The Year of Our Lord 1950

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep Born Oscar Cantoni Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy

Born Francis Ignatius Malone Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

2 Sep Born Emilio Aranguren Echeverria Bishop of Holguín, Cuba

3 Sep 37.8 Ordained Bishop Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Saccaea Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam

60.5 Died Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand

4 Sep 44.4 Appointed Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. † Apostolic Administrator of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

Born René Guay Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

70.6 Appointed Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop-Elect

5 Sep Born Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia † Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala

6 Sep Born Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

Born Peter Rusnák Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia

7 Sep 34.7 Professed Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

8 Sep 21.9 Professed Camille DesRosiers, S.M. † Member of Society of Mary Superior Emeritus of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)

20.5 Professed Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

51.9 Appointed Vincenzo Maria Jacono † Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

51.9 Appointed Vincenzo Maria Jacono † Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

38.2 Appointed João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. † Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil

38.2 Appointed João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Drivastum Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil

48.1 Ordained Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, Zambia

Born Carlos Verzeletti Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil

9 Sep 19.3 Professed Aldo Gerna, F.S.C.J. Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil

18.9 Temporary Vows Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. † Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan

Born Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu Bishop of Minna, Nigeria

10 Sep 58.4 Ordained Bishop Austin Quinn † Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

51.2 Ordained Bishop Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Barica Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay

11 Sep Born David Prescott Talley Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

12 Sep 55.2 Ordained Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig † Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA

13 Sep Born Michael Fabian McCarthy Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia

14 Sep 48.8 Appointed Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † Bishop of Bova, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy

56.7 Ordained Bishop Eric Francis MacKenzie † Titular Bishop of Alba Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

59.4 Ordained Bishop Thomas Francis Markham † Titular Bishop of Acalissus Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

15 Sep 25.7 Solemn Vows Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Titular Bishop of Egara

16 Sep Born Joseph Richard Kopacz Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Born Pedro Vázquez Villalobos Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

18 Sep 63.4 Died Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. † Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

19 Sep 48.5 Ordained Bishop Leo Aloysius Pursley † Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Pisidia Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

Born Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B. Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

21 Sep 42.1 Ordained Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle † Titular Bishop of Bulla Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

47.7 Ordained Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Acmonia Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Václav Malý Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

69.7 Ordained Bishop Patrick Joseph McCormick † Titular Bishop of Atenia Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Born Denis Theurillat Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

22 Sep 37.7 Appointed Frane Franić † Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

37.7 Appointed Frane Franić † Titular Bishop of Agathopolis Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

23 Sep 26.4 Ordained Priest Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia

23.8 Ordained Priest Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo † Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

76.5 Died Edward Patrick Roche † Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

22.8 Ordained Priest Angelo Sodano † Priest of Asti, Italy Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

24 Sep 65.3 Ordained Bishop Marko Alaupović † Titular Bishop of Capitolias Archbishop Emeritus of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Born Samuel Joseph Aquila Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

49.5 Died Patrick Thomas Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. † Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)

51.4 Ordained Bishop Vincent Hanly † Bishop of Elphin, Ireland

47.5 Ordained Bishop Guido Tonetti † Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon Bishop of Cuneo, Italy

24.4 Ordained Priest Antanas Vaičius † Priest of Telšiai, Lithuania Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania

25 Sep 62.4 Appointed Pavao Butorac † Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

26 Sep Born Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay

28 Sep Born Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Sarh, Chad

29 Sep Born Timothy Lawrence Doherty Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA

29.4 Ordained Priest Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Titular Bishop of Rusadus

1 Oct 22.6 Ordained Priest Pietro Bottaccioli † Priest of Gubbio, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27.1 Ordained Priest Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Prefect Emeritus of Tambacounda, Senegal

45.4 Ordained Bishop Anthony Zhou Weidao (Chow Wei-tao), O.F.M. † Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China Bishop Emeritus

37.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Fernando † Titular Bishop of Abitinae Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

40.1 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. † Titular Bishop of Nepte Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe

26.6 Ordained Priest Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia

57.9 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China

43.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi † Bishop of Crema, Italy Bishop of Bergamo, Italy

42.3 Appointed Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. † Apostolic Administrator of Guangzhou [Canton], China Archbishop

42.3 Appointed Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. † Titular Bishop of Elatea Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China

