The Year of Our Lord 2013

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 76.1 Retired Brian Heenan Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia Bishop Emeritus

71.8 Resigned William Lee † Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Joseph Spiteri Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire Apostolic Nuncio to México

4 Oct 60.0 Installed Orazio Francesco Piazza Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop of Viterbo, Italy

51.5 Resigned Martin (Stephan) Werlen, O.S.B. Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

5 Oct 50.8 Ordained Bishop José Maria Chaves dos Reis Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil

59.7 Installed Maurizio Gervasoni Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

79.5 Ceased Dionigi Tettamanzi † Apostolic Administrator of Vigevano, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

6 Oct 55.4 Ordained Bishop Francis Duffy Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland

52.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Mattekatt Bishop of Diphu, India

7 Oct 75.0 Retired Robert Fealey Morneau Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Jude Thaddeus Okolo Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

56.8 Appointed Jude Thaddeus Okolo Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

9 Oct 83.0 Died António Baltasar Marcelino † Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal

90.5 Died Maximiano Tuazon Cruz † Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines

58.9 Appointed Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil

10 Oct 59.9 Appointed Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret Archbishop of Besançon, France

57.4 Appointed Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda Bishop of Portugal, Military Bishop of Porto, Portugal

49.2 Ordained Bishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia

53.5 Appointed Santo Marcianò Archbishop of Italy, Military

67.8 Ceased Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

75.6 Retired Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira Bishop of Portugal, Military Bishop Emeritus

78.8 Died Georg Weinhold † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany

11 Oct 45.1 Appointed Andrew Harmon Cozzens Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

45.1 Appointed Andrew Harmon Cozzens Titular Bishop of Bisica Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

69.8 Appointed Tsegaye Keneni Derara Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

69.8 Appointed Tsegaye Keneni Derara Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia

12 Oct 46.5 Appointed Ángel José Macín Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina

54.2 Appointed Ilson de Jesus Montanari Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops

54.2 Appointed Ilson de Jesus Montanari Titular Archbishop of Caput Cilla Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops

13 Oct 144.4 Beatified Bl. Manuel Basulto y Jiménez † Bishop of Jaén, Spain

135.8 Beatified Bl. Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. † Bishop of Lérida, Spain

14 Oct 92.1 Died James Joseph Daly † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

57.8 Ordained Bishop Bernard Taiji Katsuya Bishop of Sapporo, Japan

15 Oct 59.9 Appointed Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C. Bishop of Romblon, Philippines

78.8 Retired Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Secretary of State Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

50.7 Ceased Murray Chatlain Apostolic Administrator of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada

52.1 Appointed Mark Andrew Hagemoen Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

90.4 Died Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier † Bishop Emeritus of Belfort-Montbéliard, France

55.4 Appointed Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

75.9 Retired Mario Paciello Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Pietro Parolin Cardinal, Secretary of State

65.2 Appointed Giovanni Ricchiuti Archbishop (Personal Title) of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

68.6 Appointed Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

17 Oct 55.6 Appointed Raphy Manjaly Bishop of Allahabad, India Archbishop of Agra, India

18 Oct 81.5 Died Alexander James Quinn † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

19 Oct 54.7 Appointed Lucius Hre Kung Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar

70.4 Ceased Nicholas Mang Thang Apostolic Administrator of Hakha, Myanmar Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar

20 Oct 74.7 Died Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique

22 Oct 68.3 Died Théophile Georges Kassab † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

23 Oct 56.5 Appointed Paulo Roberto Beloto Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil

75.2 Died Anthony Joseph Burgess † Bishop Emeritus of Wewak, Papua New Guinea

50.6 Installed Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L. Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

24 Oct 55.4 Ordained Bishop Giampiero Gloder Titular Archbishop of Telde Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

83.8 Died Raymond Mwanyika † Bishop Emeritus of Njombe, Tanzania

58.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich Titular Archbishop of Sulci Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia

25 Oct 64.2 Resigned Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26 Oct 76.3 Retired Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Appointed Aldo Giordano † Titular Archbishop of Tamada Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

59.1 Appointed Aldo Giordano † Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela Apostolic Nuncio to European Union

56.2 Appointed Giovanni Battista Piccioli Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Daule, Ecuador

56.2 Appointed Giovanni Battista Piccioli Titular Bishop of Patara Bishop Emeritus of Daule, Ecuador

58.6 Appointed Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

58.6 Appointed Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler Titular Bishop of Carpi Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

27 Oct 53.1 Ordained Bishop Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France Archbishop of Lille, France

28 Oct 54.8 Ceased Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan

54.8 Succeeded Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan

65.3 Appointed Richard Joseph Gagnon Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

75.1 Retired Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan Bishop Emeritus

94.3 Died Peter Liu Guandong † Bishop Emeritus of Yixian [Yihsien], China

75.4 Retired James Vernon Weisgerber Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

29 Oct 64.0 Appointed Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria

64.0 Appointed Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin Apostolic Administrator of Osogbo, Nigeria Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria

64.5 Appointed Leonard Paul Blair Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus

45.4 Appointed Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador

45.4 Appointed Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Bida Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador

57.9 Appointed Kurt Richard Burnette Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

75.3 Retired Felix Alaba Adeosin Job Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Henry Joseph Mansell Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

30 Oct 50.0 Installed Shelton Joseph Fabre Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

76.6 Retired Anthony Lee Kok Hin Bishop of Miri, Malaysia Bishop Emeritus

71.2 Died Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo † Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela

47.3 Appointed Richard Ng Bishop of Miri, Malaysia

31 Oct 78.0 Died Bruno Bertagna † Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

77.7 Retired Pablo Cedano Cedano † Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.3 Appointed Joseph Gébara Coadjutor Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

