The Year of Our Lord 1972

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 36.9 Appointed Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P. Prefect of Sekadau, Indonesia Prefect Emeritus

2 Sep Born Peter Beňo Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

26.4 Ordained Priest Richard John Grecco Priest of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

27.3 Ordained Priest Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. † Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

3 Sep 21.6 Professed Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

24.0 Ordained Priest Andrea Bruno Mazzocato Priest of Treviso, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy

28.8 Ordained Priest Patrick Mumbure Mutume † Priest of Umtali, Zimbabwe Auxiliary Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe

4 Sep 55.9 Appointed Enrico Bartoletti † Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy

72.6 Died James Aloysius McNulty † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

63.0 Ceased Andrea Pangrazio † Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy

5 Sep 46.6 Appointed José Manuel Estepa Llaurens † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military

46.6 Appointed José Manuel Estepa Llaurens † Titular Bishop of Tisili Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military

49.6 Appointed Alberto Iniesta Jiménez † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.6 Appointed Alberto Iniesta Jiménez † Titular Bishop of Tubernuca Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

48.8 Ordained Bishop Andrew Joseph McDonald † Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

42.7 Appointed Victorio Oliver Domingo Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

42.7 Appointed Victorio Oliver Domingo Titular Bishop of Limisa Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

22.3 Ordained Priest William Hanna Shomali Priest of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine Auxiliary Bishop

6 Sep Born Saad Sirop Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

7 Sep 48.8 Installed Andrew Joseph McDonald † Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

74.9 Died Alejandro Schell † Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

8 Sep 42.7 Ordained Bishop Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia

19.0 Entered Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

19.0 First Vows Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Bishop of Ełk, Poland

29.7 Professed Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C. Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

51.7 Ordained Bishop Clément Georges Schelhoth † Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

47.8 Ordained Bishop Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Lamphua Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines

9 Sep 26.3 Ordained Priest José Figueroa Gómez Priest of Barrancabermeja, Colombia Bishop of Granada en Colombia

44.4 Ordained Bishop Decio Lucio Grandoni † Titular Bishop of Atella Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

23.6 Entered George Vance Murry, S.J. † Member of Society of Jesus Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

25.7 Ordained Priest Michele Pennisi Priest of Caltagirone, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Giovanni Ricchiuti Priest of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

10 Sep 43.5 Installed Nikol Joseph Cauchi † Bishop of Gozo, Malta Bishop Emeritus

20.6 Solemn Vows Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil

42.8 Ordained Bishop Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui † Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

50.7 Ordained Bishop Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M. † Bishop of Djajapura, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia

41.3 Ordained Bishop Mathias William Schmidt, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Mutugenna Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil

Born Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

27.3 Ordained Priest Makarios Tewfik Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

24.7 Solemn Vows Adel Zaky, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

11 Sep 68.5 Died Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos

56.8 Appointed Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

Born Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. Bishop of Copiapó, Chile

12 Sep 42.8 Appointed Paul Schruers † Coadjutor Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium Bishop Emeritus

14 Sep 29.8 Entered Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. † Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

83.0 Died William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

15 Sep 49.0 Appointed Lucien-Emile Bardonne † Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

47.0 Ordained Bishop James Patrick Mahoney † Titular Bishop of Ipagro Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

50.9 Appointed Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens † Coadjutor Bishop of Agen, France Bishop Emeritus

16 Sep 30.1 Ordained Priest Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

17 Sep 28.9 Ordained Priest Youssef Aboul El Kher Priest of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

67.8 Died Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

27.3 Ordained Priest Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S. Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

43.0 Ordained Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja † Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

44.2 Ordained Bishop Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz † Titular Bishop of Maronana Bishop Emeritus of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

18 Sep 44.4 Appointed José María Setién Alberro † Auxiliary Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain Bishop Emeritus

44.4 Appointed José María Setién Alberro † Titular Bishop of Zama Minor Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

19 Sep 73.3 Resigned Giuseppe D’Avack † Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Pamphylia Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy

72.8 Resigned Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

36.2 Appointed Anthony Olubunmi Okogie Auxiliary Bishop of Lagos, Nigeria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

37.0 Appointed Paul Ri Moun-hi † Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) Archbishop Emeritus

37.0 Appointed Paul Ri Moun-hi † Titular Bishop of Forconium Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

52.2 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Sullivan † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

44.9 Appointed Abraham Than Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar Bishop Emeritus

20 Sep 91.2 Died Cyrille Jean Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

21 Sep 65.7 Died Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga † Bishop of Loja, Ecuador

Born Earl Kenneth Mario Fernandes Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

44.7 Installed Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí, Peru Prelate Emeritus

53.5 Appointed José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † Titular Archbishop of Voncaria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

43.1 Ordained Bishop James Stephen Sullivan † Titular Bishop of Siccesi Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

52.2 Installed John Joseph Sullivan † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

Born Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary

23 Sep 24.6 Ordained Priest Giovanni D’Alise † Priest of Acerra, Italy Bishop of Caserta, Italy

24.6 Ordained Priest Sebastián Taltavull Anglada Priest of Menorca, Spain Bishop of Mallorca, Spain

24 Sep 54.4 Ordained Bishop Gérard Ngoy Kabwe † Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Priest Adel Zaky, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

25 Sep 61.6 Appointed Jolando Nuzzi † Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

61.6 Ceased Jolando Nuzzi † Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi, Italy Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

47.7 Appointed Manuel Sandalo Salvador † Titular Bishop of Zarna Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

47.7 Resigned Manuel Sandalo Salvador † Bishop of Palo, Philippines Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

66.7 Appointed Alfredo Vozzi † Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

27 Sep 85.3 Died Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. † Archbishop Emeritus of Spoleto, Italy

28 Sep 59.7 Appointed Carlo Maccari † Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

56.2 Appointed Giulio Oggioni † Bishop of Lodi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy

29 Sep 47.7 Ordained Bishop Rafael Muñoz Núñez † Bishop of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México

18.7 Professed José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

73.0 Resigned Giuseppe Zaffonato † Archbishop of Udine, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

30 Sep 28.4 Ordained Priest René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. † Priest Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin

28.7 Ordained Priest John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)

1 Oct 80.2 Died Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco † Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

43.8 Ordained Bishop Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C. † Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

40.0 Ordained Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé † Titular Bishop of Umbriatico Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar

77.5 Appointed Nersès Tayroyan † Titular Archbishop of Melitene degli Armeni Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

77.5 Retired Nersès Tayroyan † Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

2 Oct Born Simon Chibuga Masondole Bishop of Bunda, Tanzania

4 Oct 51.4 Ordained Bishop Rogelio Sánchez González † Bishop of Colima, México Bishop Emeritus

6 Oct 72.9 Resigned Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 45.3 Ordained Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. † Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Pierluigi Sartorelli † Titular Archbishop of Castello Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya

8 Oct 87.3 Died José Maria Diosomito Cuenco † Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines

29.0 Ordained Priest Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

67.3 Died Juan Ricote Alonso † Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain

44.1 Succeeded Jaime Lachica Sin † Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

11 Oct 46.6 Appointed Francis Joseph MacKiernan † Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

80.5 Retired Austin Quinn † Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

Born Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru

12 Oct 48.4 Appointed Charles Joseph Henderson † Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Appointed Charles Joseph Henderson † Titular Bishop of Trecalae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain

42.8 Ordained Bishop Victorio Oliver Domingo Titular Bishop of Limisa Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

13 Oct 66.9 Resigned Ettore Cunial † Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

58.4 Appointed Ugo Poletti † Pro-Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Ugo Poletti † Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

80.4 Died Ernesto Sena de Oliveira † Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal

15 Oct 47.6 Ordained Bishop Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé † Bishop of Monaco Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France

40.3 Appointed Patrick Fani Chakaipa † Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, Zimbabwe Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe

40.3 Appointed Patrick Fani Chakaipa † Titular Bishop of Rucuma Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe

46.7 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Estepa Llaurens † Titular Bishop of Tisili Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military

31.8 Ordained Priest Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. Schönstatt Priest of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay

Born Carlos Washington Yépez Naranjo Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador

17 Oct Born Alexis Aly Tagbino Bishop of Kankan, Guinea

18 Oct Born Jean Abou Charouche, S.M.S.P. Apostolic Administrator of Argentina (Melkite Greek)

19 Oct Born John Bosco Auram Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

21 Oct 54.6 Appointed Manuel Ferreira Cabral † Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

54.6 Appointed Manuel Ferreira Cabral † Titular Bishop of Dumium Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

86.4 Died Auguste Jauffrés † Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France

19.6 Entered Alexander Aloysius (Alan) McGuckian, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland

83.7 Died Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. † Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

57.7 Appointed Francesco Tortora, O.M. † Bishop of Gerace-Locri (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy

22 Oct 42.2 Ordained Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Born Kornél Fábry, Comm. l'Emm. Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

49.7 Ordained Bishop Alberto Iniesta Jiménez † Titular Bishop of Tubernuca Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

24 Oct 52.1 Appointed Jean Marcel Honoré † Bishop of Évreux, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France

Born Bohdan Manyshyn Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine

26 Oct 25.2 Ordained Priest Alfonso Cortés Contreras Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

24.8 Ordained Priest Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Bishop Emeritus of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México

Born Gélase Armel Kema Archbishop of Owando, Congo

28 Oct 25.8 Ordained Priest Isidore Fernandes † Priest of Allahabad, India Bishop Emeritus

46.7 Appointed Antoine Hacault † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop

46.7 Appointed Antoine Hacault † Titular Archbishop of Media Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

26.7 Ordained Priest José Lai Hung-seng Priest of Macau, China Bishop Emeritus

44.6 Ordained Bishop José María Setién Alberro † Titular Bishop of Zama Minor Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

