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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	48.7	Succeeded	Marco Antonio Cortez Lara	Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
	76.2	Retired	José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins	Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina
	64.9	Appointed	Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	68.2	Ordained Bishop	Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J.	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
5 Sep	84.7	Died	Oscar Garcia Urizar †	Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
6 Sep	56.2	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	James Patrick Green	Titular Archbishop of Altinum	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
	45.0	Appointed	Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna	Titular Bishop of Mareotes	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
	45.0	Confirmed	Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna	Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Unabali	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
7 Sep	59.8	Succeeded	Adriano Langa, O.F.M.	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
	84.0	Died	Petar Perkolic †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
	70.7	Died	Alberto Setele †	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
8 Sep	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Jérôme Daniel Beau	Titular Bishop of Privata	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Elenito de los Reyes Galido	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Mosè Marcia	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias	Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae	Bishop of Meaux, France
	53.5	Ordained Bishop	George Nkuo	Bishop of Kumbo, Cameroon
	55.2	Installed	Michele Seccia	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
9 Sep	62.7	Appointed	Martin William Currie	Apostolic Administrator of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Wacław Tomasz Depo	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France
	74.6	Resigned	Joseph Faber MacDonald †	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	42.6	Appointed	Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende	Coadjutor Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands
10 Sep	48.9	Installed	Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France
	60.5	Installed	Robert Jean Louis Le Gall, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
	44.8	Ordained Bishop	José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Štumpf, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia
11 Sep	82.8	Died	Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet †	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
	78.1	Died	Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
13 Sep	72.7	Selected	Emmanuel Dabbaghian	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
14 Sep	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Gregory O’Kelly, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Ath Truim	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
	51.0	Died	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 Sep	71.7	Appointed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
	41.9	Appointed	Janusz Wiesław Kaleta	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
	71.6	Appointed	Giovanni Lajolo	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	71.6	Appointed	Giovanni Lajolo	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	54.5	Appointed	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	78.8	Retired	Angelo Sodano	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
	79.0	Retired	Edmund Casimir Szoka †	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	79.0	Retired	Edmund Casimir Szoka †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
16 Sep	78.7	Died	Domenico De Luca †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
	84.9	Died	Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	85.7	Died	Michel Yatim †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
17 Sep	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacques André Blaquart	Titular Bishop of Ypres	Bishop of Orléans, France
	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Markus Büchel	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
	65.0	Died	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil
20 Sep	45.4	Appointed	Jose Pandarassery	Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripae	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
	45.4	Confirmed	Jose Pandarassery	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
21 Sep	76.0	Retired	António Baltasar Marcelino †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	58.0	Appointed	António Francisco dos Santos	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
22 Sep	53.7	Succeeded	Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
	68.7	Died	Vital Komenan Yao †	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
23 Sep	55.4	Installed	Joseph Yapo Aké	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
	48.7	Installed	José Luis Azuaje Ayala	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela
	60.4	Ordained Bishop	George Anthony Frendo, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Buthrotum	Auxiliary Bishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
	56.3	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
	61.0	Died	Joseph Marie Nguyên Quang Tuyên †	Bishop of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
	61.7	Installed	José Vilaplana Blasco	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
24 Sep	63.6	Installed	Angelo Bagnasco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
	70.7	Installed	Barthélémy Djabla †	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
	69.9	Installed	Franc Kramberger	Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
26 Sep	85.1	Died	Benedict Charles Franzetta †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
29 Sep	64.4	Appointed	Giacomo Lanzetti	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
	55.7	Died	Cataldo Naro †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	68.8	Appointed	Sergio Pintor	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.1	Resigned	Antonio Vacca	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	94.6	Died	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
30 Sep	49.8	Ordained Bishop	João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
	72.6	Resigned	Salvador Flores Huerta	Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
	53.6	Installed	Cyprian Kizito Lwanga	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
1 Oct	62.2	Installed	Sean Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	46.2	Professed	Taras Senkiv, O.M.	Priest of Order of the Minims	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabarese), India
2 Oct	75.0	Retired	Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Bishop Emeritus
3 Oct	61.5	Appointed	Marcelo Raúl Martorell	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
	76.3	Retired	Joaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J. †	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	69.9	Appointed	José Ángel Rovai	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Barry Philip Jones	Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop
5 Oct	63.5	Appointed	Lucas Martínez Lara	Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí, México
