The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Sep 40.5 Ordained Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode Titular Bishop of Mattiana Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

2 Sep 59.4 Appointed Silvio Cesare Bonicelli † Bishop of San Severo, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

3 Sep 78.5 Died Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. † Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon

4 Sep 56.5 Resigned Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A. Bishop of Palencia, Spain Bishop Emeritus

95.5 Died Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. † Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus

65.5 Ordained Bishop John Huo Cheng † Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China

62.1 Appointed Francesco Marchisano † President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

5 Sep 61.6 Resigned Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. † Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia Prelate Emeritus

84.0 Died Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

6 Sep 26.2 Ordained Priest Shane Anthony Mackinlay Priest of Ballarat, Australia Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

7 Sep 31.5 Ordained Priest Graziano Borgonovo Priest of Lugano, Switzerland Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization

24.9 Perpetual Vows Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. Member of Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra (Maronite) Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina

24.9 Ordained Priest Guglielmo Giombanco Priest of Acireale, Italy Bishop of Patti, Italy

62.0 Died Charles Edwin Herzig † Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA

64.7 Died León Kruk † Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina

51.2 Appointed Gilles Lussier Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

25.6 Ordained Priest Luigi Renna Priest of Andria, Italy Archbishop of Catania, Italy

8 Sep 43.2 Ordained Bishop Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez Titular Bishop of Nepeta Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile

51.7 Ordained Bishop Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. † Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

31.1 Perpetual Vows Charles Mahuza Yava, S.D.S. Member of Society of the Divine Savior Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Comores

9 Sep 30.7 Professed Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp. Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles

85.7 Died Rafael Grovas Felix † Bishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico Bishop

10 Sep 75.9 Retired Charles Roman Koester † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

11 Sep 61.7 Resigned Ramón Buxarrais Ventura Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop Emeritus

71.5 Resigned José Capmany Casamitjana † Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.5 Ordained Bishop Mathias Gu Zheng, S.J. Bishop of Xining [Sining], China

26.8 Ordained Priest Noel Portal Pedregosa Priest of Malaybalay, Philippines Bishop

75.7 Retired Jesús Pla Gandía † Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed José Sánchez González Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain Bishop Emeritus

12 Sep 27.6 Ordained Deacon Vincenzo Calvosa Deacon of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy Bishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy

13 Sep 75.0 Retired Gyula Szakos † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

64.6 Succeeded Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. † Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

14 Sep 51.5 Ordained Bishop Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí † Bishop of Menorca, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain

31.5 Ordained Priest Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

23.8 Simple Vows Steven John Maekawa, O.P. Member of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

46.9 Ordained Bishop Cesare Nosiglia Titular Bishop of Victoriana Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

75.2 Died František Vaňák † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia

25.9 Solemn Vows Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

15 Sep 56.7 Installed Eugenio Binini Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus

26.0 Ordained Priest Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada Priest of Caacupé, Paraguay Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay

24.1 Ordained Priest Anthony Dang Mingyan Priest Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China

48.9 Ordained Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

55.2 Installed Kurt Krenn † Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria Bishop Emeritus

27.1 Ordained Priest Gabriel Msipu Phiri Priest of Chipata, Zambia Auxiliary Bishop

61.7 Appointed Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. † Apostolic Administrator of Málaga, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

82.4 Died Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India

16 Sep 57.9 Appointed Geraldo Majella Agnelo † Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

95.6 Died François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

49.8 Ordained Bishop Peter Takeo Okada † Bishop of Urawa, Japan Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

17 Sep 27.3 Solemn Vows Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R. Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru

18 Sep 80.1 Died John Anthony Donovan † Bishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA

19 Sep 69.6 Installed Austin-Emile Burke † Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

81.0 Died Ángel Temiño Sáiz † Bishop Emeritus of Orense, Spain

20 Sep 43.3 Ordained Bishop José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques Titular Bishop of Lysinia Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

21 Sep 29.3 First Vows John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D. Member of Society of the Divine Word Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana

27.0 Ordained Priest Gian Luca Perici Priest of Velletri-Segni, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia

29.7 Ordained Priest Jean Claude Randrianarisoa Priest of Antananarivo, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

49.8 Ordained Bishop Angelo Scola Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

22 Sep 68.8 Died John Kodwo Amissah † Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana

32.8 Ordained Priest Chibly Langlois Priest of Jacmel, Haïti Cardinal, Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti

55.1 Ordained Bishop James Moriarty † Titular Bishop of Bononia Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

32.6 Ordained Deacon Rafic Nahra Deacon of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

61.3 Ordained Bishop Joan Carrera Planas † Titular Bishop of Aliezira Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

59.0 Ordained Bishop Carles Soler Perdigó † Titular Bishop of Pandosia Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain

23 Sep 29.4 Ordained Priest Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

24 Sep 64.5 Installed Rómulo García † Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

25 Sep 57.6 Succeeded Valter Carrijo, S.D.S. Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Ordained Bishop Brian Heenan Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Retired Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. † Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

26 Sep 65.5 Installed Enrique San Pedro, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Bishop

27 Sep 70.0 Died Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. † Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia

28.5 Perpetual Vows Victor Hugo Castillo Matarrita, M.C.C.I. Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

77.7 Died Karl Moser † Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

28 Sep 61.3 Ordained Bishop José Carlos Melo, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Ceramus Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

