Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | 74.3 | Appointed | Ersilio Tonini † | Apostolic Administrator of Rimini, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy |
1 Dec | 62.0 | Appointed | Maurice Couture, R.S.V. † | Bishop of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada |
24.9 | Ordained Priest | David William Valencia Antonio | Priest of Nueva Segovia, Philippines | Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines | |
2 Dec | 63.7 | Appointed | Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
63.7 | Appointed | Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, S.J. † | Titular Bishop of Leges | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
49.2 | Appointed | Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | |
49.2 | Appointed | Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio | Titular Bishop of Cerbali | Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | |
76.2 | Retired | Agustín Adolfo Herrera † | Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.1 | Appointed | Baldomero Carlos Martini | Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of San Justo, Argentina | |
80.5 | Died | Benedito Zorzi † | Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
3 Dec | 61.0 | Appointed | Cipriano Calderón Polo, H.S.O.D. † | Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America | Vice President Emeritus |
61.0 | Appointed | Cipriano Calderón Polo, H.S.O.D. † | Titular Bishop of Thagora | Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America | |
25.9 | Ordained Priest | Enrique Eguía Seguí | Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina | |
32.6 | Ordained Priest | Dimas Lara Barbosa | Priest of Săo José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |
36.3 | Ordained Priest | Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | |
28.4 | Ordained Priest | Joăo Inácio Müller, O.F.M. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
26.5 | Ordained Priest | Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin | Priest of Los Angeles, Chile | Bishop of Villarrica, Chile | |
24.7 | Ordained Priest | Marcony Vinícius Ferreira | Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Archbishop of Brazil, Military | |
4 Dec | 25.5 | Ordained Deacon | Michele Di Tolve | Deacon of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy |
25.6 | Ordained Priest | Jaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. | Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
69.1 | Ordained Bishop | Andreas Anicetus Wang Chong Yi † | Bishop of Guiyang [Kweyang], China | Archbishop Emeritus | |
64.9 | Died | Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. † | Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar | ||
6 Dec | 73.7 | Resigned | Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. † | Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus |
75.5 | Retired | Philip Matthew Hannan † | Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
52.0 | Appointed | Roger Francis Crispian Hollis | Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.7 | Succeeded | Paul John Marx, M.S.C. † | Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus | |
43.4 | Appointed | Patrick Joseph McGrath † | Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus of San Jose in California, USA | |
43.4 | Appointed | Patrick Joseph McGrath † | Titular Bishop of Allegheny | Bishop Emeritus of San Jose in California, USA | |
61.9 | Appointed | Francis Bible Schulte † | Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
53.3 | Appointed | Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J. | Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA | |
53.3 | Appointed | Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J. | Titular Bishop of Mina | Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA | |
7 Dec | 60.6 | Appointed | Giacomo Barabino † | Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
53.8 | Appointed | Antonio Ciliberti † | Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy | |
63.0 | Succeeded | Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
55.4 | Appointed | Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhăo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.4 | Retired | Michele Mincuzzi † | Archbishop of Lecce, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
85.9 | Died | René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. † | Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia | ||
56.5 | Appointed | Cosmo Francesco Ruppi † | Archbishop of Lecce, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
75.9 | Retired | Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.8 | Retired | Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † | Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
8 Dec | 24.5 | Ordained Priest | Geraldo dos Reis Maia | Priest of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil |
9 Dec | 27.7 | Ordained Priest | Marcos Pirán Gómez | Priest of San Isidro, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop of Holguín, Cuba |
10 Dec | 51.4 | Appointed | Piero Biggio † | Titular Archbishop of Otriculum | Apostolic Nuncio |
51.4 | Appointed | Piero Biggio † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh | Apostolic Nuncio | |
73.1 | Resigned | Loris Francesco Capovilla † | Prelate of Loreto, Italy | Cardinal, Prelate Emeritus | |
27.8 | Ordained Priest | Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S. | Priest of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales | Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia | |
30.5 | Professed | Lucien (Luc) Jacques Marie Joseph Crepy, C.I.M. | Member of Congregation of Jesus and Mary | Bishop of Versailles, France | |
56.2 | Installed | Carmelo Ferraro | Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Agrigento, Italy | |
78.2 | Installed | Franz Hengsbach † | Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany | |
65.0 | Appointed | Pasquale Macchi † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Loreto, Italy | Prelate Emeritus | |
11 Dec | 68.4 | Died | Joseph Basmadjan, I.C.P.B. † | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria | |
50.7 | Ordained Bishop | Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado | Titular Bishop of Croae | Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar | |
12 Dec | 28.6 | Ordained Deacon | Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert | Deacon of Créteil, France | Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France |
63.0 | Appointed | Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.7 | Retired | Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F. † | Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
66.4 | Died | Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine † | Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France | ||
13 Dec | 51.1 | Ordained Bishop | John Charles Dunne | Titular Bishop of Abercornia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA |
57.6 | Ordained Bishop | Emil Aloysius Wcela † | Titular Bishop of Filaca | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
14 Dec | 56.6 | Installed | Edward Michael Egan † | Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA |
15 Dec | 60.0 | Appointed | Carlos María Ariz Bolea, C.M.F. † | Bishop of Colón, Panama | Bishop Emeritus of Colón-Kuna Yala, Panama |
54.9 | Ordained Bishop | Edmond Carmody | Titular Bishop of Murthlacum | Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | |
76.4 | Retired | Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang † | Bishop of Masan, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus | |
40.6 | Appointed | Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F. | Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras | |
40.6 | Appointed | Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F. | Titular Bishop of Nigrae Maiores | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras | |
78.1 | Died | Victor-Julien-André Gouet † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France | ||
64.3 | Appointed | Fulgence Werner Le Roy, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Pietersburg, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus | |
38.9 | Appointed | Félicien Muvara † | Auxiliary Bishop of Butare, Rwanda | Priest | |
38.9 | Appointed | Félicien Muvara † | Titular Bishop of Thunudruma | Priest | |
43.2 | Appointed | Joseph Marie Nguyễn Quang Tuyến † | Coadjutor Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam | Bishop | |
61.9 | Appointed | Michael Pak Jeong-il † | Bishop of Masan, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus | |
41.4 | Appointed | Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri | Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala | Cardinal, Bishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala | |
52.0 | Appointed | Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Masaka, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda | |
52.0 | Appointed | Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo † | Titular Bishop of Pupiana | Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, Uganda | |
16 Dec | 27.7 | Ordained Priest | Marcelo Daniel Colombo | Priest of Quilmes, Argentina | Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina |
45.9 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến | Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.7 | Died | Jan Wladyslaw Obląk † | Bishop Emeritus of Warmia (Ermland), Poland | ||
17 Dec | 30.6 | Ordained Priest | Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador |
23.8 | Ordained Priest | Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. | Priest of Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza | Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil | |
82.9 | Died | Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. † | Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria | ||
28.6 | Ordained Priest | Sithembele Anton Sipuka | Priest of Queenstown, South Africa | Bishop of Umtata, South Africa | |
26.9 | Ordained Priest | Pablito Martinez Tagura, S.V.D. | Priest of Society of the Divine Word | Vicar Apostolic of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines | |
18 Dec | 30.9 | Ordained Priest | Akio Johnson Mutek † | Priest of Torit, South Sudan | Bishop |
51.5 | Ordained Bishop | Faustino Sainz Muńoz † | Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana | Apostolic Nuncio | |
51.2 | Ordained Bishop | Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. † | Titular Bishop of Tacia Montana | Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
19 Dec | 58.9 | Appointed | Andrea Maria Erba, B. † | Bishop of Velletri-Segni, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
20 Dec | 61.3 | Ordained Bishop | William George Curlin † | Titular Bishop of Rossmarkaeum | Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
55.2 | Appointed | José Fernández Arteaga † | Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua, México | Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.9 | Appointed | Joachim Meisner † | Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
65.1 | Ordained Bishop | Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. † | Titular Bishop of Legia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
69.3 | Died | Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | ||
21 Dec | 60.7 | Selected | Georg Eder † | Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria | Archbishop Emeritus |
60.2 | Appointed | Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. † | Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.5 | Appointed | William Joseph Winter | Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
58.5 | Appointed | William Joseph Winter | Titular Bishop of Uthina | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
22 Dec | 85.9 | Died | Joseph Zhu Yousan † | Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China | |
23 Dec | 53.6 | Appointed | István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary | |
53.6 | Appointed | István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. † | Titular Bishop of Menefessi | Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary | |
63.7 | Appointed | Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | |
63.7 | Appointed | Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. † | Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary | |
48.5 | Appointed | Gilles Lussier | Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada | |
48.5 | Appointed | Gilles Lussier | Titular Bishop of Augurus | Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada | |
47.8 | Appointed | Mihály Mayer | Auxiliary Bishop of Pécs, Hungary | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.8 | Appointed | Mihály Mayer | Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli | Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary | |
45.5 | Appointed | Francesco Micciché | Auxiliary Bishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy | |
45.5 | Appointed | Francesco Micciché | Titular Bishop of Chusira | Bishop Emeritus of Trapani, Italy | |
61.9 | Appointed | Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.9 | Appointed | Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. † | Titular Bishop of Carcabia | Bishop Emeritus of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary | |
42.9 | Appointed | Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B. | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom, Hungary | Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary | |
42.9 | Appointed | Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B. | Titular Bishop of Culusi | Abbot Emeritus of Pannonhalma, Hungary | |
25 Dec | 58.5 | Died | Francis Gerard Thomas † | Bishop of Northampton, England, Great Britain | |
27 Dec | 52.1 | Appointed | Tod David Brown † | Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA |
26.9 | Ordained Priest | William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera | Priest of San Salvador, El Salvador | Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador | |
28 Dec | 58.9 | Appointed | Arnaldo Ribeiro † | Archbishop of Ribeirăo Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus |
30 Dec | 64.6 | Died | Filippo Franceschi † | Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy | |
31 Dec | 75.9 | Retired | Abele Conigli † | Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
78.5 | Retired | Carlo Fanton † | Auxiliary Bishop of Vicenza, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
27.5 | Ordained Priest | Paul Mattekatt | Priest of Diphu, India | Bishop | |
62.4 | Appointed | Antonio Nuzzi † | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Teramo-Atri, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
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