Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | 75.9 | Died | José Julio Aguilar García † | ||
37.9 | Selected | Joseph Xu Honggen | Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China | ||
1 Dec | 54.3 | Appointed | José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. | Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil |
3 Dec | 69.4 | Appointed | Franco Croci † | Titular Bishop of Potentia in Piceno | Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See |
69.4 | Appointed | Franco Croci † | Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See | |
53.0 | Appointed | Andrew Francis † | Bishop of Multan, Pakistan | Bishop Emeritus | |
58.2 | Appointed | Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth. | Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco | Archbishop Emeritus | |
50.0 | Appointed | Gerald Isaac Lobo | Bishop of Shimoga, India | Bishop of Udupi, India | |
28.7 | Ordained Priest | Clement Papa | Priest of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea | Coadjutor Archbishop | |
61.5 | Appointed | Max John Rodrigues | Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan | Bishop Emeritus | |
4 Dec | 25.5 | Ordained Priest | Alejandro Díaz García | Priest of Bogotá, Colombia | Auxiliary Bishop |
32.4 | Ordained Priest | Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y. | Priest of Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal | Vicar Apostolic of Mitú, Colombia | |
47.0 | Ordained Bishop | Cyryl Klimowicz | Titular Bishop of Arba | Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation | |
57.1 | Appointed | George Panikulam | Titular Archbishop of Caudium | Apostolic Nuncio | |
57.1 | Appointed | George Panikulam | Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras | Apostolic Nuncio | |
24.5 | Ordained Priest | Edwin Raúl Vanegas Cuervo | Priest of Bogotá, Colombia | Auxiliary Bishop | |
5 Dec | 37.2 | Ordained Deacon | Paulo Bosi Dal’Bó | Deacon of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil |
45.3 | Ordained Bishop | Luigi Infanti della Mora, O.S.M. | Titular Bishop of Cartennae | Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile | |
50.5 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Santucci | Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy | |
7 Dec | 61.2 | Appointed | Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez | Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic | Bishop Emeritus |
66.9 | Ordained Bishop | Ian Murray † | Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.8 | Retired | Antonio Riboldi, I.C. † | Bishop of Acerra, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.5 | Appointed | Salvatore Giovanni Rinaldi | Bishop of Acerra, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
67.5 | Resigned | Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic | Bishop Emeritus | |
8 Dec | 27.5 | Ordained Priest | Nicolás Renán Aguilera Arroyo | Priest of Tarija, Bolivia | Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia |
74.0 | Resigned | Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather † | Bishop of Tuticorin, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
29.2 | Ordained Priest | Pedro Centeno Baquero, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea | |
60.7 | Succeeded | Peter Fernando † | Bishop of Tuticorin, India | Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India | |
53.3 | Ordained Bishop | Joseph Edward Kurtz | Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | |
48.3 | Ordained Bishop | Aurel Percă | Titular Bishop of Mauriana | Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania | |
82.8 | Died | Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. † | Bishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia | ||
9 Dec | 51.5 | Appointed | Hans-Josef Becker | Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany | Archbishop Emeritus |
51.5 | Appointed | Hans-Josef Becker | Titular Bishop of Vina | Archbishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany | |
78.9 | Died | Cyrille Emmanuel Benni † | Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq | ||
61.1 | Ordained Bishop | Basile Georges Casmoussa | Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq | Apostolic Visitor (Visitator) | |
25.7 | Ordained Deacon | José Otacio Oliveira Guedes | Deacon of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
11 Dec | 30.8 | Ordained Priest | Maurício da Silva Jardim | Priest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop of Rondonópolis - Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
70.9 | Appointed | Raffaello Funghini † | Dean of the Roman Rota | Dean Emeritus | |
54.4 | Appointed | Stanisław Gębicki | Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
54.4 | Appointed | Stanisław Gębicki | Titular Bishop of Thiges | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | |
75.9 | Retired | Józef Gucwa † | Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
30.4 | Ordained Priest | Abraham Kome | Priest of Nkongsamba, Cameroon | Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon | |
56.7 | Appointed | Braulio Rafael León Villegas | Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
29.9 | Ordained Priest | David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea, O.P. | Priest of Order of Friars Preachers | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru | |
28.1 | Ordained Priest | Alejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina | |
49.7 | Appointed | Ireneusz Józef Pękalski | Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland | ||
49.7 | Appointed | Ireneusz Józef Pękalski | Titular Bishop of Castellum Tingitii | Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland | |
51.3 | Appointed | Vincenzo Pelvi | Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy | |
51.3 | Appointed | Vincenzo Pelvi | Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia | Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino, Italy | |
29.2 | Ordained Priest | Kornelius Sipayung, O.F.M. Cap. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia | |
77.2 | Retired | Serafín Vásquez Elizalde † | Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
88.0 | Died | Joseph-Marie Vû Duy Nhất † | Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam | ||
12 Dec | 95.6 | Died | Alois Stöger † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten, Austria | |
81.1 | Died | Simon Zhang Jiumu † | Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China | ||
79.4 | Succeeded | Philip Peter Zhao Zhendong (Zhao Bide) † | Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China | ||
13 Dec | 61.8 | Resigned | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development |
61.8 | Resigned | Antonio Maria Vegliò | Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | |
14 Dec | 52.7 | Appointed | Ivo Baldi Gaburri † | Bishop of Huaraz, Peru | Bishop of Huarí, Peru |
51.9 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Lee Ki-heon | Bishop of Korea, Military | Bishop Emeritus of Uijeongbu, Korea (South) | |
50.5 | Ordained Bishop | George Joseph Lucas | Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA | Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA | |
44.4 | Appointed | Arnold Orowae | Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea | Bishop | |
44.4 | Appointed | Arnold Orowae | Titular Bishop of Gisipa | Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea | |
47.0 | Appointed | David Laurin Ricken | Coadjutor Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA | Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | |
89.0 | Died | Enea Selis † | Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy | ||
15 Dec | 87.9 | Died | Augustin Fataki Alueke † | Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | |
84.8 | Died | Manuel Menéndez † | Bishop Emeritus of San Martín, Argentina | ||
16 Dec | 61.1 | Appointed | Philippe Jean Marie Joseph Gueneley | Bishop of Langres, France | Bishop Emeritus |
76.4 | Retired | Léon Aimé Taverdet, F.M.C. † | Bishop of Langres, France | Bishop Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 98.0 | Died | Paolo Dezza, S.J. † | Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus | |
66.3 | Selected | Francis Tong Hui † | Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China | ||
88.9 | Died | Joseph Wang Zhenye † | Bishop of Yan’an [Yenan], China | ||
18 Dec | 57.4 | Appointed | Alberto Bottari de Castello | Titular Archbishop of Foratiana | Apostolic Nuncio |
57.4 | Appointed | Alberto Bottari de Castello | Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
57.4 | Appointed | Alberto Bottari de Castello | Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea | Apostolic Nuncio | |
57.4 | Appointed | Alberto Bottari de Castello | Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
57.4 | Appointed | Alberto Bottari de Castello | Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone | Apostolic Nuncio | |
84.8 | Died | Luigi Dardani † | Bishop Emeritus of Imola, Italy | ||
74.5 | Retired | José Gabriel Diaz Cueva † | Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador | Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador | |
30.1 | Ordained Deacon | Andherson Franklin Lustoza de Souza | Deacon of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil | |
59.0 | Appointed | Fares Maakaroun | Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
77.0 | Retired | Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. † | Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.9 | Appointed | Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. | Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop Emeritus | |
21 Dec | 68.5 | Appointed | Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J. | Bishop of Melo, Uruguay | Bishop Emeritus |
22 Dec | 44.3 | Appointed | Martin Adjou Moumouni | Bishop of N’Dali, Benin | |
48.3 | Appointed | Jean-Pierre Bassène | Bishop of Kolda, Senegal | ||
65.9 | Appointed | Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. † | Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
54.0 | Appointed | Joseph Francis Kweku Essien | Bishop of Wiawso, Ghana | Bishop Emeritus | |
86.1 | Died | Edward John Herrmann † | Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA | ||
50.2 | Appointed | Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya | Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya | |
50.2 | Appointed | Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. | Titular Bishop of Rusguniae | Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya | |
48.4 | Appointed | Dominic Jala, S.D.B. † | Archbishop of Shillong, India | ||
44.9 | Appointed | David Kamau Ng’ang’a | Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya | ||
44.9 | Appointed | David Kamau Ng’ang’a | Titular Bishop of Oëa | Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya | |
51.7 | Appointed | Method Paul Kilaini | Auxiliary Bishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania | |
51.7 | Appointed | Method Paul Kilaini | Titular Bishop of Strumnitza | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba, Tanzania | |
46.2 | Appointed | Gerald John Mathias | Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India | Bishop of Lucknow, India | |
66.6 | Appointed | Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R. | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
66.6 | Appointed | Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas, C.SS.R. | Titular Bishop of Bettonium | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Carreño, Colombia | |
66.7 | Resigned | José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. † | Prefect of Vichada, Colombia | Prefect Emeritus | |
62.8 | Appointed | José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. † | Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
62.8 | Appointed | José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. † | Titular Bishop of Arsennaria | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia | |
65.3 | Died | Yousif Thomas † | Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq | ||
23 Dec | 80.5 | Died | José Brandão de Castro, C.SS.R. † | Bishop Emeritus of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil | |
89.5 | Died | Brian Charles Foley † | Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain | ||
72.5 | Appointed | Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. † | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | ||
72.5 | Appointed | Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. † | Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India | |
27 Dec | 51.6 | Ordained Bishop | Boniface Choi Ki-San † | Coadjutor Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South) | Bishop |
28 Dec | 83.8 | Died | Walter (Arthur) Coggin, O.S.B. † | Priest of Order of Saint Benedict | Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA |
91.4 | Died | Bruno Wechner † | Bishop Emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria | ||
31.2 | Ordained Bishop | [ Zhang Tongli] | Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China | ||
30 Dec | 32.5 | Ordained Priest | Sebastian Tudu | Priest of Dinajpur, Bangladesh | Bishop |
54.5 | Appointed | José Raúl Vera López, O.P. | Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
78.9 | Retired | Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla † | Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
31 Dec | 52.6 | Appointed | Lino Fumagalli | Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy |
![]()
Home |
Countries | Religious
Men
Women |
Popes |
Holy See |
Roman Curia |
Cardinals by Rank
| ||
About Catholic-Hierarchy | Terminology/Site Help | |
![]() |
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024 Code: web_e, v3.2.4, 30 Jun 2024; Data: 29 Aug 2024 |
✠