The Year of Our Lord 1949

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 45.6 Appointed Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C. † Superior General of Consolata Missionaries Superior General Emeritus

Born Tadeusz Pikus Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

2 Sep 68.4 Appointed Ettore Felici † Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

4 Sep 27.0 Ordained Priest Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

Born Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México

23.5 Ordained Priest Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina

52.5 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús Martinez Vargas † Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia

Born David Allen Zubik Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

7 Sep 57.3 Died Thomas John Flynn † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

8 Sep 21.1 Professed Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. † Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

22.6 Professed Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland

69.4 Ordained Bishop Jules Lecouvet † Titular Bishop of Scyrus Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

45.9 Installed Carl Joseph Leiprecht † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Emmet Michael Walsh † Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA Bishop

57.5 Appointed Emmet Michael Walsh † Titular Bishop of Rhaedestus Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

9 Sep Born Henry D’Souza Bishop of Bellary, India

10 Sep 61.6 Appointed Johannes Bydolek † Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

61.6 Appointed Johannes Bydolek † Titular Bishop of Limisa Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

Born Maixent Coly † Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal

11 Sep Born Gianfranco De Luca Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy

25.2 Ordained Priest Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay

27.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. † Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

16 Sep Born Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. † Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil

44.2 Succeeded Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

71.5 Died Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

17 Sep Born Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-de-Capistran (Joseph-Antonio-Aimé) Cayer, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Cissi Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria in Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto}

39.1 Ordained Bishop Kajetán Emilián Matoušek † Titular Bishop of Serigene Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

18 Sep 23.2 Ordained Priest Jānis Cakuls † Priest of Riga, Latvia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

20 Sep 53.7 Selected Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. † Coadjutor Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria Abbot

21 Sep 61.6 Ordained Bishop Johannes Bydolek † Titular Bishop of Limisa Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

55.0 Ordained Bishop Josef Freundorfer † Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

45.0 Ordained Bishop Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. † Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China Bishop Emeritus

Born Odilo Pedro Scherer Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil

36.4 Ordained Bishop João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. † Titular Bishop of Derbe Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

43.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Ten Gan-lin (Deng Ji-zhou) † Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China

38.5 Appointed Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. † Prefect of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

22 Sep 53.7 Succeeded Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. † Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

69.8 Died Kassian Haid, O. Cist. † Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

Born Ludwig Schick Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

23 Sep Born Giovanni Paolo Benotto Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

61.2 Appointed Vittorio De Zanche † Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

Born Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. Bishop Emeritus of Isiolo, Kenya

Born Aleksander Kaszkiewicz Bishop Emeritus of Grodno, Belarus

24 Sep Born Anders Arborelius, O.C.D. Cardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden

23.3 Ordained Priest Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson † Priest of Santiago de Chile Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

22.6 Ordained Priest Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

25 Sep 23.0 Ordained Priest Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. † Priest of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus

26 Sep 42.8 Appointed Marc-Armand Lallier † Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

27 Sep Born Alfredo Horacio Zecca † Titular Archbishop of Volsinium

28 Sep Born Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. † Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

29 Sep Born Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria

22.4 Solemn Vows Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

30 Sep 56.5 Died Ricardo Chávez Alcazar † Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia

1 Oct 85.3 Died Peter Emmanuel Amigo † Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

72.3 Died Bl. Nykyta Budka † Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Canada (Ukrainian)

53.7 Confirmed Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. † Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

Born Antony Pappusamy Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

2 Oct 44.4 Ordained Bishop Vladimiro Borić Crnošija, S.D.B. † Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile

53.0 Ordained Bishop Paolo Botto † Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

44.3 Ordained Bishop René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Dura Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

46.1 Ordained Bishop Leo D’Mello † Bishop of Ajmer, India Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India

40.2 Ordained Bishop Isaac Ghattas † Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

49.6 Ordained Bishop Athanase Paul Hindo † Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

53.0 Ordained Bishop Denys Pierre Hindié † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

49.0 Ordained Bishop Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour † Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

3 Oct 68.7 Appointed Albert Levame † Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

4 Oct 57.5 Died Sylvester Philip Wang Tao-nan (Uamtaonan), O.F.M. † Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China

5 Oct Born Douglas Regattieri Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy

6 Oct 25.2 Ordained Priest Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa † Priest of Macau, China Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 48.1 Ordained Bishop Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (Gong Pinmei) † Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

9 Oct 26.2 Ordained Priest Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti † Priest of Córdoba, Argentina Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

50.5 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Choma Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

25.0 Ordained Priest Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones † Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México

29.1 Professed Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. † Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea

10 Oct Born Pedro José Conti Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

74.1 Died Thomas Mary O’Leary † Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

11 Oct 61.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe † Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

52.6 Ordained Bishop Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih † Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China

