The Year of Our Lord 2000

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 64.2 Ordained Bishop Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Malindi, Kenya

45.3 Ordained Bishop Miguel Angel Morán Aquino Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador

3 Sep 53.9 Installed Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

208.3 Beatified Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

58.9 Installed Peter Takeo Okada Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan

51.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I. Titular Bishop of Elicroca Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

118.8 Beatified Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

4 Sep 77.1 Died Marco René Revelo Contreras † Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

77.8 Died Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

7 Sep 72.7 Resigned Gervazio Moses Chisendera † Bishop of Dedza, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed Vincent Michael Concessao Archbishop of Delhi, India

55.7 Appointed Oswald Gracias Archbishop of Agra, India Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India

76.9 Retired Achille Silvestrini Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

62.7 Appointed Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. Bishop of Dedza, Malawi Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

8 Sep 56.4 Ordained Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli Titular Bishop of Enera Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA

58.7 Ordained Bishop Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia

9 Sep 65.5 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. Bishop of Sendai, Japan Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan

64.8 Ordained Bishop Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S. Titular Bishop of Thibilis Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

10 Sep 49.0 Ordained Bishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich Archbishop of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France Archbishop of Lille, France

12 Sep 53.0 Ordained Bishop Antonio Mennini Titular Archbishop of Ferentium Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

75.9 Died Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R. † Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

15 Sep 47.6 Ordained Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani Bishop of Urawa, Japan Bishop of Saitama, Japan

16 Sep 48.0 Ordained Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa Coadjutor Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi Bishop

70.1 Appointed Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni Titular Archbishop of Mardin dei Siri Archbishop Emeritus of Alep (Syrian), Syria

70.1 Resigned Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Sennen Corrà † Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

89.8 Died Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Bhagalpur, India

75.0 Retired Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

65.5 Appointed Ovidio Poletto Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

66.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista Re Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

66.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista Re President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

56.8 Appointed Leonardo Sandri Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

17 Sep 51.8 Ordained Bishop Gebhard Fürst Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

45.0 Ordained Bishop José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. † Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

48.0 Ordained Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm. Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France

19 Sep 60.7 Ordained Bishop Daniel Caro Borda Titular Bishop of Rusibisir Bishop of Soacha, Colombia

22 Sep 82.6 Died Vincenzo Fagiolo † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts

23 Sep 52.5 Ordained Bishop Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P. Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil

52.9 Ordained Bishop Juan del Río Martín Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Archbishop of Spain, Military

62.5 Ordained Bishop Genival Saraiva de França Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

24 Sep 64.1 Installed Elio Tinti Bishop of Carpi, Italy

25 Sep 75.3 Died Michael Dallat † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

26 Sep 52.3 Ordained Bishop Dario Campos, O.F.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

89.9 Died Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France

27 Sep 62.2 Ordained Bishop Anthony Joseph Burgess Coadjutor Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Bishop

68.4 Appointed Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran Bishop of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), Armenia

59.4 Appointed Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

59.4 Appointed Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B. Titular Bishop of Melitene degli Armeni Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

28 Sep 87.9 Died Laureano Castán Lacoma † Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

79.6 Died Michele Alfredo Marra, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

29 Sep 75.5 Died Alejandro Figueroa Medina † Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela

30 Sep 41.2 Ordained Bishop Alphonse Liguori Chaupa Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

1 Oct 249.8 Canonized St. Taurin Gabriel Dufresse, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen, China

45.4 Ordained Bishop Dominic Ryoji Miyahara Bishop of Oita, Japan Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

320.0 Canonized St. Pedro Sanz, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China

74.0 Died Luciano Storero † Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

127.3 Canonized St. Luis Versiglia, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China

4 Oct 68.8 Died Emmanuel Kataliko † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.5 Died Ignatius Pak Sok-hi † Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)

94.6 Died Egano Righi-Lambertini † Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

6 Oct 91.4 Died Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

8 Oct 58.2 Ordained Bishop Bernard César Augustin Barsi Archbishop of Monaco, Monaco

53.5 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

9 Oct 86.9 Died John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

10 Oct 78.5 Died José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. † Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

11 Oct 75.8 Retired Martino Gomiero Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Andrea Bruno Mazzocato Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy Bishop of Treviso, Italy

88.4 Died Pietro Palazzini † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

50.3 Appointed Jozef Dniel Pravda, S.D.B. Superior of Baku, Azerbaijan

12 Oct 59.1 Appointed José Guadalupe Galván Galindo Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México

13 Oct 71.2 Died Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador

75.6 Died Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia

72.9 Resigned José Mario Escobar Serna † Bishop of Palmira, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

98.1 Died Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar

14 Oct 69.7 Appointed Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Acholla Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan

61.9 Resigned Vicente C. Manuel, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

51.8 Ordained Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi, O.M.I. Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa

75.4 Retired Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean † Archbishop of Singapore Archbishop Emeritus

15 Oct 56.1 Ordained Bishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

18 Oct 71.3 Retired Denzil Reginald D'Souza † Bishop of Aizawl, India Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Ordained Bishop Sebastianappan Singaroyan Bishop of Salem, India

19 Oct 46.4 Succeeded Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil

60.2 Resigned Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

21 Oct 54.7 Ordained Bishop Joaquín Mariano Sucunza Titular Bishop of Saetabis Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

23 Oct 54.9 Appointed Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok Coadjutor Bishop of Masan, Korea (South) Bishop

55.5 Appointed Joseph Djida, O.M.I. Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

43.6 Appointed William Pascal Kikoti Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania

41.8 Appointed Samuel Kleda Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon

76.2 Retired Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. † Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Jude Gerald Paulraj Bishop of Palayamkottai, India

49.8 Appointed Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R. Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia

49.8 Appointed Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R. Titular Bishop of Ceramus Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia

51.2 Appointed José de Jesús Quintero Díaz Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia

51.2 Appointed José de Jesús Quintero Díaz Titular Bishop of Chimaera Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia

58.1 Resigned William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez † Prefect of Leticia, Colombia Prefect Emeritus

24 Oct 52.9 Appointed Christophe Dufour Bishop of Limoges, France Coadjutor Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France

83.4 Died Daniel Eugene Sheehan † Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

76.8 Retired Léon-Raymond Soulier Bishop of Limoges, France Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct 75.3 Retired Robert Healy † Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Ordained Bishop Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B. Coadjutor Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles Bishop

28 Oct 75.8 Retired Alfredo Battisti Archbishop of Udine, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Pietro Brollo Archbishop of Udine, Italy

74.9 Retired Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Sama Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso

57.8 Succeeded Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru

30 Oct 49.5 Appointed José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I. Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar

52.7 Appointed Cherubim Dambui Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

52.7 Appointed Cherubim Dambui Titular Bishop of Subbar Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

59.0 Appointed Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp. Prefect of Likouala, Congo

75.1 Retired Thomas Khamphan † Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

56.6 Appointed Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos

56.6 Appointed Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos

43.7 Appointed John Ribat, M.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

43.7 Appointed John Ribat, M.S.C. Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

46.4 Appointed Désiré Tsarahazana Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Angel Morán Aquino	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
3 Sep	53.9	Installed	Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
208.3	Beatified	Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
58.9	Installed	Peter Takeo Okada	Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Elicroca	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
118.8	Beatified	Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Sep	77.1	Died	Marco René Revelo Contreras †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
77.8	Died	Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
7 Sep	72.7	Resigned	Gervazio Moses Chisendera †	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Vincent Michael Concessao	Archbishop of Delhi, India
55.7	Appointed	Oswald Gracias	Archbishop of Agra, India	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
76.9	Retired	Achille Silvestrini	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr.	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
8 Sep	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Joseph Serratelli	Titular Bishop of Enera	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J.	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
9 Sep	65.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan
64.8	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Thibilis	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
10 Sep	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich	Archbishop of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France	Archbishop of Lille, France
12 Sep	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Mennini	Titular Archbishop of Ferentium	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
75.9	Died	Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Sep	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Marcellino Taiji Tani	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Bishop of Saitama, Japan
16 Sep	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Gervais Banshimiyubusa	Coadjutor Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Bishop
70.1	Appointed	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Titular Archbishop of Mardin dei Siri	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep (Syrian), Syria
70.1	Resigned	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Sennen Corrà †	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
89.8	Died	Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bhagalpur, India
75.0	Retired	Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
65.5	Appointed	Ovidio Poletto	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
66.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
66.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
56.8	Appointed	Leonardo Sandri	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
17 Sep	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Gebhard Fürst	Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
45.0	Ordained Bishop	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †	Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France
19 Sep	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Caro Borda	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
22 Sep	82.6	Died	Vincenzo Fagiolo †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
23 Sep	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P.	Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan del Río Martín	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Archbishop of Spain, Military
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Genival Saraiva de França	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
24 Sep	64.1	Installed	Elio Tinti	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
25 Sep	75.3	Died	Michael Dallat †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
26 Sep	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Dario Campos, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
89.9	Died	Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France
27 Sep	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Joseph Burgess	Coadjutor Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
68.4	Appointed	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B.	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran	Bishop of Eastern Europe {Europa Orientale} (Armenian), Armenia
59.4	Appointed	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
59.4	Appointed	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Titular Bishop of Melitene degli Armeni	Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
28 Sep	87.9	Died	Laureano Castán Lacoma †	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
79.6	Died	Michele Alfredo Marra, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
29 Sep	75.5	Died	Alejandro Figueroa Medina †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
30 Sep	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Liguori Chaupa	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
1 Oct	249.8	Canonized	St. Taurin Gabriel Dufresse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen, China
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Ryoji Miyahara	Bishop of Oita, Japan	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
320.0	Canonized	St. Pedro Sanz, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China
74.0	Died	Luciano Storero †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
127.3	Canonized	St. Luis Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
4 Oct	68.8	Died	Emmanuel Kataliko †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.5	Died	Ignatius Pak Sok-hi †	Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)
94.6	Died	Egano Righi-Lambertini †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
6 Oct	91.4	Died	Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
8 Oct	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernard César Augustin Barsi	Archbishop of Monaco, Monaco
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
9 Oct	86.9	Died	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
10 Oct	78.5	Died	José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
11 Oct	75.8	Retired	Martino Gomiero	Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Andrea Bruno Mazzocato	Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
88.4	Died	Pietro Palazzini †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
50.3	Appointed	Jozef Dniel Pravda, S.D.B.	Superior of Baku, Azerbaijan
12 Oct	59.1	Appointed	José Guadalupe Galván Galindo	Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México
13 Oct	71.2	Died	Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
75.6	Died	Antonio Eduardo Bösl, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia
72.9	Resigned	José Mario Escobar Serna †	Bishop of Palmira, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
98.1	Died	Victor Alphonse Marie Sartre, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tananarive, Madagascar
14 Oct	69.7	Appointed	Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Acholla	Bishop of Santissima Trinità in Almaty, Kazakhstan
61.9	Resigned	Vicente C. Manuel, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Edward Gabriel Risi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
75.4	Retired	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Oct	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
18 Oct	71.3	Retired	Denzil Reginald D'Souza †	Bishop of Aizawl, India	Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Sebastianappan Singaroyan	Bishop of Salem, India
19 Oct	46.4	Succeeded	Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp.	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
60.2	Resigned	Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp.	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
21 Oct	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Mariano Sucunza	Titular Bishop of Saetabis	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
23 Oct	54.9	Appointed	Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok	Coadjutor Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)	Bishop
55.5	Appointed	Joseph Djida, O.M.I.	Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
43.6	Appointed	William Pascal Kikoti	Bishop of Mpanda, Tanzania
41.8	Appointed	Samuel Kleda	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon	Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
76.2	Retired	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Jude Gerald Paulraj	Bishop of Palayamkottai, India
49.8	Appointed	Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R.	Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia
49.8	Appointed	Héctor Javier Pizarro Acevedo, O.A.R.	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Colombia
51.2	Appointed	José de Jesús Quintero Díaz	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
51.2	Appointed	José de Jesús Quintero Díaz	Titular Bishop of Chimaera	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
58.1	Resigned	William de Jesús Ruiz Velásquez †	Prefect of Leticia, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
24 Oct	52.9	Appointed	Christophe Dufour	Bishop of Limoges, France	Coadjutor Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France
83.4	Died	Daniel Eugene Sheehan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
76.8	Retired	Léon-Raymond Soulier	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	75.3	Retired	Robert Healy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop
28 Oct	75.8	Retired	Alfredo Battisti	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Pietro Brollo	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
74.9	Retired	Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A.	Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sama	Bishop of Nouna, Burkina Faso
57.8	Succeeded	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.	Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru
30 Oct	49.5	Appointed	José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I.	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
52.7	Appointed	Cherubim Dambui	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
52.7	Appointed	Cherubim Dambui	Titular Bishop of Subbar	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
59.0	Appointed	Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp.	Prefect of Likouala, Congo
75.1	Retired	Thomas Khamphan †	Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
56.6	Appointed	Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun	Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos
56.6	Appointed	Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, Laos
43.7	Appointed	John Ribat, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
43.7	Appointed	John Ribat, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
46.4	Appointed	Désiré Tsarahazana	Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar

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