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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Oct29.1AppointedJoseph MurphyOfficial of the Secretariat of StateUnder Secretary
2 Oct26.2Ordained DeaconErik Thomas PohlmeierDeacon of Little Rock, Arkansas, USABishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
59.6AppointedAntonio Maria VegliòApostolic Nuncio to LebanonCardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
59.6AppointedAntonio Maria VegliòApostolic Nuncio to KuwaitCardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
59.6AppointedAntonio Maria VegliòApostolic Delegate to Arabian PeninsulaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
3 Oct82.7DiedPierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. †Bishop Emeritus of Tarawa, Kiribati, Pacific (Oceania)
4 Oct48.5InstalledJosip BozanićArchbishop of Zagreb, CroatiaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.5InstalledLorenzo ChiarinelliBishop of Viterbo, ItalyBishop Emeritus
78.0DiedFrancisco Raval CrucesArchbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
59.5Ordained BishopSilvano MontevecchiBishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
25.9Perpetual VowsAlejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B.Member of Salesians of Saint John BoscoAuxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
5 Oct24.0Ordained DeaconGeorgios AltouvasDeacon of Athēnai {Athens}, GreeceArchbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
62.1Ordained BishopÉmile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †Titular Bishop of AltavaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
83.9DiedHeinrich ForerAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
81.2DiedBernard YagoCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
6 Oct79.6DiedWarren Louis BoudreauxBishop Emeritus of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
86.3DiedAntonio D’ErchiaBishop Emeritus of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
81.2DiedAloysius Nobuo SomaBishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
7 Oct27.2Ordained PriestJesús Omar Alemán ChávezPriest of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, MéxicoBishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
58.8InstalledTerence John BrainBishop of Salford, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
48.3Ordained BishopDaniel Nicholas DiNardoCoadjutor Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USACardinal, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
60.5ResignedAntonio FrancoApostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, UkraineApostolic Nuncio
78.7Died[James Li Shu-ren], O.S.A. †Bishop of Yueyang [Yochow], China
45.8AppointedAntal Majnek, O.F.M.Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia, UkraineBishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine
43.3Ordained BishopJulius MarandiBishop of Dumka, India
8 Oct43.3AppointedFlávio Giovenale, S.D.B.Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, BrazilBishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
10 Oct55.8Ordained BishopJean-Michel Alain di Falco LéandriTitular Bishop of VallisBishop Emeritus of Gap-Embrun, France
44.4Ordained BishopPierre Paul Oscar d’Ornellas, I.N.D.V.Titular Bishop of NaraggaraArchbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
69.0AppointedIstván KatonaAuxiliary Bishop of Eger, HungaryAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
60.3AppointedAlois Kothgasser, S.D.B. †Bishop of Innsbruck, AustriaArchbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
73.5DiedGregorius Manteiro, S.V.D. †Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia
75.8RetiredReinhold StecherBishop of Innsbruck, AustriaBishop Emeritus
50.6SucceededPeter TurangArchbishop of Kupang, IndonesiaArchbishop Emeritus
11 Oct53.8Ordained BishopLeonardo SandriTitular Archbishop of AemonaCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
31.7Ordained PriestPetko ValovPriest of Sofia (Bulgarian), BulgariaBishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
53.7AppointedChristian WernerTitular Bishop of Wiener NeustadtBishop Emeritus of Austria, Military
12 Oct34.7Ordained PriestGonzalo Arturo Bravo ÁlvarezPriest of Valparaíso, ChileBishop of San Felipe, Chile
50.8Ordained BishopJoseph Serge MiotCoadjutor Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, HaïtiArchbishop
24.4Ordained DeaconMarián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R.Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerBishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada
14 Oct75.1ResignedRosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City StateCardinal, President Emeritus
58.5AppointedPeter FernandoApostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli, IndiaArchbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
69.0ResignedGabriel Lawrence SengolBishop of Tiruchirapalli, IndiaBishop Emeritus
70.0AppointedEdmund Casimir SzokaPresident of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City StateCardinal, President Emeritus
16 Oct68.6AppointedNestor AssogbaArchbishop of Parakou, BeninArchbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
52.4AppointedSalvadore LoboBishop of Baruipur, IndiaBishop Emeritus
18 Oct80.3DiedPierre-Auguste-Marie BoussardBishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
84.4DiedWalter William CurtisBishop Emeritus of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
