Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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2 Dec | 80.5 | Died | Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. † | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | |
3 Dec | 75.0 | Retired | André Charles Collini † | Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France | Archbishop Emeritus |
55.7 | Appointed | Hil Kabashi, O.F.M. | Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus | |
55.7 | Appointed | Hil Kabashi, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Turres in Byzacena | Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} | |
46.2 | Appointed | Václav Malý | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia | ||
46.2 | Appointed | Václav Malý | Titular Bishop of Marcelliana | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia | |
66.4 | Succeeded | Émile Marcus, P.S.S. | Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France | Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France | |
55.0 | Appointed | Luciano Pacomio | Bishop of Mondovi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.6 | Appointed | Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia | Bishop Emeritus of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia | |
53.6 | Appointed | Jiří Paďour, O.F.M. Cap. † | Titular Bishop of Ausuccura | Bishop Emeritus of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia | |
4 Dec | 65.3 | Died | Luiz Colussi † | Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
57.9 | Incardinated | Josu Iriondo Zabaleta | Priest of New York, New York, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
5 Dec | 76.3 | Retired | Pedro Boxler † | Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
45.6 | Appointed | José Vicente Conejero Gallego | Coadjutor Bishop of Formosa, Argentina | Bishop | |
54.4 | Appointed | Luis Guillermo Eichhorn † | Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus of Morón, Argentina | |
82.0 | Died | Paolino Limongi † | Apostolic Nuncio | ||
6 Dec | 35.0 | Perpetual Vows | François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A. | Member of Society of African Missions | Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin |
54.8 | Appointed | José Palmeira Lessa | Coadjutor Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
7 Dec | 62.3 | Appointed | Patrick Coveney † | Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania) | Apostolic Nuncio |
29.0 | Ordained Priest | Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil | |
26.8 | Ordained Priest | Yury Kasabutski | Priest of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus | Auxiliary Bishop | |
89.3 | Died | Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo † | Bishop Emeritus of Tuxpan, Veracruz, México | ||
47.7 | Appointed | Angelo Massafra, O.F.M. | Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania | Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania | |
50.6 | Appointed | Luigi Pezzuto | Titular Archbishop of Turris in Proconsulari | Apostolic Nuncio | |
50.6 | Appointed | Luigi Pezzuto | Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of | Apostolic Nuncio | |
50.6 | Appointed | Luigi Pezzuto | Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon | Apostolic Nuncio | |
8 Dec | 34.5 | Ordained Priest | Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del Prado | Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon | Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan (Melkite Greek) |
24.6 | Ordained Deacon | Marcelo Antônio da Silva | Deacon of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop | |
84.4 | Died | Giuseppe Lanave † | Bishop Emeritus of Andria, Italy | ||
28.4 | Ordained Priest | Wellington de Queiroz Vieira | Priest of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil | Bishop of Cristalândia, Goias, Brazil | |
75.8 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Wang Dianduo, O.A.R. † | Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China | ||
9 Dec | 57.3 | Ordained Bishop | John Tong Hon | Titular Bishop of Bossa | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China |
64.9 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. | Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China | Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus | |
10 Dec | 51.1 | Appointed | Antonio Cañizares Llovera | Archbishop of Granada, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain |
86.4 | Died | Francesco Maria Franzi † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Novara, Italy | ||
75.7 | Retired | José Méndez Asensio † | Archbishop of Granada, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus | |
62.2 | Appointed | Paolo Sardi † | Titular Archbishop of Sutrium | Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber | |
62.2 | Appointed | Paolo Sardi † | Official of the Secretariat of State | Cardinal, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber | |
11 Dec | 55.7 | Appointed | David Dias Pimentel † | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
55.7 | Appointed | David Dias Pimentel † | Titular Bishop of Marazanae | Bishop Emeritus of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
54.0 | Appointed | Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B. | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil | |
54.0 | Appointed | Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B. | Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena | Bishop Emeritus of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil | |
12 Dec | 75.5 | Retired | Carlos González Cruchaga † | Bishop of Talca, Chile | Bishop Emeritus |
75.8 | Retired | Francis-Roland Lambert, S.M. † | Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) | Bishop Emeritus | |
25.8 | Ordained Priest | Mario Héctor Robles | Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina | Auxiliary Bishop | |
42.6 | Appointed | Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca | Bishop of Talca, Chile | Bishop Emeritus | |
13 Dec | 64.7 | Appointed | Silvio Cesare Bonicelli † | Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
56.8 | Appointed | Jean-Charles Marie Descubes | Bishop of Agen, France | Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France | |
54.8 | Appointed | Antonio Lucibello | Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone | Apostolic Nuncio | |
75.2 | Retired | Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens † | Bishop of Agen, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
