The Year of Our Lord 2015

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 40.2 Appointed Ósmar Pedro López Benítez Administrator of Carapeguá, Paraguay Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

3 Sep 63.4 Installed Victor de la Cruz Ocampo † Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines

4 Sep 53.1 Ordained Bishop George Bugeja, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of San Leone Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya

49.5 Ordained Bishop Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio Titular Bishop of Lestrona Bishop of Philippines, Military

5 Sep 65.8 Ceased Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F. Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

52.9 Ordained Bishop Paul Abdel Sater Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon

54.3 Appointed Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B. Titular Bishop of Amida degli Armeni Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria

54.3 Confirmed Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria

75.6 Retired Diego Causero Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Apostolic Nuncio

75.6 Retired Diego Causero Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein Apostolic Nuncio

48.8 Succeeded Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC. Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

77.2 Retired Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC. Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Installed Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC. Apostolic Administrator of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop

65.0 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Apostolic Nuncio

65.0 Appointed Thomas Edward Gullickson Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein Apostolic Nuncio

52.2 Ordained Bishop Domenico Pompili Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy Bishop of Verona, Italy

80.8 Died Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada

8 Sep 55.8 Ordained Bishop Robert Emmet Barron Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania Bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA

61.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Vincent Brennan Titular Bishop of Trofimiana Bishop of Fresno, California, USA

75.2 Retired Gilles Lussier Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Ordained Bishop David Gerard O’Connell † Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

57.3 Appointed Raymond Poisson Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

10 Sep 49.0 Ordained Bishop John Moon Hee Jong Titular Bishop of Mutia Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)

12 Sep 58.4 Ordained Bishop Jean-Louis Marie Balsa Bishop of Viviers, France Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

55.1 Ordained Bishop Erio Castellucci Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

62.9 Installed Thomas Ignatius Macwan Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India

13 Sep 55.1 Installed Erio Castellucci Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

52.5 Ordained Bishop Corrado Melis Bishop of Ozieri, Italy

64.9 Installed Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay

70.4 Ceased Sebastiano Sanguinetti Apostolic Administrator of Ozieri, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

14 Sep 61.6 Appointed Angelo De Donatis Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

61.6 Appointed Angelo De Donatis Titular Bishop of Motula Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

15 Sep 55.9 Appointed James Vann Johnston, Jr. Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

49.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kodakallil Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India

16 Sep 75.1 Retired José Gonzalez Alonso Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

73.3 Retired Antonio Sozzo Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco Apostolic Nuncio

17 Sep 85.6 Died Bruno Tommasi † Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy

18 Sep 69.7 Resigned Pierre Bürcher Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland Bishop Emeritus

40.8 Ordained Deacon Clément Hérizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S. Deacon of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Bishop of Maintirano, Madagascar

52.3 Appointed David Bartimej Tencer, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland

19 Sep 75.1 Retired Paweł Cieślik Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

178.2 Beatified Bl. Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy

87.5 Died Georg Eder † Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

59.8 Ordained Bishop Jose Kalluvelil Titular Bishop of Tabalta Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)

61.2 Installed Heiner Koch Archbishop of Berlin, Germany

20 Sep 48.5 Ordained Bishop Udo Markus Bentz Titular Bishop of Sita Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

75.4 Died Giovanni De Vivo † Bishop of Pescia, Italy

67.3 Installed Salvador Giménez Valls Bishop of Lleida, Spain Bishop Emeritus

21 Sep 75.7 Retired Nándor Bosák Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary Bishop Emeritus

84.9 Died Raphael Michael Fliss † Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

51.5 Appointed Ferenc Palánki Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary

23 Sep 51.7 Succeeded Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil

75.0 Retired Alessio Saccardo, S.J. Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

24 Sep 76.3 Retired Antonio Arregui Yarza Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

57.4 Succeeded Adolfo Ramón Canecín Bishop of Goya, Argentina

75.0 Retired Ricardo Oscar Faifer Bishop of Goya, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

73.4 Resigned Giacomo Lanzetti Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy Bishop Emeritus

63.6 Resigned Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

52.4 Ordained Bishop Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng Titular Bishop of Sfasferia Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia

72.4 Appointed Francesco Guido Ravinale Apostolic Administrator of Alba (Pompea), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy

25 Sep 73.5 Died Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello † Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador

79.1 Died Claudio Baggini † Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy

56.7 Ceased Josafá Menezes da Silva Apostolic Administrator of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil

53.8 Installed João Santos Cardoso Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

54.2 Appointed Juarez Sousa Da Silva Apostolic Administrator of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

26 Sep 54.6 Appointed Paolo Rocco Gualtieri Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles Apostolic Nuncio to Peru

60.0 Appointed Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

56.2 Appointed Antonino Raspanti Apostolic Administrator of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy Bishop of Acireale, Italy

50.6 Appointed Zbigniew Jan Zieliński Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

50.6 Appointed Zbigniew Jan Zieliński Titular Bishop of Medeli Archbishop of Poznań, Poland

27 Sep 60.6 Ordained Bishop Claudio Cipolla Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

63.8 Succeeded Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

56.2 Ordained Bishop Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B. Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany

74.8 Retired Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B. Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus

29 Sep 59.6 Appointed João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador Coadjutor Bishop of Angra, Portugal Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

