The Year of Our Lord 1995

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 53.4 Ordained Bishop Luciano Monari Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

36.3 Ordained Priest Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil

3 Sep 60.8 Ceased Benito Cocchi † Apostolic Administrator of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

60.4 Ordained Bishop Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil

53.4 Installed Luciano Monari Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

4 Sep 64.6 Appointed Gérard Denis Auguste Defois Archbishop of Reims, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

5 Sep 49.4 Succeeded Christo Proykov Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria Bishop Emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria

79.6 Retired Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. † Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

8 Sep 55.5 Appointed Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. † Bishop of Vitoria, Spain Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Ricardo Blázquez Pérez Bishop of Bilbao, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain

57.2 Appointed Carlo Caffarra † Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

22.2 Temporary Vows Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation

63.3 Appointed Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe † Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe † Titular Bishop of Auzegera Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain

62.3 Succeeded Harry Joseph Flynn † Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus

77.5 Retired José María Larrauri Lafuente † Bishop of Vitoria, Spain Bishop Emeritus

77.3 Retired Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta † Bishop of Bilbao, Spain Bishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Antonio Lucibello Titular Archbishop of Thurio Apostolic Nuncio

53.5 Appointed Antonio Lucibello Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia Apostolic Nuncio

53.5 Appointed Antonio Lucibello Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea Apostolic Nuncio

53.5 Appointed Antonio Lucibello Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia Apostolic Nuncio

53.5 Appointed Antonio Lucibello Apostolic Delegate to Sierra Leone Apostolic Nuncio

75.1 Retired Luigi Maverna † Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

56.9 Appointed Giuseppe Merisi Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy

56.9 Appointed Giuseppe Merisi Titular Bishop of Drusiliana Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy

24.7 Ordained Priest Baldassare Reina Priest of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

74.1 Retired John Robert Roach † Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus

9 Sep 75.3 Retired Luis Mena Arroyo † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

30.2 Ordained Priest Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela

10 Sep 25.1 Ordained Priest Călin Ioan Bot Priest of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

51.5 Ordained Bishop Manfred Melzer † Titular Bishop of Carinola Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

59.2 Ordained Bishop William Murphy Bishop of Kerry, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

80.1 Died Alessandro Piazza † Bishop Emeritus of Albenga-Imperia, Italy

67.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Torti † Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

12 Sep 44.5 Appointed Franz-Josef Hermann Bode Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Bishop Emeritus

82.8 Died Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines

56.3 Appointed Vittorio Fusco † Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy

68.0 Appointed Daniel Anthony Hart † Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus

13 Sep 61.0 Ordained Bishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon Apostolic Nuncio

23.7 Ordained Priest Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión Priest of Loja, Ecuador Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

14 Sep 75.9 Retired Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

57.3 Died Emerson John Moore † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

26.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Naffah (Nafaa) Priest of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon

50.6 Succeeded Christoph Schönborn, O.P. Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

53.8 Resigned Angelo Scola Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

22.9 Entered Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary

15 Sep 56.1 Ordained Bishop Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R. Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

26.5 Ordained Deacon Marvyn Abrea Maceda Deacon of Naval, Philippines Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines

16 Sep 33.4 Ordained Deacon Denis Jean-Marie Jachiet Deacon of Paris, France Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France

52.5 Ordained Bishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

29.4 Ordained Priest John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

61.0 Ordained Bishop Germano Zaccheo † Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

17 Sep 25.9 Professed David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P. Member of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles

71.6 Selected Damase Zhang Hanmin † Administrator of Jilin [Kirin], China Bishop

18 Sep 78.8 Died Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. † Titular Bishop of Nauplia

21 Sep 65.7 Resigned Donat Chiasson † Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

22 Sep 70.8 Appointed Lajos Kada † Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Apostolic Nuncio

61.8 Installed George Riashi, B.C. † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus

23 Sep 81.5 Died Luigi Bellotti † Apostolic Nuncio

28.4 Ordained Priest Patrick S. Eluke Priest of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Auxiliary Bishop

85.0 Appointed Marion Francis Forst † Titular Bishop of Leavenworth Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

46.9 Ordained Bishop Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger Titular Bishop of Fussala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

24 Sep 57.8 Ordained Bishop Alberto Maria Careggio Bishop of Chiavari, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy

49.6 Ordained Bishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre Titular Archbishop of Gunela Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

61.1 Installed Germano Zaccheo † Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy

25 Sep 23.7 Ordained Priest Emmanuel (Khaled Ayad) Bishay Priest of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt

27 Sep 26.5 Professed Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M. Member of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil

29 Sep 85.9 Died Emiel-Jozef De Smedt † Bishop Emeritus of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

30 Sep 85.2 Died Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru

27.0 Ordained Priest Luciano Paolucci Bedini Priest of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Bishop of Gubbio, Italy

62.1 Ordained Bishop Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. Titular Bishop of Horrea Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Monari	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
36.3	Ordained Priest	Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa	Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil
3 Sep	60.8	Ceased	Benito Cocchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges	Titular Bishop of Casae Medianae	Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
53.4	Installed	Luciano Monari	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
4 Sep	64.6	Appointed	Gérard Denis Auguste Defois	Archbishop of Reims, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
5 Sep	49.4	Succeeded	Christo Proykov	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
79.6	Retired	Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
8 Sep	55.5	Appointed	Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Ricardo Blázquez Pérez	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
57.2	Appointed	Carlo Caffarra †	Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
22.2	Temporary Vows	Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
63.3	Appointed	Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe †	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
62.3	Succeeded	Harry Joseph Flynn †	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
77.5	Retired	José María Larrauri Lafuente †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
77.3	Retired	Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta †	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Titular Archbishop of Thurio	Apostolic Nuncio
53.5	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia	Apostolic Nuncio
53.5	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio
53.5	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia	Apostolic Nuncio
53.5	Appointed	Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Delegate to Sierra Leone	Apostolic Nuncio
75.1	Retired	Luigi Maverna †	Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
56.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Merisi	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
56.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Merisi	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
24.7	Ordained Priest	Baldassare Reina	Priest of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
74.1	Retired	John Robert Roach †	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Sep	75.3	Retired	Luis Mena Arroyo †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
30.2	Ordained Priest	Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela
10 Sep	25.1	Ordained Priest	Călin Ioan Bot	Priest of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Manfred Melzer †	Titular Bishop of Carinola	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
59.2	Ordained Bishop	William Murphy	Bishop of Kerry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
80.1	Died	Alessandro Piazza †	Bishop Emeritus of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
67.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Torti †	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
12 Sep	44.5	Appointed	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
82.8	Died	Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
56.3	Appointed	Vittorio Fusco †	Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
68.0	Appointed	Daniel Anthony Hart †	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem †	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon	Apostolic Nuncio
23.7	Ordained Priest	Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión	Priest of Loja, Ecuador	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
14 Sep	75.9	Retired	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
57.3	Died	Emerson John Moore †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
26.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Naffah (Nafaa)	Priest of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
50.6	Succeeded	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
53.8	Resigned	Angelo Scola	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
22.9	Entered	Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary
15 Sep	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert Joseph Kurtz, C. R.	Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
26.5	Ordained Deacon	Marvyn Abrea Maceda	Deacon of Naval, Philippines	Bishop of San Jose de Antique, Philippines
16 Sep	33.4	Ordained Deacon	Denis Jean-Marie Jachiet	Deacon of Paris, France	Bishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Clément Jeanbart	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
29.4	Ordained Priest	John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Germano Zaccheo †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
17 Sep	25.9	Professed	David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
71.6	Selected	Damase Zhang Hanmin †	Administrator of Jilin [Kirin], China	Bishop
18 Sep	78.8	Died	Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. †	Titular Bishop of Nauplia
21 Sep	65.7	Resigned	Donat Chiasson †	Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Sep	70.8	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Apostolic Nuncio
61.8	Installed	George Riashi, B.C. †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Sep	81.5	Died	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Nuncio
28.4	Ordained Priest	Patrick S. Eluke	Priest of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Auxiliary Bishop
85.0	Appointed	Marion Francis Forst †	Titular Bishop of Leavenworth	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger	Titular Bishop of Fussala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
24 Sep	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Maria Careggio	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre	Titular Archbishop of Gunela	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
61.1	Installed	Germano Zaccheo †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy
25 Sep	23.7	Ordained Priest	Emmanuel (Khaled Ayad) Bishay	Priest of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
27 Sep	26.5	Professed	Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil
29 Sep	85.9	Died	Emiel-Jozef De Smedt †	Bishop Emeritus of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
30 Sep	85.2	Died	Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru
27.0	Ordained Priest	Luciano Paolucci Bedini	Priest of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Bishop of Gubbio, Italy
62.1	Ordained Bishop	Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador

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