The Year of Our Lord 2011

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 61.9 Ordained Bishop Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Malindi, Kenya

69.0 Appointed Giuseppe Bertello President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus

69.0 Appointed Giuseppe Bertello President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

76.7 Retired Giovanni Lajolo President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus

76.7 Retired Giovanni Lajolo President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

52.2 Ordained Bishop Antonino Raspanti Bishop of Acireale, Italy

2 Oct 49.9 Installed Oliver Pugoy Aro, M.S.P. Superior of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) Superior Emeritus

44.3 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro Bishop of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

59.6 Installed Daniel Kozelinski Netto Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina Bishop

50.2 Installed Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B. Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA

4 Oct 75.1 Retired Josef Grünwald Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 80.0 Died Fernando Charrier † Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

75.8 Retired João Miranda Teixeira Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

8 Oct 69.1 Ordained Bishop Barthélemy Adoukonou Titular Bishop of Zama Minor Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture

50.3 Appointed Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca Apostolic Administrator of Sonsonate, El Salvador Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador

75.0 Retired José Adolfo Mojica Morales † Bishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca Titular Bishop of Victoriana President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

44.4 Appointed Marek Solarczyk Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland Bishop of Radom, Poland

44.4 Appointed Marek Solarczyk Titular Bishop of Hólar Bishop of Radom, Poland

9 Oct 49.6 Ordained Bishop Ivo Muser Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

88.3 Died Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru

10 Oct 48.4 Appointed Nuno Brás da Silva Martins Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

48.4 Appointed Nuno Brás da Silva Martins Titular Bishop of Elvas Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

12 Oct 57.3 Appointed Paul-André Durocher Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada

75.0 Retired Roger Ébacher Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Luis Teodorico Stöckler Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

60.0 Appointed Carlos José Tissera Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

64.1 Appointed José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired José Sótero Valero Ruz † Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

47.8 Appointed Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina Bishop of Concordia, Argentina

13 Oct 79.1 Appointed Gaudencio Borbon Rosales Apostolic Administrator of Manila, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

79.1 Retired Gaudencio Borbon Rosales Archbishop of Manila, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Archbishop of Manila, Philippines Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

15 Oct 61.3 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Nuncio to Peru Apostolic Nuncio

16 Oct 53.1 Ordained Bishop Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. Cardinal, Archbishop of Luxembourg

50.7 Installed Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy Bishop of Saint-Claude, France Archbishop of Tours, France

17 Oct 43.0 Appointed Dražen Kutleša Coadjutor Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

18 Oct 59.9 Ordained Bishop Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

19 Oct 61.9 Appointed David Dennis Kagan Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

70.7 Appointed Carlo Maria Viganò Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America Apostolic Nuncio

76.0 Retired Paul Albert Zipfel † Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

20 Oct 75.9 Died John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai † Bishop Emeritus of Ratchaburi, Thailand

22 Oct 59.4 Installed Stanisław Budzik Archbishop of Lublin, Poland

75.0 Retired Paulinus Costa † Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh Archbishop Emeritus

68.0 Succeeded Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Piotr Greger Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

47.5 Appointed Piotr Greger Titular Bishop of Assava Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

23 Oct 146.5 Canonized St. Guido Maria Conforti † Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

75.3 Died Joseph Dao † Bishop Emeritus of Kayes, Mali

57.0 Installed Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R. Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil

24 Oct 85.8 Died Crescênzio Rinaldini † Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

25 Oct 56.9 Appointed Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands Bishop

56.9 Appointed Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks Titular Bishop of Arsacal Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands

75.8 Retired Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27 Oct 49.8 Appointed Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

78.2 Died Eduard Kojnok † Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia

48.5 Succeeded Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine

75.4 Retired Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. † Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

