The Year of Our Lord 1954

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 62.8 Appointed Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh † Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

62.8 Appointed Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh † Titular Bishop of Gilba Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

2 Sep 48.9 Appointed Jean-Marie Villot † Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

48.9 Appointed Jean-Marie Villot † Titular Bishop of Vinda Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

42.6 Appointed Elias Zoghbi † Titular Archbishop of Nubia Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite), Lebanon

42.6 Confirmed Elias Zoghbi † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite), Lebanon

5 Sep 25.8 Ordained Priest Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C. Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia

45.9 Appointed Matteo Guido Sperandeo † Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Teano-Calvi, Italy

6 Sep 50.0 Appointed Henry Edmund Donnelly † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

50.0 Appointed Henry Edmund Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Tymbrias Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

43.1 Appointed John Anthony Donovan † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA

43.1 Appointed John Anthony Donovan † Titular Bishop of Rhasus Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA

7 Sep 21.3 Professed Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. † Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia

8 Sep 51.1 Ordained Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan † Titular Bishop of Paphus Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

44.2 Succeeded Antonio Poma † Bishop of Mantova, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

12 Sep 30.7 Ordained Priest James Chiona Priest of Blantyre, Malawi Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi

53.2 Ordained Bishop Ermenegildo Florit † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy

23.2 Ordained Priest William Joseph Foley † Priest of Perth, Australia Archbishop

24.2 Ordained Priest Romualdas Krikšciunas Priest Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania

Born Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez Tamuin Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México

29.2 Ordained Priest Luc Auguste Sangaré † Priest Archbishop of Bamako, Mali

42.6 Ordained Bishop Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Buthrotum Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

25.9 Ordained Priest Juozas Tunaitis Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

14 Sep Born Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière Brive Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

16 Sep 25.3 Professed Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

18 Sep 27.2 Ordained Priest Horacio Alberto Bózzoli † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

23.6 Ordained Priest Rodolfo Bufano † Priest Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

24.6 Ordained Priest Miguel Caviedes Medina Priest of Rancagua, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile

27.8 Ordained Priest León Kruk † Priest Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina

25.0 Ordained Priest Justo Oscar Laguna Priest Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina

24.8 Ordained Priest Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy Priest Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

24.1 Ordained Priest Ramón Artemio Staffolani † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina

20 Sep 72.1 Appointed Peter Francis Rayappa † Titular Bishop of Arabissus Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India

72.1 Resigned Peter Francis Rayappa † Bishop of Kumbakonam, India Bishop Emeritus

80.2 Died Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar

21 Sep 51.5 Ordained Bishop Teodoro Bensch † Titular Bishop of Tabuda Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

57.8 Ordained Bishop Jerome Daniel Hannan † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

54.0 Ordained Bishop Edmund Nowicki † Titular Bishop of Hadriane Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland

48.3 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Scanlan † Titular Bishop of Cenae Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

51.7 Installed Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

49.0 Ordained Bishop Franjo Šeper † Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

22 Sep Born Anil Joseph Thomas Couto Pemburpa Bishop of Jullundur, India

24 Sep 70.7 Confirmed John Baptist Apcar † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran

72.9 Appointed Carlo Chiarlo † Official of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Official Emeritus

25 Sep 21.0 Professed Raffaele Farina, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives

26 Sep 26.0 Ordained Priest Peter Chung Hoan Ting Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia

44.7 Ordained Bishop Elie Farah † Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus Archbishop Emeritus

29 Sep 25.6 Ordained Priest Luigi Conti Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

30 Sep 50.6 Appointed João Pereira Venâncio † Auxiliary Bishop of Leiria, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

50.6 Appointed João Pereira Venâncio † Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal

75.0 Appointed Giovanni Sismondo † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Bithynia Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy

75.0 Retired Giovanni Sismondo † Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Oct 67.8 Resigned Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

1 Oct 86.5 Died Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania

3 Oct 38.7 Ordained Bishop Pietro Fiordelli † Bishop of Prato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Francisco Moreno Barrón Salamanca Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México

4 Oct 70.6 Died Francesco Borgongini Duca † Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

23.8 Professed Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil

34.1 Appointed José Humberto Paparoni † Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela

Born Józef Szamocki Gdynia Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland

