The Year of Our Lord 2002

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 46.7 Ordained Bishop Alfred Leonhard Maluma Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania

2 Sep 83.5 Died Manuel Palmeira da Rocha † Bishop Emeritus of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil

3 Sep 83.1 Died Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

58.2 Appointed Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

5 Sep 45.2 Ordained Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

7 Sep 91.6 Died József Bánk † Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary

80.4 Died Hanna Kello † Bishop Emeritus of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq

8 Sep 55.3 Ordained Bishop Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone Titular Bishop of Benepota Auxiliary Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay

77.0 Died Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † Prelate Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

42.1 Ordained Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor Bishop of Speyer, Germany

9 Sep 83.8 Died Mikail Nersès Sétian † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York

10 Sep 75.0 Retired William George Curlin Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Bishop Emeritus

12 Sep 60.7 Appointed Mansour Hobeika Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon

75.3 Retired Georges Scandar Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

13 Sep 51.4 Ordained Bishop Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Titular Bishop of Siccenna Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA

55.2 Ordained Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua

14 Sep 51.9 Installed Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France

48.6 Ordained Bishop Pedro Brito Guimarães Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil

68.5 Installed Dionigi Tettamanzi Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

15 Sep 92.0 Died Charles Gomes, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India

51.7 Ordained Bishop Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M. Bishop of Agats, Indonesia

16 Sep 74.4 Died François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán † Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

19 Sep 81.5 Died José Gomes † Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

80.7 Died Yohannes Woldegiorgis † Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia

21 Sep 64.5 Ordained Bishop Vittorino Girardi, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica

63.1 Ordained Bishop Paolo Schiavon Titular Bishop of Trebia Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

22 Sep 61.4 Installed Gérard Antoine Daucourt Bishop of Nanterre, France

55.2 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Loppa Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy

23 Sep 89.6 Died Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon

77.5 Died John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung † Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

70.7 Succeeded Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

24 Sep 51.3 Appointed Rutilo Muñoz Zamora Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México

78.9 Retired Carlos Talavera Ramírez † Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 78.0 Retired Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic Bishop Emeritus

59.5 Succeeded Jirí Padour, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic

78.0 Retired Jaroslav Škarvada Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

29 Sep 65.9 Ordained Bishop Philippe Jean Louis Breton Bishop of Aire et Dax, France

67.6 Resigned Antonios Naguib Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

47.2 Ordained Bishop Anthonisamy Neethinathan Bishop of Chinglepet, India

47.1 Appointed Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

30 Sep 58.9 Appointed Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint) Apostolic Administrator of Yangon, Myanmar Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar

78.0 Died Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines

75.0 Retired Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar Archbishop Emeritus

1 Oct 69.9 Appointed Francis Arinze Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

79.1 Appointed Moisés Julio Blanchoud Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina

76.1 Retired Agostino Cacciavillan President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Cardinal, President Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. Titular Archbishop of Nepte Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

65.1 Appointed Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of

69.9 Appointed Renato Raffaele Martino Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

75.8 Retired Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

54.8 Appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

65.5 Appointed Attilio Nicora Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

51.4 Appointed Fulgence Rabemahafaly Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

75.4 Retired Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus

68.7 Appointed Giovanni Battista Re Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

66.5 Resigned Edgardo Gabriel Storni Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

83.4 Died Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Darién, Panama

2 Oct 47.1 Ordained Bishop Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P. Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles

4 Oct 76.5 Died Desiderio Elso Collino † Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

81.6 Died James (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil

74.5 Died Jean Huard † Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

45.0 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Malzaire Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles

5 Oct 47.1 Confirmed Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

7 Oct 49.8 Appointed Andrzej Dziega Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

75.4 Retired Waclaw Swierzawski Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland Bishop Emeritus

8 Oct 82.4 Died Philippe Boutros Chebaya † Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon

75.5 Retired Donato Squicciarini † Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

55.0 Ordained Bishop Valéry Vienneau Bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

72.6 Appointed Giorgio Zur Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

9 Oct 55.8 Appointed Vicente Costa Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil

10 Oct 50.1 Appointed Marie-Daniel Dadiet Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

62.1 Appointed Ricardo Oscar Faifer Bishop of Goya, Argentina

70.4 Resigned Jean-Marie Kélétigui Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

11 Oct 79.7 Died Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano † Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

12 Oct 56.5 Ordained Bishop José Figueroa Gómez Bishop of Granada en Colombia

58.0 Appointed Lucas Kim Un-hoe Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)

58.0 Appointed Lucas Kim Un-hoe Titular Bishop of Vadesi Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)

69.1 Appointed Alfio Rapisarda Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

75.1 Retired Edoardo Rovida Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

13 Oct 56.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France

48.4 Ordained Bishop Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C. Coadjutor Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti Bishop

