The Year of Our Lord 1968

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 22.8 Solemn Vows Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

3 Sep 51.7 Ordained Bishop William Michael Cosgrove † Titular Bishop of Trisipa Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA

45.9 Ordained Bishop Porfirio Rivera Iligan † Bishop of Masbate, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

47.4 Ordained Bishop José Méndez Asensio † Bishop of Tarazona, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

Born Pius Sin Hozel Auxiliary Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

4 Sep 56.8 Appointed Artemio Gabriel Casas † Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines

56.8 Appointed Artemio Gabriel Casas † Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines

5 Sep 44.6 Appointed Nestor Bihonda † Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

91.2 Died John Mark Gannon † Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

32.9 Appointed Stanislas Kaburungu Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Appointed Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu † Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi Archbishop Emeritus

37.8 Appointed Ronald Austin Mulkearns † Coadjutor Bishop of Ballarat, Australia Bishop Emeritus

37.8 Appointed Ronald Austin Mulkearns † Titular Bishop of Cululi Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat, Australia

33.7 Appointed Joachim N’Dayen † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic Archbishop Emeritus

33.7 Appointed Joachim N’Dayen † Titular Archbishop of Culusi Archbishop Emeritus of Bangui, Central African Republic

49.0 Appointed Phocas Nikwigize † Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

78.4 Appointed Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Abziri Bishop Emeritus of Dinajpur, Bangladesh

78.4 Retired Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

41.3 Appointed Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu † Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Michael Rozario † Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

7 Sep 53.0 Appointed Karl Borromäus Flügel † Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Karl Borromäus Flügel † Titular Bishop of Altiburus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany

64.9 Appointed Alfred Bertram Leverman † Titular Bishop of Altava Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

64.9 Resigned Alfred Bertram Leverman † Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus

9 Sep 41.6 Appointed Paul Antaki † Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

41.6 Appointed Paul Antaki † Titular Archbishop of Nubia Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)

24.2 Perpetual Vows Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. † Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain

43.9 Appointed Grégoire Haddad † Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

45.8 Appointed Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)

45.8 Appointed Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. † Titular Bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)

52.0 Appointed Joseph-Marie Raya † Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

54.2 Appointed Saba Youakim, B.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

54.2 Appointed Saba Youakim, B.S. † Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

56.6 Appointed Elias Zoghbi † Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

11 Sep Born Joaquim Proença Dionísio Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

38.4 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman † Titular Bishop of Aguntum Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Born Edilson de Souza Silva Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

12 Sep 40.8 Ordained Bishop Daniel Anthony Cronin Titular Bishop of Egnatia Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

54.2 Ordained Bishop Francis John Mugavero † Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Ordained Bishop Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu † Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Ordained Bishop Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

13 Sep Born Luc René Michel Meyer Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France

14 Sep 53.5 Ordained Bishop Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger † Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

59.7 Ordained Bishop Ernst Tewes, C.O. † Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

15 Sep 52.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Babana † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

27.3 Solemn Vows Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

65.5 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli † Titular Bishop of Camplum Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland

88.2 Died Pedro Massa, S.D.B. † Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

Born Gabriel Antonio Mestre Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

40.0 Ordained Bishop Albert Tshomba Yungu † Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

16 Sep 65.6 Died Antoni Pawłowski † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

19 Sep 61.8 Succeeded Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira † Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

26.0 Perpetual Vows Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. † Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia

73.0 Appointed Paulo de Tarso Campos † Titular Archbishop of Garba Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

73.0 Resigned Paulo de Tarso Campos † Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

Born [ Zhang Tongli] Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

20 Sep Born Gian Franco Saba Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

21 Sep 27.0 Ordained Priest Héctor Sabatino Cardelli † Priest of Rosario, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

58.6 Ordained Bishop Benvenuto Matteucci † Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy

25.0 Ordained Priest Lázaro Pérez Jiménez † Priest of Yucatán, México Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

23 Sep 80.0 Died Luis Alonso Muñoyerro † Archbishop of Spain, Military

24 Sep 54.1 Appointed Guglielmo Giaquinta † Apostolic Administrator of Tivoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Guglielmo Giaquinta † Titular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara) Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

25 Sep 72.7 Appointed Philippe Côté, S.J. † Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China

Born Dražen Kutleša Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

26 Sep 71.1 Appointed Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Siminina Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar

71.1 Resigned Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. † Bishop of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

71.8 Appointed Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. † Titular Bishop of Ammoniace Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

71.8 Resigned Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. † Bishop of Umtata, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

46.6 Appointed Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. † Bishop of Umtata, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

50.5 Appointed André Lesouëf, M.E.P. † Prefect of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia Prefect Emeritus

40.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Crescent McKinney † Titular Bishop of Leontium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

36.8 Appointed Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. Vicar Apostolic of Luang Prabang, Laos Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

36.8 Appointed Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Taurianum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

34.7 Appointed Paul Tep Im Sotha † Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia

43.1 Appointed Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. † Bishop of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar

28 Sep 27.0 Ordained Priest José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Priest of México, Federal District Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México

