The Year of Our Lord 2000

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Sep 25.5 Ordained Priest Parsegh (Manuel) Baghdassarian, I.C.P.B. Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Auxiliary Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA

64.1 Ordained Bishop Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Malindi, Kenya

45.2 Ordained Bishop Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador

3 Sep 53.9 Installed Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

208.3 Beatified Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

58.8 Installed Peter Takeo Okada † Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

51.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I. Titular Bishop of Elicroca Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

182.6 Beatified Bl. Tommaso Reggio † Archbishop of Genova, Italy

118.7 Beatified St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

4 Sep 77.1 Died Marco René Revelo Contreras † Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

77.8 Died Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

7 Sep 72.6 Resigned Gervazio Moses Chisendera † Bishop of Dedza, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed Vincent Michael Concessao Archbishop of Delhi, India Archbishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Oswald Gracias Archbishop of Agra, India Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India

76.8 Retired Achille Silvestrini † Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. † Bishop of Dedza, Malawi Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi

8 Sep 56.3 Ordained Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli Titular Bishop of Enera Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA

58.7 Ordained Bishop Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. † Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

9 Sep 60.7 Ordained Bishop Daniel Caro Borda Titular Bishop of Rusibisir Bishop Emeritus of Soacha, Colombia

29.4 Ordained Priest Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru

65.5 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. † Bishop of Sendai, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan

64.7 Ordained Bishop Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S. Titular Bishop of Thibilis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands

29.9 Ordained Priest Stephen James Lawrence Wright Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

10 Sep 49.0 Ordained Bishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France Archbishop of Paris, France

12 Sep 53.0 Ordained Bishop Antonio Mennini Titular Archbishop of Ferentium Official of the Secretariat of State

75.9 Died Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R. † Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

15 Sep 47.5 Ordained Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani Bishop of Urawa, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Saitama, Japan

16 Sep 25.2 Ordained Deacon Francisco Agamenilton Damascena Deacon of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil

48.0 Ordained Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa Coadjutor Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi Archbishop of Bujumbura, Burundi

70.1 Appointed Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni Titular Archbishop of Mardin dei Siri Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

70.1 Appointed Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Curial Bishop Emeritus

70.1 Resigned Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

75.7 Retired Sennen Corrà † Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

32.8 Ordained Priest Peter Antony Wyman Croos Priest of Chilaw, Sri Lanka Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

89.8 Died Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Bhagalpur, India

75.0 Retired Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

75.0 Retired Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

33.9 Ordained Priest Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam Priest of Colombo, Sri Lanka Auxiliary Bishop

65.4 Appointed Ovidio Poletto Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

66.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista Re Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

66.6 Appointed Giovanni Battista Re President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals

56.8 Appointed Leonardo Sandri Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

17 Sep 27.7 Ordained Priest Paolo Andreolli, S.X. Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

51.7 Ordained Bishop Gebhard Fürst Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany Bishop Emeritus

33.5 Ordained Priest Emile Mushosho Matabaro Priest of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Dungu-Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

45.0 Ordained Bishop José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. † Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

47.9 Ordained Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm. Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France

19 Sep 29.7 Perpetual Vows Donatien Francis Randriamalala, M.S. Member of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar

22 Sep 82.6 Died Vincenzo Fagiolo † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts

23 Sep 52.5 Ordained Bishop Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P. Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

37.9 Ordained Priest Roberto Orendain Gaa Priest of Manila, Philippines Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines

52.9 Ordained Bishop Juan del Río Martín † Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Archbishop of Spain, Military

62.4 Ordained Bishop Genival Saraiva de França Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Installed Orazio Soricelli Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

24 Sep 64.1 Installed Elio Tinti † Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 75.2 Died Michael Dallat † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

26 Sep 52.2 Ordained Bishop Dario Campos, O.F.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

89.9 Died Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

27 Sep 62.1 Ordained Bishop Anthony Joseph Burgess † Coadjutor Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

68.4 Appointed Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)

59.3 Appointed Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B. Curial Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France

59.3 Appointed Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B. Titular Bishop of Melitene degli Armeni Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France

