The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 55.0 Installed Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia

2 Sep 74.5 Resigned György-Miklós Jakubínyi Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian) Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

52.1 Appointed Gergely Kovács Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian) Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania

75.9 Died Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

75.6 Retired José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization

88.7 Died Adrianus Johannes Simonis † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

3 Sep 95.0 Died Michael Joseph Cleary, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia

66.3 Installed Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

51.9 Installed Dražen Kutleša Coadjutor Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

77.3 Ceased Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep 75.9 Retired Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Olivier Claude Philippe Marie Leborgne Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

42.9 Appointed Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera Administrator of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala

5 Sep 49.8 Ordained Bishop Charles Peters Barthélus Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

51.5 Ordained Bishop Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil

60.1 Ordained Bishop Alessandro Damiano Coadjutor Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy Archbishop

94.0 Died Marian Franciszek Jaworski † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lviv, Ukraine

47.0 Appointed Rumen Ivanov Stanev Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

47.0 Appointed Rumen Ivanov Stanev Titular Bishop of Simidicca Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

6 Sep 45.6 Installed Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi Bishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq

86.5 Died Paul Chittilapilly † Bishop Emeritus of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India

7 Sep 67.2 Resigned Michel Joseph Mulloy Bishop-Elect of Duluth, Minnesota, USA Priest of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

8 Sep 76.9 Died Joseph Chennoth † Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

55.1 Installed Francesco Massara Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy

77.0 Retired János Pénzes Bishop of Subotica, Serbia Bishop Emeritus

41.6 Appointed Milan Stipić Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia

84.1 Died Benedict To Varpin † Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

63.2 Appointed Alojzije Slavko Večerin † Bishop of Subotica, Serbia

10 Sep 70.2 Appointed Alain Harel Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles

45.6 Appointed Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar Titular Archbishop of Tagritum Patriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq

45.6 Confirmed Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar Patriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq

80.3 Retired Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles Bishop Emeritus

11 Sep 48.9 Appointed Kevin Michael Birmingham † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

48.9 Appointed Kevin Michael Birmingham † Titular Bishop of Dolia Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

59.4 Appointed Jeffrey Scott Grob Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

59.4 Appointed Jeffrey Scott Grob Titular Bishop of Abora Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

63.0 Appointed Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R. Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

63.0 Appointed Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R. Titular Bishop of Munatiana Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

51.9 Appointed Rudolf Nyandoro Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

51.9 Appointed Rudolf Nyandoro Apostolic Administrator of Gokwe, Zimbabwe Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

12 Sep 45.2 Ceased Francisco Agamenilton Damascena Administrator of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil

51.5 Installed Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil

49.0 Ordained Bishop José Amable Durán Tineo Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

52.8 Appointed Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F. Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

70.3 Appointed Fidencio López Plaza Bishop of Querétaro, México

59.4 Installed Marek Mendyk Bishop of Świdnica, Poland

48.0 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. Bishop of Copiapó, Chile

67.8 Died Linus Okok Okwach † Bishop Emeritus of Homa Bay, Kenya

13 Sep 41.1 Ordained Bishop Rami Flaviano Al-Kabalan Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

59.0 Installed Jeová Elias Ferreira Bishop of Goiás, Brazil

14 Sep 46.9 Appointed Georgios Altouvas Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

46.9 Appointed Georgios Altouvas Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

69.9 Died Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

60.0 Installed Edward Charles Malesic Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

48.1 Installed Petar Palić Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

80.0 Retired Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

80.0 Retired Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

15 Sep 79.9 Retired Lorenzo Baldisseri Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus

43.6 Ordained Bishop Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C. Titular Bishop of Lestrona Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania

54.2 Ordained Bishop Jorge Esteban González Titular Bishop of Alesa Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina

63.5 Appointed Mario Grech Cardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops

54.4 Appointed Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov Apostolic Administrator of Nicopoli, Bulgaria Bishop

54.5 Appointed Larry James Kulick Administrator of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop

75.3 Retired Felipe Padilla Cardona Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México Bishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

16 Sep 53.6 Ordained Bishop Ante Jozić Titular Archbishop of Cissa Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia

17 Sep 63.7 Installed Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M. Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA

18 Sep 74.5 Resigned Herbert Armstrong Bevard Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Bishop Emeritus

74.1 Died Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira † Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

72.7 Appointed Wilton Daniel Gregory Apostolic Administrator of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

19 Sep 80.4 Ceased Charles Henry Dufour Apostolic Administrator of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

63.4 Ordained Bishop Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J. Titular Bishop of Fiorentino Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

54.4 Appointed Gianpiero Palmieri Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

54.4 Appointed Gianpiero Palmieri Titular Archbishop of Idassa Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

64.0 Ordained Bishop John Derek Persaud Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

20 Sep 60.9 Ordained Bishop Martin Hayes Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

59.0 Installed Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou Bishop of Nantes, France

21 Sep 56.6 Appointed Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla Apostolic Administrator of Wau, South Sudan Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan

70.2 Resigned Hubert Berenbrinker Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Giovanni Gaspari Apostolic Nuncio to Angola Apostolic Nuncio to Korea

57.2 Appointed Giovanni Gaspari Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe Apostolic Nuncio to Korea

57.2 Appointed Giovanni Gaspari Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima Apostolic Nuncio to Korea

22 Sep 61.8 Ceased Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. Apostolic Administrator of Niigata, Japan Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

46.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D. Bishop of Niigata, Japan

23 Sep 45.2 Appointed Francisco Agamenilton Damascena Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil

55.3 Ordained Bishop Stephen Douglas Parkes Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA

24 Sep 72.3 Resigned Giovanni Angelo Becciu Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballo Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua

86.6 Died Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. † Prelate Emeritus of Itaituba, Para, Brazil

79.1 Died John Joseph Myers † Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

49.4 Ordained Bishop Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México

77.0 Appointed William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Mariannhill, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa

25 Sep 80.0 Retired Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I. Bishop of Pala, Chad Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Jebalamai Susaimanickam Bishop of Sivagangai, India Bishop Emeritus

26 Sep 62.4 Ordained Bishop Adriano Cevolotto Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

67.1 Ordained Bishop Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

61.0 Ordained Bishop Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez Titular Bishop of Magarmel Prelate of Illapel, Chile

27 Sep 56.6 Selected Francis Joseph Cui Qingqi, O.F.M. Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China

47.3 Installed Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop

85.8 Died Mario Luis Bautista Maulión † Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

50.0 Ordained Bishop Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M. Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

28 Sep 60.9 Appointed Charles John Brown Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

29 Sep 65.7 Appointed Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

55.7 Appointed Pedro Alberto Bustamante López Bishop of Sicuani, Peru Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

47.1 Ordained Bishop Francisco Castro Lalupú Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru

73.0 Appointed Kevin Joseph Farrell President of the Pontifical Commission for Confidential Matters Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

75.9 Appointed Juan González Núñez, M.C.C.I. Apostolic Administrator of Awasa, Ethiopia

53.1 Installed Ronald Aldon Hicks Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

62.7 Appointed Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Confidential Matters Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

53.9 Ordained Bishop Karol Kulczycki, S.D.S. Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia

77.6 Ceased Richard Edmund Pates Apostolic Administrator of Joliet in Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA

58.0 Appointed Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. Apostolic Administrator of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

