Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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2 Dec | Born | Enrique Sánchez Martínez | Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México | ||
4 Dec | 56.7 | Appointed | Gaston-Marie Jacquier † | Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria | |
56.7 | Appointed | Gaston-Marie Jacquier † | Titular Bishop of Sufasar | Auxiliary Bishop of Alger, Algeria | |
63.8 | Ordained Bishop | Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Batnae | Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |
5 Dec | Born | Peter Baldacchino | Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA | ||
Born | Paul Abel Mamba Diatta | Bishop of Tambacounda, Senegal | |||
Born | Crispin Barrete Varquez | Bishop of Borongan, Philippines | |||
6 Dec | 53.9 | Resigned | Alfonso Manuel Escalante y Escalante, M.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus |
41.6 | Appointed | William Mahony, S.M.A. † | Prefect of Ilorin, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus of Ilorin, Nigeria | |
7 Dec | Born | Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath, O.I.C. † | Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (Syro-Malankara), India | ||
58.0 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Umberto Colombo † | Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy | |
59.6 | Died | Élie Eugène François Vandewalle † | Auxiliary Bishop of Versailles, France | ||
8 Dec | 26.4 | Ordained Priest | Fernando José Penteado | Priest of São Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil |
Born | Antonysamy Savarimuthu | Bishop of Palayamkottai, India | |||
46.4 | Appointed | Valentino Vailati † | Bishop of San Severo, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy | |
9 Dec | 42.2 | Appointed | José Costa Campos † | Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
83.7 | Died | Joseph Kallas † | Bishop of Tripoli del Libano (Melkite Greek) | ||
70.2 | Resigned | Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena † | Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
37.2 | Appointed | Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, Bolivia | Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia | |
37.2 | Appointed | Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, S.D.B. † | Titular Bishop of Hadriania | Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia | |
20.0 | Professed | Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. † | Member of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata | Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | |
10 Dec | Born | Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. | Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil | ||
Born | Ephrem Nariculam | Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India | |||
45.2 | Appointed | Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo † | Bishop of Temuco, Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile | |
11 Dec | 26.1 | Ordained Priest | Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. | Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil |
12 Dec | 37.4 | Appointed | Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti † | Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina |
37.4 | Appointed | Bl. Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti † | Titular Bishop of Lystra | Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina | |
13 Dec | Born | Oliver Dashe Doeme | Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria | ||
15 Dec | Born | Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp. | Bishop of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles | ||
17 Dec | 24.2 | Ordained Deacon | Francis Joseph Pierre Deniau † | Deacon of Paris, France | Bishop Emeritus of Nevers, France |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | Johannes Kleineidam † | Priest of Berlin, Germany | Auxiliary Bishop | |
25.0 | Ordained Priest | Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. † | Priest of Order of Friars Preachers | Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines | |
25.8 | Ordained Deacon | Peter Anthony Rosazza | Deacon of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
Born | Bernard Edward ("Ned") Shlesinger III | Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA | |||
24.6 | Ordained Priest | Luis Teodorico Stöckler | Priest of Paderborn, Germany | Bishop Emeritus of Quilmes, Argentina | |
18 Dec | 60.8 | Ordained Bishop | Garabed Amadouni † | Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of France (Armenian) |
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Patrick Delaney † | Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA | Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA | |
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Ambrose Battista De Paoli † | Priest of Miami, Florida, USA | Apostolic Nuncio to Australia | |
25.2 | Ordained Priest | Victor Benito Galeone † | Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA | |
30.2 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Mukwaya † | Priest of Kampala, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda | |
22.9 | Professed | Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. † | Member of Order of Friars Minor | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria | |
25.4 | Ordained Priest | Celso Yegros Estigarribia † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Carapeguá, Paraguay | |
