The Year of Our Lord 1969

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Oct 58.4 Ordained Bishop Petro Kozak, C.Ss.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

1 Oct 21.7 Professed Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions Bishop Emeritus of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Born Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic

21.8 First Vows Adel Zaky, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

2 Oct 41.6 Appointed Joakim Herbut † Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia

54.7 Installed Paul Francis Leibold † Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

25.4 Perpetual Vows Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. † Member of Consolata Missionaries Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique

49.6 Appointed Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

49.6 Appointed Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Libertina Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

51.2 Appointed Nikë Prela † Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Appointed Nikë Prela † Titular Bishop of Rufiniana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia

36.5 Appointed Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.Ss.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

36.5 Appointed Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles

3 Oct 41.1 Appointed Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † Prefect of Fort Johnston, Malawi Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi

79.9 Appointed Umberto Malchiodi † Titular Archbishop of Astigi Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

79.9 Retired Umberto Malchiodi † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil

4 Oct 53.4 Ordained Bishop Alejo Benedicto Gilligan † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

30.7 Ordained Priest Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique

47.7 Appointed Enrico Manfredini † Bishop of Piacenza, Italy Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

59.3 Appointed Antonio Poma † President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

5 Oct 25.3 Ordained Priest Stephen Athipozhiyil † Priest of Alleppey, India Bishop Emeritus

39.6 Installed Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki † Bishop of Hoima, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Peña, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna Prelate Emeritus of Alto Sinú, Colombia

6 Oct 55.1 Appointed Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Joseph Lloyd Hogan † Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

81.9 Died John Andrew O’Shea, C.M. † Bishop of Ganzhou [Kanchow], China

74.4 Appointed Fulton John Sheen † Titular Archbishop of Neoportus Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

74.4 Retired Fulton John Sheen † Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct Born Robert Józef Chrząszcz Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

8 Oct Born Cyrille Ikomba Mankelele Mambi Apostolic Administrator of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

9 Oct 65.2 Died Matthew Kavukattu † Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

62.1 Selected Eduard Macheiner † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

10 Oct 42.7 Selected Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

77.4 Retired Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre † Archbishop of Bourges, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Born Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar

61.4 Succeeded Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Archbishop of Bourges, France Archbishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Peter Stephan Zurbriggen † Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland Apostolic Nuncio

12 Oct 41.7 Ordained Bishop Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte † Titular Bishop of Sicilibba Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles

55.7 Ordained Bishop Karl Moser † Titular Bishop of Absorus Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

13 Oct 42.3 Appointed Hugh Lindsay † Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

42.3 Appointed Hugh Lindsay † Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

14 Oct Born Vasile Bizău Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania

15 Oct Born Rayarala Vijay Kumar, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Srikakulam, India

Born Vinzenz (Rudolf) Wohlwend, O. Cist. Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

16 Oct 53.7 Ordained Bishop Leo Joseph Brust † Titular Bishop of Suelli Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

17 Oct 41.7 Appointed Guy Bélanger † Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

18 Oct 98.1 Died John Bernard MacGinley † Bishop Emeritus of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA

62.1 Confirmed Eduard Macheiner † Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

19 Oct Born Adelar Baruffi Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

Born Fadi Abou Chebel, O.M.M. Apostolic Exarch of Colombia (Maronite)

20 Oct 64.4 Appointed Stephen Aloysius Leven † Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed George Edward Lynch † Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Appointed George Edward Lynch † Titular Bishop of Satafi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Born David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P. Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles

88.2 Died Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B. † Prelate Emeritus of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

58.8 Appointed Jan Zareba † Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

21 Oct 44.7 Appointed Manuel Sandalo Salvador † Bishop of Palo, Philippines Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

22 Oct Born Severo Cagátan Caérmare Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines

Born Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23 Oct 21.4 Professed Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

38.8 Appointed Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde † Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania

24 Oct Born Germano Penemote Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan

25 Oct 33.0 Ordained Priest Lucas Kerketta, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur, India

26 Oct 63.4 Installed Jorge Carlos Carreras † Bishop of San Justo, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

45.5 Ordained Bishop Alois Wagner † Titular Bishop of Siccenna Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

27 Oct Born Jean-Luc Gérard Garin Bishop of Saint-Claude, France

28 Oct 50.7 Appointed Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa) † Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

86.5 Died Louis (Luigi) Centoz † Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

42.4 Appointed Hubert Luthe † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

42.4 Appointed Hubert Luthe † Titular Bishop of Egabro Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

Born Valentinus Saeng, C.P. Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia

68.5 Died Francis Joseph Schenk † Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA

51.9 Installed Ignatius Jerome Strecker † Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA Archbishop Emeritus

26.3 Ordained Priest Abraham Viruthakulangara † Priest Archbishop of Nagpur, India

29 Oct 53.8 Installed Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe † Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct 56.3 Selected Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. † Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

55.1 Ordained Bishop Harold Joseph Dimmerling † Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

31 Oct 76.8 Appointed Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Valliposita Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India

