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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	39.9	Appointed	Claude-Marie Chanrion, S. M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	39.9	Appointed	Claude-Marie Chanrion, S. M. †	Titular Bishop of Chariopolis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
	63.2	Died	Alphonse-Hilarion Fraysse, S. M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Sep		Born	Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C. †	Hillegom, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Born	James Ward †	Dumbarton	Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
5 Sep	44.7	Died	Léon-Alexander Lejeune, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
	78.0	Died	Franz Leopold Freiherr von Leonrod †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
6 Sep		Born	Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey †	Rochester, NY	Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
		Born	Benedetto Falcucci †	Atessa	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
		Born	Christopher Joseph Weldon †	New York, NY	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
7 Sep	69.7	Died	Raffaele Pierotti, O.P. †	Cardinal, Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
8 Sep	40.8	Appointed	Alfonso Archi †	Bishop of Como, Italy	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	36.6	Professed	Edmund John Aloysius Gleeson, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
12 Sep	56.4	Appointed	Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
	56.4	Appointed	Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
	54.5	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Pellizzari †	Bishop of Piacenza, Italy
16 Sep	34.0	Appointed	James Duhig †	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
		Born	Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †	Liverpool, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Keta, Ghana
	43.7	Appointed	Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Bucuresti, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
17 Sep	22.8	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Guidati †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Maximos IV Saigh, S.M.S.P. †	Priest of Other	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
20 Sep	34.3	Appointed	Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
23 Sep	22.6	Ordained Priest	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †	Priest of Faenza, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	22.9	Ordained Priest	Gustave-Joseph Deswazières, M.E.P. †	Priest of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Bishop of Pakhoi [Beihai], China
	24.2	Ordained Priest	August Hlond, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
	32.0	Ordained Priest	Donald Martin †	Priest	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
	29.7	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Reyes †	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
24 Sep	79.8	Died	Géraud Bray, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Settentrionale}, China
	46.2	Succeeded	Paul-Léon Ferrant, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Kiangsi {Kiam-Si Settentrionale}, China
		Born	Francis William Markall, S.J. †	Harringay, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Antoni Jacek Zimniak †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
25 Sep	79.8	Died	Charles-Pierre-François Cotton †	Bishop of Valence, France
26 Sep	45.6	Appointed	Joseph Robert Cowgill †	Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Bishop
	45.6	Appointed	Joseph Robert Cowgill †	Titular Bishop of Olena	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
27 Sep		Born	Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Espinosa, Spain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tucupita, Venezuela
29 Sep		Born	Luigi Oldani †	Caidate	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
1 Oct	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Andrea Caron †	Titular Bishop of Argos	Archbishop Emeritus of Genova, Italy
	22.9	Ordained Priest	André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien †	Priest of Paris, France	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Pozzoni, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Tavium	Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
2 Oct		Born	Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, C.A.M. †	Trabzon	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
		Born	Franjo Šeper †	Osijek	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
3 Oct		Born	John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †	Schimmert	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
	70.3	Appointed	Johannes Trepnau †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
	70.3	Appointed	Johannes Trepnau †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
4 Oct		Born	Thomas Joseph McCarthy †	Goderich	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
5 Oct	57.8	Appointed	Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
7 Oct	50.0	Appointed	Thomas Francis Brennan †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
	50.0	Retired	Thomas Francis Brennan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Isidor Markus Emanuel †	Merzalben	Bishop Emeritus of Speyer, Germany
8 Oct	21.3	Professed	Theodos (Peter) Schall, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Eshowe, South Africa
9 Oct	66.8	Died	Plácido Labarca Olivares †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
10 Oct	50.9	Succeeded	Emilio Parodi, C.M. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
11 Oct		Born	Jean-Marie Villot †	Saint-Amant-Tallende	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
13 Oct		Born	Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp †	St. Germain-en-Laye	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
14 Oct		Born	Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. †	Montréal, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Lishui [Lishui], China
15 Oct		Born	Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti †	Montpellier	Prelate Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
		Born	James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. †	Old Chelsea	Bishop Emeritus of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
17 Oct		Born	Josef Vrana †	Stribrnice	Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc, Czech Republic
19 Oct		Born	József Winkler †	Nagyszentmihaly	Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
22 Oct	67.6	Died	Francesco Pozzi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
25 Oct	28.4	Ordained Priest	Bl. Nykyta Budka †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
		Born	Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Saint-Pierre-du-Champ, France	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
26 Oct		Born	George Bernard Flahiff, C.S.B. †	Paris, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
28 Oct	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Gustave Maria Blanche, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
	23.5	Ordained Priest	George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Cuba
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Johann Baptist Dietz †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
29 Oct	23.1	Ordained Priest	José Tupinambá da Frota †	Priest	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
30 Oct	53.0	Appointed	Carmelo Pujia †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy
2 Nov		Born	Mihály Endrey-Eipel †	Budapest	Bishop of Vác, Hungary
5 Nov	22.5	Ordained Priest	Evasio Colli †	Priest	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
		Born	Karl Gnädinger †	Bohlingen-Baden	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Maldonado Calvo †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bucuresti, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov		Born	Réginald-André-Paulin-Edmond Jacq, O.P. †	Sèvres, France	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lang Són et Cao Bang, Viêt Nam
		Born	Paul Ten Gan-lin †	Tsitwiwa	Bishop of Kiating [Leshan], China
