The Year of Our Lord 1998

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 51.3 Appointed Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. Superior General of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

1 Sep 75.0 Retired Lucien-Emile Bardonne † Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

69.3 Resigned Jacques André Marie Jullien † Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France Archbishop Emeritus

62.6 Succeeded François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary † Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

2 Sep 75.8 Died Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn Dụ † Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam

3 Sep 61.8 Installed Tod David Brown Bishop of Orange in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

46.4 Installed Mario Antonio Cargnello Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta, Argentina Archbishop

4 Sep 87.4 Died Eldon Bernard Schuster † Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA

62.0 Died Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo † Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

5 Sep 28.0 Ordained Priest Noel Seyoum Fransua Priest of Meki, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia

80.1 Retired António dos Reis Rodrigues † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

6 Sep 60.1 Ordained Bishop Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India Bishop Emeritus

7 Sep 75.0 Retired Maximilian Ziegelbauer † Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

8 Sep 65.6 Resigned Mario Cecchini Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27.9 Ordained Priest Elias Al-Debei Priest of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria

68.1 Succeeded Vittorio Tomassetti † Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

45.9 Ordained Bishop Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T.A. Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India

10 Sep 67.5 Died Rafael Montiano Lim † Bishop of Boac, Philippines

73.3 Appointed Ignatius Paul Pinto Archbishop of Bangalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

11 Sep 24.9 Ordained Priest Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés Priest of Loja, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador

77.0 Retired Paulos Tzadua † Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Sep 62.3 Died Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. † Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

62.3 Ordained Bishop Adriano Caprioli Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.4 Ordained Bishop Stefan Cichy Titular Bishop of Bonusta Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland

47.0 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Fisichella Titular Bishop of Vicohabentia President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization

49.5 Ordained Bishop Luigi Moretti Titular Bishop of Mopta Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

13 Sep 88.6 Died Alois Grillmeier, S.J. † Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus

62.0 Installed Roberto Rodríguez Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina

62.6 Ordained Bishop Ernesto Vecchi Titular Bishop of Lemellefa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

14 Sep 53.3 Resigned Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B. Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada Abbot Emeritus

54.5 Installed Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

59.2 Appointed Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

15 Sep 52.6 Appointed Jozef Marianus Punt Apostolic Administrator of Haarlem, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands

16 Sep 56.9 Appointed Pedro Ercílio Simon † Coadjutor Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

68.1 Died José Vittorio Tommasí † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

17 Sep 72.7 Died Marcel Bam’ba Gongoa † Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.2 Installed Patrick Joseph McGrath Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Sep 73.4 Resigned Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. † Bishop of Helsinki, Finland Bishop Emeritus

47.8 Ordained Bishop John Charles Wester Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

19 Sep 50.9 Ordained Bishop Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

51.7 Ordained Bishop Vicente Costa Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

56.3 Ordained Bishop Jesús García Burillo Titular Bishop of Basti Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain

59.7 Ordained Bishop Zef Gashi, S.D.B. Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro Archbishop Emeritus

28.9 Ordained Priest Vinzenz (Rudolf) Wohlwend, O. Cist. Priest of Order of Cistercians Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

20 Sep 54.0 Ordained Bishop Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. Bishop of Chartres, France Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

27.0 Ordained Priest Giorgio Barbetta Manzocchi Priest of Gubbio, Italy Auxiliary Bishop of Huarí, Peru

62.3 Installed Adriano Caprioli Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.9 Ordained Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Ordained Bishop Pier Giorgio Debernardi Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

32.8 Solemn Vows Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

50.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Petrocchi Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy

21 Sep 49.5 Ordained Bishop Blase Joseph Cupich Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

86.4 Died Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand

93.1 Died Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. † Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan

22 Sep 69.5 Died Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. † Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia

63.1 Installed John Brendan McCormack Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Bishop Emeritus

24 Sep 78.4 Appointed Karel Otčenášek † Archbishop (Personal Title) Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

26 Sep 55.4 Ordained Bishop Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic

44.0 Ordained Bishop Philip Huang Chao-ming Titular Bishop of Lamphua Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan

54.5 Appointed Juliusz Janusz Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia

69.9 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Castro di Sardegna Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

73.2 Died Giovanni Maria Sartori † Archbishop of Trento, Italy

27 Sep 51.9 Ordained Bishop Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

28 Sep 83.9 Died Aureliano Sorrentino † Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy

29 Sep 38.7 Ordained Bishop Antoni Dziemianko Titular Bishop of Lesvi Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

50.7 Ordained Bishop Marcello Semeraro Bishop of Oria, Italy Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

30 Sep 59.8 Appointed Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek † Official of the Secretariat of State Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria

Oct 52.9 Ceased Antonio Cañizares Llovera Apostolic Administrator of Cartagena (en España) Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

1 Oct 47.9 Appointed Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin Bishop of Moulins, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France

75.8 Retired André Bernard Michel Quélen † Bishop of Moulins, France Bishop Emeritus

2 Oct 80.4 Died Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage † Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania

90.3 Died Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo † Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand

3 Oct 25.0 Ordained Priest Georgios Altouvas Priest of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece Archbishop-Elect of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

66.6 Installed Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Verona, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.3 Perpetual Vows Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation

100.4 Beatified Bl. Alojzije Stepinac † Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

75.0 Ceased Andrea Veggio † Apostolic Administrator of Verona, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

4 Oct 68.6 Installed Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

62.0 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau † Bishop of Nevers, France Bishop Emeritus

76.0 Installed Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

5 Oct 76.1 Retired Gilberto Agustoni † Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Zenon Grocholewski † Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

56.0 Appointed Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo Official of the Roman Curia - Other

6 Oct 78.5 Died Kornél Pataky (Pataki) † Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary

8 Oct 34.9 Ordained Deacon Robert John McClory Deacon of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA

34.5 Ordained Deacon Gregory Lawrence Parkes Deacon of Orlando, Florida, USA Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

10 Oct 53.3 Ordained Bishop John Martin Darko † Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

66.0 Appointed Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

11 Oct 46.0 Ordained Bishop Marie-Daniel Dadiet Titular Bishop of Sitipa Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

62.1 Installed Antonio María Rouco Varela Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

12 Oct 56.7 Ordained Bishop Guilherme Porto Coadjutor Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

13 Oct 68.0 Selected Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

68.0 Selected Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

76.1 Died Mariano Gaviola y Garcés † Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines

16 Oct 31.6 Professed Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada

77.8 Died Michael Kien Samophithak † Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand

72.7 Resigned Francis Joseph MacKiernan † Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

54.5 Succeeded Philip Leo O’Reilly Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

17 Oct 65.9 Resigned Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. † Superior of Turks and Caicos, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

68.2 Appointed Theodore Edgar McCarrick Superior of Turks and Caicos, Antilles

18 Oct 78.7 Died Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R. † Prefect Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso

50.1 Installed Giuseppe Petrocchi Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy

56.3 Installed Norberto Rivera Carrera Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

19 Oct 75.2 Retired Marco René Revelo Contreras † Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

20 Oct 68.0 Confirmed Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

68.0 Confirmed Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

23 Oct 66.7 Appointed Joseph Faber MacDonald † Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus

70.1 Appointed Francesco Saverio Salerno † Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura Secretary Emeritus

24 Oct 25.4 Ordained Priest Gustavo Oscar Carrara Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop

73.1 Installed Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

29.1 Ordained Deacon Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco Deacon of Santiago de Chile Auxiliary Bishop

25 Oct 68.1 Installed Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

74.1 Installed Serafim Fernandes de Araújo † Cardinal-Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

81.0 Died Michael Liu Xianru † Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

76.7 Died François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles

28 Oct 52.1 Appointed Manoel João Francisco Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil

77.5 Retired José Gomes † Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct 90.4 Died Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez † Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

