The Year of Our Lord 2009

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Oct 39.7 Incardinated Peter Dai Bui Priest of Phoenix, Arizona, USA Auxiliary Bishop

1 Oct 55.6 Appointed Joel Zamudio Baylon Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines

54.4 Appointed Bernard Longley Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

64.4 Appointed Felipe Padilla Cardona Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México Bishop Emeritus

2 Oct 51.1 Installed Celso Antônio Marchiori Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil

3 Oct 74.8 Installed Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

94.0 Died Vasile Louis Puscas † Bishop Emeritus of Saint George in Canton (Romanian), USA

4 Oct 67.4 Installed Gualtiero Bassetti Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.0 Installed Giampaolo Crepaldi Archbishop (Personal Title) of Trieste, Italy Bishop Emeritus

90.9 Died James David Lin Xili † Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia, Wenchow], China

7 Oct 61.7 Appointed Egidio Bisol Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Patrick Ronald Cooney † Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Bernard Anthony Hebda Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

56.7 Appointed Patrick Le Gal Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

56.7 Appointed Patrick Le Gal Titular Bishop of Arisitum Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France

62.9 Appointed Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana Coadjutor Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. Bishop of France, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France

62.1 Installed Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

8 Oct 77.7 Died Michael Angelo Saltarelli † Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

9 Oct 73.2 Died Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Malindi, Kenya

59.3 Resigned Manuel Chuanguira Machado † Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Died Hermann Raich, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

10 Oct 30.2 Ordained Priest Matthias Ambros Priest of Passau, Germany Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

54.9 Ordained Bishop Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu Titular Bishop of Bahanna Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam

11 Oct 56.8 Installed Renato Boccardo Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy

186.9 Canonized St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński † Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

68.2 Ordained Bishop Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. Titular Bishop of Usinaza Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

80.8 Died Juan Martí Alanis † Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain

14 Oct 82.3 Died Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

15 Oct 62.1 Appointed Robert Charles Evans Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.1 Appointed Robert Charles Evans Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

51.0 Appointed Fernando Isern Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong Coadjutor Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

49.1 Appointed Paul David Sirba † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

76.6 Retired Arthur Nicholas Tafoya † Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Paul Vollmar, S. M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 Oct 85.7 Died Marian Przykucki † Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

63.7 Appointed Henryk Marian Tomasik Bishop of Radom, Poland Bishop Emeritus

18 Oct 52.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste, S.J. Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti

61.1 Installed Andrea Bruno Mazzocato Archbishop of Udine, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

176.3 Beatified Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás † Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain

19 Oct 50.3 Appointed Paul Dennis Etienne Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

20 Oct 77.5 Retired Władysław Bobowski † Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Francis Xavier Irwin † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

46.4 Appointed Andrzej Jeż Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland Bishop

46.4 Appointed Andrzej Jeż Titular Bishop of Tigillava Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

21 Oct 54.9 Appointed Otacílio Luziano Da Silva Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

71.5 Appointed Manuel Monteiro de Castro Secretary of the College of Cardinals Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

75.9 Retired Antônio Celso Queiroz † Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

22 Oct 71.8 Resigned Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame † Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte, Comm. l'Emm. Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

57.4 Appointed Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte, Comm. l'Emm. Titular Bishop of Entrevaux Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

63.9 Appointed Anthony Mancini Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

46.9 Succeeded Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M. Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

59.3 Appointed Mario Toso, S.D.B. Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy

59.3 Appointed Mario Toso, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Bisarcio Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy

88.7 Died Libero Tresoldi † Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

66.1 Ordained Bishop John Vadakel, C.M.I. Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

68.1 Died George Patrick Ziemann † Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA

24 Oct 76.9 Retired Renato Raffaele Martino † President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal, President Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

25 Oct 66.1 Died Lázaro Pérez Jiménez † Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

26 Oct 70.4 Died Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Verapoly, India

28 Oct 45.9 Appointed Milton Kenan Júnior Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.9 Appointed Milton Kenan Júnior Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.3 Appointed Franz-Josef Overbeck Bishop of Essen, Germany

46.2 Appointed Joseph Mark Siegel Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA

46.2 Appointed Joseph Mark Siegel Titular Bishop of Pupiana Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA

29 Oct 34.1 Ordained Deacon Janez Kozinc Deacon of Celje, Slovenia Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia

30 Oct 61.4 Appointed Dominic Lumon Apostolic Administrator of Kohima, India Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India

61.1 Resigned Jose Mukala Bishop of Kohima, India Bishop Emeritus

31 Oct 80.9 Died Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez † Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

117.8 Beatified Bl. Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi † Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary

76.4 Retired Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez † Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.9 Ordained Bishop Adel Zaky, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Flumenzer Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Oct	39.7	Incardinated	Peter Dai Bui	Priest of Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
1 Oct	55.6	Appointed	Joel Zamudio Baylon	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines
54.4	Appointed	Bernard Longley	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
64.4	Appointed	Felipe Padilla Cardona	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México	Bishop Emeritus
2 Oct	51.1	Installed	Celso Antônio Marchiori	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil
3 Oct	74.8	Installed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
94.0	Died	Vasile Louis Puscas †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George in Canton (Romanian), USA
4 Oct	67.4	Installed	Gualtiero Bassetti	Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.0	Installed	Giampaolo Crepaldi	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Trieste, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
90.9	Died	James David Lin Xili †	Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia, Wenchow], China
7 Oct	61.7	Appointed	Egidio Bisol	Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Patrick Ronald Cooney †	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Bernard Anthony Hebda	Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, USA	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
56.7	Appointed	Patrick Le Gal	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
56.7	Appointed	Patrick Le Gal	Titular Bishop of Arisitum	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France
62.9	Appointed	Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Coadjutor Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V.	Bishop of France, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France
62.1	Installed	Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo	Coadjutor Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Oct	77.7	Died	Michael Angelo Saltarelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
9 Oct	73.2	Died	Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
59.3	Resigned	Manuel Chuanguira Machado †	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Died	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
10 Oct	30.2	Ordained Priest	Matthias Ambros	Priest of Passau, Germany	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
54.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam
11 Oct	56.8	Installed	Renato Boccardo	Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy
186.9	Canonized	St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński †	Archbishop Emeritus of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
68.2	Ordained Bishop	Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp.	Titular Bishop of Usinaza	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
80.8	Died	Juan Martí Alanis †	Bishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
14 Oct	82.3	Died	Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
15 Oct	62.1	Appointed	Robert Charles Evans	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.1	Appointed	Robert Charles Evans	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
51.0	Appointed	Fernando Isern	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong	Coadjutor Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
49.1	Appointed	Paul David Sirba †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
76.6	Retired	Arthur Nicholas Tafoya †	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Paul Vollmar, S. M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	85.7	Died	Marian Przykucki †	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
63.7	Appointed	Henryk Marian Tomasik	Bishop of Radom, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
18 Oct	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Gontrand Décoste, S.J.	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
61.1	Installed	Andrea Bruno Mazzocato	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
176.3	Beatified	Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás †	Cardinal, Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
19 Oct	50.3	Appointed	Paul Dennis Etienne	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
20 Oct	77.5	Retired	Władysław Bobowski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Francis Xavier Irwin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.4	Appointed	Andrzej Jeż	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland	Bishop
46.4	Appointed	Andrzej Jeż	Titular Bishop of Tigillava	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
21 Oct	54.9	Appointed	Otacílio Luziano Da Silva	Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
71.5	Appointed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
75.9	Retired	Antônio Celso Queiroz †	Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct	71.8	Resigned	Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame †	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte, Comm. l'Emm.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
57.4	Appointed	Jean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte, Comm. l'Emm.	Titular Bishop of Entrevaux	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
63.9	Appointed	Anthony Mancini	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
46.9	Succeeded	Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
59.3	Appointed	Mario Toso, S.D.B.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
59.3	Appointed	Mario Toso, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Bisarcio	Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
88.7	Died	Libero Tresoldi †	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
66.1	Ordained Bishop	John Vadakel, C.M.I.	Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
68.1	Died	George Patrick Ziemann †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
24 Oct	76.9	Retired	Renato Raffaele Martino †	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, President Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
25 Oct	66.1	Died	Lázaro Pérez Jiménez †	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
26 Oct	70.4	Died	Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
28 Oct	45.9	Appointed	Milton Kenan Júnior	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.9	Appointed	Milton Kenan Júnior	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena	Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.3	Appointed	Franz-Josef Overbeck	Bishop of Essen, Germany
46.2	Appointed	Joseph Mark Siegel	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
46.2	Appointed	Joseph Mark Siegel	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
29 Oct	34.1	Ordained Deacon	Janez Kozinc	Deacon of Celje, Slovenia	Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia
30 Oct	61.4	Appointed	Dominic Lumon	Apostolic Administrator of Kohima, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India
61.1	Resigned	Jose Mukala	Bishop of Kohima, India	Bishop Emeritus
31 Oct	80.9	Died	Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
117.8	Beatified	Bl. Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary
76.4	Retired	Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.9	Ordained Bishop	Adel Zaky, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Flumenzer	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

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