The Year of Our Lord 1971

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Oct 64.7 Ceased Marko Mihayo † Apostolic Administrator of Mbulu, Tanzania Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania

1 Oct 22.6 Professed Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

2 Oct 22.8 Professed Robert Francis Christian, O.P. † Member of Order of Friars Preachers Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

3 Oct 42.4 Ordained Bishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh † Bishop of Accra, Ghana Archbishop Emeritus of Accra, Ghana

41.8 Ordained Bishop Ramón Buxarrais Ventura Bishop of Zamora, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

47.9 Ordained Bishop Carlo Curis † Titular Archbishop of Medeli Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada

45.5 Ordained Bishop Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

88.5 Died Luigi Rosa † Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy

57.0 Ordained Bishop Mario Rossi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

39.8 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

4 Oct Born Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa Bishop-Elect of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

7 Oct Born Kevin Michael Birmingham † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

43.9 Ordained Bishop Simeon Anthony Pereira † Titular Bishop of Badiae Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan

8 Oct 53.4 Appointed Jackson Berenguer Prado † Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

9 Oct 24.5 Ordained Priest Ivo Baldi Gaburri † Priest of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop of Huarí, Peru

Born Alexandre François Marie Joly Bishop of Troyes, France

27.5 Ordained Priest Luis Alberto Parra Mora † Priest of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia

55.9 Ordained Bishop Mario Schierano † Titular Archbishop of Achrida Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military

10 Oct 39.1 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos

36.4 Ordained Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria

44.1 Ordained Bishop Edoardo Rovida Titular Archbishop of Tauromenium Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal

50.2 Ordained Bishop Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

12 Oct 75.2 Ceased Heinrich Bliestle, M.S.F. † Superior General of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family Superior General Emeritus

13 Oct 48.1 Ordained Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J. † Bishop of Daltonganj, India Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

14 Oct 32.7 Ordained Priest Gabriel Mmole † Priest of Ndanda, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus of Mtwara, Tanzania

15 Oct 37.5 Appointed Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop

37.5 Appointed Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)

66.0 Resigned James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. † Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Bishop Emeritus

43.7 Appointed Auguste Nobou † Bishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

43.6 Appointed Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. † Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

82.7 Died Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict

16 Oct 48.9 Ordained Bishop Cecil DeSa † Bishop of Lucknow, India Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India

60.1 Appointed Primo Gasbarri † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Oct 59.2 Ordained Bishop Arnoldo Onisto † Bishop of Vicenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus

41.4 Ordained Bishop James Anthony Toppo † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India

18 Oct Born César Garza Miranda, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

19 Oct 55.8 Succeeded Joseph Thomas Daley † Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

81.4 Appointed George Leo Leech † Titular Bishop of Allegheny Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

81.4 Retired George Leo Leech † Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

22 Oct Born Youhanna Rafic Warcha Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

46.3 Appointed Thomas Joseph Winning † Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop

46.3 Appointed Thomas Joseph Winning † Titular Bishop of Lugmad Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

23 Oct 43.6 Ordained Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Altava Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

30.5 Ordained Priest Ignatius Pak Sok-hi † Priest Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)

27.6 Ordained Priest Camille Zaidan † Priest Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

24 Oct 47.0 Ordained Bishop Carlo Aliprandi † Bishop of Cuneo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Ordained Bishop Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Lydda Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil

75.4 Retired John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus

47.9 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Moretti † Titular Archbishop of Vartana Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

48.7 Succeeded Maurice Michael Otunga † Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

38.6 Installed Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

27 Oct 21.2 Professed Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B. Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

28 Oct 62.1 Succeeded Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix † Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

78.9 Died Pierre Brot † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France

75.1 Retired Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier † Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct 49.5 Appointed Dante Bernini † Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Dante Bernini † Titular Bishop of Assidona Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy

71.1 Resigned Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. † Bishop of Novara, Italy Bishop Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Luis Dalle, SS.CC. † Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru

Born Alejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina

31 Oct 26.0 Ordained Priest Thomas Dabre Priest of Bombay, India Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India

26.2 Ordained Priest Max Leroy Davis Priest of Perth, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Australia, Military

