Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | 26.4 | Ordained Deacon | Richard Philip James Laurenson | Deacon of Hamilton in New Zealand | Bishop |
56.8 | Appointed | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | |
56.8 | Appointed | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | |
56.8 | Appointed | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | |
56.8 | Appointed | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Apostolic Nuncio to Mali | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | |
1 Dec | 60.0 | Appointed | Benito Cocchi † | Apostolic Administrator of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy |
75.3 | Retired | Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne † | Bishop of Saint-Claude, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.7 | Retired | Joseph Irimpen † | Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.5 | Retired | Ignatius P. Lobo † | Bishop of Belgaum, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.0 | Retired | Antonio Mazza † | Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
54.8 | Appointed | Yves François Patenôtre | Bishop of Saint-Claude, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Sens (-Auxerre), France | |
2 Dec | 38.0 | Incardinated | Jean-Marc Eychenne | Priest of Orléans, France | Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne, France |
47.0 | Appointed | Zacharias Cenita Jimenez † | Bishop of Pagadian, Philippines | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Butuan, Philippines | |
3 Dec | 30.1 | Professed | Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.N. | Member of Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria | Bishop of Idah, Nigeria |
24.6 | Ordained Priest | David Ajang | Priest of Jos, Nigeria | Bishop of Lafia, Nigeria | |
38.3 | Perpetual Vows | Francesco Beneduce, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy | |
25.8 | Ordained Priest | Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca | Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias, Brazil | |
54.3 | Appointed | Paweł Cieślik | Auxiliary Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
54.3 | Appointed | Paweł Cieślik | Titular Bishop of Britonia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland | |
75.0 | Retired | Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
27.4 | Professed | Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y. | Member of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal | Vicar Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia | |
46.4 | Appointed | Bruno Musarò | Titular Archbishop of Abari | Apostolic Nuncio | |
46.4 | Appointed | Bruno Musarò | Apostolic Nuncio to Panama | Apostolic Nuncio | |
28.4 | Ordained Priest | Waldemar Passini Dalbello | Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil | |
67.6 | Appointed | Pierfranco Pastore † | Titular Bishop of Forontoniana | Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications | |
31.3 | Ordained Priest | Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus | Priest of Jalapa, Guatemala | Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala | |
43.4 | Appointed | Stefan Regmunt | Auxiliary Bishop of Legnica, Poland | Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland | |
43.4 | Appointed | Stefan Regmunt | Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum | Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland | |
26.5 | Ordained Deacon | John Saw Yaw Han | Deacon of Yangon, Myanmar | Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar | |
33.0 | Ordained Priest | Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Archbishop of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania) | |
4 Dec | 29.7 | Ordained Priest | Roberto José da Silva | Priest of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
7 Dec | 28.0 | Ordained Priest | Rolando José Álvarez Lagos | Priest of Managua, Nicaragua | Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua |
75.1 | Retired | Francisco Raval Cruces † | Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.4 | Appointed | José Gonzalez Alonso | Auxiliary Bishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil | |
54.4 | Appointed | José Gonzalez Alonso | Titular Bishop of Baliana | Bishop Emeritus of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil | |
25.2 | Ordained Deacon | Sabino Iannuzzi, O.F.M. | Deacon of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy | |
24.2 | Ordained Priest | Gualtiero Federico Isacchi | Priest of Albano, Italy | Archbishop of Monreale, Italy | |
91.7 | Died | Giuseppe Martinoli † | Bishop Emeritus of Lugano, Switzerland | ||
8 Dec | 30.1 | Ordained Priest | Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón | Priest of Lima, Peru | Auxiliary Bishop |
25.8 | Ordained Priest | Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva | Priest of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
63.9 | Appointed | Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos † | Archbishop of Zamboanga, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus | |
30.9 | Perpetual Vows | Lazarus Vitalis Msimbe, S.D.S. | Member of Society of the Divine Savior | Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania | |
27.8 | Ordained Priest | Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós | Priest of San José de Costa Rica | Bishop of Cartago, Costa Rica | |
66.5 | Installed | Daniel Patrick Reilly † | Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
25.6 | Ordained Deacon | Iosif Staneuski | Deacon of Grodno, Belarus | Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | |
9 Dec | 82.7 | Died | Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Keetmanshoop, Namibia | |
82.5 | Died | Umberto Tonna Zanotta † | Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay | Bishop | |
10 Dec | 46.4 | Appointed | Raymond Leo Burke | Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura |
26.8 | Ordained Priest | Philippe Alain Mbarga | Priest of Mbalmayo, Cameroon | Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon | |
76.3 | Retired | John Joseph Paul † | Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
26.2 | Ordained Priest | Edilson de Souza Silva | Priest of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil | |
11 Dec | 57.7 | Ordained Bishop | Hanna Markho † | Archbishop of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq | |
33.2 | Ordained Priest | José Valdeci Santos Mendes | Priest of Coroatá, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil | |
12 Dec | 55.1 | Appointed | Michael John Malone | Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia |
54.1 | Appointed | Heinrich Mussinghoff | Bishop of Aachen, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
13 Dec | 55.3 | Appointed | Seán Baptist Brady | Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
58.9 | Ordained Bishop | Edwin Regan | Bishop of Wrexham, Wales, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus | |
74.1 | Died | Juvenal Roriz, C.SS.R. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
14 Dec | 25.7 | Ordained Priest | Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras | Priest of Order of the Pious Schools | Bishop of San Marcos de Arica, Chile |
61.0 | Ordained Bishop | John of the Cross Chang-yik † | Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn, Korea (South) | Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Dec | 60.9 | Died | Alexandre Kouassi † | Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire | |
63.4 | Installed | Edward Joseph O’Donnell † | Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 88.7 | Died | Gabriel Batta † | Archbishop Emeritus of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey | |
57.3 | Appointed | Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez | Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama | Bishop Emeritus | |
68.6 | Died | Aldo Garzia † | Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy | ||
18 Dec | 68.9 | Ordained Bishop | Sylvester Li Jiantang (Liu Jiantang) † | Bishop of Taiyuan [Taiyüan], China | Bishop Emeritus |
26.9 | Ordained Priest | Thaddeus Ma Daquin | Priest of Shanghai [Shanghai], China | Auxiliary Bishop | |
19 Dec | 54.6 | Appointed | Anthony Kwami Adanuty | Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana | Bishop Emeritus |
53.9 | Appointed | Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton † | Bishop of Kandi, Benin | Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin | |
68.7 | Appointed | Bernard Agré † | Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.9 | Appointed | Paul Bemile | Bishop of Wa, Ghana | Bishop Emeritus | |
59.1 | Appointed | Bruno Bertagna † | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts | Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
57.2 | Appointed | Denis George Browne † | Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus | |
45.5 | Appointed | Frederick Joseph Colli | Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | |
45.5 | Appointed | Frederick Joseph Colli | Titular Bishop of Afufenia | Bishop Emeritus of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | |
60.0 | Appointed | Paul Dacoury-Tabley | Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop Emeritus | |
44.8 | Appointed | Patrick James Dunn | Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.8 | Retired | Vincenzo Fagiolo † | President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
64.7 | Appointed | Julián Herranz Casado | President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
51.7 | Appointed | John Baptist Kaggwa † | Coadjutor Bishop of Masaka, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus | |
72.7 | Appointed | Noël Kokora-Tekry † | Archbishop of Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire | Archbishop Emeritus | |
56.9 | Appointed | Maurice Konan Kouassi | Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop Emeritus of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire | |
57.0 | Appointed | Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu | Bishop of Ho, Ghana | Bishop Emeritus | |
40.5 | Appointed | Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe | Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.3 | Appointed | Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante | Bishop of Jasikan, Ghana | ||
40.4 | Appointed | Joseph Mairura Okemwa | Bishop of Kisii, Kenya | ||
66.8 | Appointed | Auguste Nobou † | Archbishop of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire | Archbishop Emeritus | |
69.1 | Appointed | Joseph Roy † | Bishop of Mysore, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
78.4 | Retired | Bernard Yago † | Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
56.9 | Appointed | Vital Komenan Yao † | Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire | ||
50.9 | Appointed | Jean Zerbo | Bishop of Mopti, Mali | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bamako, Mali | |
20 Dec | 70.9 | Appointed | John Bukovsky (Fukna), S.V.D. † | Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation | |
71.7 | Appointed | Maximiano Tuazon Cruz † | Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines | Bishop Emeritus | |
59.0 | Installed | John Clement Favalora | Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
21 Dec | 74.7 | Died | Peter Chen Jianzhang † | Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China | |
22 Dec | 34.8 | Ordained Priest | Robert Rabbat | Priest | Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia |
23 Dec | 29.5 | Solemn Vows | Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. | Member of Order of St. Augustine | Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela |
24 Dec | 84.6 | Died | Janez Jenko † | Bishop Emeritus of Koper, Slovenia | |
26 Dec | 91.3 | Died | Pietro Pavan † | Cardinal, Priest of Treviso, Italy | |
76.4 | Died | André Rousset † | Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France | ||
27 Dec | 62.2 | Appointed | Pedro Rubiano Sàenz † | Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
60.5 | Resigned | Enrique Sarmiento Angulo | Apostolic Administrator of Bogotá, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus of Fontibón, Colombia | |
29 Dec | 25.9 | Ordained Priest | Thomas Padiyath | Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India | Auxiliary Bishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India |
48.4 | Ordained Bishop | Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D. | Titular Bishop of Vulturaria | Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines | |
30 Dec | 59.8 | Appointed | Giuseppe Anfossi | Bishop of Aosta, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
79.4 | Resigned | Alfonso Coto Monge † | Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
75.9 | Retired | Ovidio Lari † | Bishop of Aosta, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
54.2 | Appointed | José Francisco Ulloa Rojas | Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica | Bishop Emeritus of Cartago, Costa Rica | |
63.2 | Ordained Bishop | John Walter Yanta † | Titular Bishop of Naratcata | Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA | |
31 Dec | 95.9 | Died | Ernesto de Paula † | Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
29.3 | Ordained Priest | Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. | Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross | Archbishop of Chattogram, Bangladesh |
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