12 Oct 43.7 Appointed Jesús Enciso Viana † Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

43.7 Appointed Jesús Enciso Viana † Titular Bishop of Elusa Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

50.2 Appointed František Tomášek † Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

50.2 Appointed František Tomášek † Titular Bishop of Butus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

58.4 Appointed Wilhelm Weskamm † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Bishop of Berlin, Germany

58.4 Appointed Wilhelm Weskamm † Titular Bishop of Rhandus Bishop of Berlin, Germany

13 Oct Born Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. Bishop of Ivrea, Italy

Born Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Angola

75.2 Died Michael James O’Doherty † Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

57.5 Succeeded Gabriel Martelino Reyes † Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

50.2 Ordained Bishop František Tomášek † Titular Bishop of Butus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

15 Oct 48.9 Appointed Leo Binz † Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

48.9 Appointed Leo Binz † Titular Archbishop of Silyum Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

46.2 Appointed James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

46.2 Appointed James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † Titular Bishop of Gaza Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

48.0 Appointed Francis Edward Hyland † Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia, USA Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

48.0 Appointed Francis Edward Hyland † Titular Bishop of Gomphi Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

16 Oct 48.7 Ordained Bishop Edwin Pinto, S.J. † Bishop of Ahmedabad, India Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Ordained Bishop André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. † Bishop of Yingkou [Yingkow], China

17 Oct 62.9 Appointed Francis Martin Kelly † Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA

62.9 Resigned Francis Martin Kelly † Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Oct Born José Manuel Lorca Planes Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

41.6 Ordained Bishop Matthias Duan Yinmin (Duan In-min) † Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China

19 Oct Born Stanisław Gądecki Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

20 Oct 56.6 Appointed Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald † Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born James Michael Harvey Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

21 Oct 44.4 Appointed Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel † Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela

42.7 Appointed Juan José Bernal Ortiz † Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela

54.2 Appointed Antonio Ignacio Camargo † Coadjutor Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

33.9 Appointed Crisanto Darío Mata Cova † Bishop of Cumaná, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

60.6 Appointed Aloisius Joseph Muench † Official to Germany Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

22 Oct Born Agustinus Agus Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia

23 Oct 36.9 Appointed Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. † Bishop of Ambato, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

17.9 Professed Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. † Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

Born James Anthony Tamayo Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA

29.9 Ordained Priest Andreas Anicetus Wang Chong Yi † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Guiyang [Kweyang], China

30.1 Ordained Priest Bartholomew Yu Chengti (Chengdi) † Priest of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct 49.7 Appointed Štefan (István) Barnaš † Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

49.7 Appointed Štefan (István) Barnaš † Titular Bishop of Conana Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia

27 Oct Born Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Malindi, Kenya

57.5 Died James Kalacherry (Kalassery) † Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

Born Javier Navarro Rodríguez Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

28 Oct 42.9 Ordained Bishop Marc-Armand Lallier † Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

29 Oct 66.4 Appointed Maurice Feltin † Vicar Apostolic of France, Military Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

