The Year of Our Lord 2026

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 76.7 Retired Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Installed Fabio Baggio, C.S. Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

41.3 Installed Jozef Barlaš Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

80.1 Retired Michael Felix Czerny, S.J. Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

75.2 Retired Maximino Martínez Miranda Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.6 Installed Massimo Ralli Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity

61.4 Installed Lucio Adrian Ruiz Secretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication

58.8 Appointed Louis-Jean Sander Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti

51.7 Installed Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A. Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

2 Sep 74.0 Resigned Heinrich Timmerevers Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany Bishop Emeritus

3 Sep 75.8 Retired Balázs Bábel Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary Archbishop Emeritus

52.8 Appointed Andreas Kutschke Administrator of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany

62.4 Appointed Ferenc Palánki Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary

4 Sep 47.7 Appointed Serhii Kippa, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

47.7 Appointed Serhii Kippa, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Marazanae Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

5 Sep 51.2 Ceased Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez Apostolic Administrator of Jericó, Colombia Bishop of Caldas, Colombia

48.2 Ordained Bishop Vincent Lawrence Mpwaji Titular Bishop of Tacarata Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

59.2 Installed Diego Luis Rendón Urrea Bishop of Jericó, Colombia

7 Sep 90.3 Died Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. † Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria

8 Sep 44.9 Ordained Bishop Andrew Ding Yang Archbishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China

54.3 Appointed Júlio César Gomes Moreira Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil

54.0 Appointed José Paulino Francisco Neto Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop-Elect

49.7 Appointed Gerardo Antonio Vargas Cruz, O.F.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico Coadjutor Bishop-Elect

10 Sep 65.7 Appointed Crispin Barrete Varquez Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines

11 Sep 64.4 Resigned Guido Gallese Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy Bishop Emeritus

74.3 Appointed Luigi Testore Apostolic Administrator of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy Bishop of Acqui, Italy

12 Sep 52.4 Appointed Mario León Dorado, O.M.I. Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco Coadjutor Archbishop-Elect

14 Sep 58.2 Appointed Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. Bishop of Bolivia, Military

77.5 Retired Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C. Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine) Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Liavoncij (Aliaksandr) Tumouski, M.S.U. Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)

15 Sep 76.0 Retired Francis Ignatius Malone Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

67.2 Appointed Robert William Marshall Apostolic Administrator of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

67.2 Appointed Alfonso Raimo Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy

64.3 Appointed Michael Arsenio Saporito Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

16 Sep 63.3 Appointed Michele Di Tolve Bishop of Chioggia, Italy

52.1 Appointed Simone Renna Rector

17 Sep 53.2 Confirmed Antonio (Juan Jesús) Bran Tecun, O.S.B. Oliv. Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

62.8 Appointed Brendan John Cahill Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

73.5 Resigned Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B. Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy Abbot Emeritus

18 Sep 58.3 Appointed Antônio Fontinele de Melo Bishop of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

19 Sep 82.2 Died Abraham Youlios Kackanatt † Bishop Emeritus of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India

65.9 Installed Vitorino José Pereira Soares Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

20 Sep 61.4 Installed Michael Router Bishop of Derry, Ireland

21 Sep 61.4 Appointed Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma Bishop of Querétaro, México

90.0 Died Dadeus Grings † Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

76.3 Retired Fidencio López Plaza Bishop of Querétaro, México Bishop Emeritus

68.7 Appointed Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

76.3 Retired José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Archbishop Emeritus

23 Sep 58.6 Appointed Silvio Pereira Castro Auxiliary Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

58.6 Appointed Silvio Pereira Castro Titular Bishop of Mauriana Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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

24 Sep 131.3 Beatified Fulton John Sheen † Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

29 Sep 63.4 Ordained Bishop Anthony James Corcoran, S.J. Titular Bishop of Aëtus Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan

73.7 Installed Eusebio Ramos Morales Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

1 Oct 46.1 Ordained Bishop Terentiy Vasyl Tsapchuk, O.S.B.M. Titular Bishop of Horaea Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

2 Oct 64.7 Ordained Bishop Thomas Animoottil Titular Bishop of Troyna Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

3 Oct 52.5 Ordained Bishop Bonaventure Bosco Gubazire, M. Afr. Bishop of Kabale, Uganda Bishop-Elect

47.8 Ordained Bishop Serhii Kippa, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Marazanae Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

4 Oct 55.3 Installed Christian Würtz Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

10 Oct 57.4 Ordained Bishop Piotr Pytlowany Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan Bishop-Elect

62.9 Ordained Bishop Johannes Zehe Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hamburg, Germany

11 Oct 56.0 Ceased Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

52.6 Ordained Bishop Eustache Ntambwe Makoyo Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop-Elect

17 Oct 48.0 Ordained Bishop Jean Miguina, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Sarh, Chad Bishop-Elect

19 Oct 59.9 Ordained Bishop Stephen Wei-Jon Wang Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain Bishop-Elect

22 Oct 64.4 Installed Michael Arsenio Saporito Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

59.5 Ceased Jonathan Samuel Toborowsky Administrator of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

24 Oct 67.3 Installed Alfonso Raimo Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy

27 Oct 65.8 Installed Crispin Barrete Varquez Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines

31 Oct 54.0 Ordained Bishop Jean Abou Charouche, S.M.S.P. Titular Bishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)

53.0 Installed Georgios Altouvas Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece

82.3 Ceased Sevastianos Rossolatos Apostolic Administrator of Syros (e Milos), Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

