The Year of Our Lord 1989

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 24.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Ma Yinglin Priest Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China

1 Sep 41.4 Appointed Isaac Danu Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus of Taungngu, Myanmar

40.0 Appointed Camillus Archibong Etokudoh Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

25.8 Incardinated Antonio Guido Filipazzi Priest of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

34.7 Incardinated Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

2 Sep 75.7 Retired Antoni Adamiuk † Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

33.1 Solemn Vows Franz Lackner, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

26.1 Ordained Priest Valerio Lazzeri Priest of Lugano, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

3 Sep 32.9 Ordained Deacon Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri Deacon of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam

27.6 Ordained Priest Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes Priest of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

50.3 Ordained Bishop Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. † Bishop of Malang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep 91.6 Died Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

8 Sep 87.5 Died Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

80.8 Died John Joseph Cassata † Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

47.3 Ordained Bishop Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. Titular Bishop of Oëa Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

61.2 Appointed Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland

61.2 Appointed Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. † Titular Bishop of Vissalsa Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland

65.6 Ordained Bishop Paulino Reale Chirina † Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

9 Sep 58.8 Ordained Bishop Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D. Prelate of Illapel, Chile Prelate Emeritus

31.9 Ordained Priest Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia Priest of Benin City, Nigeria Bishop of Auchi, Nigeria

33.8 Ordained Priest Sergio Melillo Priest of Avellino, Italy Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy

58.0 Ordained Bishop Bassano Staffieri † Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

53.5 Ordained Bishop Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky † Bishop of Berlin, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Berlin, Germany

53.2 Ordained Bishop František Tondra † Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia Bishop Emeritus

10 Sep 49.2 Ordained Bishop Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A. Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru Prelate Emeritus

62.7 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Fabiani † Bishop of Imola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

91.0 Died Giuseppe Stella † Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy

11 Sep 77.3 Ordained Bishop Stefan Liu Difen (Liu Daifen, Liu Tifeng) † Bishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China

14 Sep 64.1 Appointed Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand † Bishop of Mende, France Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Ramón Búa Otero † Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Resigned José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto † Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Succeeded José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

16 Sep 42.4 Incardinated Giorgio Corbellini † Priest of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

59.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Dergham † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

47.6 Incardinated Piero Marini Priest of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

50.2 Ordained Bishop Jan Martyniak Titular Bishop of Vardimissa Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland

59.6 Ordained Bishop Antoine Hamid Mourany † Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

17 Sep 62.5 Ceased Alfredo Magarotto † Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy

49.4 Installed Antonio Mattiazzo Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24.4 Professed Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

65.6 Installed Paulino Reale Chirina † Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

19 Sep 59.6 Died Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Moundou, Chad

89.5 Died Henri Routhier, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

22 Sep 63.6 Died Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón † Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador

23 Sep 57.6 Ordained Bishop Mariano De Nicolò † Bishop of Rimini, Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Installed Giuseppe Fabiani † Bishop of Imola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

30.1 Ordained Priest Damiano Giulio Guzzetti, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Moroto, Uganda

27.5 Ordained Priest Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

55.5 Ordained Bishop Dionigi Tettamanzi † Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

75.1 Ceased Ersilio Tonini † Apostolic Administrator of Rimini, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

24 Sep 29.8 Ordained Deacon José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno Deacon of Quito, Ecuador Bishop of Ecuador, Military

67.3 Installed Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. † Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

43.8 Ordained Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado † Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26.2 Ordained Priest Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Cardinal, Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran

58.0 Installed Bassano Staffieri † Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

25 Sep 52.7 Appointed Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a † Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek † Titular Archbishop of Madaurus Apostolic Nuncio

50.8 Appointed Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire Apostolic Nuncio

71.4 Resigned Gérard Ngoy Kabwe † Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Appointed Nestor Ngoy Katahwa Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

26 Sep 57.9 Succeeded Louis Jean Dufaux † Bishop of Grenoble, France Bishop Emeritus

70.6 Resigned Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin † Bishop of Grenoble, France Bishop Emeritus

27 Sep 58.0 Succeeded Marcel André Joseph Gervais † Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

83.6 Died Giovanni Mocellini † Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy

74.7 Retired Joseph-Aurèle Plourde † Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

29 Sep 21.6 First Vows Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

22.7 First Vows Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

28.3 Ordained Priest Peter Michael Muhich † Priest of Duluth, Minnesota, USA Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

55.4 Died Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. † Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil

30 Sep 76.0 Retired Francesco Amadio † Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy Bishop Emeritus

29.4 Ordained Priest Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert Priest of Créteil, France Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

