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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	61.4	Appointed	Andraos Abouna †	Titular Bishop of Hirta	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
1 Sep	47.5	Installed	Florentino Galang Lavarias	Bishop of Iba, Philippines
2 Sep	61.9	Installed	Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines
	62.9	Ordained Bishop	José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez †	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
	81.7	Died	Paul John O’Byrne †	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	74.0	Died	Angelo Paravisi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
5 Sep	60.6	Installed	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Manzana	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
	57.8	Installed	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Coadjutor Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop
7 Sep	54.8	Appointed	Alexander Salazar	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
	54.8	Appointed	Alexander Salazar	Titular Bishop of Nesqually	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
8 Sep	68.5	Appointed	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	68.5	Appointed	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
	61.0	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Forte	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
	75.5	Retired	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	75.5	Retired	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
11 Sep	53.6	Appointed	Rogelio Cabrera López	Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
12 Sep	56.9	Installed	Agustín Cortés Soriano	Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
	56.7	Installed	Giovanni D’Alise	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
	68.1	Installed	Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth.	Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
14 Sep	62.6	Appointed	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
	70.1	Resigned	Antonio Vacca	Apostolic Administrator of Sassari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
15 Sep	62.3	Succeeded	Afonso Fioreze, C.P.	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Józef Guzdek	Titular Bishop of Treba	Bishop of Poland, Military
	73.8	Resigned	Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	76.8	Retired	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	75.9	Retired	Francis Xavier Roque	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	Martin Vidović	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	51.2	Appointed	Martin Vidović	Titular Archbishop of Nona	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belarus
	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan Zając	Titular Bishop of Taddua	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
16 Sep	71.7	Died	Jesus Castro Galang †	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
	89.6	Died	Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil
17 Sep	96.8	Died	Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
	63.1	Installed	Bernard Blasius Moras	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
19 Sep	62.4	Installed	Friedhelm Hofmann	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	José de Lanza Neto	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Alain Émile Baptiste Planet	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Jaume Pujol Balcells	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
20 Sep	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
21 Sep	47.3	Appointed	Robert Anthony Daniels	Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
	47.3	Appointed	Robert Anthony Daniels	Titular Bishop of Scebatiana	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
	45.5	Appointed	Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Joseph Sullivan	Titular Bishop of Enera	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Thomas Walsh	Titular Bishop of Altiburus	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
25 Sep	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
	55.1	Installed	Bruno Forte	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
	69.9	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández	Titular Bishop of Selemselae	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Maria Taussig	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
26 Sep	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Karlheinz Diez	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
	48.3	Installed	Airton José dos Santos	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Warin	Titular Bishop of Tongres	Auxiliary Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
27 Sep	63.4	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop
	63.4	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
29 Sep	50.9	Appointed	Vincent Barwa	Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India	Bishop of Simdega, India
	50.9	Appointed	Vincent Barwa	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Bishop of Simdega, India
	51.6	Appointed	Anuar Battisti	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
30 Sep	76.0	Retired	Owen John Dolan	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	64.4	Appointed	Dominique Nguyên Chu Trinh	Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam
	78.0	Retired	Paul Marie Nguyên Minh Nhât †	Bishop of Xuân Lôc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
Oct	51.9	Selected	Mykola Simkaylo †	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1 Oct	57.4	Appointed	Telesphore George Mpundu	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia	Archbishop
	62.8	Appointed	Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A.	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Marcello Semeraro	Bishop of Albano, Italy
2 Oct	59.1	Installed	Sławoj Leszek Głódź	Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Archbishop of Gdańsk, Poland
	54.1	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Titular Archbishop of Polymartium	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
	54.1	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
	54.1	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
	54.1	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
	54.1	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
	54.1	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
	54.1	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
	54.1	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Delegate to Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
	67.9	Appointed	Paolo Rabitti	Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Oct	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano	Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Marak	Coadjutor Bishop of Tura, India	Bishop
7 Oct	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Carrascosa Coso	Titular Archbishop of Elo	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
	75.4	Retired	Heinrich Fasching	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	68.3	Resigned	Kurt Krenn	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
	64.1	Appointed	Klaus Küng	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
	75.3	Retired	John Aloysius Mone	Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
8 Oct	87.2	Died	Oscar Félix Villena †	Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina
9 Oct	48.2	Appointed	Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid	Bishop of Chile, Military
	58.7	Appointed	Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil, S.D.B.	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
