The Year of Our Lord 2010

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 42.3 Resigned Emigdio Duarte Figueroa Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

1 Sep 67.7 Died Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

2 Sep 88.8 Died Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa † Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola

3 Sep 61.4 Installed Blase Joseph Cupich Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

4 Sep 86.6 Died Francis Gerard Brooks † Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland

48.9 Ordained Bishop Gintaras Linas Grušas Bishop of Lithuania, Military Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

50.4 Appointed Giorgio Lingua Titular Archbishop of Tuscania Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

50.4 Appointed Giorgio Lingua Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

50.4 Appointed Giorgio Lingua Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

5 Sep 42.6 Ordained Bishop Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. Titular Bishop of Germaniciana Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

53.8 Resigned Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. Master General of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

6 Sep 60.1 Resigned Isidore Battikha, B.A. Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

7 Sep 49.6 Ordained Bishop Antônio Braz Benevente Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

56.5 Ordained Bishop Robert Walter McElroy Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena Cardinal, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

8 Sep 59.2 Ordained Bishop Frank Richard Spencer Titular Bishop of Auzia Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

9 Sep 48.4 Ordained Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Naratcata Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

94.0 Died Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia

56.6 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia

36.3 Ordained Deacon Erik Varden, O.C.S.O. Deacon of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Prelate of Trondheim, Norway

11 Sep 55.7 Ordained Bishop José Chittooparambil, C.M.I. Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India

69.4 Appointed Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga † Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Sep 61.5 Installed Luigi Moretti Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

14 Sep 51.6 Appointed Gerard Paul Bergie Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

68.6 Ordained Bishop Arthur Leo Kennedy Titular Bishop of Timidana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

58.9 Ordained Bishop Peter John Uglietto Titular Bishop of Thubursicum Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

89.9 Died Francis Mansour Zayek † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

15 Sep 56.4 Ordained Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy

72.8 Appointed Ignacio Carrasco de Paula Titular Bishop of Thapsus President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life

78.9 Retired Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Heraclea Assessor Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

77.0 Retired Dominique Kimpinde Amando † Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

86.2 Died Alban (Edward) Quinn, O. Carm. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Sicuani, Peru

65.4 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. Bishop of Korea, Military Bishop Emeritus

16 Sep 76.6 Retired Alexander Joseph Brunett † Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

72.2 Died Victor Adibe Chikwe † Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria

47.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Meng Ningyou Coadjutor Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China Bishop

58.2 Appointed James Peter Sartain Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

17 Sep 45.1 Ordained Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

18 Sep 50.0 Ordained Bishop Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen Titular Bishop of Tunnuna Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

46.4 Ordained Bishop Sebastião Lima Duarte Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil

52.3 Ordained Bishop Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts Titular Bishop of Uccula Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

56.4 Ordained Bishop Marko Semren, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Abaradira Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

19 Sep 209.5 Beatified St. John Henry Newman, C.O. † Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri

20 Sep 72.1 Resigned Ignatius Anthony Catanello † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

86.1 Died Jakob Mayr † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

21 Sep 68.5 Died Bernard Genoud † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

75.0 Retired Gabriel Kembo Mamputu † Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

84.3 Died James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

49.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil Titular Bishop of Lares Bishop of Parassala (Syro-Malankara), India

56.9 Succeeded Daniel Nlandu Mayi † Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

47.2 Ordained Bishop Peter Wu Junwei † Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

22 Sep 55.7 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

55.7 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

55.7 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

55.7 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Delegate to Laos Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation

24 Sep 61.2 Appointed David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

46.4 Appointed Daniel Fernández Torres Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

66.7 Appointed John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. † Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)

75.1 Retired Anthony Frederick Tonnos Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

78.2 Retired Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. † Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 46.4 Installed Sebastião Lima Duarte Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil

47.4 Ordained Bishop Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria

26 Sep 56.5 Installed Guglielmo Borghetti Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy

46.1 Ordained Bishop Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín, Spain Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain

29 Sep 79.6 Died Armindo Lopes Coelho † Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

63.4 Resigned Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. Superior General of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

30 Sep 46.4 Succeeded John Baptist Yang Xiaoting Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	42.3	Resigned	Emigdio Duarte Figueroa	Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Sep	67.7	Died	Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
2 Sep	88.8	Died	Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa †	Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola
3 Sep	61.4	Installed	Blase Joseph Cupich	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Sep	86.6	Died	Francis Gerard Brooks †	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Gintaras Linas Grušas	Bishop of Lithuania, Military	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
5 Sep	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U.	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
53.8	Resigned	Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
6 Sep	60.1	Resigned	Isidore Battikha, B.A.	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Sep	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Braz Benevente	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Robert Walter McElroy	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Cardinal, Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
8 Sep	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Frank Richard Spencer	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
9 Sep	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
94.0	Died	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Scarpellini †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia
36.3	Ordained Deacon	Erik Varden, O.C.S.O.	Deacon of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Prelate of Trondheim, Norway
11 Sep	55.7	Ordained Bishop	José Chittooparambil, C.M.I.	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
69.4	Appointed	Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Sep	61.5	Installed	Luigi Moretti	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Sep	51.6	Appointed	Gerard Paul Bergie	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
68.6	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Leo Kennedy	Titular Bishop of Timidana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter John Uglietto	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
89.9	Died	Francis Mansour Zayek †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
15 Sep	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Borghetti	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
72.8	Appointed	Ignacio Carrasco de Paula	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
78.9	Retired	Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Heraclea	Assessor Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
77.0	Retired	Dominique Kimpinde Amando †	Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
86.2	Died	Alban (Edward) Quinn, O. Carm. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Sicuani, Peru
65.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.	Bishop of Korea, Military	Bishop Emeritus
16 Sep	76.6	Retired	Alexander Joseph Brunett †	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
72.2	Died	Victor Adibe Chikwe †	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Meng Ningyou	Coadjutor Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China	Bishop
58.2	Appointed	James Peter Sartain	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Sep	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
18 Sep	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Sebastião Lima Duarte	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts	Titular Bishop of Uccula	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Marko Semren, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 Sep	209.5	Beatified	St. John Henry Newman, C.O. †	Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
20 Sep	72.1	Resigned	Ignatius Anthony Catanello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
86.1	Died	Jakob Mayr †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
21 Sep	68.5	Died	Bernard Genoud †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
75.0	Retired	Gabriel Kembo Mamputu †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
84.3	Died	James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil	Titular Bishop of Lares	Bishop of Parassala (Syro-Malankara), India
56.9	Succeeded	Daniel Nlandu Mayi †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Wu Junwei †	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
22 Sep	55.7	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
55.7	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
55.7	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
55.7	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation
24 Sep	61.2	Appointed	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
46.4	Appointed	Daniel Fernández Torres	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
66.7	Appointed	John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. †	Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
75.1	Retired	Anthony Frederick Tonnos	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
78.2	Retired	Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. †	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	46.4	Installed	Sebastião Lima Duarte	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics	Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria
26 Sep	56.5	Installed	Guglielmo Borghetti	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías	Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín, Spain	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
29 Sep	79.6	Died	Armindo Lopes Coelho †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
63.4	Resigned	Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.	Superior General of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
30 Sep	46.4	Succeeded	John Baptist Yang Xiaoting	Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China

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