The Year of Our Lord 1945

Bishop Events

November to December

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 25.5 Ordained Priest Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. † Priest of Other Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Born Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

2 Nov 67.3 Succeeded Edward Francis Hoban † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

79.6 Died Joseph Schrembs † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

3 Nov 56.7 Appointed Giuseppe Beltrami † Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

51.1 Appointed Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

51.1 Appointed Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. † Titular Bishop of Aradus Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

51.2 Appointed Victor-Jean Perrin † Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France Bishop Emeritus

41.1 Appointed Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères † Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France Archbishop Emeritus

48.6 Appointed Louis-Sylvain Robin † Bishop of Blois, France Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Appointed Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau † Bishop of Mende, France Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

4 Nov 23.6 Ordained Priest José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador

24.4 Ordained Priest Norbert Felix Gaughan † Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA

Born Carlos López Hernández Bishop Emeritus of Salamanca, Spain

24.2 Ordained Priest John Bernard McDowell † Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

5 Nov Born Joseph Aind, S.D.B. Bishop Emeritus of Dibrugarh, India

6 Nov Born Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

78.0 Died Joseph Gabriel Pinten † Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Born Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

8 Nov Born Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Born Vincent Gerard Nichols Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

53.1 Appointed Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

53.1 Appointed Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Curubis Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

12 Nov 80.8 Died José Miguel Godoy Herrera † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarapacá, Chile

Born Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B. Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

41.3 Appointed Leo Jozef Suenens † Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

41.3 Appointed Leo Jozef Suenens † Titular Bishop of Isinda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

13 Nov 81.1 Died Eduardo Brettoni † Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy

29.7 Ordained Priest Michael Joseph Dudick † Priest of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

14 Nov Born John Raymond Manz † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

63.8 Appointed Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. † Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala Bishop Emeritus

15 Nov Born Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania

Born Dorick McGowan Wright † Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

16 Nov 45.8 Appointed Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. † Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China

45.8 Resigned Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin], China Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

17 Nov 72.8 Appointed Ersilio Menzani † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Piacenza, Italy Bishop

47.6 Appointed Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

47.6 Appointed Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Titular Bishop of Lydda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

18 Nov Born Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)

58.2 Appointed Egidio Bignamini † Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

51.4 Appointed Dominic Senyemon Fukahori † Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan

Born João Carlos Petrini Bishop Emeritus of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil

21 Nov 52.2 Ordained Bishop François Charrière † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

Born Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. Archbishop Emeritus of Toliara, Madagascar

49.8 Confirmed Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montecassino, Italy Abbot Emeritus

22 Nov Born Paulo Sérgio Machado † Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

23 Nov 71.7 Died Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

39.7 Appointed Raymond Henri Martín, C.S.Sp. † Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Prefect Emeritus

24 Nov 42.7 Appointed Ramón José Castellano † Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

42.7 Appointed Ramón José Castellano † Titular Bishop of Flavias Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina

Born Gilles Côté, S.M.M. Bishop Emeritus of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

60.5 Appointed José Maria Diosomito Cuenco † Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines

Born Carl Anthony Fisher, S.S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

81.3 Appointed Antoni Wladyslaw Szlagowski † Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

25 Nov 41.2 Appointed José María Bueno y Monreal † Bishop of Jaca, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

38.5 Appointed Vicente Enrique y Tarancón † Bishop of Solsona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

Born Joseph Francis Kweku Essien Bishop Emeritus of Wiawso, Ghana

Born Luiz Antônio Guedes Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.8 Appointed Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

48.3 Appointed Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin † Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

48.3 Appointed Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin † Titular Bishop of Messene Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

27 Nov Born Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M. Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy

Born Anthony Mancini Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

30 Nov 24.2 Ordained Priest Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil

Born Telesphore Richard Mkude Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania

1 Dec 24.7 Ordained Priest Terence James Cooke † Priest of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop

Born Rubén Oscar Frassia Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina

2 Dec 58.2 Ordained Bishop Egidio Bignamini † Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy

3 Dec Born Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru

4 Dec Born Piero Coccia Archbishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

7 Dec Born Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)

8 Dec 22.4 Ordained Priest Angelo Campagna † Priest Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy

23.6 Perpetual Vows Luis Dalle, SS.CC. † Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru

27.0 Ordained Priest Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

30.4 Ordained Priest Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

24.0 Ordained Priest Georges F. Garmou † Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

59.0 Died Giuseppe Mazzoli † Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria

73.5 Died Felipe Joaquín Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

49.9 Installed Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montecassino, Italy Abbot Emeritus

57.8 Ordained Bishop Ernesto Ruffini † Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

25.3 Ordained Priest Imre Timkó † Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

9 Dec 24.7 Ordained Priest Bernard Patrick Devlin † Priest of Gibraltar Bishop Emeritus

Born Andrej Fogaš Bishop

10 Dec Born Wiesław Alojzy Mering Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

Born Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P. Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Argentina (Melkite Greek)