25.6 Ordained Priest Abilio Martínez Varea Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain

51.7 Appointed Giuseppe Molinari Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

51.8 Installed Enrique Troncoso Troncoso † Bishop of Iquique, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile

1 Oct 32.3 Ordained Deacon Francis Victor Bestion Deacon of Mende, France Bishop of Blois, France

53.5 Ordained Bishop Joseph Oyanga † Bishop of Lira, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Installed Dionigi Tettamanzi † Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

2 Oct 54.0 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroun Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

54.0 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

54.0 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

73.6 Died Bl. Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. † Bishop of Arauca, Colombia

77.5 Retired Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

7 Oct 25.7 First Vows Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

40.5 Succeeded Thaddée Nsengiyumva † Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda

25.6 Ordained Priest Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo Priest of Ibadan, Nigeria Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria

75.0 Retired André Perraudin, M. Afr. † Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Ordained Bishop Francesco Tommasiello † Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy

8 Oct 27.4 Ordained Priest Edivalter Andrade Priest of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

67.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Hou Guoyong (Guoyang) † Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China

9 Oct 25.8 Ordained Priest Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C. Priest of Order of Imitation of Christ Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India

10 Oct 75.3 Retired Genaro Alamilla Arteaga † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Bishop Emeritus of Papantla, Puebla, México

81.3 Died Lionel Audet † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

25.3 Ordained Priest Franz-Josef Overbeck Priest of Münster, Germany Bishop of Essen, Germany

13 Oct 99.6 Died Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez † Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

14 Oct 25.2 Ordained Priest Francis Obafemi Adesina Priest of Oyo, Nigeria Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria

33.7 Professed Dmytro (Bohdan) Hryhorak, O.S.B.M. Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

62.2 Appointed Antonio Moreno Casamitjana † Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile Archbishop Emeritus

24.4 Perpetual Vows Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

58.1 Appointed Thomas Anthony White † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand Apostolic Nuncio

58.1 Appointed Thomas Anthony White † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio

58.1 Appointed Thomas Anthony White † Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean Apostolic Nuncio

17 Oct 66.0 Died James Gerard Lennon † Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland

61.7 Appointed Leo Edward O’Neil † Coadjutor Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Bishop

80.5 Died Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands

18 Oct 44.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China

20 Oct 50.8 Ordained Bishop Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek † Titular Archbishop of Madaurus Apostolic Nuncio

56.4 Ordained Bishop Edmond Youssef Farhat † Titular Archbishop of Byblus Apostolic Nuncio

56.5 Ordained Bishop Clément Fecteau † Titular Bishop of Talaptula Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

79.6 Died Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia

43.7 Ordained Bishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

51.1 Ordained Bishop Józef Kowalczyk Titular Archbishop of Heraclea Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

21 Oct 29.0 Ordained Priest John Oliver Barres Priest of Wilmington, Delaware, USA Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

55.2 Ordained Bishop Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. † Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

47.8 Appointed Giovanni Tonucci Titular Archbishop of Torcello Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

47.8 Appointed Giovanni Tonucci Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

51.7 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sénégal Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

51.7 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

51.7 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

51.7 Appointed Antonio Maria Vegliò Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mali Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

22 Oct 56.0 Ordained Bishop Julián García Centeno, O.S.A. Titular Bishop of Girus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru

23 Oct 71.1 Resigned Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Augustine Cheong Myong-jo † Bishop of Korea, Military Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

54.4 Appointed Augustine Cheong Myong-jo † Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

53.8 Appointed Barthélémy Djabla † Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

67.3 Resigned Angelo Kim Nam-su † Bishop of Korea, Military Bishop Emeritus of Suwon, Korea (South)

55.5 Succeeded Juan Luis Martin Buisson, P.M.E. Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

65.6 Appointed Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia

74.9 Retired Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Robert Rivas, O.P. Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles

55.1 Appointed Charles Soreng, S.J. † Bishop of Daltonganj, India Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag, India

60.7 Appointed Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

60.7 Appointed Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Utimmira Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

24 Oct 26.8 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Lu Zinping (Lu Xinping) Priest Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China

25 Oct 50.6 Ordained Bishop Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez † Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México Bishop of Veracruz, México

27.3 Ordained Priest Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia

26 Oct 79.0 Died Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Belize

28 Oct 29.7 Ordained Priest Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Penonomé, Panama

25.1 Ordained Deacon Luiz Carlos Dias Deacon of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

67.1 Appointed Ettore Di Filippo † Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

69.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Hou Jin-de † Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China

