The Year of Our Lord 1975

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

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 Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

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 22.8 Solemn Vows João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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

26.3 Solemn Vows Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil

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, 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, 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

64.9 Ceased Renato Spallanzani † Apostolic Administrator of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

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 Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

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 Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

43.2 Appointed Karl Josef Romer Titular Bishop of Columnata Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

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 Emeritus 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
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 Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
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	22.8	Solemn Vows	João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
65.5	Resigned	José Adelino Dantas †	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26.3	Solemn Vows	Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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, 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, 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
64.9	Ceased	Renato Spallanzani †	Apostolic Administrator of Chiusi e Pienza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
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 Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
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 Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
43.2	Appointed	Karl Josef Romer	Titular Bishop of Columnata	Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
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 Emeritus 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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