64.5 Appointed Valerians Zondaks † Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia

64.5 Appointed Valerians Zondaks † Titular Bishop of Tabaicara Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia

64.5 Appointed Valerians Zondaks † Auxiliary Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia

29 Oct 26.0 Ordained Priest Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval † Priest of Cali, Colombia Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	36.9	Appointed	Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P.	Prefect of Sekadau, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
2 Sep		Born	Peter Beňo		Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
26.4	Ordained Priest	Richard John Grecco	Priest of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
27.3	Ordained Priest	Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S. †	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
3 Sep	21.6	Professed	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
24.0	Ordained Priest	Andrea Bruno Mazzocato	Priest of Treviso, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
28.8	Ordained Priest	Patrick Mumbure Mutume †	Priest of Umtali, Zimbabwe	Auxiliary Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe
4 Sep	55.9	Appointed	Enrico Bartoletti †	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
72.6	Died	James Aloysius McNulty †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
63.0	Ceased	Andrea Pangrazio †	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
5 Sep	46.6	Appointed	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
46.6	Appointed	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens †	Titular Bishop of Tisili	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
49.6	Appointed	Alberto Iniesta Jiménez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.6	Appointed	Alberto Iniesta Jiménez †	Titular Bishop of Tubernuca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Joseph McDonald †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
42.7	Appointed	Victorio Oliver Domingo	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
42.7	Appointed	Victorio Oliver Domingo	Titular Bishop of Limisa	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
22.3	Ordained Priest	William Hanna Shomali	Priest of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop
6 Sep		Born	Saad Sirop		Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
7 Sep	48.8	Installed	Andrew Joseph McDonald †	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
74.9	Died	Alejandro Schell †	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
8 Sep	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
19.0	Entered	Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
19.0	First Vows	Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop of Ełk, Poland
29.7	Professed	Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C.	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Clément Georges Schelhoth †	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
9 Sep	26.3	Ordained Priest	José Figueroa Gómez	Priest of Barrancabermeja, Colombia	Bishop of Granada en Colombia
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Titular Bishop of Atella	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
23.6	Entered	George Vance Murry, S.J. †	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
25.7	Ordained Priest	Michele Pennisi	Priest of Caltagirone, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Ricchiuti	Priest of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
10 Sep	43.5	Installed	Nikol Joseph Cauchi †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
20.6	Solemn Vows	Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R.	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança do Pará, Brazil
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui †	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Djajapura, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia
41.3	Ordained Bishop	Mathias William Schmidt, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Mutugenna	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
	Born	Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R.		Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
27.3	Ordained Priest	Makarios Tewfik	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
24.7	Solemn Vows	Adel Zaky, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
11 Sep	68.5	Died	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
56.8	Appointed	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Umzimkulu, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
	Born	Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M.		Bishop of Copiapó, Chile
12 Sep	42.8	Appointed	Paul Schruers †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hasselt, Belgium	Bishop Emeritus
14 Sep	29.8	Entered	Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. †	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
83.0	Died	William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
15 Sep	49.0	Appointed	Lucien-Emile Bardonne †	Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Ordained Bishop	James Patrick Mahoney †	Titular Bishop of Ipagro	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
50.9	Appointed	Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens †	Coadjutor Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Sep	30.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
17 Sep	28.9	Ordained Priest	Youssef Aboul El Kher	Priest of Sohag (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
67.8	Died	Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
27.3	Ordained Priest	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
43.0	Ordained Bishop	Matthias Joseph Isuja †	Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz †	Titular Bishop of Maronana	Bishop Emeritus of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
18 Sep	44.4	Appointed	José María Setién Alberro †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Sebastián, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
44.4	Appointed	José María Setién Alberro †	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
19 Sep	73.3	Resigned	Giuseppe D’Avack †	Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Pamphylia	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
72.8	Resigned	Fernando Guercilena, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
36.2	Appointed	Anthony Olubunmi Okogie	Auxiliary Bishop of Lagos, Nigeria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
37.0	Appointed	Paul Ri Moun-hi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Archbishop Emeritus
37.0	Appointed	Paul Ri Moun-hi †	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
52.2	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Sullivan †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
44.9	Appointed	Abraham Than	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar	Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	91.2	Died	Cyrille Jean Zohrabian, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
21 Sep	65.7	Died	Luis Alfonso Crespo Chiriboga †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
	Born	Earl Kenneth Mario Fernandes		Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
44.7	Installed	Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí, Peru	Prelate Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †	Titular Archbishop of Voncaria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
43.1	Ordained Bishop	James Stephen Sullivan †	Titular Bishop of Siccesi	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
52.2	Installed	John Joseph Sullivan †	Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