58.7 Installed Braulio Rodríguez Plaza Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain

15 Oct 66.9 Appointed Pio Vittorio Vigo Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acireale, Italy Bishop

16 Oct 68.2 Appointed Robert Joseph Hermann Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

68.2 Appointed Robert Joseph Hermann Titular Bishop of Zerta Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

75.2 Died Christopher Mwoleka † Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge, Tanzania

17 Oct 74.2 Resigned Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

18 Oct 75.9 Retired Giuseppe Fabiani Bishop of Imola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

58.2 Appointed Tommaso Ghirelli Bishop of Imola, Italy

51.8 Appointed Cataldo Naro † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

19 Oct 58.3 Installed Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

53.0 Appointed Paul Tschang In-Nam Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda

53.0 Appointed Paul Tschang In-Nam Titular Archbishop of Amantia Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda

20 Oct 70.8 Installed Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

21 Oct 55.0 Appointed Manuel da Rocha Felício Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

55.0 Appointed Manuel da Rocha Felício Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

22 Oct 95.5 Died Octavio Nicolás Derisi † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

23 Oct 46.3 Appointed Franz Lackner, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria

46.3 Appointed Franz Lackner, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Balecium Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria

24 Oct 77.3 Retired Francisco Alvarez Martínez Archbishop of Toledo, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

57.0 Appointed Antonio Cañizares Llovera Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

75.0 Retired Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq Cardinal, Patriarch

67.1 Appointed Jean-Claude Hertzog † Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

67.1 Appointed Jean-Claude Hertzog † Titular Bishop of Tigias Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

79.8 Died José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

54.3 Appointed Louis Sako Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq

25 Oct 64.3 Appointed José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F. Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México

73.3 Died Denzil Reginald D'Souza † Bishop Emeritus of Aizawl, India

90.8 Died Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. † Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

26 Oct 71.3 Resigned Colin Campbell Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

58.1 Appointed Robert Harris Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

58.1 Appointed Robert Harris Titular Bishop of Trofimiana Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

60.8 Ordained Bishop Mansour Hobeika Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon

66.1 Appointed Donald Lapointe Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada

66.1 Appointed Donald Lapointe Titular Bishop of Octabia Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada

28 Oct 56.0 Appointed Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia

30 Oct 50.3 Appointed Celestino Migliore Titular Archbishop of Canosa Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations

50.3 Appointed Celestino Migliore Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations

58.8 Appointed Carmelo Scampa Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil

31 Oct 82.3 Died Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier † Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

52.4 Appointed Alain Harel Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius

52.4 Appointed Alain Harel Titular Bishop of Forconium Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius

45.7 Appointed Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B. Bishop of Viedma, Argentina

85.3 Died Mark Onwuha Unegbu † Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Leonhard Maluma	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania
2 Sep	83.5	Died	Manuel Palmeira da Rocha †	Bishop Emeritus of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
3 Sep	83.1	Died	Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
58.2	Appointed	Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5 Sep	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Michael Francis Burbidge	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
7 Sep	91.6	Died	József Bánk †	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
80.4	Died	Hanna Kello †	Bishop Emeritus of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
8 Sep	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone	Titular Bishop of Benepota	Auxiliary Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay
77.0	Died	Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
9 Sep	83.8	Died	Mikail Nersès Sétian †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York
10 Sep	75.0	Retired	William George Curlin	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Sep	60.7	Appointed	Mansour Hobeika	Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
75.3	Retired	Georges Scandar	Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr.	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
55.2	Ordained Bishop	David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli	Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields, Nicaragua
14 Sep	51.9	Installed	Philippe Xavier Ignace Barbarin	Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Brito Guimarães	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
68.5	Installed	Dionigi Tettamanzi	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
15 Sep	92.0	Died	Charles Gomes, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M.	Bishop of Agats, Indonesia
16 Sep	74.4	Died	François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán †	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
19 Sep	81.5	Died	José Gomes †	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
80.7	Died	Yohannes Woldegiorgis †	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
21 Sep	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Vittorino Girardi, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Tilarán, Costa Rica
63.1	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Schiavon	Titular Bishop of Trebia	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
22 Sep	61.4	Installed	Gérard Antoine Daucourt	Bishop of Nanterre, France
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Loppa	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy
23 Sep	89.6	Died	Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
77.5	Died	John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung †	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
70.7	Succeeded	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
24 Sep	51.3	Appointed	Rutilo Muñoz Zamora	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
78.9	Retired	Carlos Talavera Ramírez †	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	78.0	Retired	Antonín Liška, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic	Bishop Emeritus
59.5	Succeeded	Jirí Padour, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Ceské Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czech Republic
78.0	Retired	Jaroslav Škarvada	Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29 Sep	65.9	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Jean Louis Breton	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
67.6	Resigned	Antonios Naguib	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
47.2	Ordained Bishop	Anthonisamy Neethinathan	Bishop of Chinglepet, India
47.1	Appointed	Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Sep	58.9	Appointed	Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint)	Apostolic Administrator of Yangon, Myanmar	Bishop of Loikaw, Myanmar
78.0	Died	Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
75.0	Retired	Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby	Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar	Archbishop Emeritus
1 Oct	69.9	Appointed	Francis Arinze	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
79.1	Appointed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
76.1	Retired	Agostino Cacciavillan	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	Titular Archbishop of Nepte	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
65.1	Appointed	Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.	President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of
69.9	Appointed	Renato Raffaele Martino	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
75.8	Retired	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
54.8	Appointed	Gerhard Ludwig Müller	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
65.5	Appointed	Attilio Nicora	Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
51.4	Appointed	Fulgence Rabemahafaly	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
75.4	Retired	Philibert Randriambololona, S.J.	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus
68.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
66.5	Resigned	Edgardo Gabriel Storni	Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
83.4	Died	Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Darién, Panama
2 Oct	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Matthew Darius, O.P.	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles
4 Oct	76.5	Died	Desiderio Elso Collino †	Bishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
81.6	Died	James (Jaime) Collins, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil
74.5	Died	Jean Huard †	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Malzaire	Bishop of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
5 Oct	47.1	Confirmed	Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
7 Oct	49.8	Appointed	Andrzej Dziega	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
75.4	Retired	Waclaw Swierzawski	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
8 Oct	82.4	Died	Philippe Boutros Chebaya †	Bishop Emeritus of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar (Maronite), Lebanon
75.5	Retired	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Valéry Vienneau	Bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
72.6	Appointed	Giorgio Zur	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
9 Oct	55.8	Appointed	Vicente Costa	Bishop of Umuarama, Parana, Brazil
10 Oct	50.1	Appointed	Marie-Daniel Dadiet	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
62.1	Appointed	Ricardo Oscar Faifer	Bishop of Goya, Argentina
70.4	Resigned	Jean-Marie Kélétigui	Bishop of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
11 Oct	79.7	Died	Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano †	Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
12 Oct	56.5	Ordained Bishop	José Figueroa Gómez	Bishop of Granada en Colombia
58.0	Appointed	Lucas Kim Un-hoe	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
58.0	Appointed	Lucas Kim Un-hoe	Titular Bishop of Vadesi	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
69.1	Appointed	Alfio Rapisarda	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
75.1	Retired	Edoardo Rovida	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
13 Oct	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz	Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Les Gonaïves, Haïti	Bishop
58.7	Installed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
15 Oct	66.9	Appointed	Pio Vittorio Vigo	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acireale, Italy	Bishop
16 Oct	68.2	Appointed	Robert Joseph Hermann	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
68.2	Appointed	Robert Joseph Hermann	Titular Bishop of Zerta	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
75.2	Died	Christopher Mwoleka †	Bishop Emeritus of Rulenge, Tanzania
17 Oct	74.2	Resigned	Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Oct	75.9	Retired	Giuseppe Fabiani	Bishop of Imola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	Tommaso Ghirelli	Bishop of Imola, Italy
51.8	Appointed	Cataldo Naro †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
19 Oct	58.3	Installed	Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
53.0	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh	Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda
53.0	Appointed	Paul Tschang In-Nam	Titular Archbishop of Amantia	Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda
20 Oct	70.8	Installed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
21 Oct	55.0	Appointed	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
55.0	Appointed	Manuel da Rocha Felício	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
22 Oct	95.5	Died	Octavio Nicolás Derisi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
23 Oct	46.3	Appointed	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
46.3	Appointed	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau, Austria
24 Oct	77.3	Retired	Francisco Alvarez Martínez	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.0	Appointed	Antonio Cañizares Llovera	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
75.0	Retired	Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly	Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq	Cardinal, Patriarch
67.1	Appointed	Jean-Claude Hertzog †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
67.1	Appointed	Jean-Claude Hertzog †	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
79.8	Died	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
54.3	Appointed	Louis Sako	Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq
25 Oct	64.3	Appointed	José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F.	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
73.3	Died	Denzil Reginald D'Souza †	Bishop Emeritus of Aizawl, India
90.8	Died	Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
26 Oct	71.3	Resigned	Colin Campbell	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
58.1	Appointed	Robert Harris	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
58.1	Appointed	Robert Harris	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
60.8	Ordained Bishop	Mansour Hobeika	Bishop of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon
66.1	Appointed	Donald Lapointe	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
66.1	Appointed	Donald Lapointe	Titular Bishop of Octabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada
28 Oct	56.0	Appointed	Edgar de Jesús Garcia Gil	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia
30 Oct	50.3	Appointed	Celestino Migliore	Titular Archbishop of Canosa	Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations
50.3	Appointed	Celestino Migliore	Apostolic Nuncio to United Nations
58.8	Appointed	Carmelo Scampa	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
31 Oct	82.3	Died	Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
52.4	Appointed	Alain Harel	Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius
52.4	Appointed	Alain Harel	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues, Mauritius
45.7	Appointed	Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B.	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
85.3	Died	Mark Onwuha Unegbu †	Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria

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