The Year of Our Lord 1994

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 70.8 Appointed Carlo Curis Apostolic Nuncio to Canada Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

2 Sep 77.4 Died Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia

3 Sep 63.2 Installed Rudolf Müller Bishop of Görlitz, Germany Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep 52.3 Ordained Bishop Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Luperciana Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia

6 Sep 67.8 Died Edward Russell Gaines † Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

7 Sep 57.7 Ordained Bishop Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R. Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

8 Sep 52.4 Ordained Bishop Gualtiero Bassetti Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy

36.7 Ordained Bishop Virgil Bercea Titular Bishop of Pupiana Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

78.2 Died John Michael Bilock † Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

46.6 Ordained Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil Bishop of Diphu, India Bishop of Itanagar, India

57.6 Ordained Bishop Alexandru Mesian Coadjutor Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop

61.8 Ordained Bishop Augusto José Zini Filho † Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

9 Sep 64.6 Appointed Albert Kanene Obiefuna Coadjutor Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Simon Akwali Okafor Bishop of Awka, Nigeria

11 Sep 55.8 Installed Francisco Polti Santillán Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

58.3 Ordained Bishop Ioan Sisestean Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania

12 Sep 47.1 Ordained Bishop Manolo Alarcon de los Santos Bishop of Virac, Philippines

85.8 Died Cornélio Veerman, C.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil

13 Sep 73.7 Confirmed Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. † Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Byzantine), Italy Abbot Emeritus

14 Sep 56.8 Appointed Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau Coadjutor Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Archbishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

84.9 Died Gerard William Tickle † Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

15 Sep 47.9 Ordained Bishop Anthony Banzi Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania

16 Sep 71.4 Died Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

17 Sep 61.1 Ordained Bishop Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

18 Sep 65.1 Installed Raúl Arsenio Casado Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

45.4 Ordained Bishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia

21 Sep 95.5 Died René-Joseph Piérard † Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France

22 Sep 67.2 Died Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. † Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon

24 Sep 72.9 Retired Otmar Mäder † Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 49.4 Ordained Bishop Julián López Martín Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain Bishop of León, Spain

44.2 Ordained Bishop Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Sep 51.4 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo Titular Bishop of Ucres Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

28 Sep 43.5 Ordained Bishop Peter Liu Cheng-chung Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

29 Sep 75.3 Retired Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada † Archbishop of México, Federal District Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

1 Oct 50.8 Ordained Bishop Antonio Buoncristiani Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

54.7 Appointed Séamus Hegarty Bishop of Derry, Ireland

2 Oct 72.7 Died Michael Anthony Harty † Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland

39.3 Professed Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan

66.9 Installed Angelo Sodano Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

93.4 Died Floréncio Cicinho (Sisinio) Vieira † Bishop Emeritus of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil

59.7 Succeeded William Walsh Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland

3 Oct 84.3 Died John J. Reddington, S.M.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Jos, Nigeria

4 Oct 90.3 Died Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ethiopia

7 Oct 55.4 Appointed Renato Ascencio León Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México

52.4 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto Titular Archbishop of Numana Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

9 Oct 65.6 Installed Leopold Nowak Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

10 Oct 78.7 Died Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. † Archbishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India

11 Oct 75.1 Retired Martin Nicholas Lohmuller Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

13 Oct 57.2 Died Yulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F. † Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia

15 Oct 57.8 Ordained Bishop Ernest Patili Assi † Bishop of Kara, Togo

57.4 Ordained Bishop Victor Dovi Hounnaké † Bishop of Aného, Togo

57.8 Ordained Bishop Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela

59.1 Ordained Bishop Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

52.2 Ordained Bishop Pierre Koffi Seshie † Bishop of Kpalimé, Togo

17 Oct 71.7 Died René-Alexandre Dupanloup † Bishop Emeritus of Belley-Ars, France

18 Oct 44.0 Appointed Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

20 Oct 74.8 Died Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

21 Oct 84.2 Died Kajetán Matoušek † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

22 Oct 60.4 Ordained Bishop Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador

23 Oct 57.8 Ordained Bishop Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M. Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia

24 Oct 67.7 Appointed Ludwig Averkamp Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Hans-Jochen Jaschke Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany

89.6 Died Joseph William Regan, M.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Tagum, Philippines

54.4 Appointed Norbert Werbs Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany

25 Oct 75.0 Retired Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. † Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

60.8 Appointed Orlando Romero Cabrera Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay

27 Oct 54.6 Appointed Alejandro Goic Karmelic Bishop of Osorno, Chile Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

54.4 Installed Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop

75.9 Retired Timothy Joseph Harrington † Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.5 Appointed Daniel Patrick Reilly Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

63.1 Appointed John Walter Yanta Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA

63.1 Appointed John Walter Yanta Titular Bishop of Naratcata Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA

28 Oct 47.5 Ordained Bishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela

29 Oct 62.9 Appointed Kamal Hanna Bathish Titular Bishop of Ierichus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine

76.2 Retired José María Carrizo Villarreal † Bishop of Chitré, Panama Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Appointed José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. Bishop of Chitré, Panama Bishop of David, Panama

49.5 Appointed Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo Titular Bishop of Emmaüs Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine

31 Oct 94.7 Died Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines

69.2 Died Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’on, Korea (South)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	70.8	Appointed	Carlo Curis	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
2 Sep	77.4	Died	Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia
3 Sep	63.2	Installed	Rudolf Müller	Bishop of Görlitz, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Luperciana	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
6 Sep	67.8	Died	Edward Russell Gaines †	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
7 Sep	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
8 Sep	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Gualtiero Bassetti	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
36.7	Ordained Bishop	Virgil Bercea	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
78.2	Died	John Michael Bilock †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
46.6	Ordained Bishop	John Thomas Kattrukudiyil	Bishop of Diphu, India	Bishop of Itanagar, India
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Alexandru Mesian	Coadjutor Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop
61.8	Ordained Bishop	Augusto José Zini Filho †	Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9 Sep	64.6	Appointed	Albert Kanene Obiefuna	Coadjutor Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Simon Akwali Okafor	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
11 Sep	55.8	Installed	Francisco Polti Santillán	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
58.3	Ordained Bishop	Ioan Sisestean	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
12 Sep	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Manolo Alarcon de los Santos	Bishop of Virac, Philippines
85.8	Died	Cornélio Veerman, C.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil
13 Sep	73.7	Confirmed	Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Byzantine), Italy	Abbot Emeritus
14 Sep	56.8	Appointed	Guy Marie Alexandre Thomazeau	Coadjutor Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Archbishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
84.9	Died	Gerard William Tickle †	Bishop Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
15 Sep	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Banzi	Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania
16 Sep	71.4	Died	Albert Florent Augustin Decourtray †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
17 Sep	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
18 Sep	65.1	Installed	Raúl Arsenio Casado	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C.	Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia
21 Sep	95.5	Died	René-Joseph Piérard †	Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France
22 Sep	67.2	Died	Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
24 Sep	72.9	Retired	Otmar Mäder †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Julián López Martín	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of León, Spain
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Sep	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo	Titular Bishop of Ucres	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
28 Sep	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Peter Liu Cheng-chung	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
29 Sep	75.3	Retired	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Archbishop of México, Federal District	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
1 Oct	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Buoncristiani	Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina, Italy	Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
54.7	Appointed	Séamus Hegarty	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
2 Oct	72.7	Died	Michael Anthony Harty †	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
39.3	Professed	Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan
66.9	Installed	Angelo Sodano	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
93.4	Died	Floréncio Cicinho (Sisinio) Vieira †	Bishop Emeritus of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil
59.7	Succeeded	William Walsh	Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
3 Oct	84.3	Died	John J. Reddington, S.M.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jos, Nigeria
4 Oct	90.3	Died	Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ethiopia
7 Oct	55.4	Appointed	Renato Ascencio León	Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Lazzarotto	Titular Archbishop of Numana	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
9 Oct	65.6	Installed	Leopold Nowak	Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	78.7	Died	Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. †	Archbishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
11 Oct	75.1	Retired	Martin Nicholas Lohmuller	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Oct	57.2	Died	Yulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
15 Oct	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Patili Assi †	Bishop of Kara, Togo
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Victor Dovi Hounnaké †	Bishop of Aného, Togo
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso	Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Koffi Seshie †	Bishop of Kpalimé, Togo
17 Oct	71.7	Died	René-Alexandre Dupanloup †	Bishop Emeritus of Belley-Ars, France
18 Oct	44.0	Appointed	Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
20 Oct	74.8	Died	Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
21 Oct	84.2	Died	Kajetán Matoušek †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
22 Oct	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Mietto, C.S.I.	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
23 Oct	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M.	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia
24 Oct	67.7	Appointed	Ludwig Averkamp	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Hans-Jochen Jaschke	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany
89.6	Died	Joseph William Regan, M.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Tagum, Philippines
54.4	Appointed	Norbert Werbs	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany
25 Oct	75.0	Retired	Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
60.8	Appointed	Orlando Romero Cabrera	Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay
27 Oct	54.6	Appointed	Alejandro Goic Karmelic	Bishop of Osorno, Chile	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
54.4	Installed	Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop
75.9	Retired	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.5	Appointed	Daniel Patrick Reilly	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
63.1	Appointed	John Walter Yanta	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
63.1	Appointed	John Walter Yanta	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
28 Oct	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Mariano José Parra Sandoval	Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela	Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
29 Oct	62.9	Appointed	Kamal Hanna Bathish	Titular Bishop of Ierichus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
76.2	Retired	José María Carrizo Villarreal †	Bishop of Chitré, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Appointed	José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R.	Bishop of Chitré, Panama	Bishop of David, Panama
49.5	Appointed	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo	Titular Bishop of Emmaüs	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
31 Oct	94.7	Died	Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
69.2	Died	Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’on, Korea (South)

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