The Year of Our Lord 2005

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 75.2 Retired Edward Francis † Bishop of Sivagangai, India Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Succeeded Jebalamai Susaimanickam Bishop of Sivagangai, India Bishop Emeritus

2 Sep 61.1 Ordained Bishop Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Arna Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain

75.3 Retired Silvio Padoin † Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Succeeded Gennaro Pascarella Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep 56.0 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Álvarez Afonso Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Installed Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. Archbishop of Tours, France Archbishop Emeritus

49.0 Ordained Bishop Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J. Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar

7 Sep 63.9 Died José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez † Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México

8 Sep 57.1 Appointed Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham Bishop of Tunis, Tunisia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

64.8 Appointed Fouad Boutros Twal Coadjutor Archbishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine Patriarch Emeritus

10 Sep 45.0 Ordained Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan Titular Bishop of Pertusa Bishop of Tallinn, Estonia

12 Sep 75.8 Appointed Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. † Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA Eparch Emeritus

13 Sep 71.2 Died Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi † Bishop of Aného, Togo

54.6 Appointed Philip Tartaglia † Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

15 Sep 46.5 Succeeded Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M. Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile

42.8 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia

49.0 Ordained Bishop José Rojas Rojas Jr. Titular Bishop of Idassa Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines

75.3 Retired Juan Luis Ysern de Arce Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus

17 Sep 47.1 Ordained Bishop Krzysztof Białasik, S.V.D. Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia

49.3 Ordained Bishop Ramón Alfredo Dus Titular Bishop of Thibica Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina

18 Sep 75.4 Retired Joseph Dergham † Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

26.0 Ordained Deacon Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina Deacon of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar Bishop

65.2 Installed Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. Bishop of Linz, Austria Bishop Emeritus

19 Sep 65.7 Appointed Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. † Bishop of Yoro, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

63.0 Appointed Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino † Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

20 Sep 53.5 Appointed George Antonysamy Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

64.9 Ordained Bishop Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D. Titular Bishop of Daimlaig Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardino, California, USA

21 Sep 74.2 Resigned Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte † Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

53.5 Ordained Bishop George Antonysamy Titular Archbishop of Sulci Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

59.6 Appointed Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F. Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

60.1 Appointed José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

54.8 Appointed Jacinto Agcaoili Jose Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines

24 Sep 68.7 Selected Simon Atallah, O.A.M. Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

61.7 Selected Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite) Archbishop Emeritus

62.1 Selected François Eid, O.M.M. Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus

44.9 Selected Elias Nassar Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

58.2 Appointed Juan Antonio Reig Pla Bishop of Cartagena (en España) Bishop Emeritus of Alcalá de Henares, Spain

25 Sep 75.1 Retired Raymond Eid † Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

26 Sep 58.8 Appointed Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

28 Sep 76.7 Retired Manuel Mireles Vaquera † Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México Prelate Emeritus

51.9 Appointed Ruy Rendón Leal Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

64.8 Ordained Bishop Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B. Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

29 Sep 55.1 Ordained Bishop John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye Bishop of Awgu, Nigeria

82.0 Died Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

43.0 Ordained Bishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. Titular Bishop of Accia Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

30 Sep 59.3 Ordained Bishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D. Titular Archbishop of Alexanum Apostolic Nuncio

33.4 Ordained Priest Dominic Nguyễn Tuan Anh Priest of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop

76.5 Retired Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. † Bishop of Dundee, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

1 Oct 44.2 Ordained Bishop Lambert Bainomugisha Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda

58.7 Ordained Bishop Judes Bicaba † Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

87.9 Died Matthieu Kanyama † Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

64.4 Installed Walter Mixa Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

2 Oct 57.2 Ordained Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham Bishop of Tunis, Tunisia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

5 Oct 52.7 Ordained Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto Bishop of Sindhudurg, India Bishop Emeritus

6 Oct 99.8 Died Ettore Cunial † Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

7 Oct 88.9 Died Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei † Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

8 Oct 47.5 Ordained Bishop Jean Salomon Lezoutié Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire

57.1 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Ricchiuti Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

32.7 Ordained Deacon Joachim Nguyễn Xuân Thinh Deacon of Melbourne, Australia Auxiliary Bishop

9 Oct 48.4 Ordained Bishop Mário Lucunde † Bishop of Menongue, Angola Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Died Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

127.5 Beatified Bl. Clemens August von Galen † Cardinal, Bishop of Münster, Germany

10 Oct 29.7 Solemn Vows Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I. Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

61.7 Appointed Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Barry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa

63.3 Appointed Barry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Babra Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa

11 Oct 51.9 Appointed Reinhard Hauke Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt, Germany

51.9 Appointed Reinhard Hauke Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt, Germany

97.3 Died Aloysius John Wycislo † Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

12 Oct 91.7 Died Peter Zhang Boren (Zhang Bairen, Chang Bairen) † Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China

15 Oct 90.9 Died Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

65.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Cavallotto † Bishop of Fossano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy

51.0 Appointed Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México

76.5 Retired Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. † Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México Prelate Emeritus

57.2 Installed Giovanni Ricchiuti Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

44.5 Appointed Jorge Solórzano Pérez Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua

58.5 Appointed Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R. Prelate of Chota, Peru Prelate Emeritus

16 Oct 47.5 Ordained Bishop Raymond Michel René Centène Bishop of Vannes, France

75.4 Retired Ivo Fürer † Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Installed Mário Lucunde † Bishop of Menongue, Angola Bishop Emeritus

17 Oct 76.9 Retired Antonio Santucci † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Bishop Emeritus

63.6 Appointed Domenico Angelo Scotti Bishop of Trivento, Italy Bishop Emeritus

18 Oct 37.5 Ordained Bishop Paul He Zinqing Auxiliary Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China Bishop

49.8 Appointed Renato Pine Mayugba Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Bishop of Laoag, Philippines

49.8 Appointed Renato Pine Mayugba Titular Bishop of Centuriones Bishop of Laoag, Philippines

80.1 Died Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar

19 Oct 58.5 Appointed Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón † Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México

36.9 Ordained Bishop Joseph Martin Wu Qinjing Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China

20 Oct 43.4 Confirmed Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny) Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

22 Oct 65.6 Installed Giuseppe Cavallotto † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Ordained Bishop Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A. Bishop of Oslo, Norway Bishop Emeritus

38.7 Ordained Priest Valentine Kalumba, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia

57.4 Appointed Christian Philippe Pierre Robert Nourrichard Coadjutor Bishop of Évreux, France Bishop Emeritus

23 Oct 145.4 Canonized St. Józef Bilczewski † Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

46.4 Ordained Bishop Almeida Kanda (Canda) Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola

57.4 Ordained Bishop Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P. Bishop of Saint-Claude, France Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

24 Oct 63.5 Succeeded Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

70.0 Resigned Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

25 Oct 75.7 Retired Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. † Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Appointed David Christopher McGough † Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Appointed David Christopher McGough † Titular Bishop of Chunavia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

50.9 Appointed Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B. Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

71.3 Died Francesco Tommasiello † Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy

27 Oct 51.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

93.4 Died Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. † Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict

75.1 Retired René Arnold Valero † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

28 Oct 49.2 Ordained Bishop Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

31 Oct 88.7 Died Antonio Sahagún López † Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Nuevo León, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	75.2	Retired	Edward Francis †	Bishop of Sivagangai, India	Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Succeeded	Jebalamai Susaimanickam	Bishop of Sivagangai, India	Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Arna	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain
75.3	Retired	Silvio Padoin †	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Succeeded	Gennaro Pascarella	Bishop of Pozzuoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Álvarez Afonso	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Installed	Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist.	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop Emeritus
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J.	Bishop of Ambositra, Madagascar
7 Sep	63.9	Died	José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez †	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
8 Sep	57.1	Appointed	Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham	Bishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
64.8	Appointed	Fouad Boutros Twal	Coadjutor Archbishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Patriarch Emeritus
10 Sep	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Bishop of Tallinn, Estonia
12 Sep	75.8	Appointed	Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. †	Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA	Eparch Emeritus
13 Sep	71.2	Died	Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi †	Bishop of Aného, Togo
54.6	Appointed	Philip Tartaglia †	Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
15 Sep	46.5	Succeeded	Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M.	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán	Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniae	Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia
49.0	Ordained Bishop	José Rojas Rojas Jr.	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines
75.3	Retired	Juan Luis Ysern de Arce	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
17 Sep	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Krzysztof Białasik, S.V.D.	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Alfredo Dus	Titular Bishop of Thibica	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina
18 Sep	75.4	Retired	Joseph Dergham †	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
26.0	Ordained Deacon	Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina	Deacon of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop
65.2	Installed	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
19 Sep	65.7	Appointed	Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Yoro, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
63.0	Appointed	Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
20 Sep	53.5	Appointed	George Antonysamy	Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
64.9	Ordained Bishop	Rutilio Juan del Riego Jáñez, H.S.O.D.	Titular Bishop of Daimlaig	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardino, California, USA
21 Sep	74.2	Resigned	Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte †	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
53.5	Ordained Bishop	George Antonysamy	Titular Archbishop of Sulci	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
59.6	Appointed	Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F.	Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
60.1	Appointed	José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
54.8	Appointed	Jacinto Agcaoili Jose	Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines
24 Sep	68.7	Selected	Simon Atallah, O.A.M.	Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Selected	Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
62.1	Selected	François Eid, O.M.M.	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) Emeritus
44.9	Selected	Elias Nassar	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	Juan Antonio Reig Pla	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)	Bishop Emeritus of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
25 Sep	75.1	Retired	Raymond Eid †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
26 Sep	58.8	Appointed	Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B.	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
28 Sep	76.7	Retired	Manuel Mireles Vaquera †	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México	Prelate Emeritus
51.9	Appointed	Ruy Rendón Leal	Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
64.8	Ordained Bishop	Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
29 Sep	55.1	Ordained Bishop	John Ifeanyichukwu Okoye	Bishop of Awgu, Nigeria
82.0	Died	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Accia	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
30 Sep	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Michael August Blume, S.V.D.	Titular Archbishop of Alexanum	Apostolic Nuncio
33.4	Ordained Priest	Dominic Nguyễn Tuan Anh	Priest of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop
76.5	Retired	Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Dundee, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
1 Oct	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Lambert Bainomugisha	Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana	Archbishop of Mbarara, Uganda
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Judes Bicaba †	Bishop of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
87.9	Died	Matthieu Kanyama †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.4	Installed	Walter Mixa	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
2 Oct	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham	Bishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
5 Oct	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto	Bishop of Sindhudurg, India	Bishop Emeritus
6 Oct	99.8	Died	Ettore Cunial †	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
7 Oct	88.9	Died	Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei †	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
8 Oct	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean Salomon Lezoutié	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Ricchiuti	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
32.7	Ordained Deacon	Joachim Nguyễn Xuân Thinh	Deacon of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop
9 Oct	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Mário Lucunde †	Bishop of Menongue, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Died	Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
127.5	Beatified	Bl. Clemens August von Galen †	Cardinal, Bishop of Münster, Germany
10 Oct	29.7	Solemn Vows	Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
61.7	Appointed	Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Barry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa
63.3	Appointed	Barry Alexander Anthony Wood, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Babra	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa
11 Oct	51.9	Appointed	Reinhard Hauke	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
51.9	Appointed	Reinhard Hauke	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
97.3	Died	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
12 Oct	91.7	Died	Peter Zhang Boren (Zhang Bairen, Chang Bairen) †	Bishop of Hanyang [Hanyang], China
15 Oct	90.9	Died	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Cavallotto †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cuneo, Italy
51.0	Appointed	Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez	Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México	Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
76.5	Retired	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †	Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México	Prelate Emeritus
57.2	Installed	Giovanni Ricchiuti	Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
44.5	Appointed	Jorge Solórzano Pérez	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
58.5	Appointed	Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.	Prelate of Chota, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
16 Oct	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Michel René Centène	Bishop of Vannes, France
75.4	Retired	Ivo Fürer †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Installed	Mário Lucunde †	Bishop of Menongue, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct	76.9	Retired	Antonio Santucci †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Appointed	Domenico Angelo Scotti	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
18 Oct	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul He Zinqing	Auxiliary Bishop of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China	Bishop
49.8	Appointed	Renato Pine Mayugba	Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines
49.8	Appointed	Renato Pine Mayugba	Titular Bishop of Centuriones	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines
80.1	Died	Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Morondava, Madagascar
19 Oct	58.5	Appointed	Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón †	Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
36.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Martin Wu Qinjing	Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China
20 Oct	43.4	Confirmed	Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
22 Oct	65.6	Installed	Giuseppe Cavallotto †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.	Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Bishop Emeritus
38.7	Ordained Priest	Valentine Kalumba, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia
57.4	Appointed	Christian Philippe Pierre Robert Nourrichard	Coadjutor Bishop of Évreux, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Oct	145.4	Canonized	St. Józef Bilczewski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Almeida Kanda (Canda)	Bishop of Ndalatando, Angola
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P.	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
24 Oct	63.5	Succeeded	Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M.	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
70.0	Resigned	Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Oct	75.7	Retired	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	David Christopher McGough †	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Appointed	David Christopher McGough †	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
50.9	Appointed	Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
71.3	Died	Francesco Tommasiello †	Bishop of Teano-Calvi, Italy
27 Oct	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Carlos Bach	Bishop of Toledo, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
93.4	Died	Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
75.1	Retired	René Arnold Valero †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira	Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
31 Oct	88.7	Died	Antonio Sahagún López †	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Nuevo León, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

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