The Year of Our Lord 2025

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 85.4 Died Alejandro Goić Karmelić † Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

2 Sep 92.6 Died Giuseppe Costanzo † Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

3 Sep 63.9 Installed Mark Steven Rivituso Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA

4 Sep 65.6 Appointed Joseph Ma Yan’en Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou, China

5 Sep 59.9 Ordained Bishop Dave Dean Capucao Prelate of Infanta, Philippines

54.0 Ordained Bishop Simon Peter Engurait Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

57.0 Confirmed Urban Federer, O.S.B. Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

6 Sep 61.4 Succeeded Charles Duval, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

82.0 Died John Raymond Gaydos † Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

92.2 Died Placidus Pei Ronggui (Pei Yonggui), O.C.S.O. † Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Luoyang [Loyang], China

75.0 Retired Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

134.9 Beatified Eduard Profittlich, S.J. † Apostolic Administrator of Estonia

53.3 Appointed Pierre Suon Hangly Apostolic Administrator of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

53.3 Ordained Bishop Pierre Suon Hangly Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

7 Sep 65.4 Installed Santo Marcianò Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

86.1 Died Adalbert Ndzana † Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon

62.4 Ordained Bishop Jean Bernard Claude Pelletier Bishop of Mende, France

8 Sep 58.1 Ordained Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau Titular Bishop of Catrum Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

59.7 Appointed Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I. Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines

75.5 Retired Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I. Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

9 Sep 75.2 Retired Michael Joseph Boulette Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

10 Sep 62.1 Ordained Bishop José Luis Cerra Luna Bishop of Nogales, Sonora, México

71.8 Ceased Ruy Rendón Leal Apostolic Administrator of Nogales, Sonora, México Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

62.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Wang Zhengui Bishop of Zhangjiakou, China

11 Sep 83.0 Died Adriano Bernardini † Apostolic Nuncio

60.2 Installed Shane Anthony Mackinlay Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia

91.8 Died Libardo Ramírez Gómez † Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia

12 Sep 63.3 Appointed Charles Azzopardi Bishop of Gibraltar Bishop-Elect

91.0 Died Eusebius Joseph Beltran † Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

65.6 Installed Joseph Ma Yan’en Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou, China

54.4 Appointed Éric Soviguidi Apostolic Nuncio to Niger Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso

75.7 Retired Carmel Zammit Bishop of Gibraltar Bishop Emeritus

13 Sep 45.7 Ordained Bishop Mariusz Tomasz Dmyterko Titular Bishop of Tzernicus Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland

58.8 Ordained Bishop Gabriel dos Santos Filho Titular Bishop of Altiburus Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

75.7 Retired Jacek Jezierski Bishop of Elbląg, Poland Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Installed José Antonio Satué Huerto Bishop of Málaga, Spain

55.3 Appointed Wojciech Skibicki Bishop of Elbląg, Poland

14 Sep 87.0 Died Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

50.0 Ordained Bishop Janez Kozinc Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia

65.4 Installed Santo Marcianò Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

15 Sep 71.8 Resigned Luc Cyr Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

64.9 Appointed Piero Pioppo Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

64.9 Appointed Piero Pioppo Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

83.5 Died Patrick Percival Power † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia

16 Sep 67.4 Appointed Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin Bishop of Luçon, France

75.3 Retired François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P. Bishop of Luçon, France Bishop Emeritus

67.9 Died Novatus Rugambwa † Apostolic Nuncio

17 Sep 94.7 Died Jacob Thoomkuzhy † Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

18 Sep 65.0 Installed Daniel Elias Garcia Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA

54.7 Ceased James Misko Administrator of Austin, Texas, USA Priest

55.3 Appointed Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq

55.3 Appointed Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq

19 Sep 43.3 Appointed John Kuttiyil Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

43.3 Appointed John Kuttiyil Titular Bishop of Canatha Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

51.3 Appointed Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka Apostolic Administrator of Monterey in California, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

63.4 Appointed Kuriakose Thomas Thadathil Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

63.4 Appointed Kuriakose Thomas Thadathil Titular Bishop of Mariamme Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

