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2026.10.12: Archbishop Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán (56) succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Military Ordinary of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic)
2026.10.12: Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta (75) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Military Ordinary of Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic)
2026.10.12: Fr. Milad Yaghi, L.M. (62), was elected Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México of the Maronites (Mexico)
2026.10.12: Fr. Elie Mikhael resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México of the Maronites (Mexico)
2026.10.11: Fr. Eustache Ntamwe Makoyo (52) was consecrated as Bishop of Kabinda (Congo-Kinshasa)
2026.10.10: Sr. Maria Ignazia Isacchi (Angela Caterina), O.S.C., was beatified
2026.10.10: Bishop Timothy Francis Menezes (56), Titular Bishop of Thugga and Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham (England), was appointed as Bishop of Brentwood (England)
2026.10.10: Bishop Alan Williams, S.M. (75), resigned as Bishop of Brentwood (England)
2026.10.10: Fr. Johannes Zehe (62) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aquæ Sirenses and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg (Germany)
2026.10.10: Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. (61), Secretary of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy), President of Fabric of Saint Peter and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter
2026.10.10: Msgr. Piotr Pytlowany (57) was consecrated as Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan)
2026.10.10: Bishop Aurelio García Macías (61), Undersecretary of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was appointed as Secretary of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Necrology

2026.10.09: Bishop António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas, O. Carm., Bishop emeritus of Beja (Portugal), passed away at 84
2026.10.07: Bishop Frank Joseph Dewane, Bishop emeritus of Venice (USA), passed away at 76
2026.10.04: Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D., Bishop of Udaipur (India), passed away at 74
2026.10.01: Bishop Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Itapipoca (Brazil), passed away at 82
2026.10.01: Bishop Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega, Bishop emeritus of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba), passed away at 86
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

Papal Audiences

2026.10.12: Archbishop Martin Krebs, Cardinal Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ菊地功), S.V.D., Mr. Alistair Dutton, Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano, Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty, Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio, Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.
2026.10.10: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Patriarch Youssef Absi, Bishop Domenico Pompili, Bishop Antonio Di Donna, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.
2026.10.09: Cardinal Stephen Brislin, Archbishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M., Archbishop José Vicente Nácher Tatay, C.M., Bishop José Bonello, O.F.M., Bishop Héctor David García Osorio, Bishop Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B., Bishop Henry Orlando Ruiz Mora, Bishop Ángel Falzón, O.F.M., Bishop Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández, Bishop Patricio Larrosa Martos
2026.10.08: Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., Bishop Richard James Umbers, Opus Dei, Sr. Simona Brambilla, I.S.M.C., Sr. Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P., Archbishop Fortunato Morrone, Bishop Renato Tarantelli Baccari
2026.10.05: Archbishop Paul Stagg Coakley, Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores, Bishop Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M., Bishop Louis Tylka, Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski

Feasts

2026.10.12:	Monday in the 28ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Poznań, Saint Louis, Tilarán–Liberia) Blessed Jan Beyzym, priest (Poland) Blessed Radzim Gaudenty, bishop (Czechia) Feria: 20ᵗʰ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Monday in the 7ᵗʰ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Our Lady of Aitara (Timor-Leste) Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil) Our Lady of Galloro (Albano) Our Lady of the Pillar (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Spain, Alajuela) Saint Alexander Sauli, bishop (Ajaccio) Saint Canice, abbot (Argyll and The Isles) Saint Carlo Acutis (Peru) Saint Dismas (Jerusalem, Saint-Flour) Saint Domninus of Castello, hermit (Città di Castello) Saint Firminus of Uzès, bishop (Nîmes) Saint Guido Maria Conforti, bishop (Ravenna–Cervia) Saint Hedwig, religious (Ambrosian) Saint Hilda of Whitby, religious (Nottingham) Saint Maximilian of Lorch, bishop and martyr (Slovenia, München und Freising) Saint Remfroye of Denain, abbess (Cambrai) Saint Sanctinus of Meaux and his successors, bishops (Verdun) Saint Wilfrid, bishop (England) Saints Ethelburga, Hildelithe and Cuthburga, religious (Brentwood) Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
2026.10.13:	Tuesday in the 28ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Alcalá de Henares, Bac Ninh, Montréal, Oviedo, Sion) Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar (Braga, Bragança–Miranda) Blessed Giovanni Fornasini, priest and martyr (Bologna) Blessed Honorat da Biała, priest (Poland) Blessed Manuel Borrás Ferré, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Tarragona) Saint Aurelia, martyr (Strasbourg) Saint Chelidonia, virgin (Rieti, Subiaco) Saint Colman, martyr (Sankt Pölten, Wien) Saint Denis, bishop, and companions, martyrs (León) Saint Edward the Confessor, king (Extraordinary Form, England, Kingston) Saint Faustus, Saint Januarius and Saint Martial, martyrs (Córdoba) Saint Gerald of Aurillac (Saint-Flour) Saint John XXIII, pope (Bilbao) Saint Leobon of Salagnac, hermit (Limoges) Saint Lubentius of Kobern, priest (Trier) Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin (Ambrosian, München und Freising) Saint María Soledad Torres Acosta, virgin (Bilbao) The Captive Lord of Ayabaca (Piura) Tuesday in the 7ᵗʰ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian)
2026.10.14:	Wednesday in the 28ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Callistus I, pope and martyr Wednesday in the 7ᵗʰ Week after the Martyrdom of Saint John the Forerunner (Ambrosian) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Alife–Caiazzo, Faenza–Modigliana, Lugano, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Łowicz) Blessed Marie Poussepin, virgin (Chartres, Tours) Blessed Peter II, abbot (Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni) Blessed Radzim Gaudenty, bishop (Gniezno) Saint Donatian of Reims, bishop (Brugge) Saint Fortunatus of Todi, bishop (Orvieto–Todi) Saint Gaudentius of Rimini, bishop and martyr (Rimini) Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin (Poland, Ostrava–Opava) Saint Maximianus of Ravenna, bishop (Ravenna–Cervia) Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church (Łódź)
2026.10.15:	Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Bjelovar–Križevci, Oklahoma City, San Bartolomé de Chillán, Susa, Łódź)
2026.10.16:	Friday in the 28ᵗʰ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Hedwig, religious Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Angra, Boise City, La Serena, Moulins, Plasencia, Santa Fe) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Albarracín (Teruel y Albarracín) Blessed Augustine Thevarparambil, priest (India) Blessed Contardo Ferrini (Ambrosian) Blessed John the Good, religious (Mantova) Blessed Petra de San José de la Montaña, religious (Málaga) Saint Bonita of Brioude, virgin (Le Puy-en-Velay) Saint Dulcidius of Agen, bishop (Agen) Saint Florentius of Orange, bishop (Avignon) Saint Gall, abbot (Austria, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Bolzano–Bressanone, Sion, Strasbourg) Saint Gaudericus of Vilavella (Perpignan–Elne) Saint Gerard Majella, religious (Napoli, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia) Saint Gordan of Anchin, hermit (Cambrai) Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr (Poitiers) Saint Junian and Saint Amand, hermits (Limoges) Saint Longinus (Jerusalem) Saint Marguerite d’Youville, religious (Canada) Saint Mommolin of Noyon, bishop (Lille) Saint Monon of Nassogne, martyr (Namur) Saint Richard Gwyn, martyr (Wales) Saint Victor of Capua, bishop (Capua) The Conversion of Saint Olaf (Norway)
2026.10.17:	Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Chartres, Poitiers) Saint Francis Isidore Gagelin, priest and martyr (Quy Nhon) Saint Lazarus (Marseille) Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin (Extraordinary Form)
2026.10.18:	29ᵗʰ Sunday in Ordinary Time 21ˢᵗ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Saint Luke, evangelist (Extraordinary Form) The Dedication of the Cathedral of Milan, Mother Church of all Ambrosian faithful (Ambrosian)

Martyrology

2026.10.12:	Saint Edisto, martyr at Rome Saint Domnina, martyr in Cilicia Saints Cyprian, Felix and 4964 companions, martyrs and confessors Saint Opilione, deacon Saint Felix IV (III), pope Saint Maximilian, bishop of Lauriacum and martyr Saint Rodobaldo, bishop of Pavia Saint Serafino da Montegranaro, Capuchin religious Blessed John Baptist Bullaker, Franciscan priest and martyr of England Blessed José González Huguet, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Pacífico de Valencia Salcedo Puchades, Capuchin religious Blessed Roman Sitko, priest and martyr at Auschwitz
2026.10.13:	Saint Theophilus, bishop of Antioch Saints Faustus, Januarius and Martial, martyrs at Cordoba Saint Florentius, martyr in Macedonia Saint Lubentius, priest Saint Romolo, bishop of Genova Saint Venant, abbot of Tours Saint Léobon, hermit Saint Comgán, abbot, and Saint Caintigern Saint Simperto, abbot of Murbach and later bishop of Augusta Saint Géraud, founder of abbey of Aurillac Saint Chelidonia, virgin Blessed Maddalena Panattieri, Dominican virgin Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa
2026.10.14:	Saint Callixtus I, pope and martyr Saint Lupulo, martyr at Capua Saint Gaudenzio, first bishop of Rimini Saint Donatien, first bishop of Reims Saint Fortunato, bishop of Todi Saint Ménehould, virgin Saint Venanzio, bishop of Luni Saint Angadrême, abbess Saint Domenico, Camaldolese priest Blessed Jacques Laigneau de Langellerie, priest and martyr of France Blessed Ana María Aranda Riera, virgin and martyr of Spain Blesseds Stanisław Mysakowski and Franciszek Rosłaniec, priests and martyrs of England Blessed Roman Lysko, priest and martyr of Ukraine
2026.10.15:	Saint Teresa of Jesus, Discalced carmelite virgin of Ávila and doctor of the Church Saint Barses, bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne Saint Severus, bishop of Trier Saint Thecla, abbess of Kitzingen Birth of Saint Hedwig of Silesia, religious Blessed Gonçalo de Lagos, Augustinian priest Saint Magdalena, virgin and martyr of Japan Blessed Narciso Basté Basté, priest and martyr of Spain
2026.10.16:	Saint Hedwig, duchess of Silesia Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, visionary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Saint Longinus, soldier at the cross of Jesus Saint Eliphius, martyr at Toul Saints Martinian, Saturian and Maxima, martyrs in Africa Saints Amand and Junien, hermits Saint Gallus, abbot Saint Momelin, bishop of Noyon Saint Lullus, bishop of Mainz Saint Vital, hermit at Nantes Saint Gaudéric, farmer Saint Bonnette, virgin Saint Anastase, Benedictine monk Saint Bertrand, bishop of Comminges Blessed Gérard de Clairvaux, abbot of Clairvaux, martyr Saint Gerardo Maiella, Redemptorist religious Blesseds Anicet Kopliński, Capuchin priest, and Józef Jankowski, Pallotine priest, martyrs at Auschwitz
2026.10.17:	Saint Ignatius, bishop of Antioch and martyr Saint Hosea, prophet Saints Rufus and Zosimus, martyrs Holy martyrs of Volitani Saint John, hermit in Egypt Saint Dulcide, bishop of Agen Saint Florent, bishop of Orange Blessed Gilbert, abbot of Cîteaux Blessed Baldassarre Ravaschieri, Franciscan priest Saint Richard Gwyn, martyr of England Blessed Pietro della Natività di Maria, Piarist priest Transitus of Saint Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, virgin Blessed Jacques Burin, priest and martyr of France Blesseds Marie-Natalie-Joseph de Saint-Louis and 4 companions, Ursuline virgins, martyrs of France Saint François-Isidore Gagelin, priest and martyr of Vietnam Blessed Contardo Ferrini Blessed Fidel Fuidio Rodríguez, Marist religious, martyr of Spain Blessed Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual, priest and martyr of Spain Blessed Társila Córdoba Belda, martyr of Spain
2026.10.18:	Saint Luke, evangelist Saint Ascelpiades, bishop of Antioch Saints Proculo, Eutichio and Acuzio, martyrs at Pozzuoli Saint Amable, priest Saint Monon, martyr in Brabant Saint Pedro de Alcántara de Garavito y Vilela de Sanabria, priest, founder of Discalced Franciscans Passion of Saint Isaac Jogues, Jesuit priest and martyr of America Birth of Saint Paul of the Cross, priest