The Year of Our Lord 1969

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 36.8 Final Vows Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

45.4 Appointed Alois Wagner † Auxiliary Bishop of Linz, Austria Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

45.4 Appointed Alois Wagner † Titular Bishop of Siccenna Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

2 Sep Born Celso Alexandre Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

Born Nicolas Nadji Bab Bishop of Laï, Chad

Born Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P. Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

4 Sep 20.7 Simple Vows Michel Abrass, B.A. Member of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

86.3 Appointed William Lawrence Adrian † Titular Bishop of Elo Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

86.3 Retired William Lawrence Adrian † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus

54.8 Succeeded Joseph Aloysius Durick † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.6 Appointed Edward Joseph Hunkeler † Titular Archbishop of Selsea Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

75.6 Retired Edward Joseph Hunkeler † Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Ignatius Jerome Strecker † Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

5 Sep 22.2 Professed Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

55.1 Resigned Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

6 Sep 25.3 Ordained Priest Renzo Fratini Priest of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy Apostolic Nuncio

46.1 Appointed Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. † Auxiliary Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

46.1 Appointed Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Martirano Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil

7 Sep 53.5 Ordained Bishop Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul † Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand

20.1 First Vows David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

29.9 Ordained Priest Baldomero Carlos Martini Priest of San Francisco, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Justo, Argentina

30.3 Ordained Priest Raymond Mpezele Priest Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, Zambia

55.5 Ordained Bishop Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya

8 Sep 53.2 Installed Adalberto Almeida y Merino † Archbishop of Chihuahua, México Archbishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Manuel Castro Ruiz † Archbishop of Yucatán, México Archbishop Emeritus

49.7 Installed Joaquín García Ordóñez † Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

26.0 Professed Joseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp. Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Makokou, Gabon

9 Sep 62.1 Resigned Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen † Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.6 Professed Michele Russo, M.C.C.I. † Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Doba, Chad

10 Sep 54.9 Installed Joseph Aloysius Durick † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

53.8 Appointed Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Caliabria Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines

11 Sep 54.9 Appointed Harold Joseph Dimmerling † Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

80.0 Appointed William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Rotdon Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

80.0 Retired William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

13 Sep Born Duming Dias Bishop of Karwar, India

56.6 Installed Antonio Fustella † Apostolic Administrator of Saluzzo, Italy Bishop

83.5 Died Bernard James Sheil † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

14 Sep 74.3 Resigned Karl Heinrich Braunstorfer, O. Cist. † Abbot of Order of Cistercians Abbot Emeritus

54.2 Installed Heinrich Tenhumberg † Bishop of Münster, Germany

15 Sep 25.6 Ordained Deacon Brian Farrell, L.C. Deacon of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

75.0 Died Daniel Joseph Feeney † Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

57.1 Succeeded Peter Leo Gerety † Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

53.2 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Nobuo Soma † Bishop of Nagoya, Japan Bishop Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Deacon Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. Deacon of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

16 Sep Born Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Born Vicente Martín Muñoz Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

17 Sep 69.4 Died Giovanni Urbani † Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

18 Sep 72.9 Appointed Edward Quentin Jennings † Titular Bishop of Assidona Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada

72.9 Retired Edward Quentin Jennings † Bishop of Fort William, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

19 Sep 63.3 Retired Raffaele Forni † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria Apostolic Nuncio

67.5 Appointed André-Jacques Marie Joseph Fougerat † Titular Bishop of Alba Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

67.5 Resigned André-Jacques Marie Joseph Fougerat † Bishop of Grenoble, France Bishop Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † Titular Archbishop of Beverlacum Apostolic Nuncio

59.4 Appointed Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria Apostolic Nuncio

Born Krzysztof Kudławiec Bishop of Daule, Ecuador

50.6 Appointed Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin † Bishop of Grenoble, France Bishop Emeritus

20 Sep 49.1 Ordained Bishop Pierre Bertrand Chagué † Titular Bishop of Vico Equense Bishop of Gap, France

43.5 Installed Gabino Díaz Merchán † Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

26.4 Ordained Priest Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

21 Sep 23.9 Ordained Priest Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina Priest of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

28.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba † Priest Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Inácio Lucas Mwita Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique

23.4 Ordained Priest Jesús Murgui Soriano Priest of Valencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

22 Sep Born Abune Tesfaye (Tesfasilasie) Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I. Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

25 Sep Born Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A. Bishop of Bagamoyo, Tanzania

27 Sep 38.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mittathany † Bishop of Tezpur, India Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India

52.6 Ceased Venedictos Printesis † Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

26.3 Ordained Priest Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

26.3 Ordained Deacon Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo † Deacon of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina

28 Sep 84.9 Died Emiliano Cagnoni † Bishop of Cefalù, Italy

44.7 Ordained Bishop Ubaldo Calabresi † Titular Archbishop of Fundi Apostolic Nuncio

42.6 Ordained Bishop José Delicado Baeza † Bishop of Tuy-Vigo, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain

42.4 Ordained Bishop Johann Weber † Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria Bishop Emeritus

29 Sep 25.8 Professed Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. Member of Order of Friars Preachers Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

Born Alberto Valentín Castillo García Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela

47.4 Appointed John Lawrence May † Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

20.0 Professed Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I. Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

