The Year of Our Lord 1956

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 68.2 Ceased Michael Schulien, S.V.D. † Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Priest of Society of the Divine Word

1 Sep 44.8 Succeeded Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Manitoba (Ukrainian), Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

72.0 Died Basil Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M. † Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba (Ukrainian), Canada

Born François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

2 Sep 27.4 Ordained Priest Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia

37.4 Ordained Bishop José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † Titular Bishop of Aradus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

21.0 Solemn Vows Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

5 Sep 49.3 Appointed Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. † Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Livias Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy

76.7 Appointed Jean Delay † Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France

76.7 Retired Jean Delay † Archbishop of Marseille, France Archbishop Emeritus

Born Lawrence Sydney Nicasio † Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

7 Sep Born Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D. Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

8 Sep 23.8 Perpetual Vows Denis Croteau, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada

21.2 Solemn Vows Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic

50.9 Ordained Bishop Francis William Markall, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe

9 Sep 24.9 Perpetual Vows Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. † Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan

51.6 Ordained Bishop David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat, S.D.B. † Bishop of Vellore, India

42.8 Ordained Bishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. † Titular Bishop of Usula Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil

23.0 Ordained Priest Janusz Edmund Zimniak † Priest of Katowice, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

10 Sep Born Giuseppe Giudice Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

11 Sep 48.7 Succeeded John Patrick Cody † Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

75.0 Died Edwin Vincent O’Hara † Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

12 Sep Born Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam

16.9 Professed Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Bouar, Central African Republic

56.0 Ordained Bishop Laurence Alexander Glenn † Titular Bishop of Tuscamia Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

41.4 Ordained Bishop Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia

13 Sep 81.0 Died Edward Myers † Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

14 Sep 42.3 Succeeded Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. † Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

15 Sep 24.7 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Nardin, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy

16 Sep 62.1 Appointed Mariano Rossell y Arellano † Prelate of Esquipulas, Guatemala Archbishop of Guatemala

47.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Osorno, Chile

19 Sep Born Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini Bishop of Guntur, India

Born William Terrence McGrattan Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

20 Sep 43.5 Appointed Stefan László † Titular Bishop of Metellopolis Bishop Emeritus of Eisenstadt, Austria

21 Sep 44.0 Ordained Bishop Elias Mchonde † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

24.5 Ordained Priest Rodolfo Quezada Toruño † Priest of Guatemala Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

22 Sep Born Robert John Byrne, C.O. Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

26.0 Ordained Priest Teodoro de Faria Priest of Funchal, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

28.5 Ordained Priest José Freire de Oliveira Neto † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

50.5 Appointed Manuel Marengo † Bishop of Azul, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Deacon Adrianus Johannes Simonis † Deacon of Rotterdam, Netherlands Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

23 Sep 52.5 Ordained Bishop Dante Battaglierin, S.X. † Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

24 Sep Born Stephen Brislin Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

Born John Zhang Qingtian Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Yixian [Yihsien], China

25 Sep Born Peter Kwaku Atuahene Bishop of Goaso, Ghana

46.8 Resigned Donald Martin Carroll † Bishop-Elect of Rockford, Illinois, USA Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA

79.6 Appointed Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Musti Bishop Emeritus of Cariati, Italy

79.6 Retired Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. † Bishop of Cariati, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Fernando Martín Croxatto Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina

27 Sep Born John "Joy" Alappat Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar), Illinois, USA

81.0 Died Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. † Apostolic Delegate to México

28 Sep 49.8 Appointed Marc-Armand Lallier † Archbishop of Marseille, France Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

29 Sep 20.6 Entered George (Giorgio) Biguzzi, S.X. † Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers Bishop Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone

17.8 Professed Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I. Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique

22.9 Solemn Vows John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain

30 Sep 44.3 Ordained Bishop Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

93.0 Died Daniel Hermida Ortega † Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

1 Oct 54.0 Died Raymond Augustine Kearney † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

2 Oct Born Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot Bishop of Metz, France

58.1 Succeeded Francesco Monaco † Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

3 Oct 51.2 Ordained Bishop Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M. † Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

4 Oct 17.0 Professed Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

Born Paolo Ruffini Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication

Born Pierantonio Tremolada Bishop of Brescia, Italy

5 Oct Born Ángel Luis Ríos Matos Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

6 Oct Born Albert Matta Bahhuth Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

7 Oct Born José Daniel Falla Robles † Bishop of Soacha, Colombia

345.3 Beatified Bl. Benedetto Odescalchi † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

82.8 Died Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop Emeritus of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy

16.8 Professed Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

31.3 Ordained Priest Georges-Firmin Singha † Priest of Fort-Rousset, Congo Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

