The Year of Our Lord 2023

Bishop Events

October

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	63.0	Installed	Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T.	Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Dkhar	Bishop of Jowai, India
77.8	Ceased	Fulgence Rabeony, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Toliara, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
64.9	Appointed	Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F.	Apostolic Administrator of Maintirano, Madagascar	Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar
2 Oct	51.9	Died	Kevin Michael Birmingham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
71.0	Died	Marie-Daniel Dadiet †	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
75.1	Retired	Nunzio Galantino	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	President Emeritus
86.8	Died	Fragkískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
48.6	Appointed	Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
75.0	Retired	Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Oct	81.5	Installed	Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Dorotea	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
4 Oct	72.4	Resigned	Joseph Yapo Aké	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.	Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
61.5	Appointed	Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi	Apostolic Administrator of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop
83.9	Died	Telesphore Placidus Toppo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India
6 Oct	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Vincenzo Amarante, C.Ss.R.	Titular Archbishop of Sorres	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University
7 Oct	58.5	Appointed	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Prefect
75.9	Retired	Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	Ferenc Fazekaš	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
49.5	Appointed	Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P.	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
75.3	Appointed	Dominic Lumon	Apostolic Administrator of Imphal, India	Archbishop Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Dominic Lumon	Archbishop of Imphal, India	Archbishop Emeritus
66.4	Appointed	Linus Neli	Archbishop of Imphal, India
62.7	Appointed	Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
61.8	Installed	João Santos Cardoso	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
9 Oct	65.3	Installed	Christopher James Coyne	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop
60.5	Appointed	John Joseph McDermott	Administrator of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop
88.0	Died	Mauro Morelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Oct	73.3	Died	Manuel Chuanguira Machado †	Bishop Emeritus of Gurué, Mozambique
58.9	Appointed	Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
75.4	Retired	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Oct	66.8	Ceased	Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Steven John Maekawa, O.P.	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
13 Oct	61.2	Died	Pietro Vittorelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
14 Oct	75.3	Retired	Roberto Filippini	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Mauricio Alberto Landra	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
56.5	Installed	Ignacio Damián Medina	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
63.5	Appointed	Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.	Auxiliary Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria	Bishop
63.5	Appointed	Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
50.9	Appointed	Silvana Piro, F.M.G.B.	Under Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
72.7	Appointed	Fausto Tardelli	Bishop of Pescia, Italy	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
93.8	Died	Jean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel Thomas †	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
15 Oct	81.4	Ceased	Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry	Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
86.9	Died	Tod David Brown †	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Grégoire Marie Cador	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Pascal David Youri Chane-Teng	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Benny Varghese Edathattel	Bishop of Itanagar, India
75.7	Ceased	John Thomas Kattrukudiyil	Apostolic Administrator of Itanagar, India	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	63.3	Appointed	Prosper Kontiebo, M.I.	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
48.9	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
48.9	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
72.4	Resigned	Burchell Alexander McPherson	Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Gerald Mamman Musa	Bishop of Katsina, Nigeria
77.7	Appointed	Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo	Apostolic Administrator of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
77.7	Retired	Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
67.1	Appointed	John Derek Persaud	Apostolic Administrator, Sede Vacante of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
84.3	Died	Dimitrios Salachas †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
17 Oct	72.4	Died	Roberto (Patrick) Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
58.0	Appointed	Emmanuel Michel François Tois	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
58.0	Appointed	Emmanuel Michel François Tois	Titular Bishop of Vertara	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
18 Oct	67.4	Installed	Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
50.7	Appointed	Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
74.4	Resigned	Protógenes José Luft, S.d.C.	Bishop of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
80.6	Ceased	Richard Edmund Pates	Apostolic Administrator of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
66.4	Installed	Thomas Robert Zinkula	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
19 Oct	55.4	Appointed	Roberto Pío Álvarez	Bishop of Rawson, Argentina
55.4	Appointed	Roberto Pío Álvarez	Apostolic Administrator of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop of Rawson, Argentina
75.0	Retired	Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Eusebio Samwel Kyando	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania
56.8	Appointed	Jovitus Francis Mwijage	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania
20 Oct	72.5	Appointed	Kenneth E. Kuntz	Administrator of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Priest
21 Oct	57.6	Ceased	Ján Kuboš	Administrator of Spiš, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
59.7	Appointed	Fransiskus Nipa	Coadjutor Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Archbishop
50.6	Ordained Bishop	František Trstenský	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
22 Oct	46.7	Appointed	Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
64.2	Installed	Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
95.5	Died	Alfred Kleinermeilert †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
83.1	Installed	Agostino Marchetto	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
70.7	Installed	Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via	Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
84.5	Died	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
23 Oct	67.8	Died	Enrique de Vera Macaraeg †	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
24 Oct	55.7	Appointed	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Sosnowiec, Poland	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
59.6	Resigned	Grzegorz Kaszak	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	78.5	Retired	Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Egidio Bisol	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Appointed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
63.0	Appointed	Limacêdo Antônio da Silva	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil
60.0	Appointed	Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues †	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
55.3	Appointed	Richard Philip James Laurenson	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
26 Oct	49.8	Installed	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal
48.9	Appointed	Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U.	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
28 Oct	60.8	Appointed	Enrique Eguía Seguí	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
60.0	Appointed	Benoît Gschwind, A.A.	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
70.7	Installed	Zdenko Križić, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
61.0	Appointed	Michel Proulx, O. Praem.	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
76.6	Ceased	Želimir Puljić	Apostolic Administrator of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
29 Oct	65.2	Installed	Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Bernadette Soubirous	Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
31 Oct	61.8	Appointed	Victor Hugo Basabe	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela
59.6	Appointed	Mikel Garciandía Goñi	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
76.7	Retired	Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A.	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
76.5	Retired	Mariano José Parra Sandoval	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
70.2	Ceased	José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M.	Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
77.0	Retired	Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
59.3	Appointed	Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas	Bishop of Santander, Spain
66.7	Appointed	Julián Ruiz Martorell	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
76.5	Retired	Manuel Sánchez Monge	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus

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