The Year of Our Lord 2004

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 61.4 Appointed Andraos Abouna † Titular Bishop of Hirta Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

1 Sep 47.4 Installed Florentino Galang Lavarias Bishop of Iba, Philippines Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines

2 Sep 61.9 Installed Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Ordained Bishop José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez † Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México

81.6 Died Paul John O’Byrne † Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

73.9 Died Angelo Paravisi † Bishop of Crema, Italy

4 Sep 26.9 Ordained Priest Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Bentiu, South Sudan

75.9 Died Alphonse Yang Guang Yan † Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China

5 Sep 60.5 Installed Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

56.8 Ordained Bishop Mariano Manzana Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.8 Installed Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé Coadjutor Bishop of Nice, France Bishop Emeritus

7 Sep 54.7 Appointed Alexander Salazar Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Alexander Salazar Titular Bishop of Nesqually Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

8 Sep 68.4 Appointed Francesco Canalini Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Apostolic Nuncio

68.4 Appointed Francesco Canalini Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein Apostolic Nuncio

61.0 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Niger Apostolic Nuncio

55.1 Ordained Bishop Bruno Forte Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

28.8 Ordained Deacon César Augusto Huerta Ramírez Deacon of Arequipa, Peru Bishop of Sicuani, Peru

75.4 Retired Pier Giacomo De Nicolò † Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Apostolic Nuncio

75.4 Retired Pier Giacomo De Nicolò † Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein Apostolic Nuncio

11 Sep 53.6 Appointed Rogelio Cabrera López Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

12 Sep 56.8 Installed Agustín Cortés Soriano Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Installed Giovanni D’Alise † Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy Bishop of Caserta, Italy

47.4 Ordained Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy Titular Bishop of Usinaza Archbishop of Strasbourg, France

68.1 Installed Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

64.8 Ceased Mario Melanio Medina Salinas Apostolic Administrator of Encarnación, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

29.5 Perpetual Vows Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

46.6 Ordained Bishop Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga Bishop of Moundou, Chad

14 Sep 62.5 Appointed Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. Archbishop of Sassari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

70.0 Ceased Antonio Vacca † Apostolic Administrator of Sassari, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy

15 Sep 62.2 Succeeded Afonso Fioreze, C.P. † Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Ordained Bishop Józef Guzdek Titular Bishop of Treba Archbishop of Białystok, Poland

73.7 Resigned Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired Francis Xavier Roque † Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.1 Appointed Martin Vidović Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus Apostolic Nuncio

51.1 Appointed Martin Vidović Titular Archbishop of Nona Apostolic Nuncio

65.2 Ordained Bishop Jan Zając Titular Bishop of Taddua Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

16 Sep 71.7 Died Jesus Castro Galang † Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines

89.6 Died Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil

17 Sep 96.8 Died Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Aitape, Papua New Guinea

63.1 Installed Bernard Blasius Moras Archbishop of Bangalore, India Archbishop Emeritus

19 Sep 62.3 Installed Friedhelm Hofmann Bishop of Würzburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Ordained Bishop José de Lanza Neto Titular Bishop of Mades Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

55.8 Ordained Bishop Alain Émile Baptiste Planet Bishop of Carcassonne, France Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France

60.6 Ordained Bishop Jaume Pujol Balcells Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

20 Sep 45.8 Ordained Bishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. Bishop of Niigata, Japan Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

21 Sep 47.2 Appointed Robert Anthony Daniels Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

47.2 Appointed Robert Anthony Daniels Titular Bishop of Scebatiana Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

45.4 Appointed Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia

59.5 Ordained Bishop Dennis Joseph Sullivan Titular Bishop of Enera Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

62.4 Ordained Bishop Gerald Thomas Walsh Titular Bishop of Altiburus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

23 Sep 29.8 Entered Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U. Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian) Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia

25 Sep 50.4 Ordained Bishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Titular Bishop of Rotaria Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

55.1 Installed Bruno Forte Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

69.9 Ordained Bishop Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández Titular Bishop of Selemselae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala

32.7 Ordained Priest Andrea Ripa Priest of Rimini, Italy Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura

50.2 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Maria Taussig Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

26 Sep 57.9 Installed Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Ordained Bishop Karlheinz Diez Titular Bishop of Villa Regis Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany

48.2 Installed Airton José dos Santos Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

56.2 Ordained Bishop Pierre Warin Titular Bishop of Tongres Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium

27 Sep 63.3 Appointed Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Dardanus Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

29 Sep 50.9 Appointed Vincent Barwa Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India Bishop of Simdega, India

50.9 Appointed Vincent Barwa Titular Bishop of Acufida Bishop of Simdega, India

51.6 Appointed Anuar Battisti Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

30 Sep 76.0 Retired Owen John Dolan Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

64.3 Appointed Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

78.0 Retired Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật † Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	61.4	Appointed	Andraos Abouna †	Titular Bishop of Hirta	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
1 Sep	47.4	Installed	Florentino Galang Lavarias	Bishop of Iba, Philippines	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
2 Sep	61.9	Installed	Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Ordained Bishop	José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez †	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
81.6	Died	Paul John O’Byrne †	Bishop Emeritus of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
73.9	Died	Angelo Paravisi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
4 Sep	26.9	Ordained Priest	Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Bentiu, South Sudan
75.9	Died	Alphonse Yang Guang Yan †	Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
5 Sep	60.5	Installed	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J.	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
56.8	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Manzana	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.8	Installed	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Coadjutor Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus
7 Sep	54.7	Appointed	Alexander Salazar	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Alexander Salazar	Titular Bishop of Nesqually	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
8 Sep	68.4	Appointed	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio
68.4	Appointed	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio
61.0	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Forte	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
28.8	Ordained Deacon	César Augusto Huerta Ramírez	Deacon of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop of Sicuani, Peru
75.4	Retired	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio
75.4	Retired	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò †	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio
11 Sep	53.6	Appointed	Rogelio Cabrera López	Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
12 Sep	56.8	Installed	Agustín Cortés Soriano	Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Installed	Giovanni D’Alise †	Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France
68.1	Installed	Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth.	Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
64.8	Ceased	Mario Melanio Medina Salinas	Apostolic Administrator of Encarnación, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
29.5	Perpetual Vows	Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga	Bishop of Moundou, Chad
14 Sep	62.5	Appointed	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
70.0	Ceased	Antonio Vacca †	Apostolic Administrator of Sassari, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
15 Sep	62.2	Succeeded	Afonso Fioreze, C.P. †	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Józef Guzdek	Titular Bishop of Treba	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland
73.7	Resigned	Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	Francis Xavier Roque †	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	Martin Vidović	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus	Apostolic Nuncio
51.1	Appointed	Martin Vidović	Titular Archbishop of Nona	Apostolic Nuncio
65.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan Zając	Titular Bishop of Taddua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
16 Sep	71.7	Died	Jesus Castro Galang †	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
89.6	Died	Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
17 Sep	96.8	Died	Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
63.1	Installed	Bernard Blasius Moras	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Sep	62.3	Installed	Friedhelm Hofmann	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Ordained Bishop	José de Lanza Neto	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Alain Émile Baptiste Planet	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop Emeritus of Carcassonne et Narbonne, France
60.6	Ordained Bishop	Jaume Pujol Balcells	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Sep	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Bishop of Niigata, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
21 Sep	47.2	Appointed	Robert Anthony Daniels	Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
47.2	Appointed	Robert Anthony Daniels	Titular Bishop of Scebatiana	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
45.4	Appointed	Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Joseph Sullivan	Titular Bishop of Enera	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Thomas Walsh	Titular Bishop of Altiburus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
23 Sep	29.8	Entered	Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U.	Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
25 Sep	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
55.1	Installed	Bruno Forte	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
69.9	Ordained Bishop	Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández	Titular Bishop of Selemselae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Guatemala
32.7	Ordained Priest	Andrea Ripa	Priest of Rimini, Italy	Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Maria Taussig	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
26 Sep	57.9	Installed	Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J.	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Karlheinz Diez	Titular Bishop of Villa Regis	Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
48.2	Installed	Airton José dos Santos	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Warin	Titular Bishop of Tongres	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
27 Sep	63.3	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
29 Sep	50.9	Appointed	Vincent Barwa	Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India	Bishop of Simdega, India
50.9	Appointed	Vincent Barwa	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Bishop of Simdega, India
51.6	Appointed	Anuar Battisti	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Sep	76.0	Retired	Owen John Dolan	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
64.3	Appointed	Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
78.0	Retired	Paul Marie Nguyễn Minh Nhật †	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus

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