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The Year of Our Lord 1976

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September to October


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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
2 Sep44.9Ordained BishopVictor Herman BalkeBishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USABishop Emeritus
74.6RetiredThomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †Archbishop of Colombo, Sri LankaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
3 Sep65.4DiedRamón Pastor Bogarín ArgañaBishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
4 Sep26.7Ordained PriestJoseph-Luc-André BouchardPriest of Alexandria in Ontario, CanadaBishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
BornDanival Milagres CoelhoAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
5 Sep24.9Ordained PriestJesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M.Priest of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia
57.5DiedAnthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
6 Sep54.1InstalledFederico Ocampo Escaler, S.J. †Prelate of Kidapawan, PhilippinesPrelate Emeritus of Ipil, Philippines
87.5DiedFrancisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. †Bishop Emeritus of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
7 Sep26.6Ordained PriestFélicien MuvaraPriest
18.0EnteredÁngel Sixto Rossi, S.J.Member of Society of JesusCardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
8 Sep50.7AppointedJoão AlvesBishop of Coimbra, PortugalBishop Emeritus
54.7AppointedPaolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. †Bishop of Lyallpur, PakistanBishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan
75.1RetiredFrancesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †Bishop of Lyallpur, PakistanBishop Emeritus
49.7IncardinatedVincenzo CozziPriest of Tursi-Lagonegro, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy
56.9EnteredHans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †Priest of Order of Saint BenedictCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
23.5Perpetual VowsDiego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictAbbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
59.3Ordained BishopJuvenal Porcayo UribeBishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
25.1ProfessedSimon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. †Member of Congregation of Holy CrossBishop of Hinche, Haïti
25.4Solemn VowsAlan Stephen Williams, S.M.Member of Society of MaryBishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
9 Sep70.3DiedMarc Lacroix, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
61.8DiedJohn Edward Taylor, O.M.I. †Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
10 Sep47.2AppointedJosé Gea EscolanoBishop of Ibiza, SpainBishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
45.6AppointedIgnacio Noguer CarmonaBishop of Guadix, SpainBishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
72.2ResignedFrancisco Planas MuntanerBishop of Ibiza, SpainBishop Emeritus
11 Sep90.4RetiredGiulio BianconiBishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, ItalyBishop Emeritus
56.7AppointedAntonio MazzaBishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
73.5DiedAmbrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
24.1Ordained PriestOrazio SoricelliPriest of Benevento, ItalyArchbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
12 Sep52.3InstalledFilippo FranceschiArchbishop of Ferrara, ItalyBishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
47.3Ordained BishopJohannes KappTitular Bishop of MelziAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
13 Sep58.3AppointedAnthony Joseph EmeryBishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
14 Sep68.7DiedVicente BernikonBishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
78.6ResignedLéon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †Titular Bishop of RusibisirBishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Sep74.6ResignedAndré Lefèbvre, S.J. †Titular Bishop of Thucca TerebenthinaBishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
75.6DiedPieter Antoon NiermanBishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands
80.2ResignedNicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †Titular Bishop of StrongoliBishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
16 Sep BornYosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
17 Sep40.0AppointedAntonio María Rouco VarelaAuxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
40.0AppointedAntonio María Rouco VarelaTitular Bishop of GergisCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
43.2AppointedJuan María Uriarte GoiricelayaAuxiliary Bishop of Bilbao, SpainBishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
43.2AppointedJuan María Uriarte GoiricelayaTitular Bishop of MarazanaeBishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
50.5AppointedAntonio Vilaplana MolinaBishop of Plasencia, SpainBishop Emeritus of León, Spain
18 Sep79.2ResignedWillem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †Titular Bishop of TamagristaBishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
60.8ResignedGodofredo Pedernal PisigBishop of Borongan, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
24.0Ordained PriestSalvatore PennacchioPriest of Aversa, ItalyPresident of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
29.8Ordained PriestLouis Albert Joseph Roger SankaléPriest of Marseille, FranceBishop Emeritus of Nice, France
19 Sep47.1Ordained BishopLorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. †Titular Bishop of Apisa MaiusPrelate Emeritus of Chuquibambilla, Peru
48.6Ordained BishopJorge Novak, S.V.D. †Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
20 Sep68.0ResignedAndré Jacques, C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of ManaccenserBishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
78.9ReconciledPierre Martin Ngô Ðình ThụcArchbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
37.0AppointedThomas Pai Cheng-leungApostolic AdministratorApostolic Administrator Emeritus
52.0AppointedStanislaw Adam SygnetAuxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
