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2026.10.02: Fr. Thomas Animoottil (64) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Troina and Auxiliary Bishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)
2026.10.01: Fr. Terentiy Tsapchuk, O.S.B.M. (46), was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Horæa and Auxiliary Bishop of Bučač of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)
2026.09.29: Bishop Pierre Goudreault (63), Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada) and President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, was appointed as Bishop of Trois-Rivières (Canada)
2026.09.29: Fr. Anthony James Corcoran, S.J. (63), was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aëtus
2026.09.29: Bishop Florencio Armando Colín Cruz (75) resigned as Bishop of Puerto Escondido (Mexico)
2026.09.29: Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras (76) resigned as Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico)
2026.09.29: Bishop Héctor López Alvarado (55), Titular Bishop of Sereddeli and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Puerto Escondido (Mexico)
2026.09.29: Bishop Ramón Salazar Estrada (63), Titular Bishop of Bisarcio and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico)
2026.09.28: Bishop Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo (54), Bishop of Potosí (Bolivia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sucre (Bolivia)

Necrology

2026.09.28: Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera, Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras), passed away at 63
2026.09.27: Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Castries (Saint Lucia), passed away at 80
2026.09.26: Archbishop Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Curitiba (Brazil), passed away at 100
2026.09.26: Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Titular Archbishop of Castro di Puglia, passed away at 78
2026.09.24: Archbishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sucre (Bolivia), passed away at 63
2026.09.23: Bishop Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny, Bishop emeritus of Blois (France), passed away at 86
2026.09.21: Archbishop Dadeus Grings, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil), passed away at 90
2026.09.19: Bishop Abraham Julios Kackanatt, Bishop emeritus of Moovatupuzha of the Syro-Malankara (India), passed away at 82

Papal Audiences

2026.10.02: Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., Archbishop Thibault Verny, Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, Bishop Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B.
2026.10.01: Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, Archbishop Paul Dennis Etienne, Bishop Robert Emmet Barron
2026.09.30: Bishop Tomáš Holub
2026.09.24: Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, Dr. Joachim von Braun
2026.09.21: Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Archbishop Dagoberto Campos Salas, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti

Feasts

2026.10.01:	Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Limón, Mallorca, Montecassino, Toledo, Đakovo–Osijek) Feria: 18ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria (Nigeria) Saint Bavo of Ghent, hermit (Gent) Saint Remigius of Reims, bishop (Extraordinary Form, Reims)
2026.10.02:	The Holy Guardian Angels Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Las Vegas, Novara) Our Lady of the Academy (Lleida) Saint Saturius of Soria, hermit (Osma–Soria) Saint Stephen I, pope and martyr (Hvar–Brač–Vis)
2026.10.03:	Saturday in the 26ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Grouard–McLennan, Louisville, Sabina–Poggio Mirteto, Teramo–Atri, Tucson, Vancouver) Blessed Columba Marmion, priest (Ireland) Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser, martyr (Bolzano–Bressanone) Blessed Luigi Talamoni, priest (Milano) Blessed Marcos Criado, priest and martyr (Almería, Guadix) Blessed Szilárd Bogdánffy, bishop and martyr (Hungary) Saint Adalgott of Chur, bishop (Liechtenstein, Chur) Saint André de Soveral, Saint Ambrósio Francisco Ferro, priests, and companions, martyrs (Brazil) Saint Bavo of Ghent, hermit (Haarlem–Amsterdam) Saint Chrodegang of Metz, bishop (Metz) Saint Cyprian of Toulon, bishop (Aix, Fréjus–Toulon, Marseille) Saint Ewald and Saint Ewald, brothers, priests and martyrs (Köln) Saint Felix of Bologna, bishop (Bologna) Saint Francis Borgia, priest (Northern Mariana Islands, Spain) Saint Gerard of Brogne, abbot (Gent, Namur) Saint Leodegar of Autun, bishop and martyr (Moulins) Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael, archangels (Piura, Warszawa-Praga) Saint Niketius of Trier, bishop (Trier) Saint Piatus of Tournai, priest and martyr (Lille, Tournai) Saint Theodore Guérin, virgin (Evansville, Fort Wayne–South Bend) Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church (Extraordinary Form, Nigeria, Mallorca, Montecassino, Reims, Đakovo–Osijek) Saint Verissimus, Saint Maxima and Saint Julia, martyrs (Lisboa) Saint Virila of Leyre, abbot (Pamplona y Tudela) Saint Wasnulf of Condé, bishop (Cambrai) Saturday in the 5ᵗʰ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) The Holy Guardian Angels (Osma–Soria)
2026.10.04:	27ᵗʰ Sunday in Ordinary Time 19ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) 6ᵗʰ Sunday after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Our Lady of the Rosary (Vietnam) Saint Francis of Assisi, religious (San Francisco)
2026.10.05:	Monday in the 27ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Faustina Kowalska, virgin Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Liechtenstein, Aberdeen, Metuchen, New York, Speyer, Toruń, Veszprém, Włocławek) Blessed Alberto Marvelli (Rimini) Blessed Bartolo Longo (Napoli, Nola, Pompei, San Severo) Blessed Francis Xavier Xeelos, priest (USA) Blessed Matthew Carreri, priest (Mantova) Blessed Raymond of Capua, priest (Capua) Feria: 19ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Holy Martyrs of Trier (Trier) Monday in the 6ᵗʰ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Saint Adalgisius of Novara, bishop (Novara) Saint Alferius, abbot (Salerno–Campagna–Acerno) Saint Benedict the Moor, religious (Brazil) Saint Dodon of Wallers, abbot (Cambrai) Saint Flora of Beaulieu, virgin (Saint-Flour) Saint Francis of Assisi, religious (Bologna) Saint Froilan of Leon, bishop (León) Saint Hippolytus of Porto, bishop and martyr (Porto–Santa Rufina) Saint Leodegar of Autun, bishop and martyr (Poitiers, Strasbourg) Saint Magnus of Milan, bishop (Venezia) Saint Placidus and companions, martyrs (Extraordinary Form, Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church (Gent) Saints Jordan, bishop, Anomimata and Comba of Alentego, martyrs (Évora) Saints Simon of Crépy, Justus and Hymiterius, monks and hermits (Saint-Claude) The Martyrs of Leicestershire (Nottingham) Time of Thanksgiving and Petition (Spain)
2026.10.06:	Tuesday in the 27ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Bruno, priest Tuesday in the 6ᵗʰ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Almería) Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, priest and martyr (Burgos) Blessed Isidore De Loor, religious (Brugge, Gent) Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, bishop (Osma–Soria, Pamplona y Tudela) Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, religious (Canada, USA) Blessed María Ana Mogas Fontcuberta, virgin (Madrid) Saint Enimie, virgin (Nîmes) Saint Faith of Agen, virgin and martyr (Agen) Saint Faustina Kowalska, virgin (Brazil, Toruń, Włocławek) Saint Magnus of Milan, bishop (Vittorio Veneto) Saint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, virgin (Napoli) Saint Pardulphus of Guéret, abbot (Limoges)
2026.10.07:	Our Lady of the Rosary Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Alajuela, Bragança–Miranda, Greensburg, Spokane) Saint Bridget, religious (Sweden, Helsinki) Saint Mark, pope and confessor (Extraordinary Form) Saint Martin Cid, abbot (Zamora) Wednesday in the 27ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time (Vietnam)

