The Year of Our Lord 1976

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 44.9 Ordained Bishop Victor Herman Balke Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

74.7 Retired Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

3 Sep 65.4 Died Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña † Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

4 Sep 27.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Luc André Bouchard Priest of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada

5 Sep 57.6 Died Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. † Bishop of Miri, Malaysia

6 Sep 54.2 Installed Federico O. Escaler, S.J. Prelate of Kidapawan, Philippines Prelate Emeritus of Ipil, Philippines

87.6 Died Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Kweiteh [Shangqiu], China

8 Sep 50.7 Appointed João Alves Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. † Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan

75.2 Retired Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. † Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

59.3 Ordained Bishop Juvenal Porcayo Uribe † Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

25.2 Professed Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. Member of Congregation of Holy Cross Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

9 Sep 70.4 Died Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada

61.8 Died John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

10 Sep 47.2 Appointed José Gea Escolano Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain

45.7 Appointed Ignacio Noguer Carmona Bishop of Guadix, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

72.2 Resigned Francisco Planas Muntaner † Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Bishop Emeritus

11 Sep 90.4 Retired Giulio Bianconi † Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Antonio Mazza † Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

73.6 Died Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. † Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

24.2 Ordained Priest Orazio Soricelli Priest Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

12 Sep 47.3 Ordained Bishop Johannes Kapp Titular Bishop of Melzi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany

13 Sep 58.3 Appointed Anthony Joseph Emery † Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

14 Sep 68.8 Died Vicente Bernikon † Bishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

78.6 Resigned Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Rusibisir Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

15 Sep 74.6 Resigned André Lefèbvre, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

75.6 Died Pieter Antoon Nierman † Bishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands

80.3 Resigned Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Strongoli Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia

17 Sep 58.4 Appointed Edward Anthony McCarthy † Coadjutor Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA Archbishop Emeritus

40.1 Appointed Antonio María Rouco Varela Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

40.1 Appointed Antonio María Rouco Varela Titular Bishop of Gergis Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

43.3 Appointed Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao, Spain Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain

43.3 Appointed Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya Titular Bishop of Marazanae Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain

50.6 Appointed Antonio Vilaplana Molina Bishop of Plasencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

18 Sep 79.2 Resigned Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Tamagrista Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland

60.9 Resigned Godofredo Pedernal Pisig † Bishop of Borongan, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

24.0 Ordained Priest Salvatore Pennacchio Priest of Aversa, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand

29.9 Ordained Priest Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé Priest of Marseille, France Bishop of Nice, France

19 Sep 47.2 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibambilla, Peru

48.6 Ordained Bishop Jorge Novak, S.V.D. † Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

20 Sep 68.0 Resigned André Jacques, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Manaccenser Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

52.0 Appointed Stanislaw Adam Sygnet † Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

52.0 Appointed Stanislaw Adam Sygnet † Titular Bishop of Sufasar Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

62.8 Resigned Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. † Titular Archbishop of Ausuccura Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

21 Sep 49.1 Ordained Bishop James Clifford Timlin Titular Bishop of Gunugus Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

23 Sep 72.5 Resigned Dante Battaglierin, S.X. † Titular Bishop of Ploaghe Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh

49.1 Ordained Bishop Raymond Ken'ichi Tanaka Bishop of Kyoto, Japan Bishop Emeritus

24 Sep 79.0 Died Franciszek Jop † Bishop of Opole, Poland

25 Sep 29.7 Ordained Priest Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba Priest Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

87.1 Retired Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda † Bishop of Lucena, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Succeeded José Tomás Sánchez Bishop of Lucena, Philippines Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

82.2 Died Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan

26 Sep 54.1 Ordained Bishop Athanasios Abadir † Titular Bishop of Appia Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

49.6 Ordained Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. Titular Bishop of Gegi Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon

50.7 Ordained Bishop Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Ordained Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. Bishop of Tete, Mozambique

26.2 Ordained Priest Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu Priest Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Sep 45.5 Appointed Sergio Sebastiani Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

45.5 Appointed Sergio Sebastiani Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

45.5 Appointed Sergio Sebastiani Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

64.7 Resigned Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Budua Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

30 Sep 70.8 Appointed Juan Hervás y Benet † Titular Bishop of Alinda Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

70.8 Resigned Juan Hervás y Benet † Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain Prelate Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Rafael Torija de la Fuente Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

49.5 Appointed Rafael Torija de la Fuente Titular Bishop of Dora Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

2 Oct 49.3 Appointed Guy Gérard Deroubaix † Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Denis, France Bishop

66.4 Resigned François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou † Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic † Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

