The Year of Our Lord 1943

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Nov 41.8 Died Joachim Miyoichi Ideguchi † Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama, Japan

48.4 Appointed Luigi Santa, I.M.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Rimini, Italy Bishop

4 Nov 81.70 Born Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

81.70 Born Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M. Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia

69.7 Died Vincenzo Lapuma † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

53.8 Appointed Julien François Le Couëdic † Bishop of Troyes, France Bishop Emeritus

6 Nov 81.69 Born Karel Herbst, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia

7 Nov 39.4 Ordained Bishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa † Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

9 Nov 81.69 Born Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B. Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran

11 Nov 55.2 Appointed Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam

55.2 Appointed Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Eriza Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam

44.6 Ordained Bishop Tomás Juan Carlos Solari † Titular Bishop of Aulon Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina

13 Nov 83.5 Died Pedro Adán (Pietro-Adamo) Brioschi, P.I.M.E. † Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia

52.9 Appointed Pierre Chami, S.M.S.P. † Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria

59.9 Succeeded José Ignacio López Umaña † Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia

81.68 Born Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

18.7 Entered Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Ndalatando, Angola

45.2 Appointed Giuseppe Stella † Apostolic Administrator of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy

45.2 Appointed Giuseppe Stella † Titular Bishop of Utica Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy

17 Nov 80.9 Died Eugenio Beccegato † Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy

74.8 Died Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

18 Nov 70.5 Died Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain

54.6 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Haas † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

46.6 Succeeded Manuel Moll y Salord † Bishop of Tortosa, Spain Bishop Emeritus

81.66 Born Leonardo Sandri Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

20 Nov 81.66 Born Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J. Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México

81.66 Born John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D. Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

21 Nov 23.0 Ordained Priest Eugênio de Araújo Sales † Priest of Natal, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

23.3 Ordained Priest Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. † Priest of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy

33.6 Ordained Priest Pius Kerketta, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India

48.7 Ordained Bishop Artur Michael Landgraf † Titular Bishop of Eudocia Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

25.9 Ordained Priest Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas † Priest of Asunción, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay

22.8 Ordained Deacon Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. † Deacon of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy

81.65 Born Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia

69.7 Died Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam

22 Nov 81.65 Born Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

23 Nov 81.65 Born Tsegaye Keneni Derara Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia

81.65 Born Youhanna Boutros Moshe Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq

81.65 Born Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint) Bishop Emeritus of Loikaw, Myanmar

25 Nov 77.0 Died Carlo Cremonesi † Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities

26 Nov 81.64 Born John Francis Brown, S.M.A. Superior Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria

28 Nov 81.63 Born Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián Apostolic Nuncio

24.8 Ordained Priest Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

25.0 Ordained Priest Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

30 Nov 22.5 Ordained Priest Tomislav Jablanović † Priest of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina Auxiliary Bishop

1 Dec Born Matthias U Shwe † Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar

4 Dec 81.62 Born Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua

25.4 Ordained Priest John Stock † Priest of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

5 Dec 24.5 Ordained Priest Manuel Guirao † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

23.0 Ordained Priest Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † Priest of Mercedes, Argentina Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

81.61 Born Andrew Yeom Soo-jung Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)

8 Dec 26.5 Ordained Priest Augusto Carvalho † Priest of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

45.8 Appointed Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China

45.8 Appointed Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Bida Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China

66.1 Died Donald Mackintosh † Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

10 Dec 22.2 Professed Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil

64.4 Appointed Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart † Titular Archbishop of Mocissus Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

62.6 Died Edmond Vansteenberghe † Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France

11 Dec 81.60 Born Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

81.60 Born Martin William Currie Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

12 Dec 31.4 Ordained Priest Laurean Rugambwa † Priest of Bukoba, Tanzania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

