The Year of Our Lord 1970

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 68.5 Appointed Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Zama Minor Bishop Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

68.5 Resigned Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. † Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

41.9 Appointed Peter Chung Hoan Ting Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia

41.9 Appointed Peter Chung Hoan Ting Titular Bishop of Acelum Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia

63.4 Appointed André Creemers, O.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

63.4 Resigned André Creemers, O.S.C. † Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Reginald John Delargey † Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

54.0 Appointed Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. † Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

74.8 Appointed John Joseph McEleney, S.J. † Titular Archbishop of Lorium Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

74.8 Retired John Joseph McEleney, S.J. † Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Eugène Moke Motsüri † Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Eugène Moke Motsüri † Titular Bishop of Lestrona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

37.3 Appointed Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku † Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

37.3 Appointed Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku † Titular Bishop of Scampa Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

38.8 Appointed Teodoro Ubeda Gramage † Auxiliary Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

38.8 Appointed Teodoro Ubeda Gramage † Titular Bishop of Thunusuda Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

2 Sep 76.4 Appointed Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou † Titular Bishop of Cumae Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France

76.4 Retired Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou † Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Roger Joseph Tort † Bishop of Montauban, France

3 Sep 26.7 Ordained Priest Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua

5 Sep 24.8 Ordained Priest Carlos López Hernández Priest of Ávila, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Salamanca, Spain

40.6 Died Emile Njeru † Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya

29.9 Ordained Priest Alessio Saccardo, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil

46.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac † Titular Archbishop of Tharros Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

6 Sep 60.7 Appointed José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.7 Appointed José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Titular Archbishop of Naraggara Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

50.6 Ordained Bishop Miguel Angel Araújo Iglesias † Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

49.4 Ordained Bishop Vittorio Piola † Titular Bishop of Atella Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy

7 Sep 45.7 Appointed Alberto Ablondi † Coadjutor Bishop of Livorno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

54.2 Appointed Giovanni Cogoni † Bishop of Iglesias, Italy Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Appointed Daniele Ferrari † Auxiliary Bishop of Gaeta, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy

50.6 Appointed Daniele Ferrari † Titular Bishop of Velia Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy

Born Gualtiero Federico Isacchi Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

87.3 Appointed Giovanni Pirastru † Titular Bishop of Trebia Augusta Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy

87.3 Retired Giovanni Pirastru † Bishop of Iglesias, Italy Bishop Emeritus

47.2 Appointed Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, S.J. † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru

55.4 Appointed Lorenzo Vivaldo † Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy

8 Sep 75.0 Retired Richard James Cushing † Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed Justin Albert Driscoll † Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

70.4 Appointed Leo Ferdinand Dworschak † Titular Bishop of Meta Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

70.4 Resigned Leo Ferdinand Dworschak † Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

27.7 Professed Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. † Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

48.5 Ordained Bishop Norman Francis McFarland † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA

54.9 Appointed Humberto Sousa Medeiros † Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M. Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

10 Sep 68.9 Died Giuseppe Melas † Bishop of Nuoro, Italy

11 Sep Born Thomas Dowd Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

80.6 Died Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Santorini {Thira}, Greece

12 Sep 56.7 Appointed Teresio Ferraroni † Coadjutor Bishop of Como, Italy Bishop Emeritus

35.0 Appointed Johannes Kleineidam † Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

35.0 Appointed Johannes Kleineidam † Titular Bishop of Nova Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

Born Anselm Pendo Lawani Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria

68.8 Installed Felix Romero Menjibar † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain

51.3 Ordained Bishop Sotero Sanz Villalba † Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta Apostolic Delegate to México

58.1 Appointed Gerhard Schaffran † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany

28.9 Ordained Priest Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

13 Sep 36.0 Ordained Bishop Eugène Biletsi Onim † Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

30.2 Ordained Priest Rogelio Esquivel Medina † Priest of México, Federal District Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Ordained Bishop Abramo Freschi † Titular Bishop of Nasbinca Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

15 Sep Born Pedro Centeno Baquero, S.D.B. Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea

16 Sep Born Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.Ss.R. Archiepiscopal Exarch of Odessa (Ukrainian), Ukraine

62.9 Died Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

Born Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé Apostolic Nuncio to Mali

35.7 Succeeded Joachim N’Dayen † Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic Archbishop Emeritus

20 Sep 49.0 Ordained Bishop Louis Antoine Marie Boffet † Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

24.4 Ordained Priest Juan José Omella Omella Priest of Zaragoza, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

53.2 Ordained Bishop Mark Onwuha Unegbu † Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

21 Sep 54.7 Appointed Matthias A. Chimole † Bishop of Zomba, Malawi Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

44.8 Appointed Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. † Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

