The Year of Our Lord 2016

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 56.6 Appointed Victor Barnuevo Bendico Bishop of Baguio, Philippines Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines

77.6 Retired Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Baguio, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

48.3 Ordained Bishop Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador

49.0 Installed José Libardo Garcés Monsalve Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

71.2 Resigned Liam Seán MacDaid † Bishop of Clogher, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Ceased Misael Vacca Ramirez Apostolic Administrator of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia

2 Oct 53.7 Installed Domenico Battaglia Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

50.8 Installed Gianmarco Busca Bishop of Mantova, Italy

77.5 Died Hanna Zora † Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada

4 Oct 86.1 Died Kenneth Anthony Angell † Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA

59.3 Appointed Michael Francis Burbidge Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA

66.0 Appointed Oscar Cantoni Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy

75.0 Retired Diego Coletti Bishop of Como, Italy Bishop Emeritus

77.0 Retired Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. † Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Paul Dennis Etienne Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

59.8 Appointed Martin Sarmiento Jumoad Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines

76.0 Retired Paul Stephen Loverde Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA Bishop Emeritus

76.2 Retired Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus

5 Oct 57.0 Appointed Lodewijk Aerts Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

8 Oct 61.8 Ordained Bishop Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Ambia Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

54.3 Ordained Bishop César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv. Titular Bishop of Mareotes Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

75.0 Retired Hans-Jochen Jaschke † Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

64.6 Appointed Daniel Kozelinski Netto Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina

43.6 Appointed Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M. Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa

66.5 Installed Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela

9 Oct 86.3 Died David Every Konstant † Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain

49.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph (Benny Mathew) Srampickal Bishop of Great Britain (Syro-Malabar)

11 Oct 54.1 Ordained Bishop Moacir Aparecido de Freitas Bishop of Votuporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

68.7 Appointed Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B. Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine Superior General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard

12 Oct 48.8 Appointed Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

48.8 Appointed Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

70.4 Appointed Augustine Kasujja Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Apostolic Nuncio

13 Oct 77.9 Retired Leonardo Yuzon Medroso Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed Alberto Sy Uy Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

14 Oct 85.7 Died Cirilo Reyes Almario † Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

55.6 Installed Donald Joseph Bolen Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

87.3 Died John Aloysius Mone † Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain

15 Oct 57.6 Succeeded Józef Górzyński Archbishop of Warmia, Poland

65.2 Appointed Dominic Jala, S.D.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Nongstoin, India Archbishop of Shillong, India

63.9 Installed Goetbé Edmond Djitangar Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad

60.7 Appointed Victor Lyngdoh Bishop of Jowai, India Archbishop of Shillong, India

75.0 Retired Wojciech Ziemba † Archbishop of Warmia, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

16 Oct 139.6 Canonized St. Manuel González y García † Bishop of Palencia, Spain

17 Oct 76.6 Died Rufin Anthony † Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan

18 Oct 77.3 Retired Joseph Kaithathara Bishop of Gwalior, India Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Thomas Thennatt, S.A.C. † Bishop of Gwalior, India

19 Oct 49.5 Succeeded Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

61.8 Installed Martin David Holley Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired José Moreira de Melo † Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

20 Oct 65.1 Appointed Giovanni Accolla Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

65.3 Appointed Giuseppe Giuliano Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy

75.5 Retired Vittorio Lupi Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Calogero Marino Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy

22 Oct 77.8 Died José Oscar Barahona Castillo † Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador

54.1 Installed Moacir Aparecido de Freitas Bishop of Votuporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

48.7 Appointed Philippe Alain Mbarga Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon

52.2 Appointed Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon

52.2 Appointed Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Batouri, Cameroon Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon

76.4 Retired Antoine Ntalou Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus

25 Oct 49.9 Appointed Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Tarma, Peru Bishop of Callao, Peru

52.5 Appointed Louis Corriveau Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada

52.5 Appointed Louis Corriveau Titular Bishop of Arena Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada

76.8 Retired Roberto Lückert León † Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

69.5 Appointed Mariano José Parra Sandoval Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

66.4 Appointed Marc Pelchat Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.4 Appointed Marc Pelchat Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

26 Oct 46.4 Appointed Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino Bishop of Vélez, Colombia Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

56.5 Appointed José Roberto Silva Carvalho Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil

27 Oct 55.1 Appointed Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer Bishop of Menorca, Spain Bishop of Solsona, Spain

80.7 Died Anton Novobilský † Bishop

83.1 Died Francis Tong Hui † Bishop Emeritus of Yan’an [Yenan], China Bishop

28 Oct 77.9 Retired Pedro Dulay Arigo Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

75.2 Retired Juan Frausto Pallares Auxiliary Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

46.2 Appointed Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

46.2 Appointed Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg Titular Bishop of Sassura Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

53.1 Appointed Socrates Calamba Mesiona, M.S.P. Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines

53.1 Appointed Socrates Calamba Mesiona, M.S.P. Titular Bishop of Budua Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines

29 Oct 76.3 Retired François Xavier Lê Văn Hồng Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam Archbishop Emeritus

