The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 40.5 Ordained Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode Titular Bishop of Mattiana Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

2 Sep 59.4 Appointed Silvio Cesare Bonicelli † Bishop of San Severo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

3 Sep 78.6 Died Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon

4 Sep 56.5 Resigned Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A. Bishop of Palencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

95.5 Died Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. † Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus

62.2 Appointed Francesco Marchisano President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

5 Sep 61.7 Resigned Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia Prelate Emeritus

84.0 Died Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

7 Sep 62.1 Died Charles Edwin Herzig † Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA

64.8 Died León Kruk † Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina

51.3 Appointed Gilles Lussier Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada

8 Sep 43.2 Ordained Bishop Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez Titular Bishop of Nepeta Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Angeles, Chile

51.7 Ordained Bishop Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon

9 Sep 85.8 Died Rafael Grovas Felix † Bishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico Bishop

10 Sep 76.0 Retired Charles Roman Koester † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

11 Sep 61.7 Resigned Ramón Buxarrais Ventura Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop Emeritus

71.5 Resigned José Capmany Casamitjana † Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Jesús Pla Gandía † Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed José Sánchez González Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

13 Sep 75.1 Retired Gyula Szakos † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

64.7 Succeeded Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

14 Sep 51.5 Ordained Bishop Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí Bishop of Menorca, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain

31.5 Ordained Priest Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia

46.9 Ordained Bishop Cesare Nosiglia Titular Bishop of Victoriana Bishop of Vicenza, Italy

75.2 Died František Vanák † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

15 Sep 48.9 Ordained Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

55.2 Installed Kurt Krenn Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria Bishop Emeritus

82.4 Died Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabarese), India

16 Sep 57.9 Appointed Geraldo Majella Agnelo Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

95.6 Died François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

49.9 Ordained Bishop Peter Takeo Okada Bishop of Urawa, Japan Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan

18 Sep 80.1 Died John Anthony Donovan † Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA

19 Sep 69.7 Installed Austin-Emile Burke Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

81.0 Died Angel Temiño Sáiz † Bishop Emeritus of Orense, Spain

20 Sep 43.4 Ordained Bishop José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques Titular Bishop of Lysinia Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

21 Sep 29.8 Ordained Priest Jean Claude Randrianarisoa Priest of Antananarivo, Madagascar Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

49.9 Ordained Bishop Angelo Scola Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

22 Sep 68.8 Died John Kodwo Amissah † Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana

32.8 Ordained Priest Chibly Langlois Priest of Jacmel, Haïti Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti

55.1 Ordained Bishop James Moriarty Titular Bishop of Bononia Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

61.4 Ordained Bishop Joan Carrera Planas † Titular Bishop of Aliezira Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

59.0 Ordained Bishop Carles Soler Perdigó Titular Bishop of Pandosia Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain

24 Sep 64.5 Installed Rómulo García † Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

25 Sep 57.7 Succeeded Valter Carrijo, S.D.S. Bishop of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil

54.1 Ordained Bishop Brian Heenan Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia

75.1 Retired Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. † Bishop of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

26 Sep 65.5 Installed Enrique San Pedro, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Bishop

27 Sep 70.0 Died Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. † Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia

28 Sep 61.3 Ordained Bishop José Carlos Melo, C.M. Titular Bishop of Ceramus Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

29 Sep 77.7 Died Karl Moser † Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

53.9 Ordained Bishop Mario Paciello Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

46.7 Ordained Bishop Christoph Schönborn, O.P. Titular Bishop of Sutrium Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

4 Oct 30.8 Professed Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil

70.8 Died Clément Georges Schelhoth † Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria

6 Oct 60.6 Died Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA

10 Oct 37.3 Ordained Priest Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo Priest of Bethlehem, South Africa Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa

24.4 Ordained Priest Anton Leichtfried Priest of Sankt Pölten, Austria Auxiliary Bishop

11 Oct 51.2 Appointed Benjamin D. de Jesus, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines

51.2 Appointed Benjamin D. de Jesus, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Bladia Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines

49.4 Appointed Germano Grachane, C.M. Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique

38.9 Appointed Edmond Jitangar Bishop of Sarh, Chad

50.8 Appointed Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

42.8 Appointed Johannes Liku Ada' Auxiliary Bishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia

42.8 Appointed Johannes Liku Ada' Titular Bishop of Amantia Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia

42.4 Appointed Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F. Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea

53.5 Appointed Pierre Nguyên Van Nhon Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam Bishop

15 Oct 54.2 Appointed John Thomas Steinbock Bishop of Fresno, California, USA

17 Oct 85.4 Died Kazimirs Dulbinskis † Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia

51.4 Installed Gilles Lussier Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada

66.1 Resigned Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez † Bishop of Zamora, Spain Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya Bishop of Zamora, Spain Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain

18 Oct 61.2 Installed José Vittorio Tommasí † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

19 Oct 41.9 Ordained Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

59.6 Ordained Bishop Silvio Cesare Bonicelli † Bishop of San Severo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

77.4 Retired Jan Wosinski † Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26 Oct 57.0 Installed Luis Héctor Villalba Bishop of San Martín, Argentina Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

