The Year of Our Lord 2006

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 48.7 Succeeded Marco Antonio Cortez Lara Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru

76.2 Retired José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins † Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru Bishop Emeritus

2 Sep 59.8 Ordained Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana Titular Bishop of Suelli Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina

64.9 Appointed Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm. Bishop of San Severo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

68.2 Ordained Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep 65.1 Ceased John Dennis Corriveau, O.F.M. Cap. Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

5 Sep 84.7 Died Oscar Garcia Urizar † Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala

6 Sep 56.2 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Sweden

56.2 Ordained Bishop James Patrick Green Titular Archbishop of Altinum Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Sweden

45.0 Appointed Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna Titular Bishop of Mareotes Bishop Emeritus of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

45.0 Confirmed Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

49.3 Ordained Bishop Bernard Unabali † Titular Bishop of Cuicul Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

7 Sep 59.8 Succeeded Adriano Langa, O.F.M. Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

84.0 Died Petar Perkolic † Archbishop Emeritus of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

70.7 Died Alberto Setele † Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique

8 Sep 48.7 Ordained Bishop Jérôme Daniel Beau Titular Bishop of Privata Archbishop of Bourges, France

53.3 Ordained Bishop Elenito de los Reyes Galido † Bishop of Iligan, Philippines

62.9 Ordained Bishop Mosè Marcia Titular Bishop of Vardimissa Bishop Emeritus of Nuoro, Italy

48.9 Ordained Bishop Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae Bishop of Meaux, France

53.5 Ordained Bishop George Nkuo Bishop of Kumbo, Cameroon

55.2 Installed Michele Seccia Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy Archbishop of Lecce, Italy

9 Sep 62.7 Appointed Martin William Currie Apostolic Administrator of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

52.9 Ordained Bishop Wacław Tomasz Depo Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland

49.6 Ordained Bishop Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France Archbishop of Rouen, France

74.6 Resigned Joseph Faber MacDonald † Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende Coadjutor Bishop of Breda, Netherlands Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands

10 Sep 49.6 Installed Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France Archbishop of Rouen, France

60.5 Installed Robert Jean Louis Le Gall, O.S.B. Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Archbishop Emeritus

44.8 Ordained Bishop José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre Bishop of Palencia, Spain Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

44.2 Ordained Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia

11 Sep 82.8 Died Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet † Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France

78.1 Died Antonio Forte, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy

13 Sep 72.7 Selected Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. † Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

14 Sep 65.0 Ordained Bishop Gregory O’Kelly, S.J. Titular Bishop of Ath Truim Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia

51.0 Died José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. † Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

15 Sep 71.7 Appointed Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Secretary of State Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

41.9 Appointed Janusz Wiesław Kaleta Titular Bishop of Phelbes

71.6 Appointed Giovanni Lajolo President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus

71.6 Appointed Giovanni Lajolo President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

54.5 Appointed Dominique François Joseph Mamberti Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

38.0 Appointed Joseph Murphy Official of the Secretariat of State Under Secretary

78.8 Retired Angelo Sodano † Secretary of State Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

79.0 Retired Edmund Casimir Szoka † President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus

79.0 Retired Edmund Casimir Szoka † President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

16 Sep 78.7 Died Domenico De Luca † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco

84.9 Died Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

85.7 Died Michel Yatim † Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria

17 Sep 54.7 Ordained Bishop Jacques André Blaquart Titular Bishop of Ypres Bishop of Orléans, France

57.1 Ordained Bishop Markus Büchel Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

65.0 Died Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

18 Sep 75.7 Ordained Bishop Peter Zhuang Jianjian Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China Bishop Emeritus

20 Sep 45.4 Appointed Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery) Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripae Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

45.4 Confirmed Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery) Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

21 Sep 76.0 Retired António Baltasar Marcelino † Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

58.0 Appointed António Francisco dos Santos † Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal Bishop of Porto, Portugal

22 Sep 53.7 Succeeded Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

68.7 Died Vital Komenan Yao † Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

23 Sep 55.4 Installed Joseph Yapo Aké Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

48.7 Installed José Luis Azuaje Ayala Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela

60.4 Ordained Bishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P. Titular Bishop of Buthrotum Archbishop Emeritus of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania

56.3 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Sweden

61.0 Died Joseph Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến † Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam

61.7 Installed José Vilaplana Blasco Bishop of Huelva, Spain Bishop Emeritus

24 Sep 63.6 Installed Angelo Bagnasco Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

70.7 Installed Barthélémy Djabla † Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire

69.9 Installed Franc Kramberger Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus

76.2 Excommunicated [Emmanuel Milingo]

52.2 Ordained Bishop Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil

86.8 Died [Simon (Andreas) Zhu Wenyu (Zhu Xiang yu, Zhu Weng, Zhu Wen Han)] † Bishop of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China

26 Sep 85.1 Died Benedict Charles Franzetta † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

27 Sep 44.2 Ordained Deacon Mykola Matwijiwskij (Matwijiwskyj) Deacon of Great Britain (Ukrainian) Priest of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)

