The Year of Our Lord 2008

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Sep 62.5 Ordained Bishop Herbert Armstrong Bevard Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.Ss.R. Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia

48.8 Succeeded Sérgio da Rocha Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

74.8 Resigned Celso José Pinto da Silva † Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

4 Sep 33.6 Perpetual Vows Elia Eskandr Abd Elmalak, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Priest

45.7 Appointed Enrique Eguía Seguí Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina

45.7 Appointed Enrique Eguía Seguí Titular Bishop of Cissi Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina

92.9 Died Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada

5 Sep 50.4 Ordained Bishop Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France

46.5 Ordained Bishop Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort Titular Bishop of Cresima Archbishop of Reims, France

77.9 Died Joseph Mukwaya † Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda

6 Sep 65.9 Installed Paulo Antônio de Conto Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

93.0 Died Antonio Innocenti † President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

7 Sep 66.3 Installed Alceste Catella Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

78.1 Died Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay

64.2 Ordained Bishop Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Ouesso, Congo Bishop Emeritus

8 Sep 56.5 Resigned George Antonysamy Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

61.5 Appointed Giuseppe Betori Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.7 Ordained Bishop Manuel Aurelio Cruz Titular Bishop of Gaguari Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

59.7 Appointed Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal

68.0 Succeeded Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Martin Krebs Titular Archbishop of Taborenta Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

51.8 Appointed Martin Krebs Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

51.8 Appointed Martin Krebs Apostolic Nuncio to Mali Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

74.3 Retired Juan Luis Martin Buisson, P.M.E. Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

64.6 Installed William Francis Malooly Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA Bishop Emeritus

9 Sep 63.6 Installed Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

10 Sep 91.0 Died José Antonio Dammert Bellido † Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru

12 Sep 75.6 Retired Giuseppe Costanzo Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Salvatore Pappalardo Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Ordained Bishop Gualtiero Sigismondi Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

13 Sep 53.2 Installed Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

14 Sep 32.7 First Vows Stephan Lipke, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

15 Sep 72.7 Died Barthélémy Djabla † Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

62.6 Ordained Bishop John Marvin LeVoir Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

17 Sep 52.5 Appointed Luis Mariano Montemayor Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

18 Sep 91.3 Died José María Cirarda Lachiondo † Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

19 Sep 47.6 Appointed Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop of Tours, France

47.6 Appointed Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy Titular Bishop of Idassa Archbishop of Tours, France

55.4 Ordained Bishop Ludger Schepers Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany

20 Sep 47.2 Ordained Bishop Mauro Parmeggiani Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

21 Sep 87.2 Died Carlos González Cruchaga † Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile

71.2 Retired Giovanni Battista Morandini † Apostolic Nuncio to Syria Apostolic Nuncio

25 Sep 55.5 Appointed Mariano Crociata Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy

26 Sep 88.3 Died Jan Mazur † Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland

27 Sep 44.7 Ordained Bishop Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina

50.8 Ordained Bishop Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

51.7 Ordained Bishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo Titular Archbishop of Novica Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Died Francesco Maria Savarese, O.M. † Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Minims

28 Sep 51.1 Ordained Bishop Ignatius Chama Bishop of Mpika, Zambia Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia

53.7 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel Luc Jean-Marie Delmas Bishop of Angers, France

65.3 Installed Pierre-André Fournier † Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

51.6 Installed Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

29 Sep 82.5 Died Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil

30 Sep 29.0 Ordained Priest Matías Vecino Priest of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop

1 Oct 44.6 Ordained Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon

3 Oct 78.3 Died Joan Carrera Planas † Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

60.8 Ordained Bishop Noël Simard Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

4 Oct 46.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Befe Ateba † Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon

59.9 Appointed Jan Baxant Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia Bishop Emeritus

45.6 Appointed Damián Santiago Bitar Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina Bishop of Oberá, Argentina

45.6 Appointed Damián Santiago Bitar Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni Bishop of Oberá, Argentina

5 Oct 61.3 Ceased Lino Fumagalli Apostolic Administrator of Tivoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy

47.2 Installed Mauro Parmeggiani Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

47.6 Installed Gualtiero Sigismondi Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

6 Oct 43.7 Appointed José Manuel Imbamba Bishop of Dundo, Angola Archbishop of Saurimo, Angola

7 Oct 61.2 Ordained Bishop Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt, S.J. Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

74.7 Died Adam Smigielski, S.D.B. † Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland

8 Oct 62.4 Appointed Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero Bishop of Zacatecas, México Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

75.8 Retired Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba † Bishop of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus

55.4 Appointed Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

53.5 Appointed Gustavo Rodriguez Vega Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México Archbishop of Yucatán, México

9 Oct 53.7 Ordained Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn Titular Bishop of Munatiana Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

10 Oct 58.8 Appointed Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez Bishop of Málaga, Spain

77.3 Retired Antonio Dorado Soto † Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon) Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South) Bishop

47.8 Ordained Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez Titular Bishop of Thamugadi Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

