The Year of Our Lord 1982

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 24.9 Professed Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M. Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

2 Sep 75.1 Retired Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo † Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Selected Otto Wüst † Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

3 Sep 75.6 Died Salvatore Baldassarri † Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy

4 Sep 57.9 Ordained Bishop Rosario Mazzola † Titular Bishop of Polymartium Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy

24.3 Ordained Priest Luigi Michele de Palma Priest of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

54.7 Appointed Vincenzo Rimedio Bishop of Nicastro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Lamezia Terme, Italy

63.0 Died Joseph Vincent Sullivan † Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

5 Sep 30.5 Ordained Priest Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil

26.1 Ordained Priest Léon Kalenga Badikebele † Priest of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

21.0 First Vows Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

6 Sep 64.9 Retired Thomas William Muldoon † Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

72.8 Died Mikolaj Sasinowski † Bishop of Łomża, Poland

7 Sep 37.9 Professed Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. Priest of Order of Cistercians Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

23.2 Ordained Priest Antonino Raspanti Priest of Trapani, Italy Bishop of Acireale, Italy

8 Sep 52.2 Ordained Bishop Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem. † Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

47.2 Ordained Bishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. † Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

44.3 Ordained Bishop Emerson John Moore † Titular Bishop of Curubis Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

26.0 Professed Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

63.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Thomas O’Keefe † Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

20.0 Professed Jacek Pyl, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Auxiliary Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine

10 Sep 57.8 Appointed Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Zamora, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador

57.8 Appointed Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Gibba Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador

39.1 Appointed Cornelius Fontem Esua Bishop of Kumbo, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon

Born Younan (Benedict Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) Hano Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq

46.0 Appointed Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. † Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India

73.0 Resigned Jorge Francisco Mosquera Barreiro, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Zamora, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Joseph Mukwaya † Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda

51.9 Appointed Joseph Mukwaya † Titular Bishop of Ubaba Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda

46.3 Appointed Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. † Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Zama Major Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

38.6 Appointed John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Auxiliary Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

38.6 Appointed John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Titular Bishop of Thunusuda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

58.7 Appointed Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. † Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. † Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

58.7 Appointed Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)

11 Sep 27.1 Ordained Priest Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez Priest of Hermosillo, Sonora, México Archbishop of Durango, México

29.2 Ordained Priest Italo Dell’Oro, C.R.S. Priest of Clerks Regular of Somasca Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

56.8 Ordained Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias † Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil

12 Sep 45.8 Ordained Bishop Osvaldo Giuntini Titular Bishop of Tunnuna Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil

23.6 Solemn Vows Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

53.1 Ordained Bishop Tarcisio Pisani, O.M. † Bishop of Gravina, Italy Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

14 Sep 74.3 Retired Mario Brini † Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Secretary Emeritus

58.2 Appointed Miroslav Stefan Marusyn † Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Secretary Emeritus

58.2 Appointed Miroslav Stefan Marusyn † Titular Archbishop of Cadi Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

17 Sep 79.0 Ceased Rudolf Graber † Apostolic Administrator of Regensburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

18 Sep 49.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Akichi † Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire

54.3 Ordained Bishop Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi † Bishop of Faenza, Italy Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy

75.0 Retired John Joseph Dougherty † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Priest Santiago Gómez Sierra Priest of Córdoba, Spain Bishop of Huelva, Spain

68.8 Resigned Edward John Herrmann † Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

41.8 Ordained Bishop Laurent Akran Mandjo † Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

26.8 Ordained Priest Gregory John Mansour Priest of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA Bishop

64.0 Succeeded Geraldo María de Morais Penido † Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

55.8 Installed Manfred Müller † Bishop of Regensburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

24.3 Solemn Vows Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco

92.1 Died Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta † Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

19 Sep 51.2 Ordained Bishop Egidio Caporello † Titular Bishop of Caprulae Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy

57.7 Installed Martino Gomiero † Bishop of Velletri e Segni, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy

26.0 Ordained Deacon Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D. Deacon of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

68.3 Died Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia

21 Sep 53.7 Ordained Bishop Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Zaba Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia

56.3 Confirmed Otto Wüst † Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

22 Sep 40.0 Ordained Bishop Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino † Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

23 Sep 74.0 Died János Bárd † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary

65.5 Ordained Bishop Augustin Zheng Shouduo † Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

24 Sep 80.1 Died Cornelius Lucey † Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland

26 Sep 60.1 Died Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France

24.7 Perpetual Vows Franco Moscone, C.R.S. Member of Clerks Regular of Somasca Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

48.4 Ordained Bishop Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia

28 Sep 23.5 Ordained Deacon Pablo Virgilio Siongco David Deacon of San Fernando, Philippines Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines

29 Sep 52.3 Ordained Bishop Francis Gerard Thomas † Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain

21.4 First Vows Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany

30 Sep 47.5 Appointed Antonio Bello † Bishop of Ruvo, Italy Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

52.0 Appointed Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. † Bishop of Bitonto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy

42.0 Appointed Domenico Padovano † Auxiliary Bishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

42.0 Appointed Domenico Padovano † Titular Bishop of Mazaca Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

52.3 Appointed Lawrence Primo Sabatini, C.S. Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

27.8 Incardinated Francesco Savino Priest of Bitonto, Italy Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy

82.1 Died Alberto Scola † Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy

Oct 71.1 Appointed Raymond Philip Etteldorf † Official of the Secretariat of State Official Emeritus

1 Oct 45.2 Ordained Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo † Titular Bishop of Oescus Bishop Emeritus of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan

2 Oct 68.5 Appointed Luigi Bellotti † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Denmark Apostolic Nuncio

68.5 Appointed Luigi Bellotti † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Norway Apostolic Nuncio

68.5 Appointed Luigi Bellotti † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sweden Apostolic Nuncio

27.7 Ordained Priest Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

30.3 Ordained Priest Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

19.8 Professed Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. † Member of Order of St. Augustine Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru

26.6 Professed Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X. Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil

4 Oct 48.9 Appointed Geraldo Majella Agnelo † Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

25.9 Solemn Vows Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

46.3 Appointed José Martins da Silva, S.D.N. † Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

6 Oct 71.0 Died Bryan Gallagher † Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia

7 Oct 57.4 Installed James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

51.8 Ordained Bishop Osmond Peter Martin † Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

60.4 Ordained Bishop Ciceron Santa Maria Tumbocon † Coadjutor Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines Bishop

8 Oct 55.1 Ordained Bishop Michel Louis Coloni † Titular Bishop of Oëa Archbishop Emeritus of Dijon, France

9 Oct 43.8 Ordained Bishop José Oscar Barahona Castillo † Titular Bishop of Mibiarca Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador

76.1 Died Wilhelm Kempf † Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

27.3 Ordained Priest Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich Priest of Strasbourg, France Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia

10 Oct 54.4 Ordained Bishop Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Ist. del Prado Bishop of Carcassonne, France Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Solemn Vows Ángel Julino Falzón, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

28.2 Professed Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

69.3 Ordained Bishop Louis Hà Kim Danh † Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam Bishop

Ordained Bishop [Roch Liu Dian-chi (Li Dianxi)] † Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China

65.3 Ordained Bishop [John Liu Ding-han], S.J. † Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China Bishop Emeritus

11 Oct 27.3 First Vows Siphiwo Devilliers Paul Vanqa, S.A.C. Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa

12 Oct 28.0 Ordained Priest Joel Portella Amado Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

13 Oct 51.4 Appointed Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero † Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay

51.4 Appointed Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero † Titular Bishop of Ulpiana Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay

14 Oct 62.9 Ordained Bishop Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. † Titular Bishop of Thyatira Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada

15 Oct 48.4 Appointed Kevin Joseph Aje † Coadjutor Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Armindo Lopes Coelho † Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

