The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

September

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 Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy

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

33.1 Ordained Priest Jean de Dieu Raoelison Priest Archbishop of Antananarivo, 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

27.5 Ordained Priest Hassa Florent Koné Priest of San, Mali Bishop

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 Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

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

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

60.0 Ceased Karl Bernhard 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 35.3 Ordained Deacon José Hamilton de Castro Deacon of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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 Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy

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

25.5 Ordained Priest Antonio D’Angelo Priest of Termoli-Larino, Italy Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy

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 Archbishop of Alger, 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

Ordained Priest Romeo (Romy) Duetao Convocar Priest Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

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

32.5 Ordained Priest Eusebio Samwel Kyando Priest of Njombe, Tanzania 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 27.2 Ordained Priest Cristóbal Déniz Hernández Priest of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain Auxiliary Bishop

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 67.5 Installed Giacomo Babini † Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

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

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

29 Sep 25.7 Perpetual Vows Alfonso Vincenzo Amarante, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University

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 Zdenek Wasserbauer Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop

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 Emeritus of Fiesole, Italy
28.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Maluki Mwongela	Priest of Kitui, Kenya	Bishop
33.1	Ordained Priest	Jean de Dieu Raoelison	Priest	Archbishop of Antananarivo, 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
27.5	Ordained Priest	Hassa Florent Koné	Priest of San, Mali	Bishop
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 Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
52.2	Appointed	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 Sep	63.5	Installed	Ricardo Guízar Díaz †	Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Archbishop Emeritus
60.0	Ceased	Karl Bernhard 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	35.3	Ordained Deacon	José Hamilton de Castro	Deacon of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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 Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
24.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Beňo	Priest of Nitra, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
25.5	Ordained Priest	Antonio D’Angelo	Priest of Termoli-Larino, Italy	Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy
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	Archbishop of Alger, 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
	Ordained Priest	Romeo (Romy) Duetao Convocar	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
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
32.5	Ordained Priest	Eusebio Samwel Kyando	Priest of Njombe, Tanzania	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	27.2	Ordained Priest	Cristóbal Déniz Hernández	Priest of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop
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	67.5	Installed	Giacomo Babini †	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. †	Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Installed	Luigi Conti †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Fermo, Italy
29 Sep	25.7	Perpetual Vows	Alfonso Vincenzo Amarante, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University
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	Zdenek Wasserbauer	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop

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