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| Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | 80.7 | Retired | Jorge María Mejía | Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives | Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus |
| 80.7 | Retired | Jorge María Mejía | Librarian of the Vatican Library | Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives | |
| 1 Oct | 75.6 | Retired | John Stephen Cummins | Bishop of Oakland, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 65.9 | Ordained Bishop | Guillermo Loría Garita | Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica | ||
| 57.4 | Installed | Joseph Francis Martino | Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| 54.9 | Succeeded | Allen Henry Vigneron | Bishop of Oakland, California, USA | ||
| 59.0 | Ordained Bishop | Antoine Vu Huy Chuong | Bishop of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam | ||
| 64.1 | Appointed | José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. | Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
| 2 Oct | 75.3 | Retired | Jean-Baptiste Bui Tuân | Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam | Bishop Emeritus |
| 71.4 | Resigned | Antonio Racelis Rañola | Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 58.1 | Succeeded | Joseph Trân Xuân Tiéu | Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viêt Nam | ||
| 3 Oct | 59.3 | Installed | Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio | Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA | |
| 4 Oct | 54.0 | Installed | Giovanni Paolo Benotto | Bishop of Tivoli, Italy | Archbishop of Pisa, Italy |
| 43.0 | Appointed | Gustavo Bombin Espino, O.SS.T. | Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar | ||
| 75.8 | Retired | Cipriano Calderón Polo | Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America | Vice President Emeritus | |
| 45.5 | Appointed | Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias | Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola | Bishop of Cabinda, Angola | |
| 45.5 | Appointed | Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias | Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense | Bishop of Cabinda, Angola | |
| 77.6 | Retired | Luigi de Magistris | Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus | |
| 76.6 | Retired | Victor Manuel Maldonado Barreno, O.F.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
| 65.6 | Appointed | Luis Robles Díaz † | Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America | ||
| 58.3 | Appointed | Stanisław Ryłko | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | ||
| 71.2 | Appointed | James Francis Stafford | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | ||
| 5 Oct | 54.9 | Ordained Bishop | Eliseo Antonio Ariotti | Titular Archbishop of Vibiana | Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun |
| 172.6 | Canonized | St. Daniele Comboni, M.C.C.I. † | Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan | ||
| 6 Oct | 76.5 | Retired | Pietro Giacomo Nonis | Bishop of Vicenza, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
| 59.0 | Appointed | Cesare Nosiglia | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Vicenza, Italy | Bishop | |
| 60.5 | Resigned | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran | Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | |
| 7 Oct | 75.4 | Retired | Augusto Aristizábal Ospina † | Bishop of Jericó, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
| 53.8 | Appointed | Leonard Paul Blair | Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA | ||
| 81.5 | Appointed | Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. | Titular Archbishop of Tullia | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto | |
| 80.3 | Appointed | Gustaaf Joos † | Titular Archbishop of Ypres | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo | |
| 68.8 | Appointed | Giovanni Lajolo | Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State | Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State | |
| 66.3 | Appointed | José Roberto López Londoño | Bishop of Jericó, Colombia | ||
| 82.0 | Appointed | Stanislaw Kazimierz Nagy, S.C.I. | Titular Archbishop of Hólar | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala | |
| 68.5 | Installed | Justin Francis Rigali | Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| 8 Oct | 73.8 | Died | Donat Chiasson † | Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | |
| 10 Oct | 75.6 | Retired | Robert Joseph Banks | Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
| 78.4 | Retired | Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida | Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 47.3 | Appointed | Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz | Bishop of San Bernardo, Chile | ||
| 65.6 | Installed | Sam Gallip Jacobs | Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA | ||
| 54.1 | Appointed | David Allen Zubik | Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| 11 Oct | 80.3 | Ordained Bishop | Gustaaf Joos † | Titular Archbishop of Ypres | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo |
| 12 Oct | 87.1 | Died | Daniel Paul Arulswamy † | Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India | |
| 60.1 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Biasin | Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil | ||
| 67.3 | Ordained Bishop | Michel Jean Guyard | Bishop of Le Havre, France | ||
| 13 Oct | 58.9 | Succeeded | Kevin Michael Britt † | Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | |
| 74.3 | Resigned | Francesco Marchisano | President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church | Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See | |
| 68.5 | Appointed | Peter Antony Moran | Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain | ||
| 82.0 | Ordained Bishop | Stanislaw Kazimierz Nagy, S.C.I. | Titular Archbishop of Hólar | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala | |
| 59.1 | Appointed | Mauro Piacenza | President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church | Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
