The Year of Our Lord 1938

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 68.2 Resigned Josef Ludwig Brems, O. Praem. † Vicar Apostolic of Denmark Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

3 Nov 47.7 Died Paul Bergan Misner, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China

4 Nov 52.8 Appointed Giuseppe Cogoni † Archbishop of Oristano, Italy

5 Nov 45.5 Ordained Bishop Paolo Babini † Bishop of Comacchio, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Forli, Italy

6 Nov 22.8 Ordained Priest Pietro Fiordelli † Priest of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy

Born Leonardo Yuzon Medroso Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines

69.5 Died Jan Stavěl † Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia

7 Nov 33.1 Ordained Priest Michael Huang Woze † Priest Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China

Born Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J. Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania

8 Nov Born Pedro Dulay Arigo Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines

Born Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B. Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

53.5 Appointed Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. † Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

53.5 Appointed Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

9 Nov Born Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France

54.3 Ordained Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa † Bishop of Ajaccio, France Bishop Emeritus

61.2 Ordained Bishop Charles Massé † Titular Bishop of Phaena Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

Born Dale Joseph Melczek † Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA

57.4 Ordained Bishop John Hubert Peschges † Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

10 Nov Born Barry Francis Collins † Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

Born Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France

Born Giuseppe Moretti, B. Superior Emeritus of Afghanistan

17.8 Temporary Vows Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. † Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy

11 Nov 52.5 Ceased Jozef Čársky † Apostolic Administrator of Košice, Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop

13 Nov 71.6 Died Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil

Born David Louis Walker Bishop Emeritus of Broken Bay, Australia

14 Nov 49.0 Appointed Umberto Malchiodi † Archbishop of Camerino, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

53.8 Appointed Umberto Ravetta † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

76.1 Died François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

15 Nov Born Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I. Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique

45.0 Installed Francis Augustine Thill † Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA

16 Nov 71.2 Retired Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Changteh [Changde], China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

17 Nov Born Francisco Polti Santillán Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Born José Soleibe Arbeláez Bishop Emeritus of Caldas, Colombia

18 Nov Born Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil † Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Born Vicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines

34.8 Appointed Tomaz M. de Marcellano, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Alto Solimões (Upper Solimões), Brazil

19 Nov 47.1 Appointed William Aloysius Rice, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Belize

47.1 Appointed William Aloysius Rice, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Rusicade Vicar Apostolic of Belize

20 Nov 24.7 Ordained Priest Julio Franco Arango † Priest Bishop of Duitama, Colombia

50.6 Installed Joseph Basil Roper † Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia Bishop Emeritus

21 Nov 19.6 Professed Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.Ss.R. † Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger

31.7 Ordained Priest Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

49.1 Appointed William Godfrey † Titular Archbishop of Cius Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

49.1 Appointed William Godfrey † Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

45.4 Ordained Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. † Titular Bishop of Andropolis Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23 Nov Born Patrick Altham Kelly Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

Born Józef Zawitkowski † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland

24 Nov 29.6 Ordained Priest Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. † Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India

25 Nov 45.6 Appointed Leandro Nieto y Bolandier, O.A.R. † Prefect of Palawan, Philippines Prefect Emeritus

26 Nov 71.8 Died Antoine Bahabanian † Bishop of Cesarea di Cappadocia (Armenian), Turkey

27 Nov 26.7 Ordained Priest Ignatius Salvador D’Souza † Priest Bishop of Baroda, India

Born Theodor Kettmann Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany

27.6 Ordained Priest Longinus Gabriel Pereira † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

39.2 Ordained Bishop Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. † Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

29 Nov Born José Oscar Barahona Castillo † Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador

30 Nov 36.3 Ordained Bishop René de Pontes † Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

23.7 Ordained Priest Henry Joseph Kennedy † Priest of Sydney, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia

35.1 Ordained Bishop Paulus Rusch † Titular Bishop of Lycopolis Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck, Austria

45.3 Ordained Bishop Léon-Albert Terrier † Bishop of Tarentaise, France Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France

74.5 Retired Sigismund Waitz † Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck, Austria Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria

1 Dec 68.9 Died Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. † Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain

3 Dec 51.3 Appointed Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Bezwada, India Bishop of Vijayawada, India

63.9 Resigned Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Friedrich Hünermann † Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