29 Sep 64.4 Appointed Giacomo Lanzetti Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy

55.7 Died Cataldo Naro † Archbishop of Monreale, Italy

68.8 Appointed Sergio Giovanni Pintor † Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

72.1 Resigned Antonio Vacca † Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

94.6 Died Louis-Albert Vachon † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

30 Sep 49.8 Ordained Bishop João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil

72.6 Resigned Salvador Flores Huerta † Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Installed Cyprian Kizito Lwanga † Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	48.7	Succeeded	Marco Antonio Cortez Lara	Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
76.2	Retired	José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins †	Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina
64.9	Appointed	Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
68.2	Ordained Bishop	Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J.	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep	65.1	Ceased	John Dennis Corriveau, O.F.M. Cap.	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep	84.7	Died	Oscar Garcia Urizar †	Bishop Emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, Guatemala
6 Sep	56.2	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Sweden
56.2	Ordained Bishop	James Patrick Green	Titular Archbishop of Altinum	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Sweden
45.0	Appointed	Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna	Titular Bishop of Mareotes	Bishop Emeritus of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
45.0	Confirmed	Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna	Curial Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Unabali †	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
7 Sep	59.8	Succeeded	Adriano Langa, O.F.M.	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
84.0	Died	Petar Perkolic †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
70.7	Died	Alberto Setele †	Bishop of Inhambane, Mozambique
8 Sep	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Jérôme Daniel Beau	Titular Bishop of Privata	Archbishop of Bourges, France
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Elenito de los Reyes Galido †	Bishop of Iligan, Philippines
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Mosè Marcia	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa	Bishop Emeritus of Nuoro, Italy
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Yves André Michel Nahmias	Titular Bishop of Termae Himerae	Bishop of Meaux, France
53.5	Ordained Bishop	George Nkuo	Bishop of Kumbo, Cameroon
55.2	Installed	Michele Seccia	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy
9 Sep	62.7	Appointed	Martin William Currie	Apostolic Administrator of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Wacław Tomasz Depo	Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland	Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France	Archbishop of Rouen, France
74.6	Resigned	Joseph Faber MacDonald †	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende	Coadjutor Bishop of Breda, Netherlands	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands
10 Sep	49.6	Installed	Dominique Julien Claude Marie Lebrun	Bishop of Saint-Etienne, France	Archbishop of Rouen, France
60.5	Installed	Robert Jean Louis Le Gall, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Archbishop Emeritus
44.8	Ordained Bishop	José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Štumpf, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Bishop of Murska Sobota, Slovenia
11 Sep	82.8	Died	Louis Pierre Joseph Cornet †	Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
78.1	Died	Antonio Forte, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
13 Sep	72.7	Selected	Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Sep	65.0	Ordained Bishop	Gregory O’Kelly, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Ath Truim	Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie, Australia
51.0	Died	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 Sep	71.7	Appointed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus
41.9	Appointed	Janusz Wiesław Kaleta	Titular Bishop of Phelbes
71.6	Appointed	Giovanni Lajolo	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
71.6	Appointed	Giovanni Lajolo	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
54.5	Appointed	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
38.0	Appointed	Joseph Murphy	Official of the Secretariat of State	Under Secretary
78.8	Retired	Angelo Sodano †	Secretary of State	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
79.0	Retired	Edmund Casimir Szoka †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
79.0	Retired	Edmund Casimir Szoka †	President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
16 Sep	78.7	Died	Domenico De Luca †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Morocco
84.9	Died	Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
85.7	Died	Michel Yatim †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
17 Sep	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacques André Blaquart	Titular Bishop of Ypres	Bishop of Orléans, France
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Markus Büchel	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
65.0	Died	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil
18 Sep	75.7	Ordained Bishop	Peter Zhuang Jianjian	Bishop of Shantou [Swatow], China	Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	45.4	Appointed	Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery)	Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripae	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
45.4	Confirmed	Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery)	Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Sep	76.0	Retired	António Baltasar Marcelino †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
58.0	Appointed	António Francisco dos Santos †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
22 Sep	53.7	Succeeded	Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
68.7	Died	Vital Komenan Yao †	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
23 Sep	55.4	Installed	Joseph Yapo Aké	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop Emeritus of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
48.7	Installed	José Luis Azuaje Ayala	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela
60.4	Ordained Bishop	George Anthony Frendo, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Buthrotum	Archbishop Emeritus of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
56.3	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Sweden
61.0	Died	Joseph Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến †	Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam
61.7	Installed	José Vilaplana Blasco	Bishop of Huelva, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep	63.6	Installed	Angelo Bagnasco	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
70.7	Installed	Barthélémy Djabla †	Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire
69.9	Installed	Franc Kramberger	Archbishop of Maribor, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
76.2	Excommunicated	[Emmanuel Milingo]
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil
86.8	Died	[Simon (Andreas) Zhu Wenyu (Zhu Xiang yu, Zhu Weng, Zhu Wen Han)] †	Bishop of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China
26 Sep	85.1	Died	Benedict Charles Franzetta †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
27 Sep	44.2	Ordained Deacon	Mykola Matwijiwskij (Matwijiwskyj)	Deacon of Great Britain (Ukrainian)	Priest of Holy Family of London (Ukrainian)
29 Sep	64.4	Appointed	Giacomo Lanzetti	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
55.7	Died	Cataldo Naro †	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
68.8	Appointed	Sergio Giovanni Pintor †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
72.1	Resigned	Antonio Vacca †	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
94.6	Died	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
30 Sep	49.8	Ordained Bishop	João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil
72.6	Resigned	Salvador Flores Huerta †	Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Installed	Cyprian Kizito Lwanga †	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

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