49.8 Installed Angelo Scola Bishop of Grosseto, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

29 Sep 27.7 Ordained Priest Paolo Giulietti Priest of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

53.9 Ordained Bishop Mario Paciello Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy

46.6 Ordained Bishop Christoph Schönborn, O.P. Titular Bishop of Sutrium Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Sep	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Titular Bishop of Mattiana	Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
2 Sep	59.4	Appointed	Silvio Cesare Bonicelli †	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
3 Sep	78.5	Died	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
4 Sep	56.5	Resigned	Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A.	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
95.5	Died	Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J. †	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
65.5	Ordained Bishop	John Huo Cheng †	Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
62.1	Appointed	Francesco Marchisano †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
5 Sep	61.6	Resigned	Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. †	Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia	Prelate Emeritus
84.0	Died	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
6 Sep	26.2	Ordained Priest	Shane Anthony Mackinlay	Priest of Ballarat, Australia	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
7 Sep	31.5	Ordained Priest	Graziano Borgonovo	Priest of Lugano, Switzerland	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization
24.9	Perpetual Vows	Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M.	Member of Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra (Maronite)	Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina
24.9	Ordained Priest	Guglielmo Giombanco	Priest of Acireale, Italy	Bishop of Patti, Italy
62.0	Died	Charles Edwin Herzig †	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
64.7	Died	León Kruk †	Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina
51.2	Appointed	Gilles Lussier	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
25.6	Ordained Priest	Luigi Renna	Priest of Andria, Italy	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
8 Sep	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Nepeta	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
31.1	Perpetual Vows	Charles Mahuza Yava, S.D.S.	Member of Society of the Divine Savior	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Comores
9 Sep	30.7	Professed	Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp.	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles
85.7	Died	Rafael Grovas Felix †	Bishop Emeritus of Caguas, Puerto Rico	Bishop
10 Sep	75.9	Retired	Charles Roman Koester †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
11 Sep	61.7	Resigned	Ramón Buxarrais Ventura	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
71.5	Resigned	José Capmany Casamitjana †	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Mathias Gu Zheng, S.J.	Bishop of Xining [Sining], China
26.8	Ordained Priest	Noel Portal Pedregosa	Priest of Malaybalay, Philippines	Bishop
75.7	Retired	Jesús Pla Gandía †	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	José Sánchez González	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
12 Sep	27.6	Ordained Deacon	Vincenzo Calvosa	Deacon of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Bishop of Vallo della Lucania, Italy
13 Sep	75.0	Retired	Gyula Szakos †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Succeeded	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
14 Sep	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Lleida, Spain
31.5	Ordained Priest	Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
23.8	Simple Vows	Steven John Maekawa, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Cesare Nosiglia	Titular Bishop of Victoriana	Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
75.2	Died	František Vaňák †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czechia
25.9	Solemn Vows	Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
15 Sep	56.7	Installed	Eugenio Binini	Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26.0	Ordained Priest	Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada	Priest of Caacupé, Paraguay	Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
24.1	Ordained Priest	Anthony Dang Mingyan	Priest	Bishop of Xi’an [Sian, Chang-An], China
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
55.2	Installed	Kurt Krenn †	Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
27.1	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Msipu Phiri	Priest of Chipata, Zambia	Auxiliary Bishop
61.7	Appointed	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †	Apostolic Administrator of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
82.4	Died	Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
16 Sep	57.9	Appointed	Geraldo Majella Agnelo †	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
95.6	Died	François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Peter Takeo Okada †	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
17 Sep	27.3	Solemn Vows	Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R.	Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Prelate of Huamachuco, Peru
18 Sep	80.1	Died	John Anthony Donovan †	Bishop Emeritus of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA
19 Sep	69.6	Installed	Austin-Emile Burke †	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
81.0	Died	Ángel Temiño Sáiz †	Bishop Emeritus of Orense, Spain
20 Sep	43.3	Ordained Bishop	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
21 Sep	29.3	First Vows	John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D.	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana
27.0	Ordained Priest	Gian Luca Perici	Priest of Velletri-Segni, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia
29.7	Ordained Priest	Jean Claude Randrianarisoa	Priest of Antananarivo, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Scola	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
22 Sep	68.8	Died	John Kodwo Amissah †	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
32.8	Ordained Priest	Chibly Langlois	Priest of Jacmel, Haïti	Cardinal, Bishop of Les Cayes, Haïti
55.1	Ordained Bishop	James Moriarty †	Titular Bishop of Bononia	Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
32.6	Ordained Deacon	Rafic Nahra	Deacon of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
61.3	Ordained Bishop	Joan Carrera Planas †	Titular Bishop of Aliezira	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
59.0	Ordained Bishop	Carles Soler Perdigó †	Titular Bishop of Pandosia	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
23 Sep	29.4	Ordained Priest	Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
24 Sep	64.5	Installed	Rómulo García †	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Sep	57.6	Succeeded	Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.	Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Brian Heenan	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Retired	Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. †	Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
26 Sep	65.5	Installed	Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop
27 Sep	70.0	Died	Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia
28.5	Perpetual Vows	Victor Hugo Castillo Matarrita, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
77.7	Died	Karl Moser †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
28 Sep	61.3	Ordained Bishop	José Carlos Melo, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
49.8	Installed	Angelo Scola	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
29 Sep	27.7	Ordained Priest	Paolo Giulietti	Priest of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Mario Paciello	Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Sutrium	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

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