Date | Age | Event | Bishop | Title | Current Title |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Dec | 76.5 | Appointed | Iván Antonio Marín López | Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia |
70.6 | Resigned | Luis Alberto Parra Mora † | Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia | Bishop Emeritus | |
3 Dec | 52.8 | Appointed | Zanoni Demettino Castro | Coadjutor Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil | Archbishop |
76.4 | Retired | Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. † | Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
51.6 | Appointed | Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I. | Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil | ||
84.5 | Died | Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R. † | Bishop Emeritus of Paranaguá, Parana, Brazil | ||
82.7 | Died | Patrick Edward O’Connor † | Superior Emeritus of Tokelau, Pacific (Oceania) | ||
48.4 | Appointed | Waldemar Passini Dalbello | Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil | Bishop | |
50.5 | Appointed | Ivan Albert Pereira | Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar, India | ||
4 Dec | 56.1 | Appointed | Patrick Michael O’Regan | Bishop of Sale, Australia | Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia |
5 Dec | 47.9 | Appointed | Joseph Obanyi Sagwe | Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya | |
77.3 | Retired | Philip Sulumeti | Bishop of Kakamega, Kenya | Bishop Emeritus | |
55.0 | Appointed | Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst | Official of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization | Official of the Dicastery for Evangelization | |
6 Dec | 65.7 | Ordained Bishop | György Snell † | Titular Bishop of Pudentiana | Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary |
7 Dec | 49.1 | Ordained Bishop | Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. | Bishop of Tortona, Italy | Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments |
8 Dec | 61.4 | Installed | John Stanley Kenneth Arnold | Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain | |
56.6 | Appointed | Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias | Archbishop of Luanda, Angola | ||
56.6 | Appointed | Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias | Apostolic Administrator of Cabinda, Angola | Archbishop of Luanda, Angola | |
63.9 | Installed | Fausto Tardelli | Bishop of Pistoia, Italy | ||
9 Dec | 56.7 | Appointed | Adolfo Ramón Canecín | Coadjutor Bishop of Goya, Argentina | Bishop |
62.8 | Appointed | Martin Kivuva Musonde | Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya | ||
91.8 | Died | Jorge María Mejía † | Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive | ||
10 Dec | 46.8 | Appointed | Devair Araújo da Fonseca | Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
46.8 | Appointed | Devair Araújo da Fonseca | Titular Bishop of Uzalis | Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
49.7 | Appointed | Eduardo Vieira dos Santos | Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil | Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
49.7 | Appointed | Eduardo Vieira dos Santos | Titular Bishop of Bladia | Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
11 Dec | 54.0 | Ordained Bishop | Martín Fassi | Titular Bishop of Dionysiana | Bishop of San Martín, Argentina |
85.0 | Died | Georges Lagrange † | Bishop Emeritus of Gap, France | ||
12 Dec | 74.5 | Appointed | Pietro Bovati, S.J. | Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission | Secretary Emeritus |
50.7 | Installed | Peter Andrew Comensoli | Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia | Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia | |
70.8 | Appointed | Vicente Jiménez Zamora | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus | |
64.6 | Appointed | Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I. | Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus | |
64.6 | Appointed | Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I. | Titular Bishop of Abthugni | Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador | |
59.2 | Ordained Bishop | Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. | Titular Bishop of Sufar | Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops | |
13 Dec | 65.0 | Installed | Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. | Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti | |
66.3 | Installed | Vincenzo Pelvi | Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy | Archbishop Emeritus | |
62.7 | Appointed | Marek Szkudło | Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland | ||
62.7 | Appointed | Marek Szkudło | Titular Bishop of Wigry | Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland | |
46.9 | Appointed | Adam Wodarczyk | Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland | ||
46.9 | Appointed | Adam Wodarczyk | Titular Bishop of Pomezania | Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland | |
14 Dec | 57.0 | Ordained Bishop | Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei | Titular Bishop of Accia | Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil |
58.8 | Installed | Eduardo Horacio García | Bishop of San Justo, Argentina | ||
89.6 | Died | Anthony Edward Pevec † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA | ||
49.1 | Installed | Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. | Bishop of Tortona, Italy | Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
15 Dec | 74.4 | Ceased | Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. | Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage, Alaska, USA |
50.2 | Ordained Bishop | Chad William Zielinski | Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA | |
16 Dec | 76.5 | Retired | Max John Rodrigues | Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan | Bishop Emeritus |
53.8 | Appointed | Samson Shukardin, O.F.M. | Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan | ||
17 Dec | 49.8 | Appointed | Onécimo Alberton | Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
45.1 | Appointed | Adelar Baruffi | Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Archbishop Emeritus of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil | |
61.9 | Installed | Peter Forsyth Christensen | Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA | ||
69.4 | Ordained Bishop | Terence Robert Curtin | Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi | Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia | |
87.4 | Died | Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi † | Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA | ||
55.5 | Ordained Bishop | Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. | Titular Bishop of Garba | Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia | |
58.1 | Appointed | Jean-Marc Eychenne | Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France | Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne, France | |
76.3 | Retired | Augustinho Petry | Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Bishop Emeritus | |
18 Dec | 92.7 | Died | Claude Henri Edouard Frikart, C.I.M. † | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France | |
19 Dec | 59.5 | Installed | Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. | Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina | |
20 Dec | 75.6 | Retired | Renato Ascencio León † | Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México | Bishop Emeritus |
80.0 | Retired | Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. | Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber | Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State | |
77.9 | Retired | Pier Luigi Celata | Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber | Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus | |
66.0 | Installed | César Augusto Franco Martínez | Bishop of Segovia, Spain | ||
56.5 | Appointed | Giampiero Gloder | Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber | Apostolic Nuncio to Romania | |
49.5 | Ordained Bishop | Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. Schönstatt | Bishop of Encarnación, Paraguay | ||
71.7 | Appointed | Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † | Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber | Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | |
54.9 | Appointed | José Guadalupe Torres Campos | Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México | ||
55.0 | Ordained Bishop | Henryk Wejman | Titular Bishop of Sinitis | Auxiliary Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland | |
21 Dec | 70.8 | Installed | Vicente Jiménez Zamora | Archbishop of Zaragoza, Spain | Archbishop Emeritus |
51.0 | Installed | Milton Kenan Júnior | Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
67.6 | Ordained Bishop | Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I. | Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | Bishop Emeritus | |
60.0 | Ceased | Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios | Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | Bishop of Caacupé, Paraguay | |
22 Dec | 56.5 | Appointed | Christopher James Coyne | Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA | Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
75.1 | Retired | Martin Gächter | Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland | Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | |
67.9 | Appointed | Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A. | Apostolic Administrator of Santander, Spain | Bishop Emeritus of Palencia, Spain | |
66.1 | Appointed | Benjamin Ndiaye | Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal | ||
78.0 | Retired | Théodore-Adrien Sarr | Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal | Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus | |
63.1 | Appointed | Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. | Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India | Bishop Emeritus | |
26 Dec | 51.0 | Ordained Bishop | Juan Carlos Ares | Titular Bishop of Cercina | Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina |
86.1 | Died | Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. † | Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study) | ||
27 Dec | 75.9 | Retired | Alfonso Milián Sorribas † | Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain | Bishop Emeritus |
58.3 | Appointed | Ángel Javier Pérez Pueyo, H.S.O.D. | Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain | ||
30 Dec | 46.6 | Appointed | John Saw Yaw Han | Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon, Myanmar | Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar |
46.6 | Appointed | John Saw Yaw Han | Titular Bishop of Buffada | Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar | |
31 Dec | 45.6 | Appointed | Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit | Bishop of Boac, Philippines |
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