Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | 25.8 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Zhang Xianwang | Priest | Archbishop of Jinan [Tsinan], China |
1 Dec | 76.0 | Retired | Agostino Casaroli † | Secretary of State | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus |
24.2 | Ordained Priest | Juan Miguel Castro Rojas | Priest of Alajuela, Costa Rica | Bishop of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica | |
49.3 | Appointed | Claudio Maria Celli | Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State | President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication | |
27.6 | Ordained Priest | Daniel Oca Presto | Priest of Iba, Philippines | Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines | |
63.0 | Appointed | Angelo Sodano † | Pro-Secretary of the Secretariat of State | Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals | |
47.6 | Appointed | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † | Titular Archbishop of Thelepte | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | |
47.6 | Appointed | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † | Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | |
55.0 | Ordained Priest | Francisco de Paula Victor † | Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
2 Dec | 46.8 | Appointed | Kevin Patrick Dowling, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus |
80.3 | Died | Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. † | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA | ||
53.1 | Ordained Bishop | Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L. | Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.7 | Ordained Bishop | Ignatius Pak Sok-hi † | Bishop of Andong, Korea (South) | ||
3 Dec | 44.9 | Appointed | Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusčde Anyilunda | Bishop of Dapaong, Togo | Bishop Emeritus |
75.2 | Retired | Paul Ch’eng Shih-kuang † | Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.4 | Appointed | Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa (Chen Zaifa) † | Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan | Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan | |
69.7 | Appointed | Joseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu † | Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam | ||
58.9 | Appointed | François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang † | Bishop of Thái Běnh, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
21.3 | Perpetual Vows | Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C. | Member of Consolata Missionaries | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | |
56.6 | Appointed | James Mwewa Spaita † | Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
4 Dec | 62.1 | Died | Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández † | Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba | |
5 Dec | 62.7 | Installed | Robert Joseph Banks | Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
56.2 | Appointed | Jacinto Guerrero Torres † | Coadjutor Bishop of Tlaxcala, México | Bishop | |
6 Dec | 66.7 | Installed | Luigi Amaducci † | Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
51.4 | Appointed | Claudio Stagni | Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy | |
51.4 | Appointed | Claudio Stagni | Titular Bishop of Dardanus | Bishop Emeritus of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy | |
7 Dec | 25.0 | Ordained Priest | Edgar Aristizábal Quintero | Priest of Cartago, Colombia | Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia |
28.8 | Perpetual Vows | Francis Bomansaan, M. Afr. | Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) | Bishop of Wa, Ghana | |
25.8 | Ordained Priest | Fabio Dal Cin | Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy | Prelate of Loreto, Italy | |
49.5 | Appointed | Beniamino Depalma, C.M. | Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy | |
76.7 | Appointed | Bl. Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano † | Titular Bishop of Vita | Prelate of Opus Dei | |
59.5 | Appointed | Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. † | Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.2 | Appointed | Agostino Marchetto | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | |
65.4 | Ordained Bishop | Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap. † | Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy | Prelate Emeritus | |
24.0 | Ordained Priest | Benny Mario Travas | Priest of Karachi, Pakistan | Archbishop | |
8 Dec | 31.3 | Ordained Priest | Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. | Priest of Clerks Regular of Somasca | Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras |
26.3 | Ordained Priest | Carlos Antonio Ávila Mártinez, O.P. | Priest of Institute of the Incarnate Word | Superior Emeritus of Tadjikistan | |
26.9 | Ordained Priest | Constantino Barrera Morales | Priest of San Vicente, El Salvador | Bishop of Sonsonate, El Salvador | |
62.6 | Ordained Bishop | Joăo Corso, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
32.4 | Ordained Priest | Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos | Priest of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
81.5 | Died | Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria | ||
27.8 | Ordained Priest | Bruno Essoh Yedoh | Priest of Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire | |
9 Dec | 60.2 | Ordained Bishop | Norberto Eugenio Conrado Martina, O.F.M. † | Titular Bishop of Satafis | Bishop of Argentina, Military |
27.4 | Ordained Priest | Peter Wu Junwei † | Priest of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China | Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China | |
10 Dec | 67.4 | Died | Angelo Campagna † | Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy | |
66.3 | Succeeded | Nicola Comparone † | Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy | ||
65.9 | Appointed | Marcello Costalunga † | Official of the Roman Curia - Other | Official Emeritus | |
65.9 | Appointed | Marcello Costalunga † | Titular Archbishop of Aquileia | Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other | |
76.4 | Resigned | Antonio Mauro † | Official of the Roman Curia - Other | Official Emeritus | |
59.0 | Resigned | Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. | Auxiliary Bishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
