The Year of Our Lord 1975

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 75.7 Retired Gioacchino Muccin † Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy Bishop Emeritus

2 Sep 61.4 Appointed Luigi Bellotti † Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay Apostolic Nuncio

60.6 Appointed Angelo Palmas † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada Apostolic Nuncio

3 Sep 45.9 Appointed Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † Auxiliary Bishop of Ancona (-Numana), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

45.9 Appointed Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

61.8 Appointed Siro Silvestri † Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

77.0 Retired Giuseppe Stella † Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

5 Sep 49.7 Appointed João Alves † Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed João Alves † Titular Bishop of Scala Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

80.1 Resigned André-Maurice Parenty † Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

6 Sep 30.6 Ordained Priest Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

7 Sep 39.7 Appointed Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể † Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam Archbishop Emeritus

39.7 Appointed Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể † Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

39.7 Ordained Bishop Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể † Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

24.3 Ordained Deacon Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo Deacon of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

8 Sep 20.7 Professed Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

51.7 Appointed Augusto Lauro † Auxiliary Bishop of Cosenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

51.7 Appointed Augusto Lauro † Titular Bishop of Bigastro Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

16.8 Entered [Mark Anthony Pivarunas], C.M.R.I. Member Bishop

9 Sep 48.8 Appointed Eugène-Marie Ernoult † Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France Archbishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Eugène-Marie Ernoult † Titular Archbishop of Tadamata Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

46.4 Appointed Klaus Hemmerle † Bishop of Aachen, Germany

10 Sep 79.0 Died Bartolomé Adorno † Former Bishop-Elect of Villarrica, Paraguay Priest

11 Sep 70.8 Died William Joseph Brennan † Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia

43.5 Appointed Rodolfo Quezada Toruño † Coadjutor Bishop of Zacapa, Guatemala Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala

12 Sep 20.1 Professed Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina

17.4 Professed Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy

14 Sep 44.2 Ordained Bishop Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. † Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

59.5 Installed Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul † Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand † Titular Bishop of Tagaria Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France

54.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Franklin da Costa † Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola

23.5 Ordained Priest Gilberto Gómez González Priest of Tuy-Vigo, Spain Bishop of Abancay, Peru

70.5 Ceased Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. † Apostolic Administrator of Chiang Mai, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Dali [Tali], China

51.0 Ordained Bishop Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Ausafa Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

53.0 Ordained Bishop Henrique Müller, O.F.M. † Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Ordained Bishop Maximos Salloum † Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

15 Sep 78.8 Died Antoine Abed † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

16 Sep 43.0 Appointed Amédée Wilfrid Proulx † Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

43.0 Appointed Amédée Wilfrid Proulx † Titular Bishop of Clypia Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

18 Sep 83.8 Died Luis Concha Córdoba † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

20 Sep 65.8 Died Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. † Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of the Company of Mary

45.4 Appointed Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras † Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala

54.7 Appointed Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

54.7 Appointed Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Titular Archbishop of Thiges Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

25.7 Ordained Priest Corrado Pizziolo Priest of Treviso, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy

53.5 Appointed Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Thucca in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

25.4 Ordained Priest Angelo Vincenzo Zani Priest of Brescia, Italy Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Apostolic Archive

21 Sep 45.0 Ordained Bishop António Baltasar Marcelino † Titular Bishop of Cercina Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal

23 Sep 82.1 Died Rapolos Kuodis † Priest of Telšiai, Lithuania

24 Sep 48.5 Ordained Bishop Rómulo García † Titular Bishop of Uzita Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

71.5 Died Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz † Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

70.6 Died John Thomas Toohey † Bishop of Maitland, Australia

25 Sep 18.4 Professed Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M. Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique

27 Sep 26.2 Ordained Priest David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

92.3 Died Maurice Feltin † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

23.0 Solemn Vows Milan Šašik, C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

45.9 Ordained Bishop Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

28 Sep 73.2 Died Lucjan Bernacki † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

44.4 Ordained Bishop Dennis Harold De Jong † Bishop of Ndola, Zambia

18.0 First Vows Vicente Carlos Kiaziku, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

28.7 Ordained Priest Tito Banchong Thopanhong † Priest of Vientiane, Laos

42.1 Ordained Bishop Francisco Viti † Bishop of Menongue, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola

29 Sep 80.3 Died Juozapas Pletkus † Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai, Lithuania

50.3 Appointed Patient Honoré Pierre Yvon Redois, S.M.A. † Apostolic Administrator of Parakou, Benin Bishop Emeritus of Natitingou, Benin

