The Year of Our Lord 1931

Bishop Events

September to October

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	35.0	Resigned	Bartolom� Adorno †	Bishop-Elect of Villarrica, Paraguay	Priest
	Born	Amedeus Msarikie †		Bishop Emeritus of Moshi, Tanzania
1 Sep	48.2	Appointed	Vittorio Consigliere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola, Italy
25.7	Entered	Marcel-Fran�ois Joseph Marie Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
45.9	Appointed	Francesco Potenza †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
2 Sep		Born	L�cio Ign�cio Baumgaertner †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
22.7	Final Vows	Tom�s Francisco Reilly, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
3 Sep		Born	Joseph Edward Troy †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
4 Sep	19.3	Professed	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
6 Sep	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Jos� Horacio Campillo Infante †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
	Born	Jiř� Krp�lek †		Bishop
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Mancinelli †	Titular Bishop of Nazianzus	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	Born	Bassano Staffieri †		Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy
24.9	Ordained Priest	Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
7 Sep	63.8	Died	Victor Arri�n (Arrieu) †	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
8 Sep	25.6	Final Vows	Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
35.1	Perpetual Vows	Heinrich Bliestle, M.S.F. †	Member of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	Superior General Emeritus
19.1	Professed	Jean Eug�ne Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Majunga, Madagascar
51.9	Installed	Francesco Gardini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
25.7	Professed	Marcel-Fran�ois Joseph Marie Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
9 Sep		Born	Vincent Michael Rizzotto †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
29.9	Professed	Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
11 Sep		Born	Vincent Malone †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
12 Sep		Born	Fernando Charrier †		Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy
49.4	Appointed	Cl�ment Joseph Mathieu †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
53.6	Appointed	Fran�ois-Marie Picaud †	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France	Bishop Emeritus
13 Sep	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Thmuis	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada
	Born	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
14 Sep	24.4	Ordained Priest	Philippe Nabaa, S.M.S.P. †	Priest of Societ� dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
80.7	Died	Francesco Ragonesi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
15 Sep	15.0	Entered	Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. †	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
16 Sep		Born	Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland
18 Sep		Born	Hubert Constant, O.M.I. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Ha�tien, Ha�ti
19 Sep	22.4	Ordained Priest	Carlo Colombo †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Sep	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Martin Fox †	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
21 Sep	26.4	Ordained Priest	Antoon Demets, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Roseau, Dominica, Antilles
61.1	Died	Thomas Dunn †	Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Vittore Rosario Fernandes †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
84.5	Died	Karol J�zef Fischer †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	Born	Marcel Andr� Joseph Gervais †		Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	Born	Oscar Hugh Lipscomb †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
24.6	Ordained Priest	Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
23 Sep	47.9	Appointed	Amedeo Polidori †	Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24 Sep		Born	Medardo Joseph Mazombwe †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
25 Sep		Born	Jes�s Dom�nguez G�mez †		Bishop of Coria-C�ceres, Spain
58.9	Appointed	Louis-Joseph Gaillard †	Archbishop of Tours, France
	Appointed	Bertrand Labb�, O.P. †	Superior of Mossul, Iraq	Superior Emeritus
26 Sep		Born	Joseph Hubert Hart †		Bishop Emeritus of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
47.0	Appointed	Antonio Mantiero †	Bishop of Patti, Italy	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
50.8	Resigned	Pedro Segura y S�enz †	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
28 Sep	57.2	Installed	Ferdinando Bernardi †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
57.1	Died	Johannes Hillebrand †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
63.7	Resigned	Gerard-Joseph Hoogers, C.I.C.M. †	Superior of Tatungfu, China	Superior Emeritus
63.2	Died	J�zsef L�nyi de K�smark †	Bishop of Knin (Tinin), Croatia
29 Sep		Born	Victor Herman Balke		Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Albert Henri Charles Breton, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of S�o Lu�s do Maranh�o, Brazil
	Born	Isak Doera †		Bishop Emeritus of Sintang, Indonesia
67.1	Ceased	Antonio Anastasio Rossi †	Apostolic Administrator of Patti, Italy	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
30 Sep	51.0	Appointed	Domenico Argnani †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy
	Born	Francisco Batistela, C.Ss.R. †		Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
50.8	Appointed	Nicol� Frazioli †	Bishop of Bosa, Italy
44.4	Appointed	Giovanni Giorgis †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Susa, Italy
	Born	Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga †		Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
1 Oct		Born	Jacques Louis Marie Joseph Fihey †		Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
2 Oct		Born	John Walter Yanta †		Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA
3 Oct		Born	Eugenio Corecco †		Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
4 Oct	23.7	Ordained Priest	Pompeu de S� Le�o y Seabra, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Malanje, Angola
28.1	Ordained Priest	Leo D’Mello †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
25.0	Ordained Priest	Vivian Anthony Dyer †	Priest	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
19.2	Entered	Arturo Gerrit Jo�o Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. †	Member of Augustinians of the Assumption	Bishop Emeritus of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Oct	69.6	Died	Timothy Casey †	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
51.9	Succeeded	William Mark Duke †	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