60.7 Appointed Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † Titular Bishop of Cenculiana Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi

60.7 Resigned Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † Bishop of Zomba, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed José María Larrauri Lafuente † Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain

52.5 Appointed José María Larrauri Lafuente † Titular Bishop of Aufinium Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain

Born Armando Matteo Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

46.1 Appointed Vincent Mensah † Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin Bishop Emeritus

38.3 Appointed Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. † Bishop of Yola, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria

66.2 Appointed Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

66.2 Appointed Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Culusi Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

32.9 Appointed Laurent Yapi † Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

32.9 Appointed Laurent Yapi † Titular Bishop of Capsus Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire

22 Sep 77.8 Appointed Ugo Camozzo † Titular Archbishop of Hirina Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy

77.8 Retired Ugo Camozzo † Archbishop of Pisa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

47.7 Ordained Bishop Nikasius Kipengele † Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

83.9 Died Luis Valdesco Del Rosario, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

23 Sep 58.2 Installed Gerhard Schaffran † Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany

24 Sep Born Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist. Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria

25 Sep Born Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

65.8 Died Georges Jacquot † Archbishop of Marseille, France

26 Sep 45.7 Succeeded Alberto Ablondi † Bishop of Livorno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

23.5 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Betori Priest of Foligno, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

70.1 Died Emilio Guano † Bishop of Livorno, Italy

27 Sep 49.4 Installed Cleto Bellucci † Apostolic Administrator of Fermo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Born Elias Al-Debei Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria

74.4 Died Gerardo Martínez Madrigal † Bishop Emeritus of Garzón-Neiva, Colombia

24.3 Ordained Priest Anselmo Guido Pecorari Priest of Mantova, Italy Apostolic Nuncio

28 Sep Born Alain Clément Amiézi Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire

51.7 Ordained Bishop Josef Blahník † Bishop

49.6 Appointed Libero Tresoldi † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

49.6 Appointed Libero Tresoldi † Titular Bishop of Altinum Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy

29 Sep 53.1 Appointed Luigi Accogli † Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador Apostolic Nuncio

58.5 Resigned Giovanni Ferrofino † Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador Apostolic Nuncio

46.4 Ordained Bishop Kenneth Joseph Povish † Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA

30 Sep 91.2 Died Benedetto Aloisi Masella † Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	68.5	Appointed	Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
68.5	Resigned	Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Kongolo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. †	Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
41.9	Appointed	Peter Chung Hoan Ting	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
41.9	Appointed	Peter Chung Hoan Ting	Titular Bishop of Acelum	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
63.4	Appointed	André Creemers, O.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores	Bishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
63.4	Resigned	André Creemers, O.S.C. †	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Reginald John Delargey †	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
54.0	Appointed	Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P. †	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
74.8	Appointed	John Joseph McEleney, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Lorium	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
74.8	Retired	John Joseph McEleney, S.J. †	Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Eugène Moke Motsüri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Eugène Moke Motsüri †	Titular Bishop of Lestrona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
37.3	Appointed	Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
37.3	Appointed	Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku †	Titular Bishop of Scampa	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
38.8	Appointed	Teodoro Ubeda Gramage †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
38.8	Appointed	Teodoro Ubeda Gramage †	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
2 Sep	76.4	Appointed	Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou †	Titular Bishop of Cumae	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
76.4	Retired	Louis-Marie-Joseph de Courrèges d’Ustou †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Roger Joseph Tort †	Bishop of Montauban, France
3 Sep	26.7	Ordained Priest	Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua
5 Sep	24.8	Ordained Priest	Carlos López Hernández	Priest of Ávila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Salamanca, Spain
40.6	Died	Emile Njeru †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
29.9	Ordained Priest	Alessio Saccardo, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Titular Archbishop of Tharros	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
6 Sep	60.7	Appointed	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.7	Appointed	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Titular Archbishop of Naraggara	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Angel Araújo Iglesias †	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio Piola †	Titular Bishop of Atella	Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy
7 Sep	45.7	Appointed	Alberto Ablondi †	Coadjutor Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.2	Appointed	Giovanni Cogoni †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Appointed	Daniele Ferrari †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gaeta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
50.6	Appointed	Daniele Ferrari †	Titular Bishop of Velia	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
	Born	Gualtiero Federico Isacchi		Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
87.3	Appointed	Giovanni Pirastru †	Titular Bishop of Trebia Augusta	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy
87.3	Retired	Giovanni Pirastru †	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
47.2	Appointed	Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, S.J. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
55.4	Appointed	Lorenzo Vivaldo †	Bishop of Massa Marittima, Italy	Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy
8 Sep	75.0	Retired	Richard James Cushing †	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	Justin Albert Driscoll †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
70.4	Appointed	Leo Ferdinand Dworschak †	Titular Bishop of Meta	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
70.4	Resigned	Leo Ferdinand Dworschak †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
27.7	Professed	Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Norman Francis McFarland †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
54.9	Appointed	Humberto Sousa Medeiros †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	Born	Félicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.		Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Sep	68.9	Died	Giuseppe Melas †	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
11 Sep		Born	Thomas Dowd		Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
80.6	Died	Timoteo Giorgio Raymundos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
12 Sep	56.7	Appointed	Teresio Ferraroni †	Coadjutor Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
35.0	Appointed	Johannes Kleineidam †	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
35.0	Appointed	Johannes Kleineidam †	Titular Bishop of Nova	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
	Born	Anselm Pendo Lawani		Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
68.8	Installed	Felix Romero Menjibar †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Sotero Sanz Villalba †	Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta	Apostolic Delegate to México
58.1	Appointed	Gerhard Schaffran †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
28.9	Ordained Priest	Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
13 Sep	36.0	Ordained Bishop	Eugène Biletsi Onim †	Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
30.2	Ordained Priest	Rogelio Esquivel Medina †	Priest of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Abramo Freschi †	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
15 Sep		Born	Pedro Centeno Baquero, S.D.B.		Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
16 Sep		Born	Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.Ss.R.		Archiepiscopal Exarch of Odessa (Ukrainian), Ukraine
62.9	Died	Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
	Born	Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé		Apostolic Nuncio to Mali
35.7	Succeeded	Joachim N’Dayen †	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Sep	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Louis Antoine Marie Boffet †	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
24.4	Ordained Priest	Juan José Omella Omella	Priest of Zaragoza, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Mark Onwuha Unegbu †	Bishop of Owerri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
21 Sep	54.7	Appointed	Matthias A. Chimole †	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
44.8	Appointed	Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Khulna, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
60.7	Appointed	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cenculiana	Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
60.7	Resigned	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	José María Larrauri Lafuente †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
52.5	Appointed	José María Larrauri Lafuente †	Titular Bishop of Aufinium	Bishop Emeritus of Vitoria, Spain
	Born	Armando Matteo		Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
46.1	Appointed	Vincent Mensah †	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
38.3	Appointed	Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Yola, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
66.2	Appointed	Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
66.2	Appointed	Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Culusi	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
32.9	Appointed	Laurent Yapi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
32.9	Appointed	Laurent Yapi †	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
22 Sep	77.8	Appointed	Ugo Camozzo †	Titular Archbishop of Hirina	Archbishop Emeritus of Pisa, Italy
77.8	Retired	Ugo Camozzo †	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Nikasius Kipengele †	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
83.9	Died	Luis Valdesco Del Rosario, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
23 Sep	58.2	Installed	Gerhard Schaffran †	Bishop of Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
24 Sep		Born	Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist.		Abbot Emeritus of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
25 Sep		Born	Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
65.8	Died	Georges Jacquot †	Archbishop of Marseille, France
26 Sep	45.7	Succeeded	Alberto Ablondi †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Betori	Priest of Foligno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
70.1	Died	Emilio Guano †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
27 Sep	49.4	Installed	Cleto Bellucci †	Apostolic Administrator of Fermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Elias Al-Debei		Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
74.4	Died	Gerardo Martínez Madrigal †	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón-Neiva, Colombia
24.3	Ordained Priest	Anselmo Guido Pecorari	Priest of Mantova, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
28 Sep		Born	Alain Clément Amiézi		Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Josef Blahník †	Bishop
49.6	Appointed	Libero Tresoldi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
49.6	Appointed	Libero Tresoldi †	Titular Bishop of Altinum	Bishop Emeritus of Crema, Italy
29 Sep	53.1	Appointed	Luigi Accogli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Apostolic Nuncio
58.5	Resigned	Giovanni Ferrofino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Apostolic Nuncio
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Kenneth Joseph Povish †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA
30 Sep	91.2	Died	Benedetto Aloisi Masella †	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

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