52.0AppointedStanislaw Adam SygnetTitular Bishop of SufasarAuxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
62.7ResignedLouis Van Steene, M. Afr. †Titular Archbishop of AusuccuraArchbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Sep49.1Ordained BishopJames Clifford TimlinTitular Bishop of GunugusBishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Sep72.5ResignedDante Battaglierin, S.X. †Titular Bishop of PloagheBishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh
49.0Ordained BishopRaymond Ken’ichi TanakaBishop of Kyōto, JapanBishop Emeritus
24 Sep78.9DiedFranciszek JopBishop of Opole, Poland
25 Sep29.6Ordained PriestJean-Anatole Kalala KasebaPriestBishop Emeritus of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
87.0RetiredAlfredo Maria Obviar y ArandaBishop of Lucena, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus
56.5SucceededJosé Tomás SánchezBishop of Lucena, PhilippinesCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
82.1DiedPaul Aijirô YamaguchiArchbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
26 Sep54.1Ordained BishopAthanasios AbadirTitular Bishop of AppiaBishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
49.5Ordained BishopAthanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †Titular Bishop of GegiBishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
50.6Ordained BishopJacó (Jacob) Roberto HilgertBishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilBishop Emeritus
42.6Ordained BishopPaulo Mandlate, S.S.S. †Bishop of Tete, MozambiqueBishop Emeritus
26.1Ordained PriestFidèle Nsielele Zi MputuPriestBishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17.6EnteredSandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
27 Sep45.4AppointedSergio SebastianiTitular Archbishop of Caesarea in MauretaniaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
45.4AppointedSergio SebastianiApostolic Pro-Nuncio to MadagascarCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
45.4AppointedSergio SebastianiApostolic Pro-Nuncio to MauritiusCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
64.6ResignedLouis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. †Titular Bishop of BuduaBishop Emeritus of Taiohae, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Sep70.8AppointedJuan Hervás y BenetTitular Bishop of AlindaPrelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
70.8ResignedJuan Hervás y BenetPrelate of Ciudad Real, SpainPrelate Emeritus
49.5AppointedRafael Torija de la FuentePrelate of Ciudad Real, SpainBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
49.5AppointedRafael Torija de la FuenteTitular Bishop of DoraBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
Oct23.9Ordained DeaconWilliam Joseph WrightDeacon of Sydney, AustraliaBishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
2 Oct49.3AppointedGuy Gérard DeroubaixCoadjutor Bishop of Saint-Denis, FranceBishop
66.4ResignedFrançois-Louis-Marie KervèadouBishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), FranceBishop Emeritus
54.3AppointedPierre Jean Marie KervennicBishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
BornCarlos Alberto Santos GarcíaAuxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
74.5DiedFrançois-Xavier Trần Thanh KhânAuxiliary Bishop of Saigon, Viet Nam
3 Oct36.3Ordained BishopFerdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Ambanja, MadagascarBishop Emeritus
4 Oct56.4AppointedAntônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
56.4AppointedAntônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †Apostolic Administrator of Campanha, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23.3Perpetual VowsCalogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap.Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Caltagirone, Italy
5 Oct25.2Ordained PriestFidel León Cadavid MarinPriest of Medellín, ColombiaBishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia
66.4DiedBruno DesrochersBishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
6 Oct72.3DiedVincent Billington, M.H.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
7 Oct49.0Ordained BishopAmaury CastanhoTitular Bishop of BaleciumBishop Emeritus of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.9Ordained PriestSigifredo Noriega BarcelóPriest of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, MéxicoBishop of Zacatecas, México
52.2AppointedGiuseppe (Josip) UhacApostolic Pro-Nuncio to CamerounSecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
52.2AppointedGiuseppe (Josip) UhacApostolic Delegate to Equatorial GuineaSecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
8 Oct61.7AppointedJosip ŽabkarApostolic Pro-Nuncio to IcelandApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Finland
9 Oct49.9Ordained BishopJacques Louis Léon DelaporteTitular Bishop of DianaArchbishop of Cambrai, France
47.3Ordained BishopGeorges Edmond Robert GilsonTitular Bishop of BendaArchbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
10 Oct77.5ResignedLorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †Titular Bishop of SorresBishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
71.4DiedCyril Conrad CowderoyArchbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
37.7Ordained BishopBernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Quelimane, MozambiqueBishop Emeritus
24.6Ordained PriestThomas LöhrPriest of Limburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop
11 Oct72.6ResignedMiguel Ángel Arce VivasArchbishop of Popayán, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus
BornCristiano Guilherme Borro BarbosaAuxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
46.3AppointedSamuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. †Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
46.0AppointedMichele GiordanoArchbishop (Personal Title) of Matera e Irsina, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
51.0AppointedEduardo Poveda RodriguezBishop of Zamora, SpainBishop Emeritus
43.3Ordained BishopJuan María Uriarte GoiricelayaTitular Bishop of MarazanaeBishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
12 Oct47.6AppointedJorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres BanksAuxiliary Bishop of Asunción, ParaguayBishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