15 Dec 81.59 Born Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia

72.3 Died Emmanuel Phares † Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti

17 Dec 76.0 Died Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † Bishop of Malta

58.5 Succeeded Mikiel Gonzi † Bishop of Malta Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

81.58 Born Gyula Márfi Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

18 Dec 24.3 Ordained Priest Antonio Alfredo Brasca † Priest Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina

27.0 Ordained Priest William Michael Cosgrove † Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA

26.9 Ordained Priest Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland

44.8 Appointed Bernard William Griffin † Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

25.8 Ordained Priest Franco Illia † Priest Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania

79.1 Died Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop Emeritus of Simla, India

28.7 Ordained Priest Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC. † Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

28.4 Ordained Priest Leo Thomas Maher † Priest of San Francisco, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

23.4 Ordained Deacon Luis Munive Escobar † Deacon of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México

25.0 Ordained Priest José Maclovio Vásquez Silos † Priest Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México

19 Dec 24.4 Ordained Priest João Aloysio Hoffmann † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

24.7 Ordained Priest José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † Priest of Valencia en Venezuela Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

20 Dec 81.57 Born Antonio Buoncristiani Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

23 Dec 81.56 Born Gianni Ambrosio Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy

77.2 Died Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China

24 Dec 90.9 Died James William McCarthy † Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

66.9 Succeeded William Henry Mellon † Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain

25 Dec 72.5 Died Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}

26 Dec 23.0 Ordained Priest Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

27 Dec Born Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

81.55 Born Laurent Chu Văn Minh Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

81.55 Born Christian Werner Bishop Emeritus of Austria, Military

81.55 Born Jean Zerbo Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bamako, Mali

28 Dec 81.55 Born Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

29 Dec 68.8 Died Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain

30 Dec 34.8 Appointed Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

34.8 Appointed Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Isinda Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

