Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
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1 Dec | 63.7 | Appointed | Giovanni Giudici † | Bishop of Pavia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
68.6 | Ordained Bishop | Peter Antony Moran | Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain | Bishop Emeritus | |
75.7 | Retired | Giovanni Volta † | Bishop of Pavia, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
2 Dec | 55.4 | Appointed | Raymond Leo Burke | Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA | Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura |
67.7 | Resigned | Joseph Oyanga † | Bishop of Lira, Uganda | Bishop Emeritus | |
3 Dec | 49.2 | Appointed | Sérgio Aparecido Colombo | Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil | Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
76.1 | Confirmed | Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † | Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus | |
76.1 | Confirmed | Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † | Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | |
76.1 | Selected | Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † | Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus | |
76.1 | Selected | Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † | Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | |
76.2 | Retired | Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.5 | Appointed | Antonio Lanfranchi † | Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy | Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy | |
76.7 | Retired | Alfredo Magarotto † | Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.9 | Retired | Paolo Magnani † | Bishop of Treviso, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
55.2 | Appointed | Andrea Bruno Mazzocato | Bishop of Treviso, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy | |
58.0 | Appointed | Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. | Archbishop of Toliara, Madagascar | Archbishop Emeritus | |
75.4 | Retired | Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola † | Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
56.7 | Appointed | Giuseppe Zenti | Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy | |
4 Dec | 54.6 | Installed | Leonard Paul Blair | Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
5 Dec | 52.6 | Appointed | Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. | Bishop of Carora, Venezuela | Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela |
76.2 | Retired | Eduardo Herrera Riera † | Bishop of Carora, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus | |
28.5 | Perpetual Vows | Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C. | Member of Consolata Missionaries | Coadjutor Bishop of Isiolo, Kenya | |
44.6 | Appointed | Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. † | Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | Bishop Emeritus | |
6 Dec | 89.4 | Died | Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. † | Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil | |
31.6 | Ordained Priest | Júlio César Gomes Moreira | Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
8 Dec | 43.5 | Ordained Bishop | Cornel Damian | Titular Bishop of Iziriana | Auxiliary Bishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}, Romania |
31.9 | Ordained Priest | Ryan Pagente Jimenez | Priest of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania) | Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania) | |
56.3 | Installed | Kevin John Patrick McDonald | Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain | Archbishop Emeritus | |
85.7 | Died | Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru | ||
9 Dec | 47.2 | Appointed | Robert Brahm | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany | |
47.2 | Appointed | Robert Brahm | Titular Bishop of Mimiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany | |
43.6 | Appointed | Jörg Michael Peters | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany | ||
43.6 | Appointed | Jörg Michael Peters | Titular Bishop of Forum Traiani | Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany | |
10 Dec | 50.7 | Appointed | Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M. | Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil | Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil |
11 Dec | 59.7 | Ordained Bishop | Luis Alberto Parra Mora † | Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus |
50.1 | Appointed | Oscar Azarcon Solis | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA | Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | |
50.1 | Appointed | Oscar Azarcon Solis | Titular Bishop of Urci | Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | |
82.2 | Died | Paulos Tzadua † | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia | ||
12 Dec | 77.7 | Died | Joseph Anthony Ferrario † | Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | |
76.4 | Retired | Raul Nicolau Gonsalves † | Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India | Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.4 | Retired | Raul Nicolau Gonsalves † | Patriarch of East Indies, India | Archbishop Emeritus of Goa e Damão, India | |
61.6 | Appointed | Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. | Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia, Yemen | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates | |
61.6 | Appointed | Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. | Titular Bishop of Macon | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates | |
56.3 | Appointed | Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo | Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia | |
56.3 | Appointed | Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo | Titular Bishop of Munatiana | Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia | |
50.8 | Appointed | Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão | Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India | ||
50.8 | Appointed | Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão | Patriarch of East Indies, India | Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India | |
66.3 | Appointed | Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt | Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
66.3 | Appointed | Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt | Titular Bishop of Voncariana | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia | |
54.2 | Installed | David Allen Zubik | Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
13 Dec | 59.7 | Died | Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta † | Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia | |
66.7 | Installed | Attilio Nicora † | Cardinal-Deacon of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | |
14 Dec | 48.9 | Ordained Bishop | Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. | Bishop of Huesca, Spain | Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain |
48.3 | Ordained Bishop | Manfred Scheuer | Bishop of Innsbruck, Austria | Bishop of Linz, Austria | |
57.7 | Installed | Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. | Archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan | Archbishop Emeritus | |
60.6 | Installed | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | |
15 Dec | 70.2 | Appointed | Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier | Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus |
76.5 | Retired | Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. † | Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua | Bishop Emeritus | |
16 Dec | 75.5 | Retired | Giacomo Biffi † | Archbishop of Bologna, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus |
65.5 | Appointed | Carlo Caffarra † | Archbishop of Bologna, Italy | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
17 Dec | 66.5 | Appointed | Joseph Edra Ukpo † | Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus |
75.1 | Retired | Brian David Usanga † | Archbishop of Calabar, Nigeria | Archbishop Emeritus | |
18 Dec | 67.1 | Appointed | Pier Giacomo Grampa | Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus |
66.1 | Installed | Henry Joseph Mansell | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Archbishop Emeritus | |
75.8 | Retired | Giuseppe Torti † | Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland | Bishop Emeritus | |
19 Dec | 26.2 | Solemn Vows | Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.I. | Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus | Bishop of Bentiu, South Sudan |
55.3 | Appointed | Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez | Bishop of Garzón, Colombia | Bishop of Pereira, Colombia | |
71.7 | Resigned | Arthur Luysterman | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
41.8 | Appointed | Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. | Bishop of Zomba, Malawi | Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi | |
57.6 | Ceased | Juan José Omella Omella | Apostolic Administrator of Huesca, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain | |
43.7 | Appointed | John Philip Saklil † | Bishop of Timika, Indonesia | ||
64.8 | Appointed | Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. | Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
64.8 | Appointed | Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. | Titular Bishop of Zaba | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro, Colombia | |
62.2 | Appointed | Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. | Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium | Bishop Emeritus | |
20 Dec | 30.8 | Ordained Priest | Stanislaus Min Ko | Priest of Yangon, Myanmar | Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Hpa-an, Myanmar |
56.9 | Installed | Thomas James Olmsted | Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA | Bishop Emeritus | |
21 Dec | 41.7 | Ordained Bishop | Jean-Jacques Koffi Oi Koffi | Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire | Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte d’Ivoire |
57.6 | Ceased | Juan José Omella Omella | Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain | Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain | |
48.9 | Installed | Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M. | Bishop of Jaca, Spain | Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain | |
24 Dec | 77.1 | Retired | Josef Koukl † | Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia | Bishop Emeritus |
47.4 | Appointed | Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C. | Auxiliary Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh | Bishop | |
47.4 | Appointed | Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C. | Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni | Bishop of Mymensingh, Bangladesh | |
50.4 | Appointed | Pavel Posád | Bishop of Litoměřice, Czechia | Auxiliary Bishop of České Budĕjovice {Budweis}, Czechia | |
27 Dec | 31.4 | Ordained Priest | Coffi Roger Anoumou | Priest of Lokossa, Benin | Bishop |
57.5 | Appointed | Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos | Bishop of Toluca, México, México | Archbishop Emeritus of Toluca, México, México | |
60.4 | Appointed | José Luis Dibildox Martínez † | Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.1 | Retired | Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. † | Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México | Bishop Emeritus | |
57.6 | Appointed | Jesús Murgui Soriano | Bishop of Mallorca, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain | |
64.0 | Ordained Bishop | Giovanni Scanavino, O.S.A. | Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
28 Dec | 84.0 | Died | Henrique Froehlich, S.J. † | Bishop Emeritus of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
92.2 | Died | Miguel Angel García y Aráuz † | Bishop Emeritus of Jalapa, Guatemala | ||
29 Dec | 58.8 | Died | Michael Aidan Courtney † | Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi | |
35.7 | Ordained Priest | George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. | Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco | Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India | |
54.9 | Ordained Bishop | Jose Romeo Juanito Orquejo Lazo | Bishop of Kalibo, Philippines | Archbishop of Jaro, Philippines | |
81.7 | Died | Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. † | Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia | ||
30 Dec | 68.2 | Appointed | Velasio De Paolis, C.S. † | Titular Bishop of Thelepte | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See |
68.2 | Appointed | Velasio De Paolis, C.S. † | Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura | Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | |
75.3 | Retired | Francesco Saverio Salerno † | Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura | Secretary Emeritus | |
31 Dec | 61.9 | Appointed | John Francis Moore, S.M.A. † | Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria |
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