The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 44.0 Appointed Philippe Curbelié Official of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

1 Sep 85.2 Died Joseph Banchong Aribarg † Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

2 Sep 49.4 Ordained Bishop Marcel Damphousse Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

48.0 Ordained Bishop Vincent Dollmann Titular Bishop of Cursola Archbishop of Cambrai, France

3 Sep 51.4 Ordained Bishop Gregory John Bittman Titular Bishop of Caltadria Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

4 Sep 77.2 Died Hélio Gonçalves Heleno † Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

42.5 Appointed Andrea Palmieri Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

7 Sep 35.1 Ordained Priest Pedro Ernesto Fournau Priest of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop

45.0 Ordained Bishop José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

8 Sep 53.3 Appointed Anand Jojo Bishop of Hazaribag, India

85.4 Died Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles

62.9 Ordained Bishop Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. Bishop of Ivrea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

78.5 Died Luís d’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil

63.1 Installed Marek Jędraszewski Archbishop of Łódź, Poland Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

76.7 Retired Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. † Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

47.0 Ordained Bishop Marcello Romano Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

78.0 Retired Charles Soreng, S.J. † Bishop of Hazaribag, India Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Installed Philip Tartaglia † Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

66.1 Appointed Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D. Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

73.0 Appointed Luigi Travaglino Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco Apostolic Nuncio

9 Sep 51.6 Ordained Bishop Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo Titular Bishop of Bisuldino Archbishop of Spain, Military

45.3 Ordained Bishop Pius Riana Prapdi Bishop of Ketapang, Indonesia

86.4 Died José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil

10 Sep 42.9 Appointed Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. Procurator General of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

75.0 Retired Thomas Chakiath Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Ordained Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

12 Sep 59.1 Ordained Bishop Peter Malcolm Brignall Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain

60.0 Installed Edward Janiak † Bishop of Kalisz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

14 Sep 67.5 Appointed Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

77.0 Retired Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed James Douglas Conley Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

15 Sep 46.3 Ordained Bishop José Eudes Campos do Nascimento Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

75.1 Retired Bogdan Józef Wojtuś † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 Sep 60.9 Installed Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B. Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

44.4 Ordained Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India

17 Sep 56.3 Installed Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G. Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

18 Sep 88.9 Died Michel Joseph Kuehn † Bishop Emeritus of Chartres, France

19 Sep 58.2 Appointed Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

59.0 Appointed Pedro Luiz Stringhini Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil

20 Sep 77.1 Died Fortunato Baldelli † Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

21 Sep 75.8 Retired Tod David Brown † Bishop of Orange in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.1 Retired Matthew Harvey Clark † Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

69.2 Appointed Robert Joseph Cunningham Apostolic Administrator of Rochester, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

45.9 Ordained Bishop José Rico Pavés Titular Bishop of Mentesa Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

71.7 Died Bruno Schettino † Archbishop of Capua, Italy

61.3 Appointed Kevin William Vann Bishop of Orange in California, USA

22 Sep 71.4 Appointed Pio Vito Pinto Dean of the Roman Rota Dean Emeritus

76.9 Resigned Antoni Stankiewicz † Dean of the Roman Rota Dean Emeritus

23 Sep 96.4 Died Albert Henry Ottenweller † Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

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

24 Sep 56.8 Ordained Bishop Philip Anthony Egan Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

25 Sep 79.0 Died Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

26 Sep 51.3 Appointed Tomé Ferreira da Silva Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

59.9 Appointed João Francisco Salm Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

27 Sep 40.6 Appointed Kęstutis Kėvalas Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania Archbishop

40.6 Appointed Kęstutis Kėvalas Titular Bishop of Abziri Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

62.2 Appointed Joachim von Braun Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences President

29 Sep 68.7 Appointed Franco Agostinelli Bishop of Prato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

67.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

65.9 Appointed Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Adriano Caprioli Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.3 Installed Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Garzón, Colombia

51.2 Ordained Bishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves Bishop of Amravati, India Archbishop of Nagpur, India

89.4 Died Antônio Maria Mucciolo † Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

66.4 Installed Jesús Murgui Soriano Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Gastone Simoni † Bishop of Prato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Joseph Edward Strickland Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

