The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 25.0 First Vows Beshara (Bechara) Goda (Guida Matarana), O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Abu Qurqas (Coptic), Egypt

26.4 Professed Giordano Rota, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

2 Sep 69.8 Died Eugène-Marie Ernoult † Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France

3 Sep 57.8 Ordained Bishop David Louis Walker Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia Bishop Emeritus

4 Sep 75.0 Retired Benedict Charles Franzetta † Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

5 Sep 70.2 Died Basil Salvadore D’Souza † Bishop of Mangalore, India

6 Sep 74.9 Retired Louis Antoine Marie Boffet † Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Ordained Bishop Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. † Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh

57.8 Appointed Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado † Bishop of Saint-Denis, France Bishop Emeritus

68.1 Appointed Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

51.9 Succeeded Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

7 Sep 60.5 Ordained Bishop Gervasio Gestori Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.5 Ordained Bishop Gilberto Jiménez Narváez † Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

49.8 Ordained Bishop Mario Meini Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy Bishop of Fiesole, Italy

28.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Maluki Mwongela Priest of Kitui, Kenya Bishop

33.1 Ordained Priest Jean de Dieu Raoelison Priest Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar

8 Sep 34.3 Perpetual Vows John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana

70.3 Ceased Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia † Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

54.6 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. Bishop of Valdivia, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

43.8 Ordained Bishop José Edson Santana de Oliveira Bishop of Eunápolis, Bahia, Brazil

9 Sep 75.1 Retired John Bernard McDowell † Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Died Joachim Ruhuna † Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi

10 Sep 52.2 Appointed Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

52.2 Appointed Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Titular Bishop of Mauriana Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

12 Sep 63.5 Installed Ricardo Guízar Díaz † Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México Archbishop Emeritus

60.0 Ceased Karl Hesse, M.S.C. Apostolic Administrator of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

61.6 Died Gregory Singkai † Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

80.4 Died Josef Stimpfle † Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

13 Sep 57.1 Appointed John Tong Hon Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Appointed John Tong Hon Titular Bishop of Bossa Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

64.6 Appointed Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

14 Sep 49.6 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Apicella Titular Bishop of Ierafi Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy

24.0 Ordained Priest Peter Beňo Priest of Nitra, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop

85.4 Died Germaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. † Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Holy Cross

29.3 Ordained Priest Mark Gerard Miles Priest of Gibraltar Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

51.1 Ordained Bishop Alberto Tanasini Titular Bishop of Suelli Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy

34.5 Professed Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. Member of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Oran, Algeria

15 Sep 29.9 Ordained Priest Anthony Fallah Borwah Priest of Monrovia, Liberia Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia

56.2 Ordained Bishop Bernard Marie Fernand Housset Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

56.0 Ordained Bishop Ramón del Hoyo López Bishop of Cuenca, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain

28.2 Solemn Vows Columba Macbeth-Green, O.S.P.P.E. Member of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

17 Sep 61.5 Ordained Bishop Emilio Simeón Allué Carcasona, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Croae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

66.3 Died Srećko Badurina, T.O.R. † Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

62.6 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin † Titular Bishop of Ubaza Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

19 Sep 56.2 Ordained Bishop Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap. Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China Bishop

56.2 Resigned Roderick Wright † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

21 Sep 53.5 Ordained Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen Titular Bishop of Labicum Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany

55.3 Ordained Bishop Luigi Conti Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy

43.0 Ordained Bishop Reinhard Marx Titular Bishop of Petina Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

75.4 Died John McCormack † Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland

86.8 Died José Melhado Campos † Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Brazil

62.6 Died Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. † Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar

22 Sep 50.4 Ordained Bishop Juan José Omella Omella Titular Bishop of Sasabe Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

23 Sep 32.1 Ordained Deacon Jorge Pierozan Deacon of São Paulo, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop

24 Sep 63.0 Appointed Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valparaíso, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

22.5 Professed Mario León Dorado, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}

55.9 Installed Juan Carlos Maccarone † Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

27 Sep 39.3 Succeeded Joseph Banga Bane Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Jacques Mbali † Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

