Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Dec | 76.5 | Retired | Alphonse Émile Georger | Bishop of Oran, Algeria | Bishop Emeritus |
44.5 | Appointed | Michael Robert Kennedy | Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia | Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia | |
79.1 | Retired | John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw | Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | Archbishop Emeritus | |
79.0 | Ceased | Kevin Michael Manning † | Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia | Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia | |
71.0 | Appointed | Luigi Negri † | Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
76.0 | Retired | Paolo Rabitti | Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
53.7 | Ordained Bishop | Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa | Bishop of Montería, Colombia | ||
50.7 | Appointed | Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. | Bishop of Oran, Algeria | Archbishop of Alger, Algeria | |
44.4 | Succeeded | John Wong Soo Kau | Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | ||
2 Dec | 52.0 | Installed | Borys Andrij Gudziak | Apostolic Exarch of France (Ukrainian) | Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA |
56.0 | Installed | Luigi Ernesto Palletti | Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, Italy | ||
3 Dec | 74.0 | Died | Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil † | Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon | |
85.6 | Died | Leo Rajendram Antony † | Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | ||
54.4 | Ceased | Christopher James Coyne | Apostolic Administrator of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA | |
60.5 | Installed | Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. | Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Cardinal, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA | |
4 Dec | 73.6 | Died | José Alves da Costa, D.C. † | Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |
57.3 | Appointed | Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A. | Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina | ||
57.3 | Appointed | Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A. | Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania | Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina | |
86.7 | Died | Massimo Giustetti † | Bishop Emeritus of Biella, Italy | ||
39.5 | Solemn Vows | Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M. | Priest of Order of Friars Minor | Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine | |
5 Dec | 61.8 | Installed | Rogelio Cabrera López | Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | |
50.3 | Ceased | Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe | Apostolic Administrator of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México | |
95.8 | Died | Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F. † | Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia | ||
6 Dec | 49.8 | Appointed | Murray Chatlain | Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada | |
49.8 | Appointed | Murray Chatlain | Apostolic Administrator of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada | Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada | |
53.1 | Appointed | Rudolf Voderholzer | Bishop of Regensburg, Germany | ||
7 Dec | 66.0 | Ordained Bishop | Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. | Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
64.3 | Appointed | Adelio Dell’Oro | Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan | Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan | |
64.3 | Appointed | Adelio Dell’Oro | Titular Bishop of Castulo | Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan | |
56.3 | Appointed | Georg Gänswein | Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household | Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania | |
56.3 | Appointed | Georg Gänswein | Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia | Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania | |
48.1 | Resigned | Janusz Wiesław Kaleta | Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan | ||
49.7 | Appointed | Peter Ebere Okpaleke | Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria | Cardinal, Bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria | |
8 Dec | 53.5 | Ordained Bishop | Anand Jojo | Bishop of Hazaribag, India | |
55.1 | Installed | Ryszard Kasyna | Bishop of Pelplin, Poland | ||
57.0 | Died | Ambrose Madtha † | Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire | ||
9 Dec | 89.6 | Died | Ivan Ljavinec † | Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) | |
10 Dec | 83.5 | Died | Jacques André Marie Jullien † | Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France | |
75.0 | Retired | Sergio Giovanni Pintor † | Bishop of Ozieri, Italy | Bishop Emeritus | |
67.6 | Appointed | Sebastiano Sanguinetti | Apostolic Administrator of Ozieri, Italy | Bishop Emeritus of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy | |
61.5 | Installed | Kevin William Vann | Bishop of Orange in California, USA | ||
11 Dec | 58.8 | Appointed | Paul Richard Gallagher | Apostolic Nuncio to Australia | Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State |
97.2 | Died | Pedro Reginaldo Lira † | Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina | ||
84.5 | Died | Walter Francis Sullivan † | Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA | ||
12 Dec | 58.5 | Appointed | Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. † | Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus |
92.1 | Died | Augustin Sagna † | Bishop Emeritus of Ziguinchor, Senegal | ||
75.6 | Retired | Luiz Soares Vieira | Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus | |
69.6 | Ordained Bishop | Paul Terrio | Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada | Bishop Emeritus | |
13 Dec | 74.7 | Died | Jan Blaha † | Bishop | Bishop of the Titular See |
15 Dec | 55.2 | Installed | Marián Chovanec | Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | |
57.2 | Ordained Bishop | Henryk Ciereszko | Titular Bishop of Dices | Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok, Poland | |
53.7 | Installed | Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa | Bishop of Montería, Colombia | ||
54.5 | Appointed | Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin | Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum | Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of | |
54.5 | Appointed | Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin | Apostolic Nuncio | Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of | |
16 Dec | 66.1 | Installed | Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. | Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy | Bishop Emeritus |
96.8 | Died | John Chen Shi-zhong † | Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China | ||
48.9 | Succeeded | Peter Luo Xuegang | Bishop of Yibin [Suifu], China | ||
48.1 | Installed | Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B. | Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil | |
19 Dec | 51.8 | Appointed | Peter Loy Chong | Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) | |
85.2 | Retired | Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † | Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus | |
85.2 | Retired | Emmanuel III (Emmanuel-Karim) Delly † | Archbishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq | Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | |
74.8 | Appointed | Jacques Ishaq † | Administrator of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq | Curial Bishop Emeritus | |
79.6 | Retired | Petero Mataca † | Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) | Archbishop Emeritus | |
21 Dec | 53.0 | Installed | Vital Corbellini | Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil | |
61.0 | Appointed | Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. | Bishop of Udaipur, India | ||
61.0 | Appointed | Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. | Apostolic Administrator of Jhabua, India | Bishop of Udaipur, India | |
75.9 | Retired | Joseph Pathalil † | Bishop of Udaipur, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
22 Dec | 63.0 | Ordained Bishop | Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. | Titular Bishop of Dionysiana | Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti |
65.4 | Appointed | Alfonso Cortés Contreras | Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México | Archbishop Emeritus | |
54.3 | Appointed | Estanislau Marques Chindekasse, S.V.D. | Bishop of Dundo, Angola | ||
77.1 | Retired | José Guadalupe Martín Rábago | Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México | Archbishop Emeritus | |
49.3 | Ordained Bishop | Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski | Titular Bishop of Glavinitza | Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland | |
24 Dec | 58.1 | Appointed | Thomas Vũ Ðình Hiệu | Coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu, Viet Nam | Bishop |
25 Dec | 92.1 | Died | Edward Thomas Hughes † | Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA | |
81.5 | Died | Rudolf Müller † | Bishop Emeritus of Görlitz, Germany | ||
27 Dec | 46.3 | Ordained Bishop | Eraldo Bispo da Silva | Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil | |
93.1 | Died | Maurice Paul Delorme, Ist. del Prado † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France | ||
79.5 | Died | Paul Khoarai † | Bishop Emeritus of Leribe, Lesotho | ||
63.5 | Ordained Bishop | Serge Patrick Poitras | Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada | ||
29 Dec | 54.7 | Appointed | Peter Iorzuul Adoboh † | Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria | |
57.5 | Appointed | William Amove Avenya | Bishop of Gboko, Nigeria | ||
41.7 | Incardinated | Isaac Bundepuun Dugu | Priest of Gboko, Nigeria | Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria | |
55.5 | Appointed | William Goh Seng Chye | Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore | Cardinal, Archbishop | |
94.9 | Died | Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk † | Archbishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland | ||
30 Dec | 59.1 | Ordained Bishop | Elio Rama, I.M.C. | Bishop of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil | |
31 Dec | 70.4 | Resigned | Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez † | Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica | Bishop Emeritus |
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