13 Nov		Born	Juán Maria Riofrio, O.P. †	Loja	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
15 Nov	32.1	Incardinated	Luis Olivares, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, Italy
16 Nov		Born	Ettore Cunial †	Possagno, Italy	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
18 Nov	29.9	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Pereira †	Priest	Bishop of Kottar, India
20 Nov	41.2	Died	Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana
		Born	Giuseppe Olivotti †	Venezia	Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
23 Nov		Born	Clemente Carranza y López †	Nandasmo	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
25 Nov		Born	Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes †	Chinandega	Bishop Emeritus of León en Nicaragua
26 Nov		Born	Rafael Grovas Felix †	Santurce	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
29 Nov		Born	Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Tourcoing	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
30 Nov	61.4	Resigned	Juan Comes y Vidal †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Robert Cowgill †	Titular Bishop of Olena	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain
		Born	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Puzol	Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
3 Dec		Born	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Guadalajara	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
4 Dec		Born	Antonio Samorè †	Bardi	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
5 Dec	45.3	Installed	Eduardo Maldonado Calvo †	Bishop of Tunja, Colombia
9 Dec	60.8	Died	Louis-Eugène Francqueville †	Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
10 Dec	34.3	Ordained Bishop	James Duhig †	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
	70.5	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Trepnau †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
11 Dec	55.9	Appointed	Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti †	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	55.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	50.3	Appointed	Lajos Balós de Sipek (Balás) †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
	43.5	Appointed	Luigi Bignami †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
	65.5	Appointed	Cesare Boccanera †	Titular Archbishop of Nicosia	Bishop Emeritus of Narni, Italy
	65.5	Resigned	Cesare Boccanera †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria Bonito †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Antonio Maria Bonito †	Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
	60.1	Appointed	Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo †	Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	60.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
	64.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Fiorenza †	Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
	64.8	Resigned	Giuseppe Fiorenza †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Ján Ivankovic †	Titular Bishop of Sidyma	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia
	59.0	Resigned	Ján Ivankovic †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia	Bishop Emeritus
	39.1	Appointed	Ercolano Marini †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
		Appointed	Adelberto Mayer †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
	58.0	Confirmed	Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
	54.2	Appointed	Francesco Moretti †	Bishop of Terni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
	54.2	Appointed	Francesco Moretti †	Bishop of Narni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Terni e Narni, Italy
	61.6	Appointed	Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
	61.6	Resigned	Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.2	Appointed	Ottokár Prohászka †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
	77.1	Appointed	József Samassa †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	77.1	Elevated to Cardinal	József Samassa †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
	70.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Bl. Marcelo Spínola y Maestre †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
	34.1	Appointed	Gyula Zichy †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
14 Dec	55.6	Appointed	Jorge Barlin Imperial †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines
	55.1	Appointed	Emanuele Giuseppe Cayzedo y Cuero †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
	37.3	Appointed	Joaquim Antônio d'Almeida †	Bishop of Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil
	57.6	Appointed	Juan Antón de la Fuente †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	60.9	Appointed	Federico Gonsález y Suárez †	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
	53.6	Appointed	Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez †	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
	55.0	Appointed	Santiago Ozcoidi y Udave †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain
	65.1	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ruano Martín †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
	54.3	Appointed	José Maria Salvador y Barrera †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
	56.8	Appointed	Juan José Solís y Fernández †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
	45.4	Appointed	Antônio Xisto Albano †	Titular Bishop of Bethsaida	Bishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
	45.4	Resigned	Antônio Xisto Albano †	Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Dec	54.5	Appointed	Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mysore, India	Bishop
	54.5	Appointed	Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Calynda	Bishop of Mysore, India
16 Dec	58.0	Appointed	Alexis-Xyste Bernard †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
		Born	William Charles Quinn, C.M. †	Savanah, CA, USA	Bishop of Yükiang [Yujiang], China
18 Dec	84.7	Died	Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) †	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
20 Dec	62.5	Died	James Maher †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia
21 Dec	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Lajos Balós de Sipek (Balás) †	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
		Born	John Aloysius Murphy †	Birkenhead	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Ottokár Prohászka †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
		Born	Alfredo Vozzi †	Chiaromonte	Archbishop Emeritus of Amalfi, Italy
	34.1	Ordained Bishop	Gyula Zichy †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
22 Dec		Born	Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †	Emlegh (Ballymote), Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria
23 Dec	23.9	Ordained Priest	Etienne Bornet †	Priest of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Auxiliary Bishop
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Evangelista Galea (da Cefalonia), O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Prefect of Alto Solimões, Brazil
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Fernando Cento †	Priest of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Marcello Mimmi †	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
		Born	Victor Joseph Reed †	Montpelier, IN	Bishop of Oklahoma City-Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Carlo Serena †	Priest of Sorrento, Italy	Archbishop
25 Dec		Born	Sergio Guerri †	Tarquinia	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
27 Dec		Born	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Pfeifer, KS, USA	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
28 Dec	66.1	Died	Georg Wuschanski †	Prefect of Meissen (Meißen) {Lusazia o Lausitz; Sassonia}, Germany
30 Dec		Born	José Bascuñana y López †	Orihuela	Bishop Emeritus of Solsona, Spain
31 Dec	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Pirastru †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Iglesias, Italy

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