The Year of Our Lord 1975

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 75.7 Retired Gioacchino Muccin † Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy Bishop Emeritus

2 Sep 61.4 Appointed Luigi Bellotti † Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Finland

60.6 Appointed Angelo Palmas † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

3 Sep 45.9 Appointed Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † Auxiliary Bishop of Ancona (-Numana), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

45.9 Appointed Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

61.8 Appointed Siro Silvestri † Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy

77.0 Retired Giuseppe Stella † Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

5 Sep 49.7 Appointed João Alves † Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed João Alves † Titular Bishop of Scala Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

80.1 Resigned André-Maurice Parenty † Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

6 Sep 30.6 Ordained Priest Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

7 Sep 39.7 Appointed Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam Archbishop Emeritus

39.7 Appointed Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

39.7 Ordained Bishop Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

8 Sep 20.7 Professed Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

51.7 Appointed Augusto Lauro Auxiliary Bishop of Cosenza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

51.7 Appointed Augusto Lauro Titular Bishop of Bigastro Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

9 Sep 48.8 Appointed Eugène-Marie Ernoult † Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France Archbishop Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Eugène-Marie Ernoult † Titular Archbishop of Tadamata Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

46.4 Appointed Klaus Hemmerle † Bishop of Aachen, Germany

10 Sep 79.0 Died Bartolomé Adorno † Former Bishop-Elect of Villarrica, Paraguay

11 Sep 70.8 Died William Joseph Brennan † Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia

43.5 Appointed Rodolfo Quezada Toruño † Coadjutor Bishop of Zacapa, Guatemala Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala

12 Sep 20.1 Professed Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A. Member of Order of St. Augustine Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina

17.4 Professed Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy

14 Sep 44.2 Ordained Bishop Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. † Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

59.5 Installed Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul † Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand Titular Bishop of Tagaria Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France

54.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Franklin da Costa † Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola

23.5 Ordained Priest Gilberto Gómez González Priest of Tuy-Vigo, Spain Bishop of Abancay, Peru

70.5 Ceased Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. † Apostolic Administrator of Chiang Mai, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Dali [Tali], China

51.0 Ordained Bishop Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Ausafa Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

53.0 Ordained Bishop Henrique Müller, O.F.M. † Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Ordained Bishop Maximos Salloum † Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel Archbishop Emeritus

15 Sep 78.8 Died Antoine Abed † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

16 Sep 43.0 Appointed Amédée Wilfrid Proulx † Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

43.0 Appointed Amédée Wilfrid Proulx † Titular Bishop of Clypia Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

18 Sep 83.8 Died Luis Concha Córdoba † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

20 Sep 65.8 Died Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. † Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of the Company of Mary

45.4 Appointed Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras † Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala

54.7 Appointed Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

54.7 Appointed Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Titular Archbishop of Thiges Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

25.7 Ordained Priest Corrado Pizziolo Priest of Treviso, Italy Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy

53.5 Appointed Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Thucca in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

25.4 Ordained Priest Angelo Vincenzo Zani Priest of Brescia, Italy Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

21 Sep 45.0 Ordained Bishop António Baltasar Marcelino † Titular Bishop of Cercina Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal

24 Sep 48.5 Ordained Bishop Rómulo García † Titular Bishop of Uzita Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

71.5 Died Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz † Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México

70.6 Died John Thomas Toohey † Bishop of Maitland, Australia

25 Sep 18.4 Professed Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M. Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique

27 Sep 26.2 Ordained Priest David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

92.3 Died Maurice Feltin † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

23.0 Solemn Vows Milan Šašik, C.M. † Member of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

45.9 Ordained Bishop Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

28 Sep 73.2 Died Lucjan Bernacki † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

44.4 Ordained Bishop Dennis Harold De Jong † Bishop of Ndola, Zambia

18.2 Professed Vicente Carlos Kiaziku, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola

42.1 Ordained Bishop Francisco Viti Bishop of Menongue, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola

29 Sep 80.3 Died Juozapas Pletkus † Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai, Lithuania

67.7 Resigned André van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Bishop of Parakou, Benin Bishop Emeritus

Oct 61.2 Appointed Antonio Mauro † Official of the Roman Curia - Other Official Emeritus

1 Oct 52.3 Appointed René Henry Gracida Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Born Andriy Rabiy Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

