Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | 38.9 | Appointed | Joseph Zhao Hongchun | Apostolic Administrator of Harbin [Harbin], China | |
1 Dec | 68.6 | Appointed | Armando Xavier Ochoa | Bishop of Fresno, California, USA | Bishop Emeritus |
2 Dec | 40.4 | Incardinated | François Elias Beyrouti | Priest of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA | Bishop |
84.2 | Died | Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea † | Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) | ||
89.7 | Died | Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA | ||
5 Dec | 85.5 | Died | Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile | |
7 Dec | 43.5 | Appointed | Michael Robert Kennedy | Bishop of Armidale, Australia | Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia |
76.5 | Retired | Luc Julian Matthys † | Bishop of Armidale, Australia | Bishop Emeritus | |
62.7 | Appointed | José Francisco Robles Ortega | Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | ||
78.6 | Retired | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez | Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
8 Dec | 48.0 | Succeeded | Benedito Araújo | Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil | |
60.0 | Installed | Peter Anthony Libasci | Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA | ||
84.2 | Died | Andrew Pataki † | Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA | ||
39.3 | Ordained Bishop | Claudiu-Lucian Pop | Titular Bishop of Mariamme | Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian), Romania | |
74.6 | Resigned | Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier † | Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
9 Dec | 63.3 | Appointed | Nunzio Galantino | Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy | President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See |
53.4 | Appointed | Jeremiah Madimetja Masela | Apostolic Administrator of Polokwane, South Africa | Bishop | |
73.7 | Resigned | Mogale Paul Nkhumishe † | Bishop of Polokwane, South Africa | Bishop Emeritus | |
48.0 | Ordained Bishop | Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen | Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina | Bishop of Concordia, Argentina | |
10 Dec | 57.0 | Ordained Bishop | Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks | Titular Bishop of Arsacal | Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands |
43.2 | Ordained Bishop | Dražen Kutleša | Coadjutor Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia | Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia | |
52.4 | Appointed | Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. | Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay | Cardinal, Archbishop | |
52.4 | Appointed | Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. | Titular Bishop of Phelbes | Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay | |
11 Dec | 76.0 | Died | John Patrick Foley † | Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | |
50.1 | Ordained Bishop | Charles Morerod, O.P. | Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland | ||
46.2 | Ordained Deacon | Emmanuel Michel François Tois | Deacon of Paris, France | Auxiliary Bishop | |
12 Dec | 61.7 | Appointed | José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel | Bishop of Callao, Peru | Bishop Emeritus |
57.1 | Appointed | Denis Grondin | Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada | Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada | |
57.1 | Appointed | Denis Grondin | Titular Bishop of Camplum | Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada | |
77.5 | Retired | Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. † | Bishop of Callao, Peru | Bishop Emeritus | |
64.5 | Appointed | Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. | Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada | Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | |
64.5 | Appointed | Gaétan Proulx, O.S.M. | Titular Bishop of Azura | Bishop Emeritus of Gaspé, Québec, Canada | |
79.3 | Ceased | Gaudencio Borbon Rosales | Apostolic Administrator of Manila, Philippines | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.4 | Installed | Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle | Archbishop of Manila, Philippines | Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization | |
13 Dec | 52.0 | Installed | Volodymyr Viytyshyn | Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian), Ukraine | |
14 Dec | 66.5 | Resigned | John Martin Darko † | Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | Bishop Emeritus |
80.4 | Died | Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. † | Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA | ||
69.6 | Appointed | Matthias Kobena Nketsiah | Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana | |
50.0 | Appointed | João Santos Cardoso | Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil | Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | |
88.8 | Died | Mark Francis Schmitt † | Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA | ||
15 Dec | 75.2 | Retired | François Robert Bacqué † | Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands | Apostolic Nuncio |
71.8 | Appointed | André Pierre Louis Dupuy | Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands | Apostolic Nuncio | |
49.9 | Ordained Bishop | Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez | Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México | Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México | |