55.9 Appointed Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Iucundiana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia

55.9 Appointed Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.4 Appointed Ildefonso Obama Obono Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

57.8 Appointed Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage † Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

16 Oct 25.4 Ordained Priest Gaetano Castello Priest of Teramo-Atri, Italy Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

53.7 Appointed Manuel Mireles Vaquera † Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, México Prelate Emeritus of El Salto, Durango, México

53.7 Appointed Manuel Mireles Vaquera † Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae Prelate Emeritus of El Salto, Durango, México

17 Oct 28.5 Ordained Priest Guglielmo Borghetti Priest of Apuania, Italy Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy

26.6 Ordained Priest Donato Oliverio Priest Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

18 Oct 77.4 Retired Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel † Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela † Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

35.6 Incardinated Ferenc (Franz) Cserháti † Priest of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

41.1 Appointed Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes Duarte † Coadjutor Bishop of Sololá, Guatemala Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala

46.0 Installed Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B. Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA Bishop Emeritus

39.7 Incardinated Pál Reizer † Priest of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania Bishop

51.5 Incardinated József Tempfli † Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania Bishop Emeritus

21 Oct 96.5 Died Georges-Arthur Melançon † Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

56.1 Appointed Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. † Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

28.9 Professed Elio Rama, I.M.C. Member of Consolata Missionaries Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil

22 Oct 55.9 Ordained Bishop Maurice Couture, R.S.V. † Titular Bishop of Talaptula Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

49.7 Ordained Bishop Marc Leclerc † Titular Bishop of Eguga Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

23 Oct 47.8 Appointed John Jeremiah McRaith † Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus

24 Oct 42.0 Ordained Bishop Domenico Padovano † Titular Bishop of Mazaca Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

71.8 Died Andrew J. Roborecki † Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

24.7 Ordained Priest Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R. Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama

69.3 Died Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. † Bishop Emeritus of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia

25 Oct 76.7 Retired Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Raffaele Nogaro Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy

26 Oct 61.4 Died Giovanni Benelli † Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

69.9 Resigned Raymond Joseph Gallagher † Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

27 Oct 68.5 Resigned Emilio Benavent Escuín † Bishop of Spain, Military Bishop Emeritus

30.8 Ordained Priest Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Udaipur, India

28 Oct 54.8 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Rimedio Bishop of Nicastro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Lamezia Terme, Italy

54.6 Appointed Friedrich Wetter Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

30 Oct 47.6 Ordained Bishop Antonio Bello † Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

48.2 Appointed Daniel Edward Pilarczyk † Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Archbishop Emeritus

31 Oct 52.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mukwaya † Titular Bishop of Ubaba Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	24.9	Professed	Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Mweka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Sep	75.1	Retired	Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo †	Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Selected	Otto Wüst †	Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
3 Sep	75.6	Died	Salvatore Baldassarri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy
4 Sep	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Rosario Mazzola †	Titular Bishop of Polymartium	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
24.3	Ordained Priest	Luigi Michele de Palma	Priest of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
54.7	Appointed	Vincenzo Rimedio	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lamezia Terme, Italy
63.0	Died	Joseph Vincent Sullivan †	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
5 Sep	30.5	Ordained Priest	Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil
26.1	Ordained Priest	Léon Kalenga Badikebele †	Priest of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
21.0	First Vows	Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Under Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
6 Sep	64.9	Retired	Thomas William Muldoon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
72.8	Died	Mikolaj Sasinowski †	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
7 Sep	37.9	Professed	Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist.	Priest of Order of Cistercians	Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
23.2	Ordained Priest	Antonino Raspanti	Priest of Trapani, Italy	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
8 Sep	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.2	Ordained Bishop	William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Emerson John Moore †	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
26.0	Professed	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
63.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Thomas O’Keefe †	Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
20.0	Professed	Jacek Pyl, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Auxiliary Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol, Ukraine
10 Sep	57.8	Appointed	Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador
57.8	Appointed	Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Gibba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zamora en Ecuador
39.1	Appointed	Cornelius Fontem Esua	Bishop of Kumbo, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon
	Born	Younan (Benedict Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) Hano		Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
46.0	Appointed	Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
73.0	Resigned	Jorge Francisco Mosquera Barreiro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Zamora, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Joseph Mukwaya †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
51.9	Appointed	Joseph Mukwaya †	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda
46.3	Appointed	Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Zama Major	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
38.6	Appointed	John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Auxiliary Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
38.6	Appointed	John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
58.7	Appointed	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
58.7	Appointed	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
11 Sep	27.1	Ordained Priest	Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez	Priest of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop of Durango, México
29.2	Ordained Priest	Italo Dell’Oro, C.R.S.	Priest of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
56.8	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Mota de Farias †	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
12 Sep	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Osvaldo Giuntini	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23.6	Solemn Vows	Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Tarcisio Pisani, O.M. †	Bishop of Gravina, Italy	Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
14 Sep	74.3	Retired	Mario Brini †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Secretary Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	Miroslav Stefan Marusyn †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Secretary Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	Miroslav Stefan Marusyn †	Titular Archbishop of Cadi	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
17 Sep	79.0	Ceased	Rudolf Graber †	Apostolic Administrator of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Akichi †	Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy
75.0	Retired	John Joseph Dougherty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Santiago Gómez Sierra	Priest of Córdoba, Spain	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
68.8	Resigned	Edward John Herrmann †	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Laurent Akran Mandjo †	Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
26.8	Ordained Priest	Gregory John Mansour	Priest of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA	Bishop
64.0	Succeeded	Geraldo María de Morais Penido †	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
55.8	Installed	Manfred Müller †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
24.3	Solemn Vows	Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco
92.1	Died	Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
19 Sep	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Egidio Caporello †	Titular Bishop of Caprulae	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
57.7	Installed	Martino Gomiero †	Bishop of Velletri e Segni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Adria-Rovigo, Italy
26.0	Ordained Deacon	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.	Deacon of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
68.3	Died	Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Asmara, Ethiopia
21 Sep	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Bishop Emeritus of Atambua, Indonesia
56.3	Confirmed	Otto Wüst †	Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
22 Sep	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino †	Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
23 Sep	74.0	Died	János Bárd †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kalocsa, Hungary
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Zheng Shouduo †	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
24 Sep	80.1	Died	Cornelius Lucey †	Bishop Emeritus of Cork and Ross, Ireland
26 Sep	60.1	Died	Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Strasbourg, France
24.7	Perpetual Vows	Franco Moscone, C.R.S.	Member of Clerks Regular of Somasca	Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
28 Sep	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Deacon of San Fernando, Philippines	Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines
29 Sep	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Gerard Thomas †	Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain
21.4	First Vows	Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
30 Sep	47.5	Appointed	Antonio Bello †	Bishop of Ruvo, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