7 Oct 45.3 Ordained Bishop Francis Valentine Allen † Titular Bishop of Avensa Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

55.1 Appointed Hugo Bressane de Araújo † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

Born Paul Yoshinao Otsuka Kyoto Bishop of Kyoto, Japan

41.8 Ordained Bishop Domenico Picchinenna † Bishop of Acerenza, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

Born Carlos Pedro Zilli, P.I.M.E. S. Cruz do Rio Pardo Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau

10 Oct 27.7 Ordained Priest Ludwig Averkamp Priest of Münster, Germany Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

50.8 Ordained Bishop Bolesław Kominek † Titular Bishop of Sophene Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

32.8 Ordained Priest Félicien-Patrice Makouaka † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Franceville, Gabon

37.9 Appointed Guilford Clyde Young † Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart, Australia Archbishop

37.9 Appointed Guilford Clyde Young † Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus Archbishop of Hobart, Australia

11 Oct 58.5 Appointed Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral † Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

27.4 Professed Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

12 Oct 49.0 Ordained Bishop Jean-Marie Villot † Titular Bishop of Vinda Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State

17 Oct 24.3 Ordained Priest Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad Priest Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

24.2 Ordained Priest Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni Priest of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Alep (Syrian), Syria

24.1 Ordained Priest Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud Priest Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

38.8 Installed Pietro Fiordelli † Bishop of Prato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24.3 Ordained Priest Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka Priest Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

23.0 Ordained Priest Flavien Joseph Melki Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

18 Oct Born John Forrosuelo Du Bantayan Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines

80.3 Died Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët † Bishop of Chartres, France

19 Oct 60.0 Ordained Bishop Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. † Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop Emeritus

44.4 Appointed Sergio Pignedoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela Cardinal, President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians

20 Oct Born César Daniel Fernández Buenos Aires Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná, Argentina

21 Oct 56.1 Appointed Joseph Gennangi † Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria Bishop Emeritus

87.0 Died Domenico Jorio † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

22 Oct 46.6 Appointed Delfín Quesada Castro † Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

23 Oct 56.1 Appointed Silvino Martínez † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina Bishop of Rosario, Argentina

55.1 Appointed Enrique Rau † Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina

54.3 Appointed Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia † Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

24 Oct 40.4 Ordained Bishop Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Bubastis Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

49.3 Ordained Bishop Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Adraa Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

Born Michel Visi † Ningfire Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)

25 Oct Born Marian Florczyk Kielce Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

73.8 Died Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique

26 Oct 50.2 Ordained Bishop Henry Edmund Donnelly † Titular Bishop of Tymbrias Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

43.2 Ordained Bishop John Anthony Donovan † Titular Bishop of Rhasus Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA

27 Oct 75.3 Appointed Benedetto Aloisi Masella † Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

75.3 Appointed Benedetto Aloisi Masella † Archpriest of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica} Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber

45.4 Appointed Antonio Añoveros Ataún † Coadjutor Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain

50.1 Appointed José María Bueno y Monreal † Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed José María Bueno y Monreal † Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

63.9 Appointed Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba † Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain

28 Oct 40.7 Ordained Bishop Hernando Antiporda † Titular Bishop of Edessa in Macedonia Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

50.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Sufetula Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

50.6 Ordained Bishop António de Campos † Titular Bishop of Febiana Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal

58.1 Ordained Bishop Robert Francis Joyce † Titular Bishop of Citium Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA

49.0 Appointed Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † Auxiliary Bishop of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

49.0 Appointed Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

62.9 Ordained Bishop Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh † Titular Bishop of Gilba Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

49.5 Ordained Bishop Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

29 Oct 52.8 Succeeded André Jacquemin † Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct 52.3 Appointed Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal † Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain

52.3 Appointed Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal † Titular Bishop of Tamiathis Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain

49.5 Resigned Antoon Demets, C.SS.R. † Coadjutor Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

31 Oct 26.4 Ordained Priest Augusto Aristizábal Ospina † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia

23.4 Ordained Priest Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes Priest of Durango, Durango, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

41.1 Ordained Bishop Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. † Bishop of Volterra, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

25.0 Ordained Priest Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

23.0 Ordained Priest Sergio Obeso Rivera Priest of Veracruz-Jalapa, México Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

