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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	75.8	Retired	Gioacchino Muccin †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	61.5	Appointed	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Finland
	60.7	Appointed	Angelo Palmas †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
3 Sep	45.9	Appointed	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ancona (-Numana), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
	45.9	Appointed	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
	61.9	Appointed	Siro Silvestri †	Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
	77.0	Retired	Giuseppe Stella †	Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	49.7	Appointed	João Alves	Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
	49.7	Appointed	João Alves	Titular Bishop of Scala	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
6 Sep	30.6	Ordained Priest	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
7 Sep	39.8	Appointed	Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê	Coadjutor Archbishop of Huê, Viêt Nam	Archbishop
	39.8	Appointed	Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê	Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Archbishop of Huê, Viêt Nam
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê	Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Archbishop of Huê, Viêt Nam
8 Sep	51.8	Appointed	Augusto Lauro	Auxiliary Bishop of Cosenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
	51.8	Appointed	Augusto Lauro	Titular Bishop of Bigastro	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
9 Sep	48.8	Appointed	Eugène-Marie Ernoult †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.8	Appointed	Eugène-Marie Ernoult †	Titular Archbishop of Tadamata	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
	46.4	Appointed	Klaus Hemmerle †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
11 Sep	70.9	Died	William Joseph Brennan †	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
	43.5	Appointed	Rodolfo Quezada Toruño	Coadjutor Bishop of Zacapa, Guatemala	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala
14 Sep	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
	23.6	Ordained Priest	Gilberto Gómez González	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru
	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Ausafa	Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Maximos Salloum †	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Sep	78.9	Died	Antoine Abed †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Sep	43.0	Appointed	Amédée Wilfrid Proulx †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
	43.0	Appointed	Amédée Wilfrid Proulx †	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
18 Sep	83.9	Died	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
20 Sep	45.5	Appointed	Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
	54.8	Appointed	Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	54.8	Appointed	Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Titular Archbishop of Thiges	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Corrado Pizziolo	Priest of Treviso, Italy	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
	53.6	Appointed	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.6	Appointed	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M.	Titular Archbishop of Thucca in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
21 Sep	45.0	Ordained Bishop	António Baltasar Marcelino	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
24 Sep	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Rómulo García †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
	71.5	Died	Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla, México
	70.7	Died	John Thomas Toohey †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
27 Sep	26.2	Ordained Priest	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada
	92.4	Died	Maurice Feltin †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
28 Sep	73.2	Died	Lucjan Bernacki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Harold De Jong †	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia
	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Viti	Bishop of Menongue, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola
29 Sep	80.3	Died	Juozapas Pletkus †	Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai, Lithuania
	67.8	Resigned	André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Parakou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
Oct	61.3	Appointed	Antonio Mauro †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
1 Oct	52.3	Appointed	René Henry Gracida	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
2 Oct	55.9	Appointed	Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
	55.9	Appointed	Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado	Titular Bishop of Ottocium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon, France
	40.0	Appointed	Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe	Bishop of Prome, Myanmar	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar
	63.5	Resigned	Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
	41.5	Appointed	Joseph Ek Thabping †	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
	49.3	Appointed	Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	49.3	Appointed	Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
	50.2	Appointed	Robert Healy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	50.2	Appointed	Robert Healy †	Titular Bishop of Mageó	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
	71.9	Resigned	Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. †	Bishop of Prome, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
	47.0	Appointed	Silas Silvius Njiru	Auxiliary Bishop of Meru, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	47.0	Appointed	Silas Silvius Njiru	Titular Bishop of Maturba	Bishop Emeritus of Meru, Kenya
	42.7	Appointed	George Yod Phimphisan, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand
	56.5	Succeeded	Alexis Pham Van Lôc	Bishop of Kontum, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	68.8	Resigned	Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Kontum, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	65.5	Resigned	José Adelino Dantas †	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
	54.7	Appointed	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
5 Oct	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Conti	Titular Archbishop of Gratiana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
	79.1	Died	Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	57.8	Appointed	Roberto Carniello †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	62.0	Appointed	Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Cella, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Vissalsa	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
	68.5	Appointed	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
	55.8	Appointed	Giovanni D'Ascenzi	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
	56.9	Appointed	Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
	49.4	Appointed	Aldo Garzia †	Coadjutor Bishop of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy	Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
	49.4	Appointed	Aldo Garzia †	Titular Bishop of Assidona	Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
	51.7	Appointed	Alberto Giglioli †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
	51.7	Appointed	Alberto Giglioli †	Bishop of Chiusi-Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
	72.3	Resigned	Pietro Severi †	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	64.9	Appointed	Renato Spallanzani †	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	59.0	Appointed	Angelo Fausto Vallainc †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
8 Oct	51.5	Appointed	Kenneth Joseph Povish †	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	27.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Choi Duk-ki	Priest of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Josef Clemens	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	349.9	Canonized	St. Oliver Plunkett †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	41.9	Appointed	Antônio Celso Queiroz	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	41.9	Appointed	Antônio Celso Queiroz	Titular Bishop of Saetabis	Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11 Oct	80.3	Retired	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	47.7	Died	Guy Bélanger †	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
	45.6	Appointed	Herbé Seijas †	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
16 Oct	175.0	Canonized	St. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
19 Oct	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz	Bishop of Langres, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
	193.2	Beatified	St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Marseille, France
	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
21 Oct	45.7	Appointed	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
	45.7	Appointed	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Numana	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
22 Oct	64.1	Resigned	Primo Gasbarri †	Apostolic Administrator of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
24 Oct	67.5	Died	Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil
	44.0	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	44.0	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	43.3	Appointed	Karl Josef Romer	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
	43.3	Appointed	Karl Josef Romer	Titular Bishop of Columnata	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
25 Oct	57.0	Succeeded	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
	69.5	Resigned	Pedro José Rivera Mejía †	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Tortibulum	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Vasco Séirécov †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Manuel da Silva Martins	Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	41.1	Appointed	Paul Josef Cordes	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
	41.1	Appointed	Paul Josef Cordes	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
28 Oct	42.7	Appointed	Zygmunt Kaminski	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	42.7	Appointed	Zygmunt Kaminski	Titular Bishop of Midica	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Lauro	Titular Bishop of Bigastro	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
29 Oct	47.5	Appointed	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheria	Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
	47.5	Appointed	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheria	Titular Bishop of Bitylius	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
31 Oct	71.2	Resigned	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Bishop of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus

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