Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Dec | 81.0 | Retired | Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † | Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus |
27.5 | Solemn Vows | Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. | Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites | Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador | |
2 Dec | 74.5 | Retired | Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. † | Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus |
52.3 | Appointed | Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela | |
52.3 | Appointed | Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo † | Titular Bishop of Bapara | Bishop Emeritus of Maracay, Venezuela | |
61.2 | Appointed | Paul Josef Cordes † | Titular Archbishop of Naissus | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” | |
61.2 | Appointed | Paul Josef Cordes † | President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
73.1 | Resigned | Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † | President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” | Cardinal, Vice-Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals | |
51.9 | Ordained Bishop | Gyula Márfi | Titular Bishop of Amantia | Archbishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary | |
46.8 | Appointed | Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez | Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela | Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela | |
51.1 | Appointed | José Paulino Ríos Reynoso | Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru | Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru | |
53.1 | Ordained Bishop | Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez | Titular Bishop of Voncariana | Bishop Emeritus of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia | |
31.6 | Ordained Priest | Duncan Theodore Tsoke | Priest of Johannesburg, South Africa | Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa | |
3 Dec | 213.3 | Canonized | St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † | Bishop of Marseille, France | |
4 Dec | 51.7 | Ordained Priest | Alan Stephen Hopes | Priest of Westminster, England, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia, England, Great Britain |
5 Dec | 91.1 | Died | Sighard Karl Kleiner, O. Cist. † | Abbot General Emeritus of Order of Cistercians | |
54.5 | Appointed | Robert Nugent Lynch | Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.7 | Retired | James William Malone † | Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.6 | Appointed | Thomas Joseph Tobin | Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA | |
6 Dec | 42.9 | Appointed | Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire | Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire |
39.5 | Appointed | Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo | Bishop of Kericho, Kenya | Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya | |
46.7 | Appointed | Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. | Coadjutor Bishop of Warri, Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria | |
55.6 | Appointed | Charles Henry Dufour | Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles | Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles | |
44.8 | Appointed | Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. | Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela | Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela | |
44.8 | Appointed | Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. | Titular Bishop of Leptiminus | Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela | |
45.7 | Confirmed | Kurt Koch | Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity | |
69.9 | Appointed | Lélis Lara, C.SS.R. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.0 | Appointed | Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. † | Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
67.0 | Appointed | Riccardo Ruotolo † | Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy | |
67.0 | Appointed | Riccardo Ruotolo † | Titular Bishop of Castulo | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy | |
56.3 | Appointed | Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. | Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea | Bishop Emeritus | |
7 Dec | 34.9 | Ordained Deacon | Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. | Deacon of Order of Friars Minor | Bishop of Óbidos, Para, Brazil |
69.8 | Appointed | Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis † | Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia | Bishop Emeritus | |
45.3 | Appointed | Jānis Bulis | Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona, Latvia | ||
64.0 | Appointed | Antons Justs † | Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.9 | Appointed | Giovanni Lajolo | Apostolic Nuncio to Germany | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State | |
8 Dec | 27.9 | Ordained Priest | José Alberto González Juárez | Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México | Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México |
29.6 | Ordained Deacon | Algacir Munhak, C.S. | Deacon of Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo | Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
25.1 | Ordained Priest | Antonio Sun Wenjun | Priest | Bishop of Weifang, China | |
9 Dec | 87.5 | Died | Mario Brini † | Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches | |
62.6 | Appointed | Giuseppe Chiaretti † | Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
50.8 | Appointed | Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez | Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, Cuba | Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba | |
44.0 | Appointed | Antal Majnek, O.F.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Zakarpattia, Ukraine | Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine | |
44.0 | Appointed | Antal Majnek, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Febiana | Bishop Emeritus of Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine | |
10 Dec | 32.0 | Ordained Priest | João Gilberto de Moura | Priest of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil |
67.1 | Ordained Bishop | Owen John Dolan | Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand | Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus | |
53.9 | Ordained Bishop | Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. | Bishop of Solwezi, Zambia | Bishop Emeritus of Ndola, Zambia | |
12 Dec | 27.6 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D. | Priest of Society of the Divine Word | Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea |
25.6 | Ordained Deacon | Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino | Deacon of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia | Bishop of Neiva, Colombia | |
14 Dec | 48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Antonio González Sánchez | Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México | Bishop Emeritus |
15 Dec | 38.5 | Appointed | Joseph Banga Bane | Coadjutor Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
52.0 | Resigned | John Francis Brown, S.M.A. | Superior of Kano, Nigeria | Superior Emeritus | |
55.6 | Appointed | Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. | Prefect of Kontagora, Nigeria | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria | |
63.6 | Appointed | John Jerome Cunneen † | Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.5 | Appointed | Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. | Coadjutor Bishop of Saurimo, Angola | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola | |
67.3 | Appointed | Luigi Locati † | Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya | ||