28 Sep 63.9 Appointed Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. † Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

29 Sep 54.9 Ordained Bishop António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm. Titular Bishop of Tlos Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

30 Sep 47.1 Resigned Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

78.8 Died Sylvester William Treinen † Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA

30.2 Ordained Priest Zdeněk Wasserbauer Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop

1 Oct 57.1 Succeeded Seán Baptist Brady Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

79.0 Retired Cahal Brendan Daly † Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

25.3 Ordained Priest Bohdan John Danylo Priest of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA

26.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Shen Bin Priest Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

2 Oct 69.0 Succeeded Amaury Castanho † Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

68.8 Resigned Roberto Pinarello de Almeida † Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

3 Oct 25.5 Ordained Deacon David Leon Toups Deacon of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA

5 Oct 45.2 Ordained Bishop Đuro Gašparović Titular Bishop of Mattiana Bishop of Srijem, Serbia

66.4 Ordained Bishop Tanios El Khoury Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Ordained Bishop Armand Henri Paul Maillard Bishop of Laval, France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

56.7 Ordained Bishop Paul Nabil El-Sayah Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

6 Oct 66.0 Installed Angelo Paravisi † Bishop of Crema, Italy

7 Oct 56.8 Ordained Bishop Thomas Kozhimala † Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

72.9 Retired Pasquale Macchi † Prelate of Loreto, Italy Prelate Emeritus

72.6 Died Michael Murphy † Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland

9 Oct 74.1 Resigned Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. † Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

10 Oct 62.8 Appointed Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S. Bishop of Nantes, France Bishop Emeritus

11 Oct 50.6 Ordained Bishop Éric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier Titular Bishop of Malliana Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

76.7 Died Lu Zhiyuan † Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China

59.1 Ordained Bishop Michel François Pollien † Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France

12 Oct 34.5 Ordained Priest José Antonio Canales Motiño Priest of San Pedro Sula, Honduras Bishop of Danlí, Honduras

26.6 Ordained Priest Christian Heribert Riesbeck, C.C. Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

14 Oct 63.6 Appointed Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

15 Oct 57.9 Appointed Fabio Betancur Tirado † Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribata, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

62.2 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

77.6 Retired José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez † Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

16 Oct 58.1 Appointed Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. † Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

18 Oct 24.7 Ordained Priest Anthony Li Hui Priest Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China

51.8 Ordained Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. Bishop of Ambikapur, India

19 Oct 57.9 Ordained Bishop Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado † Bishop of Saint-Denis, France Bishop Emeritus

83.1 Died Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

23.6 Ordained Deacon Valter Magno de Carvalho Deacon of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

20 Oct 56.3 Ordained Bishop Pierre Farine Titular Bishop of Tragurium Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

83.8 Died Manuel Nunes Gabriel † Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

22 Oct 68.6 Resigned Roger Marie Albert Froment † Bishop of Tulle, France Bishop Emeritus

23 Oct 52.1 Ordained Bishop Edward Joseph Adams Titular Archbishop of Scala Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain

59.5 Died Hanna Markho † Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq

25 Oct 29.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Obanyi Sagwe Priest of Kisii, Kenya Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya

26 Oct 44.1 Appointed Edward Janiak Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland

44.1 Appointed Edward Janiak Titular Bishop of Scilium Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland

60.4 Appointed Stanisław Stefanek, S. Chr. † Bishop of Łomża, Poland Bishop Emeritus

60.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Paula Victor † Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

84.1 Died Michael Xiao Liren (Siao Li Jen) † Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China

27 Oct 68.3 Ordained Bishop Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

28 Oct 68.7 Ordained Bishop [Mathias Chen Xilu] † Coadjutor Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China Bishop

29 Oct 56.0 Installed José Ulises Macías Salcedo Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México Archbishop Emeritus

49.9 Installed Mario Meini Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy Bishop of Fiesole, Italy

70.8 Died Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

84.9 Died Maximino Romero de Lema † Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

31 Oct 80.2 Retired Fiorenzo Angelini † President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers Cardinal, President Emeritus

