The Year of Our Lord 1940

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 24.5 Ordained Priest Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. † Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal Bishop of Arauca, Colombia

3 Sep Born Paul Stephen Loverde Framingham Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA

4 Sep 51.3 Appointed Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique

Born Ricardo Oscar Faifer Urdinarrain Bishop of Goya, Argentina

Born Ramón del Hoyo López Arlanzón Bishop of Jaén, Spain

82.3 Died Palmyre-Georges Jansoone † Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France

6 Sep Born Erminio De Scalzi Saronno Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

Born Anthony J. Farquhar Belfast Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

Born Lajos Pápai Gyõr Bishop of Győr, Hungary

8 Sep 86.2 Died Leonard Brindisi † Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

78.0 Died Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

25.5 Ordained Priest Waclaw Skomorucha † Priest of Siedlce, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Maria Trocellier, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Adramyttium Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territory, Canada

36.0 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Volaj † Bishop of Sapë, Albania

48.4 Ordained Bishop José Weimann, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

9 Sep Born Gentil Delázari Relvado Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

15 Sep Born Brigido A. Galasgas † Bokod Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

54.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena † Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus

17 Sep Born Klaus Küng Bregenz Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria

18 Sep 65.5 Resigned Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. † Bishop of Yokohama, Japan Bishop Emeritus

19 Sep 41.0 Appointed Hugo Bressane de Araújo † Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil

67.6 Died Patrick Casey † Bishop of Ross, Ireland

20 Sep Born Emilio Layon Bataclan Bantayan Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines

Born Felipe Salazar Villagrana Amatlán de Cañas Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

21 Sep 23.2 Ordained Priest Manuel Casares Hervás † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain

Born Rutilio Del Riego Jáñez Valdesandinas, Spain Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA

25.0 Ordained Priest José Nicomedes Grossi Priest Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil

26.7 Ordained Priest Jacques Nguyên Van Mâu Priest Bishop Emeritus of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam

26.0 Ordained Priest Lawrence Joseph Riley † Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Born Alessio Saccardo, S.J. Marano Vicentino, Italy Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil

53.7 Ordained Bishop John Vrakking, M.S.C. † Bishop of Surigao, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

22 Sep 67.1 Died Joaquim Ferreira de Melo † Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

53.1 Ordained Bishop Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Assuras Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire

54.1 Ordained Bishop Vince Kovács † Titular Bishop of Zaraï Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary

55.3 Ordained Bishop Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Tiberias Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

Born Ivan Milovan Svetvincenat Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia

25 Sep Born Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I. Saint-Eloi, Canada Bishop of Pala, Chad

27 Sep Born Domenico Padovano Mola di Bari Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

28 Sep 60.1 Died Stefano Breyer † Bishop of Győr, Hungary

29 Sep Born Lorenzo Baldisseri Barga Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

51.3 Ordained Bishop Aureliano de Matos † Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil

52.5 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ferche † Titular Bishop of Vina Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

51.0 Ordained Bishop Pietro Ossola † Titular Bishop of Axomis Bishop Emeritus of Montalto, Italy

27.1 Ordained Priest Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. † Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop Emeritus of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

30 Sep Born Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E. Chioggia Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

52.8 Appointed Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron † Bishop of Annecy, France

1 Oct Born Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato Jersey City Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born José Francisco Ulloa Rojas Cipreses de Oreamuno Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica

2 Oct Born Antonio Angel Algora Hernando La Vilueña Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain

3 Oct 44.6 Ordained Bishop Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun † Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

34.8 Ordained Bishop William Charles Quinn, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus Bishop of Yükiang [Yujiang], China

46.1 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas † Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

42.2 Ordained Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. † Titular Bishop of Adrasus Bishop Emeritus of Keimoes, South Africa

4 Oct 49.7 Ordained Bishop León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Madaurus Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru

5 Oct Born Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf Le Caire Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt

6 Oct 54.0 Appointed Emile-Arsène Blanchet † Bishop of Saint-Dié, France Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Patrick Hurley † Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA

8 Oct 54.0 Installed Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena † Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus

9 Oct 48.6 Ordained Bishop Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. † Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA Bishop Emeritus