75.9 Retired Pietro Santoro † Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

29 Oct 27.5 Ordained Priest John Baptist Tan Yanquan Priest Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China

30 Oct 64.7 Died Alonso Arteaga Yepes † Bishop of Espinal, Colombia

71.0 Ordained Bishop Simon Zhang Jiumu † Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China

69.2 Ordained Bishop Philip Peter Zhao Zhendong (Zhao Bide) † Coadjutor Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China Bishop

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	24.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Ma Yinglin	Priest	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
1 Sep	41.4	Appointed	Isaac Danu	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus of Taungngu, Myanmar
40.0	Appointed	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh	Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
25.8	Incardinated	Antonio Guido Filipazzi	Priest of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
34.7	Incardinated	Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	75.7	Retired	Antoni Adamiuk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
33.1	Solemn Vows	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
26.1	Ordained Priest	Valerio Lazzeri	Priest of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
3 Sep	32.9	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri	Deacon of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam	Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam
27.6	Ordained Priest	Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes	Priest of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Malang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep	91.6	Died	Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
8 Sep	87.5	Died	Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
80.8	Died	John Joseph Cassata †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
61.2	Appointed	Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
61.2	Appointed	Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Vissalsa	Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Paulino Reale Chirina †	Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D.	Prelate of Illapel, Chile	Prelate Emeritus
31.9	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia	Priest of Benin City, Nigeria	Bishop of Auchi, Nigeria
33.8	Ordained Priest	Sergio Melillo	Priest of Avellino, Italy	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Bassano Staffieri †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky †	Bishop of Berlin, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Berlin, Germany
53.2	Ordained Bishop	František Tondra †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Sep	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A.	Prelate of Chuquibambilla, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Fabiani †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
91.0	Died	Giuseppe Stella †	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
11 Sep	77.3	Ordained Bishop	Stefan Liu Difen (Liu Daifen, Liu Tifeng) †	Bishop of Anguo [Ankwo], China
14 Sep	64.1	Appointed	Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Ramón Búa Otero †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Resigned	José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Succeeded	José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
16 Sep	42.4	Incardinated	Giorgio Corbellini †	Priest of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
59.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Dergham †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
47.6	Incardinated	Piero Marini	Priest of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan Martyniak	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian), Poland
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Hamid Mourany †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Sep	62.5	Ceased	Alfredo Magarotto †	Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
49.4	Installed	Antonio Mattiazzo	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24.4	Professed	Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.6	Installed	Paulino Reale Chirina †	Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
19 Sep	59.6	Died	Gabriel (Régis) Balet, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
89.5	Died	Henri Routhier, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
22 Sep	63.6	Died	Luis Oswaldo Pérez Calderón †	Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador
23 Sep	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Mariano De Nicolò †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Installed	Giuseppe Fabiani †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30.1	Ordained Priest	Damiano Giulio Guzzetti, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Moroto, Uganda
27.5	Ordained Priest	Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
75.1	Ceased	Ersilio Tonini †	Apostolic Administrator of Rimini, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
24 Sep	29.8	Ordained Deacon	José Miguel Asimbaya Moreno	Deacon of Quito, Ecuador	Bishop of Ecuador, Military
67.3	Installed	Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Sérgio Machado †	Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26.2	Ordained Priest	Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Cardinal, Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
58.0	Installed	Bassano Staffieri †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
25 Sep	52.7	Appointed	Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a †	Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Titular Archbishop of Madaurus	Apostolic Nuncio
50.8	Appointed	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire	Apostolic Nuncio
71.4	Resigned	Gérard Ngoy Kabwe †	Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Appointed	Nestor Ngoy Katahwa	Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Sep	57.9	Succeeded	Louis Jean Dufaux †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop Emeritus
70.6	Resigned	Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Bishop Emeritus
27 Sep	58.0	Succeeded	Marcel André Joseph Gervais †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
83.6	Died	Giovanni Mocellini †	Bishop Emeritus of Adria, Italy
74.7	Retired	Joseph-Aurèle Plourde †	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Sep	21.6	First Vows	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
22.7	First Vows	Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
28.3	Ordained Priest	Peter Michael Muhich †	Priest of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
55.4	Died	Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
30 Sep	76.0	Retired	Francesco Amadio †	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
29.4	Ordained Priest	Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert	Priest of Créteil, France	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
25.6	Ordained Priest	Abilio Martínez Varea	Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain
51.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Molinari	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
51.8	Installed	Enrique Troncoso Troncoso †	Bishop of Iquique, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile
1 Oct	32.3	Ordained Deacon	Francis Victor Bestion	Deacon of Mende, France	Bishop of Blois, France
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Oyanga †	Bishop of Lira, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Installed	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
2 Oct	54.0	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroun	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
54.0	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gabon	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
54.0	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
73.6	Died	Bl. Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. †	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
77.5	Retired	Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
7 Oct	25.7	First Vows	Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
40.5	Succeeded	Thaddée Nsengiyumva †	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
25.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo	Priest of Ibadan, Nigeria	Bishop of Abeokuta, Nigeria
75.0	Retired	André Perraudin, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Tommasiello †	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
8 Oct	27.4	Ordained Priest	Edivalter Andrade	Priest of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
67.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Hou Guoyong (Guoyang) †	Bishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
9 Oct	25.8	Ordained Priest	Mathews Pachomius Kadavil, O.I.C.	Priest of Order of Imitation of Christ	Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara), India
10 Oct	75.3	Retired	Genaro Alamilla Arteaga †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Bishop Emeritus of Papantla, Puebla, México
81.3	Died	Lionel Audet †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
25.3	Ordained Priest	Franz-Josef Overbeck	Priest of Münster, Germany	Bishop of Essen, Germany
13 Oct	99.6	Died	Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez †	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
14 Oct	25.2	Ordained Priest	Francis Obafemi Adesina	Priest of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
33.7	Professed	Dmytro (Bohdan) Hryhorak, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
62.2	Appointed	Antonio Moreno Casamitjana †	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
24.4	Perpetual Vows	Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
58.1	Appointed	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to New Zealand	Apostolic Nuncio
58.1	Appointed	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio
58.1	Appointed	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean	Apostolic Nuncio
17 Oct	66.0	Died	James Gerard Lennon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
61.7	Appointed	Leo Edward O’Neil †	Coadjutor Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop
80.5	Died	Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Honiara, Solomon Islands
18 Oct	44.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gao Hongxiao, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China
20 Oct	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Titular Archbishop of Madaurus	Apostolic Nuncio
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Edmond Youssef Farhat †	Titular Archbishop of Byblus	Apostolic Nuncio
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Clément Fecteau †	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
79.6	Died	Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia
43.7	Ordained Bishop	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus	Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Józef Kowalczyk	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
21 Oct	29.0	Ordained Priest	John Oliver Barres	Priest of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.8	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Titular Archbishop of Torcello	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
47.8	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
51.7	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sénégal	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
51.7	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
51.7	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
51.7	Appointed	Antonio Maria Vegliò	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mali	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
22 Oct	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Julián García Centeno, O.S.A.	Titular Bishop of Girus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iquitos, Peru
23 Oct	71.1	Resigned	Enzo Ceccarelli Catraro, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Augustine Cheong Myong-jo †	Bishop of Korea, Military	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
54.4	Appointed	Augustine Cheong Myong-jo †	Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
53.8	Appointed	Barthélémy Djabla †	Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
67.3	Resigned	Angelo Kim Nam-su †	Bishop of Korea, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Suwon, Korea (South)
55.5	Succeeded	Juan Luis Martin Buisson, P.M.E.	Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
65.6	Appointed	Gregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
74.9	Retired	Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Robert Rivas, O.P.	Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
55.1	Appointed	Charles Soreng, S.J. †	Bishop of Daltonganj, India	Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag, India
60.7	Appointed	Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
60.7	Appointed	Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Utimmira	Cardinal, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
24 Oct	26.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Lu Zinping (Lu Xinping)	Priest	Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
25 Oct	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez †	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop of Veracruz, México
27.3	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia	Archbishop of Tunja, Colombia
26 Oct	79.0	Died	Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Belize
28 Oct	29.7	Ordained Priest	Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Penonomé, Panama
25.1	Ordained Deacon	Luiz Carlos Dias	Deacon of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
67.1	Appointed	Ettore Di Filippo †	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
69.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Hou Jin-de †	Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
75.9	Retired	Pietro Santoro †	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Oct	27.5	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Tan Yanquan	Priest	Bishop of Nanning [Nanning], China
30 Oct	64.7	Died	Alonso Arteaga Yepes †	Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
71.0	Ordained Bishop	Simon Zhang Jiumu †	Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China
69.2	Ordained Bishop	Philip Peter Zhao Zhendong (Zhao Bide) †	Coadjutor Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China	Bishop

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