74.6 Died François-Xavier Trân Thanh Khan † Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon, Viêt Nam

3 Oct 36.3 Ordained Bishop Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

5 Oct 25.3 Ordained Priest Fidel León Cadavid Marin Priest of Caldas, Colombia Bishop of Quibdó, Colombia

6 Oct 72.4 Died Vincent Billington, M.H.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda

66.5 Died Bruno Desrochers † Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada

7 Oct 49.1 Ordained Bishop Amaury Castanho † Titular Bishop of Balecium Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil

25.0 Ordained Priest Sigifredo Noriega Barceló Priest of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México

52.2 Appointed Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroun Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

52.2 Appointed Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac † Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

8 Oct 61.8 Appointed Josip Žabkar † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iceland Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Finland

9 Oct 50.0 Ordained Bishop Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte † Titular Bishop of Diana Archbishop of Cambrai, France

47.4 Ordained Bishop Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Titular Bishop of Benda Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

10 Oct 77.5 Resigned Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Sorres Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

71.4 Died Cyril Conrad Cowderoy † Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

37.7 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

11 Oct 72.6 Resigned Miguel Angel Arce Vivas † Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

46.3 Appointed Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. † Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

46.0 Appointed Michele Giordano Archbishop (Personal Title) of Matera e Irsina, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

51.0 Appointed Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez † Bishop of Zamora, Spain Bishop Emeritus

43.3 Ordained Bishop Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya Titular Bishop of Marazanae Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain

12 Oct 47.6 Appointed Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay

47.6 Appointed Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks Titular Bishop of Utimmira Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay

62.5 Resigned Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. Titular Bishop of Uccula Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

13 Oct 50.5 Appointed Franz Josef Kuhnle Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

50.5 Appointed Franz Josef Kuhnle Titular Bishop of Sorres Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

74.2 Resigned Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria

88.5 Resigned Hugo Edward Ryan † Titular Bishop of Nigizubi Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia

15 Oct 44.9 Appointed Patrick Dougherty Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

44.9 Appointed Patrick Dougherty Titular Bishop of Lete Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

16 Oct 29.0 Ordained Priest Saúl Figueroa Albornoz Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Auxiliary Bishop

66.1 Appointed Marion Francis Forst † Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

66.1 Appointed Marion Francis Forst † Titular Bishop of Scala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

66.1 Resigned Marion Francis Forst † Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

45.5 Appointed Eugene John Gerber Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA

42.7 Appointed Raymundo Joseph Peña Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

42.7 Appointed Raymundo Joseph Peña Titular Bishop of Trisipa Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

17 Oct 28.6 Ordained Priest Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía Priest Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia

45.8 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Noguer Carmona Bishop of Guadix, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

18 Oct 49.2 Ordained Bishop Daniel Anthony Hart † Titular Bishop of Tepelta Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA

49.0 Ordained Bishop José Goncalves Heleno Coadjutor Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

85.0 Died Giacomo Lercaro † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

19 Oct 62.7 Installed William Edward McManus † Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

20 Oct 25.0 Ordained Priest Jacinto Bergmann Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil

66.4 Resigned Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Thuccabora Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda

21 Oct 23.1 Ordained Priest Francisco Montecillo Padilla Priest of Cebu, Philippines Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea

Died Jean Romary † Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Paris, France

22 Oct 41.1 Appointed Felipe Fernández García Bishop of Avila, Spain Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

23 Oct 25.0 Ordained Priest Rafael Cob García Priest of Burgos, Spain Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador

24 Oct 49.0 Ordained Bishop Júlio Duarte Langa Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Ordained Bishop Stanislaw Adam Sygnet † Titular Bishop of Sufasar Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

25 Oct 54.5 Appointed Armando Franco † Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy Bishop of Oria, Italy

54.5 Appointed Armando Franco † Bishop of Venosa, Italy Bishop of Oria, Italy

59.8 Appointed Giuseppe Vairo † Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

27 Oct 72.4 Resigned Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. † Titular Archbishop of Brixellum Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon

58.9 Appointed Antônio Pedro Misiara † Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

28 Oct 64.4 Resigned Francis Carroll, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

59.9 Installed William Michael Cosgrove † Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

40.7 Appointed Michael Kpakala Francis Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia

40.7 Appointed Michael Kpakala Francis Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia

50.0 Appointed Edward Russell Gaines † Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

50.0 Appointed Edward Russell Gaines † Titular Bishop of Domnach Sechnaill Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