68.4 Died William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

35.0 Ordained Bishop Ephraim Silas Obot † Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena Bishop of Idah, Nigeria

25.8 Ordained Priest Fernando Panico, M.S.C. Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Oct	64.7	Ceased	Marko Mihayo †	Apostolic Administrator of Mbulu, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
1 Oct	22.6	Professed	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Member of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
2 Oct	22.8	Professed	Robert Francis Christian, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
3 Oct	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Kodwo Andoh †	Bishop of Accra, Ghana	Archbishop Emeritus of Accra, Ghana
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Ramón Buxarrais Ventura	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Curis †	Titular Archbishop of Medeli	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando †	Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
88.5	Died	Luigi Rosa †	Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea), Italy
57.0	Ordained Bishop	Mario Rossi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
39.8	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct		Born	Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa		Bishop-Elect of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
7 Oct		Born	Kevin Michael Birmingham †		Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
43.9	Ordained Bishop	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Badiae	Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan
8 Oct	53.4	Appointed	Jackson Berenguer Prado †	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
9 Oct	24.5	Ordained Priest	Ivo Baldi Gaburri †	Priest of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop of Huarí, Peru
	Born	Alexandre François Marie Joly		Bishop of Troyes, France
27.5	Ordained Priest	Luis Alberto Parra Mora †	Priest of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Mario Schierano †	Titular Archbishop of Achrida	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
10 Oct	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tituli in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
36.4	Ordained Bishop	Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun	Titular Bishop of Casae Nigrae	Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti, Nigeria
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Edoardo Rovida	Titular Archbishop of Tauromenium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop Emeritus of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
12 Oct	75.2	Ceased	Heinrich Bliestle, M.S.F. †	Superior General of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Superior General Emeritus
13 Oct	48.1	Ordained Bishop	George Victor Saupin, S.J. †	Bishop of Daltonganj, India	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
14 Oct	32.7	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Mmole †	Priest of Ndanda, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus of Mtwara, Tanzania
15 Oct	37.5	Appointed	Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop
37.5	Appointed	Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
66.0	Resigned	James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
43.7	Appointed	Auguste Nobou †	Bishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
43.6	Appointed	Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
82.7	Died	Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
16 Oct	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Cecil DeSa †	Bishop of Lucknow, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Agra, India
60.1	Appointed	Primo Gasbarri †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Oct	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Arnoldo Onisto †	Bishop of Vicenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
41.4	Ordained Bishop	James Anthony Toppo †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
18 Oct		Born	César Garza Miranda, O.F.M.		Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
19 Oct	55.8	Succeeded	Joseph Thomas Daley †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
81.4	Appointed	George Leo Leech †	Titular Bishop of Allegheny	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
81.4	Retired	George Leo Leech †	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct		Born	Youhanna Rafic Warcha		Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
46.3	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Winning †	Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop
46.3	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Winning †	Titular Bishop of Lugmad	Cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
23 Oct	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Casaldáliga Plá, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Prelate Emeritus of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
30.5	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Pak Sok-hi †	Priest	Bishop of Andong, Korea (South)
27.6	Ordained Priest	Camille Zaidan †	Priest	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
24 Oct	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Aliprandi †	Bishop of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
75.4	Retired	John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Moretti †	Titular Archbishop of Vartana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
48.7	Succeeded	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
38.6	Installed	Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	21.2	Professed	Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B.	Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
28 Oct	62.1	Succeeded	Bernard-Pierre-Edmond Alix †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
78.9	Died	Pierre Brot †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
75.1	Retired	Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	49.5	Appointed	Dante Bernini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Albano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Dante Bernini †	Titular Bishop of Assidona	Bishop Emeritus of Albano, Italy
71.1	Resigned	Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Luis Dalle, SS.CC. †	Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru
	Born	Alejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B.		Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
31 Oct	26.0	Ordained Priest	Thomas Dabre	Priest of Bombay, India	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India
26.2	Ordained Priest	Max Leroy Davis	Priest of Perth, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Australia, Military
68.4	Died	William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
35.0	Ordained Bishop	Ephraim Silas Obot †	Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
25.8	Ordained Priest	Fernando Panico, M.S.C.	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

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