41.2 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Tóriz Cobián † Titular Bishop of Avissa Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, Querétaro, México

32.8 Ordained Priest Yohannes Woldegiorgis † Priest of Adigrat, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	62.8	Appointed	Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
62.8	Appointed	Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh †	Titular Bishop of Gilba	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
2 Sep	48.9	Appointed	Jean-Marie Villot †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
48.9	Appointed	Jean-Marie Villot †	Titular Bishop of Vinda	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
42.6	Appointed	Elias Zoghbi †	Titular Archbishop of Nubia	Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite), Lebanon
42.6	Confirmed	Elias Zoghbi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite), Lebanon
5 Sep	25.8	Ordained Priest	Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Merauke, Indonesia
45.9	Appointed	Matteo Guido Sperandeo †	Bishop of Calvi e Teano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Teano-Calvi, Italy
6 Sep	50.0	Appointed	Henry Edmund Donnelly †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
50.0	Appointed	Henry Edmund Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Tymbrias	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
43.1	Appointed	John Anthony Donovan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA
43.1	Appointed	John Anthony Donovan †	Titular Bishop of Rhasus	Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA
7 Sep	21.3	Professed	Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. †	Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
8 Sep	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Jeremiah Francis Minihan †	Titular Bishop of Paphus	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
44.2	Succeeded	Antonio Poma †	Bishop of Mantova, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
12 Sep	30.7	Ordained Priest	James Chiona	Priest of Blantyre, Malawi	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Ermenegildo Florit †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
23.2	Ordained Priest	William Joseph Foley †	Priest of Perth, Australia	Archbishop
24.2	Ordained Priest	Romualdas Krikšciunas	Priest	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania
	Born	Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez	Tamuin	Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
29.2	Ordained Priest	Luc Auguste Sangaré †	Priest	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Buthrotum	Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
25.9	Ordained Priest	Juozas Tunaitis	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
14 Sep		Born	Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière	Brive	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
16 Sep	25.3	Professed	Viktor Josef Dammertz, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
18 Sep	27.2	Ordained Priest	Horacio Alberto Bózzoli †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
23.6	Ordained Priest	Rodolfo Bufano †	Priest	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
24.6	Ordained Priest	Miguel Caviedes Medina	Priest of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile
27.8	Ordained Priest	León Kruk †	Priest	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
25.0	Ordained Priest	Justo Oscar Laguna	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina
24.8	Ordained Priest	Raymond Gaston Joseph Séguy	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
24.1	Ordained Priest	Ramón Artemio Staffolani †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
20 Sep	72.1	Appointed	Peter Francis Rayappa †	Titular Bishop of Arabissus	Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India
72.1	Resigned	Peter Francis Rayappa †	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
80.2	Died	Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
21 Sep	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Bensch †	Titular Bishop of Tabuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Jerome Daniel Hannan †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Edmund Nowicki †	Titular Bishop of Hadriane	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
48.3	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Scanlan †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
51.7	Installed	Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Franjo Šeper †	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
22 Sep		Born	Anil Joseph Thomas Couto	Pemburpa	Bishop of Jullundur, India
24 Sep	70.7	Confirmed	John Baptist Apcar †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
72.9	Appointed	Carlo Chiarlo †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Official Emeritus
25 Sep	21.0	Professed	Raffaele Farina, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
26 Sep	26.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Chung Hoan Ting	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Kuching, Malaysia
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Elie Farah †	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Sep	25.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi Conti	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
30 Sep	50.6	Appointed	João Pereira Venâncio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Leiria, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
50.6	Appointed	João Pereira Venâncio †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria, Portugal
75.0	Appointed	Giovanni Sismondo †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Bithynia	Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy
75.0	Retired	Giovanni Sismondo †	Bishop of Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
Oct	67.8	Resigned	Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
1 Oct	86.5	Died	Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania
3 Oct	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Fiordelli †	Bishop of Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Francisco Moreno Barrón	Salamanca	Bishop of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México
4 Oct	70.6	Died	Francesco Borgongini Duca †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
23.8	Professed	Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
34.1	Appointed	José Humberto Paparoni †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
	Born	Józef Szamocki	Gdynia	Auxiliary Bishop of Toruń, Poland
