The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 69.8 Died Eugène-Marie Ernoult † Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

3 Sep 57.8 Ordained Bishop David Louis Walker Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia

4 Sep 75.1 Retired Benedict Charles Franzetta † Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

5 Sep 70.3 Died Basil Salvadore D'Souza † Bishop of Mangalore, India

6 Sep 75.0 Retired Louis Antoine Marie Boffet † Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Ordained Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C. Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh

57.8 Appointed Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado Bishop of Saint-Denis, France

68.2 Appointed Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

51.9 Succeeded Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

7 Sep 60.6 Ordained Bishop Gervasio Gestori Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy

59.6 Ordained Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia

49.8 Ordained Bishop Mario Meini Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy

8 Sep 70.4 Resigned Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

54.7 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. Bishop of Valdivia, Chile Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

43.8 Ordained Bishop José Edson Santana de Oliveira Bishop of Eunápolis, Baia, Brazil

9 Sep 75.1 Retired John Bernard McDowell Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Died Joachim Ruhuna † Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi

10 Sep 52.2 Appointed Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

52.2 Appointed Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Titular Bishop of Mauriana Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

12 Sep 63.5 Installed Ricardo Guízar Díaz Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México

61.7 Died Gregory Singkai † Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

80.5 Died Josef Stimpfle † Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

13 Sep 57.1 Appointed John Tong Hon Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Coadjutor Bishop

57.1 Appointed John Tong Hon Titular Bishop of Bossa Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

64.7 Appointed Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Cardinal, Bishop

14 Sep 49.6 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Apicella Titular Bishop of Ierafi Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy

51.1 Ordained Bishop Alberto Tanasini Titular Bishop of Suelli Bishop of Chiavari, Italy

15 Sep 56.3 Ordained Bishop Bernard Housset Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

56.0 Ordained Bishop Ramón del Hoyo López Bishop of Cuenca, Spain Bishop of Jaén, Spain

17 Sep 61.6 Ordained Bishop Emilio Simeon Alluè, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Croae Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

66.3 Died Srecko Badurina, T.O.R. † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

62.7 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin Titular Bishop of Ubaza Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

19 Sep 56.2 Resigned Roderick Wright † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

21 Sep 53.6 Ordained Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen Titular Bishop of Labicum Bishop of Fulda, Germany

55.3 Ordained Bishop Luigi Conti Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy Archbishop of Fermo, Italy

43.0 Ordained Bishop Reinhard Marx Titular Bishop of Petina Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

75.5 Died John McCormack † Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland

86.8 Died José Melhado Campos † Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

62.6 Died Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. † Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar

22 Sep 50.4 Ordained Bishop Juan José Omella Omella Titular Bishop of Sasabe Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain

24 Sep 63.1 Appointed Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valparaíso, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

55.9 Installed Juan Carlos Maccarone Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

27 Sep 39.4 Succeeded Joseph Banga Bane Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

75.7 Retired Jacques Mbali † Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

28 Sep 63.9 Appointed Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

29 Sep 54.9 Ordained Bishop António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm. Titular Bishop of Tlos Bishop of Beja, Portugal

30 Sep 78.9 Died Sylvester William Treinen † Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA

1 Oct 57.1 Succeeded Seán Baptist Brady Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

79.0 Retired Cahal Brendan Daly Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

2 Oct 69.0 Succeeded Amaury Castanho † Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

68.8 Resigned Roberto Pinarello de Almeida † Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

5 Oct 45.3 Ordained Bishop Djuro Gašparović Titular Bishop of Mattiana Bishop of Srijem, Serbia

66.4 Ordained Bishop Tanios El Khoury Bishop of Saïda (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

53.3 Ordained Bishop Armand Maillard Bishop of Laval, France Archbishop of Bourges, France

56.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Nabil Sayah Archbishop of Haifa e Terra Santa (Maronite), Israel

7 Oct 56.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Kozhimala † Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

72.9 Retired Pasquale Macchi † Prelate of Loreto, Italy Prelate Emeritus

72.6 Died Michael Murphy † Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland

9 Oct 74.1 Resigned Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M. † Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

10 Oct 62.9 Appointed Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S. Bishop of Nantes, France

11 Oct 50.6 Ordained Bishop Eric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier Titular Bishop of Malliana Bishop of Versailles, France

59.1 Ordained Bishop Michel Pollien Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

15 Oct 58.0 Appointed Fabio Betancur Tirado Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribata, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

77.7 Retired José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

16 Oct 58.2 Appointed Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

18 Oct 51.8 Ordained Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. Bishop of Ambikapur, India

19 Oct 57.9 Ordained Bishop Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado Bishop of Saint-Denis, France

83.1 Died Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

20 Oct 56.4 Ordained Bishop Pierre Farine Titular Bishop of Tragurium Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

22 Oct 68.7 Resigned Roger Marie Albert Froment † Bishop of Tulle, France Bishop Emeritus

23 Oct 52.2 Ordained Bishop Edward Joseph Adams Titular Archbishop of Scala Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

59.6 Died Hanna Markho † Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq

83.8 Died Manuel Nunes Gabriel † Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

26 Oct 44.2 Appointed Edward Janiak Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

44.2 Appointed Edward Janiak Titular Bishop of Scilium Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

60.5 Appointed Stanislaw Stefanek, S. Chr. Bishop of Łomża, Poland

61.0 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Paula Victor Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

27 Oct 68.3 Ordained Bishop Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

29 Oct 56.0 Installed José Ulises Macías Salcedo Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

70.8 Died Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

85.0 Died Maximino Romero de Lema † Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

31 Oct 52.4 Ordained Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Titular Bishop of Mauriana Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

63.8 Resigned Javier Lozano Barragán Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	69.8	Died	Eugène-Marie Ernoult †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
3 Sep	57.8	Ordained Bishop	David Louis Walker	Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia
4 Sep	75.1	Retired	Benedict Charles Franzetta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	70.3	Died	Basil Salvadore D'Souza †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
6 Sep	75.0	Retired	Louis Antoine Marie Boffet †	Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Moses Costa, C.S.C.	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
57.8	Appointed	Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
68.2	Appointed	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
51.9	Succeeded	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Bishop of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
7 Sep	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Gervasio Gestori	Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Jiménez Narváez	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín, Colombia
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Mario Meini	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy
8 Sep	70.4	Resigned	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
43.8	Ordained Bishop	José Edson Santana de Oliveira	Bishop of Eunápolis, Baia, Brazil
9 Sep	75.1	Retired	John Bernard McDowell	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Died	Joachim Ruhuna †	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
10 Sep	52.2	Appointed	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
52.2	Appointed	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 Sep	63.5	Installed	Ricardo Guízar Díaz	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
61.7	Died	Gregory Singkai †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
80.5	Died	Josef Stimpfle †	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
13 Sep	57.1	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Coadjutor Bishop
57.1	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Titular Bishop of Bossa	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
64.7	Appointed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop
14 Sep	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Apicella	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Tanasini	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
15 Sep	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Housset	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Ramón del Hoyo López	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Bishop of Jaén, Spain
17 Sep	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Simeon Alluè, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Croae	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
66.3	Died	Srecko Badurina, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Irwin	Titular Bishop of Ubaza	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
19 Sep	56.2	Resigned	Roderick Wright †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
21 Sep	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Heinz Josef Algermissen	Titular Bishop of Labicum	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Conti	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Reinhard Marx	Titular Bishop of Petina	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
75.5	Died	John McCormack †	Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
86.8	Died	José Melhado Campos †	Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
62.6	Died	Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. †	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
22 Sep	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Omella Omella	Titular Bishop of Sasabe	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
24 Sep	63.1	Appointed	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valparaíso, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
55.9	Installed	Juan Carlos Maccarone	Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
27 Sep	39.4	Succeeded	Joseph Banga Bane	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
75.7	Retired	Jacques Mbali †	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
28 Sep	63.9	Appointed	Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M.	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
29 Sep	54.9	Ordained Bishop	António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm.	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
30 Sep	78.9	Died	Sylvester William Treinen †	Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA
1 Oct	57.1	Succeeded	Seán Baptist Brady	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
79.0	Retired	Cahal Brendan Daly	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
2 Oct	69.0	Succeeded	Amaury Castanho †	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
68.8	Resigned	Roberto Pinarello de Almeida †	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
5 Oct	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Djuro Gašparović	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Bishop of Srijem, Serbia
66.4	Ordained Bishop	Tanios El Khoury	Bishop of Saïda (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Armand Maillard	Bishop of Laval, France	Archbishop of Bourges, France
56.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nabil Sayah	Archbishop of Haifa e Terra Santa (Maronite), Israel
7 Oct	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Kozhimala †	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
72.9	Retired	Pasquale Macchi †	Prelate of Loreto, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
72.6	Died	Michael Murphy †	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
9 Oct	74.1	Resigned	Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	62.9	Appointed	Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.	Bishop of Nantes, France
11 Oct	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Eric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier	Titular Bishop of Malliana	Bishop of Versailles, France
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Michel Pollien	Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
15 Oct	58.0	Appointed	Fabio Betancur Tirado	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribata, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
77.7	Retired	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
16 Oct	58.2	Appointed	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem.	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
18 Oct	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Patras Minj, S.J.	Bishop of Ambikapur, India
19 Oct	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France
83.1	Died	Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
20 Oct	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Farine	Titular Bishop of Tragurium	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
22 Oct	68.7	Resigned	Roger Marie Albert Froment †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Oct	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Adams	Titular Archbishop of Scala	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
59.6	Died	Hanna Markho †	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
83.8	Died	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
26 Oct	44.2	Appointed	Edward Janiak	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
44.2	Appointed	Edward Janiak	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
60.5	Appointed	Stanislaw Stefanek, S. Chr.	Bishop of Łomża, Poland
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Victor	Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
27 Oct	68.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Oct	56.0	Installed	José Ulises Macías Salcedo	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
70.8	Died	Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
85.0	Died	Maximino Romero de Lema †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
31 Oct	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
63.8	Resigned	Javier Lozano Barragán	Bishop of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

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