The Year of Our Lord 2024

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 67.3 Appointed Francis Victor Bestion Bishop of Blois, France

57.0 Appointed Samuele Sangalli Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization

2 Oct 60.7 Appointed Klaus Matthias Krämer Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany Bishop-Elect

58.6 Ceased Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo Apostolic Administrator of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia

49.7 Installed William Prieto Daza Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia

4 Oct 56.7 Appointed Elias Lumayog Ayuban, Jr., C.M.F. Bishop of Cubao, Philippines Bishop-Elect

55.7 Appointed Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez Bishop of Pereira, Colombia

53.5 Appointed Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M. Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru

76.1 Retired Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez Bishop of Pereira, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

75.9 Retired Honesto Flores Ongtioco Bishop of Cubao, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

5 Oct 64.9 Ceased Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó, Colombia Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia

91.5 Died Helmut Bauer † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

57.5 Installed Wiston Mosquera Moreno Bishop of Quibdó, Colombia

60.5 Ordained Bishop Jean Bosco Ntagungira Bishop of Butare, Rwanda

6 Oct 56.2 Installed Robert Cissé Archbishop of Bamako, Mali

53.8 Appointed Baldassare Reina Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

90.5 Died Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Tzaneen, South Africa

64.8 Installed Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

7 Oct 52.5 Appointed Marko Medo Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia Bishop-Elect

8 Oct 76.9 Retired Agustín Cortés Soriano Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain Bishop Emeritus

71.7 Resigned Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto Bishop of Sindhudurg, India Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Xabier Gómez García, O.P. Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain Bishop-Elect

83.0 Died Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Maumere, Indonesia

79.0 Died [Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X. † Bishop

9 Oct 52.5 Ordained Bishop Dominic Nguyễn Tuan Anh Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam

10 Oct 79.4 Retired Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P. Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

11 Oct 69.3 Died Vicente Juan Segura † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

93.5 Died Jean Alix Verrier † Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti

12 Oct 51.5 Installed Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi Bishop of Kenya, Military Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya

52.2 Ceased John Njue Njeru Apostolic Administrator of Kenya, Military Priest of Embu, Kenya

83.4 Died Edward Ozorowski † Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland

13 Oct 58.1 Installed Estêvão Binga Bishop of Ganda, Angola

45.0 Ordained Bishop Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar

84.3 Died Donal Brendan Murray † Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Ireland

14 Oct 66.2 Appointed Timothy John Norton, S.V.D. Bishop of Broome, Australia

15 Oct 58.0 Appointed Ruben Caballero Labajo Bishop of Prosperidad, Philippines

52.8 Appointed Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

52.8 Appointed Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión Titular Archbishop of Rosella Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras

17 Oct 75.5 Retired Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R. Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Johannes Liku Ada’ Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

45.3 Appointed Petro Loza, C.SS.R. Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine

50.7 Appointed Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U. Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

75.1 Retired Stephan Meniok, C.SS.R. Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archiepiscopal Exarch Emeritus

44.4 Appointed Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B. Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine

75.2 Retired Vasyl Semeniuk Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Archbishop Emeritus

18 Oct 60.8 Appointed Nolly Camingue Buco Bishop of Catarman, Philippines

62.3 Appointed Juan Gómez Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

78.9 Died Paulo Sérgio Machado † Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

55.0 Appointed Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic

19 Oct 57.3 Ordained Bishop Piotr Tomasz Kleszcz, O.F.M. Conv. Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Łódź, Poland

54.7 Ordained Bishop Zbigniew Daniel Wołkowicz Titular Bishop of Vassinassa Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Łódź, Poland

20 Oct 80.5 Died Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines

85.4 Died Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola

21 Oct Appointed Vartan Kirakos Kazanjian Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

87.3 Died Giovanni Battista Morandini † Apostolic Nuncio

81.0 Retired Boghos Lévon Zékiyan Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

22 Oct 62.6 Installed Luis José Rueda Aparicio Cardinal-Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

23 Oct 59.0 Appointed Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C. Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador

68.3 Appointed Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I. Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador

25 Oct 51.2 Appointed George Jacob Koovakad Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei Official of the Secretariat of State

53.9 Appointed Baldassare Reina Titular Archbishop of Aquae in Mauretania Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

53.9 Appointed Baldassare Reina Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica} Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy

55.8 Installed Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

54.4 Ordained Bishop Matthew Zhen Xuebin Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China

59.7 Ceased Zbigniew Jan Zieliński Apostolic Administrator of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

26 Oct 51.5 Appointed Joseph Vu Cong Vien Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

51.5 Appointed Joseph Vu Cong Vien Titular Bishop of Zama Major Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

28 Oct 68.0 Appointed Stephen Brislin Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

92.7 Died Franz Kamphaus † Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany

64.8 Ordained Bishop Kevin Thomas Kenney Titular Bishop of Chunavia Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

91.9 Died Renato Raffaele Martino † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

59.9 Appointed Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

59.9 Appointed Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi Apostolic Nuncio to Togo Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

59.9 Appointed Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi Titular Archbishop of Ursona Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

76.8 Retired Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus

29 Oct 51.5 Appointed John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F. Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar Bishop-Elect

56.6 Appointed Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia Bishop-Elect

The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.