11 Dec | 50.4 | Appointed | Roderick Wright † | Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus |
12 Dec | 61.6 | Installed | Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila † | Archbishop of Brazil, Military | |
61.1 | Appointed | Patricio Infante Alfonso | Archbishop of Antofagasta, Chile | Archbishop Emeritus | |
44.3 | Appointed | Carlos José Ńáńez | Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus | |
44.3 | Appointed | Carlos José Ńáńez | Titular Bishop of Lete | Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina | |
68.7 | Ordained Bishop | Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan † | Titular Bishop of Cursola | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA | |
13 Dec | 24.7 | Ordained Priest | Ernesto José Fernández | Priest of Rosario, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop |
69.2 | Resigned | Jacques Landriault † | Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
14 Dec | 25.0 | Ordained Priest | Luis Gonzaga Féchio | Priest of Săo Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
15 Dec | 55.1 | Appointed | Bruno Bertagna † | Titular Bishop of Drivastum | Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts |
75.5 | Retired | Giuseppe Carata † | Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
66.6 | Appointed | Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. † | Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
72.8 | Appointed | Vincenzo Fagiolo † | President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
60.7 | Appointed | Julián Herranz Casado | Titular Archbishop of Vertara | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
27.3 | Ordained Priest | Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. | Priest of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary | Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile | |
16 Dec | 42.1 | Ordained Bishop | Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. | Bishop of Lashio, Myanmar | Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar |
77.1 | Died | Joseph Albertus Martin † | Bishop Emeritus of Nicolet, Québec, Canada | ||
56.9 | Installed | Raffaele Nogaro | Bishop of Caserta, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 27.2 | Solemn Vows | Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T. | Member of Order of the Most Holy Trinity | Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia, Bahrain |
48.3 | Appointed | Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla | Titular Archbishop of Pia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
48.3 | Appointed | Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla | Apostolic Nuncio to Panama | Apostolic Nuncio | |
18 Dec | 56.1 | Appointed | Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. † | Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia |
51.1 | Ordained Bishop | Efrén Ramos Salazar † | Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México | ||
19 Dec | 54.7 | Appointed | Renato Corti † | Bishop of Novara, Italy | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus |
75.5 | Retired | Aldo Del Monte † | Bishop of Novara, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
61.5 | Appointed | François-Mathurin Gourvčs † | Coadjutor Bishop of Vannes, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
21 Dec | 59.9 | Succeeded | Gérard Denis Auguste Defois | Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France | Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France |
64.1 | Resigned | Eugčne-Marie Ernoult † | Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France | Archbishop Emeritus | |
56.6 | Appointed | Fernand Franck | Archbishop of Luxembourg | Archbishop Emeritus | |
78.0 | Retired | Jean Hengen † | Archbishop of Luxembourg | Archbishop Emeritus | |
48.1 | Appointed | Pier Giorgio Micchiardi | Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy | |
48.1 | Appointed | Pier Giorgio Micchiardi | Titular Bishop of Macriana Maior | Bishop Emeritus of Acqui, Italy | |
47.8 | Appointed | Giovanni Battista Pichierri † | Bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy | Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth), Italy | |
22 Dec | 80.6 | Died | Denys Philippe Beilouné † | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria | |
57.2 | Appointed | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt | Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile | |
57.2 | Appointed | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt | Titular Archbishop of Hólar | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile | |
30.3 | Ordained Priest | Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. | Priest of Fraternitŕ Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo | Archbishop of Madre di Dio a Mosca (Moscow), Russian Federation | |
63.3 | Appointed | Alberto Tricarico † | Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar | Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | |
27 Dec | 74.9 | Retired | Christophe Adimou † | Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin | Archbishop Emeritus |
56.7 | Succeeded | Isidore de Souza † | Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin | ||
27.5 | Ordained Priest | Jorge Herbas Balderrama, O.F.M. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Prelate of Aiquile, Bolivia | |
29 Dec | 26.5 | Ordained Priest | Peter Kochupurackal | Priest of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop |
30.9 | Ordained Priest | Marcellin Yao Kouadio | Priest | Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire | |
37.9 | Ordained Priest | Alphonse Nguyęn Huu Long, P.S.S. | Priest of Ðŕ Nẵng, Viet Nam | Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam | |
30 Dec | 79.5 | Died | Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Surabaya, Indonesia | |
62.2 | Ordained Bishop | Gabriel Lawrence Sengol † | Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
49.2 | Ordained Bishop | Pedro Ercílio Simon † | Coadjutor Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
31 Dec | 76.5 | Retired | James Kavanagh † | Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
![]()
Home |
Countries | Religious
Men
Women |
Popes |
Holy See |
Roman Curia |
Cardinals by Rank
| ||
About Catholic-Hierarchy | Terminology/Site Help | |
![]() |
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024 Code: web_e, v3.2.4, 30 Jun 2024; Data: 31 Aug 2024 |
✠