20 Sep 79.5 Died Herbert Armstrong Bevard † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA

75.0 Retired Thomas D’Souza Archbishop of Calcutta, India Archbishop Emeritus

63.0 Succeeded Elias Frank Archbishop of Calcutta, India

48.9 Ordained Bishop Andrés Amauri Rosario Henriquez Titular Bishop of Autenti Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

21 Sep 62.8 Appointed Simon Peter Kamomoe Apostolic Administrator of Wote, Kenya Auxiliary Bishop

75.0 Retired Václav Malý Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.2 Ordained Bishop Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana Titular Bishop of Iucundiana Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar

73.7 Ceased Norman King’oo Wambua Apostolic Administrator of Wote, Kenya Bishop of Machakos, Kenya

22 Sep 87.9 Died Edwin Colaço † Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India

98.6 Died Gilberto Pereira Lopes † Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

92.1 Died Ricardo Pido Tancinco † Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines

24 Sep 59.4 Appointed James Francis Checchio Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

51.9 Resigned Ciro Quispe López Prelate of Juli, Peru Prelate Emeritus

25 Sep 58.1 Appointed Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P. Apostolic Administrator of Juli, Peru Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru

94.3 Died Lucian Mureşan † Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

26 Sep 67.7 Appointed Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

67.7 Appointed Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

47.4 Confirmed Ivan Kovač Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops

66.1 Confirmed Ilson de Jesus Montanari Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops

27 Sep 61.4 Installed Paulo Alves Romão Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

68.9 Appointed Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot Apostolic Administrator of Verdun, France Bishop of Metz, France

46.8 Appointed Roberto Campisi Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

70.2 Resigned Jean-Paul Gabriel Émile Gusching Bishop of Verdun, France Bishop Emeritus

108.2 Beatified Bl. Petro Pavlo Oros † Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

62.2 Ordained Bishop Jacek Piotr Tendej, C.M. Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea

66.3 Ceased Bruno Elizeu Versari Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

28 Sep 53.0 Ordained Bishop Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues Titular Bishop of Tisili Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

29 Sep 47.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas Joseph Hennen Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA

30 Sep 58.9 Installed Alberto Sy Uy Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

1 Oct 50.1 Died José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

47.5 Appointed Ihor Rantsya Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian) Bishop-Elect

48.1 Appointed Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández Apostolic Administrator of Yoro, Honduras Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras

2 Oct 100.0 Installed Angelo Acerbi Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

3 Oct 72.9 Installed Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T. Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India

4 Oct 54.0 Appointed Edwin Oracion Panergo Bishop of Boac, Philippines Bishop-Elect

60.8 Installed Andrzej Przybylski Archbishop of Katowice, Poland

73.6 Ceased Marek Szkudło Administrator of Katowice, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

5 Oct 62.7 Installed Domenico Battaglia Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

6 Oct 77.4 Retired Guy Harpigny Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Fabien Lejeusne, A.A. Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Bishop-Elect

51.7 Appointed Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium Bishop-Elect

77.3 Retired Pierre Warin Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 76.8 Appointed Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias Apostolic Administrator of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Appointed Pedro Alexandre Simões Gouveia Fernandes, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal Bishop-Elect

63.2 Appointed Luis Carlos Lerma Martínez Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México Bishop-Elect

84.1 Ceased Bernard Blasius Moras Apostolic Administrator of Mysore, India Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

66.1 Installed Francis Serrao, S.J. Bishop of Mysore, India

9 Oct 94.9 Died Victor Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D. † Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile

66.9 Installed Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Leonardi Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

10 Oct 63.5 Resigned José Antonio Canales Motiño Bishop of Danlí, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Teodoro Gómez Rivera Apostolic Administrator of Danlí, Honduras Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras

11 Oct 60.8 Ordained Bishop Ronald Gerhardus Wilhelmus Cornelissen Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands

53.0 Installed Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

68.3 Installed Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

12 Oct 56.4 Installed José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

13 Oct 90.4 Died Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun † Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria

15 Oct 88.8 Died Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

67.8 Installed Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

67.8 Installed Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops

55.7 Ordained Bishop Ignatius Wu Jianlin Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

16 Oct 61.2 Appointed Sylvain Jean-Luc Bataille, S.J.M.V. Archbishop of Bourges, France

17 Oct 91.6 Died Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia

62.7 Appointed Josef Grünwidl Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria Archbishop-Elect

18 Oct 70.0 Installed Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. Cardinal-Priest of Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

68.6 Installed Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib Cardinal-Priest of San Mauro Abate Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

63.7 Succeeded Selvarajan Dasan Bishop of Neyyattinkara, India

64.3 Ordained Bishop Michel Jean-Paul Guillaud Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop-Elect

55.9 Appointed Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

64.1 Ordained Bishop Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

60.9 Ordained Bishop Pavol Šajgalík, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Slovakia, Military

75.1 Retired Vincent Samuel Bishop of Neyyattinkara, India Bishop Emeritus

55.4 Installed Wojciech Skibicki Bishop of Elbląg, Poland

19 Oct 59.5 Installed Pierre-Antoine Étienne Marie Bozo Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

75.4 Ceased François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P. Apostolic Administrator of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

156.5 Canonized St. Ignatius (Choukrallah) Maloyan, I.C.P.B. † Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey

66.6 Installed Pablo Virgilio Siongco David Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo Cardinal, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines

58.5 Installed Sebastian Vaniyapurackal Archbishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India

20 Oct 86.0 Died Edoardo Menichelli † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

61.3 Appointed Mark William O’Connell Bishop of Albany, New York, USA

77.3 Retired Edward Bernard Scharfenberger Bishop of Albany, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.

25 Oct 49.4 Ceased Antony Prince Panengaden Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India

56.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Lukose Thachaparambath, C.M.I. Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop-Elect