2 Oct 55.8 Appointed Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado † Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Appointed Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado † Titular Bishop of Ottocium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France

39.9 Appointed Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe † Bishop of Prome, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar

63.5 Resigned Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

41.5 Appointed Joseph Ek Thabping † Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand

49.2 Appointed Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Masuccaba Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen

50.2 Appointed Robert Healy † Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed Robert Healy † Titular Bishop of Mageó Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia

71.9 Resigned Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. † Bishop of Prome, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed Silas Silvius Njiru † Auxiliary Bishop of Meru, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed Silas Silvius Njiru † Titular Bishop of Maturba Bishop Emeritus of Meru, Kenya

42.7 Appointed George Yod Phimphisan, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Succeeded Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc † Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

68.7 Resigned Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. † Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

4 Oct 65.5 Resigned José Adelino Dantas † Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

80.2 Retired Luis Guízar y Barragán † Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México Bishop Emeritus

48.3 Ordained Bishop António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santarém, Portugal

54.6 Appointed Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México Bishop Emeritus

5 Oct 46.5 Ordained Bishop Luigi Conti † Titular Archbishop of Gratiana Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

79.0 Died Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M. † Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

55.9 Ordained Bishop Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil

49.8 Ordained Bishop Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 57.8 Appointed Roberto Carniello † Bishop of Volterra, Italy Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. † Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

51.7 Ordained Bishop Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Vissalsa Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

68.4 Appointed Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. † Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

55.7 Appointed Giovanni D’Ascenzi † Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

56.9 Appointed Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli † Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

49.4 Appointed Aldo Garzia † Coadjutor Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy

49.4 Appointed Aldo Garzia † Titular Bishop of Assidona Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy

51.6 Appointed Alberto Giglioli † Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy

51.6 Appointed Alberto Giglioli † Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy

72.2 Resigned Pietro Severi † Bishop of Palestrina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.9 Appointed Renato Spallanzani † Bishop of Palestrina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Angelo Fausto Vallainc † Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

8 Oct 51.4 Appointed Kenneth Joseph Povish † Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

10 Oct 27.7 Ordained Priest Paul Choi Deok-ki Priest of Suwon, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

28.3 Ordained Priest Josef Clemens Priest of Paderborn, Germany Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

349.9 Canonized St. Oliver Plunkett † Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

41.8 Appointed Antônio Celso Queiroz Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

41.8 Appointed Antônio Celso Queiroz Titular Bishop of Saetabis Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

15 Oct 47.7 Died Guy Bélanger † Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

45.6 Appointed Herbé Seijas † Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

19 Oct 45.0 Ordained Bishop Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz † Bishop of Langres, France Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France

193.2 Beatified St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † Bishop of Marseille, France

26.9 Professed Sergio Pagano, B. Member of Clerics Regular of St. Paul Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive

42.2 Ordained Bishop Alphonse U Than Aung † Titular Bishop of Horrea Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar

21 Oct 60.6 Resigned Bruno Roberto D’Amore, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Montevergine, Italy Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

45.7 Appointed Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Piura, Peru Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru

45.7 Appointed Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Numana Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru

22 Oct 64.1 Ceased Primo Gasbarri † Apostolic Administrator of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy

24 Oct 67.5 Died Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil

43.9 Appointed Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro † Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

43.9 Appointed Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro † Titular Bishop of Cenae Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

43.2 Appointed Karl Josef Romer Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family

43.2 Appointed Karl Josef Romer Titular Bishop of Columnata Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family

25 Oct 57.0 Succeeded Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano † Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

69.4 Resigned Pedro José Rivera Mejía † Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

26 Oct 27.9 Perpetual Vows Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

41.3 Ordained Bishop Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Tortibulum Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

175.0 Canonized St. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia

127.5 Beatified St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

55.7 Ordained Bishop Vasco Séirécov † Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

48.7 Ordained Bishop Manuel da Silva Martins † Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

27 Oct 41.1 Appointed Paul Josef Cordes Titular Bishop of Naissus Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

41.1 Appointed Paul Josef Cordes Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

28 Oct 42.6 Appointed Zygmunt Kamiński † Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

42.6 Appointed Zygmunt Kamiński † Titular Bishop of Midica Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

51.9 Ordained Bishop Augusto Lauro Titular Bishop of Bigastro Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

29 Oct 47.4 Appointed Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira † Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

