The Year of Our Lord 2023

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 70.3 Retired Leo Boccardi Apostolic Nuncio to Japan Apostolic Nuncio

59.7 Installed Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen Bishop of Concordia, Argentina

2 Sep 60.2 Ordained Bishop Michele Di Tolve Titular Bishop of Horrea Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

50.8 Ordained Bishop Kornél Fábry, Comm. l'Emm. Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

84.7 Died Paul Kazuhiro Mori † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

58.6 Appointed Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. Apostolic Administrator of Portugal, Military Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

58.6 Installed Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

3 Sep 58.4 Ordained Bishop Thomas John Kiangio Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania

60.8 Ordained Bishop Martín Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B. Bishop of Lwena, Angola

54.8 Ordained Bishop Luc Terlinden Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

5 Sep 94.6 Died Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

6 Sep 68.5 Ceased Nestor Julao Adalia Apostolic Administrator of Calapan, Philippines Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

49.7 Installed Moises Magpantay Cuevas Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines

8 Sep 61.2 Died Didier Norman Raymond Berthet † Bishop of Saint-Dié, France

54.4 Appointed Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña Bishop of Osorno, Chile

55.0 Appointed Tomás Godrés González González Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

55.0 Appointed Tomás Godrés González González Titular Bishop of Enera Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

70.5 Appointed Zdenko Križić, O.C.D. Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia

64.6 Installed Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

50.4 Appointed František Trstenský Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

9 Sep 61.7 Ordained Bishop Olivier Michel Marie de Cagny Bishop of Évreux, France

63.1 Installed José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

56.4 Installed Sergi Gordo Rodríguez Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

50.4 Ordained Bishop Edouard Isango Nkoyo Titular Bishop of Utimmira Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.8 Ordained Bishop Fernando Ortega Ortega Titular Bishop of Thizica Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

51.3 Ordained Bishop George George Panamthundil Titular Archbishop of Floriana Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan

53.6 Ordained Bishop Mauricio Rueda Beltz Titular Archbishop of Cingoli Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire

66.4 Ordained Bishop Edouard Tsimba Ngoma, C.I.C.M. Titular Bishop of Igilgili Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

58.7 Ordained Bishop Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N. Titular Bishop of Thérouanne Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France

10 Sep 95.8 Died Pierre Trần Thành Chung † Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam

11 Sep 62.7 Appointed Enrique Sánchez Martínez Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

12 Sep 63.5 Appointed Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Baní, Dominican Republic Bishop

51.6 Ordained Priest Magdi Helmy Ibrahim Mansour, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Administrator of Tripoli, Libya

75.2 Retired Raffaello Martinelli Bishop of Frascati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.2 Resigned Victor Emilio Masalles Pere Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Stefano Russo Bishop of Frascati, Italy Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy

13 Sep 88.5 Died Jan Walenty Wieczorek † Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland

14 Sep 82.6 Died Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton † Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

75.0 Retired Bernard Ardura, O. Praem. President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences President Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Marek Andrzej Inglot, S.J. President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

55.0 Appointed Joseph Murphy Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State

70.0 Appointed José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain Archbishop

57.1 Appointed Antonino Spadaro, S.J. Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

15 Sep 61.1 Installed Victor Manuel Fernández Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

61.1 Installed Victor Manuel Fernández President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

61.1 Installed Victor Manuel Fernández President of the International Theological Commission Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

53.3 Appointed Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

53.3 Appointed Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R. Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

16 Sep 60.2 Appointed Guy Boulanger Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada

59.7 Ordained Bishop Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B. Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

75.5 Retired Gilles Lemay Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan

49.3 Appointed Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. Titular Bishop of Mulia Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan

55.0 Installed Gabriel Antonio Mestre Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

17 Sep 66.5 Installed Jean-Louis Marie Balsa Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

59.7 Installed Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B. Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

71.1 Ordained Bishop Hanna Jallouf, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

19 Sep 75.4 Retired Joseph Nathaniel Perry Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.0 Installed Carlo Villano Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy

68.7 Resigned Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

20 Sep 62.9 Appointed Benno Elbs Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz, Liechtenstein Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria

58.0 Appointed Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

58.0 Appointed Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M. Titular Bishop of Cenae Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

75.1 Retired Wolfgang Haas Archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein Archbishop Emeritus

21 Sep 58.2 Appointed Giuseppe Alberti Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

49.7 Appointed Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal

65.0 Appointed Lourdu Anandam Bishop of Sivagangai, India

51.3 Appointed Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique

51.3 Appointed Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C. Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique

53.2 Appointed Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria

66.2 Appointed Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam Archbishop

66.2 Appointed Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân Apostolic Administrator of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam

67.1 Resigned Buenaventura Malayo Famadico Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Jonás Guerrero Corona Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México Bishop Emeritus

61.7 Appointed Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

75.2 Retired Francesco Milito Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Appointed Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara Apostolic Administrator of San Pablo, Philippines Bishop of Pasig, Philippines

22 Sep 55.0 Installed Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela

23 Sep 51.6 Ordained Bishop João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil

75.5 Retired Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P. Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

92.4 Died Víctor Manuel López Forero † Archbishop Emeritus of Bucaramanga, Colombia

54.9 Ceased Rudolf Nyandoro Apostolic Administrator of Gokwe, Zimbabwe Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

49.1 Ordained Bishop Eusebius Jelous Nyathi Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe

48.4 Appointed Antônio Ederaldo de Santana Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

54.0 Installed Carlo Villano Bishop of Ischia, Italy Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy

26 Sep 66.9 Ordained Bishop Albert Matta Bahhuth Titular Bishop of Vadesi Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

76.0 Retired Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

68.0 Ordained Bishop Matthew Gregory Elshoff, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Lamzella Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

45.4 Confirmed Imad Khoshaba Gargees Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran

51.6 Appointed Luis Eduardo González Cedrés Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

58.9 Ordained Bishop Brian Alan Nunes Titular Bishop of Kearney Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

49.3 Ordained Bishop Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

99.6 Died Stanisław Szymecki † Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland

27 Sep 54.9 Appointed Zenildo Lima da Silva Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

54.9 Appointed Zenildo Lima da Silva Titular Bishop of Maraguia Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

82.5 Died Slobodan Štambuk † Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

28 Sep 77.9 Appointed Paul Joseph Bradley Apostolic Administrator of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

60.3 Appointed Jeffrey Marc Monforton Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

60.3 Appointed Jeffrey Marc Monforton Titular Bishop of Centuria Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

56.6 Ordained Bishop Michael (Micae) Phạm Minh Cường Titular Bishop of Cercina Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

53.7 Ordained Bishop Felipe Pulido López Titular Bishop of Buffada Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

29 Sep 54.1 Appointed Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda Bishop of Helsinki, Finland

30 Sep 59.8 Ordained Bishop John Lewis Adams Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand

49.7 Appointed Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal

49.7 Elevated to Cardinal Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal

51.6 Installed João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil

59.7 Appointed Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla Cardinal-Priest of Santa Gemma Galgani Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan

59.7 Elevated to Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan

67.0 Appointed Stephen Brislin Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

67.0 Elevated to Cardinal Stephen Brislin Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

54.8 Appointed François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea Cardinal, Bishop of Ajaccio, France

54.8 Elevated to Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. Cardinal, Bishop of Ajaccio, France

64.1 Appointed Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J. Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

64.1 Elevated to Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J. Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

58.0 Appointed José Cobo Cano Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

58.0 Elevated to Cardinal José Cobo Cano Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

75.4 Ceased John Atcherley Dew Apostolic Administrator of Palmerston North, New Zealand Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand

96.4 Appointed Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. † Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

96.4 Elevated to Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. † Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

63.1 Appointed Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

63.1 Elevated to Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

61.1 Appointed Victor Manuel Fernández Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

61.1 Elevated to Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

71.8 Appointed Sebastian Francis Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

71.8 Elevated to Cardinal Sebastian Francis Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

67.9 Appointed Claudio Gugerotti Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Ambrogio della Massima Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

67.9 Elevated to Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

60.5 Installed Paul Kariuki Njiru Bishop of Wote, Kenya

83.0 Appointed Agostino Marchetto Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

83.0 Elevated to Cardinal Agostino Marchetto Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

60.3 Appointed Anthony Muheria Apostolic Administrator of Embu, Kenya Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya

84.3 Appointed Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez Cardinal-Priest of San Gaetano Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná, Venezuela

84.3 Elevated to Cardinal Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná, Venezuela

77.6 Appointed Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

77.6 Elevated to Cardinal Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

58.4 Appointed Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

58.4 Elevated to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

68.0 Appointed Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Monica Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

68.0 Elevated to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

65.1 Appointed Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. Cardinal-Priest of Santa Bernadette Soubirous Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina

65.1 Elevated to Cardinal Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina

61.5 Appointed Luis José Rueda Aparicio Cardinal-Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

61.5 Elevated to Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

63.3 Appointed Protase Rugambwa Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Montesanto Cardinal, Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

63.3 Elevated to Cardinal Protase Rugambwa Cardinal, Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

59.6 Appointed Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland

59.6 Elevated to Cardinal Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland

56.5 Installed Ronilton Souza de Araújo, S.C.I. Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil

76.6 Appointed Emil Paul Tscherrig Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

76.6 Elevated to Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

90.4 Died Eurico dos Santos Veloso † Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	70.3	Retired	Leo Boccardi	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan	Apostolic Nuncio
59.7	Installed	Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
2 Sep	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Michele Di Tolve	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Kornél Fábry, Comm. l'Emm.	Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
84.7	Died	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
58.6	Appointed	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Portugal, Military	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
58.6	Installed	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
3 Sep	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas John Kiangio	Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Martín Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B.	Bishop of Lwena, Angola
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Luc Terlinden	Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
5 Sep	94.6	Died	Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
6 Sep	68.5	Ceased	Nestor Julao Adalia	Apostolic Administrator of Calapan, Philippines	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
49.7	Installed	Moises Magpantay Cuevas	Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines
8 Sep	61.2	Died	Didier Norman Raymond Berthet †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France
54.4	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
55.0	Appointed	Tomás Godrés González González	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
55.0	Appointed	Tomás Godrés González González	Titular Bishop of Enera	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
70.5	Appointed	Zdenko Križić, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
64.6	Installed	Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
50.4	Appointed	František Trstenský	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
9 Sep	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Olivier Michel Marie de Cagny	Bishop of Évreux, France
63.1	Installed	José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
56.4	Installed	Sergi Gordo Rodríguez	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Edouard Isango Nkoyo	Titular Bishop of Utimmira	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Ortega Ortega	Titular Bishop of Thizica	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
51.3	Ordained Bishop	George George Panamthundil	Titular Archbishop of Floriana	Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Mauricio Rueda Beltz	Titular Archbishop of Cingoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
66.4	Ordained Bishop	Edouard Tsimba Ngoma, C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Igilgili	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N.	Titular Bishop of Thérouanne	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
10 Sep	95.8	Died	Pierre Trần Thành Chung †	Bishop Emeritus of Kontum, Viet Nam
11 Sep	62.7	Appointed	Enrique Sánchez Martínez	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
12 Sep	63.5	Appointed	Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Baní, Dominican Republic	Bishop
51.6	Ordained Priest	Magdi Helmy Ibrahim Mansour, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Administrator of Tripoli, Libya
75.2	Retired	Raffaello Martinelli	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.2	Resigned	Victor Emilio Masalles Pere	Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Stefano Russo	Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
13 Sep	88.5	Died	Jan Walenty Wieczorek †	Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
14 Sep	82.6	Died	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
75.0	Retired	Bernard Ardura, O. Praem.	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences	President Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Marek Andrzej Inglot, S.J.	President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
55.0	Appointed	Joseph Murphy	Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State
70.0	Appointed	José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain	Archbishop
57.1	Appointed	Antonino Spadaro, S.J.	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
15 Sep	61.1	Installed	Victor Manuel Fernández	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
61.1	Installed	Victor Manuel Fernández	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
61.1	Installed	Victor Manuel Fernández	President of the International Theological Commission	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
53.3	Appointed	Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
53.3	Appointed	Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
16 Sep	60.2	Appointed	Guy Boulanger	Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B.	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
75.5	Retired	Gilles Lemay	Bishop of Amos, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan
49.3	Appointed	Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan
55.0	Installed	Gabriel Antonio Mestre	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Sep	66.5	Installed	Jean-Louis Marie Balsa	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
59.7	Installed	Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B.	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
71.1	Ordained Bishop	Hanna Jallouf, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
19 Sep	75.4	Retired	Joseph Nathaniel Perry	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.0	Installed	Carlo Villano	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
68.7	Resigned	Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	62.9	Appointed	Benno Elbs	Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
58.0	Appointed	Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
58.0	Appointed	Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
75.1	Retired	Wolfgang Haas	Archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Sep	58.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Alberti	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
49.7	Appointed	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal
65.0	Appointed	Lourdu Anandam	Bishop of Sivagangai, India
51.3	Appointed	Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, Mozambique	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique
51.3	Appointed	Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique
53.2	Appointed	Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh	Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria
66.2	Appointed	Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân	Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam	Archbishop
66.2	Appointed	Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân	Apostolic Administrator of Ðà Nẵng, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