16.8 First Vows Leonardo Sapienza, R.C.J. Member of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus Regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household

83.5 Appointed Thomas Joseph Toolen † Titular Archbishop of Glastonia Bishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA

83.5 Retired Thomas Joseph Toolen † Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Joseph Gregory Vath † Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	36.8	Final Vows	Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
45.4	Appointed	Alois Wagner †	Auxiliary Bishop of Linz, Austria	Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
45.4	Appointed	Alois Wagner †	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
2 Sep		Born	Celso Alexandre		Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Nicolas Nadji Bab		Bishop of Laï, Chad
	Born	Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, O.P.		Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
4 Sep	20.7	Simple Vows	Michel Abrass, B.A.	Member of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
86.3	Appointed	William Lawrence Adrian †	Titular Bishop of Elo	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
86.3	Retired	William Lawrence Adrian †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
54.8	Succeeded	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.6	Appointed	Edward Joseph Hunkeler †	Titular Archbishop of Selsea	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
75.6	Retired	Edward Joseph Hunkeler †	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Ignatius Jerome Strecker †	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Sep	22.2	Professed	Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M.	Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
55.1	Resigned	Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
6 Sep	25.3	Ordained Priest	Renzo Fratini	Priest of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
46.1	Appointed	Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
46.1	Appointed	Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Martirano	Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7 Sep	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul †	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand
20.1	First Vows	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
29.9	Ordained Priest	Baldomero Carlos Martini	Priest of San Francisco, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Justo, Argentina
30.3	Ordained Priest	Raymond Mpezele	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, Zambia
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya
8 Sep	53.2	Installed	Adalberto Almeida y Merino †	Archbishop of Chihuahua, México	Archbishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Manuel Castro Ruiz †	Archbishop of Yucatán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
49.7	Installed	Joaquín García Ordóñez †	Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
26.0	Professed	Joseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp.	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Makokou, Gabon
9 Sep	62.1	Resigned	Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.6	Professed	Michele Russo, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Doba, Chad
10 Sep	54.9	Installed	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco		Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
53.8	Appointed	Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Caliabria	Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
11 Sep	54.9	Appointed	Harold Joseph Dimmerling †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
80.0	Appointed	William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Rotdon	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
80.0	Retired	William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep		Born	Duming Dias		Bishop of Karwar, India
56.6	Installed	Antonio Fustella †	Apostolic Administrator of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop
83.5	Died	Bernard James Sheil †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 Sep	74.3	Resigned	Karl Heinrich Braunstorfer, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus
54.2	Installed	Heinrich Tenhumberg †	Bishop of Münster, Germany
15 Sep	25.6	Ordained Deacon	Brian Farrell, L.C.	Deacon of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
75.0	Died	Daniel Joseph Feeney †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
57.1	Succeeded	Peter Leo Gerety †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Nobuo Soma †	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Deacon	Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.	Deacon of Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
16 Sep		Born	Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O.		Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
	Born	Vicente Martín Muñoz		Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
17 Sep	69.4	Died	Giovanni Urbani †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
18 Sep	72.9	Appointed	Edward Quentin Jennings †	Titular Bishop of Assidona	Bishop Emeritus of Fort William, Ontario, Canada
72.9	Retired	Edward Quentin Jennings †	Bishop of Fort William, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
19 Sep	63.3	Retired	Raffaele Forni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio
67.5	Appointed	André-Jacques Marie Joseph Fougerat †	Titular Bishop of Alba	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
67.5	Resigned	André-Jacques Marie Joseph Fougerat †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Titular Archbishop of Beverlacum	Apostolic Nuncio
59.4	Appointed	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Krzysztof Kudławiec		Bishop of Daule, Ecuador
50.6	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Bertrand Chagué †	Titular Bishop of Vico Equense	Bishop of Gap, France
43.5	Installed	Gabino Díaz Merchán †	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
26.4	Ordained Priest	Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †	Priest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
21 Sep	23.9	Ordained Priest	Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina	Priest of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
28.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba †	Priest	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Inácio Lucas Mwita		Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
23.4	Ordained Priest	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Priest of Valencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
22 Sep		Born	Abune Tesfaye (Tesfasilasie) Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I.		Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
25 Sep		Born	Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A.		Bishop of Bagamoyo, Tanzania
27 Sep	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mittathany †	Bishop of Tezpur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India
52.6	Ceased	Venedictos Printesis †	Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
26.3	Ordained Priest	Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
26.3	Ordained Deacon	Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo †	Deacon of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
28 Sep	84.9	Died	Emiliano Cagnoni †	Bishop of Cefalù, Italy
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Ubaldo Calabresi †	Titular Archbishop of Fundi	Apostolic Nuncio
42.6	Ordained Bishop	José Delicado Baeza †	Bishop of Tuy-Vigo, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Johann Weber †	Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
29 Sep	25.8	Professed	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
	Born	Alberto Valentín Castillo García		Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
47.4	Appointed	John Lawrence May †	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
20.0	Professed	Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
16.8	First Vows	Leonardo Sapienza, R.C.J.	Member of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
83.5	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Toolen †	Titular Archbishop of Glastonia	Bishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA
83.5	Retired	Thomas Joseph Toolen †	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Joseph Gregory Vath †	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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