30 Oct Born Paul Tschang In-Nam Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

50.7 Ordained Bishop Antoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Cenae Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	45.6	Appointed	Domenico Fiorina, I.M.C. †	Superior General of Consolata Missionaries	Superior General Emeritus
	Born	Tadeusz Pikus		Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland
2 Sep	68.4	Appointed	Ettore Felici †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
4 Sep	27.0	Ordained Priest	Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
	Born	Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.		Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
23.5	Ordained Priest	Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
52.5	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Martinez Vargas †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop Emeritus of Armenia, Colombia
	Born	David Allen Zubik		Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
7 Sep	57.3	Died	Thomas John Flynn †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
8 Sep	21.1	Professed	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
22.6	Professed	Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
69.4	Ordained Bishop	Jules Lecouvet †	Titular Bishop of Scyrus	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
45.9	Installed	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Emmet Michael Walsh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop
57.5	Appointed	Emmet Michael Walsh †	Titular Bishop of Rhaedestus	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
9 Sep		Born	Henry D’Souza		Bishop of Bellary, India
10 Sep	61.6	Appointed	Johannes Bydolek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
61.6	Appointed	Johannes Bydolek †	Titular Bishop of Limisa	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
	Born	Maixent Coly †		Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal
11 Sep		Born	Gianfranco De Luca		Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy
25.2	Ordained Priest	Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
27.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
16 Sep		Born	Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
44.2	Succeeded	Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
71.5	Died	Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
17 Sep		Born	Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R.		Bishop of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-de-Capistran (Joseph-Antonio-Aimé) Cayer, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cissi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alexandria in Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto}
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Kajetán Emilián Matoušek †	Titular Bishop of Serigene	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
18 Sep	23.2	Ordained Priest	Jānis Cakuls †	Priest of Riga, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	53.7	Selected	Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. †	Coadjutor Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria	Abbot
21 Sep	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Bydolek †	Titular Bishop of Limisa	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Josef Freundorfer †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Henri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Odilo Pedro Scherer		Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
36.4	Ordained Bishop	João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. †	Titular Bishop of Derbe	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Ten Gan-lin (Deng Ji-zhou) †	Bishop of Leshan [Kiating], China
38.5	Appointed	Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. †	Prefect of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Lolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Sep	53.7	Succeeded	Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
69.8	Died	Kassian Haid, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
	Born	Ludwig Schick		Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
23 Sep		Born	Giovanni Paolo Benotto		Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
61.2	Appointed	Vittorio De Zanche †	Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
	Born	Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C.		Bishop Emeritus of Isiolo, Kenya
	Born	Aleksander Kaszkiewicz		Bishop Emeritus of Grodno, Belarus
24 Sep		Born	Anders Arborelius, O.C.D.		Cardinal, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
23.3	Ordained Priest	Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson †	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
22.6	Ordained Priest	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
25 Sep	23.0	Ordained Priest	Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. †	Priest of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus
26 Sep	42.8	Appointed	Marc-Armand Lallier †	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
27 Sep		Born	Alfredo Horacio Zecca †		Titular Archbishop of Volsinium
28 Sep		Born	Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. †		Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
29 Sep		Born	Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin		Archbishop of Ibadan, Nigeria
22.4	Solemn Vows	Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
30 Sep	56.5	Died	Ricardo Chávez Alcazar †	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia
1 Oct	85.3	Died	Peter Emmanuel Amigo †	Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
72.3	Died	Bl. Nykyta Budka †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Canada (Ukrainian)
53.7	Confirmed	Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
	Born	Antony Pappusamy		Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
2 Oct	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Vladimiro Borić Crnošija, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Botto †	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
44.3	Ordained Bishop	René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Leo D’Mello †	Bishop of Ajmer, India	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Isaac Ghattas †	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Paul Hindo †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Denys Pierre Hindié †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
3 Oct	68.7	Appointed	Albert Levame †	Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
4 Oct	57.5	Died	Sylvester Philip Wang Tao-nan (Uamtaonan), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
5 Oct		Born	Douglas Regattieri		Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
6 Oct	25.2	Ordained Priest	Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa †	Priest of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (Gong Pinmei) †	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China	Cardinal, Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
9 Oct	26.2	Ordained Priest	Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti †	Priest of Córdoba, Argentina	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
25.0	Ordained Priest	Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones †	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
29.1	Professed	Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
10 Oct		Born	Pedro José Conti		Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
74.1	Died	Thomas Mary O’Leary †	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
11 Oct	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius P’i-Shu-Shih †	Archbishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
12 Oct	43.7	Appointed	Jesús Enciso Viana †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
43.7	Appointed	Jesús Enciso Viana †	Titular Bishop of Elusa	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
50.2	Appointed	František Tomášek †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
50.2	Appointed	František Tomášek †	Titular Bishop of Butus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
58.4	Appointed	Wilhelm Weskamm †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
58.4	Appointed	Wilhelm Weskamm †	Titular Bishop of Rhandus	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
13 Oct		Born	Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O.		Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
	Born	Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop Emeritus of Viana, Angola
75.2	Died	Michael James O’Doherty †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
57.5	Succeeded	Gabriel Martelino Reyes †	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
50.2	Ordained Bishop	František Tomášek †	Titular Bishop of Butus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
15 Oct	48.9	Appointed	Leo Binz †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
48.9	Appointed	Leo Binz †	Titular Archbishop of Silyum	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
46.2	Appointed	James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
46.2	Appointed	James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †	Titular Bishop of Gaza	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
48.0	Appointed	Francis Edward Hyland †	Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
48.0	Appointed	Francis Edward Hyland †	Titular Bishop of Gomphi	Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
16 Oct	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Edwin Pinto, S.J. †	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Ordained Bishop	André-Jean Vérineux, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Yingkou [Yingkow], China
17 Oct	62.9	Appointed	Francis Martin Kelly †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
62.9	Resigned	Francis Martin Kelly †	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Oct		Born	José Manuel Lorca Planes		Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Matthias Duan Yinmin (Duan In-min) †	Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
19 Oct		Born	Stanisław Gądecki		Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
20 Oct	56.6	Appointed	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald †	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	James Michael Harvey		Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
21 Oct	44.4	Appointed	Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †	Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
42.7	Appointed	Juan José Bernal Ortiz †	Bishop of Guayana, Venezuela	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
54.2	Appointed	Antonio Ignacio Camargo †	Coadjutor Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
33.9	Appointed	Crisanto Darío Mata Cova †	Bishop of Cumaná, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
60.6	Appointed	Aloisius Joseph Muench †	Official to Germany	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
22 Oct		Born	Agustinus Agus		Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
23 Oct	36.9	Appointed	Bernardino Carlos Guillermo Honorato Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Ambato, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
17.9	Professed	Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. †	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
	Born	James Anthony Tamayo		Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA
29.9	Ordained Priest	Andreas Anicetus Wang Chong Yi †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Guiyang [Kweyang], China
30.1	Ordained Priest	Bartholomew Yu Chengti (Chengdi) †	Priest of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	49.7	Appointed	Štefan (István) Barnaš †	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
49.7	Appointed	Štefan (István) Barnaš †	Titular Bishop of Conana	Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
27 Oct		Born	Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. †		Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
57.5	Died	James Kalacherry (Kalassery) †	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
	Born	Javier Navarro Rodríguez		Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
28 Oct	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Marc-Armand Lallier †	Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
29 Oct	66.4	Appointed	Maurice Feltin †	Vicar Apostolic of France, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
30 Oct		Born	Paul Tschang In-Nam		Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

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