8 Oct 78.1 Died Filippo Maria Cipriani † Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy

9 Oct 26.2 Ordained Deacon Émile Marcus, P.S.S. Deacon of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

41.6 Ordained Bishop Adolph Marx † Titular Bishop of Citrus Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

26.4 Ordained Deacon Jean Romary † Deacon of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

10 Oct 69.7 Appointed Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus † Titular Bishop of Lysinia Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador

69.7 Resigned Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus † Bishop of Loja, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

50.9 Appointed Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. † Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

24.6 Ordained Priest Anton Schlembach † Priest of Würzburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany

26.5 Ordained Priest Herbé Seijas † Priest Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

84.0 Died Franz Tschann † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Innsbruck, Austria Pro-Vicar Apostolic

11 Oct 57.6 Succeeded William Otterwell Brady † Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

25.7 Ordained Priest Gérard Denis Auguste Defois Priest of Angers, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

43.9 Ordained Bishop Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Fata Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines

52.1 Appointed Arthur Francis Fox † Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Sale, Australia

52.1 Appointed Arthur Francis Fox † Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura Bishop Emeritus of Sale, Australia

55.8 Ordained Bishop John Farmer Healy † Bishop of Gibraltar

45.9 Appointed Loras Thomas Lane † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA

53.7 Appointed Patrick Francis Lyons † Coadjutor Bishop of Sale, Australia Bishop

79.6 Died John Gregory Murray † Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

12 Oct Born Alfonso Carrasco Rouco Bishop of Lugo, Spain

13 Oct Born Joseph Anthony Toal Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain

16 Oct 51.5 Ordained Bishop Francis-Albert Bougon † Bishop of Moulins, France Bishop Emeritus

19.3 Professed Guy Armand Romano, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger

17 Oct 43.9 Installed Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. † Prelate of Bangued, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines

18 Oct 48.0 Installed Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Osorno, Chile

19 Oct 36.3 Appointed William Dunne, S.P.S. † Prefect of Kitui, Kenya Bishop Emeritus of Kitui, Kenya

Appointed Domingo Ros Arraiza, I.E.M.E. † Prefect of Wankie, Zimbabwe Prefect Emeritus

20 Oct 64.4 Appointed João Batista Cavati, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Eucarpia Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

64.4 Resigned João Batista Cavati, C.M. † Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

21 Oct 23.0 Ordained Priest Antonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y. † Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Inírida, Colombia

91.7 Died Eugenio (Juan Bautista) da Carcagente (Soler Rodríguez), O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia

49.5 Ordained Bishop Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Livias Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy

Born Datus Hilarion Lega Bishop of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia

63.7 Succeeded Léon Lommel † Bishop of Luxembourg Bishop Emeritus

70.9 Appointed Fausto Maria Mezza, O.S.B. † Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy Abbot Emeritus

Born Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia

79.5 Died Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. † Bishop of Luxembourg

22 Oct 67.8 Died Walenty Dymek † Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

23 Oct 54.6 Ordained Bishop André-Jacques Marie Joseph Fougerat † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

41.3 Ordained Bishop Stephen John Kocisko † Titular Bishop of Theveste Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

24 Oct 56.1 Ordained Bishop Hubert James Cartwright † Titular Bishop of Neve (Nebo) Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

25 Oct 41.7 Appointed Manuel Menéndez † Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina

41.7 Appointed Manuel Menéndez † Titular Bishop of Diospolis Superior Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina

27 Oct 31.2 Ordained Priest José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México

28 Oct 23.3 Ordained Priest Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

46.7 Ordained Bishop José Bezerra Coutinho † Titular Bishop of Uthina Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

44.6 Ordained Bishop Mario Di Lieto † Titular Bishop of Hirina Bishop Emeritus of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy

50.8 Succeeded Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † Archbishop of Tours, France Archbishop Emeritus

84.0 Died Louis-Joseph Gaillard † Archbishop of Tours, France

30.8 Ordained Priest Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) † Priest Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

24.6 Ordained Priest Rosendo Huesca Pacheco † Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Archbishop Emeritus

49.9 Ordained Bishop Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. † Bishop of Sokodé, Togo Bishop Emeritus

24.1 Ordained Priest Cormac Murphy-O’Connor † Priest of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain

25.3 Ordained Priest Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. † Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar

51.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Streidt † Titular Bishop of Macri Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

30.0 Ordained Priest Szczepan Wesoly † Priest of Katowice, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

29 Oct 43.6 Ordained Bishop Henry Charles Byrne, S.S.C.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Lamia Bishop Emeritus of Iba, Philippines