47.4 Appointed Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira † Titular Bishop of Bitylius Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil

30 Oct 71.1 Resigned Georges Léon Pelletier † Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	75.7	Retired	Gioacchino Muccin †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Sep	61.4	Appointed	Luigi Bellotti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Finland
60.6	Appointed	Angelo Palmas †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Canada	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
3 Sep	45.9	Appointed	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ancona (-Numana), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
45.9	Appointed	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
61.8	Appointed	Siro Silvestri †	Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
77.0	Retired	Giuseppe Stella †	Bishop of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	49.7	Appointed	João Alves †	Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	João Alves †	Titular Bishop of Scala	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
80.1	Resigned	André-Maurice Parenty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
6 Sep	30.6	Ordained Priest	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
7 Sep	39.7	Appointed	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể	Coadjutor Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
39.7	Appointed	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể	Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
39.7	Ordained Bishop	Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể	Titular Archbishop of Tipasa in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
8 Sep	20.7	Professed	Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
51.7	Appointed	Augusto Lauro	Auxiliary Bishop of Cosenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
51.7	Appointed	Augusto Lauro	Titular Bishop of Bigastro	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
9 Sep	48.8	Appointed	Eugène-Marie Ernoult †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France	Archbishop Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Eugène-Marie Ernoult †	Titular Archbishop of Tadamata	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
46.4	Appointed	Klaus Hemmerle †	Bishop of Aachen, Germany
10 Sep	79.0	Died	Bartolomé Adorno †	Former Bishop-Elect of Villarrica, Paraguay
11 Sep	70.8	Died	William Joseph Brennan †	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
43.5	Appointed	Rodolfo Quezada Toruño †	Coadjutor Bishop of Zacapa, Guatemala	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
12 Sep	20.1	Professed	Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A.	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina
17.4	Professed	Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy
14 Sep	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
59.5	Installed	Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul †	Bishop of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Émile Joseph Bertrand	Titular Bishop of Tagaria	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Franklin da Costa †	Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola
23.5	Ordained Priest	Gilberto Gómez González	Priest of Tuy-Vigo, Spain	Bishop of Abancay, Peru
70.5	Ceased	Lucien Bernard Lacoste, S.C.I. di Béth. †	Apostolic Administrator of Chiang Mai, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Dali [Tali], China
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Ausafa	Bishop Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Maximos Salloum †	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel	Archbishop Emeritus
15 Sep	78.8	Died	Antoine Abed †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
16 Sep	43.0	Appointed	Amédée Wilfrid Proulx †	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
43.0	Appointed	Amédée Wilfrid Proulx †	Titular Bishop of Clypia	Auxiliary Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
18 Sep	83.8	Died	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
20 Sep	65.8	Died	Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Missionaries of the Company of Mary
45.4	Appointed	Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras †	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
54.7	Appointed	Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
54.7	Appointed	Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Titular Archbishop of Thiges	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
25.7	Ordained Priest	Corrado Pizziolo	Priest of Treviso, Italy	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
53.5	Appointed	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Thucca in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
25.4	Ordained Priest	Angelo Vincenzo Zani	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
21 Sep	45.0	Ordained Bishop	António Baltasar Marcelino †	Titular Bishop of Cercina	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
24 Sep	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Rómulo García †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
71.5	Died	Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, México
70.6	Died	John Thomas Toohey †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia
25 Sep	18.4	Professed	Alberto Vera Aréjula, O. de M.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop of Nacala, Mozambique
27 Sep	26.2	Ordained Priest	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
92.3	Died	Maurice Feltin †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
23.0	Solemn Vows	Milan Šašik, C.M. †	Member of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
28 Sep	73.2	Died	Lucjan Bernacki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Harold De Jong †	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia
18.2	Professed	Vicente Carlos Kiaziku, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Viti	Bishop of Menongue, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Huambo, Angola
29 Sep	80.3	Died	Juozapas Pletkus †	Apostolic Administrator of Telšiai, Lithuania
67.7	Resigned	André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Parakou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
Oct	61.2	Appointed	Antonio Mauro †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other	Official Emeritus
1 Oct	52.3	Appointed	René Henry Gracida	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
	Born	Andriy Rabiy		Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
2 Oct	55.8	Appointed	Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Appointed	Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado †	Titular Bishop of Ottocium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
39.9	Appointed	Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe †	Bishop of Prome, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar
63.5	Resigned	Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
41.5	Appointed	Joseph Ek Thabping †	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
49.2	Appointed	Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
50.2	Appointed	Robert Healy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	Robert Healy †	Titular Bishop of Mageó	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Perth, Australia
71.9	Resigned	Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. †	Bishop of Prome, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	Silas Silvius Njiru †	Auxiliary Bishop of Meru, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	Silas Silvius Njiru †	Titular Bishop of Maturba	Bishop Emeritus of Meru, Kenya
42.7	Appointed	George Yod Phimphisan, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Udon Thani, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Succeeded	Alexis Phạm Văn Lộc †	Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
68.7	Resigned	Paul-Léon Seitz, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Kontum, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct	65.5	Resigned	José Adelino Dantas †	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
80.2	Retired	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
48.3	Ordained Bishop	António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santarém, Portugal
54.6	Appointed	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
5 Oct	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Conti †	Titular Archbishop of Gratiana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
79.0	Died	Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	57.8	Appointed	Roberto Carniello †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †	Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Cella, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Vissalsa	Bishop Emeritus of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
68.4	Appointed	Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
55.7	Appointed	Giovanni D’Ascenzi †	Bishop of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
56.9	Appointed	Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli †	Bishop of Belluno e Feltre, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
49.4	Appointed	Aldo Garzia †	Coadjutor Bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy	Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
49.4	Appointed	Aldo Garzia †	Titular Bishop of Assidona	Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
51.6	Appointed	Alberto Giglioli †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
51.6	Appointed	Alberto Giglioli †	Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy
72.2	Resigned	Pietro Severi †	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Appointed	Renato Spallanzani †	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Angelo Fausto Vallainc †	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
8 Oct	51.4	Appointed	Kenneth Joseph Povish †	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	27.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Choi Deok-ki	Priest of Suwon, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
28.3	Ordained Priest	Josef Clemens	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
349.9	Canonized	St. Oliver Plunkett †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
41.8	Appointed	Antônio Celso Queiroz	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
41.8	Appointed	Antônio Celso Queiroz	Titular Bishop of Saetabis	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Oct	47.7	Died	Guy Bélanger †	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
45.6	Appointed	Herbé Seijas †	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
19 Oct	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz †	Bishop of Langres, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
193.2	Beatified	St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Marseille, France
26.9	Professed	Sergio Pagano, B.	Member of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse U Than Aung †	Titular Bishop of Horrea	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
21 Oct	60.6	Resigned	Bruno Roberto D’Amore, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Montevergine, Italy	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
45.7	Appointed	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Piura, Peru	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
45.7	Appointed	Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Numana	Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
22 Oct	64.1	Ceased	Primo Gasbarri †	Apostolic Administrator of Sovana e Pitigliano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy
24 Oct	67.5	Died	Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
43.9	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
43.9	Appointed	Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †	Titular Bishop of Cenae	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
43.2	Appointed	Karl Josef Romer	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
43.2	Appointed	Karl Josef Romer	Titular Bishop of Columnata	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
25 Oct	57.0	Succeeded	Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano †	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
69.4	Resigned	Pedro José Rivera Mejía †	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct	27.9	Perpetual Vows	Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
41.3	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Tortibulum	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
175.0	Canonized	St. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Abyssinia, Ethiopia
127.5	Beatified	St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
55.7	Ordained Bishop	Vasco Séirécov †	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel da Silva Martins †	Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	41.1	Appointed	Paul Josef Cordes	Titular Bishop of Naissus	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
41.1	Appointed	Paul Josef Cordes	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
28 Oct	42.6	Appointed	Zygmunt Kamiński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
42.6	Appointed	Zygmunt Kamiński †	Titular Bishop of Midica	Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Lauro	Titular Bishop of Bigastro	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
29 Oct	47.4	Appointed	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
47.4	Appointed	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira †	Titular Bishop of Bitylius	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
30 Oct	71.1	Resigned	Georges Léon Pelletier †	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus

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