82.3 Ceased Sevastianos Rossolatos Apostolic Administrator of Santorini {Thira}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

82.3 Ceased Sevastianos Rossolatos Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	76.7	Retired	Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M.	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Installed	Fabio Baggio, C.S.	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
41.3	Installed	Jozef Barlaš	Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
80.1	Retired	Michael Felix Czerny, S.J.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Maximino Martínez Miranda	Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.6	Installed	Massimo Ralli	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
61.4	Installed	Lucio Adrian Ruiz	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity	Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication
58.8	Appointed	Louis-Jean Sander	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti
51.7	Installed	Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
2 Sep	74.0	Resigned	Heinrich Timmerevers	Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus
3 Sep	75.8	Retired	Balázs Bábel	Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus
52.8	Appointed	Andreas Kutschke	Administrator of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
62.4	Appointed	Ferenc Palánki	Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
4 Sep	47.7	Appointed	Serhii Kippa, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
47.7	Appointed	Serhii Kippa, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
5 Sep	51.2	Ceased	Juan Fernando Franco Sánchez	Apostolic Administrator of Jericó, Colombia	Bishop of Caldas, Colombia
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Lawrence Mpwaji	Titular Bishop of Tacarata	Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
59.2	Installed	Diego Luis Rendón Urrea	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia
7 Sep	90.3	Died	Joseph Arnaouti, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Damas (Armenian), Syria
8 Sep	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Ding Yang	Archbishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China
54.3	Appointed	Júlio César Gomes Moreira	Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil
54.0	Appointed	José Paulino Francisco Neto	Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
49.7	Appointed	Gerardo Antonio Vargas Cruz, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
10 Sep	65.7	Appointed	Crispin Barrete Varquez	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines
11 Sep	64.4	Resigned	Guido Gallese	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
74.3	Appointed	Luigi Testore	Apostolic Administrator of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop of Acqui, Italy
12 Sep	52.4	Appointed	Mario León Dorado, O.M.I.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco	Coadjutor Archbishop-Elect
14 Sep	58.2	Appointed	Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P.	Bishop of Bolivia, Military
77.5	Retired	Jan Sergiusz Gajek, M.I.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Liavoncij (Aliaksandr) Tumouski, M.S.U.	Apostolic Administrator of Belarus, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)
15 Sep	76.0	Retired	Francis Ignatius Malone	Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
67.2	Appointed	Robert William Marshall	Apostolic Administrator of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
67.2	Appointed	Alfonso Raimo	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
64.3	Appointed	Michael Arsenio Saporito	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
16 Sep	63.3	Appointed	Michele Di Tolve	Bishop of Chioggia, Italy
52.1	Appointed	Simone Renna	Rector
17 Sep	53.2	Confirmed	Antonio (Juan Jesús) Bran Tecun, O.S.B. Oliv.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
62.8	Appointed	Brendan John Cahill	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
73.5	Resigned	Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
18 Sep	58.3	Appointed	Antônio Fontinele de Melo	Bishop of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
19 Sep	82.2	Died	Abraham Youlios Kackanatt †	Bishop Emeritus of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India
65.9	Installed	Vitorino José Pereira Soares	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
20 Sep	61.4	Installed	Michael Router	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
21 Sep	61.4	Appointed	Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma	Bishop of Querétaro, México
90.0	Died	Dadeus Grings †	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
76.3	Retired	Fidencio López Plaza	Bishop of Querétaro, México	Bishop Emeritus
68.7	Appointed	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
76.3	Retired	José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Sep	58.6	Appointed	Silvio Pereira Castro	Auxiliary Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
58.6	Appointed	Silvio Pereira Castro	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
24 Sep	131.3	Beatified	Fulton John Sheen †	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
29 Sep	63.4	Ordained Bishop	Anthony James Corcoran, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Aëtus	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
73.7	Installed	Eusebio Ramos Morales	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
1 Oct	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Terentiy Vasyl Tsapchuk, O.S.B.M.	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
2 Oct	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Animoottil	Titular Bishop of Troyna	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
3 Oct	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Bonaventure Bosco Gubazire, M. Afr.	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda	Bishop-Elect
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Serhii Kippa, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
4 Oct	55.3	Installed	Christian Würtz	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
10 Oct	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Pytlowany	Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan	Bishop-Elect
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Zehe	Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hamburg, Germany
11 Oct	56.0	Ceased	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Eustache Ntambwe Makoyo	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop-Elect
17 Oct	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean Miguina, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Sarh, Chad	Bishop-Elect
19 Oct	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Wei-Jon Wang	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain	Bishop-Elect
22 Oct	64.4	Installed	Michael Arsenio Saporito	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
59.5	Ceased	Jonathan Samuel Toborowsky	Administrator of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
24 Oct	67.3	Installed	Alfonso Raimo	Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
27 Oct	65.8	Installed	Crispin Barrete Varquez	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines
31 Oct	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean Abou Charouche, S.M.S.P.	Titular Bishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
53.0	Installed	Georgios Altouvas	Bishop of Syros (e Milos), Greece
82.3	Ceased	Sevastianos Rossolatos	Apostolic Administrator of Syros (e Milos), Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
82.3	Ceased	Sevastianos Rossolatos	Apostolic Administrator of Santorini {Thira}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
82.3	Ceased	Sevastianos Rossolatos	Apostolic Administrator of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

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