2 Oct Born Philip Edward Wilson † Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia

3 Oct 24.8 Ordained Priest Thomas Francis Little † Priest of Melbourne, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

26.8 Professed Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. † Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

27.6 Ordained Priest Maurice Michael Otunga † Priest of Kisumu, Kenya Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

26.7 Ordained Priest Jean Zoa † Priest of Yaoundé, Cameroon Archbishop

4 Oct 61.7 Appointed Giuseppe Beltrami † Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

63.3 Installed Gioacchino Di Leo † Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

62.7 Ceased Ernesto Ruffini † Apostolic Administrator of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

5 Oct Born Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. Assessor Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

77.1 Died Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles

48.0 Appointed Ángel Hidalgo Ibáñez † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Mariano Vega Mestre † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain

7 Oct 27.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

37.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Albertus Martin † Titular Bishop of Bassiana Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

70.4 Resigned Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

8 Oct 23.8 Ordained Priest Diego Natale Bona † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Saluzzo, Italy

50.9 Ordained Bishop Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Hadriania Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar

45.8 Ordained Bishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear † Titular Bishop of Antaeopolis Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador

22.4 Ordained Priest Edoardo Ricci † Priest of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy

9 Oct Born Gil Antônio Moreira Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

10 Oct Born Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland

Born Domingo Oropesa Lorente Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba

12 Oct Born Wilfredo Pino Estévez Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba

15 Oct 25.3 Ordained Priest José Gabriel Diaz Cueva † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador

27.0 Ordained Priest José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay

43.0 Ordained Bishop Antoine Pierre Khoraiche † Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

55.4 Ordained Bishop Abdallah Nujaim † Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon

17 Oct Born Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France

Born Tommaso Caputo Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy

18 Oct Born Balázs Bábel Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary

41.7 Ordained Bishop Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Balbura Bishop Emeritus of Purwokerto, Indonesia

Born Thomas Gerard Wenski Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

19 Oct Born Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

41.5 Ordained Bishop Paul Leonard Hagarty, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Arba Bishop Emeritus of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles

25.4 Ordained Priest Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin (Kexing) † Priest Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China

20 Oct 67.4 Died Liberato Tosti † Apostolic Nuncio

21 Oct 57.5 Appointed Paolo Babini † Bishop of Forli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

65.9 Resigned Stjepan Mlakić, F.S.C.J. † Prefect of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan Prefect Emeritus

51.1 Installed Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile

22 Oct 22.7 Ordained Priest Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. † Priest of Misioneros de la Natividad de María Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México

22.5 Ordained Priest Decio Lucio Grandoni † Priest of Todi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

52.0 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Maria Jacono † Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

23.7 Ordained Priest Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

23 Oct Born Fidèle Agbatchi Archbishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

75.6 Died Sylvester Patrick Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi and Simla, India

24 Oct 65.0 Appointed Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. † Titular Archbishop of Phasis Archbishop Emeritus of Chongqing [Chungking], China

65.0 Resigned Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. † Archbishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China Archbishop Emeritus

25 Oct Born Horst Eberlein Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany

Born Fernando Arêas Rifan Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

26 Oct 28.0 Ordained Priest Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

27 Oct 38.3 Appointed Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † Prefect of Cape Palmas, Liberia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

Born Florencio Armando Colín Cruz Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México

41.5 Appointed Patrick Joseph Dalton, O.S.A. † Prefect of Yola, Nigeria Bishop of Yola, Nigeria

Appointed Graziano Martínez, C.M. † Prefect of Arauca, Colombia

48.4 Appointed Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. † Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia Prefect Emeritus

28 Oct 26.6 Ordained Priest Gabriel Lee Gab-sou † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

61.6 Appointed Aloisius Joseph Muench † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Fargo, North Dakota, USA Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

28.2 Ordained Priest Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México

29 Oct 29.7 Ordained Priest André Gustave Bossuyt † Priest of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France

48.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. † Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

47.6 Ordained Bishop José María García Lahiguera † Titular Bishop of Zela Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

Born Jacinto Agcaoili Jose Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines

30.8 Ordained Priest Adrian Mung’andu † Priest of Lusaka, Zambia Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

23.5 Ordained Deacon Joseph Ratzinger † Deacon of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

26.0 Ordained Priest Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines

23.6 Ordained Priest José Lamartine Soares † Priest Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

24.3 Ordained Priest Hernando Velásquez Lotero † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia

31 Oct Born László Bíró Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military

Born Leopoldo González González Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep		Born	Oscar Cantoni		Cardinal, Bishop of Como, Italy
	Born	Francis Ignatius Malone		Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
2 Sep		Born	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria		Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
3 Sep	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Saccaea	Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
60.5	Died	Gaétan Pasotti, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Rajaburi, Thailand
4 Sep	44.4	Appointed	Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. †	Apostolic Administrator of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	Born	René Guay		Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
70.6	Appointed	Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
5 Sep		Born	Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia †		Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P.		Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
6 Sep		Born	Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R.		Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada
	Born	Peter Rusnák		Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
7 Sep	34.7	Professed	Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
8 Sep	21.9	Professed	Camille DesRosiers, S.M. †	Member of Society of Mary	Superior Emeritus of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
20.5	Professed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
51.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
51.9	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
38.2	Appointed	João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
38.2	Appointed	João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Prelate Emeritus of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea	Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, Zambia
	Born	Carlos Verzeletti		Bishop of Castanhal, Para, Brazil
9 Sep	19.3	Professed	Aldo Gerna, F.S.C.J.	Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil
18.9	Temporary Vows	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
	Born	Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu		Bishop of Minna, Nigeria
10 Sep	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Austin Quinn †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Barica	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
11 Sep		Born	David Prescott Talley		Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
12 Sep	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Francis Peter Leipzig †	Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA
13 Sep		Born	Michael Fabian McCarthy		Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
14 Sep	48.8	Appointed	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria, Italy
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Eric Francis MacKenzie †	Titular Bishop of Alba	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
59.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Francis Markham †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15 Sep	25.7	Solemn Vows	Paulius Antanas Baltakis, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Titular Bishop of Egara
16 Sep		Born	Joseph Richard Kopacz		Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	Born	Pedro Vázquez Villalobos		Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
18 Sep	63.4	Died	Alcide Giuseppe Marina, C.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
19 Sep	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Leo Aloysius Pursley †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Pisidia	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
	Born	Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B.		Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Sep	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †	Titular Bishop of Bulla	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Bishop Emeritus of Kolwezi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Václav Malý		Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
69.7	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph McCormick †	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	Born	Denis Theurillat		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
22 Sep	37.7	Appointed	Frane Franić †	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
37.7	Appointed	Frane Franić †	Titular Bishop of Agathopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
23 Sep	26.4	Ordained Priest	Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
23.8	Ordained Priest	Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo †	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
76.5	Died	Edward Patrick Roche †	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
22.8	Ordained Priest	Angelo Sodano †	Priest of Asti, Italy	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
24 Sep	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Marko Alaupović †	Titular Bishop of Capitolias	Archbishop Emeritus of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Born	Samuel Joseph Aquila		Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
49.5	Died	Patrick Thomas Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect of Kwangju, Korea (South)
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Hanly †	Bishop of Elphin, Ireland
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Guido Tonetti †	Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy
24.4	Ordained Priest	Antanas Vaičius †	Priest of Telšiai, Lithuania	Bishop Emeritus of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
25 Sep	62.4	Appointed	Pavao Butorac †	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
26 Sep		Born	Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero		Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay
28 Sep		Born	Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.I.		Bishop of Sarh, Chad
29 Sep		Born	Timothy Lawrence Doherty		Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
29.4	Ordained Priest	Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Titular Bishop of Rusadus
1 Oct	22.6	Ordained Priest	Pietro Bottaccioli †	Priest of Gubbio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27.1	Ordained Priest	Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Tambacounda, Senegal
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Zhou Weidao (Chow Wei-tao), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China	Bishop Emeritus
37.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Fernando †	Titular Bishop of Abitinae	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
26.6	Ordained Priest	Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Gregorio Larrañaga Lasa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Piazzi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