| 59.1 | Appointed | Mauro Piacenza | Titular Bishop of Victoriana | Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
| 73.6 | Resigned | Robert John Rose | Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 72.4 | Died | Laurence Ryan † | Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland | ||
| 14 Oct | 83.9 | Died | Luigi Bongianino † | Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy | |
| 15 Oct | 69.6 | Died | Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. † | Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | |
| 71.8 | Resigned | Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 79.1 | Died | Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. † | Bishop Emeritus of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic | ||
| 47.2 | Succeeded | José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil | ||
| 16 Oct | 79.2 | Died | Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. † | Abbot Emeritus of Subiaco, Italy | |
| 75.0 | Retired | Joseph Marie Louis Duval | Archbishop of Rouen, France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 85.9 | Died | Ignatius Jerome Strecker † | Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA | ||
| 17 Oct | 67.3 | Installed | Michel Jean Guyard | Bishop of Le Havre, France | |
| 54.7 | Appointed | Luigi Moretti | Titular Archbishop of Mopta | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
| 63.8 | Died | Dennis Patrick O'Neil † | Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA | ||
| 57.6 | Appointed | Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan | ||
| 18 Oct | 43.7 | Appointed | Jonas Ivanauskas | Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 43.7 | Appointed | Jonas Ivanauskas | Titular Bishop of Canapium | Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 69.2 | Resigned | Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus | |
| 59.6 | Appointed | Luis Alberto Parra Mora | Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | ||
| 56.6 | Appointed | Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot | Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| 20 Oct | 81.5 | Ordained Bishop | Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. | Titular Archbishop of Tullia | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto |
| 75.9 | Retired | Daniel Anthony Cronin | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 66.0 | Appointed | Henry Joseph Mansell | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | ||
| 21 Oct | 69.2 | Appointed | Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain |
| 69.2 | Elevated to Cardinal | Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | ||
| 66.9 | Appointed | Ennio Antonelli | Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea delle Fratte | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family | |
| 66.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Ennio Antonelli | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family | ||
| 53.0 | Appointed | Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France | |
| 53.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France | ||
| 68.9 | Appointed | Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana | Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State | |
| 68.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. | Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State | ||
| 54.6 | Appointed | Josip Bozanic | Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (degli Schiavoni) | Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia | |
| 54.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Josip Bozanic | Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia | ||
| 81.5 | Appointed | Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto | ||
| 81.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto | ||
| 51.3 | Appointed | Péter Erdõ | Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | |
| 51.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Péter Erdõ | Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | ||
| 73.6 | Appointed | Stephen Fumio Hamao † | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples | |
| 73.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Stephen Fumio Hamao † | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples | ||
| 73.6 | Appointed | Julián Herranz Casado | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eugenio | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| 73.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Julián Herranz Casado | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | ||
| 80.3 | Appointed | Gustaaf Joos † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo | ||
| 80.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Gustaaf Joos † | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo | ||
| 70.7 | Appointed | Javier Lozano Barragán | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Michele Arcangelo | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers | |
| 70.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Javier Lozano Barragán | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers | ||
| 74.3 | Appointed | Francesco Marchisano | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia del Gonfalone | Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See | |
| 74.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Francesco Marchisano | Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See | ||
| 70.9 | Appointed | Renato Raffaele Martino | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | |
| 70.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Renato Raffaele Martino | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | ||
| 82.1 | Appointed | Stanislaw Kazimierz Nagy, S.C.I. | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala | ||
| 82.1 | Elevated to Cardinal | Stanislaw Kazimierz Nagy, S.C.I. | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala | ||
| 66.6 | Appointed | Attilio Nicora | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia | Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | |
| 66.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Attilio Nicora | Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | ||
| 65.6 | Appointed | Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano | Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | |
| 65.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien | Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain | ||
| 67.3 | Appointed | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | Cardinal-Priest of Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria | |
| 67.3 | Elevated to Cardinal | Anthony Olubunmi Okogie | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| 59.4 | Appointed | Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada | |
| 59.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. | Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada | ||
| 72.7 | Appointed | Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu | Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France | |
| 72.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France | ||
| 62.4 | Appointed | George Pell | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia | |
| 62.4 | Elevated to Cardinal | George Pell | Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia | ||
| 69.8 | Appointed | Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân | Cardinal-Priest of S. Giustino | Cardinal, Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam | |
| 69.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân | Cardinal, Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh, Viêt Nam | ||
| 71.6 | Appointed | Rodolfo Quezada Toruño | Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala | |
| 71.6 | Elevated to Cardinal | Rodolfo Quezada Toruño | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala | ||
| 68.5 | Appointed | Justin Francis Rigali | Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca | Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| 68.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Justin Francis Rigali | Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| 70.9 | Appointed | Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio | Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 70.9 | Elevated to Cardinal | Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. | Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| 48.2 | Appointed | Manfred Scheuer | Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria | ||
| 62.0 | Appointed | Angelo Scola | Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli | Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy | |
| 62.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Angelo Scola | Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy | ||
| 83.8 | Appointed | Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti | ||
| 83.8 | Elevated to Cardinal | Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. | Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata de’ Goti | ||
| 60.5 | Appointed | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran | Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | |
| 60.5 | Elevated to Cardinal | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | ||
| 64.0 | Appointed | Telesphore Placidus Toppo | Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia | Cardinal, Archbishop of Ranchi, India | |
| 64.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Telesphore Placidus Toppo | Cardinal, Archbishop of Ranchi, India | ||
| 55.0 | Appointed | Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson | Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio | Cardinal, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana | |
| 55.0 | Elevated to Cardinal | Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson | Cardinal, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana | ||
| 62.7 | Appointed | Gabriel Zubeir Wako | Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina | Cardinal, Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan | |
| 62.7 | Elevated to Cardinal | Gabriel Zubeir Wako | Cardinal, Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan | ||
| 23 Oct | 48.8 | Appointed | Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. | Bishop of Huesca, Spain | |
| 48.8 | Appointed | Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. | Bishop of Jaca, Spain | Bishop of Huesca, Spain | |
| 24 Oct | 75.1 | Retired | Moses Bosco Anderson, S.S.E. | Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
| 46.6 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Joseph Jugis | Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | ||
| 30 Oct | 51.9 | Appointed | Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B. | Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles | |
| 77.8 | Retired | José Manuel Estepa Llaurens | Archbishop of Spain, Military | Archbishop Emeritus | |
| 40.4 | Appointed | Anthony Muheria | Bishop of Embu, Kenya | Bishop of Kitui, Kenya | |
| 56.8 | Appointed | Francisco Pérez González | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Spain, Military | Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain | |
| 88.1 | Died | Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela | ||
| 48.0 | Appointed | Augustin Traoré | Bishop of Ségou, Mali | ||
| 43.4 | Appointed | Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye | Auxiliary Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana | Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana | |
| 43.4 | Appointed | Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye | Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania | Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana | |
| 31 Oct | 78.9 | Died | Georges Biard, M. Afr. † | Bishop Emeritus of Mopti, Mali | |
| 43.5 | Appointed | Cornel Damian | Auxiliary Bishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania | ||
| 43.5 | Appointed | Cornel Damian | Titular Bishop of Iziriana | Auxiliary Bishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania | |
| 52.5 | Ordained Bishop | Enrique Pérez Lavado | Bishop of Maturín, Venezuela | ||
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