The Year of Our Lord 1995

Bishop Events

November

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Nov 49.9 Ordained Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania Bishop Emeritus

68.1 Installed Daniel Anthony Hart † Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA Bishop Emeritus

2 Nov 66.7 Appointed Francisco Funaay Claver, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

55.0 Appointed Rudolf Deng Majak † Bishop of Wau, South Sudan

67.0 Appointed Owen John Dolan Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired William Dunne, S.P.S. † Bishop of Kitui, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

70.2 Resigned Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. † Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

58.6 Appointed Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

78.0 Retired Matthieu Kanyama † Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Appointed Boniface Lele † Bishop of Kitui, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya

54.8 Appointed Valentin Masengo Nkinda † Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

51.8 Resigned Joseph Bilal Nyekindi † Bishop of Wau, South Sudan Bishop Emeritus

77.3 Retired Nikë Prela † Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

47.9 Appointed Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

57.6 Appointed Marko Sopi † Apostolic Administrator of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia Apostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia

57.6 Appointed Marko Sopi † Titular Bishop of Celerina Apostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia

56.3 Resigned Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

3 Nov 72.1 Resigned Leo Morris Clarke † Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia Bishop Emeritus

44.6 Appointed William Enrique Delgado Silva Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela

44.6 Appointed William Enrique Delgado Silva Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra Bishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela

48.1 Appointed Antonio González Sánchez Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired John Jobst, S.A.C. † Bishop of Broome, Australia Bishop Emeritus

56.0 Succeeded Michael John Malone Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Died Mario Revollo Bravo † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

45.8 Appointed Christopher Alan Saunders Bishop of Broome, Australia Bishop Emeritus

36.4 Ordained Priest Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo Priest of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia Bishop of Girardota, Colombia

4 Nov 53.6 Ordained Bishop Antonio Lucibello Titular Archbishop of Thurio Apostolic Nuncio

57.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Merisi Titular Bishop of Drusiliana Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy

29.5 Solemn Vows Algacir Munhak, C.S. Member of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

5 Nov 31.7 Ordained Priest Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza Priest of Minas, Uruguay Bishop of Melo, Uruguay

6 Nov 79.7 Retired Michael Joseph Dudick † Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

77.8 Retired Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) † Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

44.4 Incardinated Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash Priest of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (Syrian)

60.2 Appointed Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. † Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India Major Archbishop

68.6 Appointed Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

68.1 Appointed Andrew Pataki † Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

50.7 Appointed Christoph Schönborn, O.P. Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine) Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

68.3 Appointed Pierre Wadih Tayah † Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)

50.9 Appointed Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

7 Nov 65.0 Appointed Carl Frederick Mengeling Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

71.5 Retired Kenneth Joseph Povish † Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

9 Nov 63.5 Ordained Bishop Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe † Titular Bishop of Auzegera Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain

65.7 Appointed Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

75.6 Retired Pierre Mamie † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

34.0 Ordained Priest Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina

70.9 Died Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage † Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka

10 Nov 24.3 Ordained Deacon Luisito Audal Occiano Deacon of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Bishop of Virac, Philippines

11 Nov 25.2 Ordained Deacon Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon Deacon of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Archbishop

51.9 Appointed Gyula Márfi Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

51.9 Appointed Gyula Márfi Titular Bishop of Amantia Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

13 Nov 45.5 Appointed Georgi Ivanov Yovchev Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

15 Nov 67.2 Appointed José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. † Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

79.6 Retired José Fernandes Veloso † Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

69.1 Appointed Luciano Storero † Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

17 Nov 48.7 Appointed Juan Guillermo López Soto † Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México

83.9 Died Benjamin de Souza Gomes † Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

18 Nov 26.5 Ordained Priest Maurizio Aloise Priest of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati, Italy

89.9 Died John Aloysius Murphy † Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

69.9 Resigned Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat Bishop of Montauban, France Bishop Emeritus

20 Nov 72.1 Died Francesco Tarcisio Carboni † Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy

58.8 Succeeded Alexandru Mesian † Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

84.0 Retired Ioan Ploscaru † Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania Bishop Emeritus

21 Nov 60.2 Appointed John Brendan McCormack † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

60.2 Appointed John Brendan McCormack † Titular Bishop of Cerbali Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

55.5 Appointed William Francis Murphy Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

55.5 Appointed William Francis Murphy Titular Bishop of Saia Maior Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

63.8 Appointed Michael Angelo Saltarelli † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed John Mortimer Fourette Smith † Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

22 Nov 57.5 Appointed Osvino José Both Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Brazil, Military

67.6 Resigned João Corso, S.D.B. † Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Roberto Gomes Guimarães Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

83.5 Died Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. † Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine

76.0 Retired Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. † Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

84.3 Died Joseph Li Bingyao, S.V.D. † Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China

54.1 Appointed Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop

58.3 Appointed Franz Vorrath † Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.3 Appointed Franz Vorrath † Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

24 Nov 78.8 Died Dominic Ignatius Ekandem † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

71.9 Selected Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

25 Nov 81.7 Died David Arthur (Joseph) Melançon, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict

26 Nov 44.7 Installed Franz-Josef Hermann Bode Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany Bishop Emeritus

65.8 Installed Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

27 Nov 75.8 Retired Jean Louis Joseph Dardel † Bishop of Clermont, France Bishop Emeritus

52.7 Appointed Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos † Bishop of Butuan, Philippines

29 Nov 27.6 Ordained Priest Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm. Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

67.5 Appointed Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira † Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

76.7 Retired José Maria Pires † Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

48.6 Appointed Jaime Vieira Rocha Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

30 Nov 51.4 Appointed Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen Auxiliary Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil

51.4 Appointed Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen Titular Bishop of Tabbora Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Nov	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr.	Bishop of Nouakchott, Mauritania	Bishop Emeritus
68.1	Installed	Daniel Anthony Hart †	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2 Nov	66.7	Appointed	Francisco Funaay Claver, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
55.0	Appointed	Rudolf Deng Majak †	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan
67.0	Appointed	Owen John Dolan	Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	William Dunne, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
70.2	Resigned	Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
58.6	Appointed	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
78.0	Retired	Matthieu Kanyama †	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Appointed	Boniface Lele †	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya
54.8	Appointed	Valentin Masengo Nkinda †	Bishop of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.8	Resigned	Joseph Bilal Nyekindi †	Bishop of Wau, South Sudan	Bishop Emeritus
77.3	Retired	Nikë Prela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
47.9	Appointed	Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka	Cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
57.6	Appointed	Marko Sopi †	Apostolic Administrator of Skopje-Prizren, North Macedonia	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia
57.6	Appointed	Marko Sopi †	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Apostolic Administrator of Prizren-Prishtina, Serbia
56.3	Resigned	Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
3 Nov	72.1	Resigned	Leo Morris Clarke †	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
44.6	Appointed	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela
44.6	Appointed	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra	Bishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela
48.1	Appointed	Antonio González Sánchez	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	John Jobst, S.A.C. †	Bishop of Broome, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
56.0	Succeeded	Michael John Malone	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Died	Mario Revollo Bravo †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
45.8	Appointed	Christopher Alan Saunders	Bishop of Broome, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
36.4	Ordained Priest	Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo	Priest of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia
4 Nov	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Lucibello	Titular Archbishop of Thurio	Apostolic Nuncio
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Merisi	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Bishop Emeritus of Lodi, Italy
29.5	Solemn Vows	Algacir Munhak, C.S.	Member of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo	Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Nov	31.7	Ordained Priest	Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza	Priest of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
6 Nov	79.7	Retired	Michael Joseph Dudick †	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
77.8	Retired	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
44.4	Incardinated	Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash	Priest of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (Syrian)
60.2	Appointed	Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †	Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India	Major Archbishop
68.6	Appointed	Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
68.1	Appointed	Andrew Pataki †	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
50.7	Appointed	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Ordinary of Austria, Faithful of Byzantine Rite (Byzantine)	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
68.3	Appointed	Pierre Wadih Tayah †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
50.9	Appointed	Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
7 Nov	65.0	Appointed	Carl Frederick Mengeling	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
71.5	Retired	Kenneth Joseph Povish †	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Nov	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe †	Titular Bishop of Auzegera	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bilbao, Spain
65.7	Appointed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
75.6	Retired	Pierre Mamie †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
34.0	Ordained Priest	Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L.	Priest of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Prelate of Humahuaca, Argentina
70.9	Died	Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †	Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka
10 Nov	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Luisito Audal Occiano	Deacon of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Bishop of Virac, Philippines
11 Nov	25.2	Ordained Deacon	Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon	Deacon of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Archbishop
51.9	Appointed	Gyula Márfi	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary	Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
51.9	Appointed	Gyula Márfi	Titular Bishop of Amantia	Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
13 Nov	45.5	Appointed	Georgi Ivanov Yovchev	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
15 Nov	67.2	Appointed	José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
79.6	Retired	José Fernandes Veloso †	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
69.1	Appointed	Luciano Storero †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
17 Nov	48.7	Appointed	Juan Guillermo López Soto †	Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México
83.9	Died	Benjamin de Souza Gomes †	Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
18 Nov	26.5	Ordained Priest	Maurizio Aloise	Priest of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
89.9	Died	John Aloysius Murphy †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
69.9	Resigned	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat	Bishop of Montauban, France	Bishop Emeritus
20 Nov	72.1	Died	Francesco Tarcisio Carboni †	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
58.8	Succeeded	Alexandru Mesian †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
84.0	Retired	Ioan Ploscaru †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania	Bishop Emeritus
21 Nov	60.2	Appointed	John Brendan McCormack †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
60.2	Appointed	John Brendan McCormack †	Titular Bishop of Cerbali	Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
55.5	Appointed	William Francis Murphy	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
55.5	Appointed	William Francis Murphy	Titular Bishop of Saia Maior	Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
63.8	Appointed	Michael Angelo Saltarelli †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	John Mortimer Fourette Smith †	Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
22 Nov	57.5	Appointed	Osvino José Both	Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Brazil, Military
67.6	Resigned	João Corso, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Roberto Gomes Guimarães	Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
83.5	Died	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
76.0	Retired	Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
84.3	Died	Joseph Li Bingyao, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Yanggu [Yangku], China
54.1	Appointed	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop
58.3	Appointed	Franz Vorrath †	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.3	Appointed	Franz Vorrath †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
24 Nov	78.8	Died	Dominic Ignatius Ekandem †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
71.9	Selected	Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
25 Nov	81.7	Died	David Arthur (Joseph) Melançon, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Order of Saint Benedict
26 Nov	44.7	Installed	Franz-Josef Hermann Bode	Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
65.8	Installed	Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
27 Nov	75.8	Retired	Jean Louis Joseph Dardel †	Bishop of Clermont, France	Bishop Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos †	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
29 Nov	27.6	Ordained Priest	Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
67.5	Appointed	Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira †	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
76.7	Retired	José Maria Pires †	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
48.6	Appointed	Jaime Vieira Rocha	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
30 Nov	51.4	Appointed	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Auxiliary Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil
51.4	Appointed	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Bishop Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil

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