Born Luigi Ernesto Palletti Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

30 Oct Born Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

75.9 Died Nicolò Frazioli † Bishop of Bosa, Italy

Born Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Same, Tanzania

76.2 Died Jean Nissan † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

Born Tamás Szabó

31 Oct 81.6 Died Cesare Boccoleri † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	68.2	Ceased	Michael Schulien, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
1 Sep	44.8	Succeeded	Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Manitoba (Ukrainian), Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
72.0	Died	Basil Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba (Ukrainian), Canada
	Born	François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo		Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Sep	27.4	Ordained Priest	Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
37.4	Ordained Bishop	José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
21.0	Solemn Vows	Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
5 Sep	49.3	Appointed	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Livias	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
76.7	Appointed	Jean Delay †	Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia	Archbishop Emeritus of Marseille, France
76.7	Retired	Jean Delay †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Lawrence Sydney Nicasio †		Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
7 Sep		Born	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.		Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
8 Sep	23.8	Perpetual Vows	Denis Croteau, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
21.2	Solemn Vows	Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Francis William Markall, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum	Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
9 Sep	24.9	Perpetual Vows	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
51.6	Ordained Bishop	David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Vellore, India
42.8	Ordained Bishop	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Titular Bishop of Usula	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
23.0	Ordained Priest	Janusz Edmund Zimniak †	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
10 Sep		Born	Giuseppe Giudice		Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
11 Sep	48.7	Succeeded	John Patrick Cody †	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
75.0	Died	Edwin Vincent O’Hara †	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
12 Sep		Born	Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri		Bishop of Lạng Sơn et Cao Bằng, Viet Nam
16.9	Professed	Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Bouar, Central African Republic
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Laurence Alexander Glenn †	Titular Bishop of Tuscamia	Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
41.4	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura, Indonesia
13 Sep	81.0	Died	Edward Myers †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
14 Sep	42.3	Succeeded	Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †	Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
15 Sep	24.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Nardin, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy
16 Sep	62.1	Appointed	Mariano Rossell y Arellano †	Prelate of Esquipulas, Guatemala	Archbishop of Guatemala
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
19 Sep		Born	Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini		Bishop of Guntur, India
	Born	William Terrence McGrattan		Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
20 Sep	43.5	Appointed	Stefan László †	Titular Bishop of Metellopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Eisenstadt, Austria
21 Sep	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Elias Mchonde †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
24.5	Ordained Priest	Rodolfo Quezada Toruño †	Priest of Guatemala	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
22 Sep		Born	Robert John Byrne, C.O.		Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
26.0	Ordained Priest	Teodoro de Faria	Priest of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
28.5	Ordained Priest	José Freire de Oliveira Neto †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
50.5	Appointed	Manuel Marengo †	Bishop of Azul, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Deacon	Adrianus Johannes Simonis †	Deacon of Rotterdam, Netherlands	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
23 Sep	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Dante Battaglierin, S.X. †	Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep		Born	Stephen Brislin		Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
	Born	John Zhang Qingtian		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Yixian [Yihsien], China
25 Sep		Born	Peter Kwaku Atuahene		Bishop of Goaso, Ghana
46.8	Resigned	Donald Martin Carroll †	Bishop-Elect of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
79.6	Appointed	Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Musti	Bishop Emeritus of Cariati, Italy
79.6	Retired	Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. †	Bishop of Cariati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Fernando Martín Croxatto		Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina
27 Sep		Born	John "Joy" Alappat		Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago (Syro-Malabar), Illinois, USA
81.0	Died	Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. †	Apostolic Delegate to México
28 Sep	49.8	Appointed	Marc-Armand Lallier †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
29 Sep	20.6	Entered	George (Giorgio) Biguzzi, S.X. †	Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Bishop Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone
17.8	Professed	Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique
22.9	Solemn Vows	John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
30 Sep	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum	Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
93.0	Died	Daniel Hermida Ortega †	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
1 Oct	54.0	Died	Raymond Augustine Kearney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
2 Oct		Born	Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot		Bishop of Metz, France
58.1	Succeeded	Francesco Monaco †	Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
3 Oct	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M. †	Bishop of Shinyanga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	17.0	Professed	Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
	Born	Paolo Ruffini		Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication
	Born	Pierantonio Tremolada		Bishop of Brescia, Italy
