Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Dec | 42.5 | Appointed | Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador |
42.5 | Appointed | Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. † | Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari | Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador | |
39.8 | Appointed | Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru | |
39.8 | Appointed | Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. † | Titular Bishop of Sertei | Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru | |
79.1 | Died | Stanislaus Vincent Bona † | Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | ||
33.7 | Appointed | Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán † | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador | |
33.7 | Appointed | Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán † | Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania | Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador | |
Born | Bartolome Gaspar Santos | Bishop of Iba, Philippines | |||
2 Dec | 58.3 | Appointed | Joseph Bernard Brunini † | Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA |
25.0 | Ordained Deacon | Irineu Gassen, O.F.M. | Deacon of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
82.5 | Appointed | Richard Oliver Gerow † | Titular Bishop of Vageata | Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA | |
82.5 | Retired | Richard Oliver Gerow † | Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
27.5 | Ordained Priest | Gustavo Girón Higuita, O.C.D. | Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites | Bishop Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia | |
55.7 | Appointed | David Monas Maloney † | Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.3 | Appointed | Jerónimo José Podestá † | Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici | Bishop Emeritus of Avellaneda, Argentina | |
47.3 | Resigned | Jerónimo José Podestá † | Bishop of Avellaneda, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
24.0 | Ordained Priest | Leonardo Sandri | Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | |
56.7 | Appointed | Eldon Bernard Schuster † | Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
78.5 | Died | Francis Joseph Spellman † | Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA | ||
29.7 | Ordained Priest | Juan Horacio Suárez | Priest of San Justo, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina | |
3 Dec | Born | Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B. | Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil | ||
26.4 | Ordained Priest | Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia | Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
41.4 | Ordained Bishop | Ján Eugen Kočiš † | Bishop | Protosyncellus Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) | |
48.4 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Mariani † | Titular Archbishop of Missua | Apostolic Nuncio | |
24.0 | Ordained Priest | Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños | Priest of Ipiales, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia | |
37.1 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. † | Bishop of Jinja, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus | |
4 Dec | 51.5 | Appointed | Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard † | Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France | Bishop Emeritus of Nancy (-Toul), France |
51.5 | Appointed | Jean Albert Marie Auguste Bernard † | Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris | Bishop Emeritus of Nancy (-Toul), France | |
Born | Álvaro Chordi Miranda, Adsis | Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile | |||
49.5 | Appointed | Anthony Joseph Emery † | Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain | Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain | |
49.5 | Appointed | Anthony Joseph Emery † | Titular Bishop of Tamallula | Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain | |
50.8 | Selected | Anton Hänggi † | Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland | |
Born | Flavian Matindi Kassala | Bishop of Geita, Tanzania | |||
6 Dec | 26.3 | Ordained Priest | Bernard Blasius Moras | Priest of Mangalore, India | Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India |
45.6 | Appointed | Gerald Moverley † | Auxiliary Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain | |
45.6 | Appointed | Gerald Moverley † | Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari | Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain | |
55.6 | Appointed | Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
55.6 | Appointed | Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. † | Titular Bishop of Sicilibba | Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | |
8 Dec | 28.5 | Ordained Deacon | José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. † | Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
22.8 | Professed | Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. | Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil | |
Born | Roberto Madrigal Gallegos | Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México | |||
53.2 | Ordained Bishop | Ippolito Rotoli † | Titular Archbishop of Thibiuca | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Japan | |
54.9 | Ordained Bishop | Pierluigi Sartorelli † | Titular Archbishop of Semina | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya | |
50.8 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio Zama † | Titular Bishop of Blanda Julia | Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | |
9 Dec | 39.2 | Appointed | Kuriakose Kunnacherry † | Coadjutor Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | Archbishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India |
39.2 | Appointed | Kuriakose Kunnacherry † | Titular Bishop of Cephas | Archbishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | |
10 Dec | 57.6 | Installed | Carlo Ferrari † | Bishop of Mantova, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
53.2 | Ordained Bishop | Paolo Mosconi † | Titular Archbishop of Leges | Apostolic Nuncio | |
11 Dec | 56.1 | Appointed | Paul Grégoire † | Apostolic Administrator of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
40.7 | Appointed | José López Lara † | Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México | Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México | |
12 Dec | 38.7 | Ordained Bishop | John Raphael Quinn † | Titular Bishop of Thisiduo | Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California, USA |
45.5 | Ordained Bishop | John Charles Reiss † | Titular Bishop of Simidicca | Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA | |
53.0 | Ordained Bishop | Cesare Zacchi † | Titular Bishop of Zella | President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy | |
13 Dec | 27.6 | Ordained Priest | Rayappu Joseph † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Mannar, Sri Lanka |
40.0 | Ordained Bishop | James Patrick Mahoney † | Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