10 Oct 52.0 Resigned Patrick Joseph Byrne, M.M. † Prefect of Kyoto, Japan Apostolic Delegate to Korea

11 Oct 48.1 Appointed Alfonso María Buteler † Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

Born Plácido Rodriguez, C.M.F. Celaya, México Bishop of Lubbock, Texas, USA

47.2 Appointed Stanislav Zela † Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

47.2 Appointed Stanislav Zela † Titular Bishop of Harpasa Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

12 Oct Born Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. Maiweini Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia

Born Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. Casoni di Mussolente, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Other

13 Oct 40.7 Ordained Bishop Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. † Titular Bishop of Zama Major Prelate Emeritus of Guamá, Para, Brazil

16 Oct Born Nereo P. Odchimar Bacuad Bishop of Tandag, Philippines

17 Oct Born Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas Las Mercedes del Llano Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela

Born Józef Wysocki Jartypory Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg, Poland

19 Oct 58.1 Installed Nicolás de Carlo † Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina

Born Juan Carlos Maccarone Buenos Aires Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

20 Oct 37.6 Ordained Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt † Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

22 Oct 77.1 Died Auguste-Joseph-Marie Simeone † Bishop of Fréjus, France

23 Oct Born Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. Buenos Aires Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina

Born Fouad Twal Madaba Coadjutor Archbishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine

24 Oct 73.8 Died William Timothy Cotter † Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

52.3 Ordained Bishop Vittorio De Zanche † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

25 Oct 16.2 Professed Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. † Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot Emeritus of Subiaco, Italy

Appointed Tiziano da Verona, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Hosanna, Ethiopia

63.6 Died Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China

26 Oct Born José María Arancedo Buenos Aires Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

27 Oct 45.6 Ordained Bishop Felice Bonomini † Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy Bishop of Como, Italy

27.9 Ordained Priest Jean Hengen † Priest of Luxembourg Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

23.3 Ordained Priest Francisco Orozco Lomelín † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

45.6 Ordained Bishop Nersès Tayroyan † Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

59.8 Ordained Bishop Eliseu Van der Weijer, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Gor Prelate Emeritus of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil

59.3 Ordained Bishop Cirillo Giovanni Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Acilisene Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

29 Oct 74.6 Died Celestino Endrici † Archbishop of Trento, Italy

Born José Ulises Macías Salcedo León Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

Born Heinrich Mussinghoff Osterwick Bishop of Aachen, Germany

Born Jean-Louis Plouffe Ottawa Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

30 Oct 65.6 Died Grégoire Haggiar † Bishop of Akka (Melkite), Israel

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	24.5	Ordained Priest	Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y. †	Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
3 Sep		Born	Paul Stephen Loverde	Framingham	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
4 Sep	51.3	Appointed	Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
	Born	Ricardo Oscar Faifer	Urdinarrain	Bishop of Goya, Argentina
	Born	Ramón del Hoyo López	Arlanzón	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
82.3	Died	Palmyre-Georges Jansoone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
6 Sep		Born	Erminio De Scalzi	Saronno	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	Born	Anthony J. Farquhar	Belfast	Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
	Born	Lajos Pápai	Gyõr	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
8 Sep	86.2	Died	Leonard Brindisi †	Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
78.0	Died	Arthur Jerome Drossaerts †	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
25.5	Ordained Priest	Waclaw Skomorucha †	Priest of Siedlce, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Maria Trocellier, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Adramyttium	Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territory, Canada
36.0	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Volaj †	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
48.4	Ordained Bishop	José Weimann, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
9 Sep		Born	Gentil Delázari	Relvado	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
15 Sep		Born	Brigido A. Galasgas †	Bokod	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena †	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus
17 Sep		Born	Klaus Küng	Bregenz	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria
18 Sep	65.5	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
19 Sep	41.0	Appointed	Hugo Bressane de Araújo †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil
67.6	Died	Patrick Casey †	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
20 Sep		Born	Emilio Layon Bataclan	Bantayan	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
	Born	Felipe Salazar Villagrana	Amatlán de Cañas	Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
21 Sep	23.2	Ordained Priest	Manuel Casares Hervás †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Almería, Spain
	Born	Rutilio Del Riego Jáñez	Valdesandinas, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
25.0	Ordained Priest	José Nicomedes Grossi	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil
26.7	Ordained Priest	Jacques Nguyên Van Mâu	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vinh Long, Viêt Nam
26.0	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Joseph Riley †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Alessio Saccardo, S.J.	Marano Vicentino, Italy	Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
53.7	Ordained Bishop	John Vrakking, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
22 Sep	67.1	Died	Joaquim Ferreira de Melo †	Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Vince Kovács †	Titular Bishop of Zaraï	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Egidio Luigi Lanzo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
	Born	Ivan Milovan	Svetvincenat	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
25 Sep		Born	Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I.	Saint-Eloi, Canada	Bishop of Pala, Chad
27 Sep		Born	Domenico Padovano	Mola di Bari	Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
28 Sep	60.1	Died	Stefano Breyer †	Bishop of Győr, Hungary
29 Sep		Born	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Barga	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Aureliano de Matos †	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ferche †	Titular Bishop of Vina	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Ossola †	Titular Bishop of Axomis	Bishop Emeritus of Montalto, Italy
27.1	Ordained Priest	Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. †	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop Emeritus of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Sep		Born	Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E.	Chioggia	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
52.8	Appointed	Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron †	Bishop of Annecy, France
1 Oct		Born	Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato	Jersey City	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	Born	José Francisco Ulloa Rojas	Cipreses de Oreamuno	Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica
2 Oct		Born	Antonio Angel Algora Hernando	La Vilueña	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
3 Oct	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon), France	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
34.8	Ordained Bishop	William Charles Quinn, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus	Bishop of Yükiang [Yujiang], China
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie Théas †	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Adrasus	Bishop Emeritus of Keimoes, South Africa
4 Oct	49.7	Ordained Bishop	León Bonaventura de Uriarte Bengoa, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón, Peru
5 Oct		Born	Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf	Le Caire	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Chaldean), Egypt
6 Oct	54.0	Appointed	Emile-Arsène Blanchet †	Bishop of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Patrick Hurley †	Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
8 Oct	54.0	Installed	Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena †	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus
9 Oct	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	52.0	Resigned	Patrick Joseph Byrne, M.M. †	Prefect of Kyoto, Japan	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
11 Oct	48.1	Appointed	Alfonso María Buteler †	Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
	Born	Plácido Rodriguez, C.M.F.	Celaya, México	Bishop of Lubbock, Texas, USA
47.2	Appointed	Stanislav Zela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
47.2	Appointed	Stanislav Zela †	Titular Bishop of Harpasa	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
12 Oct		Born	Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Maiweini	Vicar Apostolic of Harar, Ethiopia
	Born	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Casoni di Mussolente, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Other
13 Oct	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. †	Titular Bishop of Zama Major	Prelate Emeritus of Guamá, Para, Brazil
16 Oct		Born	Nereo P. Odchimar	Bacuad	Bishop of Tandag, Philippines
17 Oct		Born	Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas	Las Mercedes del Llano	Bishop of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela
	Born	Józef Wysocki	Jartypory	Auxiliary Bishop of Elbląg, Poland
19 Oct	58.1	Installed	Nicolás de Carlo †	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina
	Born	Juan Carlos Maccarone	Buenos Aires	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
20 Oct	37.6	Ordained Bishop	José Abraham Martínez Betancourt †	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct	77.1	Died	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Simeone †	Bishop of Fréjus, France
23 Oct		Born	Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B.	Buenos Aires	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
	Born	Fouad Twal	Madaba	Coadjutor Archbishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
24 Oct	73.8	Died	William Timothy Cotter †	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Vittorio De Zanche †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
25 Oct	16.2	Professed	Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. †	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus of Subiaco, Italy
	Appointed	Tiziano da Verona, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Hosanna, Ethiopia
63.6	Died	Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
26 Oct		Born	José María Arancedo	Buenos Aires	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
27 Oct	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Felice Bonomini †	Bishop of Terni e Narni, Italy	Bishop of Como, Italy
27.9	Ordained Priest	Jean Hengen †	Priest of Luxembourg	Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
23.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Orozco Lomelín †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Nersès Tayroyan †	Archbishop of Mardin (Armenian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Eliseu Van der Weijer, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Gor	Prelate Emeritus of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
59.3	Ordained Bishop	Cirillo Giovanni Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Acilisene	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
29 Oct	74.6	Died	Celestino Endrici †	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
	Born	José Ulises Macías Salcedo	León	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
	Born	Heinrich Mussinghoff	Osterwick	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
	Born	Jean-Louis Plouffe	Ottawa	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
30 Oct	65.6	Died	Grégoire Haggiar †	Bishop of Akka (Melkite), Israel

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