31 Dec 21.8 Solemn Vows Umberto Betti, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Nov	41.8	Died	Joachim Miyoichi Ideguchi †	Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama, Japan
48.4	Appointed	Luigi Santa, I.M.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Bishop
4 Nov	81.70	Born	Carlos Bürgler, C.Ss.R.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
81.70	Born	Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia
69.7	Died	Vincenzo Lapuma †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
53.8	Appointed	Julien François Le Couëdic †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus
6 Nov	81.69	Born	Karel Herbst, S.D.B.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
7 Nov	39.4	Ordained Bishop	João Batista Portocarrero Costa †	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
9 Nov	81.69	Born	Sarkis Davidian, I.C.P.B.		Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan} (Armenian), Iran
11 Nov	55.2	Appointed	Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Quinhon, Viet Nam	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
55.2	Appointed	Paul Raymond-Marie-Marcel Piquet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Eriza	Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Tomás Juan Carlos Solari †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
13 Nov	83.5	Died	Pedro Adán (Pietro-Adamo) Brioschi, P.I.M.E. †	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
52.9	Appointed	Pierre Chami, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek), Syria
59.9	Succeeded	José Ignacio López Umaña †	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
81.68	Born	Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18.7	Entered	Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Ndalatando, Angola
45.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Stella †	Apostolic Administrator of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
45.2	Appointed	Giuseppe Stella †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato, Italy
17 Nov	80.9	Died	Eugenio Beccegato †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy
74.8	Died	Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
18 Nov	70.5	Died	Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Haas †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
46.6	Succeeded	Manuel Moll y Salord †	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
81.66	Born	Leonardo Sandri		Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
20 Nov	81.66	Born	Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J.		Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí, México
81.66	Born	John Hung Shan-chuan, S.V.D.		Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
21 Nov	23.0	Ordained Priest	Eugênio de Araújo Sales †	Priest of Natal, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
23.3	Ordained Priest	Paolo Giannini, O.S.B.I. †	Priest of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
33.6	Ordained Priest	Pius Kerketta, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Artur Michael Landgraf †	Titular Bishop of Eudocia	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
25.9	Ordained Priest	Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †	Priest of Asunción, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
22.8	Ordained Deacon	Marco Petta, O.S.B.I. †	Deacon of Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	Abbot Emeritus of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy
81.65	Born	Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños		Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
69.7	Died	Gustave-Georges-Arsène Vandaele, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hung Hoá, Viet Nam
22 Nov	81.65	Born	Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.		Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
23 Nov	81.65	Born	Tsegaye Keneni Derara		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia
81.65	Born	Youhanna Boutros Moshe		Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
81.65	Born	Sotero Phamo (Thein Myint)		Bishop Emeritus of Loikaw, Myanmar
25 Nov	77.0	Died	Carlo Cremonesi †	Cardinal, Secret Almoner Emeritus of the Office of Papal Charities
26 Nov	81.64	Born	John Francis Brown, S.M.A.		Superior Emeritus of Kano, Nigeria
28 Nov	81.63	Born	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián		Apostolic Nuncio
24.8	Ordained Priest	Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
25.0	Ordained Priest	Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 Nov	22.5	Ordained Priest	Tomislav Jablanović †	Priest of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Auxiliary Bishop
1 Dec		Born	Matthias U Shwe †		Archbishop Emeritus of Taunggyi, Myanmar
4 Dec	81.62	Born	Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.		Bishop Emeritus of Bluefields, Nicaragua
25.4	Ordained Priest	John Stock †	Priest of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
5 Dec	24.5	Ordained Priest	Manuel Guirao †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
23.0	Ordained Priest	Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	Priest of Mercedes, Argentina	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
81.61	Born	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South)
8 Dec	26.5	Ordained Priest	Augusto Carvalho †	Priest of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
45.8	Appointed	Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Yünnanfu, China	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
45.8	Appointed	Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
66.1	Died	Donald Mackintosh †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
10 Dec	22.2	Professed	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil
64.4	Appointed	Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart †	Titular Archbishop of Mocissus	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
62.6	Died	Edmond Vansteenberghe †	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France
11 Dec	81.60	Born	Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
81.60	Born	Martin William Currie		Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
12 Dec	31.4	Ordained Priest	Laurean Rugambwa †	Priest of Bukoba, Tanzania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
15 Dec	81.59	Born	Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero		Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
72.3	Died	Emmanuel Phares †	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti
17 Dec	76.0	Died	Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Malta
58.5	Succeeded	Mikiel Gonzi †	Bishop of Malta	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
81.58	Born	Gyula Márfi		Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
18 Dec	24.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Alfredo Brasca †	Priest	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
27.0	Ordained Priest	William Michael Cosgrove †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA
26.9	Ordained Priest	Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
44.8	Appointed	Bernard William Griffin †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
25.8	Ordained Priest	Franco Illia †	Priest	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
79.1	Died	Anselm Edward John Kenealy, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Simla, India
28.7	Ordained Priest	Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC. †	Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
28.4	Ordained Priest	Leo Thomas Maher †	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
23.4	Ordained Deacon	Luis Munive Escobar †	Deacon of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Bishop Emeritus of Tlaxcala, México
25.0	Ordained Priest	José Maclovio Vásquez Silos †	Priest	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
19 Dec	24.4	Ordained Priest	João Aloysio Hoffmann †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
24.7	Ordained Priest	José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †	Priest of Valencia en Venezuela	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
20 Dec	81.57	Born	Antonio Buoncristiani		Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
23 Dec	81.56	Born	Gianni Ambrosio		Bishop Emeritus of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy
77.2	Died	Giovanni Menicatti, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Northern Honan {Ho-Nan Settentrionale}, China
24 Dec	90.9	Died	James William McCarthy †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
66.9	Succeeded	William Henry Mellon †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain
25 Dec	72.5	Died	Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
26 Dec	23.0	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
27 Dec		Born	Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
81.55	Born	Laurent Chu Văn Minh		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
81.55	Born	Christian Werner		Bishop Emeritus of Austria, Military
81.55	Born	Jean Zerbo		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bamako, Mali
28 Dec	81.55	Born	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
29 Dec	68.8	Died	Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain
30 Dec	34.8	Appointed	Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
34.8	Appointed	Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Isinda	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
31 Dec	21.8	Solemn Vows	Umberto Betti, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University

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