The Year of Our Lord 1992

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 75.1 Retired Agostino Ferrari Toniolo † Permanent Observer of the Roman Curia - Other Permanent Observer Emeritus

68.5 Appointed Alois Wagner † Permanent Observer of the Roman Curia - Other Permanent Observer Emeritus

68.5 Appointed Alois Wagner † Titular Archbishop of Siccenna Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

3 Oct 30.8 Ordained Priest Paul Adegboyega Olawoore † Priest of Oyo, Nigeria Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria

62.7 Installed Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. † Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

25.7 Ordained Priest Davide Carbonaro, O.M.D. Priest of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy

46.2 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Gristina Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

35.5 Ordained Priest Daniel Jodoin Priest of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

4 Oct 66.1 Ordained Bishop Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Raphanea Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

26.1 Ordained Priest Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya Priest of Pereira, Colombia Bishop of Buenaventura, Colombia

24.9 Ordained Priest Carlos José de Oliveira Priest of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil

6 Oct 39.8 Appointed Daniel Marco Kur Adwok Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan

39.8 Appointed Daniel Marco Kur Adwok Titular Bishop of Moxori Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan

62.1 Appointed Kenneth Anthony Angell † Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed John Jerome Cunneen † Auxiliary Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed John Jerome Cunneen † Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand

60.6 Appointed Joseph D’Silva † Bishop of Bellary, India

44.9 Appointed Frumencio Escudero Arenas Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.9 Appointed Frumencio Escudero Arenas Titular Bishop of Cincari Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puyo, Ecuador

60.8 Appointed James Henry Garland Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

83.5 Died Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

69.6 Retired Mark Francis Schmitt † Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. † Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

43.9 Appointed Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana Cardinal, Chancellor of the Roman Curia - Other

55.2 Appointed Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I. Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

78.1 Retired Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bellary, India Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 50.1 Ordained Bishop Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo † Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela

55.3 Appointed Faustino Sainz Muñoz † Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Apostolic Nuncio

10 Oct 76.5 Retired Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. † Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

42.2 Ordained Bishop Isidore Battikha, B.A. Titular Archbishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria

75.5 Retired Giovanni Benedetti † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

59.7 Appointed Arduino Bertoldo † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Gabriel Antonio Camilo González Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

26.3 Ordained Priest Franz Jung Priest of Speyer, Germany Bishop of Würzburg, Germany

11 Oct 46.7 Ordained Bishop Antoine Audo, S.J. Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria

71.7 Died Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. † Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

144.5 Canonized St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. † Bishop of Pasto, Colombia

31.1 Solemn Vows Michele Petruzzelli, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

26.0 Ordained Priest José Rico Pavés Priest Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

12 Oct 31.7 Perpetual Vows Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I. Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda

71.0 Appointed Girolamo Prigione † Apostolic Nuncio to México Apostolic Nuncio

13 Oct 54.2 Appointed Joseph Anthony Galante † Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA

54.2 Appointed Joseph Anthony Galante † Titular Bishop of Equilium Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA

56.3 Appointed Edward Urban Kmiec † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA

75.6 Retired James Daniel Niedergeses † Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus

15 Oct 75.0 Retired Jean Hermil † Bishop of Viviers, France Bishop Emeritus

16 Oct 60.0 Appointed Bertrand Blanchet Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

70.1 Resigned Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. † Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

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

17 Oct 51.5 Ordained Bishop Béla Balás Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius Bishop Emeritus of Kaposvár, Hungary

24.9 Perpetual Vows Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. Member of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite) Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia

18 Oct 81.9 Died Giuseppe Bonfiglioli † Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

25.7 Solemn Vows Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria

88.1 Died William Andrew Hart † Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain

29.5 Ordained Priest Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I. Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Archbishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

72.3 Installed Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) † Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China Bishop Emeritus

19 Oct 59.0 Appointed Florencio Olvera Ochoa † Bishop of Tabasco, México Bishop Emeritus of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

20 Oct 52.5 Ordained Bishop Rayappu Joseph † Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

21 Oct 51.0 Confirmed José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B. Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Abbot Emeritus

23 Oct 62.0 Ordained Bishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. † Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan Archbishop Emeritus

81.8 Died José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC. † Prelate Emeritus of Ayaviri, Peru

24 Oct 25.6 Ordained Priest Charbel Yusef Abdallah Priest of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon Archbishop

34.0 Ordained Priest Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Archbishop-Elect of Pisa, Italy

26.6 Ordained Priest Paul Tawat Singsa Priest of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand Bishop

25 Oct 70.1 Died Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla † Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines Bishop

36.8 Ordained Priest Dmytro (Bohdan) Hryhorak, O.S.B.M. Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

57.5 Ordained Bishop Hans-Georg Koitz Titular Bishop of Cantanus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

26.2 Ordained Deacon Attilio Nostro Deacon of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy

24.6 Ordained Deacon Paolo Ricciardi Deacon of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop of Jesi, Italy

27 Oct 69.5 Died José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. † Prelate of Chota, Peru

30 Oct 76.0 Retired Teodoro Cardenal Fernández † Archbishop of Burgos, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

