Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Dec | 35.2 | Incardinated | Juraci Gomes de Oliveira | Priest of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil | Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil |
70.7 | Resigned | Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † | Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
70.7 | Resigned | Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † | Librarian of the Vatican Library | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
1 Dec | 24.3 | Ordained Deacon | Juan de Dios Peña Rojas | Deacon of Mérida, Venezuela | Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela |
25.1 | Ordained Deacon | Gerardo Ernesto Salas Arjona | Deacon of Mérida, Venezuela | Bishop of Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela | |
28.9 | Ordained Deacon | Carlos Silva, O.F.M. Cap. | Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil | |
26.5 | Ordained Deacon | François Marie Pierre Touvet | Deacon of Dijon, France | Coadjutor Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France | |
3 Dec | 55.3 | Appointed | John Alexius Bathersby † | Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus |
25.6 | Professed | Joselito Carreño Quiñonez, M.X.Y. | Member of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal | Vicar Apostolic of Inírida, Colombia | |
53.6 | Ordained Bishop | Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn | Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Hà Nội, Viet Nam | |
75.2 | Retired | Francis Roberts Rush † | Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
4 Dec | 55.5 | Appointed | Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini † | Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
48.2 | Appointed | Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B. | Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru | Prelate Emeritus | |
53.1 | Appointed | Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez | Auxiliary Bishop of Yauyos, Peru | Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru | |
5 Dec | 47.1 | Installed | Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo | Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela |
77.3 | Died | Elias Shaheen (Chahine) † | Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada | ||
6 Dec | 34.0 | Ordained Priest | Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan |
7 Dec | 62.7 | Appointed | Giacomo Babini † | Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, Italy |
26.5 | Ordained Priest | Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín | Priest of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela | Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela | |
75.9 | Retired | Pietro Fiordelli † | Bishop of Prato, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
79.3 | Died | Aldo Forzoni † | Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy | ||
58.9 | Appointed | Jesus Castro Galang † | Bishop of Urdaneta, Philippines | ||
51.7 | Appointed | Dante Lafranconi | Bishop of Savona-Noli, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Cremona, Italy | |
43.0 | Ordained Deacon | John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr. | Deacon of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) | Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria | |
43.0 | Professed | John (Gordon) MacWilliam, M. Afr. | Member of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) | Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria | |
30.2 | Ordained Deacon | Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou | Deacon of Chartres, France | Bishop of Nantes, France | |
28.9 | Ordained Priest | Antoine Sabi Bio | Priest of Natitingou, Benin | Bishop | |
54.6 | Appointed | Gastone Simoni † | Bishop of Prato, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
8 Dec | 27.8 | Ordained Priest | Francis Joseph Cui Qingqi, O.F.M. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China |
27.5 | Ordained Priest | Paul Ling Jiansen | Priest | Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon], China | |
24.1 | Ordained Deacon | Carlos José de Oliveira | Deacon of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil | |
67.1 | Ordained Bishop | [Matthew Pan Deshi] † | Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China | ||
36.7 | Ordained Priest | Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler | Priest of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador | |
10 Dec | 64.0 | Appointed | Daniel Anthony Cronin | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Archbishop Emeritus |
65.3 | Appointed | John Joseph Glynn † | Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
65.3 | Appointed | John Joseph Glynn † | Titular Bishop of Monteverde | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military | |
11 Dec | 48.5 | Appointed | Joseph Vernon Fougère † | Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
79.5 | Died | Filippo Pocci † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy | ||
12 Dec | 58.6 | Appointed | Ermanno Artale Ciancio, S.D.B. † | Apostolic Administrator of Huánuco, Peru | Bishop |
13 Dec | 24.4 | Ordained Priest | Eduardo Malaspina | Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
86.6 | Died | Ilario Roatta † | Bishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy | ||
27.7 | Ordained Priest | Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta | Priest of Quilmes, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Orán, Argentina | |
14 Dec | 24.5 | Ordained Priest | Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito | Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
24.9 | Ordained Deacon | André Guèye | Deacon of Thiès, Senegal | Bishop | |
43.5 | Appointed | Petar Šolić † | Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia | ||
43.5 | Appointed | Petar Šolić † | Titular Bishop of Mauriana | Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia | |
62.0 | Appointed | Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet † | Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva | Apostolic Nuncio | |
59.4 | Appointed | Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. † | Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico | Bishop Emeritus | |
15 Dec | 51.1 | Installed | José María Arancedo | Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina |
24.9 | Ordained Deacon | Ante Jozić | Deacon of Split-Makarska, Croatia | Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia | |
65.0 | Died | Antuvan Marovitch † | Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey | ||
16 Dec | 73.4 | Appointed | Ernesto Maria Fiore † | Titular Archbishop of Novi | Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota |
54.3 | Appointed | Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. | Titular Bishop of Nepte | Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio | |
86.2 | Died | Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tucupita, Venezuela | ||
52.1 | Appointed | Zenon Grocholewski † | Titular Archbishop of Acropolis | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) | |
47.7 | Appointed | Rino Passigato | Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris | Apostolic Nuncio | |
47.7 | Appointed | Rino Passigato | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi | Apostolic Nuncio | |
17 Dec | 28.0 | Ordained Priest | Anton Bal | Priest of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea | Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea |
83.1 | Died | Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda † | Bishop Emeritus of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | ||
18 Dec | 53.7 | Appointed | José Doth de Oliveira † | Coadjutor Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
64.5 | Resigned | Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. † | Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
64.5 | Appointed | Hubert Luthe † | Bishop of Essen, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.6 | Appointed | Rafael Eleuterio Rey † | Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
19 Dec | 60.5 | Installed | Jesús Arturo Roldán † | Bishop of San Rafael, Argentina | |
21 Dec | 51.2 | Appointed | Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E. | Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus |
87.6 | Died | Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M. † | Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil | ||
25.1 | Ordained Priest | Mário Antônio da Silva | Priest of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil | Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
83.8 | Died | Francis Han Tingbi (Ting-pi) † | Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China | ||
49.2 | Appointed | Marampudi Joji † | Bishop of Khammam, India | Archbishop of Hyderabad, India | |
69.5 | Died | Pierre Jean Marie Kervennic † | Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France | ||
65.0 | Appointed | Henri Salina, C.R.A. † | Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania | Abbot Emeritus of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland | |
71.0 | Succeeded | Joseph Sun Yuanmo † | Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China | ||
69.9 | Appointed | Yohannes Woldegiorgis † | Titular Bishop of Forma | Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia | |
69.9 | Appointed | Yohannes Woldegiorgis † | Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia | ||
22 Dec | 51.0 | Ordained Bishop | Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. Schönstatt | Titular Bishop of Horaea | Bishop Emeritus of Caacupé, Paraguay |
27.0 | Ordained Priest | Teodoro León Muñoz | Priest of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | Auxiliary Bishop | |
25.1 | Ordained Priest | Pietro Liu Genzhu | Priest | Bishop of Hongdong [Hungtung], China | |
23 Dec | 24.3 | Ordained Priest | Dennis Kuruppassery | Priest of Kottapuram, India | Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Kannur, India |
24 Dec | 54.8 | Appointed | Audrys Juozas Bačkis | Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
55.7 | Appointed | Juozas Matulaitis | Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania | Bishop Emeritus | |
65.0 | Appointed | Juozas Preikšas † | Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania | Bishop Emeritus | |
65.3 | Appointed | Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. † | Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania | Bishop Emeritus | |
26 Dec | 38.5 | Entered | Daniele Libanori, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Official of the Roman Curia - Other |
25.3 | Ordained Priest | Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal | Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India | Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria | |
27 Dec | 24.4 | Ordained Deacon | Paulo Cezar Costa | Deacon of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Cardinal, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil |
59.7 | Succeeded | Arthur Luysterman | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
72.3 | Retired | Joseph Francis Maguire † | Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
63.6 | Appointed | John Aloysius Marshall † | Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA | ||
33.4 | Ordained Priest | Dennis Panipitchai, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Auxiliary Bishop of Miao, India | |
33.4 | Solemn Vows | Dennis Panipitchai, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Auxiliary Bishop of Miao, India | |
75.2 | Retired | Léonce Albert Van Peteghem † | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
28 Dec | 28.0 | Ordained Priest | Ollo Modeste Kambou | Priest of Diébougou, Burkina Faso | Bishop of Gaoua, Burkina Faso |
28.9 | Ordained Priest | Antoine Koné † | Priest of Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire | |
29 Dec | 26.9 | Ordained Priest | José Manuel Imbamba | Priest of Lwena, Angola | Archbishop of Saurimo, Angola |
31.4 | Ordained Priest | Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan | Priest | Bishop of Mouila, Gabon | |
30 Dec | 92.8 | Died | Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China | |
63.9 | Appointed | Pietro Garlato † | Bishop of Tivoli, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
31 Dec | 73.1 | Died | Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil | |
26.0 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Kodakallil | Priest of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop | |
79.6 | Died | Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia |
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