The Year of Our Lord 1961

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 21.2 Professed Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

52.5 Appointed Raffaele Pellecchia † Bishop of Alife, Italy Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy

2 Sep 16.5 Professed Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

3 Sep 49.3 Ordained Bishop Josip Arnerić † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia Bishop Emeritus

27.1 Ordained Priest Jean Marie Julien Balland † Priest of Bourges, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

25.9 Ordained Priest Stanislas Kaburungu Priest of Ngozi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

45.7 Ordained Bishop Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

41.5 Ordained Bishop Vicente Faustino Zazpe † Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

4 Sep 74.8 Died Isidore Fattal † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

63.78 Born Mark Andrew Hagemoen Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

48.6 Appointed Domenico Picchinenna † Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

18.6 Professed Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru

6 Sep 62.3 Appointed René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. † Titular Archbishop of Misthia Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon

62.3 Resigned René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus

33.6 Ordained Priest Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar

7 Sep 24.3 Perpetual Vows Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA

8 Sep 68.4 Appointed Jozef Willem Maria Baeten † Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands

68.4 Resigned Jozef Willem Maria Baeten † Bishop of Breda, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

21.7 Solemn Vows Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. † Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Yokadouma, Cameroon

30.0 Ordained Priest Felix Eugenio Mkhori † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

26.2 Ordained Priest Blasius Pujoraharja Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ketapang, Indonesia

39.6 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México

9 Sep 63.76 Born Pietro Lagnese Archbishop of Capua, Italy

24.5 Perpetual Vows Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. † Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan

10 Sep 41.6 Ordained Bishop Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B. † Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

42.3 Appointed Jerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. † Prelate of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

11 Sep 41.6 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi † Bishop of Astrida, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda

63.76 Born Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou Bishop of Nantes, France

53.0 Appointed Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy

53.0 Appointed Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Cana Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy

48.3 Appointed Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. † Bishop of Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

37.6 Appointed Jean Zoa † Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

12 Sep 63.76 Born José Benedito Cardoso Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

63.76 Born José Valdeci Santos Mendes Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil

14 Sep 63.75 Born Marc Michel Beaumont Bishop of Moulins, France

15 Sep 63.75 Born John Kim Son-Tae Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)

63.75 Born Damián Gustavo Nannini Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

16 Sep 63.75 Born Barthol Barretto Bishop of Nashik, India

17 Sep 43.3 Ordained Bishop Alberto Devoto † Bishop of Goya, Argentina

24.3 Ordained Priest Lluís Martínez Sistach Priest of Barcelona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

18 Sep 63.74 Born Giancarlo Dellagiovanna Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso

48.9 Appointed Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud † Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

74.9 Died Souleyman Sayegh † Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

20 Sep 68.6 Selected Paul Achkar † Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

17.5 Temporary Vows Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy

51.9 Appointed Antonius Hofmann † Coadjutor Bishop of Passau, Germany Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Antonius Hofmann † Titular Bishop of Berenice Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany

63.73 Born Mark Steven Rivituso Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

21 Sep 36.8 Ordained Bishop Román Arrieta Villalobos † Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica

63.73 Born Fabio Ciollaro Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy

39.1 Ordained Bishop Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. † Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

40.4 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Limata Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

41.4 Ordained Bishop Luis Mena Arroyo † Titular Bishop of Danaba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

41.6 Ordained Bishop Paulo José Tavares † Bishop of Macau, China

22 Sep 63.73 Born Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

27.4 Professed Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil

23 Sep 49.1 Installed Guillermo Bolatti † Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina

88.0 Died John William Campling, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda

28.5 Ordained Deacon Edward Peter Cullen † Deacon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

48.3 Appointed Walter William Curtis † Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

25.8 Ordained Deacon John Patrick Foley † Deacon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

63.73 Born Gintaras Linas Grušas Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

63.73 Born Linus Pingal Ekka Bishop of Gumla, India

24 Sep 35.3 Ordained Bishop Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos † Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

40.0 Ordained Bishop Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. † Bishop of Orán, Argentina

24.8 Ordained Deacon Ernesto Antolin Salgado Deacon of Nueva Segovia, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

25 Sep 51.3 Appointed Opilio Rossi † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

27 Sep 63.5 Installed Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Coadjutor Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

