The Year of Our Lord 2019

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 65.5 Resigned Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U. Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian) Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Appointed Mykola Matwijiwskij (Matwijiwskyj) Apostolic Administrator of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian) Priest

2 Sep 88.2 Died Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Isernia-Venafro, Italy

70.5 Ceased Prakash Mallavarapu Apostolic Administrator of Srikakulam, India Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India

49.8 Ordained Bishop Rayarala Vijay Kumar, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Srikakulam, India

3 Sep 92.5 Died Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon

53.4 Appointed Paolo Borgia Apostolic Nuncio to Other Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

53.4 Appointed Paolo Borgia Titular Archbishop of Milazzo Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon

54.0 Appointed Antoine Camilleri Apostolic Nuncio to Other Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

54.0 Appointed Antoine Camilleri Titular Archbishop of Skálholt Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

60.2 Succeeded Paul Dennis Etienne Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

100.5 Died José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

49.1 Appointed Paolo Rudelli Titular Archbishop of Mesembria Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

49.1 Appointed Paolo Rudelli Apostolic Nuncio to Other Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia

67.2 Resigned James Peter Sartain Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

4 Sep 96.9 Died Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

5 Sep 49.8 Ceased Severo Cagátan Caérmare Apostolic Administrator of Iligan, Philippines Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines

90.1 Died Alberto Jara Franzoy † Bishop Emeritus of Chillán, Chile

50.3 Ordained Bishop Daniel Lotfy Khella Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt

73.1 Appointed Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M. Apostolic Delegate of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch

47.1 Installed Jose Ramirez Rapadas III Bishop of Iligan, Philippines

6 Sep 61.9 Ordained Bishop Philippe André Yves Marsset Titular Bishop of Thibica Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

7 Sep 53.0 Installed Sérgio de Deus Borges Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil

65.2 Installed Giovanni Nerbini Bishop of Prato, Italy

8 Sep 62.4 Installed Sebastian Adayanthrath Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India

54.4 Installed Roberto José da Silva Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

62.5 Installed José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

10 Sep 40.4 Confirmed Ivan Kulyk Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

11 Sep 51.7 Appointed Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. Cardinal, Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste

12 Sep 90.9 Died Francis Xavier Roque † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

13 Sep 64.3 Appointed Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M. Apostolic Administrator of Ambanja, Madagascar Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar

53.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Indrias Rehmat Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan

14 Sep 55.0 Solemn Vows Carlos Antonio Ávila Mártinez, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Superior Emeritus of Tadjikistan

58.8 Installed Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

60.3 Ceased Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R. Apostolic Administrator of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

64.0 Succeeded Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam

54.1 Ordained Bishop Michele Tomasi Bishop of Treviso, Italy

75.0 Retired Antoine Vũ Huy Chương Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

15 Sep 60.7 Installed Jean-Marc Noël Aveline Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille, France

66.7 Installed Antonio Mura Bishop of Nuoro, Italy

55.2 Ordained Bishop Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S. Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil

16 Sep 70.7 Ceased Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I. Apostolic Administrator of Moramanga, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus of Farafangana, Madagascar

57.4 Ordained Bishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura Titular Bishop of Fesseë Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan

67.3 Installed Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B. Bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar

17 Sep 51.1 Appointed Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela

51.1 Appointed Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo Titular Bishop of Badiae Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela

18 Sep 40.5 Appointed Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

40.5 Appointed Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy Titular Bishop of Tulana Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

19 Sep 93.2 Died Luigi Bommarito † Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

20 Sep 79.6 Died Séamus Hegarty † Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland

72.7 Died Gregorio Martínez Sacristán † Bishop of Zamora, Spain

21 Sep 64.1 Appointed Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez Archbishop of Durango, México

43.3 Appointed Marco Ganci Permanent Observer to Council of Europe

52.1 Installed José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

57.1 Appointed Francis Meli Apostolic Administrator of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

80.9 Died Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M. S. F. † Bishop Emeritus of Apatzingán, Michoacán, México

50.5 Ordained Bishop Augusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru

22 Sep 53.0 Ceased Sérgio de Deus Borges Apostolic Administrator of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil

86.3 Died Harry Joseph Flynn † Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

49.6 Installed George Toufik Khoury Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil

23 Sep 73.1 Appointed Michael F. Czerny, S.J. Titular Archbishop of Beneventum Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

24 Sep 52.6 Appointed Jorge Luis Wagner Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

52.6 Appointed Jorge Luis Wagner Titular Bishop of Gergis Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

25 Sep 62.1 Installed Otto Separy Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

26 Sep 83.2 Died William Joseph Levada † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

27 Sep 97.4 Died Dante Bernini † Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy

59.2 Ordained Bishop William Michael Joensen Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA

82.2 Died John Francis Kinney † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

93.9 Died John Joseph Snyder † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

28 Sep 57.0 Appointed Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca Bishop of Azcapotzalco, México, México

73.3 Appointed Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos Archbishop of Toluca, México, México Archbishop Emeritus

79.1 Died Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil

58.6 Appointed Rrok Gjonlleshaj Apostolic Administrator of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

75.0 Retired Ilija Janjić Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop Emeritus

74.2 Appointed Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Installed Enrique José Parravano Marino, S.D.B. Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela

55.1 Ordained Bishop Jorge Pierozan Titular Bishop of Arena Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

50.5 Installed Augusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru

100.9 Died Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

72.8 Appointed Andrés Vargas Peña Bishop of Xochimilco, México, México

56.6 Ordained Bishop Bruno Essoh Yedoh Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire

29 Sep 58.9 Ordained Bishop Vitorino José Pereira Soares Titular Bishop of Gisipa Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

