The Year of Our Lord 1976

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 44.9 Ordained Bishop Victor Herman Balke Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

74.6 Retired Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

3 Sep 65.4 Died Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña † Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

4 Sep 26.7 Ordained Priest Joseph-Luc-André Bouchard Priest of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Born Danival Milagres Coelho Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

5 Sep 24.9 Ordained Priest Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia

57.5 Died Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. † Bishop of Miri, Malaysia

6 Sep 54.1 Installed Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J. † Prelate of Kidapawan, Philippines Prelate Emeritus of Ipil, Philippines

87.5 Died Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China

7 Sep Born Paul Trairong Multree Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand

26.6 Ordained Priest Félicien Muvara † Priest

18.0 Entered Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina

8 Sep 50.7 Appointed João Alves † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. † Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan

75.1 Retired Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. † Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Incardinated Vincenzo Cozzi † Priest of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy

56.9 Entered Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

23.5 Perpetual Vows Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

59.3 Ordained Bishop Juvenal Porcayo Uribe † Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

25.1 Professed Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. † Member of Congregation of Holy Cross Bishop of Hinche, Haïti

25.4 Solemn Vows Alan Stephen Williams, S.M. Member of Society of Mary Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain

9 Sep 70.3 Died Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada

61.8 Died John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

10 Sep 47.2 Appointed José Gea Escolano † Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain

45.6 Appointed Ignacio Noguer Carmona † Bishop of Guadix, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

72.2 Resigned Francisco Planas Muntaner † Bishop of Ibiza, Spain Bishop Emeritus

11 Sep 90.4 Retired Giulio Bianconi † Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

56.7 Appointed Antonio Mazza † Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

73.5 Died Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. † Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

24.1 Ordained Priest Orazio Soricelli Priest of Benevento, Italy Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

12 Sep 52.3 Installed Filippo Franceschi † Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy

47.3 Ordained Bishop Johannes Kapp † Titular Bishop of Melzi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany

17.8 First Vows [Mark Anthony Pivarunas], C.M.R.I. Member Bishop

13 Sep 58.3 Appointed Anthony Joseph Emery † Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

14 Sep 68.7 Died Vicente Bernikon † Bishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

78.6 Resigned Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Rusibisir Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

15 Sep 74.6 Resigned André Lefèbvre, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

75.6 Died Pieter Antoon Nierman † Bishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands

80.2 Resigned Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Strongoli Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia

16 Sep Born Yosafat Bohdan Moschych, C.M.S.A.A. Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

17 Sep 40.0 Appointed Antonio María Rouco Varela Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

40.0 Appointed Antonio María Rouco Varela Titular Bishop of Gergis Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

43.2 Appointed Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya † Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao, Spain Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

43.2 Appointed Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya † Titular Bishop of Marazanae Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

50.5 Appointed Antonio Vilaplana Molina † Bishop of Plasencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

18 Sep 79.2 Resigned Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Tamagrista Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland

60.8 Resigned Godofredo Pedernal Pisig † Bishop of Borongan, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

24.0 Ordained Priest Salvatore Pennacchio Priest of Aversa, Italy President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

29.8 Ordained Priest Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé Priest of Marseille, France Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

19 Sep 47.1 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. † Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibambilla, Peru

48.6 Ordained Bishop Jorge Novak, S.V.D. † Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

20 Sep 68.0 Resigned André Jacques, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Manaccenser Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

78.9 Reconciled Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục † Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam

37.0 Appointed Thomas Pai Cheng-leung † Apostolic Administrator Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

52.0 Appointed Stanislaw Adam Sygnet † Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

52.0 Appointed Stanislaw Adam Sygnet † Titular Bishop of Sufasar Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland

62.7 Resigned Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. † Titular Archbishop of Ausuccura Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

21 Sep 49.1 Ordained Bishop James Clifford Timlin † Titular Bishop of Gunugus Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

22 Sep Born Raymond Wai Lin Htun Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar

23 Sep 72.5 Resigned Dante Battaglierin, S.X. † Titular Bishop of Ploaghe Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh

Born Andrés Amauri Rosario Henriquez Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

49.0 Ordained Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka † Bishop of Kyōto, Japan Bishop Emeritus

24 Sep 78.9 Died Franciszek Jop † Bishop of Opole, Poland

25 Sep 29.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba Priest Bishop Emeritus of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

87.0 Retired Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda † Bishop of Lucena, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

56.5 Succeeded José Tomás Sánchez † Bishop of Lucena, Philippines Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

82.1 Died Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan

26 Sep 54.1 Ordained Bishop Athanasios Louis Sidhom Abadir † Titular Bishop of Appia Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

49.5 Ordained Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Gegi Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon

50.6 Ordained Bishop Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert † Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

42.6 Ordained Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. † Bishop of Tete, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

26.1 Ordained Priest Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu Priest Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

17.6 Entered Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

27 Sep 45.4 Appointed Sergio Sebastiani † Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

45.4 Appointed Sergio Sebastiani † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

45.4 Appointed Sergio Sebastiani † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

64.6 Resigned Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Budua Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

30 Sep 70.8 Appointed Juan Hervás y Benet † Titular Bishop of Alinda Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

70.8 Resigned Juan Hervás y Benet † Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain Prelate Emeritus

49.5 Appointed Rafael Torija de la Fuente † Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

49.5 Appointed Rafael Torija de la Fuente † Titular Bishop of Dora Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Victor Herman Balke	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
74.6	Retired	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
3 Sep	65.4	Died	Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
4 Sep	26.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Luc-André Bouchard	Priest of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
	Born	Danival Milagres Coelho		Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
5 Sep	24.9	Ordained Priest	Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Camiri, Bolivia
57.5	Died	Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
6 Sep	54.1	Installed	Federico Ocampo Escaler, S.J. †	Prelate of Kidapawan, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus of Ipil, Philippines
87.5	Died	Francisco Javier Ochoa Ullate, O.A.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Shangqiu [Kweiteh], China
7 Sep		Born	Paul Trairong Multree		Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
26.6	Ordained Priest	Félicien Muvara †	Priest
18.0	Entered	Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
8 Sep	50.7	Appointed	João Alves †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. †	Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan
75.1	Retired	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Incardinated	Vincenzo Cozzi †	Priest of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy
56.9	Entered	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
23.5	Perpetual Vows	Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
59.3	Ordained Bishop	Juvenal Porcayo Uribe †	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
25.1	Professed	Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. †	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
25.4	Solemn Vows	Alan Stephen Williams, S.M.	Member of Society of Mary	Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain
9 Sep	70.3	Died	Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Churchill-Baie d’Hudson, Manitoba, Canada
61.8	Died	John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
10 Sep	47.2	Appointed	José Gea Escolano †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
45.6	Appointed	Ignacio Noguer Carmona †	Bishop of Guadix, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain
72.2	Resigned	Francisco Planas Muntaner †	Bishop of Ibiza, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep	90.4	Retired	Giulio Bianconi †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
56.7	Appointed	Antonio Mazza †	Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
73.5	Died	Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
24.1	Ordained Priest	Orazio Soricelli	Priest of Benevento, Italy	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
12 Sep	52.3	Installed	Filippo Franceschi †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Kapp †	Titular Bishop of Melzi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
17.8	First Vows	[Mark Anthony Pivarunas], C.M.R.I.	Member	Bishop
13 Sep	58.3	Appointed	Anthony Joseph Emery †	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
14 Sep	68.7	Died	Vicente Bernikon †	Bishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
78.6	Resigned	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Sep	74.6	Resigned	André Lefèbvre, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina	Bishop Emeritus of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
75.6	Died	Pieter Antoon Nierman †	Bishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands
80.2	Resigned	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Strongoli	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
16 Sep		Born	Yosafat Bohdan Moschych, C.M.S.A.A.		Bishop of Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
17 Sep	40.0	Appointed	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
40.0	Appointed	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Titular Bishop of Gergis	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
43.2	Appointed	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
43.2	Appointed	Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya †	Titular Bishop of Marazanae	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
50.5	Appointed	Antonio Vilaplana Molina †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain
18 Sep	79.2	Resigned	Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tamagrista	Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki, Finland
60.8	Resigned	Godofredo Pedernal Pisig †	Bishop of Borongan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
24.0	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Pennacchio	Priest of Aversa, Italy	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
29.8	Ordained Priest	Louis Albert Joseph Roger Sankalé	Priest of Marseille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
19 Sep	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius	Prelate Emeritus of Chuquibambilla, Peru
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Novak, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
20 Sep	68.0	Resigned	André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Manaccenser	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
78.9	Reconciled	Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục †	Archbishop Emeritus of Huế, Viet Nam
37.0	Appointed	Thomas Pai Cheng-leung †	Apostolic Administrator	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	Stanislaw Adam Sygnet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
52.0	Appointed	Stanislaw Adam Sygnet †	Titular Bishop of Sufasar	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
62.7	Resigned	Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. †	Titular Archbishop of Ausuccura	Archbishop Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Sep	49.1	Ordained Bishop	James Clifford Timlin †	Titular Bishop of Gunugus	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Sep		Born	Raymond Wai Lin Htun		Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar
23 Sep	72.5	Resigned	Dante Battaglierin, S.X. †	Titular Bishop of Ploaghe	Bishop Emeritus of Khulna, Bangladesh
	Born	Andrés Amauri Rosario Henriquez		Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka †	Bishop of Kyōto, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep	78.9	Died	Franciszek Jop †	Bishop of Opole, Poland
25 Sep	29.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
87.0	Retired	Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda †	Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
56.5	Succeeded	José Tomás Sánchez †	Bishop of Lucena, Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
82.1	Died	Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
26 Sep	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Athanasios Louis Sidhom Abadir †	Titular Bishop of Appia	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia, Cameroon
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Jacó (Jacob) Roberto Hilgert †	Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. †	Bishop of Tete, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
26.1	Ordained Priest	Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17.6	Entered	Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
27 Sep	45.4	Appointed	Sergio Sebastiani †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
45.4	Appointed	Sergio Sebastiani †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Madagascar	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
45.4	Appointed	Sergio Sebastiani †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mauritius	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
64.6	Resigned	Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Budua	Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Sep	70.8	Appointed	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Titular Bishop of Alinda	Prelate Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
70.8	Resigned	Juan Hervás y Benet †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain	Prelate Emeritus
49.5	Appointed	Rafael Torija de la Fuente †	Prelate of Ciudad Real, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
49.5	Appointed	Rafael Torija de la Fuente †	Titular Bishop of Dora	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

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