12 Dec 16.6 Professed Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. † Member of Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México

47.7 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Joseph Shehan † Titular Bishop of Lydda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Born Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia

13 Dec 57.6 Appointed Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala Official of the Secretariat of State

57.6 Appointed Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador Official of the Secretariat of State

45.8 Appointed Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya † Prefect of Kyoto, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan

58.7 Appointed Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka † Prefect of Nagoya, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan

Appointed Paul Sakuzo Uchino † Prefect of Urawa, Japan Prefect Emeritus

14 Dec 43.9 Appointed Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

43.9 Appointed Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † Titular Archbishop of Preslavus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

49.9 Appointed Antonius Deutsch, SS.CC. † Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge] Prefect Emeritus

15 Dec 59.3 Appointed Juvéncio de Brito † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

83.0 Appointed Alfonso Carinci † Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

45.7 Appointed Kenneth Grant † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain

21.2 Ordained Deacon Marcos Antônio Noronha † Deacon of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Itabira, Brazil

25.9 Ordained Priest John Joseph O’Connor † Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

54.8 Appointed Patrick O’Neill † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

16 Dec 63.4 Appointed Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru

41.4 Ordained Bishop Leo Jozef Suenens † Titular Bishop of Isinda Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

17 Dec Born Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon, France

67.0 Died Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon

Born John Michael Quinn Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA

18 Dec 79.7 Died Marian Leon Fulman † Bishop of Lublin, Poland

19 Dec 24.8 Ordained Priest Antony Padiyara † Priest of Coimbatore, India Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

27.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Rajappa † Priest Bishop of Khammam, India

69.7 Died Sebastião Thomás, O.P. † Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil

20 Dec Born Pierre Bürcher Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland

21 Dec 81.4 Died Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

22 Dec 22.7 Ordained Priest Eurico Dias Nogueira † Priest of Coimbra, Portugal Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

40.2 Appointed Benedetto Falcucci † Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy

40.2 Appointed Benedetto Falcucci † Titular Bishop of Dioclea Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy

24.9 Ordained Priest Pedro Filipak † Priest Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

31.1 Incardinated Jerome Joseph Hastrich † Priest of Madison, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

Born Jean-Pierre Kutwa Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

52.3 Appointed Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. † Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

25.6 Ordained Priest Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador

51.6 Appointed Albini LeBlanc † Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

24.5 Ordained Priest Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil

22.3 Ordained Priest Antonio Quarracino † Priest of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

23 Dec Born Victor Agbanou Bishop Emeritus of Lokossa, Benin

25.1 Ordained Priest Walmor Battú Wichrowski † Priest of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Born Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. Bishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India

24 Dec 24.7 Ordained Priest Dominic Ðinh Huy Quang † Priest of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam Auxiliary Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam

85.2 Died Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru

78.1 Died Antal Papp † Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary

25 Dec Born Nicolas Antiba, B.A. Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria

25.4 Ordained Priest Joseph Basmadjan, I.C.P.B. † Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria

25.8 Ordained Priest André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. † Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine

23.7 Ordained Priest Georges Layek † Priest Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria

26 Dec 62.9 Died Lucien-Louis-Claude Martin † Bishop of Amiens, France

27 Dec 52.7 Ordained Bishop Jozef Willem Maria Baeten † Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands

28 Dec 78.7 Died Bl. Hryhoriy (Grigorij) Khomyshyn (Chomyszyn) † Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine

49.9 Succeeded Bl. Ivan Sleziuk † Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

29 Dec 62.6 Appointed Armand Coupel † Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France Bishop Emeritus

62.6 Appointed Armand Coupel † Titular Bishop of Orcistus Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

48.5 Appointed Bertrand Lacaste † Bishop of Oran, Algeria Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed René-Joseph Piérard † Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed René-Joseph Piérard † Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France