47.3	Appointed	Pierre-Marie Durieux †	Bishop of Viviers, France	Archbishop of Chamb�ry, France
	Born	Jan Wiktor Nowak †		Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
6 Oct	86.7	Died	Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cartagena (en Espa�a)
8 Oct	19.7	First Vows	Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. †	Member of Augustinians of the Assumption	Bishop Emeritus of Tul�ar, Madagascar
9 Oct	75.4	Elected	Avedis B�dros XIV Arpiarian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
75.4	Elected	Avedis B�dros XIV Arpiarian †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
80.1	Died	Jos� Joaqu�n P�rez y Budar †	Archbishop
	Born	Leo Schwarz †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
10 Oct	30.7	Entered	No�l Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
	Born	Flavien Joseph Melki		Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
11 Oct		Born	Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac †		Bishop of N�mes (-Uz�s e Al�s), France
61.7	Died	Ferenc Gossman †	Auxiliary Bishop of V�c, Hungary
25.8	Ordained Priest	William Charles Quinn, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Yujiang [Y�kiang], China
22.5	Ordained Priest	J�zef Rozwadowski †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ł�dź, Poland
12 Oct	59.3	Appointed	Bonaventura Cerretti †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
	Born	Di�genes da Silva Matthes †		Bishop Emeritus of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Oct	16.7	Professed	Agostino (Dante) Trap�, O.S.A. †	Member of Order of St. Augustine	Prior General Emeritus
14 Oct	56.9	Died	Teodoro Gordaliza y S�nchez, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam
56.7	Installed	Ren�-Pierre Mignen †	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
15 Oct	77.3	Retired	Nicola Cicero (Ciceri), C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kianfu, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.1	Succeeded	Gaetano Mignani, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kianfu, China	Bishop of Ji’an [Kian], China
16 Oct	75.5	Confirmed	Avedis B�dros XIV Arpiarian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
75.5	Confirmed	Avedis B�dros XIV Arpiarian †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
58.5	Appointed	John Meehan, C.S.Sp. †	Superior of Gambia	Superior Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
65.3	Appointed	Hermann Joseph Str�ter †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
52.5	Appointed	Basile Octave Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
19 Oct	66.4	Died	Jean-Pierre-Marie Fayolle, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
	Born	Frank Marcus Fernando †		Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
59.5	Succeeded	Louis-Nestor Renault, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Suifu [Yibin], China
31.4	Appointed	Agust�n Rodr�guez †	Bishop of Villarrica, Paraguay	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
20 Oct	73.2	Appointed	Giacomo Ghio †	Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
73.2	Resigned	Giacomo Ghio †	Archbishop of Urbino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.		Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
21 Oct		Born	Louis Jean Dufaux †		Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
22 Oct		Born	William Benedict Friend †		Bishop Emeritus of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
61.4	Appointed	Karel Boromejsk� Kašpar †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
69.4	Appointed	Josef Kupka †	Bishop of Brno, Czechia
62.5	Appointed	Mořic P�cha †	Bishop of Hradec Kr�lov�, Czechia
53.9	Appointed	Antonin Alois Weber †	Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia	Bishop Emeritus
23 Oct	46.9	Appointed	Ant�nio Valente da Fonseca †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	Ant�nio Valente da Fonseca †	Titular Bishop of Ceramus	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
	Born	Helmut Kr�tzl †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
77.0	Appointed	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Titular Archbishop of Aegina	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
77.0	Retired	Franz Borgia Sedej †	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Oct	26.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Prefect Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal
23.1	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Fern�ndez Feo-Tinoco †	Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of San Crist�bal de Venezuela
22.6	Ordained Priest	Miguel Garcia Franco †	Priest	Bishop of Mazatl�n, Sinaloa, M�xico
25.6	Ordained Priest	Josef K�stner †	Priest of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
24.2	Ordained Priest	Lu�s Gonzaga Peluso †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil
23.4	Ordained Priest	Delfino (Delfim) Ribeiro Guedes †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of S�o Jo�o del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.1	Ordained Priest	Rufino Jiao Santos †	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop
24.9	Ordained Priest	Hermann Josef Sch�ufele †	Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	Archbishop
25.7	Ordained Priest	Josef Schneider †	Priest of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
26.8	Ordained Priest	Franz Sales Zauner †	Priest of Linz, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct		Born	Patrick Ebosele Ekpu †		Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria
27 Oct		Born	Jos� Rafael Barquero Arce †		Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica
28 Oct	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ajmer, India	Bishop Emeritus
68.8	Died	Ant�nio Malan, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Cl�ment Joseph Mathieu †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Uccula	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Oct		Born	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji		Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria
54.6	Appointed	John Gregory Murray †	Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	Born	Andraos Salama †		Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic), Egypt
30 Oct		Born	Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro †		Archbishop of Niter�i, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
40.3	Appointed	Bernard Francis Meyer (Mayer), M.M. †	Superior of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China	Prefect Emeritus of Wuchow [Wuzhou], China
	Born	Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota †		Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, M�xico
	Born	Teodoro Ubeda Gramage †		Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
31 Oct		Born	Sergio Obeso Rivera †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, M�xico

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