27 Oct 56.4 Ordained Bishop Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic

28 Oct 71.9 Appointed Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada

29 Oct 83.1 Died Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage † Bishop Emeritus of Annecy, France

30 Oct 47.1 Appointed Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela

76.1 Retired Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. † Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
2 Sep	59.4	Appointed	Silvio Cesare Bonicelli †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
3 Sep	78.6	Died	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
4 Sep	56.5	Resigned	Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A.	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
95.5	Died	Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. †	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
62.2	Appointed	Francesco Marchisano	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
5 Sep	61.7	Resigned	Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P.	Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia	Prelate Emeritus
84.0	Died	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
7 Sep	62.1	Died	Charles Edwin Herzig †	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
64.8	Died	León Kruk †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
51.3	Appointed	Gilles Lussier	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
8 Sep	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Nepeta	Bishop of Santa Maria de Los Angeles, Chile
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I.	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon
9 Sep	85.8	Died	Rafael Grovas Felix †	Bishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico	Bishop
10 Sep	76.0	Retired	Charles Roman Koester †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep	61.7	Resigned	Ramón Buxarrais Ventura	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
71.5	Resigned	José Capmany Casamitjana †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Jesús Pla Gandía †	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	José Sánchez González	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
13 Sep	75.1	Retired	Gyula Szakos †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
64.7	Succeeded	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D.	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
14 Sep	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
31.5	Ordained Priest	Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Nosiglia	Titular Bishop of Victoriana	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy
75.2	Died	František Vanák †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
15 Sep	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
55.2	Installed	Kurt Krenn	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
82.4	Died	Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabarese), India
16 Sep	57.9	Appointed	Geraldo Majella Agnelo	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
95.6	Died	François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter Takeo Okada	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan
18 Sep	80.1	Died	John Anthony Donovan †	Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA
19 Sep	69.7	Installed	Austin-Emile Burke	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
81.0	Died	Angel Temiño Sáiz †	Bishop Emeritus of Orense, Spain
20 Sep	43.4	Ordained Bishop	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
21 Sep	29.8	Ordained Priest	Jean Claude Randrianarisoa	Priest of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Scola	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
22 Sep	68.8	Died	John Kodwo Amissah †	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
32.8	Ordained Priest	Chibly Langlois	Priest of Jacmel, Haïti	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti
55.1	Ordained Bishop	James Moriarty	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Joan Carrera Planas †	Titular Bishop of Aliezira	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
59.0	Ordained Bishop	Carles Soler Perdigó	Titular Bishop of Pandosia	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
24 Sep	64.5	Installed	Rómulo García †	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Sep	57.7	Succeeded	Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.	Bishop of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Brian Heenan	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
75.1	Retired	Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. †	Bishop of Brejo, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Sep	65.5	Installed	Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop
27 Sep	70.0	Died	Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
28 Sep	61.3	Ordained Bishop	José Carlos Melo, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
29 Sep	77.7	Died	Karl Moser †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Mario Paciello	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Sutrium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
4 Oct	30.8	Professed	Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
70.8	Died	Clément Georges Schelhoth †	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Syrian), Syria
6 Oct	60.6	Died	Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
10 Oct	37.3	Ordained Priest	Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo	Priest of Bethlehem, South Africa	Bishop of Eshowe, South Africa
24.4	Ordained Priest	Anton Leichtfried	Priest of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop
11 Oct	51.2	Appointed	Benjamin D. de Jesus, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
51.2	Appointed	Benjamin D. de Jesus, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
49.4	Appointed	Germano Grachane, C.M.	Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique
38.9	Appointed	Edmond Jitangar	Bishop of Sarh, Chad
50.8	Appointed	Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
42.8	Appointed	Johannes Liku Ada'	Auxiliary Bishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia	Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia
42.8	Appointed	Johannes Liku Ada'	Titular Bishop of Amantia	Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia
42.4	Appointed	Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F.	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop of Bata, Equatorial Guinea
53.5	Appointed	Pierre Nguyên Van Nhon	Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Lat, Viêt Nam	Bishop
15 Oct	54.2	Appointed	John Thomas Steinbock	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
17 Oct	85.4	Died	Kazimirs Dulbinskis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
51.4	Installed	Gilles Lussier	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
66.1	Resigned	Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
18 Oct	61.2	Installed	José Vittorio Tommasí †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
19 Oct	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Michael Dixon Bhasera	Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Silvio Cesare Bonicelli †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
77.4	Retired	Jan Wosinski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct	57.0	Installed	Luis Héctor Villalba	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
27 Oct	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic
28 Oct	71.9	Appointed	Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada
29 Oct	83.1	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage †	Bishop Emeritus of Annecy, France
30 Oct	47.1	Appointed	Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela
76.1	Retired	Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. †	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus

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