14 Dec | 32.1 | Incardinated | Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón | Priest of Lurín, Peru | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru |
43.0 | Incardinated | Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares | Priest of Carabayllo, Peru | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru | |
65.7 | Appointed | José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Lurín, Peru | Bishop Emeritus | |
29.4 | Ordained Deacon | Joseph Mary Kizito | Deacon of Aliwal, South Africa | Bishop | |
25.4 | Ordained Priest | Francis Leo | Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
42.0 | Incardinated | Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral | Priest of Lurín, Peru | Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru | |
74.6 | Died | Gerald Moverley † | Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain | ||
32.1 | Ordained Priest | Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández | Priest of Iquique, Chile | ||
52.9 | Appointed | Lino Panizza Richero, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Carabayllo, Peru | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.3 | Appointed | Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D. | Bishop of Malolos, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines | |
15 Dec | 94.1 | Died | Rafael Alvarez Lara † | Bishop Emeritus of Mallorca, Spain | |
60.2 | Ceased | Thomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S. | Superior of Bomadi, Nigeria | Superior Emeritus | |
16 Dec | 45.8 | Appointed | Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. | Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada | Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada |
76.2 | Retired | Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak † | Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian) | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus | |
54.7 | Appointed | Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez | Bishop of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic | |
68.5 | Appointed | Lawrence Ephraem Thottam † | Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India | ||
17 Dec | 56.7 | Appointed | Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. | Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador | Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador |
48.2 | Ordained Bishop | Michael William Warfel | Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA | |
18 Dec | 48.9 | Appointed | Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
48.9 | Appointed | Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. † | Titular Bishop of Lamphua | Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
52.0 | Appointed | József Tamás | Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
52.0 | Appointed | József Tamás | Titular Bishop of Valabria | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania | |
19 Dec | 29.0 | Ordained Priest | Hélio Pereira dos Santos | Priest of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil | Bishop of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil |
26.9 | Ordained Priest | Mauricio Rueda Beltz | Priest of Bogotá, Colombia | Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire | |
21 Dec | 76.7 | Retired | Victor Guazzelli † | Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
31.3 | Ordained Priest | Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil | |
30.4 | Ordained Priest | Antonino Spadaro, S.J. | Priest of Society of Jesus | Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education | |
59.3 | Ordained Bishop | Fernando Torres Durán † | Titular Bishop of Abaradira | Bishop Emeritus of Chitré, Panama | |
32.0 | Ordained Deacon | Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N. | Deacon of Chemin Neuf Institute | Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France | |
32.0 | Perpetual Vows | Étienne Emmanuel Vetö, I.C.N. | Member of Chemin Neuf Institute | Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France | |
26 Dec | 83.3 | Died | Narciso Jubany Arnau † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain | |
24.7 | Ordained Priest | Algirdas Jurevičius | Priest of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania | Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania | |
27 Dec | 62.1 | Appointed | Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. † | Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus |
36.1 | Ordained Priest | José Luis Canto Sosa | Priest of Campeche, México | Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México | |
24.7 | Ordained Priest | Justin Alexander Madathiparambil | Priest of Vijayapuram, India | Auxiliary Bishop | |
51.6 | Appointed | Carlos Osoro Sierra | Bishop of Orense, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain | |
44.5 | Appointed | Alois Schwarz | Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria | Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria | |
44.5 | Appointed | Alois Schwarz | Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia | Bishop of Sankt Pölten, Austria | |
28 Dec | 94.2 | Died | Edward Gerard Hettinger † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA | |
62.0 | Appointed | Marian Oleś † | Apostolic Nuncio to Tadjikistan | Apostolic Nuncio | |
29.8 | Ordained Deacon | Eduardo Gonzalo Redondo Castanera, H.S.O.D. | Deacon of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina | |
29 Dec | 30.3 | Ordained Priest | Edgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C. | Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate | Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana, Brazil |
29.2 | Perpetual Vows | Vasyl Volodymyr Tuchapets, O.S.B.M. | Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) | Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kharkiv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
31 Dec | 88.8 | Died | Laurent Morin † | Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
61.3 | Appointed | Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J. | Bishop of Yakima, Washington, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
45.5 | Appointed | Pablo Vizcaino Prado | Bishop of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, Guatemala | ||
61.2 | Appointed | Paul Albert Zipfel † | Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
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