55.1 Appointed Hugo Alberto Torres Marín Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia

30 Sep 70.9 Retired Orlando Antonini Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia Apostolic Nuncio

75.4 Retired Irineu Danelón, S.D.B. Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

60.0 Appointed Francisco Carlos da Silva Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Jaú, Sao Paulo, Brazil

46.0 Elected Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I. Superior General of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	40.2	Appointed	Ósmar Pedro López Benítez	Administrator of Carapeguá, Paraguay	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
3 Sep	63.4	Installed	Victor de la Cruz Ocampo †	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
4 Sep	53.1	Ordained Bishop	George Bugeja, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of San Leone	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio	Titular Bishop of Lestrona	Bishop of Philippines, Military
5 Sep	65.8	Ceased	Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.	Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Abdel Sater	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti	Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
54.3	Appointed	Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B.	Titular Bishop of Amida degli Armeni	Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria
54.3	Confirmed	Kévork Assadourian, I.C.P.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarchal Exarch of Damas (Armenian), Syria
75.6	Retired	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio
75.6	Retired	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio
48.8	Succeeded	Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC.	Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
77.2	Retired	Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC.	Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Installed	Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC.	Apostolic Administrator of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop
65.0	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio
65.0	Appointed	Thomas Edward Gullickson	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Pompili	Bishop of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore), Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
80.8	Died	Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
8 Sep	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Robert Emmet Barron	Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania	Bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Vincent Brennan	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
75.2	Retired	Gilles Lussier	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Ordained Bishop	David Gerard O’Connell †	Titular Bishop of Cell Ausaille	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
57.3	Appointed	Raymond Poisson	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
10 Sep	49.0	Ordained Bishop	John Moon Hee Jong	Titular Bishop of Mutia	Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
12 Sep	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Louis Marie Balsa	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Erio Castellucci	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
62.9	Installed	Thomas Ignatius Macwan	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India
13 Sep	55.1	Installed	Erio Castellucci	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Corrado Melis	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy
64.9	Installed	Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero	Bishop of San Lorenzo, Paraguay
70.4	Ceased	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Apostolic Administrator of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
14 Sep	61.6	Appointed	Angelo De Donatis	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
61.6	Appointed	Angelo De Donatis	Titular Bishop of Motula	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
15 Sep	55.9	Appointed	James Vann Johnston, Jr.	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kodakallil	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
16 Sep	75.1	Retired	José Gonzalez Alonso	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
73.3	Retired	Antonio Sozzo	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco	Apostolic Nuncio
17 Sep	85.6	Died	Bruno Tommasi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
18 Sep	69.7	Resigned	Pierre Bürcher	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland	Bishop Emeritus
40.8	Ordained Deacon	Clément Hérizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S.	Deacon of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Bishop of Maintirano, Madagascar
52.3	Appointed	David Bartimej Tencer, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
19 Sep	75.1	Retired	Paweł Cieślik	Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
178.2	Beatified	Bl. Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy
87.5	Died	Georg Eder †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Jose Kalluvelil	Titular Bishop of Tabalta	Bishop of Mississauga (Syro-Malabar)
61.2	Installed	Heiner Koch	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
20 Sep	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Udo Markus Bentz	Titular Bishop of Sita	Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
75.4	Died	Giovanni De Vivo †	Bishop of Pescia, Italy
67.3	Installed	Salvador Giménez Valls	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
21 Sep	75.7	Retired	Nándor Bosák	Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
84.9	Died	Raphael Michael Fliss †	Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
51.5	Appointed	Ferenc Palánki	Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary
23 Sep	51.7	Succeeded	Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
75.0	Retired	Alessio Saccardo, S.J.	Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep	76.3	Retired	Antonio Arregui Yarza	Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
57.4	Succeeded	Adolfo Ramón Canecín	Bishop of Goya, Argentina
75.0	Retired	Ricardo Oscar Faifer	Bishop of Goya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
73.4	Resigned	Giacomo Lanzetti	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Resigned	Calogero La Piana, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia
72.4	Appointed	Francesco Guido Ravinale	Apostolic Administrator of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy
25 Sep	73.5	Died	Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello †	Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador
79.1	Died	Claudio Baggini †	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
56.7	Ceased	Josafá Menezes da Silva	Apostolic Administrator of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
53.8	Installed	João Santos Cardoso	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
54.2	Appointed	Juarez Sousa Da Silva	Apostolic Administrator of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
26 Sep	54.6	Appointed	Paolo Rocco Gualtieri	Apostolic Nuncio to Seychelles	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru
60.0	Appointed	Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
56.2	Appointed	Antonino Raspanti	Apostolic Administrator of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy	Bishop of Acireale, Italy
50.6	Appointed	Zbigniew Jan Zieliński	Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
50.6	Appointed	Zbigniew Jan Zieliński	Titular Bishop of Medeli	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland
27 Sep	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Cipolla	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
63.8	Succeeded	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany
74.8	Retired	Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
29 Sep	59.6	Appointed	João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador	Coadjutor Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
55.1	Appointed	Hugo Alberto Torres Marín	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
30 Sep	70.9	Retired	Orlando Antonini	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia	Apostolic Nuncio
75.4	Retired	Irineu Danelón, S.D.B.	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
60.0	Appointed	Francisco Carlos da Silva	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Jaú, Sao Paulo, Brazil
46.0	Elected	Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I.	Superior General of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

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