7 Oct	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Valentine Allen †	Titular Bishop of Avensa	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
55.1	Appointed	Hugo Bressane de Araújo †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Paul Yoshinao Otsuka	Kyoto	Bishop of Kyoto, Japan
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Picchinenna †	Bishop of Acerenza, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
	Born	Carlos Pedro Zilli, P.I.M.E.	S. Cruz do Rio Pardo	Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
10 Oct	27.7	Ordained Priest	Ludwig Averkamp	Priest of Münster, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bolesław Kominek †	Titular Bishop of Sophene	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
32.8	Ordained Priest	Félicien-Patrice Makouaka †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Franceville, Gabon
37.9	Appointed	Guilford Clyde Young †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart, Australia	Archbishop
37.9	Appointed	Guilford Clyde Young †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Archbishop of Hobart, Australia
11 Oct	58.5	Appointed	Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral †	Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
27.4	Professed	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
12 Oct	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Marie Villot †	Titular Bishop of Vinda	Cardinal, Secretary of the Secretariat of State
17 Oct	24.3	Ordained Priest	Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad	Priest	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
24.2	Ordained Priest	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Priest of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep (Syrian), Syria
24.1	Ordained Priest	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud	Priest	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
38.8	Installed	Pietro Fiordelli †	Bishop of Prato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24.3	Ordained Priest	Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka	Priest	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
23.0	Ordained Priest	Flavien Joseph Melki	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
18 Oct		Born	John Forrosuelo Du	Bantayan	Bishop of Dumaguete, Philippines
80.3	Died	Raoul-Octove-Marie-Jean Harscouët †	Bishop of Chartres, France
19 Oct	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
44.4	Appointed	Sergio Pignedoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians
20 Oct		Born	César Daniel Fernández	Buenos Aires	Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná, Argentina
21 Oct	56.1	Appointed	Joseph Gennangi †	Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian), Syria	Bishop Emeritus
87.0	Died	Domenico Jorio †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
22 Oct	46.6	Appointed	Delfín Quesada Castro †	Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
23 Oct	56.1	Appointed	Silvino Martínez †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
55.1	Appointed	Enrique Rau †	Bishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
54.3	Appointed	Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
24 Oct	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Camillo Faresin, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Bubastis	Bishop Emeritus of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Richard Lester Guilly, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Adraa	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
	Born	Michel Visi †	Ningfire	Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
25 Oct		Born	Marian Florczyk	Kielce	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
73.8	Died	Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
26 Oct	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Henry Edmund Donnelly †	Titular Bishop of Tymbrias	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
43.2	Ordained Bishop	John Anthony Donovan †	Titular Bishop of Rhasus	Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA
27 Oct	75.3	Appointed	Benedetto Aloisi Masella †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
75.3	Appointed	Benedetto Aloisi Masella †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
45.4	Appointed	Antonio Añoveros Ataún †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
50.1	Appointed	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
63.9	Appointed	Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba †	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
28 Oct	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Hernando Antiporda †	Titular Bishop of Edessa in Macedonia	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Bishop Emeritus of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
50.6	Ordained Bishop	António de Campos †	Titular Bishop of Febiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert Francis Joyce †	Titular Bishop of Citium	Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont, USA
49.0	Appointed	Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp †	Auxiliary Bishop of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
49.0	Appointed	Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp †	Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia	Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh †	Titular Bishop of Gilba	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
29 Oct	52.8	Succeeded	André Jacquemin †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	52.3	Appointed	Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal †	Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain
52.3	Appointed	Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal †	Titular Bishop of Tamiathis	Bishop Emeritus of Santander, Spain
49.5	Resigned	Antoon Demets, C.SS.R. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
31 Oct	26.4	Ordained Priest	Augusto Aristizábal Ospina †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Jericó, Colombia
23.4	Ordained Priest	Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes	Priest of Durango, Durango, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
25.0	Ordained Priest	Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
23.0	Ordained Priest	Sergio Obeso Rivera	Priest of Veracruz-Jalapa, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Tóriz Cobián †	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, Querétaro, México
32.8	Ordained Priest	Yohannes Woldegiorgis †	Priest of Adigrat, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia

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