The Year of Our Lord 2010

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 77.9 Died Charles Caruana † Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar

51.3 Succeeded Mark Davies Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain

75.1 Retired Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

74.4 Retired Brian Michael Noble † Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

40.2 Succeeded Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

42.3 Ordained Bishop John Wong Soo Kau Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Archbishop

2 Oct 58.1 Appointed Vito Angiuli Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

56.4 Appointed Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

68.4 Installed Giacomo Lanzetti Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy Bishop Emeritus

80.9 Retired José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa † Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

78.5 Retired Rodolfo Quezada Toruño † Archbishop of Guatemala Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

78.5 Retired Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Guatemala Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

3 Oct 49.3 Installed Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Syro-Malankara) Bishop of Parassala (Syro-Malankara), India

5 Oct 90.2 Died Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador

6 Oct 76.0 Retired Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 71.9 Resigned Fabio Betancur Tirado † Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Paul Josef Cordes † President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Cardinal, President Emeritus

76.1 Retired Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. † Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

66.0 Appointed Mauro Piacenza Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

63.1 Succeeded Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

65.3 Appointed Robert Sarah President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

8 Oct 61.0 Appointed Douglas Regattieri Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy

9 Oct 72.9 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Carrasco de Paula Titular Bishop of Thapsus President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life

60.0 Ordained Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Heraclea Official of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

67.9 Ordained Bishop William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Ordained Bishop Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I. Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador

50.5 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Lingua Titular Archbishop of Tuscania Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

58.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. Titular Archbishop of Obba Cardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

54.2 Ordained Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria

10 Oct 49.7 Installed Antônio Braz Benevente Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

58.7 Ordained Bishop Denis Bernard Marie Moutel Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

87.2 Died Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

11 Oct 50.7 Appointed Emidio Cipollone Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy

76.4 Retired Carlo Ghidelli Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

45.5 Installed Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa Bishop of Bilbao, Spain Archbishop of Burgos, Spain

47.4 Appointed Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

66.0 Appointed Cesare Nosiglia Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

77.5 Retired Severino Poletto † Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Oct 85.0 Died Jorge Ardila Serrano † Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia

75.0 Retired Bruno Bertagna † Vice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts Vice President Emeritus

58.4 Ordained Bishop Pedro Carlos Cipolini Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

13 Oct 44.7 Selected John Wang Xiaoxun Coadjutor Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China Bishop

14 Oct 43.8 Ceased Oscar Cantú Apostolic Administrator of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop of San Jose in California, USA

53.8 Appointed Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

15 Oct 56.4 Installed Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

62.0 Ordained Bishop Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Jose Serofia Palma Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

79.6 Retired Ricardo Jamin Vidal † Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

16 Oct 65.6 Appointed Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín Bishop of Minas, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay

83.8 Died Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile

68.4 Ceased Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay

17 Oct 58.8 Installed Jacques André Blaquart Bishop of Orléans, France

79.8 Died Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuận † Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam

60.6 Succeeded Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam

18 Oct 75.1 Retired Richard John Sklba Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

20 Oct 79.0 Died Francisco Batistela, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil

56.6 Appointed Pedro Brito Guimarães Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil

76.2 Retired Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. † Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Sabino Ocan Odoki Bishop of Arua, Uganda

58.5 Appointed Dirceu Vegini † Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil

21 Oct 65.5 Appointed José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. Bishop of Cartago, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

57.6 Selected Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B. Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

73.5 Retired Michelangelo Riccardo Maria Tiribilli, O.S.B. Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy Abbot Emeritus

22 Oct 52.0 Appointed Jaime Muñoz Pedroza Bishop of Arauca, Colombia Bishop of Girardot, Colombia

69.5 Installed Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

23 Oct 72.9 Resigned Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. † Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy Abbot Emeritus

59.6 Appointed John Gerard Noonan Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA

40.5 Appointed Giordano Rota, O.S.B. Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

66.3 Installed Konrad Zdarsa Bishop of Augsburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

24 Oct 58.4 Installed Pedro Carlos Cipolini Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26 Oct 47.7 Appointed Damián Santiago Bitar Bishop of Oberá, Argentina

28 Oct 76.0 Retired Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. † Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

90.1 Died Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru

66.3 Appointed Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

30 Oct 99.6 Beatified Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy † Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

77.0 Retired Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

72.5 Resigned Joseph Nduhirubusa † Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Blaise Nzeyimana Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi

48.4 Appointed Jan Sobiło Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

48.4 Appointed Jan Sobiło Titular Bishop of Bulna Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

52.6 Died Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás † Bishop of Namibe, Angola

31 Oct 72.3 Installed Antoine Ganyé Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin Archbishop Emeritus

46.8 Ordained Bishop John Baptist Li Suguang Coadjutor Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China Bishop

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	77.9	Died	Charles Caruana †	Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar
51.3	Succeeded	Mark Davies	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
75.1	Retired	Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
74.4	Retired	Brian Michael Noble †	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
40.2	Succeeded	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
42.3	Ordained Bishop	John Wong Soo Kau	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Archbishop
2 Oct	58.1	Appointed	Vito Angiuli	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
56.4	Appointed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
68.4	Installed	Giacomo Lanzetti	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
80.9	Retired	José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
78.5	Retired	Rodolfo Quezada Toruño †	Archbishop of Guatemala	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
78.5	Retired	Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Guatemala	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
3 Oct	49.3	Installed	Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Syro-Malankara)	Bishop of Parassala (Syro-Malankara), India
5 Oct	90.2	Died	Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
6 Oct	76.0	Retired	Pierre Marie Guy Sansaricq †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	71.9	Resigned	Fabio Betancur Tirado †	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Paul Josef Cordes †	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	Mauro Piacenza	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
63.1	Succeeded	Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
65.3	Appointed	Robert Sarah	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
8 Oct	61.0	Appointed	Douglas Regattieri	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
9 Oct	72.9	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Carrasco de Paula	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Heraclea	Official of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
67.9	Ordained Bishop	William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I.	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Lingua	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R.	Titular Archbishop of Obba	Cardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Camillus Raymond Umoh	Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria
10 Oct	49.7	Installed	Antônio Braz Benevente	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Denis Bernard Marie Moutel	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
87.2	Died	Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
11 Oct	50.7	Appointed	Emidio Cipollone	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
76.4	Retired	Carlo Ghidelli	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
45.5	Installed	Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
47.4	Appointed	Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
66.0	Appointed	Cesare Nosiglia	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
77.5	Retired	Severino Poletto †	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Oct	85.0	Died	Jorge Ardila Serrano †	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
75.0	Retired	Bruno Bertagna †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts	Vice President Emeritus
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Carlos Cipolini	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Oct	44.7	Selected	John Wang Xiaoxun	Coadjutor Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China	Bishop
14 Oct	43.8	Ceased	Oscar Cantú	Apostolic Administrator of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
53.8	Appointed	Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
15 Oct	56.4	Installed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
62.0	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Jose Serofia Palma	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
79.6	Retired	Ricardo Jamin Vidal †	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
16 Oct	65.6	Appointed	Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas, Uruguay
83.8	Died	Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
68.4	Ceased	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer	Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
17 Oct	58.8	Installed	Jacques André Blaquart	Bishop of Orléans, France
79.8	Died	Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuận †	Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam
60.6	Succeeded	Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên	Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam
18 Oct	75.1	Retired	Richard John Sklba	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Oct	79.0	Died	Francisco Batistela, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
56.6	Appointed	Pedro Brito Guimarães	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil
76.2	Retired	Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. †	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Sabino Ocan Odoki	Bishop of Arua, Uganda
58.5	Appointed	Dirceu Vegini †	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
21 Oct	65.5	Appointed	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
57.6	Selected	Diego Maria (Gualtiero) Rosa, O.S.B.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
73.5	Retired	Michelangelo Riccardo Maria Tiribilli, O.S.B.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
22 Oct	52.0	Appointed	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop of Girardot, Colombia
69.5	Installed	Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Oct	72.9	Resigned	Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	John Gerard Noonan	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
40.5	Appointed	Giordano Rota, O.S.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
66.3	Installed	Konrad Zdarsa	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
24 Oct	58.4	Installed	Pedro Carlos Cipolini	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Oct	47.7	Appointed	Damián Santiago Bitar	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
28 Oct	76.0	Retired	Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. †	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
90.1	Died	Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru
66.3	Appointed	Lionel Gendron, P.S.S.	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert	Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
30 Oct	99.6	Beatified	Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
77.0	Retired	Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
72.5	Resigned	Joseph Nduhirubusa †	Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Blaise Nzeyimana	Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi
48.4	Appointed	Jan Sobiło	Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
48.4	Appointed	Jan Sobiło	Titular Bishop of Bulna	Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
52.6	Died	Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás †	Bishop of Namibe, Angola
31 Oct	72.3	Installed	Antoine Ganyé	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus
46.8	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Li Suguang	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China	Bishop

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