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

67.7 Resigned André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Bishop of Parakou, Benin Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	75.7	Retired	Gioacchino Muccin †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	61.4	Appointed	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio
60.6	Appointed	Angelo Palmas †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio
3 Sep	45.9	Appointed	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ancona (-Numana), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
45.9	Appointed	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
61.8	Appointed	Siro Silvestri †	Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
77.0	Retired	Giuseppe Stella †	Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	49.7	Appointed	João Alves †	Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	João Alves †	Titular Bishop of Scala	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
80.1	Resigned	André-Maurice Parenty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Sep	30.6	Ordained Priest	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
7 Sep	39.7	Appointed	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
39.7	Appointed	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể †	Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
39.7	Ordained Bishop	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể †	Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
24.3	Ordained Deacon	Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo	Deacon of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
8 Sep	20.7	Professed	Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
51.7	Appointed	Augusto Lauro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cosenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
51.7	Appointed	Augusto Lauro †	Titular Bishop of Bigastro	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
16.8	Entered	[Mark Anthony Pivarunas], C.M.R.I.	Member	Bishop
9 Sep	48.8	Appointed	Eugène-Marie Ernoult †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Eugène-Marie Ernoult †	Titular Archbishop of Tadamata	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
46.4	Appointed	Klaus Hemmerle †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
10 Sep	79.0	Died	Bartolomé Adorno †	Former Bishop-Elect of Villarrica, Paraguay	Priest
11 Sep	70.8	Died	William Joseph Brennan †	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
43.5	Appointed	Rodolfo Quezada Toruño †	Coadjutor Bishop of Zacapa, Guatemala	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
12 Sep	20.1	Professed	Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
17.4	Professed	Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
14 Sep	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
59.5	Installed	Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul †	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand †	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
23.5	Ordained Priest	Gilberto Gómez González	Priest of Tuy-Vigo, Spain	Bishop of Abancay, Peru
70.5	Ceased	Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Apostolic Administrator of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Dali [Tali], China
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ausafa	Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Maximos Salloum †	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Sep	78.8	Died	Antoine Abed †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
16 Sep	43.0	Appointed	Amédée Wilfrid Proulx †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
43.0	Appointed	Amédée Wilfrid Proulx †	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
18 Sep	83.8	Died	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
20 Sep	65.8	Died	Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
45.4	Appointed	Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras †	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
54.7	Appointed	Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
54.7	Appointed	Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Titular Archbishop of Thiges	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
25.7	Ordained Priest	Corrado Pizziolo	Priest of Treviso, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
53.5	Appointed	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Thucca in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
25.4	Ordained Priest	Angelo Vincenzo Zani	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
21 Sep	45.0	Ordained Bishop	António Baltasar Marcelino †	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
23 Sep	82.1	Died	Rapolos Kuodis †	Priest of Telšiai, Lithuania
24 Sep	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Rómulo García †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
71.5	Died	Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
70.6	Died	John Thomas Toohey †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
25 Sep	18.4	Professed	Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique
27 Sep	26.2	Ordained Priest	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
92.3	Died	Maurice Feltin †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
23.0	Solemn Vows	Milan Šašik, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
28 Sep	73.2	Died	Lucjan Bernacki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Harold De Jong †	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia
18.0	First Vows	Vicente Carlos Kiaziku, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
28.7	Ordained Priest	Tito Banchong Thopanhong †	Priest of Vientiane, Laos
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Viti †	Bishop of Menongue, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola
29 Sep	80.3	Died	Juozapas Pletkus †	Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai, Lithuania
50.3	Appointed	Patient Honoré Pierre Yvon Redois, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Administrator of Parakou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus of Natitingou, Benin
22.8	Perpetual Vows	Leonardo Sapienza, R.C.J.	Member of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
67.7	Resigned	André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Parakou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus

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