10 Oct	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Norbert José Henri Turini	Bishop of Cahors, France
11 Oct	76.0	Retired	Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.7	Installed	Luis Armando Collazuol	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
	65.1	Appointed	Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	57.5	Appointed	Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
	57.5	Appointed	Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Monteverde	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
	71.9	Resigned	Elmo Noel Joseph Perera	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	50.3	Installed	Eduardo Maria Taussig	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
12 Oct	46.8	Appointed	Javier Augusto Del Río Alba	Auxiliary Bishop of Callao, Peru	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
	46.8	Appointed	Javier Augusto Del Río Alba	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
	49.6	Appointed	Ricardo García García	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru
	50.1	Appointed	José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R.	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru
13 Oct	54.3	Appointed	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	77.7	Retired	Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M.	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Oct	61.2	Appointed	Frederick Francis Campbell	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
	65.4	Appointed	William Joseph Dendinger	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
	90.2	Died	Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	70.3	Resigned	James Anthony Griffin	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	65.5	Appointed	Manfred Grothe	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	65.5	Appointed	Manfred Grothe	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	44.9	Appointed	Matthias König	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	44.9	Appointed	Matthias König	Titular Bishop of Elicroca	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
	76.2	Retired	Lawrence James McNamara †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	46.9	Appointed	Kevin Carl Rhoades	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
15 Oct	49.8	Appointed	Dieudonné Bogmis	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
	83.8	Died	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
	48.4	Appointed	Jean Mbarga	Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon	Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon
	53.5	Appointed	Jean-Bosco Ntep	Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon
16 Oct	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	67.3	Resigned	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Denmark
	48.6	Appointed	Tadeusz Płoski †	Bishop of Poland, Military
	62.9	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
	62.9	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
	62.9	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
	62.9	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
	62.9	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
17 Oct	57.0	Installed	Mariano Manzana	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
18 Oct	69.1	Died	Stefan Moskwa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
19 Oct	46.8	Appointed	Christopher Cardone, O.P.	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands
	71.5	Resigned	Gerard Francis Loft, S.M. †	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands	Bishop Emeritus
	49.3	Appointed	Arnold Orowae	Coadjutor Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea	Bishop
20 Oct	76.0	Retired	Francisco Barroso Filho	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	65.0	Appointed	Jésus Rocha †	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	50.3	Appointed	Moacir Silva	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	53.1	Appointed	Cornelius Sim	Vicar Apostolic of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
	53.1	Appointed	Cornelius Sim	Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia	Vicar Apostolic of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
21 Oct	69.2	Appointed	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	69.2	Appointed	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa	Titular Bishop of Rubicon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
	69.2	Resigned	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
	49.4	Appointed	Paul Stagg Coakley	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
	76.1	Retired	George Kinzie Fitzsimons	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	91.2	Died	Armido Gasparini, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
	65.5	Appointed	Ángel Rubio Castro	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
	65.5	Appointed	Ángel Rubio Castro	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
23 Oct	98.9	Retired	Ettore Cunial †	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus
	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
	74.1	Resigned	Joseph Mukwaya †	Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
	73.4	Resigned	Pablo Puente Buces	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	70.1	Appointed	Paolo Sardi	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus
	48.7	Succeeded	Joseph Anthony Zziwa	Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
24 Oct	84.0	Died	James Aloysius Hickey †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Maguengue	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Lucio Andrice Muandula	Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
	91.8	Died	Domenico Picchinenna †	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
25 Oct	52.4	Succeeded	Patrick Hoogmartens	Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium
	75.0	Retired	Paul Schruers †	Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
	59.8	Appointed	Alojzij Uran	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Oct	75.7	Retired	Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.	Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México	Prelate Emeritus
	55.1	Appointed	Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.	Prelate of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
	53.8	Appointed	Gonzalo Galván Castillo	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
	63.9	Appointed	Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
27 Oct	79.6	Died	Sebastian Acol Dalis †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baguio, Philippines
	75.0	Retired	Antônio de Souza, C.S.S.	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	47.1	Succeeded	Maurício Grotto de Camargo	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 Oct	68.4	Installed	Edward Urban Kmiec	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	39.5	Appointed	René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón	Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua
	83.9	Died	Maximos Salloum †	Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
29 Oct	62.1	Appointed	Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo	Bishop of Getafe, Spain
	56.0	Appointed	Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.	Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala	Archbishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
30 Oct	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Tadeusz Płoski †	Bishop of Poland, Military
31 Oct	62.7	Installed	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy