The Year of Our Lord 1980

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 66.7 Resigned Gabriel Ukec † Apostolic Administrator of Mahagi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

1 Sep 44.9 Ordained Bishop Anthony Selvanayagam Titular Bishop of Giru Mons Bishop of Penang, Malaysia

35.7 Incardinated Benedetto Tuzia Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

2 Sep 53.3 Appointed Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

4 Sep 75.4 Retired Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone Archbishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. † Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia

59.1 Ordained Bishop Benedict Charles Franzetta † Titular Bishop of Opitergium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

48.5 Appointed Joseph Henry Ganda Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone Archbishop Emeritus

55.8 Appointed Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya † Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

5 Sep 76.0 Retired Bernhard Stein † Bishop of Trier, Germany Bishop Emeritus

6 Sep 53.2 Installed Antonio Arellano Durán † Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

7 Sep 26.4 Ordained Priest Djura Džudžar Priest of Križevci (Byzantine), Croatia Exarch of Serbia e Montenegro (Byzantine), Serbia

54.6 Ordained Bishop Maxwell Valentine Noronha Bishop of Calicut, India Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Van den Berghe Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium

8 Sep 22.2 Professed Krzysztof Bialasik, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia

75.4 Retired Manuel Dos Santos Rocha † Bishop of Beja, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

57.8 Succeeded Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão Bishop of Beja, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Franco Sibilla Bishop of Asti, Italy Bishop Emeritus

9 Sep 74.7 Retired Louis Henri Marie Ferrand † Archbishop of Tours, France Archbishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed William Kenneth Weigand Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA

10 Sep 71.0 Resigned Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. † Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

47.5 Ordained Bishop Arthur Nicholas Tafoya Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA

12 Sep 27.8 Ordained Priest David Laurin Ricken Priest of Pueblo, Colorado, USA Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

13 Sep 26.3 Ordained Priest Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic

44.5 Ordained Bishop Claude Feidt Titular Bishop of Balecium Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France

14 Sep 82.6 Appointed Petar Cule † Titular Archbishop of Giufi Bishop Emeritus of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

82.6 Retired Petar Cule † Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

27.7 Ordained Priest Richard Domba Mady Priest Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

58.8 Ordained Bishop Georges F. Garmou † Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

47.8 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino Titular Archbishop of Segermes Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

47.8 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

47.8 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Singapore Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

47.8 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino Apostolic Delegate to Laos Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

47.8 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

62.3 Succeeded Pavao Zanic † Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

15 Sep 47.3 Appointed Godfried Danneels Bishop of Belgium, Military Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

16 Sep 65.8 Appointed Umberto Luciano Altomare † Bishop of Policastro, Italy Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy

71.9 Resigned John Joseph Cassata † Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.5 Died Julio Franco Arango † Bishop of Duitama, Colombia

74.1 Died Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors † Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

18 Sep 56.5 Died Victorino Cristobal Ligot † Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

19 Sep 69.0 Died Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán † Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador

61.0 Appointed Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.I. † Prelate of Tarma, Peru Bishop of Tarma, Peru

20 Sep 74.3 Died Juan Moleón Andreu † Bishop of Paraguay, Military

21 Sep 65.1 Ordained Bishop Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep, Syria

24 Sep 60.0 Appointed Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O.C. † Bishop of Itabuna, Baia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Homero Leite Meira Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 47.1 Appointed Janusz Edmund Zimniak Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

47.1 Appointed Janusz Edmund Zimniak Titular Bishop of Polinianum Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

26 Sep 20.5 Professed Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe

62.5 Appointed Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. † Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

27 Sep 72.4 Died Filemón Castellano † Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

52.7 Ordained Bishop José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Regiana Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela

69.9 Resigned Guglielmo Motolese † Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy

29 Sep 84.1 Died Áron Márton † Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

63.6 Died Gerald Vincent McDevitt † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

58.1 Installed Alfredo Torres Romero † Bishop of Toluca, México, México

1 Oct 60.2 Died Pierre Bertrand Chagué † Bishop of Gap, France

28.6 Ordained Priest Daniel Kozelinski Netto Priest of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

51.7 Ordained Bishop John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. † Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

2 Oct 39.4 Appointed Joachim Wanke Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany Bishop of Erfurt, Germany

39.4 Appointed Joachim Wanke Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania Bishop of Erfurt, Germany

3 Oct 50.8 Appointed Stéphane Katchou † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

50.8 Appointed Stéphane Katchou † Titular Archbishop of Anbar dei Caldei Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

