney of Art and History	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	64.2	Resigned	Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
	32.1	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Orlando Seirutti García	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
7 Oct	80.7	Died	Heinrich Maria Janssen †	Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
8 Oct	73.1	Appointed	Antonio Innocenti †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimoney of Art and History	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
	31.1	Ordained Priest	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Priest of Other	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Bogdan Józef Wojtuś	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
9 Oct	77.8	Died	Gentil Diniz Barreto †	Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
10 Oct	26.1	Ordained Priest	Christoph Hegge	Priest of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Oct	64.0	Died	Cesare Asili †	Bishop of Lira, Uganda
	51.0	Appointed	Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	51.0	Appointed	Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Oct	66.8	Died	Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez †	Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
	66.0	Died	Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. †	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México
	59.7	Succeeded	Manuel Mireles Vaquera	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México	Prelate Emeritus
	48.3	Appointed	Michael Smith	Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
14 Oct	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Helmut Bauer	Titular Bishop of Velefi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	André Armand Vingt-Trois	Titular Bishop of Thibilis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
15 Oct	50.8	Appointed	Sotìr Ferrara †	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	73.0	Resigned	Jacques-Julien-Émile Patria †	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France	Bishop Emeritus
	61.2	Succeeded	Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France	Bishop Emeritus
	88.2	Died	Bernard Denis Stewart †	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia
16 Oct	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Ante Juric †	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
18 Oct	32.6	Ordained Priest	Norberto do Amaral	Priest of Díli, Timor-Leste	Bishop of Maliana, Timor-Leste
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Efraín Mendoza Cruz	Priest of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Auxiliary Bishop
21 Oct	50.9	Appointed	John Charles Dunne	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.9	Appointed	John Charles Dunne	Titular Bishop of Abercornia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
	57.4	Appointed	Emil Aloysius Wcela	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	57.4	Appointed	Emil Aloysius Wcela	Titular Bishop of Filaca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
22 Oct	81.9	Died	Joannes Maria Michael Holterman, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
	75.5	Retired	Jan Wladyslaw Obląk †	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Bishop Emeritus
	58.9	Appointed	Edmund Michal Piszcz	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland
23 Oct	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
	28.5	Ordained Priest	John Philip Saklil	Priest of Jayapura, Indonesia	Bishop of Timika, Indonesia
	350.7	Beatified	Bl. Niels Stensen †	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
24 Oct	53.9	Resigned	Oscar Valero Cruz	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
	64.4	Appointed	Joseph Eric D’Arcy †	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
	89.6	Died	Marcel-Pierre-Armand Riopel †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
	76.7	Retired	Elias Zoghbi †	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Oct	49.7	Appointed	Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	40.8	Appointed	Michael Marai	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
	61.9	Appointed	John Mendes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	61.9	Appointed	John Mendes †	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	57.6	Appointed	Francis Xavier Mugadzi †	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
	59.8	Appointed	John Njenga †	Bishop of Mombasa, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
	37.8	Appointed	Justin Tetmu Samba †	Bishop of Musoma, Tanzania
	75.2	Retired	Alfonso Tóriz Cobián †	Bishop of Querétaro, México	Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct	61.8	Appointed	Jean Assaad Haddad	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Oct	86.8	Died	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
	48.4	Appointed	Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
	48.4	Appointed	Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal, Portugal
	25.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F.	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
	51.3	Appointed	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
	51.3	Appointed	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cuba	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
30 Oct	45.1	Installed	João Nílton dos Santos Souza	Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Corrado Sanguineti	Priest of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop of Pavia, Italy

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