30 Sep 52.9 Installed Carlos María Cafferata † Bishop of San Luis, Argentina

31.2 Ordained Priest Franco Croci † Priest of Crema, Italy Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

48.0 Installed Julius August Döpfner † Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

63.71 Born François Achille Eyabi Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon

87.0 Died Michael Memelauer † Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	21.2	Professed	Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
52.5	Appointed	Raffaele Pellecchia †	Bishop of Alife, Italy	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
2 Sep	16.5	Professed	Julio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
3 Sep	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Josip Arnerić †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
27.1	Ordained Priest	Jean Marie Julien Balland †	Priest of Bourges, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
25.9	Ordained Priest	Stanislas Kaburungu	Priest of Ngozi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Faustino Zazpe †	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina	Archbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
4 Sep	74.8	Died	Isidore Fattal †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
63.78	Born	Mark Andrew Hagemoen		Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
48.6	Appointed	Domenico Picchinenna †	Archbishop of Cosenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
18.6	Professed	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru
6 Sep	62.3	Appointed	René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Misthia	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
62.3	Resigned	René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
33.6	Ordained Priest	Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
7 Sep	24.3	Perpetual Vows	Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA
8 Sep	68.4	Appointed	Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †	Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
68.4	Resigned	Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
21.7	Solemn Vows	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Yokadouma, Cameroon
30.0	Ordained Priest	Felix Eugenio Mkhori †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
26.2	Ordained Priest	Blasius Pujoraharja	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ketapang, Indonesia
39.6	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra	Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
9 Sep	63.76	Born	Pietro Lagnese		Archbishop of Capua, Italy
24.5	Perpetual Vows	Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan
10 Sep	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
42.3	Appointed	Jerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. †	Prelate of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
11 Sep	41.6	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †	Bishop of Astrida, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda
63.76	Born	Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou		Bishop of Nantes, France
53.0	Appointed	Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
53.0	Appointed	Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cana	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy
48.3	Appointed	Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
37.6	Appointed	Jean Zoa †	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
12 Sep	63.76	Born	José Benedito Cardoso		Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
63.76	Born	José Valdeci Santos Mendes		Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil
14 Sep	63.75	Born	Marc Michel Beaumont		Bishop of Moulins, France
15 Sep	63.75	Born	John Kim Son-Tae		Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)
63.75	Born	Damián Gustavo Nannini		Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
16 Sep	63.75	Born	Barthol Barretto		Bishop of Nashik, India
17 Sep	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Devoto †	Bishop of Goya, Argentina
24.3	Ordained Priest	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Priest of Barcelona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
18 Sep	63.74	Born	Giancarlo Dellagiovanna		Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
48.9	Appointed	Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †	Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
74.9	Died	Souleyman Sayegh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
20 Sep	68.6	Selected	Paul Achkar †	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
17.5	Temporary Vows	Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy
51.9	Appointed	Antonius Hofmann †	Coadjutor Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Antonius Hofmann †	Titular Bishop of Berenice	Bishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany
63.73	Born	Mark Steven Rivituso		Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
21 Sep	36.8	Ordained Bishop	Román Arrieta Villalobos †	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
63.73	Born	Fabio Ciollaro		Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy
39.1	Ordained Bishop	Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
40.4	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Limata	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
41.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis Mena Arroyo †	Titular Bishop of Danaba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Paulo José Tavares †	Bishop of Macau, China
22 Sep	63.73	Born	Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes		Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
27.4	Professed	Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil
23 Sep	49.1	Installed	Guillermo Bolatti †	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Archbishop of Rosario, Argentina
88.0	Died	John William Campling, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
28.5	Ordained Deacon	Edward Peter Cullen †	Deacon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
48.3	Appointed	Walter William Curtis †	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
25.8	Ordained Deacon	John Patrick Foley †	Deacon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
63.73	Born	Gintaras Linas Grušas		Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
63.73	Born	Linus Pingal Ekka		Bishop of Gumla, India
24 Sep	35.3	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Orán, Argentina
24.8	Ordained Deacon	Ernesto Antolin Salgado	Deacon of Nueva Segovia, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Sep	51.3	Appointed	Opilio Rossi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
27 Sep	63.5	Installed	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
30 Sep	52.9	Installed	Carlos María Cafferata †	Bishop of San Luis, Argentina
31.2	Ordained Priest	Franco Croci †	Priest of Crema, Italy	Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
48.0	Installed	Julius August Döpfner †	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
63.71	Born	François Achille Eyabi		Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
87.0	Died	Michael Memelauer †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

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