Year 1961, September, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 Sep21.2ProfessedJerome George Hanus, O.S.B.Member of Order of Saint BenedictArchbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA 52.5AppointedRaffaele Pellecchia †Bishop of Alife, ItalyArchbishop of Sorrento, Italy 2 Sep16.5ProfessedJulio María Elías Montoya, O.F.M.Member of Order of Friars MinorVicar Apostolic Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia 3 Sep49.3Ordained BishopJosip Arnerić †Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), CroatiaBishop Emeritus 27.1Ordained PriestJean Marie Julien Balland †Priest of Bourges, FranceCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France 25.9Ordained PriestStanislas KaburunguPriest of Ngozi, BurundiBishop Emeritus 45.7Ordained BishopGodfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Port Harcourt, NigeriaBishop of Enugu, Nigeria 41.5Ordained BishopVicente Faustino Zazpe †Bishop of Rafaela, ArgentinaArchbishop of Santa Fe, Argentina 4 Sep74.8DiedIsidore Fattal †Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria BornMark Andrew HagemoenBishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 48.6AppointedDomenico Picchinenna †Archbishop of Cosenza, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy 18.6ProfessedDaniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.Member of Order of St. AugustineBishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru 6 Sep62.3AppointedRené Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †Titular Archbishop of MisthiaArchbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon 62.3ResignedRené Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop of Yaoundé, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus 33.6Ordained PriestCharles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop of Farafangana, Madagascar 7 Sep24.3Perpetual VowsMichael David Pfeifer, O.M.I.Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop Emeritus of San Angelo, Texas, USA 8 Sep68.4AppointedJozef Willem Maria Baeten †Titular Archbishop of StauropolisBishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands 68.4ResignedJozef Willem Maria Baeten †Bishop of Breda, NetherlandsBishop Emeritus 21.7Solemn VowsEugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †Member of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateBishop Emeritus of Yokadouma, Cameroon 30.0Ordained PriestFelix Eugenio Mkhori †PriestBishop Emeritus of Lilongwe, Malawi 26.2Ordained PriestBlasius PujoraharjaPriestBishop Emeritus of Ketapang, Indonesia 39.6Ordained BishopJosé de Jesús Sahagún de la ParraBishop of Tula, Hidalgo, MéxicoBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México 9 Sep BornPietro LagneseArchbishop of Capua, Italy 24.5Perpetual VowsCesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.I. †Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of JesusBishop of Rumbek, South Sudan 10 Sep41.6Ordained BishopMauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B. †Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina 42.3AppointedJerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. †Prelate of Coronel Oviedo, ParaguayAuxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA 11 Sep41.6AppointedJean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †Bishop of Astrida, RwandaBishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda BornLaurent Jean Lucien Marie PercerouBishop of Nantes, France 53.0AppointedFelicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. †Coadjutor Bishop of Torino {Turin}, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy 53.0AppointedFelicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of CanaArchbishop Emeritus of Ancona e Numana, Italy 48.3AppointedJoseph Weigl, M.S.C. †Bishop of Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.) 37.6AppointedJean Zoa †Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon 12 Sep BornJosé Benedito CardosoBishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil BornJosé Valdeci Santos MendesBishop of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil 14 Sep BornMarc Michel BeaumontBishop of Moulins, France 15 Sep BornJohn Kim Son-TaeBishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South) BornDamián Gustavo NanniniBishop of San Miguel, Argentina 16 Sep BornBarthol BarrettoBishop of Nashik, India 17 Sep43.3Ordained BishopAlberto Devoto †Bishop of Goya, Argentina 24.3Ordained PriestLluís Martínez SistachPriest of Barcelona, SpainCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain 18 Sep BornGiancarlo DellagiovannaApostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso 48.9AppointedMaurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), FranceArchbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France 74.9DiedSouleyman Sayegh †Auxiliary Bishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq 20 Sep68.6SelectedPaul Achkar †Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus 17.5Temporary VowsGianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. †Member of Order of Friars Minor ConventualBishop Emeritus of Treviso, Italy 51.9AppointedAntonius Hofmann †Coadjutor Bishop of Passau, GermanyBishop Emeritus 51.9AppointedAntonius Hofmann †Titular Bishop of BereniceBishop Emeritus of Passau, Germany BornMark Steven RivitusoAuxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA 21 Sep36.8Ordained BishopRomán Arrieta Villalobos †Bishop of Tilarán, Costa RicaArchbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica BornFabio CiollaroBishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy 39.1Ordained BishopBenedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †Bishop of Jataí, Goias, BrazilBishop Emeritus 40.4Ordained BishopLorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of LimataBishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador 41.4Ordained BishopLuis Mena Arroyo †Titular Bishop of DanabaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of México, Federal District 41.6Ordained BishopPaulo José Tavares †Bishop of Macau, China 22 Sep BornVirgilio do Nascimento AntunesBishop of Coimbra, Portugal 27.4ProfessedOlívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. †Member of Order of Friars MinorPrelate of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil 23 Sep49.1InstalledGuillermo Bolatti †Bishop of Rosario, ArgentinaArchbishop of Rosario, Argentina 88.0DiedJohn William Campling, M.H.M. †Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda 28.5Ordained DeaconEdward Peter Cullen †Deacon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USABishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA 48.3AppointedWalter William Curtis †Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USABishop Emeritus 24.9Ordained PriestManuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryArchbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile 25.8Ordained DeaconJohn Patrick Foley †Deacon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USACardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem BornGintaras Linas GrušasArchbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania BornLinus Pingal EkkaBishop of Gumla, India 24 Sep35.3Ordained BishopFelipe Santiago Benitez Avalos †Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in EuropaArchbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay 40.0Ordained BishopFrancisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. †Bishop of Orán, Argentina 24.8Ordained DeaconErnesto Antolin SalgadoDeacon of Nueva Segovia, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus 25 Sep51.3AppointedOpilio Rossi †Apostolic Nuncio to AustriaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses 27 Sep63.5InstalledLawrence Joseph Shehan †Coadjutor Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USACardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 30 Sep52.9InstalledCarlos María Cafferata †Bishop of San Luis, Argentina 31.2Ordained PriestFranco Croci †Priest of Crema, ItalyVice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See 48.0InstalledJulius August Döpfner †Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany BornFrançois Achille EyabiBishop of Eséka, Cameroon 87.0DiedMichael Memelauer †Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria