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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	33.1	Ordained Priest	Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda	Priest of Opus Dei	Bishop of Helsinki, Finland
	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Leonhard Maluma †	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania
	31.4	Ordained Priest	Richard James Umbers	Priest of Opus Dei	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
2 Sep	33.5	Professed	Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea
	83.5	Died	Manuel Palmeira da Rocha †	Bishop Emeritus of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
3 Sep	83.0	Died	Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	58.1	Appointed	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Vito Piccinonna	Priest of Bari-Bitonto, Italy	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy
5 Sep	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael Francis Burbidge	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
7 Sep	91.6	Died	József Bánk †	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
	80.4	Died	Hanna Kello †	Bishop Emeritus of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
8 Sep	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone	Titular Bishop of Benepota	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canelones, Uruguay
	76.9	Died	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
9 Sep	83.8	Died	Mikail Nersès Sétian †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada (Armenian), New York
10 Sep	75.0	Retired	William George Curlin †	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep	30.8	Professed	Jack Youssef, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Priest
12 Sep	60.7	Appointed	Mansour Hobeika †	Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
	75.3	Retired	Georges Scandar †	Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr.	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli	Bishop of Siuna, Nicaragua
14 Sep	51.9	Installed	Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Brito Guimarães	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil
	68.5	Installed	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Sep	82.8	Died	Karel Chytil †	Bishop
	92.0	Died	Charles Gomes, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
	24.0	Perpetual Vows	Pedro Ramiro López, I.V.E.	Member of Institute of the Incarnate Word	Superior of Tadjikistan
	29.8	Ordained Priest	Bohdan Manyshyn	Priest of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop
	25.9	Perpetual Vows	Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.	Priest of Missionary Congregation of Saint Andrew the Apostle (Ukrainian)	Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M.	Bishop of Agats, Indonesia
16 Sep	74.4	Died	François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
19 Sep	81.4	Died	José Gomes †	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	80.7	Died	Yohannes Woldegiorgis †	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
21 Sep	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica
	63.0	Ordained Bishop	Paolino Schiavon	Titular Bishop of Trebia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
22 Sep	61.3	Installed	Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt	Bishop of Nanterre, France	Bishop Emeritus
	45.2	Installed	Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P.	Apostolic Exarch of Argentina (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Bāniyās {Cesarea di Filippo; Paneade} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Loppa	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
23 Sep	89.5	Died	Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
	77.4	Died	John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung †	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	70.6	Succeeded	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep	51.3	Appointed	Rutilo Muñoz Zamora	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
	78.8	Retired	Carlos Talavera Ramírez †	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	78.0	Retired	Antonín Liška, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
	33.0	Solemn Vows	Stephano Lameck Musomba, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	59.4	Succeeded	Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
	78.0	Retired	Jaroslav Škarvada †	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Sep	29.3	Ordained Priest	Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
29 Sep	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Jean Louis Breton †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
	67.5	Resigned	Antonios Naguib †	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Neethinathan Anthonisamy	Bishop of Chingleput, India
	47.1	Selected	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Sep	58.8	Appointed	Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint)	Apostolic Administrator of Yangon, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus of Loikaw, Myanmar
	77.9	Died	Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	75.0	Retired	Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby †	Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
Oct	63.6	Appointed	George William Coleman †	Administrator of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
1 Oct	69.9	Appointed	Francis Arinze	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	79.0	Appointed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
	76.1	Retired	Agostino Cacciavillan †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	65.1	Appointed	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Titular Archbishop of Nepte	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	65.1	Appointed	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
	69.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino †	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	75.7	Retired	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez †	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
	65.5	Appointed	Attilio Nicora †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
	65.5	Appointed	Attilio Nicora †	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	51.3	Appointed	Fulgence Rabemahafaly	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
	75.4	Retired	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
	68.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	66.4	Resigned	Edgardo Gabriel Storni †	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
	83.4	Died	Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Darién, Panama
2 Oct	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. †	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
4 Oct	55.4	Installed	João Bráz de Aviz	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	76.5	Died	Desiderio Elso Collino †	Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
	81.6	Died	James (Jaime) Collins, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
	74.5	Died	Jean Huard †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Malzaire	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles	Archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, Antilles
5 Oct	29.5	Ordained Deacon	Kolio Tumanuvao Etuale	Deacon of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
	47.1	Confirmed	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
7 Oct	49.8	Appointed	Andrzej Dzięga	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	75.3	Retired	Wacław Józef Świerzawski †	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
8 Oct	48.4	Appointed	Francisco Carlos Bach	Administrator of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	82.3	Died	Philippe Boutros Chebaya †	Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
	75.4	Retired	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Valéry Vienneau	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
	72.6	Appointed	Giorgio Zur †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio
9 Oct	55.7	Appointed	Vicente Costa	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 Oct	50.0	Appointed	Marie-Daniel Dadiet †	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
	62.0	Appointed	Ricardo Oscar Faifer	Bishop of Goya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
	70.4	Resigned	Jean-Marie Kélétigui †	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
	32.1	Ordained Deacon	Evelio Menjivar-Ayala	Deacon of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
11 Oct	79.7	Died	Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
12 Oct	56.4	Ordained Bishop	José Figueroa Gómez	Bishop of Granada en Colombia
	57.9	Appointed	Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe)	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
	57.9	Appointed	Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe)	Titular Bishop of Vadesi	Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South)
	69.1	Appointed	Alfio Rapisarda	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio
	75.1	Retired	Edoardo Rovida	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio
13 Oct	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon, France
	35.6	Perpetual Vows	Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti	Bishop
	58.7	Installed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
15 Oct	66.9	Appointed	Pio Vittorio Vigo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acireale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	68.1	Appointed	Robert Joseph Hermann	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	68.1	Appointed	Robert Joseph Hermann	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	75.1	Died	Christopher Mwoleka †	Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge, Tanzania
17 Oct	74.2	Resigned	Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. †	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria	Curial Bishop Emeritus
18 Oct	66.4	Installed	Hugo Barrantes Ureña †	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus
	75.8	Retired	Giuseppe Fabiani †	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	58.2	Appointed	Tommaso Ghirelli	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Final Vows	Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Luxembourg
	49.3	Solemn Vows	Daniele Libanori, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	51.7	Appointed	Cataldo Naro †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
19 Oct	58.3	Installed	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
	52.9	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
	52.9	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Titular Archbishop of Amantia	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
20 Oct	138.9	Beatified	Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
	70.7	Installed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
21 Oct	54.9	Appointed	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
	54.9	Appointed	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
22 Oct	95.4	Died	Octavio Nicolás Derisi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
23 Oct	46.2	Appointed	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	46.2	Appointed	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	21.1	Professed	Teodor (Andriy) Matsapula (Mazapula), I.V.E.	Member of Institute of the Incarnate Word	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
24 Oct	77.2	Retired	Francisco Alvarez Martínez †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	75.0	Retired	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly †	Curial Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
	67.1	Appointed	Jean-Claude Hertzog †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	67.1	Appointed	Jean-Claude Hertzog †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	79.7	Died	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio
	53.3	Selected	Louis Raphaël I Sako	Archbishop of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
25 Oct	64.3	Appointed	José Luis Castro Medellín, M. S. F. †	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
	73.3	Died	Denzil Reginald D’Souza †	Bishop Emeritus of Aizawl, India
	90.7	Died	Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Oct	71.3	Resigned	Colin Campbell †	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	58.0	Appointed	Robert Harris	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
	58.0	Appointed	Robert Harris	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Mansour Hobeika †	Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
	66.0	Appointed	Donald Lapointe	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
	66.0	Appointed	Donald Lapointe	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
28 Oct	56.0	Appointed	Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
30 Oct	50.3	Appointed	Celestino Migliore	Titular Archbishop of Canosa	Apostolic Nuncio to France
	50.3	Appointed	Celestino Migliore	Permanent Observer to United Nations	Apostolic Nuncio to France
	58.7	Appointed	Carmelo Scampa	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
31 Oct	82.3	Died	Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
	52.3	Appointed	Alain Harel	Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
	52.3	Appointed	Alain Harel	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
	45.6	Appointed	Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B.	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
	85.3	Died	Mark Onwuha Unegbu †	Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria

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