52.2 Appointed Friedrich Hünermann † Titular Bishop of Ostracine Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

36.8 Appointed David James Mathew † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

36.8 Appointed David James Mathew † Titular Bishop of Aeliae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

Born Werner Thissen Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany

4 Dec 74.0 Died Alfonso Archi † Bishop of Cesena, Italy

Born Zef Gashi, S.D.B. Archbishop Emeritus of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

22.1 Professed Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. † Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Titular Bishop of Nauplia

23.5 Ordained Priest Elizeu Simões Mendes † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

74.3 Died Józef Teofil Teodorowicz † Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine

6 Dec 42.9 Ordained Bishop Henri Maurice Albert Audrain † Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

Born Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek † Apostolic Nuncio

65.1 Died Donald Martin † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

Born Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

7 Dec 23.9 Ordained Priest Alejandro Durán Moreira † Priest of Rancagua, Chile Bishop Emeritus

26.8 Ordained Priest José Melgoza Osorio † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México

22.6 Ordained Priest José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. † Priest of Valparaíso, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

67.0 Died Goffredo Zaccherini † Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

8 Dec Born Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M. Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina

20.0 Professed José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia

44.5 Appointed Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves † Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

9 Dec 51.4 Installed Juan Pascual Chimento † Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

10 Dec Born Paul Kazuhiro Mori † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

49.8 Appointed James Staunton † Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

11 Dec 26.5 Ordained Deacon Alexandru Todea † Deacon of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Dec 37.6 Ordained Bishop Luis Chávez y González † Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador Archbishop Emeritus

44.3 Entered Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. † Priest of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

13 Dec 52.7 Appointed Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro Bishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China

52.7 Appointed Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Nancheng [Nancheng], China Bishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China

Born Rainer Klug Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

36.4 Appointed Thomas Absolam McCabe † Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia

62.2 Appointed Jean-Germain Mousset, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

62.2 Appointed Jean-Germain Mousset, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Taiku, Korea (South)

42.8 Appointed Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Denmark Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

42.8 Appointed Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Balecium Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

14 Dec 55.0 Appointed Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA Vicar Apostolic

55.0 Appointed Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Tymbrias Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA

15 Dec Born Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. † Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

86.8 Appointed Hugh McSherry † Titular Archbishop of Amorium Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa

86.8 Retired Hugh McSherry † Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

17 Dec 24.0 Ordained Priest Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † Priest of Benevento, Italy Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

68.8 Died Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. † Archbishop of Guatemala

29.6 Ordained Deacon Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard † Deacon of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.4 Ordained Deacon Peter Leo Gerety † Deacon of Hartford, Connecticut, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

25.4 Ordained Deacon Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. † Deacon of Fukuoka, Japan Bishop Emeritus

22.8 Ordained Priest Jean Margéot † Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

24.7 Ordained Priest Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

26.7 Ordained Priest Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

18 Dec 47.6 Ordained Bishop Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Cucusus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

24.6 Ordained Priest José Gonçalves da Costa, C.Ss.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

19 Dec Born Terence John Brain Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

Born Josu Iriondo Zabaleta Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

20.0 First Vows Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

21 Dec 49.2 Ordained Bishop William Godfrey † Titular Archbishop of Cius Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

49.1 Ordained Bishop Umberto Malchiodi † Archbishop of Camerino, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy

36.9 Ordained Bishop David James Mathew † Titular Bishop of Aeliae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Britain, Military

54.6 Ordained Bishop Louis-Paul Rastouil † Bishop of Limoges, France

53.9 Ordained Bishop Umberto Ravetta † Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

22 Dec Born Lucas Abadamloora † Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana

24 Dec 25.9 Ordained Priest David John Cashman † Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain

42.3 Appointed Áron Márton † Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Died Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia

25 Dec Born Nino Marzoli, C. R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

28 Dec Born Francis Teke Lysinge Bishop Emeritus of Mamfe, Cameroon

29 Dec 88.9 Died Alphonse Daignault, S.J. † Superior Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe

77.8 Died Thomas Francis Lillis † Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA

30 Dec Born James Edward Fitzgerald † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

76.9 Died Aleksander Kakowski † Cardinal, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	68.2	Resigned	Josef Ludwig Brems, O. Praem. †	Vicar Apostolic of Denmark	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
3 Nov	47.7	Died	Paul Bergan Misner, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yükiang [Yujiang], China
4 Nov	52.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Cogoni †	Archbishop of Oristano, Italy
5 Nov	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Babini †	Bishop of Comacchio, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Forli, Italy
6 Nov	22.8	Ordained Priest	Pietro Fiordelli †	Priest of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Prato, Italy
	Born	Leonardo Yuzon Medroso		Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
69.5	Died	Jan Stavěl †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia
7 Nov	33.1	Ordained Priest	Michael Huang Woze †	Priest	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
	Born	Sigitas Tamkevičius, S.J.		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
8 Nov		Born	Pedro Dulay Arigo		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Princesa, Philippines
	Born	Louis Nerval Kébreau, S.D.B.		Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
53.5	Appointed	Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti {Isole Tahiti}, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
53.5	Appointed	Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
9 Nov		Born	Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley		Bishop Emeritus of Langres, France
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Massé †	Titular Bishop of Phaena	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
	Born	Dale Joseph Melczek †		Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
57.4	Ordained Bishop	John Hubert Peschges †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
10 Nov		Born	Barry Francis Collins †		Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
	Born	Olivier Jean-Marie Michel de Berranger, Ist. del Prado †		Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis, France
	Born	Giuseppe Moretti, B.		Superior Emeritus of Afghanistan
17.8	Temporary Vows	Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. †	Member of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
11 Nov	52.5	Ceased	Jozef Čársky †	Apostolic Administrator of Košice, Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop
13 Nov	71.6	Died	Leopoldo Duarte e Silva †	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
	Born	David Louis Walker		Bishop Emeritus of Broken Bay, Australia
14 Nov	49.0	Appointed	Umberto Malchiodi †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
53.8	Appointed	Umberto Ravetta †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
76.1	Died	François Camille Van Ronslé, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Léopoldville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Nov		Born	Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique
45.0	Installed	Francis Augustine Thill †	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA
16 Nov	71.2	Retired	Ángel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Changteh [Changde], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Nov		Born	Francisco Polti Santillán		Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Born	José Soleibe Arbeláez		Bishop Emeritus of Caldas, Colombia
18 Nov		Born	Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil †		Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	Born	Vicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
34.8	Appointed	Tomaz M. de Marcellano, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Alto Solimões (Upper Solimões), Brazil
19 Nov	47.1	Appointed	William Aloysius Rice, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Belize
47.1	Appointed	William Aloysius Rice, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Rusicade	Vicar Apostolic of Belize
20 Nov	24.7	Ordained Priest	Julio Franco Arango †	Priest	Bishop of Duitama, Colombia
50.6	Installed	Joseph Basil Roper †	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	19.6	Professed	Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.Ss.R. †	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
31.7	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
49.1	Appointed	William Godfrey †	Titular Archbishop of Cius	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
49.1	Appointed	William Godfrey †	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. †	Titular Bishop of Andropolis	Bishop Emeritus of Beni, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Nov		Born	Patrick Altham Kelly		Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
	Born	Józef Zawitkowski †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łowicz, Poland
24 Nov	29.6	Ordained Priest	Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. †	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India
25 Nov	45.6	Appointed	Leandro Nieto y Bolandier, O.A.R. †	Prefect of Palawan, Philippines	Prefect Emeritus
26 Nov	71.8	Died	Antoine Bahabanian †	Bishop of Cesarea di Cappadocia (Armenian), Turkey
27 Nov	26.7	Ordained Priest	Ignatius Salvador D’Souza †	Priest	Bishop of Baroda, India
	Born	Theodor Kettmann		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Osnabrück, Germany
27.6	Ordained Priest	Longinus Gabriel Pereira †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
39.2	Ordained Bishop	Athanasios Toutoungi, B.A. †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
29 Nov		Born	José Oscar Barahona Castillo †		Bishop Emeritus of San Vicente, El Salvador
30 Nov	36.3	Ordained Bishop	René de Pontes †	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
23.7	Ordained Priest	Henry Joseph Kennedy †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia
35.1	Ordained Bishop	Paulus Rusch †	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck, Austria
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Léon-Albert Terrier †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
74.5	Retired	Sigismund Waitz †	Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck, Austria	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
1 Dec	68.9	Died	Thomas Wulstan Pearson, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
3 Dec	51.3	Appointed	Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Bezwada, India	Bishop of Vijayawada, India
63.9	Resigned	Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Hallé †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Ontario (Ontario-Nord), Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Friedrich Hünermann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
52.2	Appointed	Friedrich Hünermann †	Titular Bishop of Ostracine	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
36.8	Appointed	David James Mathew †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