26 Oct 49.4 Installed Antony Prince Panengaden Archbishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India

55.4 Ordained Bishop Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq

28 Oct 66.1 Ceased Robert Alan Kurwicki Administrator of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

56.1 Ordained Bishop Ralph Bernard O’Donnell Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA Bishop-Elect

31 Oct 59.6 Installed Engelberto Polino Sánchez Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	85.4	Died	Alejandro Goić Karmelić †	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
2 Sep	92.6	Died	Giuseppe Costanzo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
3 Sep	63.9	Installed	Mark Steven Rivituso	Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
4 Sep	65.6	Appointed	Joseph Ma Yan’en	Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou, China
5 Sep	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Dave Dean Capucao	Prelate of Infanta, Philippines
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Simon Peter Engurait	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
57.0	Confirmed	Urban Federer, O.S.B.	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
6 Sep	61.4	Succeeded	Charles Duval, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
82.0	Died	John Raymond Gaydos †	Bishop Emeritus of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
92.2	Died	Placidus Pei Ronggui (Pei Yonggui), O.C.S.O. †	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Luoyang [Loyang], China
75.0	Retired	Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
134.9	Beatified	Eduard Profittlich, S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia
53.3	Appointed	Pierre Suon Hangly	Apostolic Administrator of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Suon Hangly	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
7 Sep	65.4	Installed	Santo Marcianò	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
86.1	Died	Adalbert Ndzana †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Bernard Claude Pelletier	Bishop of Mende, France
8 Sep	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Bismarck Chau	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
59.7	Appointed	Charlie Malapitan Inzon, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
75.5	Retired	Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Sep	75.2	Retired	Michael Joseph Boulette	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
10 Sep	62.1	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Cerra Luna	Bishop of Nogales, Sonora, México
71.8	Ceased	Ruy Rendón Leal	Apostolic Administrator of Nogales, Sonora, México	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
62.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Wang Zhengui	Bishop of Zhangjiakou, China
11 Sep	83.0	Died	Adriano Bernardini †	Apostolic Nuncio
60.2	Installed	Shane Anthony Mackinlay	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
91.8	Died	Libardo Ramírez Gómez †	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
12 Sep	63.3	Appointed	Charles Azzopardi	Bishop of Gibraltar	Bishop-Elect
91.0	Died	Eusebius Joseph Beltran †	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
65.6	Installed	Joseph Ma Yan’en	Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou, China
54.4	Appointed	Éric Soviguidi	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
75.7	Retired	Carmel Zammit	Bishop of Gibraltar	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Mariusz Tomasz Dmyterko	Titular Bishop of Tzernicus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel dos Santos Filho	Titular Bishop of Altiburus	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
75.7	Retired	Jacek Jezierski	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Installed	José Antonio Satué Huerto	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
55.3	Appointed	Wojciech Skibicki	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
14 Sep	87.0	Died	Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Janez Kozinc	Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia
65.4	Installed	Santo Marcianò	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
15 Sep	71.8	Resigned	Luc Cyr	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
64.9	Appointed	Piero Pioppo	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
64.9	Appointed	Piero Pioppo	Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
83.5	Died	Patrick Percival Power †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
16 Sep	67.4	Appointed	Renauld Marie François Dupont de Dinechin	Bishop of Luçon, France
75.3	Retired	François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
67.9	Died	Novatus Rugambwa †	Apostolic Nuncio
17 Sep	94.7	Died	Jacob Thoomkuzhy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
18 Sep	65.0	Installed	Daniel Elias Garcia	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA
54.7	Ceased	James Misko	Administrator of Austin, Texas, USA	Priest
55.3	Appointed	Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq
55.3	Appointed	Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski	Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq
19 Sep	43.3	Appointed	John Kuttiyil	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
43.3	Appointed	John Kuttiyil	Titular Bishop of Canatha	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
51.3	Appointed	Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka	Apostolic Administrator of Monterey in California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
63.4	Appointed	Kuriakose Thomas Thadathil	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
63.4	Appointed	Kuriakose Thomas Thadathil	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
20 Sep	79.5	Died	Herbert Armstrong Bevard †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
75.0	Retired	Thomas D’Souza	Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
63.0	Succeeded	Elias Frank	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Andrés Amauri Rosario Henriquez	Titular Bishop of Autenti	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
21 Sep	62.8	Appointed	Simon Peter Kamomoe	Apostolic Administrator of Wote, Kenya	Auxiliary Bishop
75.0	Retired	Václav Malý	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.2	Ordained Bishop	Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana	Titular Bishop of Iucundiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
73.7	Ceased	Norman King’oo Wambua	Apostolic Administrator of Wote, Kenya	Bishop of Machakos, Kenya
22 Sep	87.9	Died	Edwin Colaço †	Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad, India
98.6	Died	Gilberto Pereira Lopes †	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
92.1	Died	Ricardo Pido Tancinco †	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
24 Sep	59.4	Appointed	James Francis Checchio	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
51.9	Resigned	Ciro Quispe López	Prelate of Juli, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
25 Sep	58.1	Appointed	Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P.	Apostolic Administrator of Juli, Peru	Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru
94.3	Died	Lucian Mureşan †	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
