The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Oct 72.5 Resigned [Richard Nelson Williamson] † Priest of [Society of Saint Pius X (Schismatic)] Bishop

1 Oct 49.2 Ordained Bishop Jacob Muricken Titular Bishop of Thinis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India

61.8 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Thomas Persico Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

77.2 Retired Wilhelm Schraml † Bishop of Passau, Germany Bishop Emeritus

71.4 Resigned Joachim Wanke Bishop of Erfurt, Germany Bishop Emeritus

2 Oct 60.9 Installed Sigifredo Noriega Barceló Bishop of Zacatecas, México

3 Oct 58.4 Appointed Francisco Carlos Bach Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

61.6 Appointed Rogelio Cabrera López Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

4 Oct 56.3 Installed Salvatore Joseph Cordileone Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA

5 Oct 46.4 Ordained Bishop Jaime Calderón Calderón Titular Bishop of Iomnium Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México

6 Oct 75.1 Retired Edward Marian Frankowski Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.1 Appointed Henryk Józef Nowacki Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark Apostolic Nuncio

66.1 Appointed Henryk Józef Nowacki Apostolic Nuncio to Finland Apostolic Nuncio

66.1 Appointed Henryk Józef Nowacki Apostolic Nuncio to Norway Apostolic Nuncio

53.3 Appointed Charles Jude Scicluna Auxiliary Bishop of Malta Archbishop

53.3 Appointed Charles Jude Scicluna Titular Bishop of San Leone Archbishop of Malta

7 Oct 62.9 Installed Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O. Bishop of Ivrea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

81.7 Died Roman Danylak † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

53.9 Ordained Bishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. Archbishop of Beira, Mozambique

8 Oct 81.3 Installed Lucian Mureşan † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

9 Oct 71.3 Appointed Pablo Lizama Riquelme Apostolic Administrator of Iquique, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

47.9 Resigned Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández Bishop of Iquique, Chile

10 Oct 52.8 Appointed Vital Corbellini Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil

71.5 Appointed Frans Daneels, O. Praem. Titular Archbishop of Bita Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

47.9 Appointed Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B. Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

12 Oct 56.8 Appointed Renato Pine Mayugba Bishop of Laoag, Philippines

13 Oct 45.1 Installed José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

14 Oct 67.4 Installed George Alencherry Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

62.6 Installed Timothy Michael Dolan Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

56.3 Installed Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy

100.6 Died Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru

15 Oct 78.5 Died Patrick Ronald Cooney † Bishop Emeritus of Gaylord, Michigan, USA

62.9 Installed Gerald Isaac Lobo Bishop of Udupi, India

72.8 Resigned Carlos Prada Sanmiguel † Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

16 Oct 63.2 Ordained Bishop Paul Bernard Bird, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

63.1 Appointed Henry D’Souza Apostolic Administrator of Shimoga, India Bishop of Bellary, India

17 Oct 68.5 Died René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. † Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin

75.5 Retired Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Elio Rama, I.M.C. Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil

18 Oct 69.4 Appointed Paul Terrio Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

19 Oct 62.3 Died Raymond Dumais † Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

20 Oct 65.1 Appointed Domenico Caliandro Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Guido Gallese Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy

55.9 Appointed Luigi Ernesto Palletti Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

92.5 Installed Julien Ries † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

76.1 Retired Rocco Talucci Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

22 Oct 69.2 Resigned Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. Bishop of Machala, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza Apostolic Administrator of Machala, Ecuador Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador

23 Oct 65.7 Installed Thomas Christopher Collins Cardinal-Priest of San Patrizio Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

75.1 Retired Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

25 Oct 73.5 Installed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

61.9 Appointed Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México, México

27 Oct 54.9 Appointed Pasquale Cascio Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy

85.1 Died Eduardo Herrera Riera † Bishop Emeritus of Carora, Venezuela

55.0 Appointed Ryszard Kasyna Bishop of Pelplin, Poland

48.2 Resigned Ernesto Maguengue Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique

81.1 Died Felix Eugenio Mkhori † Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

53.6 Appointed Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa Bishop of Montería, Colombia Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia

28 Oct 90.7 Died Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

78.9 Died George Riashi, B.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

30 Oct 48.3 Appointed Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán Bishop of Peru, Military Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran † Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

63.7 Resigned Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón Bishop of Peru, Military Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

31 Oct 84.6 Died Alfons Demming † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

77.9 Retired Frederick D’Souza † Bishop of Jhansi, India Bishop Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Robert Herman Flock Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

55.9 Appointed Robert Herman Flock Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

45.6 Appointed René Leigue Cesari Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Archbishop

45.6 Appointed René Leigue Cesari Titular Bishop of Nepeta Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

62.9 Appointed Peter Parapullil Bishop of Jhansi, India Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Died Faustino Sainz Muñoz † Apostolic Nuncio