58.0 Installed Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

60.4 Appointed Wojciech Załuski Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia

60.4 Appointed Wojciech Załuski Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia

60.4 Appointed Wojciech Załuski Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia

30 Sep 64.6 Appointed Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh

76.9 Retired Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	55.0	Installed	Percy Lorenzo Galvan Flores	Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
2 Sep	74.5	Resigned	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
52.1	Appointed	Gergely Kovács	Apostolic Administrator of Romania (Armenian)	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
75.9	Died	Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
75.6	Retired	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Evangelization
88.7	Died	Adrianus Johannes Simonis †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
3 Sep	95.0	Died	Michael Joseph Cleary, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia
66.3	Installed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
51.9	Installed	Dražen Kutleša	Coadjutor Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
77.3	Ceased	Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes	Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep	75.9	Retired	Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Olivier Claude Philippe Marie Leborgne	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
42.9	Appointed	Tulio Omar Pérez Rivera	Administrator of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
5 Sep	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles Peters Barthélus	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca	Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil
60.1	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Damiano	Coadjutor Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy	Archbishop
94.0	Died	Marian Franciszek Jaworski †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lviv, Ukraine
47.0	Appointed	Rumen Ivanov Stanev	Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
47.0	Appointed	Rumen Ivanov Stanev	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Auxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
6 Sep	45.6	Installed	Felix (Saeed) Dawood Al Shabi	Bishop of Zākhō (Zaku) (Chaldean), Iraq
86.5	Died	Paul Chittilapilly †	Bishop Emeritus of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India
7 Sep	67.2	Resigned	Michel Joseph Mulloy	Bishop-Elect of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Priest of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
8 Sep	76.9	Died	Joseph Chennoth †	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
55.1	Installed	Francesco Massara	Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
77.0	Retired	János Pénzes	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia	Bishop Emeritus
41.6	Appointed	Milan Stipić	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
84.1	Died	Benedict To Varpin †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
63.2	Appointed	Alojzije Slavko Večerin †	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
10 Sep	70.2	Appointed	Alain Harel	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
45.6	Appointed	Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar	Titular Archbishop of Tagritum	Patriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq
45.6	Confirmed	Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar	Patriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq
80.3	Retired	Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep	48.9	Appointed	Kevin Michael Birmingham †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
48.9	Appointed	Kevin Michael Birmingham †	Titular Bishop of Dolia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
59.4	Appointed	Jeffrey Scott Grob	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
59.4	Appointed	Jeffrey Scott Grob	Titular Bishop of Abora	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
63.0	Appointed	Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
63.0	Appointed	Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R.	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
51.9	Appointed	Rudolf Nyandoro	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
51.9	Appointed	Rudolf Nyandoro	Apostolic Administrator of Gokwe, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
12 Sep	45.2	Ceased	Francisco Agamenilton Damascena	Administrator of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil
51.5	Installed	Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca	Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil
49.0	Ordained Bishop	José Amable Durán Tineo	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
52.8	Appointed	Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F.	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
70.3	Appointed	Fidencio López Plaza	Bishop of Querétaro, México
59.4	Installed	Marek Mendyk	Bishop of Świdnica, Poland
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M.	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
67.8	Died	Linus Okok Okwach †	Bishop Emeritus of Homa Bay, Kenya
13 Sep	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Rami Flaviano Al-Kabalan	Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
59.0	Installed	Jeová Elias Ferreira	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
14 Sep	46.9	Appointed	Georgios Altouvas	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
46.9	Appointed	Georgios Altouvas	Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
69.9	Died	Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
60.0	Installed	Edward Charles Malesic	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
48.1	Installed	Petar Palić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
80.0	Retired	Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
80.0	Retired	Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
15 Sep	79.9	Retired	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops	Cardinal, Secretary General Emeritus
43.6	Ordained Bishop	Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C.	Titular Bishop of Lestrona	Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Esteban González	Titular Bishop of Alesa	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
63.5	Appointed	Mario Grech	Cardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
54.4	Appointed	Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov	Apostolic Administrator of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop
54.5	Appointed	Larry James Kulick	Administrator of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop
75.3	Retired	Felipe Padilla Cardona	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México	Bishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
16 Sep	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Ante Jozić	Titular Archbishop of Cissa	Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia
17 Sep	63.7	Installed	Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M.	Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau, Alaska, USA
18 Sep	74.5	Resigned	Herbert Armstrong Bevard	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Bishop Emeritus
74.1	Died	Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira †	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
72.7	Appointed	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Apostolic Administrator of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
19 Sep	80.4	Ceased	Charles Henry Dufour	Apostolic Administrator of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.	Titular Bishop of Fiorentino	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
54.4	Appointed	Gianpiero Palmieri	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
54.4	Appointed	Gianpiero Palmieri	Titular Archbishop of Idassa	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
64.0	Ordained Bishop	John Derek Persaud	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
20 Sep	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Martin Hayes	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
59.0	Installed	Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou	Bishop of Nantes, France
21 Sep	56.6	Appointed	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Apostolic Administrator of Wau, South Sudan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
70.2	Resigned	Hubert Berenbrinker	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Giovanni Gaspari	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
57.2	Appointed	Giovanni Gaspari	Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
57.2	Appointed	Giovanni Gaspari	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
22 Sep	61.8	Ceased	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Apostolic Administrator of Niigata, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D.	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
23 Sep	45.2	Appointed	Francisco Agamenilton Damascena	Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Douglas Parkes	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
24 Sep	72.3	Resigned	Giovanni Angelo Becciu	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballo	Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua
86.6	Died	Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. †	Prelate Emeritus of Itaituba, Para, Brazil
79.1	Died	John Joseph Myers †	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín	Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
77.0	Appointed	William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Mariannhill, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
25 Sep	80.0	Retired	Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I.	Bishop of Pala, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Jebalamai Susaimanickam	Bishop of Sivagangai, India	Bishop Emeritus
26 Sep	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Adriano Cevolotto	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
67.1	Ordained Bishop	Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez	Titular Bishop of Magarmel	Prelate of Illapel, Chile
27 Sep	56.6	Selected	Francis Joseph Cui Qingqi, O.F.M.	Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China
47.3	Installed	Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
85.8	Died	Mario Luis Bautista Maulión †	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Sep	60.9	Appointed	Charles John Brown	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
29 Sep	65.7	Appointed	Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
55.7	Appointed	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Bishop of Sicuani, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Castro Lalupú	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
73.0	Appointed	Kevin Joseph Farrell	President of the Pontifical Commission for Confidential Matters	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
75.9	Appointed	Juan González Núñez, M.C.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Awasa, Ethiopia
53.1	Installed	Ronald Aldon Hicks	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
62.7	Appointed	Filippo Iannone, O. Carm.	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Confidential Matters	Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Karol Kulczycki, S.D.S.	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
77.6	Ceased	Richard Edmund Pates	Apostolic Administrator of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
58.0	Appointed	Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
58.0	Installed	Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C.	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
60.4	Appointed	Wojciech Załuski	Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia
60.4	Appointed	Wojciech Załuski	Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste	Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia
60.4	Appointed	Wojciech Załuski	Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam	Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia
30 Sep	64.6	Appointed	Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
76.9	Retired	Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C.	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

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