31 Oct 60.0 Installed Richard Garth Henning Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	67.3	Appointed	Francis Victor Bestion	Bishop of Blois, France
57.0	Appointed	Samuele Sangalli	Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization
2 Oct	60.7	Appointed	Klaus Matthias Krämer	Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany	Bishop-Elect
58.6	Ceased	Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo	Apostolic Administrator of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia	Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia
49.7	Installed	William Prieto Daza	Bishop of San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia
4 Oct	56.7	Appointed	Elias Lumayog Ayuban, Jr., C.M.F.	Bishop of Cubao, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
55.7	Appointed	Nelson Jair Cardona Ramírez	Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
53.5	Appointed	Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M.	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
76.1	Retired	Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez	Bishop of Pereira, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
75.9	Retired	Honesto Flores Ongtioco	Bishop of Cubao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
5 Oct	64.9	Ceased	Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez	Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó, Colombia	Bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
91.5	Died	Helmut Bauer †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
57.5	Installed	Wiston Mosquera Moreno	Bishop of Quibdó, Colombia
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Jean Bosco Ntagungira	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
6 Oct	56.2	Installed	Robert Cissé	Archbishop of Bamako, Mali
53.8	Appointed	Baldassare Reina	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
90.5	Died	Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tzaneen, South Africa
64.8	Installed	Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
7 Oct	52.5	Appointed	Marko Medo	Bishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia	Bishop-Elect
8 Oct	76.9	Retired	Agustín Cortés Soriano	Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
71.7	Resigned	Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto	Bishop of Sindhudurg, India	Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Xabier Gómez García, O.P.	Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain	Bishop-Elect
83.0	Died	Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Maumere, Indonesia
79.0	Died	[Bernard Tissier de Mallerais], S.S.P.X. †	Bishop
9 Oct	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Dominic Nguyễn Tuan Anh	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia	Auxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
10 Oct	79.4	Retired	Kazimierz Wielikosielec, O.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
11 Oct	69.3	Died	Vicente Juan Segura †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain
93.5	Died	Jean Alix Verrier †	Bishop Emeritus of Les Cayes, Haïti
12 Oct	51.5	Installed	Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi	Bishop of Kenya, Military	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
52.2	Ceased	John Njue Njeru	Apostolic Administrator of Kenya, Military	Priest of Embu, Kenya
83.4	Died	Edward Ozorowski †	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
13 Oct	58.1	Installed	Estêvão Binga	Bishop of Ganda, Angola
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
84.3	Died	Donal Brendan Murray †	Bishop Emeritus of Limerick, Ireland
14 Oct	66.2	Appointed	Timothy John Norton, S.V.D.	Bishop of Broome, Australia
15 Oct	58.0	Appointed	Ruben Caballero Labajo	Bishop of Prosperidad, Philippines
52.8	Appointed	Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
52.8	Appointed	Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión	Titular Archbishop of Rosella	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
17 Oct	75.5	Retired	Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Johannes Liku Ada’	Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
45.3	Appointed	Petro Loza, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
50.7	Appointed	Teodor (Taras) Martynyuk, M.S.U.	Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
75.1	Retired	Stephan Meniok, C.SS.R.	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archiepiscopal Exarch Emeritus
44.4	Appointed	Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B.	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donets’k (Ukrainian), Ukraine
75.2	Retired	Vasyl Semeniuk	Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Oct	60.8	Appointed	Nolly Camingue Buco	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines
62.3	Appointed	Juan Gómez	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
78.9	Died	Paulo Sérgio Machado †	Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
55.0	Appointed	Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic
19 Oct	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Tomasz Kleszcz, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Łódź, Poland
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Zbigniew Daniel Wołkowicz	Titular Bishop of Vassinassa	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Łódź, Poland
20 Oct	80.5	Died	Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sorsogon, Philippines
85.4	Died	Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
21 Oct		Appointed	Vartan Kirakos Kazanjian	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
87.3	Died	Giovanni Battista Morandini †	Apostolic Nuncio
81.0	Retired	Boghos Lévon Zékiyan	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Oct	62.6	Installed	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Cardinal-Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
23 Oct	59.0	Appointed	Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C.	Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
68.3	Appointed	Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
25 Oct	51.2	Appointed	George Jacob Koovakad	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei	Official of the Secretariat of State
53.9	Appointed	Baldassare Reina	Titular Archbishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
53.9	Appointed	Baldassare Reina	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
55.8	Installed	Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Matthew Zhen Xuebin	Coadjutor Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
59.7	Ceased	Zbigniew Jan Zieliński	Apostolic Administrator of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
26 Oct	51.5	Appointed	Joseph Vu Cong Vien	Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
51.5	Appointed	Joseph Vu Cong Vien	Titular Bishop of Zama Major	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
28 Oct	68.0	Appointed	Stephen Brislin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
92.7	Died	Franz Kamphaus †	Bishop Emeritus of Limburg, Germany
64.8	Ordained Bishop	Kevin Thomas Kenney	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
91.9	Died	Renato Raffaele Martino †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
59.9	Appointed	Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
59.9	Appointed	Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
59.9	Appointed	Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi	Titular Archbishop of Ursona	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin
76.8	Retired	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Oct	51.5	Appointed	John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F.	Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Bishop-Elect
56.6	Appointed	Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia	Bishop-Elect
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
31 Oct	60.0	Installed	Richard Garth Henning	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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