87.8 Died [Paul Kong Ling-zhong], P.S.S. † Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China

66.2 Appointed Santiago Martínez Acebes † Archbishop of Burgos, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

31 Oct 47.3 Installed Antonio José López Castillo † Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela

33.7 Ordained Priest Brian Gregory Mascord Priest of Maitland, Australia Bishop of Wollongong, Australia

74.7 Died Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	75.1	Retired	Agostino Ferrari Toniolo †	Permanent Observer of the Roman Curia - Other	Permanent Observer Emeritus
68.5	Appointed	Alois Wagner †	Permanent Observer of the Roman Curia - Other	Permanent Observer Emeritus
68.5	Appointed	Alois Wagner †	Titular Archbishop of Siccenna	Permanent Observer Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
3 Oct	30.8	Ordained Priest	Paul Adegboyega Olawoore †	Priest of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop of Ilorin, Nigeria
62.7	Installed	Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
25.7	Ordained Priest	Davide Carbonaro, O.M.D.	Priest of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Gristina	Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
35.5	Ordained Priest	Daniel Jodoin	Priest of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
4 Oct	66.1	Ordained Bishop	Armando Bortolaso, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Raphanea	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
26.1	Ordained Priest	Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya	Priest of Pereira, Colombia	Bishop of Buenaventura, Colombia
24.9	Ordained Priest	Carlos José de Oliveira	Priest of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
6 Oct	39.8	Appointed	Daniel Marco Kur Adwok	Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan
39.8	Appointed	Daniel Marco Kur Adwok	Titular Bishop of Moxori	Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum, Sudan
62.1	Appointed	Kenneth Anthony Angell †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	John Jerome Cunneen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	John Jerome Cunneen †	Titular Bishop of Eanach Dúin	Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand
60.6	Appointed	Joseph D’Silva †	Bishop of Bellary, India
44.9	Appointed	Frumencio Escudero Arenas	Vicar Apostolic of Puyo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.9	Appointed	Frumencio Escudero Arenas	Titular Bishop of Cincari	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puyo, Ecuador
60.8	Appointed	James Henry Garland	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
83.5	Died	Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
69.6	Retired	Mark Francis Schmitt †	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
43.9	Appointed	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Roman Curia - Other
55.2	Appointed	Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I.	Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
78.1	Retired	Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bellary, India	Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo †	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela	Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela
55.3	Appointed	Faustino Sainz Muñoz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio
10 Oct	76.5	Retired	Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M. †	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Isidore Battikha, B.A.	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria
75.5	Retired	Giovanni Benedetti †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	Arduino Bertoldo †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Gabriel Antonio Camilo González	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal	Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
26.3	Ordained Priest	Franz Jung	Priest of Speyer, Germany	Bishop of Würzburg, Germany
11 Oct	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Audo, S.J.	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria
71.7	Died	Ignatius Ghattas, B.S. †	Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
144.5	Canonized	St. Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, O.A.R. †	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
31.1	Solemn Vows	Michele Petruzzelli, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
26.0	Ordained Priest	José Rico Pavés	Priest	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
12 Oct	31.7	Perpetual Vows	Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
71.0	Appointed	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Nuncio to México	Apostolic Nuncio
13 Oct	54.2	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Galante †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
54.2	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Galante †	Titular Bishop of Equilium	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
56.3	Appointed	Edward Urban Kmiec †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA
75.6	Retired	James Daniel Niedergeses †	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	75.0	Retired	Jean Hermil †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Bishop Emeritus
16 Oct	60.0	Appointed	Bertrand Blanchet	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
70.1	Resigned	Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Michelangelo Riccardo Maria Tiribilli, O.S.B.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
17 Oct	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Béla Balás	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius	Bishop Emeritus of Kaposvár, Hungary
24.9	Perpetual Vows	Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M.	Member of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)	Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
18 Oct	81.9	Died	Giuseppe Bonfiglioli †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
25.7	Solemn Vows	Raimondo Girgis, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria
88.1	Died	William Andrew Hart †	Bishop Emeritus of Dunkeld, Scotland, Great Britain
29.5	Ordained Priest	Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Archbishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
72.3	Installed	Joseph Tsong Huaide (Zhong Huaide) †	Bishop of Sanyuan [Sanyüan], China	Bishop Emeritus
19 Oct	59.0	Appointed	Florencio Olvera Ochoa †	Bishop of Tabasco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
20 Oct	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Rayappu Joseph †	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
21 Oct	51.0	Confirmed	José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B.	Abbot of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
23 Oct	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Georges El-Murr, B.C. †	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan	Archbishop Emeritus
81.8	Died	José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC. †	Prelate Emeritus of Ayaviri, Peru
24 Oct	25.6	Ordained Priest	Charbel Yusef Abdallah	Priest of Tyr (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop
34.0	Ordained Priest	Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop-Elect of Pisa, Italy
26.6	Ordained Priest	Paul Tawat Singsa	Priest of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	Bishop
25 Oct	70.1	Died	Arnulfo Surtida Arcilla †	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop
36.8	Ordained Priest	Dmytro (Bohdan) Hryhorak, O.S.B.M.	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
57.5	Ordained Bishop	Hans-Georg Koitz	Titular Bishop of Cantanus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
26.2	Ordained Deacon	Attilio Nostro	Deacon of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea, Italy
24.6	Ordained Deacon	Paolo Ricciardi	Deacon of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
27 Oct	69.5	Died	José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Chota, Peru
30 Oct	76.0	Retired	Teodoro Cardenal Fernández †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
87.8	Died	[Paul Kong Ling-zhong], P.S.S. †	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
66.2	Appointed	Santiago Martínez Acebes †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
31 Oct	47.3	Installed	Antonio José López Castillo †	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
33.7	Ordained Priest	Brian Gregory Mascord	Priest of Maitland, Australia	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia
74.7	Died	Giovanni Décimo Pellegrini, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cuevo, Bolivia

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