52.0	Appointed	Andrea Mariano Magrassi, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bitonto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
42.0	Appointed	Domenico Padovano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
42.0	Appointed	Domenico Padovano †	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
52.3	Appointed	Lawrence Primo Sabatini, C.S.	Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
27.8	Incardinated	Francesco Savino	Priest of Bitonto, Italy	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
82.1	Died	Alberto Scola †	Bishop Emeritus of Norcia, Italy
Oct	71.1	Appointed	Raymond Philip Etteldorf †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
1 Oct	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Theodore Lobo †	Titular Bishop of Oescus	Bishop Emeritus of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2 Oct	68.5	Appointed	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Denmark	Apostolic Nuncio
68.5	Appointed	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Norway	Apostolic Nuncio
68.5	Appointed	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Sweden	Apostolic Nuncio
27.7	Ordained Priest	Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
30.3	Ordained Priest	Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
19.8	Professed	Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
26.6	Professed	Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X.	Member of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Bishop of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
4 Oct	48.9	Appointed	Geraldo Majella Agnelo †	Archbishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
25.9	Solemn Vows	Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
46.3	Appointed	José Martins da Silva, S.D.N. †	Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
6 Oct	71.0	Died	Bryan Gallagher †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia
7 Oct	57.4	Installed	James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C.	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Osmond Peter Martin †	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Ciceron Santa Maria Tumbocon †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Bishop
8 Oct	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Michel Louis Coloni †	Titular Bishop of Oëa	Archbishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
9 Oct	43.8	Ordained Bishop	José Oscar Barahona Castillo †	Titular Bishop of Mibiarca	Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador
76.1	Died	Wilhelm Kempf †	Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
27.3	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich	Priest of Strasbourg, France	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
10 Oct	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Joseph Marie Despierre, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Solemn Vows	Ángel Julino Falzón, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
28.2	Professed	Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
69.3	Ordained Bishop	Louis Hà Kim Danh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Bishop
	Ordained Bishop	[Roch Liu Dian-chi (Li Dianxi)] †	Bishop of Jilin [Kirin], China
65.3	Ordained Bishop	[John Liu Ding-han], S.J. †	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China	Bishop Emeritus
11 Oct	27.3	First Vows	Siphiwo Devilliers Paul Vanqa, S.A.C.	Member of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa
12 Oct	28.0	Ordained Priest	Joel Portella Amado	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Oct	51.4	Appointed	Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
51.4	Appointed	Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
14 Oct	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thyatira	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada
15 Oct	48.4	Appointed	Kevin Joseph Aje †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Armindo Lopes Coelho †	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
55.9	Appointed	Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Iucundiana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia
55.9	Appointed	Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.4	Appointed	Ildefonso Obama Obono	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
57.8	Appointed	Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	25.4	Ordained Priest	Gaetano Castello	Priest of Teramo-Atri, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
53.7	Appointed	Manuel Mireles Vaquera †	Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, México	Prelate Emeritus of El Salto, Durango, México
53.7	Appointed	Manuel Mireles Vaquera †	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae	Prelate Emeritus of El Salto, Durango, México
17 Oct	28.5	Ordained Priest	Guglielmo Borghetti	Priest of Apuania, Italy	Bishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy
26.6	Ordained Priest	Donato Oliverio	Priest	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
18 Oct	77.4	Retired	Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela †	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
35.6	Incardinated	Ferenc (Franz) Cserháti †	Priest of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
41.1	Appointed	Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes Duarte †	Coadjutor Bishop of Sololá, Guatemala	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
46.0	Installed	Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B.	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus
39.7	Incardinated	Pál Reizer †	Priest of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Bishop
51.5	Incardinated	József Tempfli †	Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
21 Oct	96.5	Died	Georges-Arthur Melançon †	Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
56.1	Appointed	Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. †	Archbishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
28.9	Professed	Elio Rama, I.M.C.	Member of Consolata Missionaries	Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
22 Oct	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Couture, R.S.V. †	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Marc Leclerc †	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
23 Oct	47.8	Appointed	John Jeremiah McRaith †	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
24 Oct	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Padovano †	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
71.8	Died	Andrew J. Roborecki †	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
24.7	Ordained Priest	Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R.	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama
69.3	Died	Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia
25 Oct	76.7	Retired	Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Raffaele Nogaro	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
26 Oct	61.4	Died	Giovanni Benelli †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
69.9	Resigned	Raymond Joseph Gallagher †	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	68.5	Resigned	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Bishop of Spain, Military	Bishop Emeritus
30.8	Ordained Priest	Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Udaipur, India
28 Oct	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Rimedio	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Lamezia Terme, Italy
54.6	Appointed	Friedrich Wetter	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
30 Oct	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Bello †	Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
48.2	Appointed	Daniel Edward Pilarczyk †	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Oct	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mukwaya †	Titular Bishop of Ubaba	Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda

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