57.3 | Installed | John Ahern Torpie † | Bishop of Cairns, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
14 Dec | 59.1 | Installed | Harry Anselm Clinch † | Bishop of Monterey in California, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
59.6 | Appointed | Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa | ||
59.6 | Appointed | Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. † | Titular Bishop of Unizibira | Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa | |
59.6 | Resigned | Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. † | Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa | Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa | |
15 Dec | 52.3 | Appointed | Antonio Innocenti † | Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy |
52.3 | Appointed | Antonio Innocenti † | Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
Born | Rex Cullingham Ramirez | Bishop of Naval, Philippines | |||
54.6 | Resigned | Johannes Schütte, S.V.D. † | Superior General of Society of the Divine Word | Superior General Emeritus | |
16 Dec | 27.1 | Ordained Priest | José María Arancedo | Priest of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina |
39.6 | Ordained Bishop | Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † | Bishop | Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India | |
28.0 | Ordained Priest | Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop Emeritus of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
70.5 | Died | Antonio Riberi † | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | ||
27.0 | Ordained Priest | Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. † | Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata | Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | |
17 Dec | 50.6 | Ordained Bishop | Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst † | Bishop of Breda, Netherlands | Bishop Emeritus |
31.0 | Ordained Priest | Jaime Pedro Gonçalves † | Priest of Beira, Mozambique | Archbishop Emeritus of Beira, Mozambique | |
43.5 | Ordained Bishop | François Kabangu wa Mutela † | Bishop of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus | |
18 Dec | 26.0 | Ordained Priest | Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. | Priest of Society of African Missions | Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia |
19 Dec | Born | José Alberto González Juárez | Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México | ||
20 Dec | 50.9 | Confirmed | Anton Hänggi † | Bishop of Basel e Lugano, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland |
30.9 | Ordained Priest | Bosco Penha | Priest of Bombay, India | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
27.4 | Ordained Priest | Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. | Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA | |
21 Dec | 55.6 | Appointed | Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia | Bishop Emeritus |
Born | Simião Purificaçao Fernandes | Auxiliary Bishop of Goa e Damão, India | |||
29.8 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Nguyễn Tích Ðức † | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam | |
29.7 | Ordained Priest | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | Priest of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam | |
30.9 | Ordained Priest | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho † | Priest | Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam | |
26.7 | Ordained Priest | Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual | Bishop Emeritus of Naha, Japan | |
22 Dec | 29.5 | Ordained Priest | Angelo Amato, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints |
26.1 | Ordained Priest | Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines | |
58.0 | Appointed | Nicholas Thomas Elko † | Titular Archbishop of Dara | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | |
27.3 | Ordained Priest | Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pucallpa, Peru | |
26.0 | Ordained Priest | Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of Veracruz, México | |
52.5 | Appointed | Stephen John Kocisko † | Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA | |
25.0 | Professed | Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. † | Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions | Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil | |
23 Dec | 27.2 | Ordained Priest | Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando † | Priest of Madrid, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | Yvon Ambroise | Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India | Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India | |
54.2 | Appointed | Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. † | Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala | Bishop Emeritus | |
79.8 | Died | Alfredo Pacini † | Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other | ||
24 Dec | Born | Petros Berga | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) | ||
25.7 | Ordained Priest | Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. † | Priest of Consolata Missionaries | Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia | |
24.2 | Ordained Deacon | Valentino Di Cerbo | Deacon of Roma {Rome}, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy | |
45.7 | Appointed | Giovanni Gravelli † | Titular Archbishop of Suas | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | |
45.7 | Appointed | Giovanni Gravelli † | Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia | Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic | |
25 Dec | 33.9 | Ordained Priest | Emmanuel Dabbaghian, I.C.P.B. † | Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar | Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq |
26 Dec | 66.2 | Died | Michael William Hyle † | Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA | |
27 Dec | 76.7 | Died | Luigi Faveri † | Bishop of Tivoli, Italy | |
28 Dec | 56.4 | Resigned | Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. † | Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil | Prelate Emeritus |
29 Dec | 27.4 | Ordained Priest | Benjamin David de Jesus, O.M.I. † | Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines |
30 Dec | 85.1 | Died | Georges-Auguste Louis † | Bishop Emeritus of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France | |
45.3 | Appointed | Alfredo Torres Romero † | Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District | Bishop of Toluca, México, México | |
45.3 | Appointed | Alfredo Torres Romero † | Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena | Bishop of Toluca, México, México | |
31 Dec | 26.0 | Ordained Priest | André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado † | Priest of Istituto del Prado | Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France |
25.4 | Ordained Priest | Louis Portella Mbuyu | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Kinkala, Congo |
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