11 Oct 45.8 Ordained Bishop Enrique Eguía Seguí Titular Bishop of Cissi Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina

13 Oct 95.9 Died Pablo Barrachina Estevan † Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

83.5 Died Antonio José González Zumárraga † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador

65.3 Died Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. † Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia

14 Oct 94.3 Died Antonio Iannucci † Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy

56.2 Appointed Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J. Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

15 Oct 51.4 Appointed Marc Marie Max Aillet Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France

64.8 Appointed Laurent Chu Văn Minh Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

64.8 Appointed Laurent Chu Văn Minh Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

74.8 Retired Boniface Nyema Dalieh † Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia Bishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France Bishop Emeritus

56.0 Appointed Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam

56.0 Appointed Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm Titular Bishop of Trofimiana Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam

62.8 Appointed John Michael Quinn Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA

16 Oct 64.3 Appointed Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M. Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Ian Murray † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Appointed Joseph Anthony Toal Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain

17 Oct 88.8 Died Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

60.3 Appointed Dennis Marion Schnurr Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Archbishop

18 Oct 70.3 Died Salvatore Boccaccio † Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

75.4 Retired Clément Fecteau † Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O. Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

58.5 Succeeded Ambrogio Spreafico Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

19 Oct 62.3 Ordained Bishop Francesc Pardo Artigas † Bishop of Girona, Spain

21 Oct 82.1 Retired Marian Franciszek Jaworski † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Succeeded Mieczysław Mokrzycki Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

91.6 Died Venedictos Printesis † Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

22 Oct 67.5 Died Ernest Kombo, S.J. † Bishop of Owando, Congo

60.0 Appointed Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia

60.0 Appointed Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia

23 Oct 97.5 Died Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (Sun Zhi Pin) † Bishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China

24 Oct 69.4 Appointed Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. † Apostolic Administrator of Cochin, India Archbishop of Verapoly, India

76.3 Retired George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. † Bishop of Indore, India Bishop Emeritus

65.9 Appointed George Panikulam Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia Apostolic Nuncio

65.9 Appointed George Panikulam Apostolic Delegate to Somalia Apostolic Nuncio

59.7 Appointed Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D. Bishop of Indore, India Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct 50.9 Installed Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

59.6 Installed José Francisco Robles Ortega Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Presentazione Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

26 Oct 61.6 Installed Giuseppe Betori Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

61.3 Ordained Bishop Petrus Boddeng Timang Bishop of Banjarmasin, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

28 Oct 53.2 Appointed Johan Jozef Bonny Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium

90.4 Died Augusto Petró † Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

75.8 Retired Paul Van den Berghe Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

29 Oct 57.5 Resigned Giuseppe Bausardo, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

46.2 Confirmed Youssef Antoine Soueif Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite) Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