Martyrology

2026.10.01:	Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Discalced Carmelite virgin of Lisieux and doctor of the Church Saint Piat, martyr at Tournai Saints Veríssimo, Máxima and Júlia, martyrs at Lisbon Saint Romanos the Melodist, deacon Saint Nicetius, bishop of Trier Saint Bavo, hermit Saint Wasnon, monk Blesseds Gerard Edwards, Robert Wilcox, Christopher Buxton, priests, and Robert Widmerpool, martyrs of England Blesseds Ralph Crockett and Edward James, priests and martyrs of England Blessed John Robinson, priest and martyr of England Blesseds Gaspar Ueda Hikojirō and Andreas Yoshida, martyrs of Japan Blessed Luigi Maria Monti, religious of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception Blessed Florencia Caerols Martínez, virgin and martyr of Spain Blessed Álvaro Sanjuan Canet, Salesian priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Antoni Rewera, priest, founder of Daughters of the Seraphic Saint Francis, martyr at Dachau
2026.10.02:	The Holy Guardian Angels Saint Eleutherius, martyr at Nicomedia Saint Saturio, hermit Saint Léger, bishop of Autun, and Saint Guérin, martyrs Saint Bérégise, abbot Saint Ursicinus, bishop of Chur Saint Theophilus, monk, martyr at Constantinople Blesseds Ludovicus, Lucia, Andreas and Franciscus Yakichi, martyrs of Japan Blessed Georges-Edme René, priest and martyr of France Blessed Antoine Chevrier, priest, founder of Prado Institute Blessed Jan Beyzym, Jesuit priest Blesseds Francisco Carceller Galindo and Isidoro Bover Oliver, priests and martyrs of Spain Blesseds Elías Carbonell Mollá and Juan Carbonell Mollá, priests and martyrs of Spain Blessed María Guadalupe Ricart Olmos, Servite religious and martyr of Spain Blessed Maria Antonina Kratochwil, virgin of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, martyr of Ukraine
2026.10.03:	Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, first bishop of Athens Saint Candida, martyr at Rome Saints Faustus, Gaius, Peter, Paul, Eusebius, Chaeremon, Lucius and 2 others, martyrs at Alexandria of Egypt Saint Hesychius, monk in Palestine Saint Maximian, bishop of Bagai Saint Cyprien, bishop of Toulon Saints Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair, martyrs Blessed Utto, abbot of Metten Saint Gérard, founder and first abbot of Brogne Saint Adalgotto, bishop of Chur Blesseds Ambrósio Francisco Ferro, priest, and 27 companions, martyrs of Brazil Blessed Crescencio García Pobo, Amigonian priest, martyr of Spain
2026.10.04:	Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscans Saint Petronio, bishop of Bologna Saint Quentin, martyr at Tours Saint Aure, abbess Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Redemptorist priest Blessed Enrique Morant Pellicer, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed José Canet Giner, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Alfredo Pellicer Muñoz, Franciscan religious and martyr of Spain
2026.10.05:	Saint Faustina Kowalska, virgin of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, visionary of Jesus of Divine Mercy Holy martyrs of Trier Saint Caritina, martyr in Cilicia Saint Mamlaca, virgin and martyr in Persia Saint Apollinaire, bishop of Valence Saint Placido, monk, disciple of Saint Benedict Saint Jérôme, bishop of Nevers Saint Meinuph, deacon Saint Froilán, bishop of León Saint Atilano, bishop of Zamora Blessed Pietro Pattarini da Imola, Hospitaller knight Saint Fleur, Hospitaller virgin Blessed Sante da Cori, priest of the Hermits of Saint Augustine Blessed Raimondo delle Vigne, Dominican priest Blessed Matteo Carreri, Dominican priest Blesseds William Hartley, John Hewett and Robert Sutton, martyrs of England Saint Anna Schäffer, virgin Saint Bartolo Longo, founder of the shrine of Pompeii and the Dominican Sisters of the Rosary Saint Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles, priest and martyr of Mexico Blessed Marian Skrzypczak, priest and martyr of Poland
2026.10.06:	Saint Bruno, priest, founder of the Carthusians Saint Sagar, bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia and martyr Saint Foy, martyr Saint Renato, bishop of Sorrento Saint Romain, bishop of Auxerre Saint Magno, bishop of Oderzo Saint Ywi, deacon and monk Saint John Xenos, priest Saint Pardulphe, abbot Saint Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg Saint Arthaud, bishop of Belley Saint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, Franciscan virgin Blessed François Hunot, priest and martyr of France Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin, founder of the Sisters of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and Mary Saint Phanxicô Trần Văn Trung, martyr of Vietnam Blessed Isidore of Saint Joseph De Loor, Passionist religious
2026.10.07:	Our Lady of the Rosary Saint Marcello, martyr at Capua Saint Giustina, virgin and martyr at Padua Saints Sergius and Bacchus, martyrs in Syria Saint Mark, pope Saint Auguste, priest and abbot Saint Pallais, bishop of Saintes Saint Martín, abbot Blessed Jean Hunot, priest and martyr of France Blessed José Llosá Balaguer, Amigonian religious, martyr of Spain