65.6 Resigned Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Mouila, Gabon Bishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Cyriaque Siméon Obamba † Bishop of Mouila, Gabon Bishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. † Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar

58.9 Appointed Owen Noel Snedden † Bishop of New Zealand, Military Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

45.9 Appointed Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa † Bishop of Cuddapah, India Bishop Emeritus

29 Oct 64.6 Appointed Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

30 Oct 28.4 Ordained Priest Felix Anthony Machado Priest of Bombay, India Bishop of Nashik, India

45.6 Ordained Bishop Sergio Sebastiani Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

31 Oct 40.2 Ordained Bishop Antonio María Rouco Varela Titular Bishop of Gergis Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

50.7 Ordained Bishop Antonio Vilaplana Molina Bishop of Plasencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Victor Herman Balke	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
74.7	Retired	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
3 Sep	65.4	Died	Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
4 Sep	27.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Luc André Bouchard	Priest of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
5 Sep	57.6	Died	Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
6 Sep	54.2	Installed	Federico O. Escaler, S.J.	Prelate of Kidapawan, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus of Ipil, Philippines
87.6	Died	Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kweiteh [Shangqiu], China
8 Sep	50.7	Appointed	João Alves	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. †	Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan
75.2	Retired	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
59.3	Ordained Bishop	Juvenal Porcayo Uribe †	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
25.2	Professed	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C.	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
9 Sep	70.4	Died	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
61.8	Died	John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
10 Sep	47.2	Appointed	José Gea Escolano	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
45.7	Appointed	Ignacio Noguer Carmona	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
72.2	Resigned	Francisco Planas Muntaner †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep	90.4	Retired	Giulio Bianconi †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Antonio Mazza †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitaveccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
73.6	Died	Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
24.2	Ordained Priest	Orazio Soricelli	Priest	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
12 Sep	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Kapp	Titular Bishop of Melzi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
13 Sep	58.3	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Emery †	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
14 Sep	68.8	Died	Vicente Bernikon †	Bishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
78.6	Resigned	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Sep	74.6	Resigned	André Lefèbvre, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
75.6	Died	Pieter Antoon Nierman †	Bishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands
80.3	Resigned	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Strongoli	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
17 Sep	58.4	Appointed	Edward Anthony McCarthy †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
40.1	Appointed	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
40.1	Appointed	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
43.3	Appointed	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya	Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
43.3	Appointed	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
50.6	Appointed	Antonio Vilaplana Molina	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
18 Sep	79.2	Resigned	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tamagrista	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
60.9	Resigned	Godofredo Pedernal Pisig †	Bishop of Borongan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
24.0	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Pennacchio	Priest of Aversa, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand
29.9	Ordained Priest	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Priest of Marseille, France	Bishop of Nice, France
19 Sep	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius	Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibambilla, Peru
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Novak, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
20 Sep	68.0	Resigned	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Manaccenser	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
52.0	Appointed	Stanislaw Adam Sygnet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
52.0	Appointed	Stanislaw Adam Sygnet †	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
62.8	Resigned	Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †	Titular Archbishop of Ausuccura	Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Sep	49.1	Ordained Bishop	James Clifford Timlin	Titular Bishop of Gunugus	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Sep	72.5	Resigned	Dante Battaglierin, S.X. †	Titular Bishop of Ploaghe	Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Ken'ichi Tanaka	Bishop of Kyoto, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep	79.0	Died	Franciszek Jop †	Bishop of Opole, Poland
25 Sep	29.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba	Priest	Bishop of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
87.1	Retired	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Succeeded	José Tomás Sánchez	Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
82.2	Died	Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
26 Sep	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Athanasios Abadir †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S.	Bishop of Tete, Mozambique
26.2	Ordained Priest	Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu	Priest	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Sep	45.5	Appointed	Sergio Sebastiani	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
45.5	Appointed	Sergio Sebastiani	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
45.5	Appointed	Sergio Sebastiani	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
64.7	Resigned	Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Budua	Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Sep	70.8	Appointed	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
70.8	Resigned	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain	Prelate Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Rafael Torija de la Fuente	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
49.5	Appointed	Rafael Torija de la Fuente	Titular Bishop of Dora	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
2 Oct	49.3	Appointed	Guy Gérard Deroubaix †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Denis, France	Bishop
66.4	Resigned	François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
74.6	Died	François-Xavier Trân Thanh Khan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon, Viêt Nam
3 Oct	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
5 Oct	25.3	Ordained Priest	Fidel León Cadavid Marin	Priest of Caldas, Colombia	Bishop of Quibdó, Colombia
6 Oct	72.4	Died	Vincent Billington, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
66.5	Died	Bruno Desrochers †	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
7 Oct	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Amaury Castanho †	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Bishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25.0	Ordained Priest	Sigifredo Noriega Barceló	Priest of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México	Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México
52.2	Appointed	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cameroun	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
52.2	Appointed	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Apostolic Delegate to Equatorial Guinea	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
8 Oct	61.8	Appointed	Josip Žabkar †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iceland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Finland
9 Oct	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Louis Léon Delaporte †	Titular Bishop of Diana	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Georges Edmond Robert Gilson	Titular Bishop of Benda	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
10 Oct	77.5	Resigned	Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Sorres	Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
71.4	Died	Cyril Conrad Cowderoy †	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
37.7	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
11 Oct	72.6	Resigned	Miguel Angel Arce Vivas †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
46.3	Appointed	Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
46.0	Appointed	Michele Giordano	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Matera e Irsina, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
51.0	Appointed	Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez †	Bishop of Zamora, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain
12 Oct	47.6	Appointed	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
47.6	Appointed	Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks	Titular Bishop of Utimmira	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
62.5	Resigned	Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Uccula	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Oct	50.5	Appointed	Franz Josef Kuhnle	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
50.5	Appointed	Franz Josef Kuhnle	Titular Bishop of Sorres	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
74.2	Resigned	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
88.5	Resigned	Hugo Edward Ryan †	Titular Bishop of Nigizubi	Bishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
15 Oct	44.9	Appointed	Patrick Dougherty	Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
44.9	Appointed	Patrick Dougherty	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
16 Oct	29.0	Ordained Priest	Saúl Figueroa Albornoz	Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Auxiliary Bishop
66.1	Appointed	Marion Francis Forst †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.1	Appointed	Marion Francis Forst †	Titular Bishop of Scala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
66.1	Resigned	Marion Francis Forst †	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
45.5	Appointed	Eugene John Gerber	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
42.7	Appointed	Raymundo Joseph Peña	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
42.7	Appointed	Raymundo Joseph Peña	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
17 Oct	28.6	Ordained Priest	Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía	Priest	Bishop of Málaga-Soatá, Colombia
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Noguer Carmona	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
18 Oct	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Anthony Hart †	Titular Bishop of Tepelta	Bishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
49.0	Ordained Bishop	José Goncalves Heleno	Coadjutor Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
85.0	Died	Giacomo Lercaro †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
19 Oct	62.7	Installed	William Edward McManus †	Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Oct	25.0	Ordained Priest	Jacinto Bergmann	Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
66.4	Resigned	Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Thuccabora	Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
21 Oct	23.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Montecillo Padilla	Priest of Cebu, Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	Died	Jean Romary †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Paris, France
22 Oct	41.1	Appointed	Felipe Fernández García	Bishop of Avila, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
23 Oct	25.0	Ordained Priest	Rafael Cob García	Priest of Burgos, Spain	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
24 Oct	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Júlio Duarte Langa	Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Adam Sygnet †	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
25 Oct	54.5	Appointed	Armando Franco †	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla, Italy	Bishop of Oria, Italy
54.5	Appointed	Armando Franco †	Bishop of Venosa, Italy	Bishop of Oria, Italy
59.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Vairo †	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
27 Oct	72.4	Resigned	Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Archbishop of Brixellum	Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon
58.9	Appointed	Antônio Pedro Misiara †	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct	64.4	Resigned	Francis Carroll, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
59.9	Installed	William Michael Cosgrove †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
40.7	Appointed	Michael Kpakala Francis	Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia	Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia
40.7	Appointed	Michael Kpakala Francis	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Archbishop of Monrovia, Liberia
50.0	Appointed	Edward Russell Gaines †	Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
50.0	Appointed	Edward Russell Gaines †	Titular Bishop of Domnach Sechnaill	Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
65.6	Resigned	Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Cyriaque Siméon Obamba †	Bishop of Mouila, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
58.9	Appointed	Owen Noel Snedden †	Bishop of New Zealand, Military	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
45.9	Appointed	Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Bishop Emeritus
29 Oct	64.6	Appointed	Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
30 Oct	28.4	Ordained Priest	Felix Anthony Machado	Priest of Bombay, India	Bishop of Nashik, India
45.6	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Sebastiani	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
31 Oct	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vilaplana Molina	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

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