19 Dec | Born | Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras | ||
20 Dec | 64.2 | Appointed | Louis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. † | Titular Archbishop of Carallia | Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda |
64.2 | Resigned | Louis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. † | Archbishop of Rubaga, Uganda | Archbishop Emeritus | |
48.5 | Appointed | Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † | Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
48.5 | Appointed | Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † | Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia | |
71.3 | Resigned | John M. Collins, S.M.A. † | Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia, Liberia | Apostolic Internuncio to Liberia | |
61.4 | Appointed | Joseph Nakabaale Kiwánuka, M. Afr. † | Archbishop of Rubaga, Uganda | ||
47.9 | Appointed | Bernard Manyurane † | Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda | Bishop-Elect | |
51.2 | Appointed | Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. † | Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
38.0 | Selected | Abdul-Ahad Sana † | Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq | Bishop Emeritus | |
21 Dec | 22.8 | Ordained Priest | William John Brennan † | Priest of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga, Australia |
23.3 | Ordained Priest | Teodoro Javier Buhain, Jr. | Priest | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines | |
25.0 | Ordained Priest | Percival Joseph Fernandez | Priest | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bombay, India | |
52.5 | Ordained Bishop | Thomas Holland † | Titular Bishop of Etenna | Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain | |
27.0 | Ordained Priest | Sylvester Monteiro † | Priest of Nagpur, India | Bishop of Aurangabad, India | |
43.3 | Ordained Bishop | Cletus Francis O’Donnell † | Titular Bishop of Abrittum | Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA | |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | Félix Paul † | Priest of Port Victoria o Seychelles | Bishop Emeritus | |
28.0 | Ordained Priest | Elmo Noel Joseph Perera † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka | |
23.3 | Ordained Priest | Geoffrey James Robinson † | Priest of Sydney, Australia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Yousif Thomas † | Priest | Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq | |
52.5 | Ordained Bishop | Aloysius John Wycislo † | Titular Bishop of Stadia | Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | |
22 Dec | 51.6 | Ordained Bishop | Cletus Joseph Benjamin † | Titular Bishop of Binda | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
55.8 | Ordained Bishop | Francis James Furey † | Titular Bishop of Temnus | Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA | |
59.0 | Appointed | Tito Mancini † | Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
59.0 | Appointed | Tito Mancini † | Titular Bishop of Vartana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia, Italy | |
42.0 | Appointed | Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
23 Dec | 48.9 | Died | Philippe Carriquiry, M.E.P. † | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Xichang [Ningyüan], China | |
Born | Edward Joseph Weisenburger | Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA | |||
24 Dec | 70.3 | Appointed | Ciril Banic † | Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia | |
Born | Emmanuel Félémou † | Bishop of Kankan, Guinea | |||
47.9 | Appointed | Frane Franić † | Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia | |
78.2 | Appointed | Mate Garković † | Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia | ||
31.3 | Ordained Priest | Matthias Joseph Isuja † | Priest of Dodoma, Tanzania | Bishop Emeritus | |
Born | Yves Le Saux, Comm. l'Emm. | Bishop of Annecy, France | |||
25 Dec | Born | Christian Noel Emmanuel | Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | ||
27 Dec | 44.5 | Ordained Bishop | Albert Louis Descamps † | Titular Bishop of Tunes | Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission |
Born | Jesús González de Zárate Salas | Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela | |||
50.8 | Ordained Bishop | Carlos Parteli Keller † | Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay | Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay | |
28 Dec | 57.2 | Appointed | Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † | Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
57.2 | Appointed | Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel † | Titular Bishop of Synaus | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | |
24.6 | First Vows | Geraldo Nascimento, O.F.M. Cap. † | Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil | |
31 Dec | 60.3 | Appointed | Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin † | Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay | |
42.9 | Appointed | Marcelo González Martín † | Bishop of Astorga, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain | |
74.2 | Died | Paolo Rota † | Bishop of Fidenza, Italy | ||
Born | Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga | Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina | |||
59.5 | Died | Joseph Wendel † | Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany |
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