26 Sep	67.7	Appointed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
67.7	Appointed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
47.4	Confirmed	Ivan Kovač	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops
66.1	Confirmed	Ilson de Jesus Montanari	Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops
27 Sep	61.4	Installed	Paulo Alves Romão	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
68.9	Appointed	Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot	Apostolic Administrator of Verdun, France	Bishop of Metz, France
46.8	Appointed	Roberto Campisi	Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
70.2	Resigned	Jean-Paul Gabriel Émile Gusching	Bishop of Verdun, France	Bishop Emeritus
108.2	Beatified	Bl. Petro Pavlo Oros †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacek Piotr Tendej, C.M.	Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea
66.3	Ceased	Bruno Elizeu Versari	Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
28 Sep	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues	Titular Bishop of Tisili	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
29 Sep	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Hennen	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA
30 Sep	58.9	Installed	Alberto Sy Uy	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
1 Oct	50.1	Died	José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
47.5	Appointed	Ihor Rantsya	Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian)	Bishop-Elect
48.1	Appointed	Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández	Apostolic Administrator of Yoro, Honduras	Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras
2 Oct	100.0	Installed	Angelo Acerbi	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
3 Oct	72.9	Installed	Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T.	Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
4 Oct	54.0	Appointed	Edwin Oracion Panergo	Bishop of Boac, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
60.8	Installed	Andrzej Przybylski	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland
73.6	Ceased	Marek Szkudło	Administrator of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
5 Oct	62.7	Installed	Domenico Battaglia	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in Agro Laurentino	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
6 Oct	77.4	Retired	Guy Harpigny	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Fabien Lejeusne, A.A.	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop-Elect
51.7	Appointed	Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Bishop-Elect
77.3	Retired	Pierre Warin	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	76.8	Appointed	Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias	Apostolic Administrator of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Appointed	Pedro Alexandre Simões Gouveia Fernandes, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal	Bishop-Elect
63.2	Appointed	Luis Carlos Lerma Martínez	Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop-Elect
84.1	Ceased	Bernard Blasius Moras	Apostolic Administrator of Mysore, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
66.1	Installed	Francis Serrao, S.J.	Bishop of Mysore, India
9 Oct	94.9	Died	Victor Rafael de la Barra Tagle, S.V.D. †	Prelate Emeritus of Illapel, Chile
66.9	Installed	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Leonardi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
10 Oct	63.5	Resigned	José Antonio Canales Motiño	Bishop of Danlí, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Teodoro Gómez Rivera	Apostolic Administrator of Danlí, Honduras	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
11 Oct	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Ronald Gerhardus Wilhelmus Cornelissen	Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands
53.0	Installed	Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
68.3	Installed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
12 Oct	56.4	Installed	José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
13 Oct	90.4	Died	Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun †	Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria
15 Oct	88.8	Died	Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
67.8	Installed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
67.8	Installed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Wu Jianlin	Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
16 Oct	61.2	Appointed	Sylvain Jean-Luc Bataille, S.J.M.V.	Archbishop of Bourges, France
17 Oct	91.6	Died	Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
62.7	Appointed	Josef Grünwidl	Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Archbishop-Elect
18 Oct	70.0	Installed	Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M.	Cardinal-Priest of Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
68.6	Installed	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Cardinal-Priest of San Mauro Abate	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
63.7	Succeeded	Selvarajan Dasan	Bishop of Neyyattinkara, India
64.3	Ordained Bishop	Michel Jean-Paul Guillaud	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop-Elect
55.9	Appointed	Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán	Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
60.9	Ordained Bishop	Pavol Šajgalík, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Slovakia, Military
75.1	Retired	Vincent Samuel	Bishop of Neyyattinkara, India	Bishop Emeritus
55.4	Installed	Wojciech Skibicki	Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
19 Oct	59.5	Installed	Pierre-Antoine Étienne Marie Bozo	Coadjutor Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
75.4	Ceased	François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.	Apostolic Administrator of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
156.5	Canonized	St. Ignatius (Choukrallah) Maloyan, I.C.P.B. †	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Turkey
66.6	Installed	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Cardinal-Priest of Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo	Cardinal, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
58.5	Installed	Sebastian Vaniyapurackal	Archbishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India
20 Oct	86.0	Died	Edoardo Menichelli †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
61.3	Appointed	Mark William O’Connell	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
77.3	Retired	Edward Bernard Scharfenberger	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
25 Oct	49.4	Ceased	Antony Prince Panengaden	Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lukose Thachaparambath, C.M.I.	Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop-Elect
26 Oct	49.4	Installed	Antony Prince Panengaden	Archbishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski	Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq
28 Oct	66.1	Ceased	Robert Alan Kurwicki	Administrator of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Ralph Bernard O’Donnell	Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA	Bishop-Elect
31 Oct	59.6	Installed	Engelberto Polino Sánchez	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México

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