The Year of Our Lord 2020

Bishop Events

October

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Oct	62.0	Appointed	Selim Jean Sfeir	Patriarchal Administrator of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop
1 Oct	68.8	Appointed	Alejandro Wilfredo Bunge	President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See	President Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Juan Carlos C�rdenas Toro	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia
76.8	Retired	Julio Enrique Prado Bola�os	Bishop of Pasto, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
2 Oct	59.9	Installed	Jos� Mazuelos P�rez	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
3 Oct	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa	Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania	Archbishop of Bouak�, C�te d’Ivoire
67.0	Ceased	Bernt Ivar (Markus) Eidsvig, C.R.S.A.	Apostolic Administrator of Trondheim, Norway	Bishop of Oslo, Norway
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Erik Varden, O.C.S.O.	Prelate of Trondheim, Norway
4 Oct	72.7	Died	Giovanni D’Alise †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
47.3	Ordained Bishop	Nicolai Gennadevich Dubinin, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation
5 Oct	69.9	Appointed	Tommaso Caputo	Apostolic Administrator of Caserta, Italy	Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
6 Oct	56.1	Appointed	Carlos Manuel Escribano Sub�as	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain
76.1	Retired	Fidel Herr�ez Vegas	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
76.6	Retired	Vicente Jim�nez Zamora	Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
47.0	Appointed	Javier Vilanova Pellisa	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
47.0	Appointed	Javier Vilanova Pellisa	Titular Bishop of Emp�ries	Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
7 Oct	76.3	Retired	Ant�nio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Rosalvo Cordeiro de Lima	Bishop of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil
59.1	Resigned	Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)	Patriarchal Administrator of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
9 Oct	66.9	Ordained Bishop	David Ernest Charles Evans	Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Stephen James Lawrence Wright	Titular Bishop of Ramsbiria	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
10 Oct	67.2	Installed	Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.	Bishop of Balsas, Maranh�o, Brazil
54.8	Appointed	Roberto Jos� Ferrari	Auxiliary Bishop of Tucum�n, Argentina
54.8	Appointed	Roberto Jos� Ferrari	Titular Bishop of Pinhel	Auxiliary Bishop of Tucum�n, Argentina
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda	Titular Bishop of Dragonara	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Charles Ndaka Salabisala	Titular Bishop of Liberalia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.8	Appointed	Justo Rodr�guez Gallego	Auxiliary Bishop of Z�rate-Campana, Argentina
65.8	Appointed	Justo Rodr�guez Gallego	Titular Bishop of Nomentum	Auxiliary Bishop of Z�rate-Campana, Argentina
57.7	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho	Titular Bishop of Oescus	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Oct	62.4	Installed	Adriano Cevolotto	Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
12 Oct	57.0	Appointed	Omar Alberto S�nchez Cubillos, O.P.	Archbishop of Popay�n, Colombia
13 Oct	84.5	Died	Claude Feidt †	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France
14 Oct	56.0	Appointed	William Draper Byrne	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
85.5	Died	Jos� Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira †	Bishop Emeritus of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
15 Oct	80.0	Died	Antonio �ngel Algora Hernando †	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain
60.7	Appointed	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
54.1	Appointed	Marco Mellino	Secretary of the Council of Cardinals
72.8	Appointed	Marcello Semeraro	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
72.8	Appointed	Marcello Semeraro	Apostolic Administrator of Albano, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
72.8	Appointed	Marcello Semeraro	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
16 Oct	99.0	Died	Odore Joseph Gendron †	Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
52.9	Appointed	H�lio Pereira dos Santos	Coadjutor Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop
17 Oct	54.0	Appointed	Juan Carlos Arcq Guzm�n	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico	Bishop of Tac�mbaro, Michoac�n, M�xico
54.0	Appointed	Juan Carlos Arcq Guzm�n	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Bishop of Tac�mbaro, Michoac�n, M�xico
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Ant�nio Fontinele de Melo	Bishop of Humait�, Amazonas, Brazil
68.7	Appointed	Jos� Manuel Garza Madero	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
68.7	Appointed	Jos� Manuel Garza Madero	Titular Bishop of Tetci	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
48.9	Appointed	C�sar Garza Miranda, O.F.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
48.9	Appointed	C�sar Garza Miranda, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Magnetum	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Gaspari	Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
68.1	Resigned	Edward Janiak †	Bishop of Kalisz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Milan Stipić	Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia
18 Oct	85.3	Died	Agostino Giuseppe Delfino, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Berb�rati, Central African Republic
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Dario Gervasi	Titular Bishop of Subaugusta	Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
20 Oct	64.9	Appointed	Kurt Richard Burnette	Apostolic Administrator of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
70.4	Installed	Fidencio L�pez Plaza	Bishop of Quer�taro, M�xico
47.4	Resigned	Mari�n Andrej Pac�k, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
83.2	Died	Bogdan J�zef Wojtuś †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
21 Oct	53.2	Appointed	Paulo Cezar Costa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bras�lia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
57.3	Appointed	Luis �ngel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F.	Bishop of Le�n, Spain
75.5	Retired	Juli�n L�pez Mart�n	Bishop of Le�n, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Appointed	Moacir Silva Arantes	Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
22 Oct	51.9	Appointed	Elkin Fernando �lvarez Botero †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
58.8	Confirmed	Thomas Chen Tianhao	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
50.1	Appointed	Thomas Dowd	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
75.7	Retired	Maurice Marcel Gard�s	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
60.0	Appointed	Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine	Archbishop of Lyon, France
53.9	Appointed	Bertrand Didier Marie Joseph Lacombe	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
24 Oct	70.9	Ceased	Michael Dixon Bhasera	Apostolic Administrator of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
66.8	Ceased	Angelo De Donatis	Apostolic Administrator of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
74.3	Appointed	Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M.	Apostolic Exarch of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian)
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Lomanto	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
52.0	Installed	Rudolf Nyandoro	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
55.5	Appointed	Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.	Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
82.5	Died	Paul Zingtung Grawng †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
25 Oct	56.9	Installed	Olivier Claude Philippe Marie Leborgne	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
26 Oct	75.0	Retired	Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont	Bishop of Cayenne (Cajenna), French Guyana, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
27 Oct	57.3	Appointed	Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja	Coadjutor Bishop of Riobamba, Ecuador	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
62.6	Died	Jan Niemiec †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
28 Oct	48.4	Appointed	Nicol�s Ren�n Aguilera Arroyo	Bishop of Potos�, Bolivia
88.5	Died	Anthony Soter Fernandez †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
54.0	Installed	Karol Kulczycki, S.D.S.	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia
67.3	Died	Štefan Sečka †	Bishop of Spiš, Slovakia
29 Oct	77.5	Retired	Francesco Cacucci	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
73.0	Resigned	Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P.	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	J�n Kuboš	Administrator of Spiš, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
57.4	Appointed	Domenico Pompili	Apostolic Administrator of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop of Verona, Italy
60.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Satriano	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
81.9	Died	J�zef Zawitkowski †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
30 Oct	45.8	Ceased	Elia Eskandr Abd Elmalak, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
75.2	Retired	Octavio Cisneros	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
80.1	Appointed	Enrico Feroci	Titular Archbishop of Cures Sabinorum	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria del Divino Amore a Castel di Leva
55.0	Appointed	Mauro Maria Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Archbishop of Thisiduo	Cardinal, President of the Fabric of St. Peter
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar	Titular Archbishop of Tagritum	Patriarchal Exarch of Bassorah e Golfo (Syrian), Iraq
91.7	Died	Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
60.6	Appointed	Fernando Valera S�nchez	Bishop of Zamora, Spain
31 Oct	65.8	Installed	Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
75.5	Retired	Jos� Alejandro Casta�o Arbel�ez, O.A.R.	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
94.9	Died	Arturo Lona Reyes †	Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, M�xico
73.6	Appointed	Jos� Roberto Ospina Leong�mez	Apostolic Administrator of Cartago, Colombia	Bishop of Buga, Colombia

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