7 Oct	82.5	Died	Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho †	Bishop Emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
	80.2	Retired	Ján Eugen Kočiš	Auxiliary Bishop of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
8 Oct	85.5	Died	Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Rusadus
	62.0	Installed	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
10 Oct	53.5	Appointed	Leopoldo Girelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste	Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
11 Oct	70.1	Died	Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
	46.7	Selected	Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.	Archbishop of Saïda (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
12 Oct	64.8	Appointed	Martin John Amos	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
	76.7	Retired	John Patrick Boles †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.4	Appointed	John Anthony Dooher	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	63.4	Appointed	John Anthony Dooher	Titular Bishop of Theveste	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	76.4	Retired	William Edwin Franklin	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	54.4	Appointed	Robert Francis Hennessey	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	54.4	Appointed	Robert Francis Hennessey	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	55.2	Appointed	Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez	Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México
	78.7	Died	Auguste Nobou †	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
13 Oct	57.8	Selected	Michel Abrass, B.A.	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna	Titular Bishop of Mareotes	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
	84.5	Died	Dino Monduzzi †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
14 Oct	46.8	Appointed	John Ebebe Ayah	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria	Bishop of Uyo, Nigeria
	61.8	Appointed	Oswald Gracias	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
	52.2	Appointed	Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B.	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	50.5	Appointed	Edgar Amine Madi	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Sao Paulo, Brazil
	74.6	Resigned	Joseph Mahfouz, O.L.M. †	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite), Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	56.2	Confirmed	Samir Nassar	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	58.1	Appointed	Vincenzo Pelvi	Archbishop of Italy, Military	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
	65.0	Installed	Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
	46.9	Appointed	Alexis Touably Youlo	Bishop of Agboville, Côte d’Ivoire
15 Oct	128.4	Canonized	St. Raphael Guizar Valencia †	Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa, México
16 Oct	63.7	Appointed	Ciriaco Benavente Mateos	Bishop of Albacete, Spain
17 Oct	57.8	Appointed	Michel Abrass, B.A.	Titular Bishop of Abydus	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	57.8	Confirmed	Michel Abrass, B.A.	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	54.3	Appointed	Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C.	Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
	54.3	Appointed	Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C.	Titular Bishop of Hilta	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
	50.0	Appointed	Stephen Brislin	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa	Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
	89.9	Died	Teodoro Cardenal Fernández †	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
	49.3	Appointed	Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	60.4	Appointed	Leonard William Kenney, C.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	67.9	Appointed	Leonardo Yuzon Medroso	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines
18 Oct	49.8	Installed	João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
	77.5	Died	Mario Francesco Pompedda †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
19 Oct	53.4	Appointed	Pierre d’Ornellas	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France	Archbishop
	75.0	Retired	Frank Marcus Fernando †	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
	57.2	Appointed	Vasyl Semeniuk	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	48.4	Succeeded	Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
20 Oct	69.0	Appointed	Edwin Colaço	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
21 Oct	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Canindé Palhano	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
	48.8	Succeeded	Javier Augusto Del Río Alba	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
	68.2	Appointed	Djibrail Kassab	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	48.6	Appointed	Jan Niemiec	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
	48.6	Appointed	Jan Niemiec	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Sabino Ocan Odoki	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Bishop of Arua, Uganda
	65.4	Appointed	Edward Ozorowski	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland
	62.0	Resigned	José Paulino Ríos Reynoso	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Oct	41.9	Appointed	Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
	93.8	Died	Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
24 Oct	67.4	Installed	Stanisław Dziwisz	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
26 Oct	75.1	Retired	Vincent Malone	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Joseph Swain	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
27 Oct	83.9	Died	Cecil DeSa †	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
28 Oct	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B.	Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	45.1	Appointed	Daniel Ernest Flores	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	45.1	Appointed	Daniel Ernest Flores	Titular Bishop of Cozyla	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
	75.0	Retired	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe †	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	59.4	Succeeded	Telesphore George Mpundu	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Jose Pandarassery	Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripae	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese), India
31 Oct	75.2	Retired	Robert Anthony Brucato	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	77.3	Retired	Darío Castrillón Hoyos	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
	54.2	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Auxiliary Bishop of Taipei, Taiwan	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan
	54.2	Appointed	Thomas Chung An-zu	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Bishop of Kiayi, Taiwan
	80.5	Died	José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Cametá, Para, Brazil
	63.1	Succeeded	Angelo Comastri	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
	54.7	Appointed	Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García	Auxiliary Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
	54.7	Appointed	Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García	Titular Bishop of Naraggara	Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
	72.2	Appointed	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M.	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	77.3	Retired	Francesco Marchisano †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See