Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Dec | 53.1 | Appointed | Teodoro Cardenal Fernández † | Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain |
Born | Leo Magdugo Dalmao, C.M.F. | Prelate of Isabela, Philippines | |||
51.5 | Appointed | Salvador Lazo Lazo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines | |
51.5 | Appointed | Salvador Lazo Lazo † | Titular Bishop of Selia | Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines | |
55.9 | Appointed | Francis Raymond Shea † | Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
2 Dec | 55.3 | Installed | Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck † | Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
56.0 | Appointed | Patrick Joseph Casey † | Bishop of Brentwood, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.6 | Installed | Edward Anthony McCarthy † | Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA | |
3 Dec | 55.0 | Installed | Jerome Joseph Hastrich † | Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
83.1 | Died | Jāzeps Rancāns † | Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia | ||
4 Dec | 80.0 | Appointed | Saturnino Rubio y Montiél † | Titular Bishop of Villa Regis | Bishop Emeritus of Osma-Soria, Spain |
80.0 | Retired | Saturnino Rubio y Montiél † | Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
30.5 | Ordained Priest | Dominic Su Haw Chiu | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Sibu, Malaysia | |
5 Dec | 44.2 | Appointed | Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. † | Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil |
44.2 | Appointed | Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. † | Titular Bishop of Scardona | Bishop Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil | |
63.1 | Died | Maurino Rast, S.D.S. † | Superior General of Society of the Divine Savior | ||
6 Dec | 50.8 | Ordained Bishop | Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa) † | Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq | Archbishop Emeritus |
Born | Tesfaldet Tekie Tsada | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) | |||
76.4 | Died | Stanislav Zela † | Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Czechia | ||
7 Dec | 61.4 | Ordained Bishop | Bernardo Citterio † | Titular Bishop of Floriana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy |
26.2 | Ordained Priest | Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. | Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart | Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | |
8 Dec | 64.2 | Ceased | Joseph Walter Buckley, S.M. † | Superior General of Society of Mary | Superior General Emeritus |
28.8 | Ordained Priest | José Luis Chávez Botello | Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Archbishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México | |
27.6 | Ordained Priest | Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. † | Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament | Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
47.8 | Installed | Enrico Manfredini † | Bishop of Piacenza, Italy | Archbishop of Bologna, Italy | |
43.2 | Ordained Bishop | Javier Osés Flamarique † | Titular Bishop of Abula | Bishop Emeritus of Huesca, Spain | |
46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Martirano | Bishop Emeritus of Marília, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
9 Dec | 78.6 | Died | Carlo Allorio † | Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy | |
47.7 | Appointed | José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. † | Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador | Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Dec | 56.1 | Appointed | Jean-Marie-Clément Badré † | Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France | Bishop Emeritus |
67.8 | Appointed | André Jacques Marie Jacquemin † | Titular Bishop of Elvas | Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France | |
67.8 | Resigned | André Jacques Marie Jacquemin † | Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.6 | Installed | John Lawrence May † | Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA | |
82.1 | Died | Idílio José Soares † | Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
11 Dec | 42.4 | Ordained Bishop | Hugh Lindsay † | Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre | Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain |
86.6 | Appointed | Daniel Llorente y Federico † | Titular Bishop of Auca | Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain | |
86.6 | Retired | Daniel Llorente y Federico † | Bishop of Segovia, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
Born | Joseph Pamplany | Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India | |||
50.9 | Appointed | Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez † | Bishop of Segovia, Spain | Bishop Emeritus | |
12 Dec | 90.0 | Died | Mathias Leonardus Trudon Brans, O.F.M. Cap. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia |
47.5 | Appointed | Simon Tonyé † | Coadjutor Bishop of Douala, Cameroon | Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon | |
47.5 | Appointed | Simon Tonyé † | Titular Bishop of Tamascani | Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon | |
13 Dec | 32.9 | Ordained Priest | Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) |
24.3 | Ordained Priest | José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil | |
23.4 | Perpetual Vows | Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R. | Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Archbishop Emeritus of Brazil, Military | |
31.2 | Ordained Priest | Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Soddo, Ethiopia | |
28.2 | Ordained Priest | Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap. † | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia | |
14 Dec | 42.5 | Ordained Bishop | Hubert Luthe † | Titular Bishop of Egabro | Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany |
42.7 | Ordained Bishop | Rafael Torija de la Fuente † | Titular Bishop of Ursona | Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain | |
15 Dec | 55.6 | Appointed | Eugéne Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. † | Titular Bishop of Tepelta | Bishop Emeritus of Tanga, Tanzania |
55.6 | Resigned | Eugéne Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. † | Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.5 | Appointed | Santo Bergamo † | Apostolic Administrator of Rossano, Italy | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy | |
60.5 | Appointed | Santo Bergamo † | Titular Bishop of Sasabe | Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy | |
47.1 | Appointed | Salvatore Di Salvo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Calabria, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy | |
59.1 | Appointed | James C. Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. † | Titular Bishop of Árd Mór | Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania | |
59.1 | Resigned | James C. Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. † | Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.9 | Appointed | Maurus Gervase Komba † | Bishop of Tanga, Tanzania | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.1 | Appointed | Bl. Albino Luciani † | Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy | Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy) | |
49.6 | Appointed | Alphonse Daniel Nsabi † | Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania | ||
28.7 | Ordained Priest | Vincent Ri Pyung-ho | Priest of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus | |
42.1 | Appointed | William Kevin Rowell, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea | ||
45.5 | Appointed | Settimio Todisco | Apostolic Administrator of Molfetta, Giovinazzo e Terlizzi, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy | |
45.5 | Appointed | Settimio Todisco | Titular Bishop of Bigastro | Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy | |
18 Dec | 34.9 | Ordained Priest | Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia |
19 Dec | 30.7 | Ordained Priest | Lawrence Eugene Brandt | Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA |
Born | Stephen Andrew Hero | Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | |||
53.1 | Appointed | Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Tagarbala | ||
53.1 | Resigned | Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil | ||
26.5 | Ordained Deacon | Armand Henri Paul Maillard | Deacon of Saint-Dié, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France | |
20 Dec | 25.0 | Ordained Deacon | Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. | Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop Emeritus of Garissa, Kenya |
80.2 | Ceased | Raffaele Baratta † | Apostolic Administrator of Città di Castello, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy | |
89.4 | Died | Andrea Cesarano † | Archbishop of Manfredonia (e Vieste), Italy | ||
29.0 | Ordained Priest | Gérard Émile Jean-Louis Coliche | Priest of Lille, France | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France | |
62.7 | Appointed | Raymond D’Mello † | Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha | Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India | |
62.7 | Resigned | Raymond D’Mello † | Bishop of Allahabad, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
26.2 | Ordained Priest | João Nílton dos Santos Souza | Priest of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
30.5 | Ordained Priest | Mathai Kochuparampil, S.D.B. † | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop of Diphu, India | |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C. † | Priest of Consolata Missionaries | Bishop of Gurué, Mozambique | |
53.1 | Appointed | Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † | Apostolic Administrator of Città di Castello, Italy | Bishop of Ischia, Italy | |
53.1 | Appointed | Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † | Apostolic Administrator of Gubbio, Italy | Bishop of Ischia, Italy | |
25.7 | Ordained Priest | Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. † | Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate | Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti | |
34.1 | Ordained Priest | Antony Selvanayagam | Priest of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Bishop Emeritus of Penang, Malaysia | |
23.7 | Ordained Priest | Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam | Priest of Trivandrum, India | Archbishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India | |
21 Dec | 48.3 | Ordained Bishop | Giuliano Agresti † | Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy | Archbishop of Lucca, Italy |
25.1 | Ordained Priest | Ramon Cabrera Argüelles | Priest of Manila, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines | |
55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Ricardo Blanco Granda † | Titular Bishop of Cincari | Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain | |
52.2 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Coussa † | Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia | Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq | |
28.7 | Ordained Priest | David Dias Pimentel † | Priest of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X. | Priest of Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier | Bishop Emeritus of Port Blair, India | |
40.1 | Ordained Bishop | Ramón Echarren Istúriz † | Titular Bishop of Diano | Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain | |
29.7 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Oforishe Egerega † | Priest of Warri, Nigeria | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bomadi, Nigeria | |
41.8 | Ordained Bishop | Joakim Herbut † | Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia | Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia | |
39.4 | Ordained Bishop | Romualdas Krikšciunas † | Titular Bishop of Amaia | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Panevėžys, Lithuania | |
29.4 | Ordained Priest | François Xavier Lê Văn Hồng | Priest of Huế, Viet Nam | Archbishop Emeritus | |
28.9 | Ordained Priest | Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân † | Priest of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam | Bishop | |
24.1 | Ordained Priest | Vincent Gerard Nichols | Priest of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain | |
25.2 | Ordained Priest | Mauro Piacenza | Priest of Genova, Italy | Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary | |
59.3 | Ordained Bishop | Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. † | Titular Bishop of Arcavica | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania | |
51.4 | Ordained Bishop | Nikë Prela † | Titular Bishop of Rufiniana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia | |
22 Dec | 75.8 | Appointed | Michael O’Reilly † | Titular Bishop of Lugmad | Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada |
75.8 | Resigned | Michael O’Reilly † | Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
23 Dec | 57.7 | Appointed | Paolo Ghizzoni † | Apostolic Administrator of San Miniato, Italy | Bishop |
26 Dec | 25.6 | Ordained Priest | Joji Govindu | Priest | Bishop Emeritus of Nalgonda, India |
73.8 | Died | Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. † | Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia | Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia | |
94.0 | Died | Johannes Peter Franziskus Ross, S.J. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan | ||
27 Dec | 26.3 | Ordained Priest | Mario Roberto Cassari † | Priest of Oristano, Italy | Apostolic Nuncio |
28 Dec | Born | Santo Loku Pio Doggale | Auxiliary Bishop of Juba, South Sudan | ||
31 Dec | 61.7 | Succeeded | Paul-Louis Carrière † | Bishop of Laval, France | Bishop Emeritus |
72.0 | Appointed | Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem † | Titular Bishop of Aquae Thibilitanae | Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France | |
72.0 | Resigned | Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem † | Bishop of Laval, France | Bishop Emeritus |
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