76.8 Appointed Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval Apostolic Administrator of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of Barinas, Venezuela

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	76.1	Retired	Brian Heenan	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
71.8	Resigned	William Lee †	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Joseph Spiteri	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire	Apostolic Nuncio to México
4 Oct	60.0	Installed	Orazio Francesco Piazza	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop of Viterbo, Italy
51.5	Resigned	Martin (Stephan) Werlen, O.S.B.	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
5 Oct	50.8	Ordained Bishop	José Maria Chaves dos Reis	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
59.7	Installed	Maurizio Gervasoni	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
79.5	Ceased	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Apostolic Administrator of Vigevano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
6 Oct	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Duffy	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland	Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Mattekatt	Bishop of Diphu, India
7 Oct	75.0	Retired	Robert Fealey Morneau	Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Jude Thaddeus Okolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
56.8	Appointed	Jude Thaddeus Okolo	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
9 Oct	83.0	Died	António Baltasar Marcelino †	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
90.5	Died	Maximiano Tuazon Cruz †	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
58.9	Appointed	Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
10 Oct	59.9	Appointed	Jean-Luc Marie Maurice Louis Bouilleret	Archbishop of Besançon, France
57.4	Appointed	Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda	Bishop of Portugal, Military	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Yohanes Harun Yuwono	Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia	Archbishop of Palembang, Indonesia
53.5	Appointed	Santo Marcianò	Archbishop of Italy, Military
67.8	Ceased	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
75.6	Retired	Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira	Bishop of Portugal, Military	Bishop Emeritus
78.8	Died	Georg Weinhold †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
11 Oct	45.1	Appointed	Andrew Harmon Cozzens	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
45.1	Appointed	Andrew Harmon Cozzens	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
69.8	Appointed	Tsegaye Keneni Derara	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
69.8	Appointed	Tsegaye Keneni Derara	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia
12 Oct	46.5	Appointed	Ángel José Macín	Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina
54.2	Appointed	Ilson de Jesus Montanari	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops	Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops
54.2	Appointed	Ilson de Jesus Montanari	Titular Archbishop of Caput Cilla	Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops
13 Oct	144.4	Beatified	Bl. Manuel Basulto y Jiménez †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
135.8	Beatified	Bl. Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
14 Oct	92.1	Died	James Joseph Daly †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Taiji Katsuya	Bishop of Sapporo, Japan
15 Oct	59.9	Appointed	Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C.	Bishop of Romblon, Philippines
78.8	Retired	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
50.7	Ceased	Murray Chatlain	Apostolic Administrator of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
52.1	Appointed	Mark Andrew Hagemoen	Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
90.4	Died	Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier †	Bishop Emeritus of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
55.4	Appointed	Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
75.9	Retired	Mario Paciello	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Pietro Parolin	Cardinal, Secretary of State
65.2	Appointed	Giovanni Ricchiuti	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
68.6	Appointed	Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.	Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
17 Oct	55.6	Appointed	Raphy Manjaly	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Archbishop of Agra, India
18 Oct	81.5	Died	Alexander James Quinn †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
19 Oct	54.7	Appointed	Lucius Hre Kung	Bishop of Hakha, Myanmar
70.4	Ceased	Nicholas Mang Thang	Apostolic Administrator of Hakha, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
20 Oct	74.7	Died	Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique
22 Oct	68.3	Died	Théophile Georges Kassab †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
23 Oct	56.5	Appointed	Paulo Roberto Beloto	Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
75.2	Died	Anthony Joseph Burgess †	Bishop Emeritus of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
50.6	Installed	Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L.	Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
24 Oct	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Giampiero Gloder	Titular Archbishop of Telde	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
83.8	Died	Raymond Mwanyika †	Bishop Emeritus of Njombe, Tanzania
58.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich	Titular Archbishop of Sulci	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
25 Oct	64.2	Resigned	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct	76.3	Retired	Anastácio Kahango, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Appointed	Aldo Giordano †	Titular Archbishop of Tamada	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
59.1	Appointed	Aldo Giordano †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio to European Union
56.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Piccioli	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Daule, Ecuador
56.2	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Piccioli	Titular Bishop of Patara	Bishop Emeritus of Daule, Ecuador
58.6	Appointed	Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
58.6	Appointed	Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler	Titular Bishop of Carpi	Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
27 Oct	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Laurent Jean Marie Le Boulc’h	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Archbishop of Lille, France
28 Oct	54.8	Ceased	Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria	Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
54.8	Succeeded	Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria	Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan	Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
65.3	Appointed	Richard Joseph Gagnon	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
75.1	Retired	Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus
94.3	Died	Peter Liu Guandong †	Bishop Emeritus of Yixian [Yihsien], China
75.4	Retired	James Vernon Weisgerber	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Oct	64.0	Appointed	Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
64.0	Appointed	Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin	Apostolic Administrator of Osogbo, Nigeria	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
64.5	Appointed	Leonard Paul Blair	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
45.4	Appointed	Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador
45.4	Appointed	Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Bida	Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador
57.9	Appointed	Kurt Richard Burnette	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
75.3	Retired	Felix Alaba Adeosin Job	Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Henry Joseph Mansell	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
30 Oct	50.0	Installed	Shelton Joseph Fabre	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
76.6	Retired	Anthony Lee Kok Hin	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus
71.2	Died	Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo †	Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela
47.3	Appointed	Richard Ng	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
31 Oct	78.0	Died	Bruno Bertagna †	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
77.7	Retired	Pablo Cedano Cedano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.3	Appointed	Joseph Gébara	Coadjutor Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
76.8	Appointed	Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval	Apostolic Administrator of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Barinas, Venezuela

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