36.8	Appointed	David James Mathew †	Titular Bishop of Aeliae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
	Born	Werner Thissen		Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg, Germany
4 Dec	74.0	Died	Alfonso Archi †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy
	Born	Zef Gashi, S.D.B.		Archbishop Emeritus of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
22.1	Professed	Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. †	Member of Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	Titular Bishop of Nauplia
23.5	Ordained Priest	Elizeu Simões Mendes †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
74.3	Died	Józef Teofil Teodorowicz †	Archbishop of Lviv (Armenian), Ukraine
6 Dec	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Henri Maurice Albert Audrain †	Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Arcadia	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
	Born	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †		Apostolic Nuncio
65.1	Died	Donald Martin †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
	Born	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam		Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
7 Dec	23.9	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Priest of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
26.8	Ordained Priest	José Melgoza Osorio †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Netzahualcóyotl, México, México
22.6	Ordained Priest	José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †	Priest of Valparaíso, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
67.0	Died	Goffredo Zaccherini †	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
8 Dec		Born	Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M.		Prelate Emeritus of Deán Funes, Argentina
20.0	Professed	José Miguel López Hurtado, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Prefect Emeritus of Guapi, Colombia
44.5	Appointed	Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves †	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
9 Dec	51.4	Installed	Juan Pascual Chimento †	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
10 Dec		Born	Paul Kazuhiro Mori †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
49.8	Appointed	James Staunton †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
11 Dec	26.5	Ordained Deacon	Alexandru Todea †	Deacon of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Dec	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Luis Chávez y González †	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador	Archbishop Emeritus
44.3	Entered	Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
13 Dec	52.7	Appointed	Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China
52.7	Appointed	Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nancheng [Nancheng], China	Bishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China
	Born	Rainer Klug		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
36.4	Appointed	Thomas Absolam McCabe †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
62.2	Appointed	Jean-Germain Mousset, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
62.2	Appointed	Jean-Germain Mousset, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Isauria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Taiku, Korea (South)
42.8	Appointed	Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Denmark	Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
42.8	Appointed	Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Balecium	Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
14 Dec	55.0	Appointed	Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA	Vicar Apostolic
55.0	Appointed	Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tymbrias	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
15 Dec		Born	Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. †		Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
86.8	Appointed	Hugh McSherry †	Titular Archbishop of Amorium	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa
86.8	Retired	Hugh McSherry †	Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Eastern District {Capo de Buona Speranza, Distretto Orientale}, South Africa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Dec	24.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †	Priest of Benevento, Italy	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
68.8	Died	Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. †	Archbishop of Guatemala
29.6	Ordained Deacon	Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard †	Deacon of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.4	Ordained Deacon	Peter Leo Gerety †	Deacon of Hartford, Connecticut, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
25.4	Ordained Deacon	Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †	Deacon of Fukuoka, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
22.8	Ordained Priest	Jean Margéot †	Priest of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
24.7	Ordained Priest	Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
26.7	Ordained Priest	Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. †	Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
18 Dec	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Cucusus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
24.6	Ordained Priest	José Gonçalves da Costa, C.Ss.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archbishop Emeritus of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 Dec		Born	Terence John Brain		Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
	Born	Josu Iriondo Zabaleta		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
20.0	First Vows	Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21 Dec	49.2	Ordained Bishop	William Godfrey †	Titular Archbishop of Cius	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Umberto Malchiodi †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza, Italy
36.9	Ordained Bishop	David James Mathew †	Titular Bishop of Aeliae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Great Britain, Military
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Louis-Paul Rastouil †	Bishop of Limoges, France
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Umberto Ravetta †	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
22 Dec		Born	Lucas Abadamloora †		Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Ghana
24 Dec	25.9	Ordained Priest	David John Cashman †	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
42.3	Appointed	Áron Márton †	Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Died	Lev Skrbenský z Hřiště †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Olomouc, Czechia
25 Dec		Born	Nino Marzoli, C. R. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
28 Dec		Born	Francis Teke Lysinge		Bishop Emeritus of Mamfe, Cameroon
29 Dec	88.9	Died	Alphonse Daignault, S.J. †	Superior Emeritus of Zambese, Zimbabwe
77.8	Died	Thomas Francis Lillis †	Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA
30 Dec		Born	James Edward Fitzgerald †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
76.9	Died	Aleksander Kakowski †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

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