30 Sep 46.4 Installed José Eudes Campos do Nascimento Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

66.5 Installed Jean-Yves Riocreux Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

81.9 Died Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Jinja, Uganda

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	44.0	Appointed	Philippe Curbelié	Official of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
1 Sep	85.2	Died	Joseph Banchong Aribarg †	Bishop Emeritus of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
2 Sep	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Marcel Damphousse	Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Dollmann	Titular Bishop of Cursola	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
3 Sep	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Gregory John Bittman	Titular Bishop of Caltadria	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
4 Sep	77.2	Died	Hélio Gonçalves Heleno †	Bishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
42.5	Appointed	Andrea Palmieri	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
7 Sep	35.1	Ordained Priest	Pedro Ernesto Fournau	Priest of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop
45.0	Ordained Bishop	José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
8 Sep	53.3	Appointed	Anand Jojo	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
85.4	Died	Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Port Victoria o Seychelles
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O.	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
78.5	Died	Luís d’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil
63.1	Installed	Marek Jędraszewski	Archbishop of Łódź, Poland	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
76.7	Retired	Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. †	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Marcello Romano	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
78.0	Retired	Charles Soreng, S.J. †	Bishop of Hazaribag, India	Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Installed	Philip Tartaglia †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
66.1	Appointed	Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
73.0	Appointed	Luigi Travaglino	Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco	Apostolic Nuncio
9 Sep	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo	Titular Bishop of Bisuldino	Archbishop of Spain, Military
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Pius Riana Prapdi	Bishop of Ketapang, Indonesia
86.4	Died	José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
10 Sep	42.9	Appointed	Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O.	Procurator General of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
75.0	Retired	Thomas Chakiath	Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Jeffrey Marc Monforton	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 Sep	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Peter Malcolm Brignall	Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain
60.0	Installed	Edward Janiak †	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
14 Sep	67.5	Appointed	Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli	Bishop of Quiché, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
77.0	Retired	Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	James Douglas Conley	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
15 Sep	46.3	Ordained Bishop	José Eudes Campos do Nascimento	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.1	Retired	Bogdan Józef Wojtuś †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Sep	60.9	Installed	Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
44.4	Ordained Bishop	George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B.	Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India
17 Sep	56.3	Installed	Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G.	Bishop of Ecatepec, México, México	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
18 Sep	88.9	Died	Michel Joseph Kuehn †	Bishop Emeritus of Chartres, France
19 Sep	58.2	Appointed	Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.	Bishop of Santarém, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
59.0	Appointed	Pedro Luiz Stringhini	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Sep	77.1	Died	Fortunato Baldelli †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
21 Sep	75.8	Retired	Tod David Brown †	Bishop of Orange in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.1	Retired	Matthew Harvey Clark †	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
69.2	Appointed	Robert Joseph Cunningham	Apostolic Administrator of Rochester, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
45.9	Ordained Bishop	José Rico Pavés	Titular Bishop of Mentesa	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
71.7	Died	Bruno Schettino †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
61.3	Appointed	Kevin William Vann	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
22 Sep	71.4	Appointed	Pio Vito Pinto	Dean of the Roman Rota	Dean Emeritus
76.9	Resigned	Antoni Stankiewicz †	Dean of the Roman Rota	Dean Emeritus
23 Sep	96.4	Died	Albert Henry Ottenweller †	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
83.5	Died	Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Dundee, South Africa
24 Sep	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Philip Anthony Egan	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
25 Sep	79.0	Died	Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
26 Sep	51.3	Appointed	Tomé Ferreira da Silva	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
59.9	Appointed	João Francisco Salm	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27 Sep	40.6	Appointed	Kęstutis Kėvalas	Auxiliary Bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania	Archbishop
40.6	Appointed	Kęstutis Kėvalas	Titular Bishop of Abziri	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
62.2	Appointed	Joachim von Braun	Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences	President
29 Sep	68.7	Appointed	Franco Agostinelli	Bishop of Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
67.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap.	Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
65.9	Appointed	Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B.	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Adriano Caprioli	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.3	Installed	Fabio Duque Jaramillo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia
51.2	Ordained Bishop	Elias Joseph Gonsalves	Bishop of Amravati, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
89.4	Died	Antônio Maria Mucciolo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
66.4	Installed	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Gastone Simoni †	Bishop of Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Joseph Edward Strickland	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Sep	46.4	Installed	José Eudes Campos do Nascimento	Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
66.5	Installed	Jean-Yves Riocreux	Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
81.9	Died	Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jinja, Uganda

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