30 Dec Born Robert Eric Guglielmone Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

31 Dec Born Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	25.5	Ordained Priest	Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. †	Priest of Other	Bishop Emeritus of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap.		Archbishop Emeritus of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
2 Nov	67.3	Succeeded	Edward Francis Hoban †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
79.6	Died	Joseph Schrembs †	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3 Nov	56.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Beltrami †	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
51.1	Appointed	Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
51.1	Appointed	Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aradus	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
51.2	Appointed	Victor-Jean Perrin †	Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France	Bishop Emeritus
41.1	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †	Archbishop of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France	Archbishop Emeritus
48.6	Appointed	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Appointed	Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau †	Bishop of Mende, France	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
4 Nov	23.6	Ordained Priest	José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
24.4	Ordained Priest	Norbert Felix Gaughan †	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA
	Born	Carlos López Hernández		Bishop Emeritus of Salamanca, Spain
24.2	Ordained Priest	John Bernard McDowell †	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
5 Nov		Born	Joseph Aind, S.D.B.		Bishop Emeritus of Dibrugarh, India
6 Nov		Born	Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv.		Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
78.0	Died	Joseph Gabriel Pinten †	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	Born	Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr.		Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
8 Nov		Born	Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina		Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
	Born	Vincent Gerard Nichols		Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
53.1	Appointed	Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Lomé, Togo	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
53.1	Appointed	Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Curubis	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
12 Nov	80.8	Died	José Miguel Godoy Herrera †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tarapacá, Chile
	Born	Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B.		Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
41.3	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen, Belgium	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
41.3	Appointed	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Titular Bishop of Isinda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
13 Nov	81.1	Died	Eduardo Brettoni †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
29.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Dudick †	Priest of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
14 Nov		Born	John Raymond Manz †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA
63.8	Appointed	Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. †	Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop Emeritus
15 Nov		Born	Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr.		Bishop Emeritus of Nouakchott, Mauritania
	Born	Dorick McGowan Wright †		Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
16 Nov	45.8	Appointed	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Superior General of La Société des Missions Etrangères	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
45.8	Resigned	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kirin [Jilin], China	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Nov	72.8	Appointed	Ersilio Menzani †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Piacenza, Italy	Bishop
47.6	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
47.6	Appointed	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
18 Nov		Born	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni		Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
58.2	Appointed	Egidio Bignamini †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
51.4	Appointed	Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †	Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan
	Born	João Carlos Petrini		Bishop Emeritus of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil
21 Nov	52.2	Ordained Bishop	François Charrière †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Fulgence Rabeony, S.J.		Archbishop Emeritus of Toliara, Madagascar
49.8	Confirmed	Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
22 Nov		Born	Paulo Sérgio Machado †		Bishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 Nov	71.7	Died	Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
39.7	Appointed	Raymond Henri Martín, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	Prefect Emeritus
24 Nov	42.7	Appointed	Ramón José Castellano †	Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
42.7	Appointed	Ramón José Castellano †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina
	Born	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
60.5	Appointed	José Maria Diosomito Cuenco †	Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta, Philippines	Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines
	Born	Carl Anthony Fisher, S.S.J. †		Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
81.3	Appointed	Antoni Wladyslaw Szlagowski †	Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
25 Nov	41.2	Appointed	José María Bueno y Monreal †	Bishop of Jaca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
38.5	Appointed	Vicente Enrique y Tarancón †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
	Born	Joseph Francis Kweku Essien		Bishop Emeritus of Wiawso, Ghana
	Born	Luiz Antônio Guedes		Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.8	Appointed	Fernando Quiroga y Palacios †	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
48.3	Appointed	Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin †	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
48.3	Appointed	Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin †	Titular Bishop of Messene	Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
27 Nov		Born	Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M.		Archbishop Emeritus of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy
	Born	Anthony Mancini		Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
30 Nov	24.2	Ordained Priest	Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil
	Born	Telesphore Richard Mkude		Bishop Emeritus of Morogoro, Tanzania
1 Dec	24.7	Ordained Priest	Terence James Cooke †	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop
	Born	Rubén Oscar Frassia		Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda-Lanús, Argentina
2 Dec	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Egidio Bignamini †	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
3 Dec		Born	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno		Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
4 Dec		Born	Piero Coccia		Archbishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy
7 Dec		Born	Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok		Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
8 Dec	22.4	Ordained Priest	Angelo Campagna †	Priest	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy
23.6	Perpetual Vows	Luis Dalle, SS.CC. †	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru
27.0	Ordained Priest	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30.4	Ordained Priest	Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
24.0	Ordained Priest	Georges F. Garmou †	Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
59.0	Died	Giuseppe Mazzoli †	Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria
73.5	Died	Felipe Joaquín Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
49.9	Installed	Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Ruffini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
25.3	Ordained Priest	Imre Timkó †	Priest of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
9 Dec	24.7	Ordained Priest	Bernard Patrick Devlin †	Priest of Gibraltar	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Andrej Fogaš		Bishop
10 Dec		Born	Wiesław Alojzy Mering		Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
	Born	Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P.		Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Argentina (Melkite Greek)
12 Dec	16.6	Professed	Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. †	Member of Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico	Prelate Emeritus of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Joseph Shehan †	Titular Bishop of Lydda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	Born	Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I.		Archbishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
13 Dec	57.6	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala	Official of the Secretariat of State
57.6	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador	Official of the Secretariat of State
45.8	Appointed	Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya †	Prefect of Kyoto, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan
58.7	Appointed	Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka †	Prefect of Nagoya, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Nagoya, Japan
	Appointed	Paul Sakuzo Uchino †	Prefect of Urawa, Japan	Prefect Emeritus
14 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
43.9	Appointed	Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
49.9	Appointed	Antonius Deutsch, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale} [Mellom-Norge]	Prefect Emeritus
15 Dec	59.3	Appointed	Juvéncio de Brito †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
83.0	Appointed	Alfonso Carinci †	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
45.7	Appointed	Kenneth Grant †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
21.2	Ordained Deacon	Marcos Antônio Noronha †	Deacon of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira, Brazil
25.9	Ordained Priest	John Joseph O’Connor †	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
54.8	Appointed	Patrick O’Neill †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
16 Dec	63.4	Appointed	Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima, Peru
41.4	Ordained Bishop	Leo Jozef Suenens †	Titular Bishop of Isinda	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
17 Dec		Born	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz		Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon, France
67.0	Died	Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Douala, Cameroon
	Born	John Michael Quinn		Bishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
18 Dec	79.7	Died	Marian Leon Fulman †	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
19 Dec	24.8	Ordained Priest	Antony Padiyara †	Priest of Coimbatore, India	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
27.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Rajappa †	Priest	Bishop of Khammam, India
69.7	Died	Sebastião Thomás, O.P. †	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil
20 Dec		Born	Pierre Bürcher		Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
21 Dec	81.4	Died	Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
22 Dec	22.7	Ordained Priest	Eurico Dias Nogueira †	Priest of Coimbra, Portugal	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
40.2	Appointed	Benedetto Falcucci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
40.2	Appointed	Benedetto Falcucci †	Titular Bishop of Dioclea	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
24.9	Ordained Priest	Pedro Filipak †	Priest	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
31.1	Incardinated	Jerome Joseph Hastrich †	Priest of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
	Born	Jean-Pierre Kutwa		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
52.3	Appointed	Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
25.6	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Labaca Ugarte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador
51.6	Appointed	Albini LeBlanc †	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
24.5	Ordained Priest	Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil
22.3	Ordained Priest	Antonio Quarracino †	Priest of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
23 Dec		Born	Victor Agbanou		Bishop Emeritus of Lokossa, Benin
25.1	Ordained Priest	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Priest of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Born	Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V.		Bishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
24 Dec	24.7	Ordained Priest	Dominic Ðinh Huy Quang †	Priest of Bac Ninh, Viet Nam	Auxiliary Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam
85.2	Died	Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru
78.1	Died	Antal Papp †	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc (Hungarian), Hungary
25 Dec		Born	Nicolas Antiba, B.A.		Patriarchal Vicar of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
25.4	Ordained Priest	Joseph Basmadjan, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
25.8	Ordained Priest	André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. †	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
23.7	Ordained Priest	Georges Layek †	Priest	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
26 Dec	62.9	Died	Lucien-Louis-Claude Martin †	Bishop of Amiens, France
27 Dec	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Jozef Willem Maria Baeten †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
28 Dec	78.7	Died	Bl. Hryhoriy (Grigorij) Khomyshyn (Chomyszyn) †	Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine
49.9	Succeeded	Bl. Ivan Sleziuk †	Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
29 Dec	62.6	Appointed	Armand Coupel †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Bishop Emeritus
62.6	Appointed	Armand Coupel †	Titular Bishop of Orcistus	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
48.5	Appointed	Bertrand Lacaste †	Bishop of Oran, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	René-Joseph Piérard †	Coadjutor Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	René-Joseph Piérard †	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Châlons, France
30 Dec		Born	Robert Eric Guglielmone		Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
31 Dec		Born	Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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