57.4 Ordained Bishop Léon Wagener Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Luxembourg

30 Sep 80.6 Died Enrico Masseroni † Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy

75.0 Retired Eamonn Oliver Walsh Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	65.5	Resigned	Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U.	Bishop of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)	Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Appointed	Mykola Matwijiwskij (Matwijiwskyj)	Apostolic Administrator of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)	Priest
2 Sep	88.2	Died	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Isernia-Venafro, Italy
70.5	Ceased	Prakash Mallavarapu	Apostolic Administrator of Srikakulam, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Rayarala Vijay Kumar, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Srikakulam, India
3 Sep	92.5	Died	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
53.4	Appointed	Paolo Borgia	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
53.4	Appointed	Paolo Borgia	Titular Archbishop of Milazzo	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
54.0	Appointed	Antoine Camilleri	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
54.0	Appointed	Antoine Camilleri	Titular Archbishop of Skálholt	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba
60.2	Succeeded	Paul Dennis Etienne	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
100.5	Died	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia
49.1	Appointed	Paolo Rudelli	Titular Archbishop of Mesembria	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
49.1	Appointed	Paolo Rudelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
67.2	Resigned	James Peter Sartain	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Sep	96.9	Died	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray †	Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
5 Sep	49.8	Ceased	Severo Cagátan Caérmare	Apostolic Administrator of Iligan, Philippines	Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines
90.1	Died	Alberto Jara Franzoy †	Bishop Emeritus of Chillán, Chile
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Lotfy Khella	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
73.1	Appointed	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Apostolic Delegate of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch
47.1	Installed	Jose Ramirez Rapadas III	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
6 Sep	61.9	Ordained Bishop	Philippe André Yves Marsset	Titular Bishop of Thibica	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
7 Sep	53.0	Installed	Sérgio de Deus Borges	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
65.2	Installed	Giovanni Nerbini	Bishop of Prato, Italy
8 Sep	62.4	Installed	Sebastian Adayanthrath	Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India
54.4	Installed	Roberto José da Silva	Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
62.5	Installed	José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
10 Sep	40.4	Confirmed	Ivan Kulyk	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
11 Sep	51.7	Appointed	Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Díli, Timor-Leste
12 Sep	90.9	Died	Francis Xavier Roque †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
13 Sep	64.3	Appointed	Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Ambanja, Madagascar	Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Indrias Rehmat	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
14 Sep	55.0	Solemn Vows	Carlos Antonio Ávila Mártinez, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Superior Emeritus of Tadjikistan
58.8	Installed	Otacilio Francisco Ferreira de Lacerda	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
60.3	Ceased	Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R.	Apostolic Administrator of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
64.0	Succeeded	Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Michele Tomasi	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
75.0	Retired	Antoine Vũ Huy Chương	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
15 Sep	60.7	Installed	Jean-Marc Noël Aveline	Cardinal, Archbishop of Marseille, France
66.7	Installed	Antonio Mura	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S.	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
16 Sep	70.7	Ceased	Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Moramanga, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Farafangana, Madagascar
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Peter Michiaki Nakamura	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan
67.3	Installed	Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B.	Bishop of Moramanga, Madagascar
17 Sep	51.1	Appointed	Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
51.1	Appointed	Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo	Titular Bishop of Badiae	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
18 Sep	40.5	Appointed	Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
40.5	Appointed	Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy	Titular Bishop of Tulana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
19 Sep	93.2	Died	Luigi Bommarito †	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
20 Sep	79.6	Died	Séamus Hegarty †	Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland
72.7	Died	Gregorio Martínez Sacristán †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
21 Sep	64.1	Appointed	Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez	Archbishop of Durango, México
43.3	Appointed	Marco Ganci	Permanent Observer to Council of Europe
52.1	Installed	José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
57.1	Appointed	Francis Meli	Apostolic Administrator of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
80.9	Died	Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M. S. F. †	Bishop Emeritus of Apatzingán, Michoacán, México
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru
22 Sep	53.0	Ceased	Sérgio de Deus Borges	Apostolic Administrator of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
86.3	Died	Harry Joseph Flynn †	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
49.6	Installed	George Toufik Khoury	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
23 Sep	73.1	Appointed	Michael F. Czerny, S.J.	Titular Archbishop of Beneventum	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
24 Sep	52.6	Appointed	Jorge Luis Wagner	Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
52.6	Appointed	Jorge Luis Wagner	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
25 Sep	62.1	Installed	Otto Separy	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
26 Sep	83.2	Died	William Joseph Levada †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
27 Sep	97.4	Died	Dante Bernini †	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
59.2	Ordained Bishop	William Michael Joensen	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
82.2	Died	John Francis Kinney †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
93.9	Died	John Joseph Snyder †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
28 Sep	57.0	Appointed	Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca	Bishop of Azcapotzalco, México, México
73.3	Appointed	Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos	Archbishop of Toluca, México, México	Archbishop Emeritus
79.1	Died	Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil
58.6	Appointed	Rrok Gjonlleshaj	Apostolic Administrator of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
75.0	Retired	Ilija Janjić	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
74.2	Appointed	Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco	Bishop of Iztapalapa, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Installed	Enrique José Parravano Marino, S.D.B.	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Pierozan	Titular Bishop of Arena	Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
50.5	Installed	Augusto Martín Quijano Rodríguez, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru
100.9	Died	Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
72.8	Appointed	Andrés Vargas Peña	Bishop of Xochimilco, México, México
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Bruno Essoh Yedoh	Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
29 Sep	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Vitorino José Pereira Soares	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Léon Wagener	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Luxembourg
30 Sep	80.6	Died	Enrico Masseroni †	Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli, Italy
75.0	Retired	Eamonn Oliver Walsh	Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

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