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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Oct62.0AppointedSelim Jean SfeirPatriarchal Administrator of Cipro (Maronite)Archbishop
1 Oct68.8AppointedAlejandro Wilfredo BungePresident of the Labour Office of the Apostolic SeePresident Emeritus
52.3AppointedJuan Carlos Cárdenas ToroBishop of Pasto, Colombia
76.8RetiredJulio Enrique Prado BolañosBishop of Pasto, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
2 Oct59.9InstalledJosé Mazuelos PérezBishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
3 Oct51.7Ordained BishopJacques Assanvo AhiwaTitular Bishop of Elephantaria in MauretaniaAuxiliary Bishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
67.0CeasedBernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim, NorwayBishop of Oslo, Norway
46.3Ordained BishopErik Varden, O.C.S.O.Prelate of Trondheim, Norway
4 Oct72.7DiedGiovanni D’AliseBishop of Caserta, Italy
47.3Ordained BishopNicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.Titular Bishop of Aquae in ByzacenaAuxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
5 Oct69.9AppointedTommaso CaputoApostolic Administrator of Caserta, ItalyPrelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
6 Oct56.1AppointedCarlos Manuel Escribano SubíasArchbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
76.1RetiredFidel Herráez VegasArchbishop of Burgos, SpainArchbishop Emeritus
55.5AppointedMario Iceta GavicagogeascoaArchbishop of Burgos, Spain
76.6RetiredVicente Jiménez ZamoraArchbishop of Zaragoza, SpainArchbishop Emeritus
47.0AppointedJavier Vilanova PellisaAuxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
47.0AppointedJavier Vilanova PellisaTitular Bishop of EmpúriesAuxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
7 Oct76.3RetiredAntônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus
58.7AppointedRosalvo Cordeiro de LimaBishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil
59.1ResignedKamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) HannaBishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), EgyptBishop Emeritus
65.1AppointedIbrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)Patriarchal Administrator of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), EgyptPatriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
9 Oct66.9Ordained BishopDavid Ernest Charles EvansTitular Bishop of CuncacestreAuxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
50.0Ordained BishopStephen James Lawrence WrightTitular Bishop of RamsbiriaBishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
10 Oct67.2InstalledValentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
54.8AppointedRoberto José FerrariAuxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
54.8AppointedRoberto José FerrariTitular Bishop of PinhelAuxiliary Bishop of Tucumán, Argentina
50.9Ordained BishopJean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki KandaTitular Bishop of DragonaraBishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
47.7Ordained BishopCharles Ndaka SalabisalaTitular Bishop of LiberaliaAuxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.8AppointedJusto Rodríguez GallegoAuxiliary Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
65.8AppointedJusto Rodríguez GallegoTitular Bishop of NomentumAuxiliary Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
57.7Ordained BishopVincent Tshomba Shamba KotshoTitular Bishop of OescusBishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Oct62.4InstalledAdriano CevolottoBishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
12 Oct57.0AppointedOmar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
13 Oct84.5DiedClaude FeidtArchbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
14 Oct56.0AppointedWilliam Draper ByrneBishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
85.5DiedJosé Augusto Martins Fernandes PedreiraBishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
15 Oct80.0DiedAntonio Ángel Algora HernandoBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
60.7AppointedFridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.Member of the Council of CardinalsCardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.1AppointedMarco MellinoSecretary of the Council of Cardinals
72.8AppointedMarcello SemeraroPrefect of the Congregation for the Causes of SaintsCardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
72.8AppointedMarcello SemeraroApostolic Administrator of Albano, ItalyCardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
72.8AppointedMarcello SemeraroArchbishop (Personal Title)Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
16 Oct99.0DiedOdore Joseph GendronBishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
52.9AppointedHélio Pereira dos SantosCoadjutor Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, BrazilBishop
17 Oct54.0AppointedJuan Carlos Arcq GuzmánAuxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
54.0AppointedJuan Carlos Arcq GuzmánTitular Bishop of MilevumAuxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
52.4Ordained BishopAntônio Fontinele de MeloBishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
68.7AppointedJosé Manuel Garza MaderoAuxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
68.7AppointedJosé Manuel Garza MaderoTitular Bishop of TetciAuxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
