Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Dec | 51.9 | Appointed | Salvatore Cassisa † | Bishop of Cefalù, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy |
2 Dec | 42.5 | Ordained Bishop | Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor † | Bishop of Tacna, Peru | Archbishop Emeritus of Piura, Peru |
23.3 | Ordained Deacon | Bruno Gamberini † | Deacon of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
26.5 | Solemn Vows | Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. | Member of Order of Friar Servants of Mary | Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | |
54.4 | Ordained Bishop | Mario Revollo Bravo † | Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia | |
77.8 | Died | Bl. Ivan Sleziuk † | Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | ||
25.5 | Ordained Deacon | José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques | Deacon of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil | |
3 Dec | 38.9 | Appointed | Noël Delaquis | Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
5 Dec | 42.0 | Ordained Bishop | Bernard Francis Law † | Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA | Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} |
6 Dec | 48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Antônio Agostinho Marochi † | Titular Bishop of Thabraca | Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
7 Dec | 44.7 | Appointed | Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. † | Prelate of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México | Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México |
44.7 | Appointed | Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. † | Titular Bishop of Velefi | Prelate Emeritus of Cancún-Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México | |
58.9 | Died | Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pando, Bolivia | ||
51.1 | Appointed | Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. † | Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México | ||
51.1 | Appointed | Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. † | Titular Bishop of Sesta | Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México | |
8 Dec | 45.2 | Ordained Bishop | Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † | Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi | Bishop Emeritus |
41.2 | Ordained Bishop | Bertrand Blanchet | Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus of Rimouski, Québec, Canada | |
27.0 | Ordained Priest | Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S. † | Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata | Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil | |
27.2 | Ordained Priest | Manoel João Francisco | Priest of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil | |
29.1 | Ordained Priest | Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe) | Priest of Seoul, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) | |
28.9 | Ordained Priest | Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I. | Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart | Archbishop Emeritus of Nampula, Mozambique | |
27.4 | Ordained Priest | Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D. | Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites | Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq | |
26.6 | Ordained Deacon | Markijan Trofym’yak | Deacon | Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine | |
30.0 | Ordained Priest | Andrew Yeom Soo-jung | Priest of Seoul, Korea (South) | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
11 Dec | Born | Matthieu Henri Fabien Dupont | Bishop of Laval, France | ||
Born | Vincent Cosmas Mwagala | Bishop of Mafinga, Tanzania | |||
12 Dec | Born | Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar | Cardinal, Bishop of Setúbal, Portugal | ||
43.2 | Installed | Charles Aimé Halpin † | Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
Born | António Lungieki Pedro Bengui | Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola | |||
49.8 | Appointed | Marian Przykucki † | Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland | Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland | |
49.8 | Appointed | Marian Przykucki † | Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha | Archbishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland | |
13 Dec | 84.9 | Died | Giuseppe Beltrami † | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
79.8 | Died | Blasius Sigibald Kurz, O.F.M. † | Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China | ||
Born | Héctor López Alvarado | Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | |||
87.2 | Died | Manuel Jerónimo Yerena y Camarena † | Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México | ||
14 Dec | 85.8 | Died | Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler † | Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | |
15 Dec | 48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Matthew Baroi, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Krishnagar, India | |
16 Dec | 47.2 | Ordained Bishop | Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. † | Titular Bishop of Gaguari | Prelate of Cafayate, Argentina |
51.6 | Ordained Bishop | Hanna Kello † | Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq | Bishop Emeritus | |
63.5 | Ordained Bishop | Hanna Paulus Marcus † | Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 77.7 | Retired | Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco | Archbishop Emeritus |
38.7 | Appointed | Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge | Auxiliary Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus | |
38.7 | Appointed | Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge | Titular Bishop of Thignica | Bishop Emeritus of Ondo, Nigeria | |
39.3 | Appointed | Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. † | Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | |
52.7 | Appointed | Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. † | Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus | |
45.1 | Appointed | Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy † | Bishop of Nellore, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
68.9 | Resigned | Aloys Bigirumwami † | Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda | Bishop Emeritus | |
90.8 | Died | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | ||
40.0 | Appointed | Boniface Nyema Dalieh † | Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas, Liberia | Bishop Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia | |
40.0 | Appointed | Boniface Nyema Dalieh † | Titular Bishop of Talaptula | Bishop Emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia | |
44.7 | Appointed | Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. † | Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia | ||
65.4 | Resigned | Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M. † | Bishop of Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Bishop Emeritus | |
64.6 | Resigned | Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. † | Bishop of Aliwal, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus | |
37.8 | Appointed | Vincent Nsengiyumva † | Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda | Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda | |
27.9 | Ordained Priest | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Ðệ, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop Emeritus of Thái Bình, Viet Nam | |
46.1 | Appointed | Simeon Anthony Pereira † | Bishop of Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi, Pakistan | |
64.9 | Resigned | Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C. † | Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia | Bishop Emeritus | |
18 Dec | 69.6 | Resigned | Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. † | Abbot of New Norcia, Australia | |
19 Dec | Born | Milad Jawish, B.S. | Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek), Canada | ||
27.8 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Karikkassery | Priest of Verapoly, India | Bishop Emeritus of Kottapuram, India | |
24.9 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Kariyil | Priest of Cochin, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
Born | Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta | Bishop of Torit, South Sudan | |||
27.6 | Professed | Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. | Member of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México | |
61.7 | Appointed | Bruno Wüstenberg † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands | |
61.7 | Appointed | Bruno Wüstenberg † | Apostolic Delegate to Togo and Guinea | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands | |
61.7 | Appointed | Bruno Wüstenberg † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Dahomey | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands | |
21 Dec | 45.0 | Appointed | Giuseppe Agostino † | Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy |
45.0 | Appointed | Giuseppe Agostino † | Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy | |
45.0 | Appointed | Giuseppe Agostino † | Bishop of Cariati, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy | |
43.9 | Appointed | James Masilamony Arul Das † | Bishop of Ootacamund, India | Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India | |
60.5 | Appointed | Sebastiano Baggio † | Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | |
60.2 | Appointed | Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. † | Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy | |
62.0 | Resigned | Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.3 | Appointed | Robert Marie Jean Victor (de Boissonneaux) de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.8 | Appointed | René-Alexandre Dupanloup † | Coadjutor Bishop of Belley, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.5 | Appointed | Michele Federici † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy | Bishop | |
62.5 | Appointed | Michele Federici † | Bishop of Ferentino, Italy | Bishop of Veroli-Frosinone, Italy | |
54.1 | Appointed | Umberto Florenzani † | Bishop of Anagni, Italy | Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy | |
54.1 | Appointed | Umberto Florenzani † | Bishop of Alatri, Italy | Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy | |
45.9 | Appointed | Alfredo Maria Garsia † | Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
45.4 | Appointed | Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz † | Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.3 | Retired | Francesco Monaco † | Bishop of Caltanissetta, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
26.6 | Ordained Priest | Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T. | Priest of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower” | Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India | |
51.7 | Appointed | Peter Lei Wang-kee (Li Hongji, Wang Kei-lei) † | Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China | Auxiliary Bishop | |
23 Dec | 30.8 | Ordained Priest | Cristián Caro Cordero | Priest of Santiago de Chile | Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile |
25 Dec | 23.0 | Ordained Priest | Ilídio Pinto Leandro † | Priest of Viseu, Portugal | Bishop Emeritus |
26 Dec | 65.4 | Died | Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Rawalpindi, Pakistan | |
38.9 | Ordained Bishop | Paweł Socha, C.M. | Titular Bishop of Thunigaba | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland | |
27 Dec | 43.3 | Ordained Bishop | Salvatore De Giorgi | Titular Bishop of Tulana | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy |
43.7 | Ordained Bishop | Józef Marek † | Titular Bishop of Tigillava | Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland | |
29 Dec | 38.7 | Resigned | Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. † | Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar | |
56.0 | Appointed | Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. † | Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil | |
56.0 | Appointed | Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. † | Titular Bishop of Sululos | Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil | |
56.0 | Resigned | Tomás Guilherme (Thomas William) Murphy, C.SS.R. † | Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
27.4 | Ordained Priest | Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M. | Priest of Congregation of the Mission | Bishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Honduras | |
26.7 | Ordained Priest | Giovanni Tani | Priest of Rimini, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy | |
64.6 | Appointed | Lino Zanini † | Official of the Fabric of St. Peter | Official Emeritus | |
30 Dec | 38.0 | Ordained Bishop | Christopher Shaman Abba † | Bishop of Minna, Nigeria | Bishop of Yola, Nigeria |
26.8 | Ordained Priest | John ’Oke Afareha | Priest of Warri, Nigeria | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.8 | Ordained Bishop | Rafael Bellido Caro † | Titular Bishop of Mutia | Bishop Emeritus of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | |
31 Dec | 93.8 | Died | Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. † | Bishop Emeritus of Trivandrum, India | |
63.3 | Appointed | Marian Jozef Rechowicz † | Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine | ||
63.3 | Appointed | Marian Jozef Rechowicz † | Titular Bishop of Pupiana | Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine |
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