36.8Ordained PriestOliver Dashe DoemePriest of Jos, NigeriaBishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria
69.5ResignedJoseph Kesenge WandangakonguBishop of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
24.7Ordained DeaconJenry Orlando Ruiz MoraDeacon of Juticalpa, HondurasBishop of Trujillo, Honduras
19 Oct52.7Ordained BishopValério Breda, S.D.B. †Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
26.9Ordained DeaconMiguel Ángel Castro MuñozDeacon of Puebla de los Ángeles, MéxicoBishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
53.9Ordained BishopCyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M.Titular Bishop of SimidiccaBishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
64.6Ordained BishopJean Sommeng VorachakTitular Bishop of Muzuca in ProconsulariVicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
20 Oct65.8DiedRené Lucien PicandetBishop of Orléans, France
21 Oct50.6AppointedDaniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USABishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
50.6AppointedDaniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.Titular Bishop of AmantiaBishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA
22 Oct79.6DiedFranco IlliaArchbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
23 Oct77.3RetiredCharles Amarin BrandArchbishop of Strasbourg, FranceArchbishop Emeritus
61.0AppointedJoseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S.Archbishop of Strasbourg, FranceArchbishop Emeritus
24 Oct23.9Perpetual VowsFrancisco Javier Acero Pérez, O.A.R.Member of Order of Augustinian RecollectsAuxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
41.0AppointedPeter Kwaku AtuaheneBishop of Goaso, Ghana
48.3AppointedDavid Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.Bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville, Québec, CanadaBishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
35.1IncardinatedElias FrankPriest of Asansol, IndiaBishop
29.5Ordained PriestJorge Ignacio García CuervaPriest of San Isidro, ArgentinaArchbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
75.7RetiredErnst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. †Archbishop of Bulawayo, ZimbabweArchbishop Emeritus
50.9AppointedAdriano Langa, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo, MozambiqueBishop Emeritus of Inhambane, Mozambique
50.9AppointedAdriano Langa, O.F.M.Titular Bishop of BaiaBishop Emeritus of Inhambane, Mozambique
52.8AppointedTomé Makhweliha, S.C.I.Bishop of Pemba, MozambiqueArchbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique
38.3AppointedAlfred Adewale MartinsBishop of Abeokuta, NigeriaArchbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
52.5AppointedCyprian MonisBishop of Asansol, IndiaBishop Emeritus
49.1AppointedJose MukalaBishop of Kohima, IndiaBishop Emeritus
50.8AppointedPius Alick Mvundla NcubeArchbishop of Bulawayo, ZimbabweArchbishop Emeritus
50.0AppointedJean NtagwararaBishop of Bubanza, BurundiBishop Emeritus
50.2AppointedJoseph Ignace RandrianasoloAuxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo, MadagascarBishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar
50.2AppointedJoseph Ignace RandrianasoloTitular Bishop of MilevumBishop Emeritus of Mahajanga, Madagascar
25 Oct30.1Ordained PriestWaldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R. †Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerVicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
57.3ResignedFerdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Ambanja, MadagascarBishop Emeritus
33.6Ordained PriestCesare Di PietroPriest of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, ItalyAuxiliary Bishop
59.5InstalledSilvano MontevecchiBishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
25.1Ordained DeaconLucio NicolettoDeacon of Padova {Padua}, ItalyPrelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
26.9Ordained PriestFernando Daniel RodríguezPriest of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
88.4DiedLino ZaniniOfficial Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
26 Oct45.4Ordained BishopPatrick HoogmartensCoadjutor Bishop of Hasselt, BelgiumBishop
66.7InstalledLouis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.Bishop of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus
27.8Ordained PriestTesfaldet Tekie TsadaPriestApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
41.2Ordained BishopFrançois-Xavier YombandjeBishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African RepublicBishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
28 Oct63.7AppointedAlexander Joseph BrunettArchbishop of Seattle, Washington, USAArchbishop Emeritus
60.6AppointedJohn George VlaznyArchbishop of Portland in Oregon, USAArchbishop Emeritus
29 Oct76.7DiedFrancis Roland Lambert, S.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
62.6AppointedAlbino Mamede CletoCoadjutor Bishop of Coimbra, PortugalBishop Emeritus
62.5AppointedJosé Augusto Martins Fernandes PedreiraBishop of Viana do Castelo, PortugalBishop Emeritus
80.6DiedJoseph Valerius SequeiraBishop Emeritus of Pathein, Myanmar
31 Oct48.1Ordained BishopAldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. †Coadjutor Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus of Paraíba, Brazil
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