28 Sep 87.8 Died Laureano Castán Lacoma † Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

79.6 Died Michele Alfredo Marra, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

29 Sep 75.5 Died Alejandro Figueroa Medina † Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela

30 Sep 41.1 Ordained Bishop Alphonse Liguori Chaupa † Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

30.4 Ordained Priest Giordano Rota, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Sep	25.5	Ordained Priest	Parsegh (Manuel) Baghdassarian, I.C.P.B.	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Auxiliary Bishop of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (Armenian), California, USA
64.1	Ordained Bishop	Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Malindi, Kenya
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador
3 Sep	53.9	Installed	Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
208.3	Beatified	Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
58.8	Installed	Peter Takeo Okada †	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Elicroca	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
182.6	Beatified	Bl. Tommaso Reggio †	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
118.7	Beatified	St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
4 Sep	77.1	Died	Marco René Revelo Contreras †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
77.8	Died	Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
7 Sep	72.6	Resigned	Gervazio Moses Chisendera †	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	Vincent Michael Concessao	Archbishop of Delhi, India	Archbishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Oswald Gracias	Archbishop of Agra, India	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
76.8	Retired	Achille Silvestrini †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi	Archbishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi
8 Sep	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Joseph Serratelli	Titular Bishop of Enera	Bishop Emeritus of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. †	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
9 Sep	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Caro Borda	Titular Bishop of Rusibisir	Bishop Emeritus of Soacha, Colombia
29.4	Ordained Priest	Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan
64.7	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, S.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Thibilis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands
29.9	Ordained Priest	Stephen James Lawrence Wright	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
10 Sep	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France	Archbishop of Paris, France
12 Sep	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Mennini	Titular Archbishop of Ferentium	Official of the Secretariat of State
75.9	Died	Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R. †	Prelate Emeritus of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Sep	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Marcellino Taiji Tani	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Saitama, Japan
16 Sep	25.2	Ordained Deacon	Francisco Agamenilton Damascena	Deacon of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil	Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlândia, Goias, Brazil
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Gervais Banshimiyubusa	Coadjutor Bishop of Ngozi, Burundi	Archbishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
70.1	Appointed	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Titular Archbishop of Mardin dei Siri	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
70.1	Appointed	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus
70.1	Resigned	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
75.7	Retired	Sennen Corrà †	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
32.8	Ordained Priest	Peter Antony Wyman Croos	Priest of Chilaw, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
89.8	Died	Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bhagalpur, India
75.0	Retired	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
75.0	Retired	Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
33.9	Ordained Priest	Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam	Priest of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Auxiliary Bishop
65.4	Appointed	Ovidio Poletto	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
66.6	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Re	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
56.8	Appointed	Leonardo Sandri	Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
17 Sep	27.7	Ordained Priest	Paolo Andreolli, S.X.	Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Gebhard Fürst	Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
33.5	Ordained Priest	Emile Mushosho Matabaro	Priest of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Dungu-Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
45.0	Ordained Bishop	José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †	Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France
19 Sep	29.7	Perpetual Vows	Donatien Francis Randriamalala, M.S.	Member of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar
22 Sep	82.6	Died	Vincenzo Fagiolo †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
23 Sep	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P.	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
37.9	Ordained Priest	Roberto Orendain Gaa	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop of Novaliches, Philippines
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Juan del Río Martín †	Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Archbishop of Spain, Military
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Genival Saraiva de França	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Installed	Orazio Soricelli	Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
24 Sep	64.1	Installed	Elio Tinti †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	75.2	Died	Michael Dallat †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
26 Sep	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Dario Campos, O.F.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
89.9	Died	Paul Joseph Marie Gouyon †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
27 Sep	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Joseph Burgess †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
68.4	Appointed	Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Greece (Armenian)
59.3	Appointed	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Curial Bishop of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
59.3	Appointed	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Titular Bishop of Melitene degli Armeni	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
28 Sep	87.8	Died	Laureano Castán Lacoma †	Bishop Emeritus of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
79.6	Died	Michele Alfredo Marra, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
29 Sep	75.5	Died	Alejandro Figueroa Medina †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela
30 Sep	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Liguori Chaupa †	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni	Bishop Emeritus of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
30.4	Ordained Priest	Giordano Rota, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

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