29 Sep 11.3 Entered Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

54.3 Ordained Bishop Saba Youakim, B.S. † Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

30 Sep 75.7 Died Bryan Joseph McEntegart † Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

20.8 Entered Adel Zaky, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	22.8	Solemn Vows	Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
3 Sep	51.7	Ordained Bishop	William Michael Cosgrove †	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Porfirio Rivera Iligan †	Bishop of Masbate, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
47.4	Ordained Bishop	José Méndez Asensio †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
	Born	Pius Sin Hozel		Auxiliary Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
4 Sep	56.8	Appointed	Artemio Gabriel Casas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
56.8	Appointed	Artemio Gabriel Casas †	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
5 Sep	44.6	Appointed	Nestor Bihonda †	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
91.2	Died	John Mark Gannon †	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
32.9	Appointed	Stanislas Kaburungu	Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Appointed	Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu †	Bishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus
37.8	Appointed	Ronald Austin Mulkearns †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
37.8	Appointed	Ronald Austin Mulkearns †	Titular Bishop of Cululi	Bishop Emeritus of Ballarat, Australia
33.7	Appointed	Joachim N’Dayen †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
33.7	Appointed	Joachim N’Dayen †	Titular Archbishop of Culusi	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangui, Central African Republic
49.0	Appointed	Phocas Nikwigize †	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
78.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Abziri	Bishop Emeritus of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
78.4	Retired	Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
41.3	Appointed	Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu †	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Michael Rozario †	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
7 Sep	53.0	Appointed	Karl Borromäus Flügel †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Karl Borromäus Flügel †	Titular Bishop of Altiburus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
64.9	Appointed	Alfred Bertram Leverman †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
64.9	Resigned	Alfred Bertram Leverman †	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	41.6	Appointed	Paul Antaki †	Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
41.6	Appointed	Paul Antaki †	Titular Archbishop of Nubia	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
24.2	Perpetual Vows	Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain
43.9	Appointed	Grégoire Haddad †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
45.8	Appointed	Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)
45.8	Appointed	Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. †	Titular Bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti	Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)
52.0	Appointed	Joseph-Marie Raya †	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
54.2	Appointed	Saba Youakim, B.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
54.2	Appointed	Saba Youakim, B.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
56.6	Appointed	Elias Zoghbi †	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Sep		Born	Joaquim Proença Dionísio		Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
38.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Gossman †	Titular Bishop of Aguntum	Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
	Born	Edilson de Souza Silva		Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
12 Sep	40.8	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Anthony Cronin	Titular Bishop of Egnatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis John Mugavero †	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Nguyễn Văn Mầu †	Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep		Born	Luc René Michel Meyer		Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
14 Sep	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Mathias Dionys Albert Paul Defregger †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Ernst Tewes, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
15 Sep	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Babana †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
27.3	Solemn Vows	Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Martinoli †	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland
88.2	Died	Pedro Massa, S.D.B. †	Prelate Emeritus of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
	Born	Gabriel Antonio Mestre		Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Albert Tshomba Yungu †	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
16 Sep	65.6	Died	Antoni Pawłowski †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
19 Sep	61.8	Succeeded	Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira †	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
26.0	Perpetual Vows	Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
73.0	Appointed	Paulo de Tarso Campos †	Titular Archbishop of Garba	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
73.0	Resigned	Paulo de Tarso Campos †	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	[ Zhang Tongli]		Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
20 Sep		Born	Gian Franco Saba		Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
21 Sep	27.0	Ordained Priest	Héctor Sabatino Cardelli †	Priest of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Benvenuto Matteucci †	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
25.0	Ordained Priest	Lázaro Pérez Jiménez †	Priest of Yucatán, México	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
23 Sep	80.0	Died	Luis Alonso Muñoyerro †	Archbishop of Spain, Military
24 Sep	54.1	Appointed	Guglielmo Giaquinta †	Apostolic Administrator of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Guglielmo Giaquinta †	Titular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
25 Sep	72.7	Appointed	Philippe Côté, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kinmen or Quemoy Islands and Matzu, Taiwan	Bishop of Xuzhou [Süchow], China
	Born	Dražen Kutleša		Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
26 Sep	71.1	Appointed	Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
71.1	Resigned	Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. †	Bishop of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
71.8	Appointed	Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ammoniace	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
71.8	Resigned	Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
46.6	Appointed	Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. †	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
50.5	Appointed	André Lesouëf, M.E.P. †	Prefect of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia	Prefect Emeritus
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Crescent McKinney †	Titular Bishop of Leontium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
36.8	Appointed	Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Luang Prabang, Laos	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
36.8	Appointed	Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Taurianum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
34.7	Appointed	Paul Tep Im Sotha †	Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia
43.1	Appointed	Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. †	Bishop of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
28 Sep	27.0	Ordained Priest	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Priest of México, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
29 Sep	11.3	Entered	Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Saba Youakim, B.S. †	Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
30 Sep	75.7	Died	Bryan Joseph McEntegart †	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
20.8	Entered	Adel Zaky, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

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