42.3	Appointed	Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. †	Apostolic Administrator of Guangzhou [Canton], China	Archbishop
42.3	Appointed	Dominic Tang Yee-ming (Deng Yiming), S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Elatea	Archbishop of Guangzhou [Canton], China
2 Oct		Born	Philip Edward Wilson †		Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
3 Oct	24.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas Francis Little †	Priest of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
26.8	Professed	Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. †	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop Emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27.6	Ordained Priest	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Priest of Kisumu, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
26.7	Ordained Priest	Jean Zoa †	Priest of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Archbishop
4 Oct	61.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
63.3	Installed	Gioacchino Di Leo †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
62.7	Ceased	Ernesto Ruffini †	Apostolic Administrator of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
5 Oct		Born	Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B.		Assessor Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
77.1	Died	Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles
48.0	Appointed	Ángel Hidalgo Ibáñez †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Mariano Vega Mestre †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
7 Oct	27.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Albertus Martin †	Titular Bishop of Bassiana	Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
70.4	Resigned	Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
8 Oct	23.8	Ordained Priest	Diego Natale Bona †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Saluzzo, Italy
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Hadriania	Bishop Emeritus of Kengtung, Myanmar
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Silvio Luis Haro Alvear †	Titular Bishop of Antaeopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador
22.4	Ordained Priest	Edoardo Ricci †	Priest of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy
9 Oct		Born	Gil Antônio Moreira		Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10 Oct		Born	Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba		Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
	Born	Domingo Oropesa Lorente		Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba
12 Oct		Born	Wilfredo Pino Estévez		Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
15 Oct	25.3	Ordained Priest	José Gabriel Diaz Cueva †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
27.0	Ordained Priest	José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Abdallah Nujaim †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
17 Oct		Born	Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
	Born	Tommaso Caputo		Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
18 Oct		Born	Balázs Bábel		Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
41.7	Ordained Bishop	Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Balbura	Bishop Emeritus of Purwokerto, Indonesia
	Born	Thomas Gerard Wenski		Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
19 Oct		Born	Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. †		Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul Leonard Hagarty, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Arba	Bishop Emeritus of Nassau, Bahamas, Antilles
25.4	Ordained Priest	Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin (Kexing) †	Priest	Bishop of Jixian [Weihwei], China
20 Oct	67.4	Died	Liberato Tosti †	Apostolic Nuncio
21 Oct	57.5	Appointed	Paolo Babini †	Bishop of Forli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.		Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
65.9	Resigned	Stjepan Mlakić, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of Bahr el-Gebel, Sudan	Prefect Emeritus
51.1	Installed	Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
22 Oct	22.7	Ordained Priest	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †	Priest of Misioneros de la Natividad de María	Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
22.5	Ordained Priest	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Priest of Todi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
23.7	Ordained Priest	Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil
23 Oct		Born	Fidèle Agbatchi		Archbishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
75.6	Died	Sylvester Patrick Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Delhi and Simla, India
24 Oct	65.0	Appointed	Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Phasis	Archbishop Emeritus of Chongqing [Chungking], China
65.0	Resigned	Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Chongqing [Chungking], China	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Oct		Born	Horst Eberlein		Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany
	Born	Fernando Arêas Rifan		Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 Oct	28.0	Ordained Priest	Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
27 Oct	38.3	Appointed	Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Cape Palmas, Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
	Born	Florencio Armando Colín Cruz		Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México
41.5	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Dalton, O.S.A. †	Prefect of Yola, Nigeria	Bishop of Yola, Nigeria
	Appointed	Graziano Martínez, C.M. †	Prefect of Arauca, Colombia
48.4	Appointed	Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. †	Prefect of Tierradentro, Colombia	Prefect Emeritus
28 Oct	26.6	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Lee Gab-sou †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
61.6	Appointed	Aloisius Joseph Muench †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
28.2	Ordained Priest	Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Prelate Emeritus of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
29 Oct	29.7	Ordained Priest	André Gustave Bossuyt †	Priest of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Prelate of Mission de France o Pontigny, France
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Vittorio Ferro, C.R.S. †	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
47.6	Ordained Bishop	José María García Lahiguera †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	Born	Jacinto Agcaoili Jose		Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
30.8	Ordained Priest	Adrian Mung’andu †	Priest of Lusaka, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
23.5	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Ratzinger †	Deacon of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
26.0	Ordained Priest	Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
23.6	Ordained Priest	José Lamartine Soares †	Priest	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
24.3	Ordained Priest	Hernando Velásquez Lotero †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Facatativá, Colombia
31 Oct		Born	László Bíró		Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military
	Born	Leopoldo González González		Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

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