76.8 Retired Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. † Bishop of Krishnagar, India Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Died Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes † Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua

55.8 Appointed Joseph Elias Tawil † Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek) Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Oct	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Petro Kozak, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1 Oct	21.7	Professed	Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.	Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	Born	Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán		Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic
21.8	First Vows	Adel Zaky, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
2 Oct	41.6	Appointed	Joakim Herbut †	Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia	Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
54.7	Installed	Paul Francis Leibold †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
25.4	Perpetual Vows	Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. †	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique
49.6	Appointed	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
49.6	Appointed	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Libertina	Bishop Emeritus of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
51.2	Appointed	Nikë Prela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Appointed	Nikë Prela †	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia
36.5	Appointed	Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.Ss.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
36.5	Appointed	Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
3 Oct	41.1	Appointed	Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †	Prefect of Fort Johnston, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
79.9	Appointed	Umberto Malchiodi †	Titular Archbishop of Astigi	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
79.9	Retired	Umberto Malchiodi †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira		Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
4 Oct	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Alejo Benedicto Gilligan †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
30.7	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique
47.7	Appointed	Enrico Manfredini †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
59.3	Appointed	Antonio Poma †	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
5 Oct	25.3	Ordained Priest	Stephen Athipozhiyil †	Priest of Alleppey, India	Bishop Emeritus
39.6	Installed	Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki †	Bishop of Hoima, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Sánchez Peña, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Sinú, Colombia
6 Oct	55.1	Appointed	Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Joseph Lloyd Hogan †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
81.9	Died	John Andrew O’Shea, C.M. †	Bishop of Ganzhou [Kanchow], China
74.4	Appointed	Fulton John Sheen †	Titular Archbishop of Neoportus	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
74.4	Retired	Fulton John Sheen †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct		Born	Robert Józef Chrząszcz		Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
8 Oct		Born	Cyrille Ikomba Mankelele Mambi		Apostolic Administrator of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Oct	65.2	Died	Matthew Kavukattu †	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
62.1	Selected	Eduard Macheiner †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
10 Oct	42.7	Selected	Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
77.4	Retired	Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona		Bishop of Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
61.4	Succeeded	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †	Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio
12 Oct	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte †	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba	Archbishop Emeritus of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Karl Moser †	Titular Bishop of Absorus	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
13 Oct	42.3	Appointed	Hugh Lindsay †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
42.3	Appointed	Hugh Lindsay †	Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
14 Oct		Born	Vasile Bizău		Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
15 Oct		Born	Rayarala Vijay Kumar, P.I.M.E.		Bishop of Srikakulam, India
	Born	Vinzenz (Rudolf) Wohlwend, O. Cist.		Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
16 Oct	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Leo Joseph Brust †	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 Oct	41.7	Appointed	Guy Bélanger †	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
18 Oct	98.1	Died	John Bernard MacGinley †	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA
62.1	Confirmed	Eduard Macheiner †	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
19 Oct		Born	Adelar Baruffi		Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
	Born	Fadi Abou Chebel, O.M.M.		Apostolic Exarch of Colombia (Maronite)
20 Oct	64.4	Appointed	Stephen Aloysius Leven †	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	George Edward Lynch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Appointed	George Edward Lynch †	Titular Bishop of Satafi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
	Born	David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P.		Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre), Martinique, Antilles
88.2	Died	Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B. †	Prelate Emeritus of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
58.8	Appointed	Jan Zareba †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
21 Oct	44.7	Appointed	Manuel Sandalo Salvador †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
22 Oct		Born	Severo Cagátan Caérmare		Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines
	Born	Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda		Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Oct	21.4	Professed	Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
38.8	Appointed	Mario Epifanio Abdallah Mgulunde †	Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania	Archbishop of Tabora, Tanzania
24 Oct		Born	Germano Penemote		Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
25 Oct	33.0	Ordained Priest	Lucas Kerketta, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur, India
26 Oct	63.4	Installed	Jorge Carlos Carreras †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Alois Wagner †	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
27 Oct		Born	Jean-Luc Gérard Garin		Bishop of Saint-Claude, France
28 Oct	50.7	Appointed	Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa) †	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
86.5	Died	Louis (Luigi) Centoz †	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
42.4	Appointed	Hubert Luthe †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
42.4	Appointed	Hubert Luthe †	Titular Bishop of Egabro	Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
	Born	Valentinus Saeng, C.P.		Bishop of Sanggau, Indonesia
68.5	Died	Francis Joseph Schenk †	Bishop Emeritus of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
51.9	Installed	Ignatius Jerome Strecker †	Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
26.3	Ordained Priest	Abraham Viruthakulangara †	Priest	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
29 Oct	53.8	Installed	Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe †	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	56.3	Selected	Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Harold Joseph Dimmerling †	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
31 Oct	76.8	Appointed	Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
76.8	Retired	Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Krishnagar, India	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Died	Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes †	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
55.8	Appointed	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek)	Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

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