The Year of Our Lord 1988

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 76.6 Retired Augustin Fataki Alueke † Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado Auxiliary Bishop of Majunga, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar

50.4 Appointed Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado Titular Bishop of Croae Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar

57.5 Appointed Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

48.9 Appointed Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya † Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

60.3 Appointed Godefroy Émile M’Pwati † Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

60.3 Resigned Godefroy Émile M’Pwati † Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

63.2 Appointed Georges-Firmin Singha † Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

3 Sep 52.0 Ordained Bishop François Robert Bacqué † Titular Archbishop of Gradisca Apostolic Nuncio

25.3 Ordained Priest Gianfranco Gallone Priest of Oria, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

59.9 Installed Michele Scandiffio † Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

4 Sep 68.1 Installed Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal † Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile Bishop Emeritus

5 Sep 79.6 Retired Karl Berg † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria Archbishop Emeritus

84.6 Died Godefroid Dayez, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus

6 Sep 27.6 Professed Ettore Dotti, C.S.F. Member of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo Bishop of Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

7 Sep 90.8 Died Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

61.7 Ordained Bishop Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm. † Coadjutor Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

8 Sep 60.9 Appointed Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. † Bishop of Trapani, Italy

22.2 First Vows Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

26.2 Professed César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

28.2 Perpetual Vows Prosper Kontiebo, M.I. Member of Order of the Ministers of the Sick Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

24.2 Perpetual Vows Anthony Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada

21.8 First Vows Karol Kulczycki, S.D.S. Member of Society of the Divine Savior Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia

50.3 Ordained Bishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell † Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

76.6 Retired Emanuele Romano † Bishop of Trapani, Italy Bishop Emeritus

29.5 Perpetual Vows Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J. Member of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania

9 Sep 47.7 Ordained Bishop Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia

10 Sep 83.9 Died Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

49.1 Ordained Bishop Albert Ayinde Fasina † Coadjutor Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

60.1 Ordained Bishop Antonio Forte, O.F.M. † Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy

75.6 Retired Frane Franić † Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

66.3 Appointed Ante Jurić † Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

21.2 First Vows Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

31.7 Professed José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Archbishop of Panamá

11 Sep 56.2 Ordained Bishop Boutros Edmond Gemayel † Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite) Archbishop Emeritus

28.4 Perpetual Vows Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria

43.5 Ordained Bishop Manuel Ureña Pastor Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

12 Sep 75.1 Retired Geoffrey Ignatius Burke † Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.6 Succeeded Dermot Clifford Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

69.5 Died Edmundo Luís Kunz † Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

73.9 Resigned Thomas Morris † Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

14 Sep 86.0 Died William Edward Cousins † Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

71.4 Resigned José Pedro da Silva † Bishop of Viseu, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Succeeded António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

15 Sep 56.8 Appointed Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

56.8 Appointed Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Tisedi Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

23.2 Ordained Priest Pietro Tosato, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

16 Sep 43.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Coutts Coadjutor Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

17 Sep 54.6 Ordained Bishop Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. † Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

28.1 Ordained Priest Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay

65.0 Ordained Bishop Carlo Poggi † Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

18 Sep 21.7 First Vows Davide Carbonaro, O.M.D. Member of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

85.8 Died Frederick Hall, M.H.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya

58.8 Ordained Bishop Georges Lagrange † Bishop of Gap, France Bishop Emeritus

20 Sep 30.5 Solemn Vows Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

84.5 Died Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

21 Sep 49.7 Ordained Bishop Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. † Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

78.2 Died Gino Paro † Apostolic Nuncio

22 Sep 83.9 Died Maximilien de Fürstenberg † Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

84.0 Died Aldo Maria Patroni, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Calicut, India

73.6 Resigned Francesco Tortora, O.M. † Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy Bishop Emeritus

23 Sep 66.1 Appointed Lorenzo Antonetti † Apostolic Nuncio to France Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

60.6 Appointed Giulio Einaudi † Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Apostolic Nuncio

24 Sep 24.9 Perpetual Vows Benoît Gschwind, A.A. Member of Augustinians of the Assumption Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France

27.6 Ordained Priest Paolo Rocco Gualtieri Priest of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

32.4 Ordained Priest Terry Ronald LaValley Priest of Ogdensburg, New York, USA Bishop

91.1 Died Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China

58.3 Ordained Bishop Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. † Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand

39.8 Appointed Jan Karol Tyrawa Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland

39.8 Appointed Jan Karol Tyrawa Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland

51.2 Appointed Bogdan Józef Wojtuś † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Appointed Bogdan Józef Wojtuś † Titular Bishop of Vassinassa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

25 Sep 31.4 Ordained Deacon Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy Deacon of Lille, France Archbishop of Strasbourg, France