67.3 | Appointed | Luigi Locati † | Titular Bishop of Zica | Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya | |
48.8 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Guillermo López Soto † | Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua, México | ||
66.0 | Resigned | John Basil Meeking † | Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand | Bishop Emeritus | |
64.2 | Appointed | Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. † | Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid, Sudan | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus | |
64.2 | Appointed | Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. † | Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan | |
46.5 | Appointed | José Nambi † | Coadjutor Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola | Bishop | |
62.6 | Appointed | Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre † | Coadjutor Bishop of Malanje, Angola | Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola | |
49.1 | Appointed | Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Novo Redondo, Angola | Archbishop of Malanje, Angola | |
16 Dec | 54.4 | Appointed | Claudio Maria Celli | Titular Archbishop of Cluentum | President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication |
54.4 | Appointed | Claudio Maria Celli | Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Communication | |
44.8 | Ordained Bishop | William Enrique Delgado Silva | Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra | Bishop Emeritus of Cabimas, Venezuela | |
76.3 | Appointed | Angelo Felici † | President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | Cardinal, President Emeritus | |
48.9 | Appointed | Riccardo Fontana | Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy | |
80.3 | Retired | Antonio Innocenti † | President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
27.6 | Ordained Priest | Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A. | Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek) | Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek) | |
43.4 | Appointed | Celestino Migliore | Under Secretary of the Secretariat of State | Apostolic Nuncio to France | |
30.4 | Ordained Priest | Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril, O.P. | Priest of Order of Friars Preachers | Bishop of Ambato, Ecuador | |
48.9 | Appointed | Francisco Pérez González | Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain | |
59.1 | Appointed | Walter Pérez Villamonte † | Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia | Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia | |
59.1 | Appointed | Walter Pérez Villamonte † | Titular Bishop of Curubis | Bishop Emeritus of Potosí, Bolivia | |
27.7 | Ordained Priest | Rafael Valdivieso Miranda | Priest of Panamá | Bishop of Chitré, Panama | |
17 Dec | 24.7 | Ordained Priest | José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M. | Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary | Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia |
55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Fares Maakaroun | Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria | Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil | |
67.2 | Ordained Bishop | Alphonse Yang Guang Yan † | Bishop of Zhouzhi [Chowchich], China | ||
18 Dec | 89.5 | Died | René-Noël-Joseph Kérautret † | Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France | |
89.8 | Died | Joseph Kuo Joshih (Guo Ruoshi), C.D.D. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan | ||
20 Dec | 50.4 | Appointed | Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. | Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
49.3 | Appointed | Carlos José Ñáñez | Coadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina | Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina | |
50.4 | Appointed | Stanisław Ryłko | Titular Bishop of Novica | Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | |
50.4 | Appointed | Stanisław Ryłko | Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica} | |
21 Dec | 61.2 | Appointed | Tesfamariam Bedho † | Bishop of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea | |
52.8 | Died | Pierre Fisette, P.M.E. † | Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada | ||
74.0 | Appointed | Carlo Furno † | Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus | |
57.3 | Ordained Bishop | Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A. | Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Melkite Greek) | |
40.1 | Selected | Mauro Meacci, O.S.B. | Abbot of Subiaco, Italy | ||
71.6 | Appointed | Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea | Bishop Emeritus | |
63.4 | Appointed | James Su Zhimin † | Bishop of Baoding [Paoting, Ching-Yüan], China | ||
37.9 | Incardinated | Kindane Yebio | Priest of Keren (Eritrean), Eritrea | Bishop | |
22 Dec | 55.1 | Installed | Fares Maakaroun | Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria | Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil |
23 Dec | 26.1 | Ordained Priest | Fadi Abou Chebel, O.M.M. | Priest of Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra (Maronite) | Apostolic Exarch of Colombia (Maronite) |
24 Dec | 25.9 | Ordained Priest | John Lei Jiapei | Priest | Bishop of Xichang [Ningyüan], China |
26 Dec | 27.3 | Ordained Deacon | Andrea Andreozzi | Deacon of Fermo, Italy | Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy |
27 Dec | 64.3 | Appointed | Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner † | Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus |
79.6 | Retired | Armando Círio, O.S.I. † | Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
75.2 | Retired | Robert Bell Clune † | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
46.2 | Appointed | Pedro José Conti | Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil | Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil | |
59.5 | Succeeded | William Joseph Levada † | Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
53.6 | Ordained Bishop | Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. † | Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
60.3 | Ordained Bishop | John Brendan McCormack † | Titular Bishop of Cerbali | Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA | |
55.6 | Ordained Bishop | William Francis Murphy | Titular Bishop of Saia Maior | Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
28.1 | Ordained Deacon | Hélio Pereira dos Santos | Deacon of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil | Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil | |
66.7 | Resigned | John Raphael Quinn † | Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
28 Dec | 50.5 | Appointed | Gerald Richard Barnes | Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
29 Dec | 30.2 | Ordained Priest | Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré | Priest of Diébougou, Burkina Faso | Bishop of Dori, Burkina Faso |
76.0 | Died | Joaquín García Ordóñez † | Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia | ||
30 Dec | 50.9 | Appointed | Michael Aidan Courtney † | Permanent Observer to Council of Europe | Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi |
64.2 | Ordained Bishop | Flavien Joseph Melki | Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri | Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon | |
75.1 | Died | Leo Soekoto, S.J. † | Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
31 Dec | 27.9 | Professed | Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. | Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian) | Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA |
75.1 | Retired | Clemente Faccani † | Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya | Apostolic Nuncio | |
87.3 | Died | Aurelio Gianora, C.R.S.M.A. † | Prefect Emeritus of Sikkim, India |
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