31 Oct 42.7 Appointed Marcelo Arturo González Amador Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba Bishop

42.7 Appointed Marcelo Arturo González Amador Titular Bishop of Segia Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	51.3	Appointed	Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.	Superior General of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
1 Sep	75.0	Retired	Lucien-Emile Bardonne †	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
69.3	Resigned	Jacques André Marie Jullien †	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Archbishop Emeritus
62.6	Succeeded	François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary †	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
2 Sep	75.8	Died	Vincent de Paul Phạm Văn Dụ †	Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam
3 Sep	61.8	Installed	Tod David Brown	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
46.4	Installed	Mario Antonio Cargnello	Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop
4 Sep	87.4	Died	Eldon Bernard Schuster †	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
62.0	Died	Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
5 Sep	28.0	Ordained Priest	Noel Seyoum Fransua	Priest of Meki, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia
80.1	Retired	António dos Reis Rodrigues †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Sep	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India	Bishop Emeritus
7 Sep	75.0	Retired	Maximilian Ziegelbauer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	65.6	Resigned	Mario Cecchini	Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27.9	Ordained Priest	Elias Al-Debei	Priest of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
68.1	Succeeded	Vittorio Tomassetti †	Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T.A.	Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
10 Sep	67.5	Died	Rafael Montiano Lim †	Bishop of Boac, Philippines
73.3	Appointed	Ignatius Paul Pinto	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Sep	24.9	Ordained Priest	Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés	Priest of Loja, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
77.0	Retired	Paulos Tzadua †	Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Sep	62.3	Died	Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
62.3	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Caprioli	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.4	Ordained Bishop	Stefan Cichy	Titular Bishop of Bonusta	Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Fisichella	Titular Bishop of Vicohabentia	President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Moretti	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
13 Sep	88.6	Died	Alois Grillmeier, S.J. †	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
62.0	Installed	Roberto Rodríguez	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of La Rioja, Argentina
62.6	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Vecchi	Titular Bishop of Lemellefa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
14 Sep	53.3	Resigned	Peter Wilfred Novecosky, O.S.B.	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada	Abbot Emeritus
54.5	Installed	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
59.2	Appointed	Raymond Olir Roussin, S. M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
15 Sep	52.6	Appointed	Jozef Marianus Punt	Apostolic Administrator of Haarlem, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
16 Sep	56.9	Appointed	Pedro Ercílio Simon †	Coadjutor Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
68.1	Died	José Vittorio Tommasí †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
17 Sep	72.7	Died	Marcel Bam’ba Gongoa †	Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.2	Installed	Patrick Joseph McGrath	Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	73.4	Resigned	Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland	Bishop Emeritus
47.8	Ordained Bishop	John Charles Wester	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
19 Sep	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Costa	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
56.3	Ordained Bishop	Jesús García Burillo	Titular Bishop of Basti	Bishop Emeritus of Ávila, Spain
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Zef Gashi, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
28.9	Ordained Priest	Vinzenz (Rudolf) Wohlwend, O. Cist.	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
20 Sep	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist.	Bishop of Chartres, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
27.0	Ordained Priest	Giorgio Barbetta Manzocchi	Priest of Gubbio, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Huarí, Peru
62.3	Installed	Adriano Caprioli	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Cándido Cárdenas Villalba	Bishop of Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Pier Giorgio Debernardi	Bishop of Pinerolo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
32.8	Solemn Vows	Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
21 Sep	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Blase Joseph Cupich	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
86.4	Died	Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand
93.1	Died	Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan
22 Sep	69.5	Died	Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
63.1	Installed	John Brendan McCormack	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep	78.4	Appointed	Karel Otčenášek †	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
26 Sep	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
44.0	Ordained Bishop	Philip Huang Chao-ming	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Bishop of Hwalien, Taiwan
54.5	Appointed	Juliusz Janusz	Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Slovenia
69.9	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Castro di Sardegna	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
73.2	Died	Giovanni Maria Sartori †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
27 Sep	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
28 Sep	83.9	Died	Aureliano Sorrentino †	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
29 Sep	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoni Dziemianko	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Semeraro	Bishop of Oria, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
30 Sep	59.8	Appointed	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
Oct	52.9	Ceased	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Apostolic Administrator of Cartagena (en España)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
1 Oct	47.9	Appointed	Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin	Bishop of Moulins, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
75.8	Retired	André Bernard Michel Quélen †	Bishop of Moulins, France	Bishop Emeritus
2 Oct	80.4	Died	Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage †	Bishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
90.3	Died	Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
3 Oct	25.0	Ordained Priest	Georgios Altouvas	Priest of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece	Archbishop-Elect of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
66.6	Installed	Flavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Verona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.3	Perpetual Vows	Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
100.4	Beatified	Bl. Alojzije Stepinac †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
75.0	Ceased	Andrea Veggio †	Apostolic Administrator of Verona, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	68.6	Installed	Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
62.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
76.0	Installed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
5 Oct	76.1	Retired	Gilberto Agustoni †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Zenon Grocholewski †	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
56.0	Appointed	Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
6 Oct	78.5	Died	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Bishop Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary
8 Oct	34.9	Ordained Deacon	Robert John McClory	Deacon of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA
34.5	Ordained Deacon	Gregory Lawrence Parkes	Deacon of Orlando, Florida, USA	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
10 Oct	53.3	Ordained Bishop	John Martin Darko †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
11 Oct	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Marie-Daniel Dadiet	Titular Bishop of Sitipa	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
62.1	Installed	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
12 Oct	56.7	Ordained Bishop	Guilherme Porto	Coadjutor Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Oct	68.0	Selected	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
68.0	Selected	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
76.1	Died	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
16 Oct	31.6	Professed	Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
77.8	Died	Michael Kien Samophithak †	Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand
72.7	Resigned	Francis Joseph MacKiernan †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
54.5	Succeeded	Philip Leo O’Reilly	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct	65.9	Resigned	Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. †	Superior of Turks and Caicos, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
68.2	Appointed	Theodore Edgar McCarrick	Superior of Turks and Caicos, Antilles
18 Oct	78.7	Died	Alphonse Chantoux, C.SS.R. †	Prefect Emeritus of Fada N’Gourma, Burkina Faso
50.1	Installed	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
56.3	Installed	Norberto Rivera Carrera	Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
19 Oct	75.2	Retired	Marco René Revelo Contreras †	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
20 Oct	68.0	Confirmed	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
68.0	Confirmed	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
23 Oct	66.7	Appointed	Joseph Faber MacDonald †	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
70.1	Appointed	Francesco Saverio Salerno †	Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura	Secretary Emeritus
24 Oct	25.4	Ordained Priest	Gustavo Oscar Carrara	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
73.1	Installed	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
29.1	Ordained Deacon	Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco	Deacon of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
25 Oct	68.1	Installed	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
74.1	Installed	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo †	Cardinal-Priest of San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
81.0	Died	Michael Liu Xianru †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
76.7	Died	François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles
28 Oct	52.1	Appointed	Manoel João Francisco	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
77.5	Retired	José Gomes †	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	90.4	Died	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
31 Oct	42.7	Appointed	Marcelo Arturo González Amador	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba	Bishop
42.7	Appointed	Marcelo Arturo González Amador	Titular Bishop of Segia	Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba

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