47.6AppointedJorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres BanksTitular Bishop of UtimmiraBishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
62.5ResignedJan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of UcculaBishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Oct50.4AppointedFranz Josef KuhnleAuxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
50.4AppointedFranz Josef KuhnleTitular Bishop of SorresAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
74.1ResignedGeorges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of Furnos MinorBishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
88.4ResignedHugh Edward RyanTitular Bishop of NigizubiBishop Emeritus of Townsville, Australia
15 Oct44.9AppointedPatrick DoughertyAuxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), AustraliaBishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
44.9AppointedPatrick DoughertyTitular Bishop of LeteBishop Emeritus of Bathurst, Australia
16 Oct28.9Ordained PriestSaúl Figueroa AlbornozPriest of Caracas, Santiago de VenezuelaBishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
66.1AppointedMarion Francis ForstAuxiliary Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
66.1AppointedMarion Francis ForstTitular Bishop of ScalaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
66.1ResignedMarion Francis ForstBishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
45.4AppointedEugene John GerberBishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USABishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
42.6AppointedRaymundo Joseph PeñaAuxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USABishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
42.6AppointedRaymundo Joseph PeñaTitular Bishop of TrisipaBishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA
17 Oct28.5Ordained PriestDarío de Jesús Monsalve MejíaPriest of Jericó, ColombiaArchbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
45.7Ordained BishopIgnacio Noguer CarmonaBishop of Guadix, SpainBishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
18 Oct49.1Ordained BishopDaniel Anthony HartTitular Bishop of TepeltaBishop Emeritus of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
48.9Ordained BishopJosé Gonçalves HelenoCoadjutor Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus
84.9DiedGiacomo LercaroCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
19 Oct62.7InstalledWilliam Edward McManusBishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USABishop Emeritus
20 Oct24.9Ordained PriestJacinto BergmannPriest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilArchbishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
66.4ResignedJean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. †Titular Bishop of ThuccaboraBishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
21 Oct23.0Ordained PriestFrancisco Montecillo PadillaPriest of Cebu, PhilippinesApostolic Nuncio to Guatemala
46.5DiedJean RomaryAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Paris, France
22 Oct41.1AppointedFelipe Fernández GarcíaBishop of Ávila, SpainBishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
23 Oct25.0Ordained PriestRafael Cob GarcíaPriest of Burgos, SpainVicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador
24 Oct48.9Ordained BishopJúlio Duarte LangaBishop of Xai-Xai, MozambiqueCardinal, Bishop Emeritus
56.8InstalledAntonio MazzaBishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
52.1Ordained BishopStanislaw Adam SygnetTitular Bishop of SufasarAuxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
25 Oct54.4AppointedArmando FrancoBishop of Melfi e Rapolla, ItalyBishop of Oria, Italy
54.4AppointedArmando FrancoBishop of Venosa, ItalyBishop of Oria, Italy
59.7AppointedGiuseppe VairoBishop of Tricarico, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
27 Oct72.3ResignedJean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. †Titular Archbishop of BrixellumArchbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon
58.9AppointedAntônio Pedro MisiaraBishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus
28 Oct64.3ResignedFrancis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. †Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, LiberiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
59.9InstalledWilliam Michael CosgroveBishop of Belleville, Illinois, USABishop Emeritus
40.7AppointedMichael Kpakala FrancisVicar Apostolic of Monrovia, LiberiaArchbishop Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
40.7AppointedMichael Kpakala FrancisTitular Bishop of AusuccuraArchbishop Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
49.9AppointedEdward Russell GainesAuxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New ZealandBishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
49.9AppointedEdward Russell GainesTitular Bishop of Domnach SechnaillBishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
65.6ResignedRaymond-Marie-Joseph Vayron de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Mouila, GabonBishop Emeritus
58.6AppointedCyriaque Siméon ObambaBishop of Mouila, GabonBishop Emeritus
48.7AppointedCharles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
58.8AppointedOwen Noel SneddenBishop of New Zealand, MilitaryAuxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
45.9AppointedAbraham Aruliah SomavarapaBishop of Cuddapah, IndiaBishop Emeritus
29 Oct64.5AppointedCostantino Trapani, O.F.M. †Coadjutor Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, ItalyBishop Emeritus
30 Oct28.3Ordained PriestFelix Anthony MachadoPriest of Bombay, IndiaBishop of Vasai, India
45.5Ordained BishopSergio SebastianiTitular Archbishop of Caesarea in MauretaniaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
31 Oct28.5Ordained PriestTiberio Polanía Ramírez, O.P. †Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
40.1Ordained BishopAntonio María Rouco VarelaTitular Bishop of GergisCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
50.6Ordained BishopAntonio Vilaplana MolinaBishop of Plasencia, SpainBishop Emeritus of León, Spain
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