29 Oct 54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

54.2 Appointed Nicola Girasoli Apostolic Delegate to Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia

46.2 Appointed Clement Mulenga, S.D.B. Bishop of Kabwe, Zambia

63.4 Appointed Wiktor Paweł Skworc Archbishop of Katowice, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

44.3 Appointed Sebastian Tudu Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh

77.0 Retired Damian Zimoń Archbishop of Katowice, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

31 Oct 76.0 Retired Teofil Józef Wilski † Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	61.9	Ordained Bishop	Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
69.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
69.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
76.7	Retired	Giovanni Lajolo	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
76.7	Retired	Giovanni Lajolo	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Raspanti	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
2 Oct	49.9	Installed	Oliver Pugoy Aro, M.S.P.	Superior of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania)	Superior Emeritus
44.3	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro	Bishop of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
59.6	Installed	Daniel Kozelinski Netto	Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Bishop
50.2	Installed	Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B.	Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA	Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA
4 Oct	75.1	Retired	Josef Grünwald	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	80.0	Died	Fernando Charrier †	Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
75.8	Retired	João Miranda Teixeira	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
8 Oct	69.1	Ordained Bishop	Barthélemy Adoukonou	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
50.3	Appointed	Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca	Apostolic Administrator of Sonsonate, El Salvador	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador
75.0	Retired	José Adolfo Mojica Morales †	Bishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Sciacca	Titular Bishop of Victoriana	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
44.4	Appointed	Marek Solarczyk	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland	Bishop of Radom, Poland
44.4	Appointed	Marek Solarczyk	Titular Bishop of Hólar	Bishop of Radom, Poland
9 Oct	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Ivo Muser	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
88.3	Died	Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
10 Oct	48.4	Appointed	Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
48.4	Appointed	Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Titular Bishop of Elvas	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
12 Oct	57.3	Appointed	Paul-André Durocher	Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada
75.0	Retired	Roger Ébacher	Archbishop of Gatineau, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Luis Teodorico Stöckler	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
60.0	Appointed	Carlos José Tissera	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
64.1	Appointed	José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	José Sótero Valero Ruz †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
47.8	Appointed	Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen	Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
13 Oct	79.1	Appointed	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Apostolic Administrator of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
79.1	Retired	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Archbishop of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
15 Oct	61.3	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru	Apostolic Nuncio
16 Oct	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Luxembourg
50.7	Installed	Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy	Bishop of Saint-Claude, France	Archbishop of Tours, France
17 Oct	43.0	Appointed	Dražen Kutleša	Coadjutor Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
18 Oct	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
19 Oct	61.9	Appointed	David Dennis Kagan	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
70.7	Appointed	Carlo Maria Viganò	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America	Apostolic Nuncio
76.0	Retired	Paul Albert Zipfel †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Oct	75.9	Died	John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai †	Bishop Emeritus of Ratchaburi, Thailand
22 Oct	59.4	Installed	Stanisław Budzik	Archbishop of Lublin, Poland
75.0	Retired	Paulinus Costa †	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus
68.0	Succeeded	Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C.	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Piotr Greger	Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
47.5	Appointed	Piotr Greger	Titular Bishop of Assava	Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
23 Oct	146.5	Canonized	St. Guido Maria Conforti †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
75.3	Died	Joseph Dao †	Bishop Emeritus of Kayes, Mali
57.0	Installed	Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R.	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
24 Oct	85.8	Died	Crescênzio Rinaldini †	Bishop Emeritus of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
25 Oct	56.9	Appointed	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands	Bishop
56.9	Appointed	Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks	Titular Bishop of Arsacal	Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
75.8	Retired	Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	49.8	Appointed	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez	Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
78.2	Died	Eduard Kojnok †	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
48.5	Succeeded	Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine
75.4	Retired	Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
29 Oct	54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
54.2	Appointed	Nicola Girasoli	Apostolic Delegate to Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia
46.2	Appointed	Clement Mulenga, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kabwe, Zambia
63.4	Appointed	Wiktor Paweł Skworc	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
44.3	Appointed	Sebastian Tudu	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
77.0	Retired	Damian Zimoń	Archbishop of Katowice, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Oct	76.0	Retired	Teofil Józef Wilski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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