52.3 Ordained Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Titular Bishop of Mauriana Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

63.7 Appointed Javier Lozano Barragán President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers Cardinal, President Emeritus

25.7 Ordained Deacon Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. Deacon of Order of Augustinian Recollects Auxiliary Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	25.0	First Vows	Beshara (Bechara) Goda (Guida Matarana), O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Abu Qurqas (Coptic), Egypt
26.4	Professed	Giordano Rota, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
2 Sep	69.8	Died	Eugène-Marie Ernoult †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France
3 Sep	57.8	Ordained Bishop	David Louis Walker	Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
4 Sep	75.0	Retired	Benedict Charles Franzetta †	Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
5 Sep	70.2	Died	Basil Salvadore D’Souza †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
6 Sep	74.9	Retired	Louis Antoine Marie Boffet †	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh	Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh
57.8	Appointed	Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France	Bishop Emeritus
68.1	Appointed	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
51.9	Succeeded	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Bishop of Montpellier (-Lodève-Béziers-Agde-Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
7 Sep	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Gervasio Gestori	Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Gilberto Jiménez Narváez †	Bishop of Riohacha, Colombia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Mario Meini	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
28.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Maluki Mwongela	Priest of Kitui, Kenya	Bishop
33.1	Ordained Priest	Jean de Dieu Raoelison	Priest	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
8 Sep	34.3	Perpetual Vows	John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana
70.3	Ceased	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia †	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
43.8	Ordained Bishop	José Edson Santana de Oliveira	Bishop of Eunápolis, Bahia, Brazil
9 Sep	75.1	Retired	John Bernard McDowell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Died	Joachim Ruhuna †	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
10 Sep	52.2	Appointed	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
52.2	Appointed	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 Sep	63.5	Installed	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Archbishop Emeritus
60.0	Ceased	Karl Hesse, M.S.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
61.6	Died	Gregory Singkai †	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
80.4	Died	Josef Stimpfle †	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
13 Sep	57.1	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	John Tong Hon	Titular Bishop of Bossa	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
64.6	Appointed	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
14 Sep	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Apicella	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Beňo	Priest of Nitra, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
85.4	Died	Germaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of Holy Cross
29.3	Ordained Priest	Mark Gerard Miles	Priest of Gibraltar	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Tanasini	Titular Bishop of Suelli	Bishop Emeritus of Chiavari, Italy
34.5	Professed	Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Oran, Algeria
15 Sep	29.9	Ordained Priest	Anthony Fallah Borwah	Priest of Monrovia, Liberia	Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Marie Fernand Housset	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
56.0	Ordained Bishop	Ramón del Hoyo López	Bishop of Cuenca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Jaén, Spain
28.2	Solemn Vows	Columba Macbeth-Green, O.S.P.P.E.	Member of Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
17 Sep	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Simeón Allué Carcasona, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Croae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
66.3	Died	Srećko Badurina, T.O.R. †	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
62.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Irwin †	Titular Bishop of Ubaza	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
19 Sep	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas Han Jide, O.F.M. Cap.	Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China	Bishop
56.2	Resigned	Roderick Wright †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
21 Sep	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Heinz Josef Algermissen	Titular Bishop of Labicum	Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Conti	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Reinhard Marx	Titular Bishop of Petina	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
75.4	Died	John McCormack †	Bishop Emeritus of Meath, Ireland
86.8	Died	José Melhado Campos †	Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Brazil
62.6	Died	Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. †	Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
22 Sep	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Omella Omella	Titular Bishop of Sasabe	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
23 Sep	32.1	Ordained Deacon	Jorge Pierozan	Deacon of São Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop
24 Sep	63.0	Appointed	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valparaíso, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
22.5	Professed	Mario León Dorado, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect of Western Sahara {Sahara Occiental}
55.9	Installed	Juan Carlos Maccarone †	Bishop of Chascomús, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
27 Sep	39.3	Succeeded	Joseph Banga Bane	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Jacques Mbali †	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
28 Sep	63.9	Appointed	Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. †	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