30 Oct 48.7 Appointed Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. Apostolic Administrator of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.2 Resigned Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Sep	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Herbert Armstrong Bevard	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.Ss.R.	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia
48.8	Succeeded	Sérgio da Rocha	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
74.8	Resigned	Celso José Pinto da Silva †	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Sep	33.6	Perpetual Vows	Elia Eskandr Abd Elmalak, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Priest
45.7	Appointed	Enrique Eguía Seguí	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
45.7	Appointed	Enrique Eguía Seguí	Titular Bishop of Cissi	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
92.9	Died	Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada
5 Sep	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort	Titular Bishop of Cresima	Archbishop of Reims, France
77.9	Died	Joseph Mukwaya †	Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
6 Sep	65.9	Installed	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
93.0	Died	Antonio Innocenti †	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
7 Sep	66.3	Installed	Alceste Catella	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
78.1	Died	Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
64.2	Ordained Bishop	Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Ouesso, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	56.5	Resigned	George Antonysamy	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
61.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Betori	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Aurelio Cruz	Titular Bishop of Gaguari	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
59.7	Appointed	Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
68.0	Succeeded	Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Titular Archbishop of Taborenta	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
51.8	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
51.8	Appointed	Martin Krebs	Apostolic Nuncio to Mali	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
74.3	Retired	Juan Luis Martin Buisson, P.M.E.	Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
64.6	Installed	William Francis Malooly	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	63.6	Installed	Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
10 Sep	91.0	Died	José Antonio Dammert Bellido †	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
12 Sep	75.6	Retired	Giuseppe Costanzo	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Salvatore Pappalardo	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Gualtiero Sigismondi	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
13 Sep	53.2	Installed	Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte	Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
14 Sep	32.7	First Vows	Stephan Lipke, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
15 Sep	72.7	Died	Barthélémy Djabla †	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
62.6	Ordained Bishop	John Marvin LeVoir	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
17 Sep	52.5	Appointed	Luis Mariano Montemayor	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
18 Sep	91.3	Died	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
19 Sep	47.6	Appointed	Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy	Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
47.6	Appointed	Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Archbishop of Tours, France
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Ludger Schepers	Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
20 Sep	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Mauro Parmeggiani	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
21 Sep	87.2	Died	Carlos González Cruchaga †	Bishop Emeritus of Talca, Chile
71.2	Retired	Giovanni Battista Morandini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio
25 Sep	55.5	Appointed	Mariano Crociata	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
26 Sep	88.3	Died	Jan Mazur †	Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce, Poland
27 Sep	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva	Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari	Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B.	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Jude Thaddeus Okolo	Titular Archbishop of Novica	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
	Died	Francesco Maria Savarese, O.M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Order of the Minims
28 Sep	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Chama	Bishop of Mpika, Zambia	Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Luc Jean-Marie Delmas	Bishop of Angers, France
65.3	Installed	Pierre-André Fournier †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
51.6	Installed	Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Sep	82.5	Died	Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
30 Sep	29.0	Ordained Priest	Matías Vecino	Priest of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
1 Oct	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
3 Oct	78.3	Died	Joan Carrera Planas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Noël Simard	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna	Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
4 Oct	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Befe Ateba †	Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon
59.9	Appointed	Jan Baxant	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
45.6	Appointed	Damián Santiago Bitar	Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo, Argentina	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
45.6	Appointed	Damián Santiago Bitar	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
5 Oct	61.3	Ceased	Lino Fumagalli	Apostolic Administrator of Tivoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
47.2	Installed	Mauro Parmeggiani	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
47.6	Installed	Gualtiero Sigismondi	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
6 Oct	43.7	Appointed	José Manuel Imbamba	Bishop of Dundo, Angola	Archbishop of Saurimo, Angola
7 Oct	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt, S.J.	Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
74.7	Died	Adam Smigielski, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
8 Oct	62.4	Appointed	Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
75.8	Retired	Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
55.4	Appointed	Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.5	Appointed	Gustavo Rodriguez Vega	Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop of Yucatán, México
9 Oct	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Brian Joseph Dunn	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
10 Oct	58.8	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
77.3	Retired	Antonio Dorado Soto †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon)	Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Sánchez Martínez	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
11 Oct	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Eguía Seguí	Titular Bishop of Cissi	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina
13 Oct	95.9	Died	Pablo Barrachina Estevan †	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
83.5	Died	Antonio José González Zumárraga †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
65.3	Died	Eduardus Sangsun, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia
14 Oct	94.3	Died	Antonio Iannucci †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
56.2	Appointed	Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J.	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
15 Oct	51.4	Appointed	Marc Marie Max Aillet	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
64.8	Appointed	Laurent Chu Văn Minh	Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.8	Appointed	Laurent Chu Văn Minh	Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
74.8	Retired	Boniface Nyema Dalieh †	Bishop of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Bishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	Pierre Jean Marie Marcel Molères	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Bishop Emeritus
56.0	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm	Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hồ Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam	Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam
56.0	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam
62.8	Appointed	John Michael Quinn	Coadjutor Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
16 Oct	64.3	Appointed	Thomas Matthew Burns, S.M.	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B.	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Ian Murray †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Toal	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
17 Oct	88.8	Died	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
60.3	Appointed	Dennis Marion Schnurr	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop
18 Oct	70.3	Died	Salvatore Boccaccio †	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
75.4	Retired	Clément Fecteau †	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O.	Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
58.5	Succeeded	Ambrogio Spreafico	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
19 Oct	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Francesc Pardo Artigas †	Bishop of Girona, Spain
21 Oct	82.1	Retired	Marian Franciszek Jaworski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Succeeded	Mieczysław Mokrzycki	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
91.6	Died	Venedictos Printesis †	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
22 Oct	67.5	Died	Ernest Kombo, S.J. †	Bishop of Owando, Congo
60.0	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia
60.0	Appointed	Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Engativá, Colombia
23 Oct	97.5	Died	Joseph Sun Zhi-bin (Sun Zhi Pin) †	Bishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
24 Oct	69.4	Appointed	Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cochin, India	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
76.3	Retired	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Indore, India	Bishop Emeritus
65.9	Appointed	George Panikulam	Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia	Apostolic Nuncio
65.9	Appointed	George Panikulam	Apostolic Delegate to Somalia	Apostolic Nuncio
59.7	Appointed	Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D.	Bishop of Indore, India	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	50.9	Installed	Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B.	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
59.6	Installed	José Francisco Robles Ortega	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Presentazione	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
26 Oct	61.6	Installed	Giuseppe Betori	Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
61.3	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Boddeng Timang	Bishop of Banjarmasin, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct	53.2	Appointed	Johan Jozef Bonny	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
90.4	Died	Augusto Petró †	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
75.8	Retired	Paul Van den Berghe	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
29 Oct	57.5	Resigned	Giuseppe Bausardo, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
46.2	Confirmed	Youssef Antoine Soueif	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
30 Oct	48.7	Appointed	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.2	Resigned	Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M.	Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus

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