Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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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 | Bishop Emeritus | |
68.2 | Ordained Bishop | Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. | Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe | Bishop Emeritus | |
4 Sep | 65.1 | Ceased | John Dennis Corriveau, O.F.M. Cap. | Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada |
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 Sweden |
56.2 | Ordained Bishop | James Patrick Green | Titular Archbishop of Altinum | Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden | |
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 | Archbishop of Lecce, 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 | Archbishop of Rouen, 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 | Archbishop of Rouen, 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 | Archbishop Emeritus |
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 | ||
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 Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
79.0 | Retired | Edmund Casimir Szoka † | President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for 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, Maranhão, Brazil | ||
20 Sep | 45.4 | Appointed | Jose Pandarassery | Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripae | Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India |
45.4 | Confirmed | Jose Pandarassery | Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), 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 | Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania | |
56.3 | Appointed | James Patrick Green | Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland | Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden | |
61.0 | Died | Joseph Marie Nguyên Quang Tuyên † | Bishop of Bắc 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 | Archbishop of Paraíba, 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 Emeritus 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 | Seán 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-Malabar), 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 | Protosyncellus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) | Protosyncellus 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 | |
9 Oct | 78.4 | Retired | Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. † | Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | Archbishop Emeritus |
10 Oct | 53.5 | Appointed | Leopoldo Girelli | Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste | Apostolic Nuncio to Israel |
11 Oct | 70.1 | Died | Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † | Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia | |
46.7 | Selected | Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S. | Archbishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | ||
12 Oct | 64.8 | Appointed | Martin John Amos | Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
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 | ||
49.3 | Appointed | Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P. | Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | ||
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 | Bishop Emeritus | |
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 | ||
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 | Bishop Emeritus | |
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 Paul Oscar 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 | Bishop Emeritus |
21 Oct | 57.8 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Canindé Palhano | Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil | Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, 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 | Archbishop Emeritus | |
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 Emeritus 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 Emeritus 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 | Archbishop Emeritus | |
45.5 | Ordained Bishop | Jose Pandarassery | Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripae | Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), 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 |
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