The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 29.1 Appointed Joseph Murphy Official of the Secretariat of State Under Secretary

2 Oct 26.2 Ordained Deacon Erik Thomas Pohlmeier Deacon of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

59.6 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

59.6 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

59.6 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

3 Oct 82.7 Died Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)

4 Oct 48.5 Installed Josip Bozanić Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.5 Installed Lorenzo Chiarinelli † Bishop of Viterbo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

78.0 Died Francisco Raval Cruces † Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

59.5 Ordained Bishop Silvano Montevecchi † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

25.9 Perpetual Vows Alejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina

5 Oct 24.0 Ordained Deacon Georgios Altouvas Deacon of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

62.1 Ordained Bishop Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Altava Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

83.9 Died Heinrich Forer † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

81.2 Died Bernard Yago † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

6 Oct 79.6 Died Warren Louis Boudreaux † Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

86.3 Died Antonio D’Erchia † Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

81.2 Died Aloysius Nobuo Soma † Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan

7 Oct 27.2 Ordained Priest Jesús Omar Alemán Chávez Priest of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México

58.8 Installed Terence John Brain Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

48.3 Ordained Bishop Daniel Nicholas DiNardo Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

60.5 Resigned Antonio Franco Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, Ukraine Apostolic Nuncio

78.7 Died [James Li Shu-ren], O.S.A. † Bishop of Yueyang [Yochow], China

45.8 Appointed Antal Majnek, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine

43.3 Ordained Bishop Julius Marandi Bishop of Dumka, India

8 Oct 43.3 Appointed Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

10 Oct 55.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Michel Alain di Falco Léandri Titular Bishop of Vallis Bishop Emeritus of Gap-Embrun, France

44.4 Ordained Bishop Pierre Paul Oscar d’Ornellas, I.N.D.V. Titular Bishop of Naraggara Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

69.0 Appointed István Katona Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.3 Appointed Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. † Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

73.5 Died Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia

75.8 Retired Reinhold Stecher † Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Succeeded Peter Turang Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

11 Oct 53.8 Ordained Bishop Leonardo Sandri Titular Archbishop of Aemona Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

31.7 Ordained Priest Petko Valov Priest of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria Bishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria

53.7 Appointed Christian Werner Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt Bishop Emeritus of Austria, Military

12 Oct 34.7 Ordained Priest Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez Priest of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop of San Felipe, Chile

50.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Serge Miot † Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop

24.4 Ordained Deacon Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R. Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada

14 Oct 75.1 Resigned Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus

58.5 Appointed Peter Fernando † Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, India Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

69.0 Resigned Gabriel Lawrence Sengol † Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India Bishop Emeritus

70.0 Appointed Edmund Casimir Szoka † President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus

16 Oct 68.6 Appointed Nestor Assogba † Archbishop of Parakou, Benin Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

52.4 Appointed Salvadore Lobo Bishop of Baruipur, India Bishop Emeritus

18 Oct 80.3 Died Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard † Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France

84.4 Died Walter William Curtis † Bishop Emeritus of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

36.8 Ordained Priest Oliver Dashe Doeme Priest of Jos, Nigeria Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria

69.5 Resigned Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu † Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

24.7 Ordained Deacon Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora Deacon of Juticalpa, Honduras Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras

19 Oct 52.7 Ordained Bishop Valério Breda, S.D.B. † Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

26.9 Ordained Deacon Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz Deacon of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

53.9 Ordained Bishop Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. Titular Bishop of Simidicca Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

64.6 Ordained Bishop Jean Sommeng Vorachak † Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

20 Oct 65.8 Died René Lucien Picandet † Bishop of Orléans, France

21 Oct 50.6 Appointed Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

50.6 Appointed Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C. Titular Bishop of Amantia Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

22 Oct 79.6 Died Franco Illia † Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania

23 Oct 77.3 Retired Charles Amarin Brand † Archbishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. Archbishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop Emeritus

24 Oct 23.9 Perpetual Vows Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, O.A.R. Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

41.0 Appointed Peter Kwaku Atuahene Bishop of Goaso, Ghana

48.3 Appointed David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, Canada Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

35.1 Incardinated Elias Frank Priest of Asansol, India Bishop

29.5 Ordained Priest Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva Priest of San Isidro, Argentina Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

75.7 Retired Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. † Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Archbishop Emeritus

50.9 Appointed Adriano Langa, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus of Inhambane, Mozambique

50.9 Appointed Adriano Langa, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Baia Bishop Emeritus of Inhambane, Mozambique

52.8 Appointed Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I. Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique

38.3 Appointed Alfred Adewale Martins Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria

52.5 Appointed Cyprian Monis Bishop of Asansol, India Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Jose Mukala Bishop of Kohima, India Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Archbishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Jean Ntagwarara Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo † Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar

50.2 Appointed Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo † Titular Bishop of Milevum Bishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar

25 Oct 30.1 Ordained Priest Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia

57.3 Resigned Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

33.6 Ordained Priest Cesare Di Pietro Priest of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

59.5 Installed Silvano Montevecchi † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

25.1 Ordained Deacon Lucio Nicoletto Deacon of Padova {Padua}, Italy Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

88.4 Died Lino Zanini † Official Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

26 Oct 45.4 Ordained Bishop Patrick Hoogmartens Coadjutor Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium Bishop

66.7 Installed Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

27.8 Ordained Priest Tesfaldet Tekie Tsada Priest Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

41.2 Ordained Bishop François-Xavier Yombandje Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

28 Oct 63.7 Appointed Alexander Joseph Brunett † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

60.6 Appointed John George Vlazny Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA Archbishop Emeritus

29 Oct 76.7 Died Francis-Roland Lambert, S.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)

62.6 Appointed Albino Mamede Cleto † Coadjutor Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

62.5 Appointed José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira † Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

80.6 Died Joseph Valerius Sequeira † Bishop Emeritus of Pathein, Myanmar

31 Oct 48.1 Ordained Bishop Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. † Coadjutor Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	29.1	Appointed	Joseph Murphy	Official of the Secretariat of State	Under Secretary
2 Oct	26.2	Ordained Deacon	Erik Thomas Pohlmeier	Deacon of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
59.6	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
59.6	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
59.6	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
3 Oct	82.7	Died	Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Oct	48.5	Installed	Josip Bozanić	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.5	Installed	Lorenzo Chiarinelli †	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
78.0	Died	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Silvano Montevecchi †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
25.9	Perpetual Vows	Alejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
5 Oct	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Georgios Altouvas	Deacon of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
62.1	Ordained Bishop	Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
83.9	Died	Heinrich Forer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
81.2	Died	Bernard Yago †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
6 Oct	79.6	Died	Warren Louis Boudreaux †	Bishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
86.3	Died	Antonio D’Erchia †	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
81.2	Died	Aloysius Nobuo Soma †	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
7 Oct	27.2	Ordained Priest	Jesús Omar Alemán Chávez	Priest of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
58.8	Installed	Terence John Brain	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Nicholas DiNardo	Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
60.5	Resigned	Antonio Franco	Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, Ukraine	Apostolic Nuncio
78.7	Died	[James Li Shu-ren], O.S.A. †	Bishop of Yueyang [Yochow], China
45.8	Appointed	Antal Majnek, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Julius Marandi	Bishop of Dumka, India
8 Oct	43.3	Appointed	Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
10 Oct	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Michel Alain di Falco Léandri	Titular Bishop of Vallis	Bishop Emeritus of Gap-Embrun, France
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Paul Oscar d’Ornellas, I.N.D.V.	Titular Bishop of Naraggara	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
69.0	Appointed	István Katona	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.3	Appointed	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
73.5	Died	Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
75.8	Retired	Reinhold Stecher †	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Succeeded	Peter Turang	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Oct	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Leonardo Sandri	Titular Archbishop of Aemona	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
31.7	Ordained Priest	Petko Valov	Priest of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria	Bishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
53.7	Appointed	Christian Werner	Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt	Bishop Emeritus of Austria, Military
12 Oct	34.7	Ordained Priest	Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez	Priest of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Serge Miot †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop
24.4	Ordained Deacon	Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R.	Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
14 Oct	75.1	Resigned	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
58.5	Appointed	Peter Fernando †	Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
69.0	Resigned	Gabriel Lawrence Sengol †	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India	Bishop Emeritus
70.0	Appointed	Edmund Casimir Szoka †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
16 Oct	68.6	Appointed	Nestor Assogba †	Archbishop of Parakou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
52.4	Appointed	Salvadore Lobo	Bishop of Baruipur, India	Bishop Emeritus
18 Oct	80.3	Died	Pierre-Auguste-Marie Boussard †	Bishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
84.4	Died	Walter William Curtis †	Bishop Emeritus of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
36.8	Ordained Priest	Oliver Dashe Doeme	Priest of Jos, Nigeria	Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
69.5	Resigned	Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu †	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
24.7	Ordained Deacon	Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora	Deacon of Juticalpa, Honduras	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
19 Oct	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Valério Breda, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
26.9	Ordained Deacon	Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz	Deacon of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.6	Ordained Bishop	Jean Sommeng Vorachak †	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
20 Oct	65.8	Died	René Lucien Picandet †	Bishop of Orléans, France
21 Oct	50.6	Appointed	Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
50.6	Appointed	Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Amantia	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
22 Oct	79.6	Died	Franco Illia †	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
23 Oct	77.3	Retired	Charles Amarin Brand †	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S.	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Oct	23.9	Perpetual Vows	Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, O.A.R.	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
41.0	Appointed	Peter Kwaku Atuahene	Bishop of Goaso, Ghana
48.3	Appointed	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
35.1	Incardinated	Elias Frank	Priest of Asansol, India	Bishop
29.5	Ordained Priest	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva	Priest of San Isidro, Argentina	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
75.7	Retired	Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. †	Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus
50.9	Appointed	Adriano Langa, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus of Inhambane, Mozambique
50.9	Appointed	Adriano Langa, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Baia	Bishop Emeritus of Inhambane, Mozambique
52.8	Appointed	Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique	Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
38.3	Appointed	Alfred Adewale Martins	Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria	Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
52.5	Appointed	Cyprian Monis	Bishop of Asansol, India	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Jose Mukala	Bishop of Kohima, India	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube	Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Archbishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Jean Ntagwarara	Bishop of Bubanza, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar
50.2	Appointed	Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Bishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar
25 Oct	30.1	Ordained Priest	Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
57.3	Resigned	Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
33.6	Ordained Priest	Cesare Di Pietro	Priest of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
59.5	Installed	Silvano Montevecchi †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
25.1	Ordained Deacon	Lucio Nicoletto	Deacon of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
88.4	Died	Lino Zanini †	Official Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
26 Oct	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Hoogmartens	Coadjutor Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium	Bishop
66.7	Installed	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
27.8	Ordained Priest	Tesfaldet Tekie Tsada	Priest	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
41.2	Ordained Bishop	François-Xavier Yombandje	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
28 Oct	63.7	Appointed	Alexander Joseph Brunett †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
60.6	Appointed	John George Vlazny	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Oct	76.7	Died	Francis-Roland Lambert, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
62.6	Appointed	Albino Mamede Cleto †	Coadjutor Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
62.5	Appointed	José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira †	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
80.6	Died	Joseph Valerius Sequeira †	Bishop Emeritus of Pathein, Myanmar
31 Oct	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil

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