50.6 | Appointed | Marek Solczyński | Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia | Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey | |
16 Dec | 58.5 | Appointed | José Leonardo Lemos Montanet | Bishop of Orense, Spain | |
17 Dec | 72.6 | Died | Michael Gower Coleman † | Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |
46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Clement Mulenga, S.D.B. | Bishop of Kabwe, Zambia | ||
49.7 | Installed | Joachim Hermenegilde Ouédraogo | Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso | ||
60.2 | Installed | Carlos José Tissera | Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina | ||
18 Dec | 54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Franco Lovignana | Bishop of Aosta, Italy | |
53.4 | Ordained Bishop | Janusz Bogusław Stepnowski | Bishop of Łomża, Poland | ||
21 Dec | 89.8 | Died | Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. † | Bishop Emeritus of Baroda, India | |
75.6 | Retired | Matias Patrício de Macêdo | Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
44.9 | Appointed | João Justino de Medeiros Silva | Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil | |
44.9 | Appointed | João Justino de Medeiros Silva | Titular Bishop of Tullia | Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil | |
54.4 | Appointed | Nicola Girasoli | Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles | Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia | |
54.4 | Appointed | Nicola Girasoli | Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles | Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia | |
54.1 | Appointed | Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias | Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
54.1 | Appointed | Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias | Titular Bishop of Sita | Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
52.2 | Appointed | Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. | Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil | Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
52.2 | Appointed | Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. | Titular Bishop of Idassa | Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
93.0 | Died | Jean-Pierre Urkia, M.E.P. † | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Paksé, Laos | ||
64.7 | Appointed | Jaime Vieira Rocha | Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
22 Dec | 90.6 | Died | Rogelio Sánchez González † | Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México | |
62.3 | Installed | Vasyl Semeniuk | Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine | ||
24 Dec | 69.9 | Died | Armando Giuseppe Brambilla, C.M.P. † | Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy | |
65.0 | Died | José Andrés Corral Arredondo † | Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México | ||
46.4 | Appointed | Joseph Hii Teck Kwong | Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia | ||
50.6 | Appointed | Joseph Ndembu Mbatia | Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya | ||
77.2 | Retired | Luigi Paiaro | Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya | Bishop Emeritus | |
72.5 | Resigned | Dominic Su Haw Chiu | Bishop of Sibu, Malaysia | Bishop Emeritus | |
25 Dec | 86.3 | Died | Thomas Anthony Finnegan † | Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland | |
26 Dec | 75.0 | Retired | Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.SS.R. | Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles | Archbishop Emeritus |
69.7 | Succeeded | Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. | Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles | Archbishop Emeritus | |
27 Dec | 84.4 | Died | Martino Scarafile † | Bishop Emeritus of Castellaneta, Italy | |
28 Dec | 61.6 | Appointed | Remídio José Bohn † | Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
57.9 | Appointed | Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. | Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso, Brazil | ||
75.2 | Retired | Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. † | Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
29 Dec | 84.9 | Died | Paul Antaki † | Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek) | |
58.2 | Appointed | Wacław Tomasz Depo | Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland | ||
64.0 | Appointed | Jan Kopiec | Bishop of Gliwice, Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
76.4 | Retired | Stanisław Nowak † | Archbishop of Częstochowa, Poland | Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.8 | Retired | Jan Walenty Wieczorek † | Bishop of Gliwice, Poland | Bishop Emeritus | |
30 Dec | 75.0 | Retired | Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto | Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina | Bishop Emeritus |
60.2 | Appointed | Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. | Bishop of La Ceiba, Honduras | Archbishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras | |
65.2 | Succeeded | Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana | Bishop of San Isidro, Argentina | ||
64.0 | Appointed | Noël Simard | Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada | ||
31 Dec | 76.0 | Retired | Ryszard Karpiński † | Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
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