Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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Dec | 84.9 | Died | John Jiang Liren † | Coadjutor Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China | |
1 Dec | 53.4 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Angelo Becciu | Titular Archbishop of Rusellae | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints |
59.4 | Appointed | Henri Coudray, S.J. | Prefect of Mongo, Chad | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mongo, Chad | |
55.6 | Installed | Manoel dos Reis de Farias | Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil | |
64.0 | Succeeded | Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett | Bishop of Lismore, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
50.9 | Appointed | Salesius Mugambi | Coadjutor Bishop of Meru, Kenya | Bishop | |
49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Bonifacio Antonio Reimann Panic, O.F.M. | Titular Bishop of Saia Maior | Vicar Apostolic of Ñuflo de Chávez, Bolivia | |
73.3 | Resigned | John Steven Satterthwaite † | Bishop of Lismore, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.9 | Appointed | Andrew Yeom Soo-jung | Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South) | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
57.9 | Appointed | Andrew Yeom Soo-jung | Titular Bishop of Thibiuca | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Seoul, Korea (South) | |
2 Dec | 56.7 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger | Coadjutor Bishop of Sées {Séez}, France | Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France |
28.0 | Ordained Deacon | François Hervé Marie Durand | Deacon of Mende, France | Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France | |
52.5 | Installed | Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Guiratinga, Mato Grosso, Brazil | ||
87.2 | Died | Lawrence Joseph Riley † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA | ||
3 Dec | 52.4 | Appointed | Rabban Al-Qas † | Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq | Bishop Emeritus of Dohuk (Duhok) (Chaldean), Iraq |
74.9 | Retired | Leonard Anthony Faulkner † | Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
51.1 | Succeeded | Philip Edward Wilson † | Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
4 Dec | 44.2 | Ordained Bishop | John Chrisostom Kwon Hyok-ju | Bishop of Andong, Korea (South) | |
49.5 | Appointed | Giuseppe Pinto | Titular Archbishop of Pandosia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
49.5 | Appointed | Giuseppe Pinto | Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal | Apostolic Nuncio | |
49.5 | Appointed | Giuseppe Pinto | Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania | Apostolic Nuncio | |
56.7 | Appointed | Michael John Sheridan † | Coadjutor Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
5 Dec | 77.6 | Retired | Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. † | Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala | Bishop Emeritus |
62.2 | Appointed | Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle | Bishop of Jalapa, Guatemala | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.0 | Retired | Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm. † | Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.6 | Succeeded | Redovino Rizzardo, C.S. † | Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
6 Dec | 55.4 | Appointed | Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli † | Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq | |
79.6 | Retired | Hanna Kello † | Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.7 | Appointed | Mikha Pola Maqdassi | Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq | |
78.9 | Retired | Abdul-Ahad Sana † | Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq | Bishop Emeritus | |
7 Dec | 31.2 | Ordained Priest | Thomas Dowd | Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada | Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada |
46.1 | Appointed | Claudio Gugerotti | Titular Archbishop of Rebellum | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | |
46.1 | Appointed | Claudio Gugerotti | Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | |
46.1 | Appointed | Claudio Gugerotti | Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches | |
79.8 | Died | Jacques Lê Văn Mẫn † | Auxiliary Bishop of Huế, Viet Nam | ||
8 Dec | 28.5 | Ordained Deacon | Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho | Deacon of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop |
29.3 | Ordained Deacon | Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira | Deacon of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil | |
9 Dec | 57.5 | Succeeded | Stephen Athipozhiyil † | Bishop of Alleppey, India | Bishop Emeritus |
72.0 | Resigned | Peter Michael Chenaparampil † | Bishop of Alleppey, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
87.4 | Died | Antonio Mauro † | Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other | ||
78.6 | Died | Joseph Mees † | Apostolic Nuncio | ||
29.6 | Ordained Priest | Pierre Suon Hangly | Priest of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia | Prefect of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia | |
10 Dec | 79.5 | Died | André Fernand Anguilé † | Archbishop Emeritus of Libreville, Gabon | |
75.3 | Retired | James Chan Soon Cheong † | Bishop of Melaka-Johor, Malaysia | Bishop Emeritus | |
89.0 | Died | Odoric Victor Liu Hede (Liu Ho-teh), O.F.M. † | Bishop of Hankow [Hankou], China | ||
11 Dec | 68.5 | Appointed | Edmond Youssef Farhat † | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey | Apostolic Nuncio |
68.5 | Appointed | Edmond Youssef Farhat † | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan | Apostolic Nuncio | |
47.0 | Appointed | Jean-Christophe André Robert Lagleize | Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France | Bishop Emeritus of Metz, France | |
76.1 | Retired | Didier-Léon Marchand † | Bishop of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France | Bishop Emeritus | |
67.0 | Appointed | Marian Oleś † | Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
67.0 | Appointed | Marian Oleś † | Apostolic Nuncio to North Macedonia | Apostolic Nuncio | |
12 Dec | 55.0 | Appointed | Fernando Antônio Brochini, C.S.S. † | Coadjutor Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil |
55.4 | Appointed | Zeno Hastenteufel | Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
62.9 | Ordained Bishop | Josu Iriondo Zabaleta | Titular Bishop of Alton | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA | |
64.0 | Installed | Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett | Bishop of Lismore, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.0 | Retired | Paul Kim Ok-kyun † | Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South) | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
58.7 | Ordained Bishop | Dominick John Lagonegro | Titular Bishop of Modruš | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA | |
77.3 | Retired | Bruno Maldaner † | Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
63.9 | Ordained Bishop | Timothy Anthony McDonnell | Titular Bishop of Semina | Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA | |
56.0 | Appointed | Dorick McGowan Wright † | Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.0 | Appointed | Dorick McGowan Wright † | Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia | Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles | |
48.8 | Appointed | Donald George Sproxton | Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia | ||
48.8 | Appointed | Donald George Sproxton | Titular Bishop of Timici | Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia | |
44.4 | Ordained Bishop | Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle | Bishop of Imus, Philippines | Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization | |
13 Dec | 46.1 | Appointed | Claudio Gugerotti | Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches |
66.4 | Appointed | Wilhelm Schraml † | Bishop of Passau, Germany | Bishop Emeritus | |
53.8 | Appointed | Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana | Titular Archbishop of Montecorvino | Apostolic Nuncio to Israel | |
53.8 | Appointed | Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana | Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea | Apostolic Nuncio to Israel | |
15 Dec | 46.9 | Appointed | Giovanni d’Aniello | Titular Archbishop of Pesto | Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation |
46.9 | Appointed | Giovanni d’Aniello | Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of | Apostolic Nuncio to Russian Federation | |
49.9 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Hla | Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia | Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar | |
23.6 | Solemn Vows | Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv. | Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual | Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine | |
58.9 | Appointed | Robert William Muench | Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
28.7 | Ordained Priest | Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros | Priest of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil | |
45.3 | Ordained Bishop | Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses | Titular Bishop of Selemselae | Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain | |
16 Dec | 29.8 | Ordained Priest | João Batista Alves do Nascimento, C.SS.R. | Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil |
55.3 | Ordained Bishop | Denys Antoine Chahda | Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria | ||
60.5 | Ordained Bishop | Stanley Roman | Bishop of Quilon, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
52.0 | Ordained Bishop | Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. | Bishop of Reconquista, Argentina | Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina | |
39.7 | Installed | Martin (Stephan) Werlen, O.S.B. | Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland | Abbot Emeritus | |
18 Dec | 50.4 | Appointed | Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez | Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay | |
19 Dec | 45.4 | Appointed | Airton José dos Santos | Auxiliary Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
45.4 | Appointed | Airton José dos Santos | Titular Bishop of Phelbes | Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
49.1 | Appointed | Elizeu de Morais Pimentel † | Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil | ||
26.2 | Ordained Priest | Andriy Rabiy | Priest of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA | Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada | |
64.2 | Appointed | Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. † | Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
20 Dec | 91.2 | Died | José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. † | Bishop Emeritus of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil | |
94.3 | Died | Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
48.2 | Appointed | Reinhard Marx | Bishop of Trier, Germany | Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany | |
21 Dec | 73.3 | Resigned | Elie Amsini Kiswaya † | Bishop of Sakania-Kipushi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Bishop Emeritus |
57.2 | Appointed | Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard | Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
22 Dec | 49.8 | Appointed | Gilberto Gómez González | Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru | Bishop |
49.8 | Appointed | Gilberto Gómez González | Titular Bishop of Mozotcori | Bishop of Abancay, Peru | |
29.7 | Ordained Priest | Ivanildo Oliveira Almeida | Priest of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil | Bishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil | |
64.3 | Died | Alexander Sye Cheong-duk † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South) | ||
23 Dec | 80.2 | Died | Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens † | Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France | |
24 Dec | 83.9 | Died | Matthias Leo Pei Xiangde (Pei Shangde), C.D.D. † | Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China | |
25 Dec | 65.9 | Reconciled | Licínio Rangel, O.V.S. † | Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
27 Dec | 47.7 | Ordained Bishop | Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P. | Prelate of Marawi, Philippines | |
56.4 | Appointed | Antonio José López Castillo † | Archbishop of Calabozo, Venezuela | Archbishop Emeritus of Barquisimeto, Venezuela | |
75.6 | Retired | Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. † | Archbishop of Calabozo, Venezuela | Archbishop Emeritus | |
28 Dec | 54.3 | Appointed | Kevin Joseph Farrell | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life |
54.3 | Appointed | Kevin Joseph Farrell | Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life | |
62.5 | Appointed | Francisco González Valer, S.F. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
62.5 | Appointed | Francisco González Valer, S.F. † | Titular Bishop of Lamphua | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |
74.0 | Died | James Kwadwo Owusu † | Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana |
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