	Born	Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M.		Bishop of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian), Hungary
23 Sep	24.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni D’Alise †	Priest of Acerra, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
24.6	Ordained Priest	Sebastián Taltavull Anglada	Priest of Menorca, Spain	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
24 Sep	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Gérard Ngoy Kabwe †	Bishop of Manono, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Adel Zaky, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
25 Sep	61.6	Appointed	Jolando Nuzzi †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
61.6	Ceased	Jolando Nuzzi †	Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
47.7	Appointed	Manuel Sandalo Salvador †	Titular Bishop of Zarna	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
47.7	Resigned	Manuel Sandalo Salvador †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
66.7	Appointed	Alfredo Vozzi †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Sep	85.3	Died	Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Spoleto, Italy
28 Sep	59.7	Appointed	Carlo Maccari †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
56.2	Appointed	Giulio Oggioni †	Bishop of Lodi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bergamo, Italy
29 Sep	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Muñoz Núñez †	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México
18.7	Professed	José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
73.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Zaffonato †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Sep	28.4	Ordained Priest	René-Marie Ehouzou, C.I.M. †	Priest	Bishop of Porto Novo, Benin
28.7	Ordained Priest	John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
1 Oct	80.2	Died	Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco †	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C. †	Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
40.0	Ordained Bishop	René Joseph Rakotondrabé †	Titular Bishop of Umbriatico	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
77.5	Appointed	Nersès Tayroyan †	Titular Archbishop of Melitene degli Armeni	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
77.5	Retired	Nersès Tayroyan †	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
2 Oct		Born	Simon Chibuga Masondole		Bishop of Bunda, Tanzania
4 Oct	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Rogelio Sánchez González †	Bishop of Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
6 Oct	72.9	Resigned	Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. †	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Pierluigi Sartorelli †	Titular Archbishop of Castello	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya
8 Oct	87.3	Died	José Maria Diosomito Cuenco †	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
29.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C.	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
67.3	Died	Juan Ricote Alonso †	Bishop of Teruel (-Albarracín), Spain
44.1	Succeeded	Jaime Lachica Sin †	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
11 Oct	46.6	Appointed	Francis Joseph MacKiernan †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
80.5	Retired	Austin Quinn †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M.		Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru
12 Oct	48.4	Appointed	Charles Joseph Henderson †	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Appointed	Charles Joseph Henderson †	Titular Bishop of Trecalae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Southwark, England, Great Britain
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Victorio Oliver Domingo	Titular Bishop of Limisa	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
13 Oct	66.9	Resigned	Ettore Cunial †	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
58.4	Appointed	Ugo Poletti †	Pro-Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Ugo Poletti †	Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
80.4	Died	Ernesto Sena de Oliveira †	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal
15 Oct	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé †	Bishop of Monaco	Bishop Emeritus of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France
40.3	Appointed	Patrick Fani Chakaipa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Salisbury, Zimbabwe	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
40.3	Appointed	Patrick Fani Chakaipa †	Titular Bishop of Rucuma	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
46.7	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Estepa Llaurens †	Titular Bishop of Tisili	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
31.8	Ordained Priest	Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. Schönstatt	Priest of Institute of Schönstatt Fathers	Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay
	Born	Carlos Washington Yépez Naranjo		Bishop of Tulcán, Ecuador
17 Oct		Born	Alexis Aly Tagbino		Bishop of Kankan, Guinea
18 Oct		Born	Jean Abou Charouche, S.M.S.P.		Apostolic Administrator of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
19 Oct		Born	John Bosco Auram		Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
21 Oct	54.6	Appointed	Manuel Ferreira Cabral †	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
54.6	Appointed	Manuel Ferreira Cabral †	Titular Bishop of Dumium	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
86.4	Died	Auguste Jauffrés †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France
19.6	Entered	Alexander Aloysius (Alan) McGuckian, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
83.7	Died	Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
57.7	Appointed	Francesco Tortora, O.M. †	Bishop of Gerace-Locri (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy
22 Oct	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
	Born	Kornél Fábry, Comm. l'Emm.		Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Iniesta Jiménez †	Titular Bishop of Tubernuca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
24 Oct	52.1	Appointed	Jean Marcel Honoré †	Bishop of Évreux, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours, France
	Born	Bohdan Manyshyn		Auxiliary Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
26 Oct	25.2	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Cortés Contreras	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
24.8	Ordained Priest	Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Bishop Emeritus of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México
	Born	Gélase Armel Kema		Archbishop of Owando, Congo
28 Oct	25.8	Ordained Priest	Isidore Fernandes †	Priest of Allahabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
46.7	Appointed	Antoine Hacault †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop
46.7	Appointed	Antoine Hacault †	Titular Archbishop of Media	Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
26.7	Ordained Priest	José Lai Hung-seng	Priest of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
44.6	Ordained Bishop	José María Setién Alberro †	Titular Bishop of Zama Minor	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
64.5	Appointed	Valerians Zondaks †	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
64.5	Appointed	Valerians Zondaks †	Titular Bishop of Tabaicara	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
64.5	Appointed	Valerians Zondaks †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
29 Oct	26.0	Ordained Priest	Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval †	Priest of Cali, Colombia	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia

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