170.1 Beatified Bl. Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy

26 Sep 70.4 Resigned Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

27 Sep 74.5 Died Teofilo Camomot Bastida † Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

83.7 Died Natale Mosconi † Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy

68.0 Retired Edward Cornelius O’Leary † Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	76.6	Retired	Augustin Fataki Alueke †	Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Auxiliary Bishop of Majunga, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar
50.4	Appointed	Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Titular Bishop of Croae	Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar
57.5	Appointed	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Bishop of Isangi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
48.9	Appointed	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya †	Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.3	Appointed	Godefroy Émile M’Pwati †	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
60.3	Resigned	Godefroy Émile M’Pwati †	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Antsirabé, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
63.2	Appointed	Georges-Firmin Singha †	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
3 Sep	52.0	Ordained Bishop	François Robert Bacqué †	Titular Archbishop of Gradisca	Apostolic Nuncio
25.3	Ordained Priest	Gianfranco Gallone	Priest of Oria, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay
59.9	Installed	Michele Scandiffio †	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Sep	68.1	Installed	Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †	Bishop of Los Angeles, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	79.6	Retired	Karl Berg †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria	Archbishop Emeritus
84.6	Died	Godefroid Dayez, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus
6 Sep	27.6	Professed	Ettore Dotti, C.S.F.	Member of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo	Bishop of Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
7 Sep	90.8	Died	Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
61.7	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	60.9	Appointed	Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
22.2	First Vows	Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
26.2	Professed	César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
28.2	Perpetual Vows	Prosper Kontiebo, M.I.	Member of Order of the Ministers of the Sick	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
24.2	Perpetual Vows	Anthony Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
21.8	First Vows	Karol Kulczycki, S.D.S.	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Joseph O’Connell †	Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
76.6	Retired	Emanuele Romano †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29.5	Perpetual Vows	Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J.	Member of Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
9 Sep	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
10 Sep	83.9	Died	Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Albert Ayinde Fasina †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
75.6	Retired	Frane Franić †	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Ante Jurić †	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
21.2	First Vows	Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
31.7	Professed	José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Panamá
11 Sep	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Boutros Edmond Gemayel †	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
28.4	Perpetual Vows	Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Ureña Pastor	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
12 Sep	75.1	Retired	Geoffrey Ignatius Burke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.6	Succeeded	Dermot Clifford	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
69.5	Died	Edmundo Luís Kunz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
73.9	Resigned	Thomas Morris †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Sep	86.0	Died	William Edward Cousins †	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
71.4	Resigned	José Pedro da Silva †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Succeeded	António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
15 Sep	56.8	Appointed	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
56.8	Appointed	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
23.2	Ordained Priest	Pietro Tosato, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
16 Sep	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Coutts	Coadjutor Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
17 Sep	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Itaituba, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
28.1	Ordained Priest	Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
65.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Poggi †	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
18 Sep	21.7	First Vows	Davide Carbonaro, O.M.D.	Member of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
85.8	Died	Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kisumu, Kenya
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Georges Lagrange †	Bishop of Gap, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	30.5	Solemn Vows	Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
84.5	Died	Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
21 Sep	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
78.2	Died	Gino Paro †	Apostolic Nuncio
22 Sep	83.9	Died	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
84.0	Died	Aldo Maria Patroni, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Calicut, India
73.6	Resigned	Francesco Tortora, O.M. †	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Sep	66.1	Appointed	Lorenzo Antonetti †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
60.6	Appointed	Giulio Einaudi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio
24 Sep	24.9	Perpetual Vows	Benoît Gschwind, A.A.	Member of Augustinians of the Assumption	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
27.6	Ordained Priest	Paolo Rocco Gualtieri	Priest of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
32.4	Ordained Priest	Terry Ronald LaValley	Priest of Ogdensburg, New York, USA	Bishop
91.1	Died	Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
58.3	Ordained Bishop	Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
39.8	Appointed	Jan Karol Tyrawa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland
39.8	Appointed	Jan Karol Tyrawa	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna	Bishop Emeritus of Bydgoszcz, Poland
51.2	Appointed	Bogdan Józef Wojtuś †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Appointed	Bogdan Józef Wojtuś †	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
25 Sep	31.4	Ordained Deacon	Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy	Deacon of Lille, France	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
170.1	Beatified	Bl. Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Catania, Italy
26 Sep	70.4	Resigned	Simeon Oliveros Valerio, S.V.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27 Sep	74.5	Died	Teofilo Camomot Bastida †	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
83.7	Died	Natale Mosconi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy
68.0	Retired	Edward Cornelius O’Leary †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop Emeritus

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