62.1 Appointed Pedro Vázquez Villalobos Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Oct	72.5	Resigned	[Richard Nelson Williamson] †	Priest of [Society of Saint Pius X (Schismatic)]	Bishop
1 Oct	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacob Muricken	Titular Bishop of Thinis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
61.8	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Thomas Persico	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
77.2	Retired	Wilhelm Schraml †	Bishop of Passau, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
71.4	Resigned	Joachim Wanke	Bishop of Erfurt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
2 Oct	60.9	Installed	Sigifredo Noriega Barceló	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
3 Oct	58.4	Appointed	Francisco Carlos Bach	Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil	Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
61.6	Appointed	Rogelio Cabrera López	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
4 Oct	56.3	Installed	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
5 Oct	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Calderón Calderón	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
6 Oct	75.1	Retired	Edward Marian Frankowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.1	Appointed	Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark	Apostolic Nuncio
66.1	Appointed	Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland	Apostolic Nuncio
66.1	Appointed	Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway	Apostolic Nuncio
53.3	Appointed	Charles Jude Scicluna	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta	Archbishop
53.3	Appointed	Charles Jude Scicluna	Titular Bishop of San Leone	Archbishop of Malta
7 Oct	62.9	Installed	Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O.	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
81.7	Died	Roman Danylak †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I.	Archbishop of Beira, Mozambique
8 Oct	81.3	Installed	Lucian Mureşan †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
9 Oct	71.3	Appointed	Pablo Lizama Riquelme	Apostolic Administrator of Iquique, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
47.9	Resigned	Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández	Bishop of Iquique, Chile
10 Oct	52.8	Appointed	Vital Corbellini	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil
71.5	Appointed	Frans Daneels, O. Praem.	Titular Archbishop of Bita	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
47.9	Appointed	Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
12 Oct	56.8	Appointed	Renato Pine Mayugba	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines
13 Oct	45.1	Installed	José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
14 Oct	67.4	Installed	George Alencherry	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
62.6	Installed	Timothy Michael Dolan	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
56.3	Installed	Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli	Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy
100.6	Died	Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Requena, Peru
15 Oct	78.5	Died	Patrick Ronald Cooney †	Bishop Emeritus of Gaylord, Michigan, USA
62.9	Installed	Gerald Isaac Lobo	Bishop of Udupi, India
72.8	Resigned	Carlos Prada Sanmiguel †	Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Bernard Bird, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
63.1	Appointed	Henry D’Souza	Apostolic Administrator of Shimoga, India	Bishop of Bellary, India
17 Oct	68.5	Died	René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
75.5	Retired	Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C.	Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Elio Rama, I.M.C.	Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
18 Oct	69.4	Appointed	Paul Terrio	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
19 Oct	62.3	Died	Raymond Dumais †	Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
20 Oct	65.1	Appointed	Domenico Caliandro	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Guido Gallese	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
55.9	Appointed	Luigi Ernesto Palletti	Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
92.5	Installed	Julien Ries †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
76.1	Retired	Rocco Talucci	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Oct	69.2	Resigned	Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B.	Bishop of Machala, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza	Apostolic Administrator of Machala, Ecuador	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador
23 Oct	65.7	Installed	Thomas Christopher Collins	Cardinal-Priest of San Patrizio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
75.1	Retired	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
25 Oct	73.5	Installed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
61.9	Appointed	Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez	Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México, México
27 Oct	54.9	Appointed	Pasquale Cascio	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy
85.1	Died	Eduardo Herrera Riera †	Bishop Emeritus of Carora, Venezuela
55.0	Appointed	Ryszard Kasyna	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
48.2	Resigned	Ernesto Maguengue	Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
81.1	Died	Felix Eugenio Mkhori †	Bishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
53.6	Appointed	Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa	Bishop of Montería, Colombia	Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia
28 Oct	90.7	Died	Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
78.9	Died	George Riashi, B.C. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
30 Oct	48.3	Appointed	Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán	Bishop of Peru, Military	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran †	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
63.7	Resigned	Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón	Bishop of Peru, Military	Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
31 Oct	84.6	Died	Alfons Demming †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
77.9	Retired	Frederick D’Souza †	Bishop of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Robert Herman Flock	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
55.9	Appointed	Robert Herman Flock	Titular Bishop of Forum Popilii	Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
45.6	Appointed	René Leigue Cesari	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Archbishop
45.6	Appointed	René Leigue Cesari	Titular Bishop of Nepeta	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
62.9	Appointed	Peter Parapullil	Bishop of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Died	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Apostolic Nuncio
62.1	Appointed	Pedro Vázquez Villalobos	Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

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