4 Oct 57.3 Appointed Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

57.3 Appointed Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

33.0 Ordained Priest Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

66.0 Appointed Luigi Dadaglio † Secretary of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

65.1 Appointed Antonio Innocenti Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

27.2 Ordained Priest Vincenzo Carmine Orofino Priest of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy Bishop of Tricarico, Italy

50.5 Appointed Joseph Michael Sullivan Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Joseph Michael Sullivan Titular Bishop of Suliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

43.2 Appointed Kenneth Edward Untener † Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

50.1 Appointed René Arnold Valero Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed René Arnold Valero Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

81.0 Died Lawrence Patrick Whelan † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

5 Oct 43.8 Ordained Bishop Stanislaw Napierala Titular Bishop of San Leone Bishop of Kalisz, Poland

6 Oct 48.2 Appointed Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier Auxiliary Bishop of Annecy, France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

48.2 Appointed Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier Titular Bishop of Noba Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

77.4 Died Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R. † Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru

7 Oct 72.1 Died Joseph Amihere Essuah † Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

59.2 Appointed James Richard Ham, M.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

9 Oct 37.9 Appointed Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P. Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia Bishop of Magangué, Colombia

10 Oct 24.5 Ordained Priest Johannes Bündgens Priest of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

68.3 Died Francis Carroll, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

25.2 Ordained Priest Manfred Scheuer Priest of Linz, Austria Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria

11 Oct 71.4 Died Santo Bergamo † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

49.2 Succeeded Luiz Colussi † Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil

50.6 Appointed Pedro Rosales Dean Bishop of Tagum, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines

75.1 Retired Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C. † Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

13 Oct 57.3 Appointed John George Chedid Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

57.3 Appointed John George Chedid Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

59.5 Appointed Michel Hakim, B.S. † Vicar Apostolic of Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Melkite) Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada

59.5 Appointed Michel Hakim, B.S. † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada

59.1 Appointed Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

15 Oct 64.3 Died Albert Descamps † Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

60.4 Appointed Emanuele Gerada Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland

55.9 Appointed Lajos Kada † Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain

25.5 Professed Benjamin Marc Ramaroson, C.M. Member of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar

54.8 Appointed Hermann Josef Spital † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

54.8 Appointed Hermann Josef Spital † Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

19 Oct 73.7 Died Juan José Bernal Ortiz † Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela

52.2 Ordained Bishop Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. † Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria

40.2 Ordained Bishop Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

20 Oct 76.7 Appointed Francesco Minerva † Archbishop of Lecce, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

22 Oct 76.7 Died Antoine Everardo Giovanni Albers, O. Carm. † Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia

84.0 Died Edward Quentin Jennings † Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

24 Oct 24.3 Ordained Priest Julito Buhisan Cortes Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines

44.2 Appointed Karl Hesse, M.S.C. Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

47.9 Appointed John Joseph † Auxiliary Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan Bishop

47.9 Appointed John Joseph † Titular Bishop of Segisama Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan

48.0 Appointed Robert Kerketta, S.D.B. Bishop of Tezpur, India Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Appointed Lucas Liu Hsien-tang Coadjutor Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan Bishop Emeritus

36.8 Appointed Joseph Bilal Nyekindi † Bishop of Wau, Sudan Bishop Emeritus

39.1 Appointed Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia Coadjutor Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia

25.4 Ordained Priest Santiago Silva Retamales Priest of Valparaíso, Chile Auxiliary Bishop

67.8 Resigned Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. † Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

25 Oct 55.2 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

55.2 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

43.6 Ordained Bishop Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

27 Oct 55.1 Appointed Jorge Ardila Serrano Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia

55.1 Appointed Jorge Ardila Serrano Titular Bishop of Tisedi Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia

86.6 Died Paolo Savino † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

28 Oct 20.8 Ordained Priest Antoni Dziemianko Priest of Grodno, Belarus Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

28.7 Ordained Priest Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C. Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross Bishop of Agartala, India

41.6 Ordained Bishop Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I. Prelate of Kidapawan, Philippines Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines

29 Oct 71.9 Died Giovanni Francesco Dadone † Bishop of Fossano, Italy

47.6 Succeeded Severino Poletto Bishop of Fossano, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

30 Oct 43.6 Appointed Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México

63.8 Appointed Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

63.1 Appointed Leoncio Leviste Lat † Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

63.1 Appointed Leoncio Leviste Lat † Titular Bishop of Sila Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

31 Oct 27.8 Ordained Priest José de Lanza Neto Priest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	66.7	Resigned	Gabriel Ukec †	Apostolic Administrator of Mahagi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Sep	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Selvanayagam	Titular Bishop of Giru Mons	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia
35.7	Incardinated	Benedetto Tuzia	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
2 Sep	53.3	Appointed	Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.	Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
4 Sep	75.4	Retired	Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Vitalis Djebarus, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Benedict Charles Franzetta †	Titular Bishop of Opitergium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
48.5	Appointed	Joseph Henry Ganda	Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone	Archbishop Emeritus
55.8	Appointed	Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya †	Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	76.0	Retired	Bernhard Stein †	Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
6 Sep	53.2	Installed	Antonio Arellano Durán †	Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
7 Sep	26.4	Ordained Priest	Djura Džudžar	Priest of Križevci (Byzantine), Croatia	Exarch of Serbia e Montenegro (Byzantine), Serbia
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Maxwell Valentine Noronha	Bishop of Calicut, India	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Van den Berghe	Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
8 Sep	22.2	Professed	Krzysztof Bialasik, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia
75.4	Retired	Manuel Dos Santos Rocha †	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
57.8	Succeeded	Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão	Bishop of Beja, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Franco Sibilla	Bishop of Asti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	74.7	Retired	Louis Henri Marie Ferrand †	Archbishop of Tours, France	Archbishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	William Kenneth Weigand	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Bishop of Sacramento, California, USA
10 Sep	71.0	Resigned	Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Nicholas Tafoya	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
12 Sep	27.8	Ordained Priest	David Laurin Ricken	Priest of Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
13 Sep	26.3	Ordained Priest	Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Claude Feidt	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles), France
14 Sep	82.6	Appointed	Petar Cule †	Titular Archbishop of Giufi	Bishop Emeritus of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
82.6	Retired	Petar Cule †	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
27.7	Ordained Priest	Richard Domba Mady	Priest	Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Georges F. Garmou †	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
47.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino	Titular Archbishop of Segermes	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
47.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
47.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Singapore	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
47.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
47.8	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino	Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
62.3	Succeeded	Pavao Zanic †	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
15 Sep	47.3	Appointed	Godfried Danneels	Bishop of Belgium, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
16 Sep	65.8	Appointed	Umberto Luciano Altomare †	Bishop of Policastro, Italy	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
71.9	Resigned	John Joseph Cassata †	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.5	Died	Julio Franco Arango †	Bishop of Duitama, Colombia
74.1	Died	Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors †	Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
18 Sep	56.5	Died	Victorino Cristobal Ligot †	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
19 Sep	69.0	Died	Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán †	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
61.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.I. †	Prelate of Tarma, Peru	Bishop of Tarma, Peru
20 Sep	74.3	Died	Juan Moleón Andreu †	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
21 Sep	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Guerino Dominique Picchi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep, Syria
24 Sep	60.0	Appointed	Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O.C. †	Bishop of Itabuna, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Homero Leite Meira	Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	47.1	Appointed	Janusz Edmund Zimniak	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
47.1	Appointed	Janusz Edmund Zimniak	Titular Bishop of Polinianum	Auxiliary Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
26 Sep	20.5	Professed	Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
62.5	Appointed	Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Sep	72.4	Died	Filemón Castellano †	Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
52.7	Ordained Bishop	José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela
69.9	Resigned	Guglielmo Motolese †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
29 Sep	84.1	Died	Áron Márton †	Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
63.6	Died	Gerald Vincent McDevitt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
58.1	Installed	Alfredo Torres Romero †	Bishop of Toluca, México, México
1 Oct	60.2	Died	Pierre Bertrand Chagué †	Bishop of Gap, France
28.6	Ordained Priest	Daniel Kozelinski Netto	Priest of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
51.7	Ordained Bishop	John Aloysius Ward, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
2 Oct	39.4	Appointed	Joachim Wanke	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany	Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
39.4	Appointed	Joachim Wanke	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania	Bishop of Erfurt, Germany
3 Oct	50.8	Appointed	Stéphane Katchou †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
50.8	Appointed	Stéphane Katchou †	Titular Archbishop of Anbar dei Caldei	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Oct	57.3	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
57.3	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
33.0	Ordained Priest	Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
66.0	Appointed	Luigi Dadaglio †	Secretary of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
65.1	Appointed	Antonio Innocenti	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
27.2	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Carmine Orofino	Priest of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
50.5	Appointed	Joseph Michael Sullivan	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Joseph Michael Sullivan	Titular Bishop of Suliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
43.2	Appointed	Kenneth Edward Untener †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
50.1	Appointed	René Arnold Valero	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	René Arnold Valero	Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
81.0	Died	Lawrence Patrick Whelan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
5 Oct	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Napierala	Titular Bishop of San Leone	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
6 Oct	48.2	Appointed	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Auxiliary Bishop of Annecy, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
48.2	Appointed	Hubert Marie Pierre Dominique Barbier	Titular Bishop of Noba	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
77.4	Died	Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
7 Oct	72.1	Died	Joseph Amihere Essuah †	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
59.2	Appointed	James Richard Ham, M.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Oct	37.9	Appointed	Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna, O.P.	Prelate of Bertrania en el Catatumbo, Colombia	Bishop of Magangué, Colombia
10 Oct	24.5	Ordained Priest	Johannes Bündgens	Priest of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
68.3	Died	Francis Carroll, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
25.2	Ordained Priest	Manfred Scheuer	Priest of Linz, Austria	Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria
11 Oct	71.4	Died	Santo Bergamo †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
49.2	Succeeded	Luiz Colussi †	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil
50.6	Appointed	Pedro Rosales Dean	Bishop of Tagum, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Palo, Philippines
75.1	Retired	Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
13 Oct	57.3	Appointed	John George Chedid	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
57.3	Appointed	John George Chedid	Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti	Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
59.5	Appointed	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Vicar Apostolic of Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Melkite)	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada
59.5	Appointed	Michel Hakim, B.S. †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite), Canada
59.1	Appointed	Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	64.3	Died	Albert Descamps †	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
60.4	Appointed	Emanuele Gerada	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
55.9	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain
25.5	Professed	Benjamin Marc Ramaroson, C.M.	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
54.8	Appointed	Hermann Josef Spital †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
54.8	Appointed	Hermann Josef Spital †	Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana	Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
19 Oct	73.7	Died	Juan José Bernal Ortiz †	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. †	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp.	Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
20 Oct	76.7	Appointed	Francesco Minerva †	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Oct	76.7	Died	Antoine Everardo Giovanni Albers, O. Carm. †	Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
84.0	Died	Edward Quentin Jennings †	Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
24 Oct	24.3	Ordained Priest	Julito Buhisan Cortes	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
44.2	Appointed	Karl Hesse, M.S.C.	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
47.9	Appointed	John Joseph †	Auxiliary Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Bishop
47.9	Appointed	John Joseph †	Titular Bishop of Segisama	Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan
48.0	Appointed	Robert Kerketta, S.D.B.	Bishop of Tezpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Appointed	Lucas Liu Hsien-tang	Coadjutor Bishop of Hsinchu, Taiwan	Bishop Emeritus
36.8	Appointed	Joseph Bilal Nyekindi †	Bishop of Wau, Sudan	Bishop Emeritus
39.1	Appointed	Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Sibolga, Indonesia	Coadjutor Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia
25.4	Ordained Priest	Santiago Silva Retamales	Priest of Valparaíso, Chile	Auxiliary Bishop
67.8	Resigned	Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
25 Oct	55.2	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
55.2	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
43.6	Ordained Bishop	Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier	Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
27 Oct	55.1	Appointed	Jorge Ardila Serrano	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
55.1	Appointed	Jorge Ardila Serrano	Titular Bishop of Tisedi	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
86.6	Died	Paolo Savino †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Oct	20.8	Ordained Priest	Antoni Dziemianko	Priest of Grodno, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
28.7	Ordained Priest	Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Agartala, India
41.6	Ordained Bishop	Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I.	Prelate of Kidapawan, Philippines	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
29 Oct	71.9	Died	Giovanni Francesco Dadone †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
47.6	Succeeded	Severino Poletto	Bishop of Fossano, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
30 Oct	43.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
63.8	Appointed	Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
63.1	Appointed	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
63.1	Appointed	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Titular Bishop of Sila	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
31 Oct	27.8	Ordained Priest	José de Lanza Neto	Priest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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