Year 2016, September, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title Sep75.0RetiredGiacinto BerlocoApostolic Nuncio to BelgiumApostolic Nuncio 75.0RetiredGiacinto BerlocoApostolic Nuncio to LuxembourgApostolic Nuncio 1 Sep62.4SucceededGuglielmo BorghettiBishop of Albenga-Imperia, Italy 69.1CeasedJosef ClemensSecretary of the Pontifical Council for the LaitySecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life 80.5DiedThomas George Doran †Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA 73.0DiedFrederick Drandua †Bishop Emeritus of Arua, Uganda 42.6Ordained BishopMarek ForgáčTitular Bishop of SeleucianaAuxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia 48.9Ordained BishopJosé Libardo Garcés MonsalveBishop of Málaga-Soatá, ColombiaBishop of Cúcuta, Colombia 64.3CeasedJean Clément Marie Gérard Joseph Françoise Georges Laffitte, Comm. l'Emm.Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the FamilySecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life 75.4RetiredRamiro Moliner Inglés †Apostolic Nuncio to AlbaniaApostolic Nuncio 72.6ResignedMario OliveriBishop of Albenga-Imperia, ItalyBishop Emeritus 71.3CeasedVincenzo PagliaPresident of the Pontifical Council for the FamilyPresident of the Pontifical Academy for Life 71.1CeasedStanisław RyłkoPresident of the Pontifical Council for the LaityCardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} 61.5AppointedGiuseppe SciaccaSecretary of the Apostolic SignaturaPresident Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See 3 Sep53.6Ordained BishopDomenico BattagliaBishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, ItalyCardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy 61.1Ordained BishopHenricus Pidyarto Gunawan, O. Carm.Bishop of Malang, Indonesia 49.6Ordained BishopValentine Kalumba, O.M.I.Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia 63.2AppointedMédard Léopold OuédraogoApostolic Administrator of Dédougou, Burkina FasoBishop of Manga, Burkina Faso 52.2Ordained BishopArturo Pablo Ros MurgadasTitular Bishop of UrsonaBishop of Santander, Spain 55.6InstalledFrancesco SirufoArchbishop of Acerenza, Italy 4 Sep48.3InstalledFrancisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm.Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, BrazilBishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 54.2Ordained BishopDidier Norman Raymond Berthet †Bishop of Saint-Dié, France 5 Sep34.9AppointedAnthony Onyemuche EkpoOfficial of the Secretariat of StateUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development 7 Sep50.9SucceededCarlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, BrazilArchbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil 75.0RetiredJosé Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. †Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, BrazilBishop Emeritus 52.9SucceededPeter Shao ZhuminBishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia, Wenchow], China 88.7DiedVincent Zhu Weifang †Bishop Emeritus of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia, Wenchow], China 8 Sep59.9Ordained BishopBhagyaiah ChinnabathiniBishop of Guntur, India 90.0DiedAntonio Nuzzi †Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy 68.6AppointedJavier Salinas ViñalsAuxiliary Bishop of Valencia, SpainAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 68.6AppointedJavier Salinas ViñalsTitular Bishop of Forum ClodiiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain 68.6AppointedSebastián Taltavull AngladaApostolic Administrator of Mallorca, SpainBishop 66.7Ordained BishopCarmel ZammitBishop of Gibraltar 9 Sep54.3Ordained BishopDenis Jean-Marie JachietTitular Bishop of Tigisi in NumidiaBishop of Belfort-Montbéliard, France 69.2SucceededFrancisco Mendoza de LeonBishop of Antipolo, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 75.0RetiredGabriel Villaruz ReyesBishop of Antipolo, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 50.8Ordained BishopThibault VernyTitular Bishop of LamzellaArchbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France 10 Sep58.7InstalledChristopher Michael Cardone, O.P.Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands 77.9AppointedRafael Leónidas Felipe y NúñezApostolic Administrator of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican RepublicBishop Emeritus of Barahona, Dominican Republic 64.9InstalledFrancisco Ozoria AcostaArchbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 51.3Ordained BishopPierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.Titular Archbishop of VerbeCardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine 11 Sep50.7Ordained BishopGianmarco BuscaBishop of Mantova, Italy 48.5Ordained BishopEmmanuel Marie Anne Alain GobilliardTitular Bishop of CarpentrasBishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron), France 12 Sep74.7ResignedGerard Joseph HannaBishop of Wagga Wagga, AustraliaBishop Emeritus 64.7Ordained BishopRobert Michael Kasun, C.S.B.Titular Bishop of LavellumAuxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 62.8AppointedChristopher Charles ProwseApostolic Administrator of Wagga Wagga, AustraliaArchbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia 92.1DiedArquimínio Rodrigues da Costa †Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China 16 Sep69.3InstalledGaétan Proulx, O.S.M.Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, CanadaBishop Emeritus 97.4DiedHovhannes Tcholakian †Archbishop Emeritus of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey 17 Sep85.7DiedCarmelo Dominador Flores Morelos †Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines 18 Sep55.4Ordained BishopGeorg BätzingBishop of Limburg, Germany 77.4CeasedManfred GrotheApostolic Administrator of Limburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany 19 Sep56.0AppointedOscar Eduardo MiñarroAuxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina 56.0AppointedOscar Eduardo MiñarroTitular Bishop of AntiumAuxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina 54.3Ordained BishopAlexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S.Bishop of Hiroshima, Japan 20 Sep95.7DiedJean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. †Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France 104.1DiedPeter Leo Gerety †Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA 57.8AppointedFrançois Michel Pierre KalistArchbishop of Clermont, France 21 Sep75.0RetiredHéctor Sabatino Cardelli †Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus 62.4AppointedHugo Norberto SantiagoBishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina 66.0AppointedDavid Prescott TalleyCoadjutor Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USABishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA 50.1AppointedKurian Mathew VayalunkalApostolic Nuncio to Solomon IslandsApostolic Nuncio to Chile 22 Sep58.2DiedGeorges Fonghoro †Bishop of Mopti, Mali 51.1AppointedEugenio Andrés Lira RugarcíaBishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, MéxicoBishop of Matamoros-Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México 23 Sep54.3AppointedHelmut Karl DieserBishop of Aachen, Germany 77.4DiedHerman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. †Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia 24 Sep63.5CeasedRalph Heskett, C.Ss.R.Apostolic Administrator of GibraltarBishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain 53.3Ordained BishopRoger Houngbédji, O.P.Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin 66.7InstalledCarmel ZammitBishop of Gibraltar 25 Sep49.6Ordained BishopFintan MonahanBishop of Killaloe, Ireland 81.4DiedAnthony Xu Jiwei †Bishop of Linhai [Taichow], ChinaBishop Emeritus 27 Sep62.3AppointedRobert Milner CoerverBishop of Lubbock, Texas, USA 75.9RetiredPlácido Rodríguez, C.M.F.Bishop of Lubbock, Texas, USABishop Emeritus 47.3AppointedNersès (Joseph) Zabarian (Zabbara)Administrator of Baghdad (Armenian), IraqArchbishop 28 Sep75.5RetiredDavid Dias Pimentel †Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop Emeritus 58.8AppointedAntônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B.Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, BrazilBishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil 29 Sep40.1AppointedHugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem.Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands o MalvinasApostolic Administrator Emeritus 40.1AppointedHugh David Renwick Turnbull Allan, O. Praem.Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas 77.0RetiredMichael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. †Prefect of Falkland Islands o MalvinasPrefect Emeritus 77.0RetiredMichael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. †Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaPrefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas