Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Dec | 26.9 | Ordained Deacon | António Lungieki Pedro Bengui | Deacon of Luanda, Angola | Auxiliary Bishop |
2 Dec | 68.2 | Appointed | Carmelo Ferraro | Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus |
75.0 | Retired | Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca † | Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
54.3 | Appointed | John Stephen Pažak, C.SS.R. | Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak), Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA | |
54.0 | Appointed | Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda † | Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México | ||
3 Dec | 61.8 | Ordained Bishop | Alfonso Milián Sorribas † | Titular Bishop of Diana | Bishop Emeritus of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain |
4 Dec | 75.6 | Retired | James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. | Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus |
57.1 | Appointed | Brendan Michael O’Brien | Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Ontario, Canada | |
5 Dec | 41.4 | Appointed | Matthew Ishaya Audu | Bishop of Lafia, Nigeria | Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria |
52.9 | Appointed | Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Pemba, Mozambique | Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique | |
58.5 | Appointed | Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. | Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
44.6 | Appointed | James Naanman Daman, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria | Bishop of Shendam, Nigeria | |
44.6 | Appointed | George Jonathan Dodo † | Bishop of Zaria, Nigeria | ||
62.1 | Appointed | Eulises González Sánchez | Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
62.1 | Appointed | Eulises González Sánchez | Titular Bishop of Tatilti | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia | |
32.8 | Incardinated | Julius Yakubu Kundi | Priest of Zaria, Nigeria | Bishop of Kafanchan, Nigeria | |
75.3 | Retired | George Martin Kuzma † | Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
66.9 | Confirmed | Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. | Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria | Patriarch Emeritus | |
66.9 | Confirmed | Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. | Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria | Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria | |
71.2 | Died | Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
58.9 | Appointed | Séraphin François Rouamba | Archbishop of Koupéla, Burkina Faso | Archbishop Emeritus | |
63.2 | Appointed | Anselme Titianma Sanon | Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | Archbishop Emeritus | |
63.5 | Appointed | Robert Joseph Shaheen † | Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
6 Dec | 27.0 | Ordained Priest | Moises Magpantay Cuevas | Priest of Zamboanga, Philippines | Vicar Apostolic of Calapan, Philippines |
7 Dec | 56.6 | Appointed | François Charles Garnier † | Archbishop of Cambrai, France | |
67.1 | Ordained Bishop | John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B. | Coadjutor Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus | |
47.6 | Died | Fidelis Uga Orgah † | Bishop of Otukpo, Nigeria | ||
64.0 | Appointed | Ernesto Antolin Salgado | Bishop of Laoag, Philippines | Archbishop Emeritus of Nueva Segovia, Philippines | |
8 Dec | 84.8 | Died | Robert Ratna Bamrungtrakul † | Bishop Emeritus of Chiang Mai, Thailand | |
27.1 | Ordained Priest | Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez | Priest of San José de Costa Rica | Auxiliary Bishop | |
51.4 | Ordained Bishop | Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. | Bishop of Nottingham, England, Great Britain | Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain | |
57.6 | Ordained Bishop | Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj | Bishop of Palayamkottai, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
65.6 | Installed | Ovidio Poletto | Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
9 Dec | 75.9 | Retired | Alberto Ablondi † | Bishop of Livorno, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
59.2 | Appointed | Diego Coletti | Bishop of Livorno, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy | |
63.0 | Appointed | Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett | Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.2 | Retired | Livio Maritano † | Bishop of Acqui, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.2 | Ordained Bishop | Andrea Bruno Mazzocato | Bishop of Adria-Rovigo, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy | |
58.1 | Appointed | Pier Giorgio Micchiardi | Bishop of Acqui, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
29.8 | Ordained Priest | Daniel Franck Nzika | Priest of Ouesso, Congo | Bishop of Impfondo, Congo | |
56.6 | Appointed | Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. † | Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy | ||
56.6 | Appointed | Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. † | Apostolic Administrator of Livorno, Italy | Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy | |
68.5 | Appointed | Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. | Apostolic Administrator of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada | |
59.1 | Installed | Wojciech Ziemba † | Archbishop of Białystok, Poland | Archbishop Emeritus of Warmia, Poland | |
10 Dec | 68.9 | Died | James Thomas McHugh † | Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA | |
52.5 | Ordained Bishop | Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. † | Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy | Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy | |
69.4 | Ordained Bishop | John Baptist Ye Ronghua † | Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China | ||
11 Dec | 73.9 | Succeeded | Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên † | Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus |
80.1 | Retired | Pierre-Jean Trần Xuân Hạp † | Bishop of Vinh, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
12 Dec | 56.4 | Appointed | Edward Kenneth Braxton | Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, USA |
57.0 | Appointed | Martin William Currie | Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada | Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada | |
36.0 | Ordained Priest | Mario Luis Durán Berríos | Priest of La Paz, Bolivia | Auxiliary Bishop | |
51.8 | Appointed | Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F. | Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico | Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
56.9 | Appointed | William Francis Malooly | Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA | |
56.9 | Appointed | William Francis Malooly | Titular Bishop of Flumenzer | Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA | |
75.1 | Retired | John Joseph Snyder † | Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
71.6 | Resigned | Jude Speyrer † | Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
35.7 | Incardinated | Eduardo Vieira dos Santos | Deacon of São Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
13 Dec | 56.3 | Appointed | Alfonso Badini Confalonieri | Bishop of Susa, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
75.0 | Retired | Vittorio Bernardetto † | Bishop of Susa, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.7 | Appointed | Luigi Martella † | Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy | ||
60.3 | Died | Benedict Dotu Sekey † | Bishop of Gbarnga, Liberia | ||
14 Dec | 86.4 | Died | Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky † | Cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
46.2 | Appointed | Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière | Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille, France | Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France | |
46.2 | Appointed | Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière | Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania | Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France | |
15 Dec | 35.7 | Ordained Priest | Eduardo Vieira dos Santos | Priest of São Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
16 Dec | 52.9 | Ordained Bishop | Ivan Devčić | Archbishop of Rijeka, Croatia | Archbishop Emeritus |
24.5 | Ordained Priest | Marco Ganci | Priest of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy | Permanent Observer to Council of Europe | |
59.0 | Appointed | Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. | Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México | Bishop Emeritus of Veracruz, México | |
35.2 | Ordained Priest | Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M. | Priest of Congregation of the Mission | Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
54.1 | Appointed | Gustavo Arturo Help | Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
34.4 | Ordained Priest | Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage | Priest of Badulla, Sri Lanka | Secretary of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue | |
76.8 | Retired | Paulino Reale Chirina † | Bishop of Venado Tuerto, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
78.3 | Retired | Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. † | Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México | Prelate Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 31.4 | Ordained Priest | Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil |
37.7 | Ordained Priest | Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. | Priest of Congregation of the Passion | Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil | |
18 Dec | 75.8 | Retired | Léon Hégelé † | Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
47.8 | Appointed | Christian George Nicolas Kratz | Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France | ||
47.8 | Appointed | Christian George Nicolas Kratz | Titular Bishop of Themisonium | Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg, France | |
19 Dec | 82.6 | Died | Constantin Koser, O.F.M. † | Minister General Emeritus of Order of Friars Minor | |
75.9 | Retired | Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce † | Bishop of Venezuela, Military | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.7 | Appointed | José Hernán Sánchez Porras † | Bishop of Venezuela, Military | ||
20 Dec | 76.3 | Retired | Pedro Fré, C.SS.R. † | Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus |
69.1 | Appointed | Antônio Gaspar | Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
65.0 | Ordained Bishop | Jorge Luis Lona † | Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
72.8 | Resigned | Peter Quinn † | Bishop of Bunbury, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
74.2 | Died | Luis Reynoso Cervantes † | Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | ||
50.6 | Appointed | Ismael Rueda Sierra | Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia | Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia | |
50.6 | Appointed | Ismael Rueda Sierra | Titular Bishop of Buruni | Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia | |
28.5 | Ordained Priest | Jean Baptiste Valter Manga | Priest of Ziguinchor, Senegal | Bishop-Elect | |
21 Dec | 46.5 | Succeeded | Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.I. | Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic | |
43.2 | Appointed | Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. | Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | ||
43.2 | Appointed | Stanisław Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv. | Titular Bishop of Tigimma | Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | |
76.2 | Died | Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp. † | Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic | ||
22 Dec | 31.7 | Ordained Priest | Calixto Paulino Esono Abaga Obono | Priest of Bata, Equatorial Guinea | Bishop of Evinayong, Equatorial Guinea |
50.0 | Appointed | Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu | Auxiliary Bishop of Awka, Nigeria | Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria | |
50.0 | Appointed | Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu | Titular Bishop of Sabrata | Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria | |
58.7 | Appointed | John Choi Young-su † | Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
58.7 | Appointed | John Choi Young-su † | Titular Bishop of Sitifis | Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) | |
46.2 | Appointed | Anil Joseph Thomas Couto | Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, India | Archbishop | |
46.2 | Appointed | Anil Joseph Thomas Couto | Titular Bishop of Cenculiana | Archbishop of Delhi, India | |
57.8 | Appointed | Richard Edmund Pates | Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA | |
57.8 | Appointed | Richard Edmund Pates | Titular Bishop of Suacia | Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, Iowa, USA | |
55.6 | Ordained Bishop | Armando José María Rossi, O.P. | Coadjutor Bishop of Concepción, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
23 Dec | 56.0 | Appointed | Mathew Arackal | Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop Emeritus |
63.7 | Appointed | Salvatore Di Cristina | Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy | |
63.7 | Appointed | Salvatore Di Cristina | Titular Bishop of Bilta | Archbishop Emeritus of Monreale, Italy | |
67.8 | Appointed | Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † | Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
62.7 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Horacio Suárez | Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
46.9 | Ordained Bishop | Adam Szal | Titular Bishop of Lavellum | Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland | |
60.1 | Appointed | Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. | Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti | Cardinal, Permanent Observer Emeritus to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva | |
70.8 | Resigned | Mathew Vattackuzhy † | Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India | Bishop Emeritus | |
24 Dec | 27.0 | Ordained Deacon | Héctor López Alvarado | Deacon of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Auxiliary Bishop |
25 Dec | 80.6 | Died | Robert Francis Garner † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA | |
27 Dec | 58.2 | Appointed | Giuseppe Bertello | Apostolic Nuncio to México | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State |
62.3 | Appointed | Augustinho Petry | Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Military | Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
62.3 | Appointed | Augustinho Petry | Titular Bishop of Gabii | Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
61.4 | Appointed | Francisco Ramírez Navarro | Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
61.4 | Appointed | Francisco Ramírez Navarro | Titular Bishop of Tlos | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tlalnepantla, México, México | |
29 Dec | 62.8 | Succeeded | Joseph Nguyễn Tích Ðức † | Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus |
62.7 | Installed | Juan Horacio Suárez | Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.1 | Retired | Joseph Trịnh Chính Trực † | Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam | Bishop Emeritus | |
30 Dec | 92.5 | Retired | Bernardo Citterio † | Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
90.3 | Died | John Ahern Torpie † | Bishop Emeritus of Cairns, Australia |
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