67.1	Resigned	Buenaventura Malayo Famadico	Bishop of San Pablo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Jonás Guerrero Corona	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Appointed	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
75.2	Retired	Francesco Milito	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara	Apostolic Administrator of San Pablo, Philippines	Bishop of Pasig, Philippines
22 Sep	55.0	Installed	Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz	Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela
23 Sep	51.6	Ordained Bishop	João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
75.5	Retired	Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P.	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
92.4	Died	Víctor Manuel López Forero †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bucaramanga, Colombia
54.9	Ceased	Rudolf Nyandoro	Apostolic Administrator of Gokwe, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Eusebius Jelous Nyathi	Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe
48.4	Appointed	Antônio Ederaldo de Santana	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
54.0	Installed	Carlo Villano	Bishop of Ischia, Italy	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy
26 Sep	66.9	Ordained Bishop	Albert Matta Bahhuth	Titular Bishop of Vadesi	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
76.0	Retired	Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
68.0	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Gregory Elshoff, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
45.4	Confirmed	Imad Khoshaba Gargees	Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran
51.6	Appointed	Luis Eduardo González Cedrés	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Brian Alan Nunes	Titular Bishop of Kearney	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka	Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
99.6	Died	Stanisław Szymecki †	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
27 Sep	54.9	Appointed	Zenildo Lima da Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
54.9	Appointed	Zenildo Lima da Silva	Titular Bishop of Maraguia	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
82.5	Died	Slobodan Štambuk †	Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
28 Sep	77.9	Appointed	Paul Joseph Bradley	Apostolic Administrator of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
60.3	Appointed	Jeffrey Marc Monforton	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
60.3	Appointed	Jeffrey Marc Monforton	Titular Bishop of Centuria	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael (Micae) Phạm Minh Cường	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
53.7	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Pulido López	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
29 Sep	54.1	Appointed	Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland
30 Sep	59.8	Ordained Bishop	John Lewis Adams	Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand
49.7	Appointed	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana	Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal
49.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar	Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal
51.6	Installed	João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
59.7	Appointed	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Gemma Galgani	Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
59.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
67.0	Appointed	Stephen Brislin	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
67.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Stephen Brislin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
54.8	Appointed	François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea	Cardinal, Bishop of Ajaccio, France
54.8	Elevated to Cardinal	François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv.	Cardinal, Bishop of Ajaccio, France
64.1	Appointed	Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
64.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J.	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
58.0	Appointed	José Cobo Cano	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli	Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
58.0	Elevated to Cardinal	José Cobo Cano	Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
75.4	Ceased	John Atcherley Dew	Apostolic Administrator of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand
96.4	Appointed	Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
96.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. †	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
63.1	Appointed	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
63.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
61.1	Appointed	Victor Manuel Fernández	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
61.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Victor Manuel Fernández	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
71.8	Appointed	Sebastian Francis	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae	Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
71.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Sebastian Francis	Cardinal, Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
67.9	Appointed	Claudio Gugerotti	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Ambrogio della Massima	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
67.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Claudio Gugerotti	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
60.5	Installed	Paul Kariuki Njiru	Bishop of Wote, Kenya
83.0	Appointed	Agostino Marchetto	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
83.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Agostino Marchetto	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
60.3	Appointed	Anthony Muheria	Apostolic Administrator of Embu, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
84.3	Appointed	Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez	Cardinal-Priest of San Gaetano	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná, Venezuela
84.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná, Venezuela
77.6	Appointed	Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre	Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
77.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
58.4	Appointed	Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio	Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
58.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
68.0	Appointed	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Monica	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
68.0	Elevated to Cardinal	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
65.1	Appointed	Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J.	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Bernadette Soubirous	Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
65.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
61.5	Appointed	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Cardinal-Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
61.5	Elevated to Cardinal	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
63.3	Appointed	Protase Rugambwa	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Montesanto	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
63.3	Elevated to Cardinal	Protase Rugambwa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
59.6	Appointed	Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
59.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś	Cardinal, Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
56.5	Installed	Ronilton Souza de Araújo, S.C.I.	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
76.6	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
76.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
90.4	Died	Eurico dos Santos Veloso †	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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