66.9 Appointed Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam Archbishop Emeritus

88.0 Died Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Comayagua, Honduras

31 Oct 58.1 Appointed Michael Jude Byrnes † Coadjutor Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus

67.9 Appointed Heriberto Cavazos Pérez Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

67.9 Appointed Heriberto Cavazos Pérez Titular Bishop of Narona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

66.0 Ceased Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

64.0 Appointed Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil Archbishop of Verapoly, India

75.0 Retired Francis Kallarakal Archbishop of Verapoly, India Archbishop Emeritus

43.1 Appointed Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México

43.1 Appointed Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal Titular Bishop of Madaurus Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	56.6	Appointed	Victor Barnuevo Bendico	Bishop of Baguio, Philippines	Archbishop of Capiz, Philippines
77.6	Retired	Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Baguio, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D.	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador
49.0	Installed	José Libardo Garcés Monsalve	Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
71.2	Resigned	Liam Seán MacDaid †	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Ceased	Misael Vacca Ramirez	Apostolic Administrator of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
2 Oct	53.7	Installed	Domenico Battaglia	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
50.8	Installed	Gianmarco Busca	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
77.5	Died	Hanna Zora †	Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
4 Oct	86.1	Died	Kenneth Anthony Angell †	Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA
59.3	Appointed	Michael Francis Burbidge	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
66.0	Appointed	Oscar Cantoni	Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy
75.0	Retired	Diego Coletti	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
77.0	Retired	Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. †	Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Paul Dennis Etienne	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
59.8	Appointed	Martin Sarmiento Jumoad	Archbishop of Ozamiz, Philippines
76.0	Retired	Paul Stephen Loverde	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA	Bishop Emeritus
76.2	Retired	Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
5 Oct	57.0	Appointed	Lodewijk Aerts	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
8 Oct	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
54.3	Ordained Bishop	César Essayan, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Mareotes	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
75.0	Retired	Hans-Jochen Jaschke †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Appointed	Daniel Kozelinski Netto	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
43.6	Appointed	Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M.	Superior General of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
66.5	Installed	Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón	Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
9 Oct	86.3	Died	David Every Konstant †	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph (Benny Mathew) Srampickal	Bishop of Great Britain (Syro-Malabar)
11 Oct	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Moacir Aparecido de Freitas	Bishop of Votuporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
68.7	Appointed	Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B.	Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Superior General Emeritus of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard
12 Oct	48.8	Appointed	Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
48.8	Appointed	Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
70.4	Appointed	Augustine Kasujja	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio
13 Oct	77.9	Retired	Leonardo Yuzon Medroso	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	Alberto Sy Uy	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
14 Oct	85.7	Died	Cirilo Reyes Almario †	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
55.6	Installed	Donald Joseph Bolen	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
87.3	Died	John Aloysius Mone †	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Oct	57.6	Succeeded	Józef Górzyński	Archbishop of Warmia, Poland
65.2	Appointed	Dominic Jala, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Nongstoin, India	Archbishop of Shillong, India
63.9	Installed	Goetbé Edmond Djitangar	Archbishop of N’Djaména, Chad
60.7	Appointed	Victor Lyngdoh	Bishop of Jowai, India	Archbishop of Shillong, India
75.0	Retired	Wojciech Ziemba †	Archbishop of Warmia, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Oct	139.6	Canonized	St. Manuel González y García †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
17 Oct	76.6	Died	Rufin Anthony †	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
18 Oct	77.3	Retired	Joseph Kaithathara	Bishop of Gwalior, India	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Thomas Thennatt, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Gwalior, India
19 Oct	49.5	Succeeded	Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
61.8	Installed	Martin David Holley	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	José Moreira de Melo †	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
20 Oct	65.1	Appointed	Giovanni Accolla	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
65.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Giuliano	Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy
75.5	Retired	Vittorio Lupi	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Calogero Marino	Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy
22 Oct	77.8	Died	José Oscar Barahona Castillo †	Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador
54.1	Installed	Moacir Aparecido de Freitas	Bishop of Votuporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48.7	Appointed	Philippe Alain Mbarga	Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon
52.2	Appointed	Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M.	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
52.2	Appointed	Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Batouri, Cameroon	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
76.4	Retired	Antoine Ntalou	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Oct	49.9	Appointed	Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Tarma, Peru	Bishop of Callao, Peru
52.5	Appointed	Louis Corriveau	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
52.5	Appointed	Louis Corriveau	Titular Bishop of Arena	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada
76.8	Retired	Roberto Lückert León †	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
69.5	Appointed	Mariano José Parra Sandoval	Archbishop of Coro, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
66.4	Appointed	Marc Pelchat	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.4	Appointed	Marc Pelchat	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
26 Oct	46.4	Appointed	Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
56.5	Appointed	José Roberto Silva Carvalho	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil
27 Oct	55.1	Appointed	Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
80.7	Died	Anton Novobilský †	Bishop
83.1	Died	Francis Tong Hui †	Bishop Emeritus of Yan’an [Yenan], China	Bishop
28 Oct	77.9	Retired	Pedro Dulay Arigo	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Juan Frausto Pallares	Auxiliary Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
46.2	Appointed	Rupert Ferdinand Carl Thaddäus Antonius Maria Stolberg	Titular Bishop of Sassura	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
53.1	Appointed	Socrates Calamba Mesiona, M.S.P.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
53.1	Appointed	Socrates Calamba Mesiona, M.S.P.	Titular Bishop of Budua	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
29 Oct	76.3	Retired	François Xavier Lê Văn Hồng	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
66.9	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
88.0	Died	Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Comayagua, Honduras
31 Oct	58.1	Appointed	Michael Jude Byrnes †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
67.9	Appointed	Heriberto Cavazos Pérez	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
67.9	Appointed	Heriberto Cavazos Pérez	Titular Bishop of Narona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
66.0	Ceased	Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
64.0	Appointed	Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
75.0	Retired	Francis Kallarakal	Archbishop of Verapoly, India	Archbishop Emeritus
43.1	Appointed	Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
43.1	Appointed	Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México

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