29 Sep	54.9	Ordained Bishop	António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm.	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
30 Sep	47.1	Resigned	Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Donets’k-Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
78.8	Died	Sylvester William Treinen †	Bishop Emeritus of Boise City, Idaho, USA
30.2	Ordained Priest	Zdeněk Wasserbauer	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop
1 Oct	57.1	Succeeded	Seán Baptist Brady	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
79.0	Retired	Cahal Brendan Daly †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
25.3	Ordained Priest	Bohdan John Danylo	Priest of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian), USA
26.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Shen Bin	Priest	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
2 Oct	69.0	Succeeded	Amaury Castanho †	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
68.8	Resigned	Roberto Pinarello de Almeida †	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 Oct	25.5	Ordained Deacon	David Leon Toups	Deacon of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
5 Oct	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Đuro Gašparović	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Bishop of Srijem, Serbia
66.4	Ordained Bishop	Tanios El Khoury	Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Armand Henri Paul Maillard	Bishop of Laval, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul Nabil El-Sayah	Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land {Haifa e Terra Santa} (Maronite), Israel	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
6 Oct	66.0	Installed	Angelo Paravisi †	Bishop of Crema, Italy
7 Oct	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Kozhimala †	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
72.9	Retired	Pasquale Macchi †	Prelate of Loreto, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
72.6	Died	Michael Murphy †	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
9 Oct	74.1	Resigned	Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
10 Oct	62.8	Appointed	Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.	Bishop of Nantes, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Oct	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Éric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier	Titular Bishop of Malliana	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
76.7	Died	Lu Zhiyuan †	Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
59.1	Ordained Bishop	Michel François Pollien †	Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
12 Oct	34.5	Ordained Priest	José Antonio Canales Motiño	Priest of San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Bishop of Danlí, Honduras
26.6	Ordained Priest	Christian Heribert Riesbeck, C.C.	Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
14 Oct	63.6	Appointed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
15 Oct	57.9	Appointed	Fabio Betancur Tirado †	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribata, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
62.2	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
77.6	Retired	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez †	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
16 Oct	58.1	Appointed	Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. †	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Oct	24.7	Ordained Priest	Anthony Li Hui	Priest	Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang [Pingliang], China
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Patras Minj, S.J.	Bishop of Ambikapur, India
19 Oct	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado †	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France	Bishop Emeritus
83.1	Died	Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Huehuetenango, Guatemala
23.6	Ordained Deacon	Valter Magno de Carvalho	Deacon of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
20 Oct	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Farine	Titular Bishop of Tragurium	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
83.8	Died	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
22 Oct	68.6	Resigned	Roger Marie Albert Froment †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Oct	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Adams	Titular Archbishop of Scala	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Great Britain
59.5	Died	Hanna Markho †	Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
25 Oct	29.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Obanyi Sagwe	Priest of Kisii, Kenya	Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya
26 Oct	44.1	Appointed	Edward Janiak	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
44.1	Appointed	Edward Janiak	Titular Bishop of Scilium	Bishop Emeritus of Kalisz, Poland
60.4	Appointed	Stanisław Stefanek, S. Chr. †	Bishop of Łomża, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
60.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Paula Victor †	Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
84.1	Died	Michael Xiao Liren (Siao Li Jen) †	Bishop of Xingtai [Shunteh], China
27 Oct	68.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp.	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Oct	68.7	Ordained Bishop	[Mathias Chen Xilu] †	Coadjutor Bishop of Jingxian [Kinghsien], China	Bishop
29 Oct	56.0	Installed	José Ulises Macías Salcedo	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus
49.9	Installed	Mario Meini	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
70.8	Died	Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
84.9	Died	Maximino Romero de Lema †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
31 Oct	80.2	Retired	Fiorenzo Angelini †	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers	Cardinal, President Emeritus
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
63.7	Appointed	Javier Lozano Barragán	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers	Cardinal, President Emeritus
25.7	Ordained Deacon	Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R.	Deacon of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Auxiliary Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina

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