48.9AppointedCésar Garza Miranda, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
48.9AppointedCésar Garza Miranda, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of MagnetumAuxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
57.3Ordained BishopGiovanni GaspariTitular Archbishop of Alba MaritimaApostolic Nuncio to Korea
68.1ResignedEdward JaniakBishop of Kalisz, PolandBishop Emeritus
41.8Ordained BishopMilan StipićBishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
18 Oct85.3DiedAgostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
52.4Ordained BishopDario GervasiTitular Bishop of SubaugustaAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
20 Oct64.9AppointedKurt Richard BurnetteApostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), CanadaBishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
70.4InstalledFidencio López PlazaBishop of Querétaro, México
47.4ResignedMarián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R.Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), CanadaBishop Emeritus
83.2DiedBogdan Józef WojtuśAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
21 Oct53.2AppointedPaulo Cezar CostaCardinal, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
57.3AppointedLuis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F.Bishop of León, Spain
75.5RetiredJulián López MartínBishop of León, SpainBishop Emeritus
51.3AppointedMoacir Silva ArantesBishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
22 Oct51.9AppointedElkin Fernando Álvarez BoteroBishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
58.8ConfirmedThomas Chen TianhaoBishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
50.1AppointedThomas DowdBishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
75.7RetiredMaurice Marcel GardèsArchbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), FranceArchbishop Emeritus
60.0AppointedOlivier Jacques Marie de Germay de CirfontaineArchbishop of Lyon, France
53.9AppointedBertrand Didier Marie Joseph LacombeArchbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
24 Oct70.9CeasedMichael Dixon BhaseraApostolic Administrator of Gweru, ZimbabweBishop Emeritus of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
66.8CeasedAngelo De DonatisApostolic Administrator of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
74.3AppointedPaulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
58.6Ordained BishopFrancesco LomantoArchbishop of Siracusa, Italy
52.0InstalledRudolf NyandoroBishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
55.5AppointedPierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
82.5DiedPaul Zingtung GrawngArchbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
25 Oct56.9InstalledOlivier Claude Philippe Marie LeborgneBishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
26 Oct75.0RetiredEmmanuel Marie Philippe Louis LafontBishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, AntillesBishop Emeritus
27 Oct57.3AppointedGerardo Miguel Nieves LojaCoadjutor Bishop of Riobamba, EcuadorAuxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
62.6DiedJan NiemiecAuxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
28 Oct48.4AppointedNicolás Renán Aguilera ArroyoBishop of Potosí, Bolivia
88.5DiedAnthony Soter FernandezCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
54.0InstalledKarol Kulczycki, S.D.S.Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
67.3DiedŠtefan SečkaBishop of Spiš, Slovakia
29 Oct77.5RetiredFrancesco CacucciArchbishop of Bari-Bitonto, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
73.0ResignedGiovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P.Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, ItalyBishop Emeritus
54.6AppointedJán KubošAdministrator of Spiš, SlovakiaAuxiliary Bishop
57.4AppointedDomenico PompiliApostolic Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, ItalyBishop of Verona, Italy
60.1AppointedGiuseppe SatrianoArchbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
81.9DiedJózef ZawitkowskiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
30 Oct45.8CeasedElia Eskandr Abd Elmalak, O.F.M.Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)Priest of Order of Friars Minor
75.2RetiredOctavio CisnerosAuxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
80.1AppointedEnrico FerociTitular Archbishop of Cures SabinorumCardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
55.0AppointedMauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.Titular Archbishop of ThisiduoCardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
58.6Ordained BishopClaudio Lurati, M.C.C.I.Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
45.8Ordained BishopAtanasius Firas Mundher DardarTitular Archbishop of TagritumPatriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq
91.7DiedAmbrogio Ravasi, I.M.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
60.6AppointedFernando Valera SánchezBishop of Zamora, Spain
31 Oct65.8InstalledRoberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
75.5RetiredJosé Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.Bishop of Cartago, ColombiaBishop Emeritus
94.9DiedArturo Lona ReyesBishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
73.6AppointedJosé Roberto Ospina LeongómezApostolic Administrator of Cartago, ColombiaBishop of Buga, Colombia
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