5 Oct		Born	Ángel Luis Ríos Matos		Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
6 Oct		Born	Albert Matta Bahhuth		Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
7 Oct		Born	José Daniel Falla Robles †		Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
345.3	Beatified	Bl. Benedetto Odescalchi †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
82.8	Died	Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
16.8	Professed	Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
31.3	Ordained Priest	Georges-Firmin Singha †	Priest of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
8 Oct	78.1	Died	Filippo Maria Cipriani †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
9 Oct	26.2	Ordained Deacon	Émile Marcus, P.S.S.	Deacon of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Adolph Marx †	Titular Bishop of Citrus	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
26.4	Ordained Deacon	Jean Romary †	Deacon of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
10 Oct	69.7	Appointed	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Bishop Emeritus of Loja, Ecuador
69.7	Resigned	Nicanor Roberto Aguirre Baus †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Appointed	Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
24.6	Ordained Priest	Anton Schlembach †	Priest of Würzburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
26.5	Ordained Priest	Herbé Seijas †	Priest	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
84.0	Died	Franz Tschann †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Innsbruck, Austria	Pro-Vicar Apostolic
11 Oct	57.6	Succeeded	William Otterwell Brady †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
25.7	Ordained Priest	Gérard Denis Auguste Defois	Priest of Angers, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Fata	Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
52.1	Appointed	Arthur Francis Fox †	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Sale, Australia
52.1	Appointed	Arthur Francis Fox †	Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura	Bishop Emeritus of Sale, Australia
55.8	Ordained Bishop	John Farmer Healy †	Bishop of Gibraltar
45.9	Appointed	Loras Thomas Lane †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
53.7	Appointed	Patrick Francis Lyons †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sale, Australia	Bishop
79.6	Died	John Gregory Murray †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
12 Oct		Born	Alfonso Carrasco Rouco		Bishop of Lugo, Spain
13 Oct		Born	Joseph Anthony Toal		Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
16 Oct	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis-Albert Bougon †	Bishop of Moulins, France	Bishop Emeritus
19.3	Professed	Guy Armand Romano, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
17 Oct	43.9	Installed	Odilo Etspüler (Etspueler), S.V.D. †	Prelate of Bangued, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Bangued, Philippines
18 Oct	48.0	Installed	Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Osorno, Chile
19 Oct	36.3	Appointed	William Dunne, S.P.S. †	Prefect of Kitui, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Kitui, Kenya
	Appointed	Domingo Ros Arraiza, I.E.M.E. †	Prefect of Wankie, Zimbabwe	Prefect Emeritus
20 Oct	64.4	Appointed	João Batista Cavati, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
64.4	Resigned	João Batista Cavati, C.M. †	Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
21 Oct	23.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y. †	Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Inírida, Colombia
91.7	Died	Eugenio (Juan Bautista) da Carcagente (Soler Rodríguez), O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Livias	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo, Italy
	Born	Datus Hilarion Lega		Bishop of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
63.7	Succeeded	Léon Lommel †	Bishop of Luxembourg	Bishop Emeritus
70.9	Appointed	Fausto Maria Mezza, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	Born	Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C.		Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
79.5	Died	Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Luxembourg
22 Oct	67.8	Died	Walenty Dymek †	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
23 Oct	54.6	Ordained Bishop	André-Jacques Marie Joseph Fougerat †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
41.3	Ordained Bishop	Stephen John Kocisko †	Titular Bishop of Theveste	Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
24 Oct	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Hubert James Cartwright †	Titular Bishop of Neve (Nebo)	Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
25 Oct	41.7	Appointed	Manuel Menéndez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
41.7	Appointed	Manuel Menéndez †	Titular Bishop of Diospolis Superior	Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina
27 Oct	31.2	Ordained Priest	José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
28 Oct	23.3	Ordained Priest	Pedro Aranda Díaz-Muñoz †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
46.7	Ordained Bishop	José Bezerra Coutinho †	Titular Bishop of Uthina	Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Mario Di Lieto †	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Bishop Emeritus of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
50.8	Succeeded	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop Emeritus
84.0	Died	Louis-Joseph Gaillard †	Archbishop of Tours, France
30.8	Ordained Priest	Peter Hou Jingwen (Heoujing Wen) †	Priest	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
24.6	Ordained Priest	Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Archbishop Emeritus
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
24.1	Ordained Priest	Cormac Murphy-O’Connor †	Priest of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
25.3	Ordained Priest	Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Streidt †	Titular Bishop of Macri	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
30.0	Ordained Priest	Szczepan Wesoly †	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
29 Oct	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Henry Charles Byrne, S.S.C.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Lamia	Bishop Emeritus of Iba, Philippines
	Born	Luigi Ernesto Palletti		Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
30 Oct		Born	Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.		Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
75.9	Died	Nicolò Frazioli †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
	Born	Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp.		Bishop of Same, Tanzania
76.2	Died	Jean Nissan †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	Born	Tamás Szabó
31 Oct	81.6	Died	Cesare Boccoleri †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

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