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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Sep	46.1	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Myers	Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Soueif	Priest of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus
4 Sep	51.5	Appointed	Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla	Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	57.2	Appointed	José Carlos Castanho de Almeida	Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Araçatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	75.0	Retired	Joseph Francis Cleary †	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	32.2	Ordained Priest	Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte	Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands	Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Milton Kenan Júnior	Priest of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Giulio Nicolini †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
	57.3	Ordained Bishop	René Pierre Louis Joseph Séjourné	Titular Bishop of Labicum	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Flour, France
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Beniamino Stella	Titular Archbishop of Midila	President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia
6 Sep	27.2	Ordained Priest	Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos	Priest of Vitória da Conquista, Baia, Brazil	Bishop of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Jérôme Owono-Mimboe	Bishop of Obala, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
8 Sep	81.4	Retired	Maurits Gerard De Keyzer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Appointed	Marco Ferrari	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Appointed	Marco Ferrari	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Anthony Gomes †	Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Domingos Lam Ka Tseung †	Coadjutor Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
	83.6	Died	Hubert Michael Newell †	Bishop Emeritus of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
9 Sep	82.4	Died	Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
	60.6	Succeeded	Ludwig Averkamp	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
	76.4	Died	Paul Joseph Schmitt †	Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France
	73.9	Resigned	Helmut Hermann Wittler †	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
10 Sep	66.6	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Marghitych †	Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
12 Sep	74.5	Died	João José da Mota e Albuquerque †	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
14 Sep	80.7	Retired	Joseph Höffner †	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
17 Sep	79.0	Died	George Patrick Dwyer †	Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
	48.6	Resigned	Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	79.0	Died	Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Mieczysław Mokrzycki	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine	Archbishop
19 Sep	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Babini	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
	64.0	Resigned	Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Sep	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Claude Jean Pierre Dagens	Titular Bishop of Vulturaria	Bishop of Angoulême, France
	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Georges Deledicque †	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France
22 Sep	61.3	Resigned	James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep	83.1	Died	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Bishop Emeritus of Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada
	80.3	Died	Henry Joseph Soenneker †	Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
27 Sep	60.6	Installed	Ludwig Averkamp	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
28 Sep	51.7	Appointed	Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. †	Curial Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
	51.7	Appointed	Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tokat degli Armeni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
	51.7	Appointed	Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	66.1	Resigned	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France	Bishop Emeritus
29 Sep	68.0	Resigned	Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †	Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	58.6	Appointed	Michael (Michel) Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R. †	Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Ukrainian)
30 Sep	37.4	Professed	François Joseph Marie Jacolin, M.D.P.	Priest of Other	Bishop of Mende, France
Oct	64.5	Resigned	Joseph Mees †	Apostolic Delegate to South Africa	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
	64.5	Resigned	Joseph Mees †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
1 Oct	70.9	Resigned	Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Lobsinger, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
2 Oct	86.7	Died	Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. †	Prelate Emeritus of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil
3 Oct	31.1	Ordained Priest	Augustine Obiora Akubeze	Priest of Issele-Uku, Nigeria	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
	54.5	Appointed	Brian James Barnes, O.F.M.	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Gioacchino Illiano	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	57.0	Appointed	Peter Toshio Jinushi	Bishop of Sapporo, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	46.3	Appointed	Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	48.6	Appointed	Enrico Masseroni	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy
	41.5	Appointed	Anatole Milandou	Bishop of Kinkala, Congo	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
	46.6	Appointed	Carlos Stetter	Auxiliary Bishop of Chiquitos, Bolivia	Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
	46.6	Appointed	Carlos Stetter	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
	76.6	Retired	Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa †	Bishop of Sapporo, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Guy Claude Bagnard	Bishop of Belley, France	Bishop Emeritus of Belley-Ars, France
	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Francis Kallarakal	Bishop of Kottapuram, India	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Miguel Olaortúa Laspra, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru
6 Oct	44.1	Appointed	Thierry Romain Camille Jordan	Coadjutor Bishop of Pontoise, France	Archbishop of Reims, France
	65.2	Died	Joseph Phan Van Hòa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhon, Viet Nam
7 Oct	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Virgilio López Irias, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Honduras
9 Oct	82.0	Died	Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
	53.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops
	53.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
10 Oct	24.6	Ordained Priest	Stephan Ackermann	Priest of Trier, Germany	Bishop
	81.6	Retired	Vasile Cristea, A.A. †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
	57.1	Appointed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Guido Filipazzi	Priest of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert	Priest	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
	76.9	Retired	Guglielmo Motolese †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Oct	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin, O.P.	Bishop of Metz, France
	59.0	Ordained Bishop	António Ramos Monteiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Viseu, Portugal	Bishop
12 Oct	27.9	Ordained Deacon	Efraín Mendoza Cruz	Deacon of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Auxiliary Bishop
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	João Bosco Oliver de Faria	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 Oct	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Sauveur Casanova †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
	73.7	Died	Thomas Andrew Donnellan †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
16 Oct	80.8	Died	Joseph Höffner †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
	88.2	Died	Antônio Zattera †	Bishop Emeritus of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
17 Oct	45.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia	Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	45.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Benin	Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	45.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana	Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	45.0	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Togo	Cardinal, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
	44.4	Ordained Priest	Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes	Priest of Sololá, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
18 Oct	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Marco Ferrari	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
23 Oct	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. †	Archbishop of Saïda (Sidone) (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Oct	78.4	Died	Antonio Añoveros Ataún †	Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
	27.5	Ordained Deacon	Santo Marcianò	Deacon of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy	Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
	26.3	Ordained Priest	Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, I.C.P.B.	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
	61.1	Installed	Luis Reynoso Cervantes †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
25 Oct	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Andrzej Czaja	Deacon of Opole, Poland	Bishop
26 Oct	82.3	Died	Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †	Bishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA
27 Oct	33.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mairura Okemwa	Priest of Kisii, Kenya	Bishop
28 Oct	61.4	Resigned	Francis John Spence †	Bishop of Canada, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
	57.2	Appointed	André Vallée, P.M.E.	Bishop of Canada, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
	57.2	Appointed	André Vallée, P.M.E.	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
29 Oct	49.4	Appointed	Salvatore Boccaccio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
	49.4	Appointed	Salvatore Boccaccio †	Titular Bishop of Ulpiana	Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
	53.8	Appointed	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
	53.7	Appointed	Luís d’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	51.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Mani	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
	51.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Mani	Titular Bishop of Zaba	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
30 Oct	68.4	Resigned	José Brandão de Castro, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	62.6	Appointed	Narbal da Costa Stencel †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	62.6	Appointed	Narbal da Costa Stencel †	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	75.6	Retired	Ramón Daumal Serra †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	45.8	Appointed	José Palmeira Lessa	Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
31 Oct	74.9	Retired	José María Mestres †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	49.2	Appointed	Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M.	Bishop of Juticalpa, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	60.5	Appointed	Jacques Moïse Eugène Noyer	Bishop of Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus